DUMBEST COMMERCIAL OF THE WEEK
Kevin Martin
little gem which started playing recently.
Young lady is on the phone with some anonymous friend, yakking on about how
awful it was while she was with MCI (unspecified but obvious) for long
distance service. And then she has these clueless comments:
"And then they wanted the names and numbers of my friends and family. I
don't want to give that out!"
I guess she thinks her LONG DISTANCE CARRIER has no clue about who she
calls anyway. Gee, better not tell them who your friends and family are,
or they might realize those people have phones too...
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G. Host
> Article <tzx...@rpi.edu> From: si...@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin)
> The recipient of the Golden Raspberry is once again AT&T, for this classic
> little gem which started playing recently.
> Young lady is on the phone with some anonymous friend, yakking on about how
> awful it was while she was with MCI (unspecified but obvious) for long
> distance service. And then she has these clueless comments:
> "And then they wanted the names and numbers of my friends and family. I
> don't want to give that out!"
> I guess she thinks her LONG DISTANCE CARRIER has no clue about who she
> calls anyway. Gee, better not tell them who your friends and family are,
> or they might realize those people have phones too...
The point of the commercial is valid -
The company is trying to market their discount through
like Amway and other MLM's.
They want to use your name to through the typical hang up
when a telemarketing firm calls. They drop your name as
if you refered them to call them so it must be worth
their time to listen.
IMHO the "friends and family" campaign
is one of the lowest advertising done by any of
the phone companies.
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Rao V. Akella
> > Article <tzx...@rpi.edu> From: si...@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin)
> > calls anyway.
> when a telemarketing firm calls.
There might be legal implications too. True, her long distance carrier does
know who she calls, but I'm willing to bet that's confidential info, and they
can't use it, so they're back to square one, having to ask you for your
friends/family.
Imagine the stink that would be kicked up if the phone company started using or
giving out the numbers you call for advertisement/recruitment purposes!
> IMHO the "friends and family" campaign
> is one of the lowest advertising done by any of
> the phone companies.
Oh, it's low all right, but what many people don't realize is that it's one way
to force more people to sign up. I've heard that the friends/family discounts
aren't available unless the party you're calling ALSO happens to be on the
program. So it's a great way to get more customers, with added pressure from
your own acquaintances to make you help them save more money!
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Robert J. Granvin
|
|> Article <tzx...@rpi.edu> From: si...@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Kevin Martin)
|
|> The recipient of the Golden Raspberry is once again AT&T, for this classic
|> little gem which started playing recently.
|
|
|> "And then they wanted the names and numbers of my friends and family. I
|> don't want to give that out!"
|
|> I guess she thinks her LONG DISTANCE CARRIER has no clue about who she
|> calls anyway. Gee, better not tell them who your friends and family are,
|> or they might realize those people have phones too...
|
|The point of the commercial is valid -
|The company is trying to market their discount through
|like Amway and other MLM's.
|
|They want to use your name to through the typical hang up
|when a telemarketing firm calls. They drop your name as
|if you refered them to call them so it must be worth
|their time to listen.
|
|IMHO the "friends and family" campaign
|is one of the lowest advertising done by any of
|the phone companies.
I dunno if it's the lowest (in an election year I'm pretty certain), but
it's pretty low.
One must also keep in mind that yes, the "Telephone Company" knows who
you call. You see it on your monthly statement. But also remember that
the carrier is bound by various privacy requirements and laws. There are
thousands of people working for these carriers and while a technician or
a very small minority of people may be able to look up info on you
(legally or not), that information is never available to a telemarketer.
(In many, if not most, companies, telemarketers aren't even employees of
the company. They hire telemarketing firms to do the work for them. If
they are employees, they are not ever considered people who get privileged
information.)
In many ways it's like credit card issuers... By other regulations, they
are forbidden from calling you at work for collections or telemarketing.
However, if you volunteer your work number to them, you have authorized
them to call until you demand they cease. The same goes here. By
offering the phone numbers they are looking for (and already have), you
have authorized them to contact the people directly, given them valuable
information and updated their demographics charts (which might just end
up being sold to other companies).
I agree with AT&T, however. There are certain things I do no offer, even
if it looks like it might be a good deal.
