Oooooh, lordy. I’ve heard that ad about a million times now. Which means I’ve heard that slogan 4 million times. I sense a new, horrible advertising trend in the works here. In fact, I just saw CNN play a commercial that went something like this:
Although they repeat the directions 17 times, they don’t actually ever tell you what the product is supposed to do. Cure migranes? Clear up pimples? Give you mind-blowing orgasms? Save the dolphins from tuna fishermen? Who knows.
I don’t know what HeadOn is actually supposed to do but they’re probably avoiding falling underneath FDA regulation by not, “making any claims,” about what their product does along those lines in the same way that herbal medicines, “are not inteted to cure, treat, or diagnose,” or whathaveyou.
I still think the marketing firm which is responsible for those ads ought to be diagnosed, treated, and cured via Hal Briston’s suggested means of action.
The good news is that HeadOn seems to have replaced Relacore or whatever that one was. You know, “stress causes cortisol! Cortisol increases belly fat!! You need Relacore!!!1!!!”
Ok, I guess I’m good at the DVR, because that Youtube clip is the first time I’ve ever seen this, and I thought it was a joke. I laughed and laughed at was I thought was a bizzare Futurama-esque parody ad of mystery curatives in general.
Then the Early Show link makes a point of telling me I’m out of touch. “If you’ve not seen this TV commercial, where have you been?” Jesus.
We got a thread with this title in Cafe Society too! Now all someone has to do is post a thread with this title in the Pit, and we’ll have imitated the ad right here on the SDMB!
