Commercials

I just saw this one, it was so funny I had to go find it.

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I was reminded of this commercial by this post:

orthodoc;847424 wrote:

I have a juicer - not a deluxe one, but it does some juices fairly well. I use chunks of apple and pear and a slice of peeled fresh ginger, just throw it all in the hopper. It's delicious.

I'm loving Grandpa in the basement.

It's in tha hoppah.

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Hoppah.

I laugh every time
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Best commercial ever.

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eta. this was a parody of an actual TV commercial.

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Try to guess what this commercial's about (GIANT SPOILER IN THE TITLEBAR, AVOID IF POSSIBLE).

a cow orker, gothychick, just told me about this one.

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Oh, thanks for the tread res...

I saw this last night and cracked up.

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I do quite enjoy the new Kmart commercial:

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I tried really really hard not to laugh at that, but I couldn't help myself! :lol:

I just shipped my drawers!!!

That's where I broke down. LOL

I made it to "I just shipped my nighty.", before letting out one loud "Hah!!".

Have any of you seen the Jimmy John's commercials?

To inform the uniformed Jimmy John's is a sandwich shoppe, and they deliver. Their motto is "Freaky Fast Delivery".

Their commercials invariably end with "Wow, that was fast!" And there are a lot of them. My favorite is this one, remember, there are like twenty different ones, and they all end with "Wow, that was fast!"

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Goat for sale.

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re: Jimmy Johns...Of course their delivery is fast. They don't cook anything. It's cold meat sandwiches. WTF? Why on earth would you go buy a cold meat sandwich? You can make that at home. Anyone can. Anyone.

What else do they serve? You can go out back and grab a warm pop in a can?

[/couldn't wait to get a Jimmy Johns rant in...the biggest restaurant ripoff since the Mc"Rib"]

I had an interview at their HQ (Champaign, IL) for a corporate job some time ago...worst interview ever: group interview with 3 other people, feel-good interviewer guy, awful questions.

infinite monkey;861241 wrote:

re: Jimmy Johns...Of course their delivery is fast. They don't cook anything. It's cold meat sandwiches. WTF? Why on earth would you go buy a cold meat sandwich? You can make that at home. Anyone can. Anyone.

What else do they serve? You can go out back and grab a warm pop in a can?

[/couldn't wait to get a Jimmy Johns rant in...the biggest restaurant ripoff since the Mc"Rib"]

Not a Subway fan, then?

Also, why would you have a sandwich delivered to your home at all? Warm, cold, or otherwise.

Oh, I don't know, no car, no meat, no bread? Perhaps they stack meat better than you. Maybe I'm screwing the chick that works there. Maybe I'm snaking on some other chick by having stacked meat delivered to her. Some chicks are impressed by stacks of meat. Maybe I like rye, but, not enough to buy a whole loaf. You can get toasted bread, maybe my toaster is broken. Their cheese might be stinkier than mine. Or yours. Cold sammiches get warm (to an extent) all by themselves. Just wait a minute. All kinds of reasons, is really what I'm after here.

:D:sweat::lol2:

Also:

Mmmmm...warm pop.

ETA:

Ooh, oohooh...You could take a bite of cold sammich, and wash it down with warm pop.

Prollum solved.

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:lol:

Subway will give you a hot sammich! But I will admit I am not like Joey Tribbiani whose favorite food is sandwich.

I don't mind warm pop. Or warm beer.

And: No human being could stack meat like that! [/Peter Venkman]

This is just a silly little advert for chewing gum that made me smile:

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And this is an ad for IKEA that I think is really well done:

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hah I like that.

Fuck Subway and Jimmy John's and their shitty overpriced sandwiches.

But I'm a hypocrite on this one...I like Quizno's, though they're overpriced too. I prefer locally made though, like Adriana's or Amighetti's in St. Louis...:drool:

Hmmmmmm.

I was looking at this thread from my phone last night and I swear either jim or foot was saying that their dad would say that scatalogical humor is not funny (re: the K-mart commercial) and I was laughing because that's true but once that woman said she shipped her drawers, just her face, her delivery, I busted out. But posting from my phone sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. When it doesn't, the blinky line that tells you where you are typing moves on its own, and you end up typing in between words you've already typed.

