tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87969599571554578772024-02-02T15:41:20.881-05:00Fire That Agency!misadventures in advertisingkatrockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093885900740274727noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-10323400554454732922012-01-12T16:26:00.000-05:002012-01-12T16:26:14.666-05:00Pizza BoomerangBy Skyler's Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br />
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In honor of <a href="http://katrocket.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Katrocket</a>'s return to blogging, I thought I had better get a post up here on Fire That Agency. <br />
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I thought the Japanese made the most craptacular ads out there. Looks like this jewel from Spain? Mexico? might give them a run for their money.<br />
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It is billed as NSFW, and I was thinking "This is just weird" until the 1:45 mark.<br />
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Then, what has been seen cannot be un-seen!<br />
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Feast your eyes on how to sell pizza!<br />
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<br />SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-44531523008662546112010-09-29T18:56:00.000-04:002010-09-29T18:56:59.190-04:00Nothing beats a great local ad!By Skyler's Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br />
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I have always enjoyed a really poorly done local TV ad. You know the kind I am talking about, usually a used car dealership or pawn shops, or some other soft, visceral underbelly of society.<br />
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Well look no further campers, because Sky-Dad has found a few of the worst examples that you will ever set eyes upon. Come join me in the carnage, and don't forget the bleach for your eyeballs.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.break.com/index/mo-money-taxes-insane-local-commercial.html" target="_blank">Mo Money Taxes Insane Local Commercial</a> - Watch more <a href="http://www.break.com/" target="_blank">Funny Videos</a></span><br />
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I honestly don't know which scares me more, Mr Green or the Mo Money team.<br />
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Now tell me how in the hell that got by the boys in corporate?<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.break.com/usercontent/2010/1/worst-strip-club-commercial-ever-1682751" target="_blank">EMBED-Worst Strip Club Commercial Ever</a> - Watch more <a href="http://www.break.com/" target="_blank">free videos</a></span><br />
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Nothing says classy like a good crotch bar commercial... <br />
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And finally, the cherry on the top of this sundae of crapola, feast your eyes on Shocantelle.<br />
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I am calling fake on that one, but I love it anyway.SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-91147819736598897452010-06-02T10:42:00.002-04:002010-06-02T10:54:49.530-04:00Off Road Handling CharacteristicsWe here at Fire That Agency are always happy when sharp-eyed commercial watchers find items that are worthy of submission to our little corner of the world. Such is the case with the always funny Scope, from <a href="http://scope-tech.blogspot.com/">Scope Tech</a> who found these two examples of fine advertisements.<br /><br />Nissan and Jeep are two of the leaders in off road vehicles designed for fun when you don't have pavement underneath you. I grew up in the mountains of Colorado and can attest to the importance of good suspension when out doing some serious 4-wheeling.<br /><br />From the two examples, I think that we can gather that Jeep is trying to make the point that their vehicle is all about fun while Nissan attempts to extol the virtues of their independent front suspension.<br /><br />I have driven both of these units, and can give you my completely unbiased opinion that while a hard front end can make for a few miles of rugged fun, independent suspension gives a much smother ride over the life of the unit.<br /><br />See for yourself, first the Jeep:<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4cvWHRS51oE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4cvWHRS51oE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Now the Nissan:<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zKO-tZGuFDg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zKO-tZGuFDg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Thanks again Scope for taking the time out of your buy day to compare and contrast!SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-79382974473014735472010-05-12T02:00:00.004-04:002010-05-12T02:00:03.746-04:00An homage to idiotsDo you sometimes have problems with the most simple motor control issues? Are you constantly tasting things that cause you to barely control your gag reflex? Do all of your friends recoil in horror at pretty much every single thing you do? Does even your fricking PET hate you?!?!<br /><br />If you answered yes to any of these questions, then we may have a product for you! See if you recognize yourself in any of these wonderful commercials for products that frankly, I don't know how <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> have lived so long without owning:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80972612/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/870818/80972612.flv&mediaid=80972612&title=As Seen On TV Dummies&tags=cool,wtf,seen,dummies,awful,actors,buy,products,ftw,weird,strange,awesome,amazing,crazy,lol,funny,hilarious&description=the awful actors that portray how nobody acts so you will buy their products.&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://images.ebaumsworld.com/2010/04/80972612/shmuks.jpg&username=MemphisT56" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" height="345"></embed>SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-1653980374399083432010-03-18T06:40:00.000-04:002010-03-18T06:41:48.400-04:00Old School<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gWpg-5AtA-ZyTmwB3vg8Za3S7dYxkP9WXg-z84g5hi1jfj1VExzLJYzlF-krMD0qEkEvLrtHwpxet2lnTp63OdCBGrJTzrsYp2AIEPv0Q93m-kswr0icuRasfr0gvK_BQC6MD1kIfLNU/s1600-h/oldschool.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 748px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gWpg-5AtA-ZyTmwB3vg8Za3S7dYxkP9WXg-z84g5hi1jfj1VExzLJYzlF-krMD0qEkEvLrtHwpxet2lnTp63OdCBGrJTzrsYp2AIEPv0Q93m-kswr0icuRasfr0gvK_BQC6MD1kIfLNU/s400/oldschool.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449792585626871874" /></a><br />by Katrocket from <a href="http://fotorocket.blogspot.com">fotosynthesis</a><br /><br />Internet banners are rarely featured on Fire That Agency!, but hey, I rarely contribute to this blog that I've neglected for so very long, so it's a fitting occasion for a comeback. <br /><br />I saw this online ad last week and it compelled me to return here and ask you just <strong>WHAT THE FUCK DOES THE FRIGHTENED OLD MAN HAVE TO DO WITH A SCHOOL LOAN?!