It's a shame we can't watch television in 2014 without seeing ...

[GreenElf]

@Hey_Hey_Paula

Nair…pantyhose?

Nair was a product to remove leg hair chemically, without shaving - really nasty stuff. Pantyhose were what natural blondes like myself wore with skirts so our leg hair wouldn’t show.

Well, oops, I’m a guy, and only vaguely remember the commercials.

[GreenElf]

@7e42

why can’t be like back in the day? Commercials about

cookies
detergent
veggies
toilet cleaner
Chips
Juice
cars
water
restaurants

This. Most commercials were about things like candy, Tide laundry detergent or Alka Seltzer.

[7e42]

@GreenElf

This. Most commercials were about things like candy, Tide laundry detergent or Alka Seltzer.

Today it’s nothing but heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and high blood pressure

[Sage_Rat]

@7e42

I have Internet, when the commercials I am on the web but I can still hear the depressing medical commercials

No as in…TV has gone disco.

Watch shows on the internet.

[ZipperJJ]

I’ve been watching this channel lately called qubo, which markets itself as “a safe destination for children of all ages and their families” (It’s a long story as to why I am laying on the couch in my underwear at midnight, in the dark, by myself, watching such a channel)

Anyway they have the most amazing commercials, for all these weird “new invention” toys, all with songs and over-acting kids.

There’s the Teddy Tank (stuffed animal with a fish tank in its tummy), the Ball Pet (a stuffed animal that folds into a ball - like the WUZZLES!!), some sort of sleeping bag you can wear (also a stuffed animal), something that glows…they are all amazing, each one.

You guys are watching the wrong channels!

[zweisamkeit]

@7e42

Today it’s nothing but heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and high blood pressure

No, they are not. :rolleyes: It feels that way because those are your particular bugaboos, that’s all.

Just off the top of my head right now, here is a list of non-health/disease commercials I’ve seen recently (just by brand name or topic):

• Tide

• Cheerios

• Clorox

• AT&T

• Verizon

• Meijer’s

• Target

• McDonald’s

• Pier One

• Kohl’s

• K-Mart

• endless class action lawsuits

• Sharpie markers

• Microsoft

• Apple

• insurance agencies (GEICO, State Farm, Nationwide, All State, Farmer’s)

• Swiffer

• Charmin

• Bounty paper towels

• Bud (light lime-arita :eek: :baaaarf: )

• Taco Bell

• Angie’s List

• Empire Carpet

• Maybelline

• L’Oreal

• Gevalia coffee

• Kids’ sun block

• Bel Vida bar thingies

• automobiles from basically any manufacturer

And that’s without needing to take time to think. I could come up with a bunch more.

[zweisamkeit]

@ZipperJJ

I’ve been watching this channel lately called qubo, which markets itself as “a safe destination for children of all ages and their families” (It’s a long story as to why I am laying on the couch in my underwear at midnight, in the dark, by myself, watching such a channel)

Anyway they have the most amazing commercials, for all these weird “new invention” toys, all with songs and over-acting kids.

There’s the Teddy Tank (stuffed animal with a fish tank in its tummy), the Ball Pet (a stuffed animal that folds into a ball - like the WUZZLES!!), some sort of sleeping bag you can wear (also a stuffed animal), something that glows…they are all amazing, each one.

You guys are watching the wrong channels!

Oh shit, I LOVE these commercials! They’re so bizarre (they play them on the Hub, too). Don’t forget Stompeez, the slippers with animal faces in front whose mouth yawns open when you take a step! Or that unbreakable ball (I’ll admit I’m actually really curious about that one). Or the weird animal “friend” stuffed animal with stretchy arms and legs that you can attach to your feet and the toy … Moves like you, WITH you for some reason.

[zweisamkeit]

Oh! AND the fucking bizarre pillows and stuffed animals with LED lights inside that glow when you squeeze them, but glow in bizarre blobs instead of some all over even glow.