Lindsay Lohan Gabs With Air New Zealand Puppet [VIDEO]

Air New Zealand is continuing its use of celeb cameos with a new video featuring Lindsay Lohan being interviewed by Rico, the airline's puppet mascot.

The five-minute video shows Lohan playing the straight man to Rico, a Borat-like character who hosts a talk show with a laugh track. Lohan, a fixture of gossip blogs, answers questions about Kim Kardashian, the paparazzi (or "papsmearazzi" as the malapropism-prone Rico deems it) and, oh yeah, New Zealand, before pretending to fall asleep after being hypnotized.

It's a weird little cameo to be sure and in keeping with other recent Air New Zealand stunts, like a David Hasselhoff interview with Rico and a safety instruction video featuring Richard Simmons.

Air New Zealand, which fancies itself a "high-energy airline," is clearly going beyond what even the boldest players in the category -- like Virgin Atlantic, for instance -- have already done on the marketing front.