</strong><br /><br />Oh Agency, you are so fucking fired. <br /><br />I understand that if I earn less than $45,000 a year, I'm totally going to need a grant to go back to school. I'm not sure how clicking on my state will help, but where you really lose me is with the photo. <br /><br />What exactly is going on here? Grandpa's not going to the bathroom on his own, so I doubt he's up for college. So is this the guy who's granting money to qualified people? <strong>Do I have to rob this scared little man for tuition?!</strong> <br /><br />Poor fella doesn't look well at all. Maybe he's just as confused as I am? <em>"How the hell did my photo end up on the innerwebs? Goddamn kids!"</em><br /><br />I guess on some level this works because they definitely got my attention. They also got me to come out of semi-retirement to tell the rest of you about it.<br /><br />Goddamn kids.katrockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093885900740274727noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-89508956406724258602010-03-11T13:35:00.001-05:002010-03-11T13:36:11.453-05:00Racist bad is really badBy Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br /><br />Welcome back boys and girls to this little corner of the world where we like to point out what may be advertisements that didn't exactly hit the mark.<br /><br />Sometimes what starts as a good idea in Bizarro world just needs to stay in that dimension, and not make it to the airwaves.<br /><br />Consider the following examples:<br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8ZToRJoaMtY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8ZToRJoaMtY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><br /><br />Let's try and forgive the sin of cheap-assed wood shutters being used as a "set" that is a confessional, and get to mocking the priest with the shades on. I just tried to visualize my old priest with shades and I swear a lightning bolt hit the tree outside. Moving along...<br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uf2aI0CPqQE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uf2aI0CPqQE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><br /><br />Gary is one hilarious ass-hat, isn't he? Is there a stereotype he didn't go after? Did I miss something?<br /><br /><object id="1613818" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" alt="Funny Tequilabot Cantina Commercial Funny Videos" width="464" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/MTYxMzgxOA=="><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://embed.break.com/MTYxMzgxOA==" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="464" height="295"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.break.com/index/funny-tequilabot-cantina-commercial.html" target="_blank">Funny Tequilabot Cantina Commercial</a> - Watch more <a href="http://www.break.com/" target="_blank">Funny Videos</a></span><br /><br />Sure it's racist and sucks balls, but it really makes me want my very own Tequila-bot!!SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-54216272452781446442010-02-03T02:00:00.002-05:002010-02-03T02:00:04.629-05:00Hire That AgencyBy Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br /><br />We here at the home office of Fire That Agency are generally in the business of mocking advertising. But today, I want to take a break from that and let you know about something that is really good, something that might just make a difference.<br /><br />Those who know me are aware that my son Skyler was born 3 months premature, and as a result of a brain hemorrhage, was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Skyler is closing in on his 19th birthday now, and our lives with him have been consumed with the effort of trying to get society to accept him and his disability. It is seldom easy, with most people content to make snap judgments about his abilities and immediately throw up roadblocks.<br /><br />That is why I was excited to hear from <a href="http://thepopeye.blogspot.com/">Becky over at The PopEye</a> about this particular ad campaign. It is by a group called "<a href="http://www.thinkbeyondthelabel.com/Default.aspx">Think Beyond the Label</a>" and it uses humor to make a point about employing workers who have a disability. Typical ads in the past that attempted to do this were public service announcements that depended on the generosity of networks or print media to give them time or space. This is a full on campaign to get the word out, and that is cool!<br /><br />The ads are quite different than what you would expect, instead of taking the heavy handed and sober tone, they use humor to show that everyone in the workplace is disabled to some extent. Here is a quote from the article:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">For instance, in a television commercial, a worker in a wheelchair points out her colleagues who “you could label as ‘different.’ ” Among them are a woman dressed in a nightmare wardrobe of clashing patterns, who is “fashion deficient”; a klutzy young man at the copier, who is “copy incapable”; and a shouting man who suffers from “volume control syndrome.”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">The punch line of the commercial is that the worker in the wheelchair is different, too: Her skills at a basic office function are so bad that she is labeled “coffee-making impaired.”</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Print ads introduce employers to a man in a suit whose awkward dance moves make him “rhythm impaired” and an awkward man who is hard to understand because he is “jargon prone.”</span><br /><p style="font-style: italic;">The ad with the worker who is rhythm impaired declares: “Just because someone moves a little differently doesn’t mean they can’t help move your business forward. The same goes for people with disabilities.”</p><p style="font-style: italic;">The ad with the jargon-spouting worker reads: “Just because someone talks differently doesn’t mean they don’t bring something of value to the conversation. The same goes for people with disabilities.”</p><p>Here are some of the still shots from the WSJ article:</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnObIc6V0O_DDMti8CkMoWZRk1obpWiCbPzGudkVW_dHuua02c2djavWhdQETHT9AFscrIxX4bZh3qKZCrFXCdD2xPwgxTaifr90UCnr3YuydjitJELakw5QHWrrvoKf6F6GCA7b02iim/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnObIc6V0O_DDMti8CkMoWZRk1obpWiCbPzGudkVW_dHuua02c2djavWhdQETHT9AFscrIxX4bZh3qKZCrFXCdD2xPwgxTaifr90UCnr3YuydjitJELakw5QHWrrvoKf6F6GCA7b02iim/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433744700487981714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2vBV-BmGNOydQcM72PhGloIOwsMs_muZsXeiRzto9BYxQ9DzmOnzF2pS9iWRvNsr3rXLAAUVSqa6DS8MHNUCZbbgDdE6cgF5yfJezPZ-YPB-xoHk8mo7ozZTSWyl7QL7jKQfobSKWegw/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2vBV-BmGNOydQcM72PhGloIOwsMs_muZsXeiRzto9BYxQ9DzmOnzF2pS9iWRvNsr3rXLAAUVSqa6DS8MHNUCZbbgDdE6cgF5yfJezPZ-YPB-xoHk8mo7ozZTSWyl7QL7jKQfobSKWegw/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433744652532474066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQ2ZxrNo1x8Uisu4azod1zAInNQpLmWd19_fXin9_oA8V2KFa1uX_xJrHMmImGmf44D02preeBWp6zUC_-brc78UueNhJJC4Dwc-qvYuj4fNi-yc7rXy19Mw8snQvPNdsuRw2cXavLRvF/s1600-h/3.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQ2ZxrNo1x8Uisu4azod1zAInNQpLmWd19_fXin9_oA8V2KFa1uX_xJrHMmImGmf44D02preeBWp6zUC_-brc78UueNhJJC4Dwc-qvYuj4fNi-yc7rXy19Mw8snQvPNdsuRw2cXavLRvF/s320/3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433747268976555010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I really like the use of the Dymo-style labels across the faces of the people, because in the real world life of somebody with special needs, that is the very first thing that happens. You get a label. The world seems to have a need to assign somebody in a chair, or somebody who doesn't talk the same way as the rest with a label, when in fact everybody could get some type of a label if we wanted.