• MSNBC , Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11 AM

Allison Linn's "Ads of the Weird" column this week features a joint ad by Wal-Mart and Coke that's playing in movie theaters and online. You can see it here.

"Wal-Mart commercials have definitely improved since the days of the tacky flying smiley face and uniformed employees, but let's face it: The retailer's ads are not usually the stuff of creative wonderment," Linn writes.

But she likes this one, which features a 20-something guy handing out bottles of Coke to a diverse gathering of family and friends (including his "surprisingly cool step-mother," "judo coach" and "first girl I ever kissed.") It's worth a look.

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