Ad of the Day: Virgin Mobile

The carrier has great new phones, if you happen to destroy your old one accidentally on purpose

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Want to upgrade to a snazzy new Virgin Mobile phone? First, you'll have to creatively dispose of your old one.

This enjoyable new spot from Mother in New York shows scene after scene of people "accidentally" dropping, crushing, submerging, nuking, forgetting and otherwise getting rid of their old phones—though these are "happy accidents" (which is the title of the spot), orchestrated with a smirk by their perpetrators. The gag should get old after a while, but the pacing, as well as the setting and casting of each scene, keeps it hilarious fresh for the whole 60 seconds.

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