<br /><br />But like my friend Dan Wilkins over at <a href="http://www.thenthdegree.com/default.asp">The Nth Degree </a>always said, "Labels are for jars, not for people".<br /><br />For more information:<br /><a href="http://www.thinkbeyondthelabel.com/Default.aspx">http://www.thinkbeyondthelabel.com/Default.aspx</a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/business/media/29adco.html?emc=eta1">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/business/media/29adco.html?emc=eta1</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p style="font-style: italic;"><br /></p>SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-36717739197848969472010-01-07T02:00:00.000-05:002010-01-07T02:00:05.499-05:00For KatBy Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br /><br />By now most of you are aware that Kat from RocketRadio has closed up shop to move on to greener pastures. As the owner and general manager of Fire That Agency she was kind enough to invite me to add my distinctive brand of commercial taste (read insanity) to this little corner of the world.<br /><br />So I thought to myself, Sky-Dad, (I always refer to myself in third person) why not send her off in a manner most associated with bad advertisements and find a great commercial that shows just what we think of her? Great idea I answered myself, or at least one of the voices in my head mumbled some type of agreement... So off I went to the Internettubes in search of the perfect sendoff.<br /><br />Well, the Google, she is a fickle bitch. When you want to find something that really hits the spot, you get about 20,000 hits of guys getting clobbered in the junk, or adult material, which is quite often the same thing.<br /><br />So Kat, the best I could come up with is this spot from Cadillac, which is weak, but please accept it in the spirit in which it was intended. Not that you are a pasty old white dude getting a new job, but that you are moving on to a new place in your life, hopefully better, and bringing the rest of us along.<br /><br />Fair winds and following seas my friend.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/tvfilm/3290"><br /></a><a href="http://sharethis.com/"></a><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='420' height='366' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGkXZVJ1xJYAmnK9to5uY4pcheHAWPhLHY_rO3RE4dfB9ys8z_QEvWoektsvUT2-qT5QtqER1w0xR72KQbjQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-40728815182074979272009-11-20T02:00:00.004-05:002009-11-20T02:00:06.558-05:00Oh Japan, How I love you!By Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br /><br />What would we do without our friends from the land of the "no holds barred" commercials? If you ever had a wacky idea that seemed like it would never fly, I am sure there is an agency in Asia that is more than willing to let their freak flag fly!<br /><br />Witness the following examples:<br /><br /><object id="912383" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" alt="Surprising Japanese Egg Toy Funny Videos" width="464" height="376"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/OTEyMzgz"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://embed.break.com/OTEyMzgz" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="464" height="376"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.break.com/index/surprising-japanese-egg-toy.html">Surprising Japanese Egg Toy</a> - Watch more <a href="http://www.break.com/">Funny Videos</a></span><br /><br /><br /><object id="1483074" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" alt="Crazy Japanese Commercial Funny Videos" width="464" height="376"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/MTQ4MzA3NA=="><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://embed.break.com/MTQ4MzA3NA==" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="464" height="376"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.break.com/index/crazy-japanese-commercial.html">Crazy Japanese Commercial</a> - Watch more <a href="http://www.break.com/">Funny Videos</a></span><br /><br />Uh yeah... Do you think sex sells a bit over there?<br /><br />But even better is their 21st century special effects when it comes to their cartoon characters on TV! This is the opening for the Japanese version of Spiderman. Of course they have to include some sort of transformer robot thing that has absolutely no connection to Spiderman, but it's all win!<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/224263/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/videos/2008/03/224263.flv&mediaid=224263&title=Japanese Spiderman!&tags=spiderman,japanese,spiderman&description=Amazing old opening sequence for the Japanese version of Spider-Man. Best part is the inexplicable giant robot that makes an appearance at the end.&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/thumbs/2008/03/224263.jpg&username=lorddread" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" height="345"></embed>SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-87268165984844761882009-10-01T11:20:00.005-04:002009-10-01T11:40:03.691-04:00What the hell were these people thinking?By Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a><br /><br />Hello fans and fanettes, Skylers Dad here with another edition of what in the hell were these people thinking?!? I have been collecting only the very best in advertising for you all to enjoy, that's right, I do the work so you don't have to!! (or some other sort of obnoxious tag line...)<br /><br />First out of the gate today is this fine entry from The Red House Furniture Store. White people shop there, black people shop there and they get along!! Towards the end they also mention something about expanics also, I am not sure what kind of people they are...<br /><br /><object width="464" height="306" id="719077" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" alt="The Red House Furniture Store Funny Videos"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/NzE5MDc3"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://embed.break.com/NzE5MDc3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="464" height="306"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.break.com/holy-taco/the-red-house-furniture-commercial.html">The Red House Furniture Store</a> - Watch more <a href="http://www.break.com/holy-taco/holy-taco.html">Funny Videos</a></span><br /><br />If you have all the furniture you need, but are missing out on some heavy firepower, drop on over to Don's Guns, where he just loves to rent guns!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/54loV2WgeyI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/54loV2WgeyI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Makes me want to shoot a desert eagle, whatever that is...<br /><br /><br />Finally, check out this winner for Wilkonson's Family Restaurant. Nothing sells the family atmosphere better than metal, lyrics that feature "The Witch's Teat, and missiles shooting down helicopters! Feast you eyes on this, and remember, kids under 3 eat for free.