This is way beyond the scope of rec.humor (though it's about as funny as
most of the stuff that flows through here ... 1/2 :-)
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#Young lady is on the phone with some anonymous friend, yakking on about how
#awful it was while she was with MCI (unspecified but obvious)
Check the bottom of the screen next time. It says something like:
"Refers to MCI's Friends and Family Service"
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Dave Ratcliffe
> The recipient of the Golden Raspberry is once again AT&T, for this classic
> little gem which started playing recently.
>
> Young lady is on the phone with some anonymous friend, yakking on about how
> awful it was while she was with MCI (unspecified but obvious) for long
> distance service. And then she has these clueless comments:
>
> "And then they wanted the names and numbers of my friends and family. I
> don't want to give that out!"
>
> I guess she thinks her LONG DISTANCE CARRIER has no clue about who she
> calls anyway. Gee, better not tell them who your friends and family are,
> or they might realize those people have phones too...
MAYBE she doesn't want some idjit telemarketer from MCI calling her
relatives and friends to pester THEM into switching their LD service.
Think about this now. Her LD carrier MAY know who she calls but that
doesn't mean a damn thing with the MCI friends and family program. The
LD carrier doesn't know who is and who isn't a friend or family member
and thus eligable for the program.
Besides, your raspberry is misplaced. AT&T gets it for hiring chimps for
camera operators. Wish they'd hire humans again who can hold the damn
camera steady. :)
Runner up award ALSO goes to AT&T for the commercials with people
extolling the virtues of AT&T service. You know the ones where the
person doing the talking is in one corner of the picture and the rest of
the scene is taken up by 'attractive background scenery'?
BTW, MCI and Sprint have their own share of clunker commercials.
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rolodex for the number...
First runner-up...
The tampon commercial where the woman says "It's not your mother's tampon."You
damned skippy it ain't.....!!!! Who would want their mother's tampon anyway?
Second runner-up.....
The Pepsii commercial...the secret ingredient is Uh-huh????????
Just what is UH-huh anyway.....?
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*First runner-up...
*
*The tampon commercial where the woman says "It's not your mother's tampon."You
*damned skippy it ain't.....!!!! Who would want their mother's tampon anyway?
Ever seen the ads for Massengill Natural Vinegar & Water Douche?...
Ever seen Stayfree Mini & Maxi Pads with Baking Soda?...
Need I say more?
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>*The tampon commercial where the woman says "It's not your mother's tampon."You
>*damned skippy it ain't.....!!!! Who would want their mother's tampon anyway?
>
>Ever seen the ads for Massengill Natural Vinegar & Water Douche?...
>
>Ever seen Stayfree Mini & Maxi Pads with Baking Soda?...
>
>Need I say more?
>
Have you ever wondered why in a toothpaste commercial they show
a person brushing their teeth, and in a shampoo commercial they
show someone washing their hair....... But in a tampon commercial
they show a woman playing tennis?????????????
said by a comedian that I cannot remember....
Jheri =B^)
Matt Anderson
>In article <18...@ra.nrl.navy.mil> gh...@ra.nrl.navy.mil (G. Host) writes:
>>
>>
>>is one of the lowest advertising done by any of
>>the phone companies.
>
>my phone number I give them my modem number. If the modem ever carries on a
>intelligent conversation, then I am in trouble. Until then I don't worry.
>
>John
>
Whenever a waitress, clerk, or anyone else asks for a phone number with my
credit card, I just make one up. None of their damn business.
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Rao V. Akella
> The Pepsii commercial...the secret ingredient is Uh-huh????????
> Just what is UH-huh anyway.....?
Dunno, but it must be something pretty toxic, because Coca-Cola employees
aren't allowed to say "Uh-huh" in the workplace anymore!
I read that in TIME, so it _has_ to be true, right? :-)
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> Whenever a waitress, clerk, or anyone else asks for a phone number with my
> credit card, I just make one up. None of their damn business.
Asking for a phone number with a credit card is completely illegal under
federal law, mainly because those numbers aren't used for security, but
rather for phone solicitations. If you're in a restaurant, just tell
them to go screw themselves. What other choice are they gonna have,
let you walk out without paying? And if they're really anal about it,
then turn them in and have some fun.
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>
>> The recipient of the Golden Raspberry is once again AT&T, for this classic
>> little gem which started playing recently.
>
> The point of the commercial is valid -
> The company is trying to market their discount through
> like Amway and other MLM's.
> IMHO the "friends and family" campaign
> is one of the lowest advertising done by any of
> the phone companies.
