At the Commercials: Unbelievably hot woman selling Twix

Twix doesn't need much advertising anyway - they're delicious. But having Abigail Spencer as a spokeswoman certainly doesn't hurt.

Recently, it seems like there is a fringe group of remarkably hot actresses who feel the need to peddle stuff in commercials. While the Palm Pre girl I saw the other week probably only appeals to certain types, women like Kate Walsh (Grey's Anatomy and some car commercials) and Jill Wagner (the Mercury girl) have enhanced their status with their commercials.

With that in mind, meet Abigail Spencer, also known as the ridiculously hot girl from the Twix commercials. The odd thing is, as I allude to in the opening paragraph, her credits are a bit better than you would normally associate with some random hot girl in a commercial for a candy bar. She has played characters on plenty of decent shows - CSI, How I Met Your Mother, Mad Men, My Boys, Gilmore Girls, All My Children - and she even comes off as likable in the Twix commercial.

This, combined with her unbelievable hotness, is probably why they commissioned a SECOND commercial with her, and also feature her in an Internet web series. The only other one I can think of who earned that honor is Wagner, and the Yellow Book hot girl, and by "honor", I mean that they aren't really considered a big-name get for a commercial yet they've been in multiple ones. Oddly, she's 28, which is a bit older than you'd normally associate with a commercial hot girl. However, I think this only adds to her appeal.

On a side note, the guy in that commercial with her, and the guys in all of the Twix commercials, are complete douches. I'm not even going to bother looking up what his name is, because that is how much I dislike his character. Dear Twix, get rid of the douche-y guy who is talking to her about blogging, and just have Abigail Spencer talk about how awesome Twix are. There, I just made you $50 million.

At The Commercials: Creepy ghost in Palm Pre commercial

I really dislike this super-pale girl in the new Palm Pre commercials. She is so pale that she actually looks like she is glowing; it's kind of like how white stars are actually the hottest and brightest, as opposed to the burning, flaming red ones that you would think are the hottest. She literally looks like a ghost. So far, there is one guy on the Internetz who seemingly likes the commercial.

According to the YouTube video, linked here in case you can't see the embedded video, the super-pale actress Tamara Hope, who has mostly made her mark on Canadian television. I normally stick up for the Canadians, since I love Strange Brew and Kids in the Hall and Mike Myers, but this ghostly girl is simply inexcusable.

The odd thing is that Tamara is pretty decent look in other photos [right]. She is still pale, but not freakishly so, although she still seems a bit stuck in the Melissa Joan Hart, “I'm playing young characters” look. From looking her up on Google Images, you'd never know that she was born in 1984, and is only a couple months younger than I am, and I already look a bit baby faced.

And as an accounting note, I've decided to call these posts commenting on commercials, At The Commercials, as a take on Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel's old show, At The Movies. It was one of my favorite shows growing up as a kid, which is a bit odd, but makes sense now. I still like Roger Ebert a lot, and read all of his reviews, even on movies I have no interest in seeing. He is such a skilled writer that I'm always interested anyway.