I know everyone hates the insurance commercial with the new dad. I'm not fond of that myself. If nothing else, I find it vaguely offensive that he can't be bothered to think of the future BEFORE the baby actually arrived. However, there have been several commercials lately that I have found to be...well...disturbing.
Tonight, I saw a Boost mobile commercial
Huh? I realize that Boost is usually out there on their ads, but this? It just makes me say Ick.
And then there's the Old Navy ad with gratuitous mannequin nudity.
I get the point that the dresses are sooo popular that they must be pulled off the mannequin. If the commercial ended there, I think it would be a clever concept. But, the subsequent ogling and conversation take it to the point where the dresses are a secondary point to the commercial and the implied nudity becomes the focus. Maybe I'm just getting old and prudish.
Finally, the one that disturbs me the most is a new Hamburger Helper commercial, which is not on YouTube. A bunch of people are on an elevator and I don't know what else happens, because the Helping Hand pops out and IT'S ATTACHED TO AN ARM!!! Up past the elbow! The Helping Hand had never before been attached to an arm! What is this heresy? Granted, I have issues with hands attached to arms with no bodies - it has to do with my job (I work in a crime lab). But seriously, where is the animation magic or green screen that would obscure the arm? Disembodied arms...I don't think that's the image that Hamburger Helper is trying to project.
Perhaps it's time to step away from the TV. But then I would miss the fake-pregnant-man-in-drag Taco Bell Nachos commercial, which is a little funny.
Go see what the normal people are showing this week for Show & Tell!
I love those taco bell commercials! I was afraid I was the only one :)
ReplyDeleteI thought the old navy one was funny. They did another one with a hand falling off a mannequin - that one was too weird for me.
ReplyDeleteThe old navy commercials seriously weird me out. But nothing is as creepy as the Burger King commercials with the giant king showing up everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI do not like the BK King either, Kristin! Creepy!
ReplyDeleteThe old navy commercials have been creeping me out for a while ..
ReplyDeletebut I just can't believe that boost advert is on tv ... ewww to wierd
I don't like those Old Navy commercials either...they're very creepy. I was soooo disappointed in the ads on the superbowl too. I guess ad agencies think all of its customers are idiots.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness I can skip most of the commercials w/our Tivo. The Old Navy commercial is wierd!!
ReplyDeleteThat Boost Mobile commercial IS very disturbing. Especially the last line. I kind of always thought the Old Navy commercials were weird.
ReplyDeleteI noticed the arm attached to the hand too...it was disturbing.
ReplyDeleteCreepy, both of them!
ReplyDeleteI'm good with the "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz" or "Where's the beef?"
But I'm not normal, either.
Those ads are like that because both Creativity and Creepiness start with a 'C'.
ReplyDeleteIt is disgusting.
I loved the Taco Bell commercial so much I actually went and got an order of nachos. They weren't as good as the commercials. I am a tool.
ReplyDeleteThese new 'supermodelquins' Old Navy commercials have me right on the edge of a breakdown. If seeing them on TV wasn't bad enough, I work part time there, and believe me, the audio commercials in the stores, played once every ten minutes, so not better. I don't understand why it's necessary to advertise for your store INSIDE the store. The customers are already here. What else is a commercial for right?
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