They be lovin’ it
I debated whether to post this for your consideration. Flagged for language, NSFW (not safe for work), and all that jazz…
Unstoppable. *cough*
Oh, yeah; forgot about this commercial. “Unstoppable. Eli Manning Is. So is his Citizen Eco-Drive.”
Eli Manning threw 3 passes in the second half of yesterday’s game. 2 of them were interceptions.
TV
95% of TV commercials fall into one of two categories:
1. Insipid
2. Make you barf in your mouth
It wouldn’t be much of a post complaining about point 1, so here are a few point 2’s:
1. Hyundai: A swarm of Hyundai-ish minions chant a Christmas carol, replacing “la” with “duh”. The implication being it’s patently obvious we should buy Hyundais, and if we don’t, we’re morons.
2. Toyota: A family of 3 is trying to push a boulder off a cliff. Finally, the rock tumbles down, crushing their truck. The point? People will do anything for an excuse to buy a new Toyota.
Granted, they destroy any trade value their original vehicle had, making the purchase more expensive. But who am I to argue? (Or maybe they’re scheming insurance fraud.)
3. Ford: People “hint” they want a Lincoln by carving Lincolns in the snow, or making a Lincoln icon in one of those cut-out snowflakes, or some such nonsense.
Congratulations on all three car companies on assuring I am less likely to purchase their product in the future.
The most egregious is Jared’s jewelry (bonus: Dinosaur Mom’s diatribe against diamonds. And another one.). Their several commercials all come down to the same point: a woman not only swoons over her jewelry, but swooning that her man went to Jared’s to buy it. Then the onlookers become even more excited for her good fortune.
It’s gotten to the point where Jared’s will cause me to change the channel. Furthermore, they have assured a personal boycott of the chain, probably for the rest of my life.
It is fortunate that I don’t watch very much TV.
Does sport run in your family?
A problem with automatically generated ads is the potential for not-so-strategic ad placement.
For example, the juxtaposition of this particular ad and news story cannot fail to be memorable.
Nice try, Tony
You almost have to give Tony’s credit for trying to convince us that their frozen pizzas are healthy (this was not a product I’d planned on purchasing, so they just got $2.04 from this guy for their bad advertising).
It tasted better than it looked
Today, I finally did significant food shopping, and randomly, I noticed prepackaged Indian meals by some company called Ashoka (that’s original). Just boil or microwave, and presto, it’s done. Being slightly wary of such products, I bought one of the Palak Paneer variety just to see if the meal would end up tasting non-awful. Well, two actually; it was buy one get one free.
Needless to say, how it looked on my plate was a modicum different than how it looked on the package. And I didn’t get any cute Indian chicks dropping by my place, either. Nonetheless, the quality was adequate enough to keep a couple in reserve for those nights I don’t want to do any real cooking.
Researcher rips off H.G. Wells
Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry predicts that man will have split into two races within 100,000 years. Apparently, he has read the Time Machine by H. G. Wells.
Bad Science has more to say about the good doctor.
Speaking of time machines…try this idle thought on for size. A time machine will never be invented (note this is different from saying it’s not possible). If it is going to happen, there would have been some time machine user with a desire to visit various eras of the past and make him/herself known to its inhabitants. So we would already know about it.
(Yeah, I’m waiting for the hole-poking.)
Get away from me, Rainmaker!
What are you looking for in a mortgage broker? How about someone who describes himself in radio commercials as “humane”?
Whoever created that ad for Richard Ruble, “The Rainmaker”, felt it was useful to stick it in there. But what does that mean? He doesn’t send you to Guantánamo for missing a payment, unlike those other guys?
I’ll take Senor Cardgage’s promise of “Low rates, percent signs, I dunno” anyday.
A milestone
As of today, there have been 100 attempts at posting spam comments. Liquid Egg Product would like to thank all the spammers that have made this day possible.