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80721292/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/190494/80721292.flv&mediaid=80721292&title=Wilkinson's Family Restaurant Music Video&tags=funny,skit,goth,hilarious&description=This is the most epic of all ads ever. I would so totally eat there. &displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/thumbs/video/190494/80721292.jpg&username=lorddread" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="425" height="345" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br />This ad is so full of awesome and win it should be illegal!SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-27225233760779988762009-08-06T03:00:00.001-04:002009-08-06T03:00:03.435-04:00Is it really this bad?By Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br /><br />I don't work in the advertising business, (all together now, "But I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night!"), but having been associated with enough large corporations in my lifetime, I can really see this playing out.<br /><br />Check out this wonderful clip on how things would work if a large agency designed the stop sign.<br /><br /><object width="525" height="444"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wac3aGn5twc&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wac3aGn5twc&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="525" height="444"></embed></object>SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-67966903583294304302009-07-18T11:22:00.000-04:002009-07-18T11:23:11.426-04:00Japanese Ad Agency. Oxymoron? You be the judge.By Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br /><br />Hello again from the dark cellar of the internettubes known as Sky-Dads mind! I have been collecting more wonderfulness to share with you all, aren't you thrilled?<br /><br />Today's collection is from the fine ad agencies in Japan. At least I think they have ad agencies there, I will leave that up to you after you hopefully make it through all of this without passing out.<br /><br />Let's start off with a Japanese commercial with our two business dudes stopping by the side of the road for a quick bio-break. One of them finds he has a special power? Put him on Heros? You be the judge:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80619894/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/112403/80619894.flv&mediaid=80619894&title=Weirdest Japanese Commercial&tags=heroes,commercial,lol,funny,blood,pressure,weird,japanese&description=Put this guy on Heroes....lol&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/2009/04/80619894/cammercial.jpg&username=Dawnthief" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" height="345"></embed><br /><br />Yeah, better get on that tea pronto...<br />And that was the most sane of this collection of oddities, read on brave viewer...<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80695413/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/795285/80695413.flv&mediaid=80695413&title=WTF Japenese Commercial&tags=those,crazy,wacky,lol,japanese,strange,stuff,advertisement&description=Another WTF Japenese commercial&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/2009/07/80695413/japs.jpg&username=Hurts2Pee" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" height="345"></embed><br /><br />I don't know what creeps me out more, the use of the blond "dutch-boy" kid as the actor, or the marching peeps thingys selling noodles.<br /><br />Still with me? Great, you are building up tolerance for what is to come.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80690276/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/421206/80690276.flv&mediaid=80690276&title=Japanese V-8 Commercial?&tags=japanese,commercial,jucie,anime,hatsune,miku,vegetabl,wtf,foreign,advertisement&description=I have no idea what this is, but I think it's a commercial for some Japanese version of V-8 or hallucinogenic drugs. Crazy anime.&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/2009/07/80690276/v8.jpg&username=shays1786" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" height="345"></embed><br /><br />I don't believe this is supposed to sell anything, just bring on seizures in the general public. After you get done with your visit from the paramedics, you can move on to another WTF commercial, part anime, part human, all cheese!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7NmhEepxOgg&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7NmhEepxOgg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And what would a compilation of freaky Japanese commercials be without one that was so overtly sexual that you will need to have a smoke after watching it.<br /><br />Steady yourselves now, here we go.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5PHENQiJFzI&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5PHENQiJFzI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Succumb to white mixture!! I think I need to work that line into my daily conversations. You are now free to go back to your normal lives, and try to purge this whole post from your memory banks.<br /><br />Good luck with that.SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-61136469380500144812009-07-03T12:50:00.005-04:002009-07-03T12:55:00.142-04:00All My Children<a href="http://thepopeye.blogspot.com/">by BeckEye from The Pop Eye</a><br /><br />Sure, we're usually about dissing bad commercials here, but I had to post this Evian water ad. It is the greatest thing I've ever seen.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XQcVllWpwGs&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XQcVllWpwGs&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>BeckEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119780316809151433noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-38041301441032353222009-06-18T17:47:00.003-04:002009-06-18T17:50:52.426-04:00Tres AwfulnessBy Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br /><br />A lot of times when I am seeing a real crappy commercial I think to myself, "Well maybe their budget wasn't really big, or they are a small struggling company that doesn't know anything about making a commercial".<br /><br />Or other times I think the ad company just missed the mark, or perhaps they were trying to be too "edgy".<br /><br />And then you see something that is just so spectacular in it's awfulness, that you just keep watching over and over again. I recently found a couple of examples of what I am trying to explain to you while perusing the dark corners of the Internettubes.<br /><br />These really should come with a disclaimer or something...<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80622224/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/511925/80622224.flv&mediaid=80622224&title=Crazy Commercial from the 80's&tags=wtf,funny,screwy,crazy,cool,commercial,advertisement&description=wtf thats weird man&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/thumbs/video/511925/80622224.jpg&username=ADLife" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" height="345"></embed><br /><br />"Shaka Doobie!!!" Whatever the fuck that means...<br /><br />Next up is none other than the governator himself, Ahhhhnold in a Japanese commercial that I defy you to tell me what it's trying to sell, besides the obvious answer, a drink.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80625322/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/695371/80625322.flv&mediaid=80625322&title=Arnold Schwarzeneggers Other Japanese Comercial&tags=arnold,schwarzenegger,japanese,comerical,wierd,drink,funny,lol,foreign&description=Told ya it gives you tumors.