I always thought the reason why he was trying to stop their behavior wasn’t that it was bad or uncool but rather it made them look old.
And, so why is old= bad?
I’m not sure what’s “old” about bringing your own snacks on the plane. I don’t get it. Maybe kids these days stream their snacks?
Maybe I was born old.
In the universe of this commercial, are these people paying this asshole to insult them?
Yep. Alec gotta go. Pushing 20? I swear I’ve seen him my whole life.
He’s probably got kids of his own.
Please get the man some teeth, St Jude or Shriners. Oh, wait. He’s on both, I think.
I get so many of those new Jacuzzi bath commercials, I swear they must be looking at my bathroom. And I hate the voice of the spokesperson, Christina.
Gah, go away!
Not that it made them look old, it made them act like their parents. In fact, the commercials where they acted prematurely old were the weakest ones, like one in which they couldn’t figure out how to properly text. Older parents of a certain generation have problems with technology because they grew up without it. There’s no reason why a younger generation of parents should have a problem with tech.
The ones that were funniest and most successful to me showed them developing quirky behaviors that seem to be common to parents of any generation, like when they made the field trip to the Home Depot-like store and they were giving unsolicited advice to strangers on paint brushes and parking help. Or the one with weird nesty behaviors like kitschy inspirational signs and excessive couch pillows.
And yet, they never seem to learn. It’s the same actors all this time (I think).
They’re not getting good value for their money. But I guess you have to decide to embrace change. And they aren’t ready. Well, Live, Laugh, Love, that’s what I always say.
On a different front, I saw an Amtrak train the other day, and one of the cars had a huge wrap ad the full side of the car. Yes, Phoenix light rail cars are just there for full-on wrap ads, but not Amtrak, too! That just seems wrong.
I have to take issue with this. I believe the point is very much that it’s uncool to act like your parents. Here are young hip new homeowners and they’re turning into the uncool squares that their parents were. They’re packing a sandwich for a plane trip, reading books about submarines, and making sure everyone pees before the movie starts.
I wonder about the writers who thought books about submarines was mock-worthy. It’s really not even a quirky type of interest.
She was part of a successful house flipping show on HGTV with her (now ex-) husband called Flip or Flop. Her new show is called Christina on the Coast. But I’m with you, I don’t like her much. She’s too frou-frou.
I’d never seen her before, so I just watched a trailer for her show to see who you’re talking about.
She has that habit of making everything she says sound like a question. Very annoying.
making everything she says sound like a question? Very annoying?
Fixed that for you?
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Every time a Shriner’s commercial comes on, I feel like a terrible person because I can’t stand the sight of either Kaleb or Alec. Sure, they’ve had hard lives but dammit, get some fresh faces out there. Surely they can’t be the only patients able to say their lines on camera.
The Liberty Christmas commercial where one kid opens up a humongous package for an insurance bundle and is thrilled, while his brother kicks his new bike in disgust and his mother looks on all of this with a grin that would make Jack Nicholson proud. Creepy to the max.
I just assume they’re the only two the Shriners were able to keep alive.
That’s an old one; surprised to see it dragged out of the mothballs (and played on constant rotation, it seems).
The concept has been highly successful for Dr. Laura.
And, why is that bad?
It’s not bad. I mean, the whole concept of the commercial series is a pretty gentle sendup of how we turn into our parents when we take on more responsibilities, behavior that would make our younger selves cringe to know that’s what we turned into. Also how that nurturing parental behavior sometimes gets extended to situations where it’s neither needed nor welcome, as in unsolicited advice to grownup strangers in public places. Cheesesteak said it well I think…
And Suze Whats-her-face.