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November 6, 2007
Reflecting on Advertisements
The Spouse and I watched the Patriots/Colts game on Sunday. We support Tom Brady's team, so the Patriots' win was nice.
But we saw an ad that had me literally laughing out loud. I now share that with you:
And we saw that damn Geico Gecko far too many times. He's really, really, irritating to me, and I've decided that it's the accent. So when I saw this on I Can Has Cheezburger, I also felt the need to share with you:
Finally, we saw the Kate Walsh Cadillac commercial, which reminded me far too literally of one of the biggest punchlines from the Dudley Moore comedy Crazy People: Moore designs a truthful ad campaign for Jaguar cars: "Jaguar- sleek and smart. For men who would like handjobs from beautiful women they hardly know!" Sadly, or comically, or something, the ad works and sales for Jaguars go way, way up.
(I was especially impressed by the close-up on her high heels. Do you know how hard it is to drive aggressively in 3 1/2" heels?)
But then we saw the same ad... only in male. :-)
Click on the image and then scroll down in the Commercials tab to "Turn You On (Martin)." Love that suggestive titling!
See? The world isn't all sadness. Sometimes it's helpful, or funny, or mildly titilating.
But do you think Cadillac's sales would increase if they dropped that silly "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit" tag line for something like "Cadillac -- sleek and smart. For men who would like handjobs from actresses on medical soap operas or vaguely foreign actors!"...
Posted by reparent at November 6, 2007 7:47 AM