Behind The Ads

Rapunzel

2008-08-13T20:15:00.000-07:00

What is it with the quality of friends you see in commercials? I have here yet another example of something that had my friends done it, would have made me re-examine the friendship.

I actually know someone with hair that length. I'm pretty sure if anyone had ever tied it to the counter of a greasy spoon in the middle of a desert, they'd be minus a finger or 10.

We'll skip over the fact that no matter how good your shampoo and conditioner are, you cannot break off chunks of a countertop by pulling it with your hair unless it's made of paper mache. And move right on to why, for the love of the deity of your choice, the owner of the defaced property just stood there. No demanding the money for repairs, no calling the cops, no yelling various gibberish due to uncontrolled anger at the wanton destruction.

Someone's mom never made them return that candy bar to the store when they were 6. It shows.

It's That Grey Area...

2008-08-13T18:46:00.000-07:00

That area where you're not sure if someone needs medication to control their behavior, or if they are just quirky. When you aren't quite sure if you should go with the flow, or back away slowly.

There's no such conundrum with this girl. She's clearly Nucking Futz.

Imagine it. You are on standing room only public transit, minding your own business, reading the newspaper. And some weird girl leans over and rubs her face on yours. Do you smile at her?

Hell no, you push her off and hide behind another passenger. That's what sane people do.

But does she stop at traumatizing innocent transit passengers? No, she goes and rubs her face on her friends. If a friend of mine did that, I wouldn't just smile at them. I'd be taking them somewhere to have a serious chat.

Friends don't let friends repeatedly make awkward social blunders.

Let's just hope this girl never makes the aquaintance of the obnoxious Rogers My 5 kids.

It's Teeth Would Break!!!!

2008-08-12T20:38:00.000-07:00

One of the biggest contenders for annoying commercials is the Rogers Wireless My 5 series. It was hard, but i narrowed it down to the one that is hands down the Worst Offender.

So, here we have friends fighting over who gets to be in a cell phone's friend's list. What happens to the loser? Is he doomed to never recieve a call or a text from his formerly bestest buddy ever again? Relegated to the hell that is *gasp* a normal service plan?!! The Horror!

To make it even better, though, the winner pulls the surprise and stunning move of playing snake to his opponents rock. And the group of friends all agree this is a brilliant and masterful move. We'll just ignore the gaping holes of logic that would suggest perhaps the snake would break it's fangs when confronted with the rock. We'll also ignore that the rock could have been weilded with a flourish to pound the snake's puny little head in.

But then I guess it would have been too violent for TV. Unless they aired it during 24.

In the beginning...

2008-08-12T20:11:00.000-07:00

As my other half will tell you, sometimes commercials and ads drive me crazy. So, I decided what better way to vent my frustrations than in a blog?

I aim to highlight the ridiculous, the inconsistant, and the contradictory messages we see in the ads that play during our favorite shows.

On that note, I am opening with the one that has bothered me since the first time I heard it. It is a Wal Mart ad; the kind that shows just how warm and fuzzy a company they are by parading one of the charities they support. I couldn't find a copy of the commercial online, but that's ok because it really was the song choice that had me foaming at the mouth. And that I did find:

Listen to the opening lines:

No darling, I can't take your thirst away but I can show you to the sea.

These are the lines that play during the commercial. The commercial that shows what a caring, compassionate company they are. And they are sadistically leading thirsty people to a source of water that cannot be swallowed due to it's salt content!!

Yes, I know. I'm picky. I'm pedantic.

I hope you enjoy it.