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Youth In Revolt advert

We were watching the tube the other night when we saw a promo for the new Michael Cera movie “Youth In Revolt.” Yeah, we know– you gotta really be paying attention to catch one of those ads… they’re only running them every six or seven minutes.

One of the stars of the film is Zach Galifianakis.

When they get to mentioning that he’s in the movie they identify him as “Zach Galif… uh… Gali… uh… that guy from ‘The Hangover!'”

Ha! Pretty clever, huh? You see… he has such a long and unpronounceable name… oh, forget it. If you have to explain the joke…

We’ve since seen another version of the commercial that actually says his name (and pronounces it correctly). Was it an attempt at humor? Was it an attempt at linking the two movies and capitalizing on the success of The Hangover? (It’s closing in on a half billion dollars!) Was Galifiniakis in on the gag? Is he pleased with the goof on his name? Is he a big enough star that he can go by “Zach?” (Or go by “That guy from ‘The Hangover?'” So many questions.