I probably look like that trying to open a stuck pickle jar lid. It’s not a good look for selling anything other than a jar lid remover.
Twas Breztri, and the Skyrizi Taltz
Did Gazyva and Gardisil in the Wakix…
The latest incessantly-repeated Prevagen ad has the Satisfied Customer™ declare “I did my own research”. Er, if the pills your peddling actually made you smarter, you might have noticed that the phrase “I did my own research” has become indelibly associated with woo-woo nonsense and deranged conspiracy theories, which admittedly makes it ironically apropos.
Oh geez. 
My mom has an older friend who thinks she needs cataract surgery, and is scheduled to go in for a consultation soon. She too has “done her research,” which - as you pointed out - has pretty much consisted of her gathering information from every woo site she can find, and combining it with details regarding a relative’s cataract surgery decades ago. The poor woman has convinced herself that she’s going to be incapacitated anywhere from eight weeks to possibly several months. Note that this friend hasn’t even been for the consultation yet. Yeah. She has repeatedly told my mom how eager she is to present all of “her research” to the doctor.
(I would like to mention that my mother is a saint for having listened to this for several months without exploding.)
I’m doubting the woman and the doctor will see eye to eye.
ba-dum tish 
I happened to just see that commercial and looked up the domain. I have a feeling that nobody connected with Trump would hire a company from Iceland for privacy protection.
Greenland, maybe.
“Freshpet - it’s not dogfood, it’s food food.”
So I could serve it up for a quick dinner for the kids? Munch on it as an afternoon snack?
There’s a recurring commercial scenario that’s annoying in it’s stupidity. It’s usually a couple in their home, and for some reason, the pitchman for some service. He invariably looks like a homeless guy and his manic actions are, I believe, intended to be amusing. The couple might as well be standees the way they just blank face look at the guy. The one I see get play ad nauseum involves the pitchman telling the couple about surprises, then is startled when their daughter walks into the room. “Who are you?” “I live here”. This is what passes as humor in commercials.
There are a series of commercials for a mattress or one of those ready made beds they sell these days that is unusual because the characters pitching the product are made out to be assholes. On purpose. I don’t think I’ve seen companies where they intentionally made the product spokespersons unlikeable and it struck me as pretty novel. Problem is, I don’t remember the name of the product, but the pitch is, “How do you sleep at night?” “Like a baby on a ___”.
Anyone know what I’m talking about?
Yes. I think they use the Lionel Richie song All Night Long as the jingle.
Oh yeah. Sadly.
Yes the customers are all assholes. But worse, the commercial doesn’t give the “joke” a chance to build. They are too rushed (not that I want to see more of these jerks, but timing is important!) “How do you sleep at night” isn’t the first thought that comes to mind if I were hearing these. More like, what the fuck is wrong with you? or, are you sure you’re my grandma?
I’ve not seen the TV spots, but I have heard one of the radio spots. The joke works there.
I’ll believe you.
But I never get the school of advertising that says “make the spokespeople assholes”. Yes, we’re talking about your product. No, we’re never going to buy it.
In the radio spot, the spokesperson asks, “Are you a movie talker?” and goes on to ask about several annoying ways that people interrupt movies by asking questions. It finally ask, “Do people ask you, ‘How do you sleep at night?’”
The joke actually has a build up.
That, that is a stupid ad. Yes, of course it is pet food. You feed it to your pet. Now, if the ad had been “fresh pet food- that’s stupid” then sure- kick that guy out.
I missed a few hundred posts when I was sick in recent months, so I may have missed a discussion of the several 'visitor to your home is OUTRAGED that pet food is being kept in the refrigerator’ commercials.
I still don’t understand why anyone would care about pet food being kept in the refrigerator. Yes, I get that the scenario being presented is ‘the person you brought into your home is a snob’—but why would the position make sense to anyone–even to a snob?
As for dog food being food-food: they do seem to be implying that it’s okay for human consumption. There apparently are many pet owners who feel guilty that they are spending less on their pet’s diet than on their own. I suspect those people ought to find a therapist to talk to about it, but I can understand advertisers wanting to take advantage of their self-reproach.
Yeah, I recently read about a trend among body-builders, I think, that decided to up their protein intake by consuming dog food, which, if formulated correctly, is much, much higher in protein than a human should consume. The idea is quick building of muscle. These guys were getting kidney failure as a result. SMH
For this ad, tho, I think the premise is that food for your pets is somehow nasty and dirty and unsanitary, so it’s icky and should not be kept next to pure and wholesome human food. Next thing you know we’ll see ads for special dishwasher soap for pet bowls and dishes.
My paternal grandmother apparently once gave my mother a hard time about washing dog dishes in the same dishwasher load as the people dishes. My mother’s position was that if stuff wasn’t getting sanitized properly in the dishwasher, that was a much bigger concern than the contents of the load.