Anyway, today: no reply like that AT ALL. And no deleted post. Hmmmm. Unless....

If you post undercover and then delete can people see there was a post there?

Or did I totally dream that post, and my attempt to reply to that post?????????

foot3 isn't digging that ad over here

Yeah, I didn't see it in this thread.... Heard it on the radio that morning....

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I love the AT&T commercials with the kids. My friend says this kid reminds her of me. :lol:

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Their commercials are great...too bad their service sucks dicks like a whore with a bad crack habit...

*speaking as one of AT&T's customers*

My only interaction with Jimmy Johns has been at my Baltimore conference. There is a Jimmy Johns in the hotel, and it's the cheapest place you can go for lunch without needing to go outside. In February, which, in Baltimore, is pretty damn miserable. My major disappointment with their fare is that they seem to have a misunderstanding as to what actually constitutes a "club." It's about more than just bacon. It's all about that slidey marriage amongst three slices of toast, tomatoes, lettuce, bacon, and the primary sandwich filling. Jimmy Johns misses that by a wide margin.

Overall, for just plain sandwiches, they aren't bad. There is interesting crap on the walls to read while you eat, and they manage to deal with high traffic times fairly efficiently.

But their house-brand chips are quite good, and they do that all you can drink so you can be fatter thing.

Well, what kinda sandwich place don't want fat customers? It's good for business.:D

Also:

Never trust a skinny cook.

wolf;861857 wrote:

...they seem to have a misunderstanding as to what actually constitutes a "club." ...

Eleven (11) variations on the Club Sandwich...just sayin'.:neutral:

Infinite Monkey got this in my head, and it won't go away.

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Love the old man at the end.

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Gravdigr;863451 wrote:

Infinite Monkey got this in my head, and it won't go away.

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:lol:

Swagger Jagger.

Calling all geeks. This Audi commercial with the two Spocks is a hoot.

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Awesome. That was some inspired casting, having him as the young Spock. He was my second favourite thing about the last Star Trek movie. First was Peggers, natch.

Who's the guy at the end? I feel like I'm missing the reference.

I think it's nobody, just that the car drives itself and is better than both their cars, if you go for that sort of thing.

This advert, I hate. Really, really hate. Prizes* for the first dwellar to identify why I hate this advert.

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*not really.

I couldn't speak to your hatred of it, but the statement that "nobody makes chicken grills like Bird's Eye" is probably self-evidently true, and irrelevant to whether the product is good or not.

A woman has to please her man, even when she is just a little girl?

Either that or the mobster bear which is able to get to your school and back and can therefore easily get into your bedroom and steal your eyes with icy cold paws while laughing like all the devils in Hell...?

heh, closest with the former :p The fact that having attempted to gain his attention in various ways, the advice she gets (from, as you say, the slightly scary mobster bear) and successfully implements...is winning him over with food.

I just. I don't even know, it just makes me want to break stuff.

Also, Dad gets home in time to eat food that takes approx 12 minutes to "cook" but of course can't be seen to make it, as we're selling traditional family values here.

Actually, no, that's a bit Millie Tant. There's a male of childbearing age in this advert, as opposed to every supermarket ad out there, where women frolic on the beach with children. Because no Mums have to work, but Dads do. Probably why Mums have to buy their kids' clothes made in Dhakar.

I'm sending mixed messages here. Probably because my objection isn't not really about gender politics, I just don't like seeing people happy in adverts. Or creepy bears with tiny eyes.

Right now, where's my prize?
I know you were only joking when you said I couldn't have one.

Sundae;864401 wrote:

Right now, where's my prize?
I know you were only joking when you said I couldn't have one.

Picture of a barking puppeh, barely used?

Got any kittehs?
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I love this advert. One for all you Dwellar dads:

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Sundae;864403 wrote:

Got any kittehs?
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Kittehs?... of course we got kittehs....

an oldie but a goodie...
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OMG I worked for that company -That commercial was the reason we didn't get a raise that year. And that's exactly what we were told too. "Sorry, the superbowl investment was more than we anticipated"

But now, its a great analogy for what I do in my classroom every day :)

Pete, that's a great commercial!

Here is a link for ten great ones plus a bonus. #cheating

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and ten more super funny ones.

