Yet another case of commercials that lack specifics.
I sincerely doubt that anyone here has ever bought a car at a deal at a specific time because they were having a Toyotathon or Happy Hondadays or any such bunk. And if it hasn’t sold a single car, why-the-good-crap do they keep going back to this?
i wouldn’t be doing my due doper diligence if i didn’t point out that it’s not the entire set, but it is an infinite set.
the term ‘antioxidants’ annoys me, i don’t know why. +1 on the counter. i think i figured out it was a ruse when i was roughly… 6 years old?
There is a new circle being built in Hell specifically for marketers who advertise a 25% off sale as “Buy one, get a second for 50% off!”. It is made far more evil by being advertised as:
Buy one, get a second for
50% off!
I saw “In a world…” used in a theater pre-show ad two days ago for Lowes.
yeah - get that - not the point - reality is - they are doing themselves a dis-service advertising at all - like I would try wonder drug -
a) based on a tv commercial next to the “50% off in the next 30 seconds and we’ll save you up to 400$ if you owe back taxes in the millions”
b) with the foreknowledge that it may cause bleeding from the eyes, rectum and erections that won’t go away, and death.
Imagine if they had to add those same disclaimers for all products ?
When a commercial says their product is “clinically tested”, half the time I wonder if
A. They used their own “clinics”
B. They used a not so professional clinic who they paid for favorable results.
C. They used some other shady, non-legit method
I don’t know if it’s true, but my wife thinks that if a drug test is done, and even just one of the participants has some symptom, it has to be included as a possible side effect.
“We’ll DOUBLE the order. Just pay separate shipping and handling.”
My husband believes a lot of those ads. Awhile back he told me about these super-duper knives, and how you could get TWO!! sets for $39.95. I looked it up, and the separate S&H was $39.95.
My quibble is the use of the word “quality” without a qualifier. “High” quality is assumed, but the product could just as well be low quality. (But it was okay when Denethor said it.)
Heh. There is a store here called 99 Cents or Less or More. It cracks me up every time I see it. I think they got their store name from the same people who write those commercials.
But you can still pretty much look at theatrical trailers for any movie out there through IMDB. Even movie trailers from the 80s and 90s are on there.
Any trailer I should look at to hear this famous “in a world” line?
800-588-2300.
Makes me stabby.
You have been fined 1 credit for violation of the Morality Act. :eek:
It’s Marketing. It keeps the Toyota name out there. And if they are able to spend 1 million per day in making better cars (their latest ad, which brings tears of laughter to my eyes), a few mil on an ad campaign isn’t going to hurt.
Especially when the dealers have to kick in…muahahahahahahaha
Empire…today…:o
Sorry for the earworm. But I refuse to suffer alone.
Quoth Sam A. Robrin:
Y’know, that’d be an interesting ad campaign, to have a priest on to explain that Dove bars or whatever eaten in moderation aren’t actually sinful, they just taste really good.
Ever notice that the “decadent” verbiage is so often accompanied by imagery of some soccer mom-type orgasmically floating away on a cloud or somesuch while she clutches her individual portion cup, savoring each tiny bite of her low-calorie artifically flavored, colored, and textured “treat?”
I always want to say, “look lady, if you’re so sensually deprived that a couple of ounces of ersatz chocolate goo makes you writhe in ecstasy, maybe you should re-think a few things, m’kay?”
I see now that there is a 3D toothpaste…3D??
They add 3D and Hi-Def to everything now.
This isn’t a word I don’t want to hear again, but an image. Ever see those commercials where someone is eating something that everyone and their mother has eaten before and they get a look on their face like it’s the absolute most amazing thing they’ve ever tasted? In particular, I remember a Honey Nut Cheerios commercial from a few years ago where a lady took a bite, her eyes widened, and this slow smile took her face like she was taken aback at how surprisingly delicious (dare I say decadent?) this amazing cereal is. I like Honey Nut Cheerios and all, but they aren’t that good.
See those Fabreze ads where something awesome is going on around a couple, but they’re too much in awe about a Fabreze air freshener that you plug into a wall? How lame does your life have to be that you get memorized by that?