Logic in TV Ads

[Byzantine]

These ads have bothered me for a long time. The Money Store or any of their ilk that promise to get you out of debt by, yep, that’s right, getting you FURTHER into debt! ARGGGGGG! That drives me nuts!

The moon looks on many flowers, the flowers on but one moon.

[Astroglide]

AFRTS, the military television provider we get overseas, bombards us with propaganda and military-themed “commercials” constantly.

They are the most moronic, cheesy, intellectually insulting commericals you can possibly imagine. I can feel myself getting dumber when I watch them.

One such series on American Military Tactics ends with two halves of a chessboard meeting in the center of a screen, then one king moves directly in front of the opposing king. I mean, I ain’t no Bobby Fisher, but c’mon people!

For the record, this series is among the best produced ones shown.

[soulquest7]

@Stevie_Rave_On

I just saw a commercial this morning for ecampus.com. Its a website for college kids, I think they sell textbooks and stuff. I thought it was funny, but I could see where some people would be pissed.

Anyway, the whole commercial was two obviously stoned girls laying on the floor watching a lavalamp and laughing. The girls’ eyes were half closed, and for 30 seconds they are just laying there watching the flow of the lava. Everyone knows a lot of people experiment (sp?) with drugs in college, but to use that to get name recognition could be viewed as bad taste.

Does anyone know what this commercial is? I remember it as well, but can’t remember what it was trying to advertise.

[Ludovic]

@Heath

Not a TV ad, but a billboard ad for the Nissan XTerra. Has anyone seen this? The billboard has a lovely picture of the vehicle with big, bold, white letters next to it. They read:
TAKES YOU TO PLACES BILLBOARDS DON’T EXIST.
Is it just me, or is this NOT a sentence? Bugs me everytime I see it.

In addition it seems pretty illogical. It’s saying “hey, if it weren’t for this billboard, you’d be looking at a pretty tree or field right now! HAW HAW HAW!”

[emcee2k]

@soulquest7

Does anyone know what this commercial is? I remember it as well, but can’t remember what it was trying to advertise.

I’m guessing it was trying to advertise ecampus.com.

Unrelated but, I’d like to point out that children born the day this thread was started are now in high school.

[JKilez]

@soulquest7

Does anyone know what this commercial is? I remember it as well, but can’t remember what it was trying to advertise.

United Zombie College Fund (UZCF). Brains are a terrible thing to waste.

[soulquest7]

@emcee2k

I’m guessing it was trying to advertise ecampus.com.

Unrelated but, I’d like to point out that children born the day this thread was started are now in high school.

I found the commercial on youtube: http://youtu.be/vTIvUBWDxHc

[Ponch8]

@emcee2k

Unrelated but, I’d like to point out that children born the day this thread was started are now in high school.

Maybe a few prodigies. They’d still only be 12 1/2 years old today.

[emcee2k]

@Ponch8

Maybe a few prodigies. They’d still only be 12 1/2 years old today.

:smack: Middle school.

[Digital_is_the_new_Analog]

It’s time for some commercials for a service planning Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, then!
-D/a

[twickster]

Welcome to the SDMB, soulquest7. This thread is what we call a “zombie” – one that has been inactive for a long time, like over a decade.

Since this thread is so old, I’m going to close it. If people want to start a new thread on the topic, feel free to do so in Cafe Society (which didn’t exist when this thread last saw the light of day).

twickster, MPSIMS moderator