I just want to register my disgust at a new toilet paper commercial on TV…
It’s basically just a bunch of shots of people’s butts in colorful clothing, dancing around, having fun, etc. You don’t know what the commercial is about. You figure it’s for clothing or perfume or something. Then at the end, they show a pictures of a pack of TP.
Now every time this comes on, I immediately start thinking of pooping butts, and the entire commercial has changed from this cute dancey thing to a gruesome parade of rear ends that need wiping.
Oh, yes. (I posted about this commercial on another board) The commercial raises the point that all those cute and perky butts may just be encrusted with poo. ::barfing smilie::
I hate this commercial. They actually have a second in the series now. My kids hate them too, mainly because they have to listen to me rant about it every time.
Wait a minute. All this anger about toilet paper commercials (this one, the bear one…etc.), THIS from the board who coined the term felching? Oh come on…you can’t be serious.
There’s definitely been a trend toward breaking the toilet paper taboo (that’s the one where everyone pretends not to know what toilet paper is actually for in ads for said toilet paper). The bears, the British toilet paper voice-over (“I’ll get you comfortably clean!”), the commercial in the OP. I’m torn between “Finally! No more stupid squeamish tiptoe-ing around!” and “Ewwwww!”
Although I have to admit that the Charmin commercial’s allusion to “Does a bear poop in the woods?” was incredibly funny the first two times I saw it.
I think it’s great. I mean think how far we’ve come. I’ve always hated TP commercials were a little kid scrapes his knee and he uses this soft TP to help his wound. It’s bullcrap! That’s not what TP is for damnit!
I envision in the near future it will show the split screen picture of two dirty asses. One will be wiped with the leading TP and the other will be wiped with new Charmin Soft (or whatever).
Now THAT shows you what kind of results a company’s TP can give you. Screw all that beating around the bush stuff.
>>cough sputter gasp<< Wait just a cotton-picking SECOND here. Do I understand correctly that nobody posting in here has EVER seen one of the bazillion Tampax, Modess, Stay-Free or Massengil commercials- ** all of which** feature emaciated women in BLINDINGLY white terry-cloth snug-fitting sports clothing, bending over and / or spreading their knees to silently remind us that they are both not leaking ( !!! :eek: !!! ) and pleasantly scented???
You’re freaking over TOILET PAPER , people. <shrug> Shit happens.
Concept for new ad campaign. Extreme close-up of foil-wrapped condom on soft blue lit background. Title fades up slowly in lower-third" ** GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU ** "
All of those waggling butts, followed up by the rippling toilet tissue, typically bring forth the image of a big ol’ dingleberry rather than the act itself.
