Conan, Leif Garrett Lampoon Brad Pitt's Chanel No. 5 Ad [VIDEO]

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Todd Wasserman
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Conan, Leif Garrett Lampoon Brad Pitt's Chanel No. 5 Ad [VIDEO]

The world turns and ... parodies take over.

At least that's what happens when you drop an ad as weird and confounding as Brad Pitt's spot for Chanel No. 5. Conan O'Brien stepped up to the challenge with a visual re-imagining of the ad that will make it hard to view the original the same way.

A more unexpected parody came from Leif Garrett. The '70s teen idol has fallen on hard times of late, but at least he seems to have developed a sense of humor. Garrett memorably rips Pitt's fatuous utterances with mundane digressions. "Plans disappear, dreams take over," Garrett muses. "...Ever have that dream where you're naked in school?"

One thing's for sure: Chanel's $7 million investment in Pitt seems to be paying off. After all, no one parodies an ad no one cares about. I suppose that's just the brand's luck, its fate, its fortune....

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