Uncle Drew is Back; Jumps the Shark

Uncle Drew is back, and Kevin Love and Bill Russell have joined Kyrie Irving for a second installment of the extended mockumentary commercial that went viral over the summer.

Yes, Kyrie Irving once again spent several hours getting made up to look like a 70-year-old man, and the makeup folks apparently spent considerably less time adding a few years to Love’s look.

As you will see below, this sequel can’t hold a candle to the original, which is shown below — underneath the first embedded video.

Memo to Kyrie, K-Love and Pepsi: Ask someone Uncle Drew’s age, or even someone 30 years younger, what happened when Fonzie jumped a shark.

Here is the original (which was not cheapened by blatant product placement).