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DanaC;864833 wrote:

I love this advert. One for all you Dwellar dads:

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very sweet commercial



riiiiiight up to the very last bit which bothers me as much or more as the one about the chicken. I disagree with their conclusion. It is **much** better and more important to be the Dad than it is to be their friend.


being friends is fun though, just not as important.

Don't see why you can't be both.

Side with V here.
I'm hazy about the whole friends/ parenting divide, but when your progeny are children you have to parent them.

I saw nothing in the advert which crossed the line, of course.
It's a good idea.
I just wish they hadn't added the tagline.

It's funny. I also cringed at the tagline, but didn't say anything at the time. I love being a dad and really enjoy spending time playing with my kids, but I make it pretty clear to them that I'm not their friend. I've actually said "I'm not your friend, I'm your dad" to them. But we still have fun together. I really enjoyed the ad though.

edit: although now that I think about it, there's the scene where they are scoping out the girls. That's pretty creepy. What dad is going to be scoping out girls with his son?

Ahhh. I watched it again and now I see what you are all talking about. I hadn't really taken on the detail of the strap line. I just thought it was a nice idea showing the Dad as also being his friend.

Setting that aside: hows about those two boys for cracking actors or what?

glatt;865058 wrote:

although now that I think about it, there's the scene where they are scoping out the girls. That's pretty creepy. What dad is going to be scoping out girls with his son?

No! Dad isn't scoping the girls out. He's teasing his son because he recognises a girl from his son's school and thinks she fancies his son.

DanaC;865103 wrote:

Setting that aside: hows about those two boys for cracking actors or what?

Yes. Although I'd like to hear one of them say Accrington Stanley.

Hahahahahahahahaha.

That made me smile, all warm like.

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"When England play Germany they all run around for 90 minutes and then Germany win on penalties."

LOL. This youtube video like many youtube videos has been monetized by associating it with a commercial you have to watch before you get to the video. Guess what commercial precedes this video?

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So pretty, so *intense*.

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Another, also intense. The wingsuit footage gives me an uncontrollable thrill of heebie jeebies.
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I find it pretty funny that those bat suit guys bother to wear helmets. I suppose it's for the end, when the parachute opens, and they might hit their head on a soft landing.

I guess everyone around here might have seen this. Still I can't help sharing. Its damn funny:

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A zesty three-fer!

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I can't love this commercial enough!

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Except this part, about the haters, I don't love this part.

Don't get the haters at all V.

I love this ad: For some reason it always makes me want to come down to the Cellar.

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This is running in PDX now...

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DanaC;871172 wrote:

Don't get the haters at all V.

I love this ad: For some reason it always makes me want to come down to the Cellar.

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I like the commercial and I can see why it would have that effect on you, I feel it too.

But when it comes to Southern Comfort, I'm cured. I was inoculated for life back in my college days. :vomitblu:

Mmm hmmm. Yeah. Not my drink of choice. My brother put me off it when he got very ill after a SC binge at a party.

Re Dana's Southern Comfort ad:

I hadn't seen that ad, I really liked it, especially the part where the dog left it's master for the SC guy.

What I loved was the tune, "Hit Or Miss" by Odetta.

That was ƒucking awesome.

....

**YOU** are awesome for connecting me with the artist and title.

:notworthy:

Thank you, sir.

If you was pointing that at me, you are welcome.:D

My current favourite advert:

Ikea, One Room Paradise

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Worth going full screen for to see it properly

That's pretty cute! But there's no way that's "one room".

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We've been to IKEA recently, and I've seen most of what she's using.

Be a dairy farmer...

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That's sick !

This advert really pisses me off:

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I agree--least scary chest burster EVAH! A cow? A smiling cow? REALLY????

Chest? :eyebrow:

A young man's testimonial on a TV commercial for CHARTER COLLEGE

We're not going to have to learn anything that's not going to help us

This is a PC issue that actually makes me feel sorry for the CEO of Dunkin Donuts in Thailand.

I don't see racist overtones in this ad,
and think it is a artistic portrait of a lovely black woman [COLOR="White"](even if it is a model in blackface)[/COLOR]

I disagree with the main assumption.

This looks just like a model painted in the color of the doughnut that is being advertised. That's all.