&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/thumbs/video/695371/80625322.jpg&username=3wise" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="425" height="345"></embed><br /><br />And Arnold told us it wasn't a tooomah...<br /><br /><br />Last up is this fantastic piece of crap for a legal firm that specializes in, well, horrific fiery car crashes I guess.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_d733a06d57" width="480" height="400"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="key=d733a06d57"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed flashvars="key=d733a06d57" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_d733a06d57" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="400"></embed></object><div style="text-align: left; font-size: x-small; margin-top: 0pt; width: 480px;"><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d733a06d57/ridiculous-insurance-commercial" title="from TubularGoldmine">Ridiculous Insurance Commercial</a> - watch more <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/" title="on Funny or Die">funny videos</a></div><br /><br />Mr. Berger will pry what's left of your burnt corpse out of that auto and get you what you deserve!<br /><br />We now return you to your regularly scheduled sanity.SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-91962446362539765262009-05-23T18:35:00.003-04:002009-05-23T19:27:43.954-04:00Forgotten Classic Commerical<a href="http://thepopeye.blogspot.com">by BeckEye from The Pop Eye</a><br /><br />As those of you who read my blog know, I post a "Forgotten Classic Video" every week. When I came across this old commercial on Facebook today, I considered posting it as my forgotten classic, even though it isn't <span style="font-style: italic;">technically</span> a video. (Even if it is more "'80s video" than any '80s video I've ever seen.) Luckily, I have this blog as an outlet too, because I couldn't NOT post this thing of beauty. If you were alive in 1985, there is no reason why you shouldn't remember this. It is the most awesome car commercial ever for one of the least awesome cars ever - the Plymouth Duster.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ZGwGFpjFxI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ZGwGFpjFxI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Seriously, who writes jingles like that anymore? How do you even fit the words "my Plymouth Turismo Duster" into a song and make it sound good?? This is, like, 100 times better than that craptastic new American Idol single.<br /><br />I used to love this commercial so much. I knew all the words and sang it all the time. And I wanted nothing more than to finally reach driving age so I could buy a Duster of my own and zoom off into some bitchin' world that looked like the "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBqU8FOE0uk">What About Love</a>" set, where everyone knew how to do splits and flips and wore the coolest clothes. <br /><br />Turns out, by the time I was able to get my own car, they had stopped making Dusters, but I did come close. My first ride was a Plymouth Reliant, known for its super-sexy boxiness. Unfortunately, it never inspired anyone to sing and dance around it. (Ah, the good ol' K-car. I destroyed that poor thing.) <br /><br />I had completely forgotten that Finola Hughes was in this commercial. You know, Olivia Newton-John was always my idol, but Finola just shot up in my estimation. I mean, she got to do the Duster commercial <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> dance with a loincloth-clad John Travolta. I would never complain about my life if I had those two totally rad items on my résumé. So, I certainly don't feel bad that she's stuck on that stupid <i>How Do I Look?</i> show now (if that's even still on).<br /><br />I'm sure that's not Finola singing though (I read an interview where she admits to having a horrible voice), and I've been Googling like mad trying to uncover the voice behind the curtain with no luck. If anyone knows, do tell. You'll be my hero.BeckEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119780316809151433noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-20031688692145976422009-05-19T14:06:00.003-04:002009-05-19T14:10:20.121-04:00Boycott AT&T Over Offensive Ad!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tlcN7_Vbljg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tlcN7_Vbljg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div>The following is an open letter to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Dear Mr. Stephenson,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">The undersigned urge you cease airing the above television commercial known as "Falling for You."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">It is deeply offensive since it causes viewers to get a little choked up when aired. This is uncalled for. With its sensitive acoustic music and clips of an adorable couple separated by distance, but kept in touch via your services - the commercial is almost too sensitive and sweet to bear.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">And finally, when the guy texts a picture of his girlfriend as he walks up behind her? She runs to his welcoming arms as the commercial ends. We, the undersigned, do not need this type of sensitivity and emotion bringing us to tears every time we turn on the television.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Additionally, the commercial implies all men should do something sweet and sensitive for their significant others, placing undue pressure on the undersigned to live up to the commercial's adorable appeal. This is too great a burden for the undersigned.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">We the undersigned will stage a full boycott of your services until this commercial is taken off the air.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Sincerely,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">The Undersigned</span></div>Moderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318879290010704973noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-43971123161012743402009-05-06T20:03:00.005-04:002009-05-06T20:15:24.334-04:00Misadventures in Photography<a href="http://thepopeye.blogspot.com/">by BeckEye from The Pop Eye</a><br /><br />Maybe I have an especially dirty mind, but I happened upon the <a href="http://www.tjmaxx.com/index.asp">T.J. Maxx website</a> today (no, I do not shop at that hell hole) and was immediately disturbed by the picture on the main page. You tell me. Am I just sick, or is this an unfortunate photo choice?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L8zpnTD7VIs/SgInddT8BGI/AAAAAAAADdw/jjJNdxt9pSo/s1600-h/maxx.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L8zpnTD7VIs/SgInddT8BGI/AAAAAAAADdw/jjJNdxt9pSo/s400/maxx.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332868295798031458" border="0" /></a>BeckEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119780316809151433noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-91577840838773447722009-04-20T10:10:00.000-04:002009-04-20T10:17:28.349-04:00Drop Stop It Like It's Hot<a href="http://thepopeye.blogspot.com">by BeckEye from The Pop Eye</a><br /><br />Here is an infomercial for Drop Stop - a product that is absolutely of no use to me now that I rely solely on public transportation. (I'm still waiting not-so-patiently for someone to invent a heavy-duty, special subway car deodorizer. Smell Quell or Stench Bench, something like that.) But many of you do drive around in fancy horseless carriages, so this could be of use to you. Especially if you have a bad case of the buttahfingas. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XaIDi7zlYFw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XaIDi7zlYFw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The first thing I must say about this product is that it can't help the guy who drops his keys and cell phone. That guy has bigger problems. Maybe he has arthritis. Maybe his palms sweat profusely. Maybe he was born with two left hands. Or maybe he's just a simpleton. I'm leaning towards the last one. Seriously, who picks up their keys, holds them at eye level, <span style="font-style:italic;">then switches them to the hand opposite of where the ignition is</span> before starting up the car?? And he picked up that cell phone like he just painted his nails and was afraid to touch anything. <br /><br />Secondly, sure it's a nice idea and probably pretty convenient, but a Drop Stop is $20?? Seriously? No little piece of rubber is worth $20, unless it can keep you safe from STDs too. And since that's not mentioned as one of the product features, I'm guessing that it can't. I can think of at least 500 more useful things that I could buy with $20. Drivers, save your money. Just take one of the small ShamWows, roll it up and stick it in the crack next to your car seat. Problem solved. <br /><br />Speaking of the ShamWow, the biggest problem I have with the Drop Stop commercial is with its spokesmen. Apparently, they're the inventors of the product. I understand that they want to give their ad a personal touch, but they're so not cut out for this line of work. It takes two of them to do the work of one Billy Mays or Vince Shlomi, and they don't even do it that well. Is it really necessary for them to prattle on and on for more than half of the entire length of the commercial about how great they are for inventing this thing (again, a piece of rubber with a hole in it), and having multiple test subjects (including a future version of Nikki Sixx) agree that it's very useful? No, it isn't. This commercial peaked with the mwah-mwah trombone sound effects, and it should have ended at 1:50, if not sooner. <br /><br />Although shortening it certainly would have helped, the sad truth is that, nowadays, if an infomercial product isn't being hawked by Billy or Vince, most of us aren't gonna call today. We're gonna delay. I know that using Vince may seem like a risk, ever since his <a href="http://thepopeye.blogspot.com/2009/03/shamwow-cant-wipe-away-your-sins.html">recent problems with the law</a>, but how great would it be to see Vince rolling up next to a hooker, leaning over to the passenger-side window to pay her, then dropping his money into the crevice between his seat and the console. <span style="font-style:italic;">Unreachable</span>! Now, he's gonna get slap-chopped by an angry pimp! That wouldn't have happened if he'd had the Drop Stop!BeckEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119780316809151433noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-17827159579799970932009-04-13T11:20:00.003-04:002009-04-13T11:31:34.055-04:00Hitting to all fieldsBy Skylers Dad from <a href="http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/">Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps</a>.<br /><br />Because some of you might have missed it when I posted it on my own blog, here is a repeat performance of "Home Invasion"...<br /><br />Watch it through to the end. Holy crapadoodle, what a weird ad.<br /><br />But I laughed of course!<br /><br /><object width="464" height="353"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/NjkxNjc1"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://embed.break.com/NjkxNjc1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="464" height="353"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.break.com/index/hot-woman-deals-with-home-invasion.html"></a><a href="http://www.break.com/"><br /></a></span><br /><br />And for anybody who is so damn tired of those Pizza Hut commercials that show the diners in Italy getting tricked into eating shitty Pizza Hut pasta on their fabulous vacation, here is a parody that you are going to love. It has it all, bad language, firearms, rubber penis's and yes, the ability to vomit on command.<br /><br /><object width="512" height="328" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_238a08266d"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="key=238a08266d"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed width="512" height="328" flashvars="key=238a08266d" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_238a08266d" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div style="text-align:left;font-size:x-small;margin-top:0;width:512px;"><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/238a08266d/pasta-hut-the-fall-of-tuscani-s" title="from TalentByAssociation">Pasta Hut - The Fall of Tuscani's</a> - watch more <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/" title="on Funny or Die">funny videos</a></div><br /><br /><br />What!? You're still here? OK, as a reward for sticking it out this long, here is Mr. T (Sans gold chains) helping to sell the Flavor Wave Oven. "My Tastes buds is goin wild!"<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mediaplayer.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="scanscoutcode=763&pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80595311/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/428737/80595311.flv&mediaid=80595311&title=Mr T's Flavor Wave Oven&tags=weird,strange,interesting,cool,awesome,crazy,wtf,funny,hilarious,lol,skit,advertisement&description=This oven cooks meat sucka!&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/2009/04/80595311/t.jpg" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="425" height="345" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"></span><br /></span>SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-30067020668325675202009-03-20T01:00:00.004-04:002009-03-22T10:36:09.863-04:00What Agency?By Skylers Dad from Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps.
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<br />I know that the name of this blog is "Fire That Agency", but these two uber-awful spots could not possibly have an agency behind them. Even the worst Ad agency has to have just a molecule of dignity or an iota of creativity, doesn't it? Let's examine these two spots and I will let you form your own opinion.
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<br />Example #1 is an ad using a "Sports Star" to hawk his own BBQ Sauce. Oh how the Fridge has slipped through the years. From Super Bowl shuffle to pushing his own special sauce. If having William Perry sell something isn't enough, we see that no money was spared on the finest special effects and production values. I could hardly tell surfer boy wasn't actually hanging 10 at North Shore.
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<br />Example #2 is what I imagine all those old KGB guys from the Soviet Union are doing these days now that the cold war is over. They are over here continuing to torture the USA by subjecting us to really bad ads. Given the choice between the James Bond nad clubbing or repeated viewings of this next spot, I would honestly have to think it over!
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<br />Or, perhaps this guy isn't from the KGB, and was just a tad too close to Chernobyl?
