August 11, 2008


Comments on Commercials

  1. The TV ads in which a Chevy at a gas station is sabotaged by the pump hose were made by people who are much better at what they do than GM is.
  2. Every time I see the ExxonMobil commercial, in which a man with a short gray beard is suddenly buying mosquito nets for everybody in Africa (which is a good cause), I think of the mob giving money to the Catholic Church.
  3. When I see a John McCain commercial, I can’t imagine who wouldn’t think that it was a call to look for a person missing from a home.

posted by Daryl Scroggins in adventure, branding, business, marketing, observations, politics, products, television 

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6 Responses to “Comments on Commercials”

  1. Amanda Mae Meyncke on August 12th, 2008 at 12:10 am

    The ads for the McDonald’s Chicken sandwich are all miserable and misleading.

    The little blond kid for Kaiser is hysterical and wonderful both.

  2. Mike Dresser on August 12th, 2008 at 8:41 am

    I’ve been snickering for a while at the pasta-from-Pizza-Hut commercials.

    Over THREE POUNDS of restaurant-quality pasta!

    First, has American cuisine descended to the point where we’re measuring it in bulk? Since when has anyone ordered anything from any chain restaurant and thought, gee, I didn’t get enough.

    Second: Is “restaurant-quality” the new “homestyle”?

  3. Deron Bauman on August 12th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    hi. I’d like to make an announcement. I didn’t actually make the pizza. we ordered it from pizza hut.

  4. Cooper Renner on August 12th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    Remember when there used to be so-called “Truth in Advertising” laws?

  5. Aaron Winslow on August 12th, 2008 at 10:54 am

    “homemade-tasting biscuit”

  6. Joseph Abrahamson on August 12th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    I’m enjoying a couple of the olympic commercials with misplaced soundtracks.

    One has The Decemberists’ The Crane Wife — a song loosely interpreted to being about not being too ambitious.

    The other is Sia’s Breathe Me which is mostly about being frail and needing help.

    I smile whenever I see either one.

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