Horndogs hit on Zeta-Jones in T-Mobile ads

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I know I shouldn't encourage the "Husbands are ugly imbeciles" ad cliché, but I laugh at the T-Mobile spot above every time I hear the guy tell Catherine Zeta-Jones, "I like it when you say things." The ad, by Publicis in Seattle, is part of a new strategy by the carrier of basically just showing horny guys drooling all over the actress. In the spot below, it's a geeky teen who puts the moves on her.

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