I think it's racist to try and turn everything into a racist thing when it's not. That's the problem I see.

Flint;874840 wrote:

I disagree with the main assumption.

This looks just like a model painted in the color of the doughnut that is being advertised. That's all.

I think it's racist to try and turn everything into a racist thing when it's not. That's the problem I see.

This.

PC has gone crazy. :headshake

They should have used a panther instead of a person, keep the color but not the racial overtones.

Except a panther can't really hold a doughnut in its paw, so just a panther, right, with a human hand holding the new black doughnut.

Ooh, but the human hand without a person in the shot might look weird, maybe even like the panther ate the person. So maybe a stylized art hand instead, and not holding the doughnut all dainty, but in a powerful grip that's not afraid of getting eaten by a panther.

Okay, so, black panther in the foreground, with a flag or something just over its shoulder, and the flag's got a raised fist on it, holding the doughnut. I like it.

'Sorry I ruined your Black Panther party.'

-Forrest. Forrest Gump

That is some classic Cellar.

Would an actual black woman have been less racist?

Is the doughnut itself racist because it resembles a possible human skin color?

This one reaches into new territory...

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Hahaha. Does this come in Taupe?

That one made me laugh.

I'm not sure if I've posted this one before.
It's an advert for adverts, but it makes me smile every time I see it.
In fact if I am watching something on Sky+ and fwwding, I 'll stop to watch this one.

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Ohhhhh love that!

Gravdigr;874868 wrote:

Would an actual black woman have been less racist?

Depends if she called someone an ofay cracker mother fucker.

Seconds 6-14 of this advert are filmed coming round the corner from Market Square to Kingsbury in Aylesbury.
Yay, Aylesbury!
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To the left in the commercial is the bank from this photo.
Sorry, couldn't find my copy, so it's a Cellar link.

If you headed second right from the bottom photo you'd be entering Kingsbury.

It's kinda made to look like a place where people live, but in fact it is the town centre and it's very obviously very early. To those of us who see it pretty much every day; I think they worked it well as a location.

Careful what you say...

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not that there's anything wrong with that.







I have on several occasions had the pleasure of a light beer.

This commercial makes me guffaw out loud every time I see it. Of course, it'll be most funny to those of us who remember the A-ha song/video when it came out!

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This commercial is stoopid because the beeatch never really smiles. Yet there's the theme song by the ever-annoying Bruno Mars. There's a slight upturn of the upper lip, fleetingly for a second, a couple times, but mostly she looks pissed off and snotty.


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Buster reminded me there is an advert I enjoy on TV.
Dana reminded me there is a more frequented thread for them.

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I have already added "Woah! Tiger!" to the list of things which tickle me.
It may go the way of "SPIDER!" in being a very, very private joke.

(Spider comes from the TV adaptation of The Woman in Black, where Arthur Kipps runs out into the fog shouting the dog's name in terrible desperation)

Ha. My bro's mate has a dog called Spider.

And it looks like a mini version of Spit the Dog...or maybe Gnasher.

I expect to shout SPIDER! at the panto again this year and snicker to myself.
I'm in countdown mode btw, and I don't mean the late Richard Whiteley.

Ha!

Now I have the countdown clock in my head. Duhduh duh duh duh dededuh

Currently my favourite advert on tv:

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O
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That's why Mum's been singing it for the last couple of weeks.
I questioned her and she didn't know why. I even asked whether it was an advert, as I heard it most often as she went to make a cup of tea or go for a wee during what was obviously an advert break.

I mean at least I know why I have "Pass the Dutchie ('pon the Left Hand Side)" in my head every Thursday and Friday.
Two of the refresh breads I bake are Duchy Organic loaves.
Still makes me do my nut when I catch myself though :rolleyes:

Irn Bru:

These both made me laugh

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Two adverts that take a serious look at gender, both of which are very clever:

First, an advert for Pantene hair products that draws on real research (the likeability study) showing the difference in how men and women are perceived when doing exactly the same things:

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Second an advert for sanitary towels by Lauren Greenfield (winner of Sundance Film Festival’s Directing award for The Queen of Versailles)

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Seriously? Or are you just trolling?

Umm...seriously. I thought they were interesting.

I find it interesting that companies now think a feminist message is something that will sell.