> --
> Glenn Host - Senior Systems Analyst (gh...@ra.nrl.navy.mil)
ONE OF THE LOWEST?!? You have got to be out of your mind!
The Friends and Family campaign was one of the best thought up and
worthwhile ad campaigns ever! MCI got over 1 million customers in a matter of
months! You really have to be kidding me! First of all, MCI asks its own
customers for the numbers of their F&F... If those numbers are provided and
those people have MCI already, then savings occurs on MCI rates which are
already lower than AT&T's... If they don't have MCI, then someone calls them
(from MCI) and tells them the deal, that they can join MCI and get the savings
too... To call it low in any way is just stupidity!
Anyway...
A guy goes into a bar and calls his friends around him...
"C'mere," he says. "I got something to show you guys." He then proceeds to
take a toy piano out from his backpack.
"Oh boy," they say. "A toy piano...(sarcasm)"
"Well watch this!" He then takes out a little tiny man who sits down
and begins to play the piano.
"Holy Shit!" They exclaim. "Where'd you get that?!?"
"Well, I was walking through the forest and saw this leprachaun(Sp?),
so I grabbed it, and it said that I could have anything that I wished for!"
"So you asked for a little guy who can play the piano?!" his friends
wonder.
"No... I guess the leprachaun was a little hard of hearing... he
thought I asked for a ten-inch pianist!"
peace y'all
jtf
Kris.Hei...@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
>
> Have you ever wondered why in a toothpaste commercial they show
> a person brushing their teeth, and in a shampoo commercial they
> show someone washing their hair....... But in a tampon commercial
> they show a woman playing tennis?????????????
>
>
> said by a comedian that I cannot remember....
Sounds like Jasper Carrott (sp?) a British 'comedian'. He did a show (or a
series of shows) called Jasper Carrott's Commercial Breakdown, with clever or
unusual commercials from all over the world. There was one really good one...
Fade up, a man on a small island in the middle of the sea. There is a palm
tree at each end of the island, about 10 feet apart. He is asleep, leaning
against one of the palm trees.
He wakes with a start, to see a chest (box) which has washed up on an adjacent
island. He runs to the end of his island, and is about to swim across to the
nearby island, when a shark fin comes into view between the islands.
He has an idea. He chops the palm tree, using a stone (I think), and the palm
tree falls over and makes a bridge to the other island. He tiptoes across the
palm tree and gets to the other island. He opens the chest, and pulls out...
A HAMMOCK!
I nearly wet myself when I saw it... hope you enjoyed it. The commercial
was from Norway.
Kris
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Douglas F. Held
>>Ever seen the ads for Massengill Natural Vinegar & Water Douche?...
>>Need I say more?
Remember "Fresh as a Country Lane After a Spring Shower"??? I always
wondered what would entice people about *mud* ...?
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Matthew Korth
>Have you ever wondered why in a toothpaste commercial they show
>a person brushing their teeth, and in a shampoo commercial they
>show someone washing their hair....... But in a tampon commercial
>they show a woman playing tennis?????????????
> said by a comedian that I cannot remember....
It *sounds* like something either George Carlin or Gallagher would have
said (probably Gallagher).
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gets close enough to smell it at that time of the month.
Jeff Johnson
=>
=>*First runner-up...
=>*
=>*The tampon commercial where the woman says "It's not your mother's tampon."You
=>*damned skippy it ain't.....!!!! Who would want their mother's tampon anyway?
=>
=>
=>Ever seen the ads for Massengill Natural Vinegar & Water Douche?...
=>
=>Ever seen Stayfree Mini & Maxi Pads with Baking Soda?...
=>
=>Need I say more?
This guy goes into a nightclub and walks up to the bar.
"I'd like a shot of whiskey," he tells the bartender, "and I'd like to buy a
drink for that douchebag at the end of the bar."
"Sir," replied the bartender, "you can't go around talking about womwn like
that. Would you care to rephrase your request?"
"OK," replied the guy, "I'll have a shot of whiskey, and I'd like to buy that
*nice, young lady* at the end of the bar a drink."
"That's better," replied the bartender, who pours the shot, and then goes to
the other end of the bar. "Excuse me, ma'am, but the gentleman at the other
end of the bar has purchased a drink for you. What would you like?"
