Well there was an election today. The government's commercials asked me to vote. So I voted. It made me a little nervous that they had numbers on the ballots. Anyways, then I got home and there was a census package on my door handle. Never before had my government wanted to know so much about me! But can you blame them?
Sorry, I'm not good enough at HTML to make this a video.
Not everyone likes surprises. Really?!! I guess I don't.. but what really got me thinking about this commercial was dumb luck. Is this guy lucky? Sort of? I mean sure his fiancee is making out with his Dad, but at least it was before he got married. Then again, I guess it's not so hard to get a divorce anymore. Man I want a classic Mr. Sub sandwich right now.
The low rider is a little higher The low rider drives a little slower
Walking home from the gym last week these lyrics ran through my mind. Whenever I finish working out I feel a little higher and move a little slower. Also whenever I hear the song, this is exactly what I imagine. A Chevy S-10 with flashy chrome rims, a custom paint-job and riding about two inches off the ground... and ever since that CIBC commercial aired, Sue Thomas FBI.
So I normally try not to be too commercial or endorse one brand over another on this blog, though there have been a few exceptions. Usually it occurs when such and such a product is related to a human roblog tenet, such as 3m's Scotch-Brite pads for dishwashing. This is actually pretty difficult a lot of the time because I enjoy watching commercials so much, and often want to mention them here. I have dabbled with the possibility of beginning another blog for television commercial review, but that is crazy because I have a hard enough time merely getting posts up here. So I'm doing it anyways. Robhut. But I think television commercials reflect corporations' opinions of their audience. I am almost offended when huge corporations have crappy, or poorly thought out commercials. I know I personally enjoy the funny ones the most. I probably hold some bias in this respect, but I know that outside the realm of funny ads there is plenty of acceptable commercial advertising (like a Head & Shoulder commercial) and then there is not even trying (like so many McCain [foods] commercials). So enjoy.
Has anybody seen that Electrasol commercial where the announcer says doing things twice just doesn't make sense. There's some scenes of people doing things twice. One lady irons a shirt then crumples it up and starts again, or a guy finishes vacuuming and dumps the dirt back on the floor and starts again. Then she asks "So why wash your dishes twice?"