They both play with ideas I find interesting - and concerning. Growing up as a girl, being told things done 'like a girl' are just a bit rubbish is something that has always bothered me (you throw like a girl, don't be such a girl etc). I believe that has an effect.

The stuff about likeability is also something I find interesting - though, those findings are a little less solid - many male bosses loose out on likeability too after all. But likeability studies have shown that if you present a mixed group of men and women with a dossier of a successful boss and give it a male name they will come up with very different words to describe that 'man' and a different conclusion as to whether they would want to be in 'his' company to the words they use and conclusion they draw when the dossier is given a female name. Identical dossier, of a real life person, with the only elements changed being the gender.

This stuff interests me. And the fact that companies are using it suggests something intriguing about their expectations.

A much less impressive attempt to cash in on ideas of female empowerment - this one I find slightly disturbing! ;p

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I really don't like the messages from this.

Since I've posted about ads that play to debates on womanhood and feminism - heres a side step - one of my favourite portrayals of fatherhood in advertising.

For quite some time the images of fathers in adverts have been fucking appalling - they're either portrayed as slightly ridiculous, bumbling fools, or they're shown as one of the kids with the mum being the grownup.

Just lately there've been some much more positive images of fatherhood, but there has been a bit of a tendency for the more positive ones to show a kind of perfect modern man type image - trendy, 'metro sexual'/emotionally expressive etc. Which may well describe a lot of young dads, but how about that older generation? I don't know about anybody else's dads, but my Dad would never have got into a deep emotional conversation with his kids - he showed his emotion in other ways. And that is ok - you don't have to say I love you, as long as you love.

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I like. Dad as nurturer.

I wondered years back where the Dads in adverts were, finally deciding that men didn't buy the particular items being advertised in significant quantity for them to be the target audience. Supermarket clothes for children for example still seem to exist in a Dad-free world.

Thinking about "like a girl"... I wonder if it is the word girl that gives it a negative connotation. So that if it was "like a woman" would it be better? Or is it just the gender comparison. If someone said that you run like a black man I still think it would be a questionable comment, but probably meant as a compliment. How about suggesting someone dives like a gay, with the clarification that only if the gay person in question is Tom Daly.

I dunno, just musing.

Old Stephen Fry advert, because I'm reading his second volume of autobiography.
He said it made no sense to him either, but it paid exceptionally well for a young man who'd yet to become one of the stately homos of England.

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I have no recollection of it, not knowing who he was at the time.
The Alliance and Leicester adverts however, I remember quite clearly (compact and bijoux, Mostyn, compact and bijoux).
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It's just stupid as hell, but, I love this commercial:

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Also, I kinda like this one:

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But only cuz I love the song.

I'm trying to decide if that's Craig Robinson of "Hot Tub Time Machine" fame.

Yes/no/maybe?

Hay Day commercial? Hahaha.....that is funny.

Anyways, I posted a reply after Jim's post but I think I forgot to press the submit button. :roll eyes: Anyways, I was wondering why the commercials that Dana put up is viewed as trolling. I personally like the "Like a Girl" commercial.

I got a bit annoyed with the "Like A Girl" ad when the filmmaker started chastising the actors they'd brought in. It escalated to a nasty snarl at my screen when she gave that little condescending, "Would you like the opportunity to try again?"

Is it a problem that society views "like a girl" to be an insult? Yes. Is it interesting that young girls don't yet see it that way, giving hope that something can still be done to change society? Yes. But don't bring in these poor actors, who are just trying to make a living, trying desperately to please the director in front of them, and then act all haughty when they provide you with the most common, vernacular understanding of the phrase you used, the meaning that you obviously already knew they were going to jump to. Don't make them give a contrite speech about what they should have done, like children caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

I would have been fine with the ad if it just compared the adult vs. child interpretation, and maybe reaction shots of the adult actors seeing how the children didn't have the insult internalized yet. But the disdain made it less effective, for me anyway.

I must admit I didn't take it as real.
I assumed they'd all been briefed because otherwise how much studio time would be wasted?

That did niggle with me. But, reading what the director has to say about some of the interviews they did, it seems clear that there was a lot of stuff that didn't make it into the final video - they'd done quite a lot of interviews and back and forth and then cut it to a short film. It may not have come across as chastising taken with the rest of the interview.