"A vinegar and water"
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The difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care
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used by tampon manufacturers, I can respond to this question with some
degree of authority. The white shorts and strenuous exercise typical
of tennis represent the perfect illustration for marketing tampons, and
demonstrating that any given tampon product will provide the necessary
comfort and security to its user. Unlike toothpaste and shampoo,
tampons do not represent a "grooming" product as such, and thus there
is no need to graphically portray their installation, wearing, or
removal. Furthermore, many people misunderstand the copy in the tampon
commercial that states, "It's not your mother's tampon". The ad agency
did not mean to imply that the daughter is not wearing her mother's soiled
tampon, but rather, that the brand she IS wearing (or should wear) is
a significant improvement over the general quality of tampon worn by
the previous generation of women. Personally, I get annoyed at
unnecessary "media-bashing"; not all the time, just periodically.
Gyanesh K Gupta
and in the commercial the woman says the day she gets her refund, she
would go on shopping spree and would BUY TONS of clothes.. gee... I dint know
that in $46.0 you can buy tons of clothes ? I would certainly like to
know which mall/dept. store it is... ;-)..;-0.. or else.. the woman must
have lost tons-and-tons of weight.. ;-0..;-)..
Gyanesh
Ford Prefect
a: Used Tampons
aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggg, ooooooooooooooooooh, sick sick sick
-ara
Scott Horne
<
<> "And then they wanted the names and numbers of my friends and family. I
<> don't want to give that out!"
<
<> I guess she thinks her LONG DISTANCE CARRIER has no clue about who she
<> calls anyway. Gee, better not tell them who your friends and family are,
<> or they might realize those people have phones too...
The 'phone companies could find themselves in big legal trouble for
poking their noses into records of 'phone calls for use in advertising.
<IMHO the "friends and family" campaign
<is one of the lowest advertising done by any of
<the phone companies.
Agreed.
--Scott
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Craig Smith
>used by tampon manufacturers, I can respond to this question with some
>degree of authority. The white shorts and strenuous exercise typical
>of tennis represent the perfect illustration for marketing tampons, and
>demonstrating that any given tampon product will provide the necessary
>comfort and security to its user. Unlike toothpaste and shampoo,
>tampons do not represent a "grooming" product as such, and thus there
>is no need to graphically portray their installation, wearing, or
>removal. Furthermore, many people misunderstand the copy in the tampon
>commercial that states, "It's not your mother's tampon". The ad agency
>did not mean to imply that the daughter is not wearing her mother's soiled
>tampon, but rather, that the brand she IS wearing (or should wear) is
>a significant improvement over the general quality of tampon worn by
>the previous generation of women. Personally, I get annoyed at
>unnecessary "media-bashing"; not all the time, just periodically.
>
You're a marketing assistant?
For a company that makes tampon strings?
THERE HE IS,BOYS!!!!!! LET'S GET 'IM!!!!!
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|>As marketing assistant for a company that makes those little strings
|>used by tampon manufacturers, I can respond to this question with some
|>degree of authority. The white shorts and strenuous exercise typical
|>of tennis represent the perfect illustration for marketing tampons, and
|>demonstrating that any given tampon product will provide the necessary
|>comfort and security to its user. Unlike toothpaste and shampoo,
|>tampons do not represent a "grooming" product as such, and thus there
|>is no need to graphically portray their installation, wearing, or
|>removal. Furthermore, many people misunderstand the copy in the tampon
|>commercial that states, "It's not your mother's tampon". The ad agency
|>did not mean to imply that the daughter is not wearing her mother's soiled
|>tampon, but rather, that the brand she IS wearing (or should wear) is
|>a significant improvement over the general quality of tampon worn by
|>the previous generation of women. Personally, I get annoyed at
|>unnecessary "media-bashing"; not all the time, just periodically.
|>
these types of products you had better be prepared for the humor that goes
along with it. Not that this is the forum for this, but I don't see why I
must be subjected to ads (TV at least) for these products. I don't use them,
I don't want to know how absorbent they are. I don't want to know how
confident I'll feel. And I am sick to death of your euphamisms such as the
blue liquid and the terms, "wetness", "accident", etc. We all know these
products exist. The people that use them are aware of them and know where
to buy them. Since you are a marketing assistant in this area, perhaps it
is time you did some market surveys to determine the impact of your
commercials on the public. The puns in this forum are a good place to start
in understanding how people feel about these items.
Thanks for listening.
