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» Tuesday, October 18, 2011
My New Favorite Commercial
I love the expression on her face when she looks at the green glop! (And the little Wii avatar.)
Labels: commercials, health  » Monday, November 16, 2009
Ewwww
Has everyone seen the new Belk Christmas commercial with the little girl singing "Santa Baby" and transforming all the things she touches? That's...really creepy. I mean, do not Belk and the advertising agency know what that song is about?
Labels: commercials » Friday, July 17, 2009
My Mistake--and a Find
As Mike has reminded me, it was Gulf Oil that used to sponsor the NBC coverage of the Apollo missions, and his link to the "Bringin' Home the Oil" song on YouTube led me to this recreation of the commercial.
Labels: commercials, television » Thursday, March 19, 2009
Yet Another Reason...
...to never eat at Pizza Hut ever again: their obnoxious "one for $5.99" campaign. Basta!
Labels: commercials » Sunday, February 01, 2009
Super Sunday
I awoke this morning from the darnedest dream. We were with a bunch of other people at a big building—it was supposedly someone's home, but there was an entire area that was like an enclosed dormitory, with a kitchen, and a little snack bar—awaiting a personal visit by...Diana Ross. (I kid you not.) We were each going to present her with a gift. I had a gift ready, then looked at it and decided it was unsuitable and prepared to give her a Barbie-like doll instead. It was one of those dreams where every so often you thought "what am I doing--this doesn't make any sense"!
We decided to get some exercise today and take a stroll around Town Center Mall. I'll admit there was some method in my madness; I wanted to see if they had more café au lait tea lights at Yankee Candle, as I am running out, but they were out, too. Did find a couple of gifts to put away, and made the mistake of going in the Disney Store, where I found a wonderful stuffed Bolt (who turned out to be on sale). He's so cute! We had chicken and salad for supper while watching the Puppy Bowl, then fast-forwarded our way through most of the first half of the Super Bowl to see the commercials. I loved the NBC commercial for their new Monday night, and there was one very short ad for Jay Leno's new prime time series. The H&R Block "Death" commercial was kinda funny, too. My favorite, though, were the three Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale commercials, especially the one where the Clydesdale is romancing the circus horse. The Star Trek preview also looked interested, although it was moving so fast it was hard to tell. I noticed they did get someone who vaguely resembled DeForest Kelley to play the younger Leonard McCoy; at least he had a resemblance in the ad. The 3-D commercial and preview for tomorrow's 3-D Chuck were interesting, but I don't think people with glasses get the full effect. I could still see the two colors at the edges of images, so did not get a complete 3-D effect, although I did experience the "popping out" of images. The bit with the football players dancing with the monsters came out best. After 3 minutes, or whatever it was, with the glasses on, though, my eyes started to hurt. Not sure if I could sit through a whole show with 3-D glasses. Labels: commercials, food, shopping, television » Monday, November 24, 2008
A Miracle!
Ah, another sign of Christmas a'coming: that WalMart commercial where all the cashier lights start to play "Carol of the Bells" and blink in time with the music. I'd sure like to see that someday!
No, no! not lights blinking to music—that many checkout counters at WalMart being open at one time! Labels: commercials » Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Commercials Drive Me Crazy
Every time I see the Swiffer wet-jet commercials I get movie flashbacks. In this ridiculous one, a woman's sponge mop is trying to lure her back by sending her flowers and candy.
Every time the delivery guy rings the doorbell and announces "Candygram!" all I can hear is Cleavon Little saying "Candygram for Mongo!" :-) Labels: commercials, movies » Sunday, March 02, 2008
ARRRGH!
When are the damn Presidents Day car dealership sales gonna stop? Kia is still pushing the "Millard Fillmore soap on a rope" and I heard that awful "Hail to the Chief" abortion that General Motors has been doing again last night.
Labels: commercials » Thursday, August 23, 2007
Who Needs Sitcoms to Make You Laugh?
The commercials will do.
Presently BBC America is running a commercial for a new diet remedy called "Akavar." They claim it will work and then add, "We couldn't say it on TV if it wasn't true!" Ha-ha. Hee-hee. ::snort::guffaw::chortle:: Labels: commercials, television » Thursday, July 19, 2007
This is a Compliment?
On my list of television commercials that I absolutely loathe is a current one for NutriSystem. There are several of these, but in the particular one I hate, a woman who has lost weight brags "My husband calls me his 'trophy wife.'"
This is a compliment? The trophy wife is the bimbo he marries after Wife #1 works to put him through school while he's composing his doctoral thesis or sticks with him during the lean years of walk-up flats until he becomes a millionaire only to be shoved aside for the pretty young thing looking for her sugar daddy. I wouldn't consider that a positive description! Labels: commercials » Saturday, February 10, 2007
Far-Out Fido
We heard the most unbelieveable commercial on the radio while out doing errands. It was about a family dog that was uncontrollable. The family had tried obedience classes, a professional trainer, even an electric collar! But the dog simply would not obey.
The commercial has the answer...it's a new drug that calms your dog down! [James reminded me later that this is "new" because it's not a pill, it's in a dog biscuit.] That's right, you too can medicate your dog with a treat instead of giving him more attention or exercise or taking the time to train him correctly. The supposed "owner" of this dog chirps "And he was so much happier!" Of course he was "happier"! The dog is stoned! Labels: commercials, dogs » Saturday, January 27, 2007
Kiafest January Sales Event Commercial
The one with the car salesmen singing "So Long, Farewell" to the automobiles.
The low rumbling you hear in the background of this one is not a bass boost. It's Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II whirling in their graves. Labels: commercials |
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