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<br />Whatever, have a gander at Crazy Gideon:
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<br />What's you take? Agency, or a brother-in-law with a video camera offering his services?SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-47461882083175885822009-02-25T05:32:00.015-05:002009-02-25T07:18:11.081-05:00Chew on This<a href="http://firethatagency.blogspot.com/search?q=by+katrocket+rocketradio">by Katrocket</a><br /><br />It's not easy for an advertising agency to launch a new brand of chewing gum. The market is oversaturated with gimmicky, mouth-assaulting flavours and textures, and I suspect that the majority of people who enjoy chewing gum have already settled on a long term favourite from their youth, some of which may include very unfunny comics from the 1940s (I'm lookin' at YOU, Bazooka Joe).<br /><br />Here's two new gum brands with two different approaches to advertising - physical comedy vs. special effects - with one clear winner.<br /><br />I don't have any official marketing data on this, but I'm guessing the primary demographic for chewing gum is likely around ages 12-24, a powerful consumer group that demands high production values and edgy visuals, so it's not surprising that BBDO went apeshit with some crazy CG and elaborate sets for their "Stimulate Your Senses" campaign for Wrigley's "5" Gum:<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Campaign: "Stimulate Your Senses" for Wrigley's <em>5 Gum</em></span><br />Fire That Agency!: Energy BBDO Chicago / AMV BBDO London</strong><br /><br /><strong>Spot 1: Flare (Cinnamon)</strong><br /><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Ixy1TMM-F20&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Ixy1TMM-F20&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />This could be my age talking, but when I chew gum, I'm not all that interested in having a Lara Croft experience. I just want some fresh breath, man - no need for extreme sports. I also like to know what flavour I'm about to chew, so please stop naming your product after drag queens.<br /><br /><strong>Spot 2: Elixer (Mouthwatering Berry)</strong><br /><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/LToJaxF54cM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/LToJaxF54cM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />Another Tomb Raideresque adventure in gum chewing. This time, Lara's trapped in a bizarre purple Kool-Aid flood tube and apparently <em>loving it</em>. This ad always reminds me of that Simpson's episode where Rainer Wolfcastle is assaulted by a tidal wave of nuclear waste: "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!".<br /><br /><strong>Spot 3: Lush (Crisp Tropical)</strong><br /><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/jt6PnGmk1Hk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/jt6PnGmk1Hk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />Can we all agree that getting bombed by sticky bits of citrus is not the most desirable or refreshing feeling ever? This commercial gives me the sudden urge to shower. I'd like to see the footage taken 2 minutes later when the giant bee swarm shows up for sloppy seconds.<br /><br /><strong>Spot 4: Rain (Spearmint)</strong><br /><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/bCjPP7liZCA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/bCjPP7liZCA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />Okay, this is just plain ridiculous. If I wanted to lie down with metal balls and the world's biggest speakers, I'd be sleeping with Lemmy from Motorhead.<br /><br /><strong>Spot 5: Cobalt (Peppermint)</strong><br /><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/DRCAcNyRNHU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/DRCAcNyRNHU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />I think someone at BBDO may have watched <em>Running Man</em> the night before this pitch. This ad might be slightly more enjoyable if the Hockey Death Squad was allowed to play along.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Campaign: "Spit It Out" for Cadbury Adams USA LLC's <em>Stride Gum</em></span><br />Hire That Agency!: JWT New York</strong><br /><br /><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ojgi16des-U&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ojgi16des-U&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />JWT takes the perceived weakness of the Stride brand (long-lasting flavour = reduced consumption of product) and literally knocks it on its ass with a stealth groin shot from an angry ram. It's unexpected, it's hilarious, it's a cheaper ad to produce, and it effectively communicates the brand's message without insulting our intelligence. Well played.katrockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093885900740274727noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-84878262466527930972009-02-20T11:10:00.008-05:002009-02-20T11:40:01.823-05:00I come from the land down underBy Skylers Dad from Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps.<br /><br />As a followup to <a href="http://firethatagency.blogspot.com/2009/02/lets-see-how-much-more-creeped-out-i.html">this post,</a> I decided to share another item from the land down under. When I think of the Aussies, my mind brings up images of manly men. Guys like Hugh Jackman, Paul Hogan as Crocodile Dundee, and Mel Gibson in an apocalyptic future fighting off members of Kiss on steroids.<br /><br />Then, while pursuing Boards Magazine, I stumble across this... this... well, I don't even know what to call this steaming hot cowpie. It's not really an ad, it's not really a Public Service Announcement, it carries the title of "The Importance of Awards in Advertising". It is done by the production company Revolver for the Australian Writers and Art Directors Association.<br /><br />I must be some sort of masochist, because like driving by a horrific crash site and slowing down to see if you can spot the decapitated head still rolling across the pavement, I sit here mesmerized.<br /><br />Jesus tap-dancing Christ I need help...<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='520' height='466' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dySUDn3hxW0G93VV7nWQINdtb4mwn9MB3T50r9UIAEF1YU9Q8TtTL4_cHbPoqp_dDmq2JxSdHsZVY4bvB8F' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-34272264980356657832009-02-15T10:52:00.001-05:002009-02-15T10:52:55.263-05:00Let's see how much more creeped out I can feelBy Skylers Dad from Some days it's not worth chewing through the leather straps.<br /><br />When I first saw this I thought it wasn't a Public Service Announcement or commercial, but some type of really bad attempt at humor. It really wasn't until I was towards the end, and feeling way too skeeved out, "if you know what I mean", that I figured out it was a PSA.<br /><br /><object width="464" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/667083"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://embed.break.com/667083" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="464" height="295"></embed></object><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.break.com/"></a></span><br /><br />OK, I get it. In order to prove your point you have to get us all a bit out of our comfort zone. But the mom's face as she adores her husbands banter about not telling mommy is way too disconcerting for me. And believe me, it takes a lot to put me off!SkylersDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-80327701511184186292009-02-03T02:36:00.004-05:002009-02-03T21:51:12.616-05:00Oh, Yes, I Suppose There Were Some Commercials During The Super Bowl<a href="http://thepopeye.blogspot.com/">by BeckEye from The Pop Eye</a><br /><br />Wow! Did you guys catch those Super Bowl ads? Did they not make up some of the most exciting and historic moments in Super Bowl history?? Like when that Clydesdale intercepted Alec Baldwin's pass and returned it 100 yards for a TD to end the first quarter? Or when the E-Trade baby caught that bag of Doritos deep in the right corner of the end zone with only 35 seconds left in the game? Brilliance, people. Sheer brilliance.<br /><br />Okay, so if you didn't already know, you might be getting the sense that the Super Bowl itself was much more important to me than the commercials. And, although it damn well was, I did manage to pick out several ads that I liked. This was especially quite a feat in the 4th Quarter, considering that my heart actually stopped a couple of times.