Mike Clark
tough man to make a tender chicken" ads, and I have heard people talk
about Wnedy's father Dave Thomas doing his ads, they all seem to say
that this is good advertising. I HAVE NEVER heard anyone say "Gosh
that Cathy Rigby sure does skate good during her heavy flow"
Mike Clark
string break? A frustrated cotton picker!
mcswe...@memstvx1.memst.edu
In article <1992Apr14.0...@schbbs.mot.com>, root@-?.Berkeley.EDU (0000-Admin(0000)) writes:
>
> Aw, come on guys I think we all were smart enough
to realise that it wasn't a soiled tampon.
Later,
Rai
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>|> Personally, I get annoyed at
>|>unnecessary "media-bashing"; not all the time, just periodically.
Hey, good one! I get it.
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Jeff Johnson
pooled their allowance money, and were trying to decide what to buy with
it.
"I think we should buy a baseball and a bat," said the first boy.
"Nah," said the second, "we don't have any gloves or a big enough lot to
play on. I think we should get a basketball."
"No," said the third, "because we'd also need a hoop. I think we should
get some tampons."
"Tampons?" asked the first two. "What are those?"
"I don't know," replied the third boy, "But I've seen the ads on TV, and I
know you can run with them, play tennis with them, ..."
Jeff Johnson
=>The tampon-string marketing poster writes seriously about tampons:
=>>|> Personally, I get annoyed at
=>>|>unnecessary "media-bashing"; not all the time, just periodically.
=> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
=>Hey, good one! I get it.
The tampon-string marketing guy didn't even mention that the strings are
a convient dental floss after you eat :^)
George Lloyd
>that this is good advertising. I HAVE NEVER heard anyone say "Gosh
>that Cathy Rigby sure does skate good during her heavy flow"
Wasn't Cathy Rigby a gymnast?
Resident.Alien
I remember an occasion in High School where I noticed that a female
acquaintance, standing on a landing chatting with some friends between
classes, had a frayed thread hanging from the back of her tartan wool
skirt. I stopped a a brief moment and without very much thought said
"Hey Melody, your string's hanging down". I wasn't prepared for her
reaction. She turned bright red, pivoted quickly on her heel and made a
bee-line for the girls room. Didn't occur to me until years later what
she must have thought I said.
:-}.
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Mike Clark
Ok, I'm sorry, let me re-phrase the last part "Gosh that Cathy Rigby
sure can use that balance beam good even during her heavy flow"
Now, is that better?
Norm Strong
Explanation of tampon commercial deleted.
}
}We knew all that! But you have to admit that if you're going to advertise
}these types of products you had better be prepared for the humor that goes
}along with it. Not that this is the forum for this, but I don't see why I
}must be subjected to ads (TV at least) for these products. I don't use them,
}I don't want to know how absorbent they are. I don't want to know how
}confident I'll feel. And I am sick to death of your euphamisms such as the
}blue liquid and the terms, "wetness", "accident", etc. We all know these
}products exist. The people that use them are aware of them and know where
}to buy them. Since you are a marketing assistant in this area, perhaps it
}is time you did some market surveys to determine the impact of your
}commercials on the public. The puns in this forum are a good place to start
}in understanding how people feel about these items.
Well, I don't wear women's hose, either. And I don't care how long they
last or how cheap they are.
But I sure hope they keep running the commercials; they're they only
ones I watch! :-)
}
}Thanks for listening.
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G Dods
>What does an elephant use for a tampon?
>A sheep.
>
(stuff deleted)
Why do elephants have trunks?
Sheep don't have strings.
What's red and runs round fields?
A used sheep.
And some elephant type jokes:
q: Why did the elephant paint his balls red?
a: So he could hide in a cherry tree
q: What's the loudest sound in the jungle?
a: A giraffe eating cherries.
Bye for now!
Graeme
ryb...@uctvax.uct.ac.za
>>As marketing assistant for a company that makes those little strings
>>used by tampon manufacturers, I can respond to this question with some
>>degree of authority. The white shorts and strenuous exercise typical
>>of tennis represent the perfect illustration for marketing tampons, and
>>demonstrating that any given tampon product will provide the necessary
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> You're a marketing assistant?
>
> For a company that makes tampon strings?
You want some good advice??
They get stuck in people's teeth so much, make them out of dental floss!!!
TIM TIERNEY
>In article <1992Apr11....@access.digex.com> an...@access.digex.com (Andrew M Cohn) writes:
>>As marketing assistant for a company that makes those little strings
>>used by tampon manufacturers, I can respond to this question with some
>
>Now this sounds like a perfect example of someone in desperate need of
>a clue.
