Feast your eyes now upon those buzzy promo spots for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards—featuring host Russell "Big in England" Brand, 2007 VMAs catastrophe Britney Spears, and a giant elephant in the room (not white, but you get it). 10 first impressions:

1. Britney looks good.
2. Britney isn't chewing gum.
3. Britney is relaxed.
4. Britney doesn't appear to be pregnant.
5. Britney is good at covering up signs of fear and/or repulsion.
6. We're amazed she didn't say, "What's a surname?"
7. That hairstyle is atrocious. (You decide which.)
8. We believe she truly has no idea who Brown/Brand is.
9. She notices a passing resemblance to K-Fed at the :39 mark.
10. The elephant appears to be fantasizing about scraping saucy-British-comic out of his toes.

Feel free to add your own in the comments.

• VMAs [MTV]

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