Wallace & Gromit fired up for the World Cup

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We've seen lots of soccer commercials lately, and will see plenty more in the coming weeks, with the World Cup kicking off June 11 in South Africa. Here's a new one from British utility npower. It coincides with World Cup 2010 but actually supports England's bid to host the 2018 tournament. It shows Wallace & Gromit (last seen in a horror-themed npower spot) at a footie match, with Wallace using an invented canon contraption to deliver pies more quickly to hungry fans.

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