>
>don
>d...@island.com
Geeeeeez!!!! Talk about someone needing a clue! It's a joke, get a clue! :-)
Tim
Michael Goldman
It seems about once a month someone has to get all
hot and bothered about this stuff. Quit being so
bloody bitchy about it and just stuff it!
(For the humor-impaired, there are 7 puns in the above. Can you
find them, kiddies!)
--
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists
in adapting the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw
Disclaimer: All views are solely my own & not the views of Acuson.
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Steve Suttles
>>As marketing assistant for a company that makes those little strings
>>used by tampon manufacturers, I can respond to this question with some
>>degree of authority. The white shorts and strenuous exercise typical
>>of tennis represent the perfect illustration for marketing tampons, and
>>demonstrating that any given tampon product will provide the necessary
>>comfort and security to its user. Unlike toothpaste and shampoo,
>>tampons do not represent a "grooming" product as such, and thus there
>>is no need to graphically portray their installation, wearing, or
>>removal. Furthermore, many people misunderstand the copy in the tampon
>>commercial that states, "It's not your mother's tampon". The ad agency
>>did not mean to imply that the daughter is not wearing her mother's soiled
>>tampon, but rather, that the brand she IS wearing (or should wear) is
>>a significant improvement over the general quality of tampon worn by
>>the previous generation of women. Personally, I get annoyed at
>>unnecessary "media-bashing"; not all the time, just periodically.
Perhaps you can explain why toilet paper (excuse me, bathroom tissue)
is marketed according to squeezability? Am I strange, or is it normal
to never have had any urge at all, let alone irresistably, to sneak a
squeeze raid past the supermarket managers (who don't seem too frazzled
by the problem).
We never see "feminine deodorant spray" used or even referred to. We
see women being chatty. They don't do anything active, and often, they
are quite alone (talking on the phone, or smelling flowers).
Why do they demonstrate deodorant on forearms?
They show pictures of women pulling up bra straps, but the mens underwear
commercials have guys wearing plastic fruit! This is supposed to appeal to
the mainstream?
Can I get my car with the "beautiful girl" option?
Why do they run douche commercials during football games? Or motorcycle
commercials during Donahue (sp?)? Or pizza & Sizzler commercials during
Richard Simmons? Or FDS (is that a brand name?) during A-Team? Or
Century 21 during Muppet Babies? I don't watch Jewish televangelists,
but I wouldn't be surprized to have them interrupted by ads for Jimmie
Dean's pork sausage. Why do they run ads for coffee while people are
awake? Why do they run ads for Paul the Diamond Man at all?
sas
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Ron Christian
Re: The AT&T anti-"friends and family" commercial
And then, after putting "friends and family" down as a privacy issue
(which may or may not be a legitimate point) AT&T turns around and
launches almost exactly the same scheme (businesses giving AT&T the
phone number of other businesses to save money on phone bills) in
another commercial a week later.
I guess it shows to go ya, if you can fool some of the people all of
the time, that's enough to make a decent living.
Ron (a customer of neither AT&T nor MCI)
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Marco Nicosia
>
>awake? Why do they run ads for Paul the Diamond Man at all?
BECAUSE!!! Paul's my absolute hero!
Have you ever seen one man be able to do so much(fly, get all the girls even
though he's ugly, drive awesome looking cars, speak in a voice more nasal
than my grandmother's...) and still GIVE ME CREDIT?!
I mean, we should petition to have his name changed to SUPER PAUL!
HE really makes ME feel good when he tells me from the radio that I don't
need to be ashamed of my past credit problems, and that he can bail me out
of jail(OK, my credit problems were extreme...) ON CREDIT!
What a businessman!
>sas
>
>
>--
>Steve Suttles Internet: st...@dbaccess.com Dr. DCL is IN!
>CROSS ACCESS Corporation UUCP: {uunet,mips}!troi!steve Yo speako TECO!
>2900 Gordon Ave, Suite 100 fax: (408) 735-0328 Talk data to me!
>Santa Clara, CA 95051-0718 vox: (408) 735-7545 HA! It's under 4 lines NOW!
^^^^^
One... Two... Three... oops! (Yes, I do realize)
Marco Nicosia
ma...@ocf.Berkeley.EDU