Those eyes. THOSE PIERCING EYES.

For their second project for Walmart since taking over digital AOR duties from incumbent R/GA two weeks ago, the Martin Agency is giving America its new favorite holiday character–a yodeling cat with a love of Christmas. Supposedly, the yodeling, creepy-faced creature is promoting Walmart’s line of internet-ready electronics (with a new spot based around said feline vocalist set to launch later this month), but the video features little in the way of branding save for that little ornament that pops in at the 47-second mark.

So, readers, do you “get it?” Are you wondering to yourself, as many YouTube commenters are, “What the hell?” Well, as the Martin Agency knows (and all other agencies working in the digital sphere should know by now), if you want a video to go viral, all you need to do is put a cat in it. If you think that this is a strategy you might forget, just hum Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” to yourself when sent a creative brief and insert the words “If they like it, then you probably put a cat in it.” It’s a simple and very effective strategy; since the video was posted to YouTube on Monday, it’s already gained almost 50,000 views. Credits, and lyrics so viewers can yodel along at home, follow after the jump.

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After already conquering snowboarding and skateboarding before he turns 25, Shaun White is understandably bored. And, if you know anything about the young face of Xtreme Sports for almost a decade, it’s that White loves endorsement deals. Add BFGoodrich to Target and Hewlett-Packard on the list of companies that have nothing to do with snowboarding or skateboarding but will be paying White a chunk of change this year.

The above spot, “Flop Quiz,” is the first is a series of four spots from the Martin Agency that follow White’s journey into closed course racing with the support of BDGoodrich tires. White and his buddies (including Marshall, “the Facebook Friend”) may not blow the competition away on a pop quiz about how math applies to racing, but what do you call someone who gets C’s through med school? You call that person a doctor, and so White gets to race around for the following three spots leading to the “Final Exam Jam.” Credits and the other three spots after the jump.

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