I get what they’re going for, at least. They want it to be a really affordable car, and yet instead of “My piece of crap is all I could afford” image, they want to create/foster “I’m proud of my little Dart.” I guess sort of capturing the old VW Bug vibe.
I’m also okay with it because as you say it’s a set. If they ran the same exact one 8 million times it’d be more annoying, I think.
I’d certainly take the “don’t touch my Dart” over the “Is it a Camry or a Camry OH MY GOD IT’S A CAMRY!!!”
I’m confused. The Fit has roughly the same down curve as the Prius.
To be fair (you know, to the imaginary commercial woman), her husband is on the downstairs phone at 3am saying “Yeah, I’m married… does it matter?” and “You can do that for me?”. The set up is obviously supposed to sound like a secretive phone sex conversation so, plausible set-up or not, the wife’s reaction isn’t really overboard. It’s not like she came down to hear him listing the kid’s birth dates and their home value.
If she’s so suspicious, why doesn’t she go to the obvious conclusion - that her husband* is* on a sex-chat, but with Jake (NOT from State Farm) instead of a woman?
I’ve always hated portrayals of kids who act like miniature adults.
Currently there’s the phone commercial where the kid wants to buy a house because it “looks like a good investment” as the nearby adults look on dumbfounded. His little girlfriend or sister or whomever explains that “He’s sitting on a big pile of cash from selling a startup.”
Are there people who find this kind of thing cute and charming, or are they just trying to sell phones to smug, bratty rich kids?
Yeah, I agree with you on that one. The guy is made out to be a sad outcast because all he has to eat is* real food* (carrots, broccoli) while everyone else is eating some concoction called Fiber One, which is a freakin’ candy bar!
I detest the Don’t Touch My Dart ad with Craig Robinson, where the neighbor keeps bleating, “Craig! Craig! Craig! Craig!” over and over ad nauseum.
Eh, still makes the guys in the commercial seem delusional.
I’m still trying to figure out why State Farm wants me to think the only time I can reach a live, human agent (hideous or not) is at 3am ?
Because that’s not funny and they’re trying to sell insurance rather than marriage-destroying drama?
Oh, I think that marriage is already on the fritz.
Why does he feel he needs to call insurance at 1 am (or whatever time it was), rather than be with his wife*? Are they spending all their time apart? Do they not talk about their insurance needs together? Is he making all the important decisions without her input? And she doesn’t believe him when he (truthfully) says he is talking to JfSF. There’s no trust left in that marriage.
Because I am a doper, with typical doper relationship advice, I say she should Dump His Ass!
*Unless, perhaps, he’s been on hold since 6pm or something. Maybe he DID try to call during normal hours, and his wife went to bed while he was still on hold and didn’t realize it was the same call.
The commercial is moronic. The simplest explanation is that he couldn’t sleep and tried to do something chore-y instead of watching TV. And 24/7 customer service is pretty much the norm in the insurance game:
With quite a bit of fiber, something many Americans dont get enuf of.
I’m the opposite. I’ve always liked Craig Robinson’s coolness and slow burns from his role in The Office, and Jake Johnson (from New Girl) makes a good adversary. He doesn’t care how stupid he looks when he tries to break somebody. Like when he calls up Craig and says he’s touching his Dart with his voice.
“My sound waves are pouring out of your speakers, touching every…”
“Stop disrespecting her!”
“Ooh, and the Dart likes it, don’t ya Dart?”
“GET YOUR FILTHY VOICE OFF HER, JAKE!”
Agreed.
Yes. The previous one had the two kids, but they were just all amazed because their cool new phones came preloaded with Amazon Prime and lots of digital entertainment. As opposed to someone else getting Amazon Prime on their phone separately. So there was a goofy line about the kid and his 9 years on earth never seeing anything like it, or whatever. Bad, but just about the kid thinking his lifespan was something significant.
Then this commercial, where suddenly he’s a bazillionaire investment guru precocious pseudoadult, all because his phone has “firefly” technology. :rolleyes:
No, everyone else is eating real junk food - chips, candy bars, whatever. He gets to eat that concoction because it tastes like junk food, but is “healthy”.
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I’m confused. The Fit has roughly the same down curve as the Prius.
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Fithas a gentle curve, then a sharper drop off for the hatchback. That bend is roughly aligned with the top of the front windshield.
Priushas a more dramatic curve for the roof, and the bend at the back is aligned with the bottom of the windows.
Maybe not as dramatic a difference as I was thinking, but there is a difference.
By the way, here’s a Prius with a bike in the back. Seats, down, bike on side, fits in with both wheels attached. (Scroll down)
Here’s a Fit with a bike in the back, has to have front wheel removed.
So that disproves that the Fit is cavernous while the Prius can’t be used to haul stuff. They are about the same size, numerically and pictorially.
Because they don’t eat enough carrots and broccoli. That was my point.
Man oh man, I swear this world is upside down.
I despise when kids quote medical information for their parents. NOBODY talksc like that!
Most of the posts there say to remove the front wheel.
I kind of like those commercials, but only the boy is funny. The girl smiles like she knows it’s silly that they’re acting grown-up, so she doesn’t pull it off.
I still like the Jake from State Farm one too.
I like the new Subway bacon commercial (with the bacon jewelry, bacondor, etc.), but I saw it for the first time three days ago and they’re already running it into the ground.
