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Nothing sweeter?
I started this blog over a year ago to talk about a very large part of our television viewing habits - ads. And while we are no longer tormented by "Bob" there have been several ads recently that have been raising my blood pressure, or at least my BS meter and two in particular that get me going every time I hear them.
"There's nothing sweeter than saving money on car insurance." Oh puh-leese, what sort of sad-sack would you have to be for that statement to be true? Even if money is your one and only god, there are so many ways to get more than the hundred or so dollars you might save
"Future home of the most HD channels on the planet" Well, we don't actually have the most channels yet, but we're sure we will at some point in the future (even if it is sometime after you are dead) so sign up because of something we may do for five minutes some time in the next millenium or so.
Oh, and I also have a strong distaste for the ad that keeps telling me I used to dream about a device that would fit in my pocket with a TV screen and information and music. Most of my dreams were far more interesting than that - and the only time I ever did dream about something like that was when I wanted to be on the Enterprise with an electronic PADD or sensor.
However, there are also two ads out there where each time I see them I think "I want that". Unfortunately, it's not the item they are selling that gets me so excited. The first is for a paint-matching service in a home/garden store - I want the enormous purple stuffed walrus they are trying to match the colour of. And the second is the car-ad built around "Duh!". I don't care about the cars, but I really like the music (people chanting "duh" to tunes like Mission Impossible, Pink Panther & 2001) and I'd like to get a CD of it.
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Aug 14, 2007 4:53 PM
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Great Blog! *lol
The TV Ad that thankfully no longer airs, which used to work my nerves, Mentos.
I would run over old ladies trying to find the remote to change the channel. Turning down the sound just wasn't good enough for me.
The GEICO cavemen commercials are now public enemy #1 in my household. Don't count me in for their insipid sitcom.
I like the commercial with the mother holding her baby daughter while trying to find the ringing phone. Of course the baby has it but mom is too preoccupied with drinking coffee(?) to notice. It makes me smile every time. 
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Aug 15, 2007 10:18 AM
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My favorite is the one Rev mentions about the woman and the baby. It cracks me up every time. I've been there - the overworked distracted Mom with a baby smarter than me. 
There are so many bad ads out there now it's hard to pick from among the ones that drive me batty. I get irritated by all commercials that try to make the immature viewers think they'll be 'cool' or 'hip' - whatever the expression is now - if you use their product or go to their place. McDonalds is good at that, since they target the immature so often. Watch their Chipotle wrap commercial for an example.
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Aug 15, 2007 2:54 PM
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