Tuesday, 23 June 2009
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Commercials?
Is it just me or have advertising campaigns gone off the map lately?
If I see one more commercial for a paper towel telling me how much like a real towel it is I'm going to scream! If your paper towel does the job that my real towel does, that I already use and rewash, then what on earth do I need your product for? Not that I would ever buy paper towels, but in this economy and in light of all the hoopla people are throwing over green living these day, you'd think they could come up with something better than "hey, our disposable paper towels do the same job as that dishrag you keep reusing over there".
OMG and paper plates? I think I actually had to pick my jaw up off the floor the first time I saw that one with the mom saying she use paper plates and such because she was a better mom than those that wash dishes! GRR! Way to go ad people, insult your target audience! Huzzah!
Oh and then there is that one for Prego. Any time I have seen it I am left scratching my head. It's like, "some people prefer sauce from a jar" and they drop a jar of sauce on some pasta like it's a disease ridden rat.. then "but others prefer this sauce" and you see a nice picture of some pasta with sauce on it.. then a jar of prego next to it. Does anyone else understand this or am I completely missing something?
OH and the Jacoby & Meyer's one! What the heck is that about? The screen flashes their add and goes all fuzzy and wonky. Then it looks like someone keeps trying to change the channel and they keep getting that stupid ad. Is this a threat? Are they trying to say they are going to take over television? or the world? Does it contain a subliminal message? "Get a lawyer. Sue somebody. Give us your money."
And don't even get me started on the car commercials that boast their fabulous deals then at the end tell you those deals are only for 'well qualified buyers'. And hey, its only $4or500 a month too. Fabu deal right? I don't know about you all, but I don't even spend that much a month on food for 6 people! Are they freaking kidding me!?!
I just don't get it.
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Comments (4)
I don't pay attention to commercials. I have DVR and just skip through them...
@LilSweetJew - We don't have a DVR - we don't even have cable, I only actually watch one show on tv cause I like to see it live. Anything else that I can catch online or through Netflix without commercials, I will. Its funny though, when you watch something without the commercials you find an hour long show is only 36 or 40-some minutes long. That's 20 or so minutes of ads!
I totally agree! Most of the ads make no sense in the first place and even if they do there are too many of them! Oh, and what I REALLY hate is when you are watching a daytime show like Maury or a Judge show... and they cut to commercial and tease you by telling you the results/verdict are coming up after the break. Then, they give you some more show and cut away again, with only a few minutes left, and make you sit through a few more commercials before wrapping it up. What's that about? I wish they woudn't interrupt shows at all and just have commercials before and after. That's why I watch Cartoon Network at night! LOL
@VioletMoonDancer7 - I used to love CN at night! Adult Swim used to be like the only good thing on TV back when we had cable. We own every season of Aqua Teens and Metalocalypse.. haha but I still go to Adultswim.com once in a while and watch new eps of those and Robot Chicken!