I have long entertained a fantasy of writing a movie screenplay based on the idea that anything you could possibly need can be found in a woman’s purse. This commercial fits in well with that idea. Boat springs a leak and you need a quick patch to avoid sinking? Some woman has a gadget in her purse that will work. Ok, it was intended for, um, well, you know, but, hey, if it gets you back to shore where you can do more permanent repairs, more power to you.
I personally found the commercial to be mildly disturbing, but the more I think about it the less it bothers me. I mean, we all know that us girls have periods, and that we carry certain items in our purses to contain that blood flow, right? I actually used to be bothered by the fact that any feminine hygiene commercials were shown on airspace frequently viewed by men, but I’ve gotten over it. I’m starting to find the new frankness in these commercials refreshing.
For me the biggest irony is that I generally watch exactly one hour of television a week, so I saw the commercial during that one hour… on the show that airs between 9:00 and 10:00 pm, Pacific time… on the WB network…
This might sound wierd, but I think commercials that are more up-front about what they are selling make more sense. And I thought the bear commercials were funny. Those bears were cute! Maybe they could convince Hanna-Barbera to let them use the rights to Yogi bear as their mascot. After all, he’s “smarter than the average bear”. I wouldn’t doubt he’d be smart enough to know what to do with a roll of toilet paper
Whats the point of advertising something when the advertisement doesn’t have anything close to what the commercial is about?! Its like ads for prescription drugs where they don’t even tell you what the drug does- they just give you some abstract imagery and let you sort it out. Or that are really vague and indirect- like that commercial for the Viagra knockoff…shows a guy trying to throw a football through a tire swing…LOL I can imagine a lot of quarterbacks popping loads of this stuff before a game after seeing commercials like that
Poet. I believe posters have said that the reason they don’t tell you what those products DO is that if they say what it does (“Levitra. Helps you get it in the hole.)” , then they have to list the side effects (“May cause diarrhea, vomiting, upset stomach, blue balls, and kidney problems”).
That makes sense. Can’t promise something you can’t clinically prove and all that.
But the commercials are so vague…I’m talking about the commercials where you don’t have the foggiest idea what they are for. Zyrtec and Allegra (for a time) come to mind. Both drugs had commercials that were incredibly vague. Its like ads for perfumes/colognes (which can be abstract as well). Only at least in those commercials you know that perfume/cologne makes you smell good.
The thing is, though, I can bear sad testimony to the fact that a tampon can only absorb so much liquid. This would only be a stopgap method, if you’ll pardon the expression; they still wouldn’t be able to continue their leisurely afternoon’s sail. They would have to get back to shore damned quick, before the tampon would being serving as a conduit. And before it started to shred.
As I said in an earlier post in this thread I did think the commercial itself was icky. But I was once in a first aid class in which sanitary napkins were mentioned as a stopgap measure for covering a bloody gash. After allm they are clean and absorbent, and if one is losing blood from a wound at a quick rate I doubt one is going to be choosy.
What bothers me about that commercial is that the guy seems weirdly turned-on by it. At least, he gives her this, “Dashed clever of you, my love,” sort of smirk.
I just moved apartments, and while I made sure to bring it with me, I don’t know exactly where it is. I will take a pic of it when I find it though, promise!
Am I the only one who reads sexual innuendo into the “hole in the bottom of the boat” concept?
Of course, I just recently saw the old South Park where Officer Barbrady is under the Mayor’s desk, and she’s telling him to keep looking for the little man in the boat. :eek:
Ditto, a thousand times ditto, on the “bear in the woods” toilet paper commercials. If nothing else they call to mind a vulgar phrase about bears in the woods, and they’re shown during Oprah, for heaven’s sake!
I miss the America when we were all stuck-up, repressed prudes. Now we let everything hang out to such a degree that we might as well be Europeans!
You laugh, but it attempts to seduce a passing customer (which it calls “flyboy”) with such lines as “You can lick my ripples!”. The spiel builds to a fever pitch as the candy bar screams “Bite me! Bite me! Bite me!” at which point the man rips over the wrapper and devours the candy bar (while the shopkeeper looks on aghast). The tag line: “I’ll be anything you want”. Subtle it ain’t.
When I read the title of the thread, I thought it was going to be about the stupid Levitra commercials with ‘Ted’ who always has a giant, shit-eating grin on his face. Those commercials drive me nuts.
I did get a laugh out all of this though, so I guess my time wasn’t TOTALLY wasted.
Posting again, really, just so I can subscribe. Damn this new generic interface (on this wonderful free Board).
Do you remember the commercial for the peach-colored feminine pad of some sort? They called it the “Peach Protector.” That got yanked after running only a few days, I believe. Thank goodness.
I just moved apartments, and while I made sure to bring it with me, I don’t know exactly where it is. I will take a pic of it when I find it though, promise!