<br /><br />I realize that we tend to focus on ridiculing "badvertising" here at FTA, but I am in a damn good mood and will, therefore, give some love to the best of this year's Super Bowl commercials.<br /><br /><strong><u>1st Quarter</u></strong><br />Like its last play, the 1st quarter's last commercial was the best. Even though I hate Budweiser because it's kind of shitty and always gives me a throbbing headache, I adore any of their commercials with the Clydesdales and that beer-loving Dalmatian.<br /><br /><strong>Budweiser "Fetch"</strong><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w_ZEGUX4YnI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w_ZEGUX4YnI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Honorable mention: Conan O'Brien's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HazUvFXY2X4">Bud Light spot</a> was a vroom vroom party starter!<br /><br /><strong><u>2nd Quarter</u></strong><br />It's the triumphant return of the E-Trade baby! I realize that most of America is still split over the whole talking baby issue, and while I agree that such things are usually creepy, this particular baby never fails to crack me up. And baby's new friend spontaneously bursting into a Mr. Mister '80s classic nearly had me choking on my meatball sandwich. (See, Bruce? Not ALL of America was eating chicken fingers.)<br /><br /><strong>E-Trade Babies, "Broken Wings"</strong><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AtRq-4sCoyc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AtRq-4sCoyc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Honorable mention: The ultimate point behind the Cars.com "<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vt-hK-IzdJ8">David Abernathy</a>" ad was weak, but everything up until the sell was pretty funny.<br /><br /><strong><u>3rd Quarter</u></strong><br />Commercials about job suckage are always good. And while this year's CareerBuilder spot wasn't as funny as their previous monkey campaign, how often do you get to see a bespectacled Koala get punched in the face?<br /><br /><strong>CareerBuilder.com, "Hate Work"</strong><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SHzq-leO85w&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SHzq-leO85w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Honorable mention: It wasn't funny, but I loved the Coca Cola "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJy1aG-_3LU">Picnic</a>" commercial. The special effects were cool and the whole thing was just very cute and clever, especially the ending where the Coke was poured into the leaves.<br /><br /><strong><u>4th Quarter</u></strong><br />The last quarter had the highest percentage of good commercial spots, and they weren't the only "spots" I was seeing at that point.<br /><br /><strong>Hulu, Alec Baldwin</strong><br /><em>Mmmmmmmmm...cerebral mush. </em><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W5j961bMrfI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W5j961bMrfI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Cash 4 Gold, MC Hammer/Ed McMahon</strong><br /><em>My gold sledgehammer!</em><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W3VFEgpVBDg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W3VFEgpVBDg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Honorable mention: Will Forte's foray into commercials with his SNL character MacGruber aka <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJiOEBW2nlI">Pepsuber</a>, also starring Kristin Wiig and Richard Dean "MacGyver" Anderson.<br /><br />My favorite commercial of all also came in the last quarter, and it should shock no one that it was a Steelers-related ad. When the Troy Polamalu Coke Zero spot started, I was actually annoyed, thinking that they were going to do a frame-by-frame ripoff of the classic <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8">Mean Joe Green commercial</a>. However, the ad poked fun at how lame that would really be and...well, it starred Troy Polamalu so it was AWESOME!!! And so was the game!!! STEELERS, BABY!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!!<br /><br /><strong>Coke Zero, Troy Polamalu/Brand Managers</strong><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kzj3Wlgtmpg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kzj3Wlgtmpg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />I'd also like to share my favorite Super Bowl-related print ad, which I saw in Monday's <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i>. I couldn't fit the whole page in, so just make a note that this ad is brought to us by the good folks at <a href="http://www.highmark.com/">Highmark</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L8zpnTD7VIs/SYgepfXVnII/AAAAAAAAC94/F56zXszFXdo/s1600-h/highmark.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298518659744242818" style="margin: 0px 15px 5px 0px; float: left; width: 261px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L8zpnTD7VIs/SYgepfXVnII/AAAAAAAAC94/F56zXszFXdo/s320/highmark.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Whoever Highmark's ad agency is really knows us Southwestern Pennsylvanians. Just combine two of our favorite things - fuzzy rodents and football - and we're happy. There's only one way that ad could be better, and that would be if Punxsy Phil were eating a <a href="http://www.eatnpark.com/smiley.asp">Smiley cookie</a>.BeckEyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119780316809151433noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796959957155457877.post-35162880465857084952009-02-02T20:41:00.003-05:002009-02-03T06:35:39.443-05:002009 Superbowl Ads: Hyundai's World DominationFrom the Imaginary Reviewer at the <a href="http://imaginary-review.blogspot.com">Imaginary Review</a><br /><br /><br />Football, like many team sports, can be seen as a metaphor for war. There's the need to gain territory, offensive and defensive strategies, the crushing desire for victory and, of course, the metal hats that keep your head from getting hurt.<br /><br />So maybe it was just because it was shown within the context of the Superbowl that this ad brought to mind a certain - how can I put this? - <span style="font-style: italic;">international conflict</span>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mmg8Jfo7mlQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mmg8Jfo7mlQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Is it just me? Am I the only one here who sees businessmen from a Japanese company and a German company getting all upset about Hyundai's success, and thinks, "Heh, in your face AGAIN, Axis Powers!"? There's points in this ad when I feel like I'm watching that scene from the film <span style="font-style: italic;">Downfall</span> when Adolf is going mental in the bunker, only instead of realising he's lost the war, he's realising that his company's dominance in the North American luxury vehicle market is being eroded by an up-and-coming Korean car manufacturer.<br /><br />It's like the ad is suggesting that in some way, Hyundai is somehow preventing a potential rise in global facism by keeping BMW and Lexus in check. I'm not crazy, am I? Isn't that the beginning of the theme music to <span style="font-style: italic;">The Dambusters</span> playing in the background?<br /><br />Pause the ad at 29 seconds: doesn't the big screen show a split second from the end of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Great Escape</span>, with Steve McQueen jumping over the fence on a motorcycle? A <span style="font-style: italic;">Hyundai </span>motorcycle? No, wait, maybe I am going crazy. I should probably close my eyes and count to ten.<br /><br />Christ, this ad makes me want to buy a Hyundai, and not because I like the cars, not because I need one, but because I feel like I'd be helping out with the war effort! Never mind that the war ended more than sixty years ago, you can't be too careful when the freedom of the world is at stake! Sign me up for two, and I'll take some war bonds while you're at it!<br /><br />I tell you what, though: Ferrari must be <span style="font-style: italic;">pissed </span>that they didn't make it into this ad. Just saying.The Imaginary Reviewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525958928789383304noreply@blogger.com3