I also suspect that's part of her style as a director.

Interesting though, to me, that this stuff is something that is being used in advertising now.

Sundae;903834 wrote:

I must admit I didn't take it as real.
I assumed they'd all been briefed because otherwise how much studio time would be wasted?

I think it was real. In an interview, the director talks about the answers given by the younger girls, and their parents reactions to those answers.

She's a documentary maker and director who has been working on this for a little while in conjunction with the Always social media campaign.

They may be actors, but their responses were not primed - according to Greenfield they did not know how people were going to answer.


[eta] I did feel a little bad for the young lad - when he was asked if he'd insulted his sister and said no...he'd insulted girls yeah, but not his sister. Won't do him any harm to think that one through a little, but that felt like he'd been set up a bit.

Lola Bunny;903823 wrote:

Anyways, I posted a reply after Jim's post but I think I forgot to press the submit button. :roll eyes: Anyways, I was wondering why the commercials that Dana put up is viewed as trolling. I personally like the "Like a Girl" commercial.

Thanks Lola - I was slightly taken aback by Jim's response tbh. *shrugs*

Dana, I love the Colman's ad with the nurturing Dad. Beautiful.
My Dad has always given good hugs, even when he didn't completely understand.
Great ad.

Milk adverts are getting fucking strange.

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Just saw this advert and thought it was the most realistic portrayal of motherhood I've seen in a long time.

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DanaC;914745 wrote:

Just saw this advert and thought it was the most realistic portrayal of motherhood I've seen in a long time.

realistic in what way?

Not sure really - it just struck me as very believable. I think it's the way they all come in from the school run, her still in her nurse's uniform - and the way the meal isn't really planned - and her quiet glee, as she's hurrying to put a really lovely meal together whilst they're playing upstairs.

I dunno. It just seemed more believable than most ads. Even the house looked a lot more like a normal house (in the uk- I realise it probably looks uber tiny and cramped to anyone in America :P)

Perhaps, i shouldn't have said realistic portrayal of motherhood - so much as realistic portrayal of family life, with a very believable mother and kids.

Thought I'd already posted this but can't find it...

Anyway. My two current favourite ads:

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Not meant as a criticism Dana, but that Just Rol advert is in a HUGE kitchen!!!
They should film in yours or mine. It's about as likely as finding a whole roast chicken in either of our fridges and just thinking of it as an ingredient :rolleyes:

Like the Mars one though.

Really? Huge compared to my current kitchen granted - but similar in size to the one I grew up with and slightly smaller than my bro's.

The idea of a roast chicken in the fridge as an ingredient seems ludicrous to you and I - but that's cause we're not proper grownups :P

Yeah, no.

Nobody just keeps roast chickens on hand just in case you might need it later. Although I can see buying one if you are planning a menu that calls for it.

Yeah but no but yeah...
I forgot about us not being properly grown-up.
And neither of us (me n D) have the childer. So I probably was thinking in unrealistic terms.
We'd have to tuck them in the coal celler if we did.

Glatt backs me up on the chicken front though, so I win anyway.
Except mysteriously, I found out Carruthers had a Just-Rol in his possession today. Along with dog food. No, he does love his father, he does, he really does.

Is that libel?

Sundae;922100 wrote:

Yeah but no but yeah...
I forgot about us not being properly grown-up.
And neither of us (me n D) have the childer. So I probably was thinking in unrealistic terms.
We'd have to tuck them in the coal celler if we did.

Glatt backs me up on the chicken front though, so I win anyway.
Except mysteriously, I found out Carruthers had a Just-Rol in his possession today. Along with dog food. No, he does love his father, he does, he really does.

Is that libel?

:D:D:D

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Why do they call 'em 'new potatoes'? It's not they're selling used potatoes...

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^^^Ali Larter, btw...

Gravdigr;926367 wrote:

Why do they call 'em 'new potatoes'? It's not they're selling used potatoes...

Why do they add a price... It's not that they are giving them away...
It's from an old Abbott and Costello routine starting with a road-side sign:

FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE

Gravdigr;926367 wrote:

Why do they call 'em 'new potatoes'? It's not they're selling used potatoes...

