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Post by Mugsy on Jul 5, 2014 13:56:36 GMT -4
I initially liked the BMO ad with the harried family and the mom rhyming off a litany of stuff for her and hubby to do that day, ending with a casual, "Oh, and I'm pregnant." But it has aired about 1000 times in the last month, and now I hate it.
It perpetuates the false busy myth, with the mom having a dentist appointment at 3:30 so the dad has to pick up the kids (maybe she should have made the appointment at a time when the kids are in school to avoid the busy-ness of it all).
Then they need more milk, which hubby says he just got some and mom says she spilled it. But maybe with a family of four he should have picked up more than one carton; it's no more effort to buy 3 or 4 than it is to get 1. Why would you just buy one? Again, the false busy.
Plus, they show him struggling to dress two kids for the entire commercial and at the end, the boy still has a button-up shirt on his head like a hat, but it's buttoned up (?). So the dad is a moron who doesn't know to button a shirt after you put it on? More false busy.
I'm all for the concept of the ad - that no matter what life throws at you, BMO is there to help. But I could think of 10 things that reflect true busy-ness of a family, and not the manufactured nonsense this ad shows. All I end up thinking is, "I suppose you were too scatterbrained to use birth control, hmm?"
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Post by kostgard on Jul 5, 2014 14:34:42 GMT -4
I hate the frozen yogurt commercial that starts with John Stamos getting a "Dear John" letter from the live-in girlfriend who is moving out. So she sees him sitting the kitchen stuffing his face with a frozen treat and she's all "Oh, John. Don't drown your sorrows in ice cream." Lady, you dumped him. He can do whatever he wants. But Stamos is all "It's not ice cream, it's frozen Greek yogurt! It's got protein so it's cool!" Then the ex spots a handbag sitting on the counter, freaks out about how quickly he's moved on and throws the purse across the room, only to have Ma Stamos walk in all, "Hey, thanks for throwing my handbag around." Again - lady, you. Broke. Up. With. Him. You gave up the right to get pissy about this when you wrote the Dear John letter (apparently unable to tell him in person that you were breaking up with him). If you are appalled at how quickly he moved on, pat yourself on the back for making the right decision and leave Stamos to his crappy yogurt and get on with your life.
Yeah, it's just a stupid yogurt commercial, but I hate the "men are stupid and women are harpies" trope that commercials seem to love.
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Post by chonies on Jul 5, 2014 17:03:58 GMT -4
I'm done done done with the "we were exiled from our homeland" Bacardi commercial. I am not an expert on Caribbean history, so I'm unable to argue the accuracy of some of the assertions made in the commercial, but I am so, so tired of this commercial. "Woe, we are so sad...fate...buy our rum."
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Post by eclair on Jul 5, 2014 23:52:38 GMT -4
I hate the Lays commercial where Mrs. Potato Head is eating potato chips in the pantry. They act like its a sexy taboo, but really its cannibalism. Disgusting and it makes no sense.
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Post by kostgard on Jul 6, 2014 0:53:53 GMT -4
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Post by sumire on Jul 7, 2014 3:23:55 GMT -4
Dear L'Oréal,
"Manga" rhymes with "conga," you stupid uncultured barbarians.
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Post by Witchie on Jul 7, 2014 14:07:39 GMT -4
I have those stupid SAM in my pants commercials. HATE THEM! The woman sounds stupid gushing about a freaking pantyliner at a PTA meeting.
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Post by Mugsy on Jul 7, 2014 22:26:03 GMT -4
But don't you wish you had Sam in your pants right now?
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Post by discoprincess on Jul 11, 2014 11:01:01 GMT -4
I hate the Lays commercial where Mrs. Potato Head is eating potato chips in the pantry. They act like its a sexy taboo, but really its cannibalism. Disgusting and it makes no sense. Yup. That's about as bad as Charlie Tuna shilling for Starkist. I saw Kenny Rogers pop up in a Geico commercial.
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Post by chonies on Jul 11, 2014 12:05:39 GMT -4
Counterpoint: pigs have advertised barbecue joints for a long time. But Mrs P's shameful eating is just weird. I miss Charlie Tuna and wish he would come back and advertise dolphin and tuna-friendly products.
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