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Post by mrspickles on Apr 15, 2015 23:58:15 GMT -4
Question for the British contingent. There was a commercial in the early 70's with a couple of garden gnomes in the trunk of a car. They were talking about something, and then one of them said "Freeze- here comes the gov!" then when the driver opened the trunk, they were lifeless statues again. But I can't remember what the commercial was for, and it's making me crazy! Does anyone else remember this?
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Post by discoprincess on Apr 17, 2015 10:50:12 GMT -4
No one has an answer, huh? Fine! I'll just remain single and alone! In other news, I like the small print on that A T & T commercial with Shaq, Dr. J., Charles Barkley and some other famous sport player hanging around the living room watching television. Shaq gets upset and throws something down on the glass table, which promptly smashes into a million pieces. In the small print, it says "Do not attempt this. You are not Shaq." You mean the commercials with Shaq, Dr. J., Clyde Drexler, and Christian Laettner? I love those. Shaq is a lot funnier than I remember him being. I should keep an eye out for this commercial. I remember Christian Laettner when he was at Duke.
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Post by kateln on Apr 20, 2015 12:14:56 GMT -4
You mean the commercials with Shaq, Dr. J., Clyde Drexler, and Christian Laettner? I love those. Shaq is a lot funnier than I remember him being. I should keep an eye out for this commercial. I remember Christian Laettner when he was at Duke. Apparently a lot of people do, there's a Netflix documentary called I Hate Christian Laettner narrated by Rob Lowe. The commercials were hilarious though. I love Shaq's therapy over his weak bracket.
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Post by mrspickles on Apr 21, 2015 20:37:47 GMT -4
So there's a new Chase commercial that features people with their dogs in cool costumes. At one point a guy dressed as an astronaut walks down the stairs with a dachshund. The doxy has 2 fake heads sticking out of his sides. I can't tell if it's supposed to Cerberus or some other joke that I don't get, but it is freakin' adorable and cool as all get out. Dog costumes make me unreasonably happy. I'm shallow like that.
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Post by sumire on May 5, 2015 4:20:24 GMT -4
The commercial where the yogurt-eating women go around miniaturizing other people's food just doesn't work, IMO. As an inattentive viewer, for the longest time, I thought they were a bunch of smiling impish assholes--it's not as if they're offering their yogurt to their coworkers as a replacement, you know? And even now that I've finally caught the "shrink temptation" tagline, the visual still doesn't convey that. A teeny-tiny frosted cake donut is just as delicious-looking as a regular-sized one, plus you know you're going to have to eat a ton of them to feel satisfied.
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Post by kateln on Jun 21, 2015 20:02:51 GMT -4
The commercial where the yogurt-eating women go around miniaturizing other people's food just doesn't work, IMO. As an inattentive viewer, for the longest time, I thought they were a bunch of smiling impish assholes--it's not as if they're offering their yogurt to their coworkers as a replacement, you know? And even now that I've finally caught the "shrink temptation" tagline, the visual still doesn't convey that. A teeny-tiny frosted cake donut is just as delicious-looking as a regular-sized one, plus you know you're going to have to eat a ton of them to feel satisfied. I get so annoyed by those commercials, so because you're on a diet, your friend can't eat what he wants? I'm hating the "Old Spice: Made a Man of My Boy" commercials. They're not funny, I am over the "mommy clings to their child" trope, and they were gone for a long time, so why bring them back?
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Post by kostgard on Jun 21, 2015 20:36:49 GMT -4
I hate the VW commercial where a bunch of kids are terrorizing a convenience store while their oblivious mother is outside filling up the mini van and a VW drives by the gas station where the mother's three little angels are sitting quietly, playing games on their tablets. The tag line is something about the superior gas mileage.
Like, what was their point? The VW kids are only good because they are in the car but would turn into monsters if given the opportunity to terrorize the convenience store, so darn good thing their mom rarely has to stop for gas?
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Post by chonies on Jun 21, 2015 20:47:20 GMT -4
I kind of love the new KFC commercials. They're just weird enough, and I like the strange little songs.
The VW commercials only make sense to me if I picture them as a paranoid delusion.
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Post by bklynred on Jun 21, 2015 22:46:19 GMT -4
I generally like Jennifer Garner, but her trying to convince me to buy economy seats on an airline drives me absolutely over the edge. Like, really, lady? When was the last time you weren't in first class or private jet? Get outta here, and take Montel Williams and his quick loans with you.
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Post by chonies on Jun 21, 2015 22:51:27 GMT -4
There's a print ad of her shilling Capital "22% Interest on Purchases" One, and it's sort of unpolished. She's wearing a black tank top, and it looks like she just stopped by the studio for a photo shoot after Pilates.
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