New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and unlike their fully grown counterparts, they keep their shape once cooked and cut. They are also sweeter because their sugar has not yet converted into starch, and are therefore particularly suited to salads.

Jersey Royals are the best known variety, and their appearance in late April heralds the beginning of the summer. Other varieties include Pentland Javelin and salad potatoes, which are best eaten cold.

Availability

New potatoes are in season from April to July.

Choose the best

Choose new potatoes that are firm, dry and blemish-free. Unwashed potatoes last longer as the dirt protects them from bruising and general deterioration.

Prepare it

You don't need to peel new potatoes; just rinse to remove any dirt and cook whole. To boil, place potatoes into a pan of lightly salted water, bring to the boil, simmer until tender (about 10 minutes) and drain. Dress new potatoes as soon as they are cooked to help them absorb the flavour of the butter or oil (this way you will also use less).

Store it

Store new potatoes in a cool, dark, well-ventilated place. They should be used within a few days of purchase.

Alternatives

Try medium potato.

BBC Link

New spuds seem to be available throughout the winter. They are either imported or stored. Quite how they manage to store them for several months without deterioration, I don't know.

Jersey Royals (see above) are the best. Had some for lunch today and looking forward to buying some more at the market on Thursday.

I like Charlotte potatoes myself.
But I will use Jersey Royals when I make you a salad of course. As long as I can have Caesar dressing and shaved Parmesan. I'll keep the jalapenos as a side.

Quite how they manage to store them for several months without deterioration, I don't know.

Keep them cool, dry, and in the dark, they'll keep for months.

If all else fails...

Hard to think of a situation where you could replace lard with potato puree.

Love their slogan - "Nalley's is Adequate." Could this be a parody?

You're thinking of lard as a cooking lube, but people use to eat lard like mayo, at least the ad guys tried to persuade everyone they should.

Parody? Could be... kind of hope so, because it sound disgusting. But then again, people did eat lard. :haha:

When my Dad was a kid they used lard and bacon grease like butter.

I cook with bacon grease all the time. It's super good with brussels sprouts. Never used straight-up lard, though.

When I lived in Germany, our neighbors introduced us to schmaltz on bread. Basically lard as a spread. It was both good and disgusting at the same time.

I use bacon grease as a flavoring agent.

Put a little in green beans, pintos, black eyed peas, etc...

My Dad's generation used dripping as a spread.
Even when I was in my 30s Dad considered it a major perk of having roast beef; dripping to spread on toast the next day.

But the best bit of dripping isn't the white fatty bit, it's the dark tasty meat gloop at the bottom of the pot.


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We are talking about a man who used to have leftover Yorkshire Pudding the next day. With jam.

Actually he used to have jam with anything that stayed still long enough. Jam with ice cream or with chocolate cake being two of his more normal choices. Grandad used to talk about kippers and jam too. Steven and I used to chant it as children "kippers and jam, kippers and jam" although I can't quite remember why.

Jam with Yorkshire pud makes perfect sense.

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I would totally go to traditional snail mail letter writing if the postal service offered paper airplane home deliveries.

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The MoneySuperMarket ads have evolved since the introduction of Dave and his epic strut a couple of years ago. I like them - they make me smile.

Here's the original Strut:

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There were a couple of variations on that, and then they introduced Colin the Builder

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And Gary...

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And then things took a turn for the weirder

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And now this...

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That last one is my favourite

Those were ridiculous!

:lol2:

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Just sayin'. Tried to find a version that would play for us, the US.

No love.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo

Add Tunnello browser extension for chrome. click on the icon and select the country you want to pretend to be in and hit go. reload the video

I see Ibby got a job. :rolleyes:

footfootfoot;972369 wrote:

Add Tunnello browser extension for chrome. click on the icon and select the country you want to pretend to be in and hit go. reload the video

Thanks for the tip, but, I do not Chrome.

I Firefox.

Gravdigr;972486 wrote:

Thanks for the tip, but, I do not Chrome.

I Firefox.

They have a similar extension, you lazy lima bean

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/proxtube/#id=323609

Excellent cat food ad:

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Also the new Money Supermarket ad rocks:

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Last but not least - this is very well done - worth taking full screen

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I was expecting a little more, but, that was fairly cool.

I kept waiting for him to go over a cliff.