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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:45 PM
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What crosses your mind during TV ads?
Mine for today was a Red Lobster ad for "endless shrimp". I was wondering if endless mercury and/or lead went with it.

What tv ad gets your attention these days?
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:49 PM
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1. All the ones that use songs I love
Levi's use of Superstition is the latest. I do not buy anything from a company that turns the songs of my youth into jingles.

That and the drug ones where the side effects sound a hell of a lot worse than any condition they treat.
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achtung_circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:50 PM
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2. Commercials?


I have trouble stomaching a lot of the non-commercial pap.
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Graf Orlok Donating Member (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:52 PM
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3. Not a damn thing.
Edited on Sun Oct-02-05 05:53 PM by Graf Orlok
Seriously. When I see a commercial, there isn't a thing to convince me to buy a particular product, so nothing goes through my head.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:53 PM
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4. That car rental add where the couple quibbles about their favorite mammal.
You know the one. They're on vacation. And the girl says the orca is her favorite mammal and he calls her on it.
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Left_Winger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:54 PM
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5. Is it time to go to the can?
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:59 PM
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6. I'm wondering HOW people get paid a lot
of money for this Bushit.
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:06 PM
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7. Depends on the ad; I watch very few because I will change channels
mostly...
It pisses me off that we are continually urged to buy buy buy cheap shit from overseas (cheap consumer goods being the new opiate of the masses...)
I have been working really hard to find places to shop that are more along the lines of Farmer's Markets, Mom 'n' Pop places, and not so much the Big Box stores whenever possible.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:17 PM
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8. tv ads? what are those?
between tivo, hbo, netflix, and mrs. unblock's expert timing on the ff button, i haven't seen a tv ad in years.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:23 PM
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9. How much I hate them and the "branding" concept of industry.
We got rid of cable. Done, finished, done!

No more mindless contemplation of shit we don't want nor need!

Plus I walk to work so no asinine radio ads either!
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:30 PM
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10. A lot of times I marvel at the ability of the creative artists.
Many of the ads are compelling theater.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:36 PM
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11. None. Every time I see one, I have to mute it or turn it off.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:41 PM
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12. where I last put the remote control
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:45 PM
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13. The phoney tone of voice.
Whiny. Or condescending.

Or in car commercials- the complete absence of other CARS. The roads are empty.

That is, during the rare occassion when I'm watching commercial tv.
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:51 PM
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14. Where's the remote.
Except that little kid that sings "Ba ba black sheep have you any e? Yes sir yes sir first hit's free." I love that kid.
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:59 PM
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15. Today, it was one for Prudential (I think)
-- little cartoon character on a bike, rolling across ground entitled "work" toward a cliff. Across the precipice, another stretch of ground entitled "retirement." Cartoon guy stops at the edge, looks down, walks off screen and returns with a ramp, entitled "Prudential." Jumps on the bike, speeds up the ramp and flies over the chasm to retirement.

My thought was "if I'm going to give money to an investment company, they'd better damn well build me a bridge, not just some puny ramp!"

It's been a long day . . .
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 07:03 PM
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16. NOISE
NOISE
NOISE
NOISE
and more NOISE
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 07:14 PM
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17. Mute or Fast Forward the DVR
I do so hate commercials.
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