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Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

Alan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:04:02 -0000

This is what my wife said (who happens to be on Weight Watchers).
She HATES that commercial. She says it's irritating. She says the guy is a doofus and that she is mean, and DOES need to go on a diet.

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Pratik Stephen — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:24:33 -0000

Thats actually a BRILLIANT ad!
They convey that it tastes really good... And that you'd like it for the taste alone... Apart from all the health benefits...
And the ad's funny too.

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GLord — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:14:42 -0000

rubbish

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escuccim — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:21:32 -0000

Good point.

I think the ad is just dumb. Maybe I'm missing something. Or maybe it's because I am always skeptical about what "the box says." Like I tell always my son: "don't believe commercials, they are just lying to you to try to cheat you out of your money."

To answer the post about how we Americans watch TV with commercials... As an American who has spent a lot of time in Europe and knows what TV is like without constant commercials I have one answer - DVR. The only thing I've watched on live TV in the last couple of years is the election coverage. Everything else I watch on DVR and skip through the ads.

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Shannon Lefevre — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:19:59 -0000

That's hilarious!

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Shira Abel — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:58:55 -0000

I think that no husband of any worth is that stupid. What man actually asks their wife if they are on a diet? Seriously, that's like asking for the floodgates of Dante's Hell to open and come crashing down on you.

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

chano — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:00:38 -0000

Sorry Dave. I wrote a lot but I did not think to ask you two questions. What do you think of the ad? And what are you looking for in asking us for our opinions? I would really like to know.

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

dave — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:11:36 -0000

I like that. Or...

When she asks What else does it say on the box?

It says Fuck you bitch. Exit stage right.

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

Daniel — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:31:01 -0000

The guy needs to grow a pair if he is in a relationship like that.
Gentle, spineless guys went out with "Mad About You", and she dont look like Helen Hunt.

Tell her to effing relax, I am not calling you fat, I am just asking a question.

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Tyler — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:44:03 -0000

When this ad plays in Canada, they both have British accents. This is a terrible dub of it.

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

davingreenwell — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:17:05 -0000

There are a lot of commercials like this and it's not really surprising if you look at the gender stats about buying decisions and who they're made by. This commercial will give you all the hints you need.

Frankly it is a shitty, very transparent commercial that will only appeal to women with some confidence or maybe even anger issues. What General Mills is telling us is that there are a lot of people like this, and they have money and are deciding how to spend it.

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

Tom Brandt — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:08:22 -0000

Okay, the ad doesn't make "Steve" look too stupid, so I'll give it a couple positive points. I watched the ad two times and during the second viewing I realized I was already tired of this couple.

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dave — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:27:03 -0000

I think we know they're a couple. If they were brother and sister, when she asked "What else does the box say" -- pretty sure he wouldn't say "Shut up Steve." If they were just roomies he might turn and walk away muttering under his breath.

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Derek Steen — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:55:08 -0000

HAhaah! Good call!

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Derek Steen — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:54:21 -0000

I've seen this ad many times on TV. It's entertaining! Especially because I don't care or know much about calories.

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Les Orchard — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:39:00 -0000

This commercial makes me want to take some Motrin.

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Scott Carpenter — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:15:27 -0000

Typically dumb commercial. I can't bring myself to analyze any more in depth than that. Thank god for TiVo and freedom from this kind of tyranny. Anyway, Oat Cluster Cheerios is the way to go.

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jeneane — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:40:30 -0000

Yep. I think she sounds like a beatch in 2 languages, but the Brits ring my ears more polite.

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threemer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:34:49 -0000

Seems like a typical morning in any number of households.

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Yule Heibel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:17:44 -0000

lol, well, now that I know it was originally a UK commercial, I think you might be on to something re. the dipsomaniac Mother. Judging by their media fare (AbFab, most of the BBC stuff), the Brits have alcohol down pat and all drink like fish. Just the other day I watched an Inspector Linley episode where the hero shared three (3!!) bottles (BOTTLES!!) of wine with a woman over the course of an evening date, and then managed blissful sex with her. Frankly, I'm thinking they would have had a drunken argument about erectile dysfunction instead, or she would have been passed out and never noticed a thing.

(Just doing my best to offend British people here! Why stop at gender? ;-) )

Cheers, mate!

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

Daniel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:03:06 -0000

unlike most commercials (like every viagra or cialis add) they never intentionally show her wedding ring (just so you know "look its okay they are married"), we dont know if they are married, brother and sister, room mates etc. There is no way you can deduce they are married or even involved (unless you take the fact that they are eating breakfast together). They could just be 30 something roommates.

no dumb husband stero-type, just dumb male ones in that case.

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

chano — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:37:07 -0000

An example of the destructive effect of ads. I like watching Larry King Live. It is so annoying to hear that poor guy keep having to say things like 'We'll be right back after this' and 'Don't go away!'
How embarrassing for a great presenter to interrupt his fine program for a hard sell on some inconsequential product. I guess he has to say it about ten times or more each show. And guys like all you Americans and people like me have to just take it.
There will come a time when we are all brainwashed into watching TV for the ads and resenting the programming as a pesky interruption to our enjoyment of the Cheerios (etc) message again and again and again ....
If you think I have a 'thing' about ads, you're right. I do. Does it show? Really? I must still be sane and not brainwashed then.
Think about it people. It's your brain and your intellect they are £%(!%& with.

Re: What do you think of this ad? (Scripting News)

chano — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:30:36 -0000

It's a dreary ad. I don't live in the US, but I have in the past. I don't know how you Americans can sit at home watching TV that is interrupted every few minutes for ads. I gave up watching TV in the US when I was there. Only DVDs.
I think that without realising just how deeply and often they were being screwed Americans have yet to rebel against this kind of broadcast pollution that ruins all TV and radio material. Don't you realise that you pay a lot more than you should for the products you see advertised because the ads are very expensive? So you actually just lie there and get screwed over twice with each ad you watch or listen to. Once for being intruded on with a distraction from what you were watching or listening to. Twice when you go out to buy anything you see advertised. IF you compare any company's yearly spend on advertising with its annual revenues, you will get an idea of just how much the ads you are forced to endure are also costing you a fortune on an annual basis.
Now is it dumb to tolerate being treated like such a willing doormat, or is it dumb?
Americans, get control of your media and the prices you pay. Send advertising into extinction. You'll enjoy your TV and radio a hundred times more and you'll save a lot of money.
And please don't buy that crap about ads paying for what you watch. Believe me, you would save much more with ad-free subscription TV service.
Asked and answered I hope.

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Tim — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:26:12 -0000

The one thing I notice about commercials and the media in general is how many people talk with their mouths full of food. It's disgusting.

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Tim — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:23:12 -0000

The one thing I notice about commercials and the media in general is how many people talk with their mouths full of food. It's disgusting.