For whatever reason I can't stand those Folgers commercials where the guy writes "new mitt" on the coffee can for his son. The whole concept has a schmaltzy, white nostalgia for the 50s, right-wing, MAGA vibe that just bugs me. Trump voters probably love it.
Also who saves up spare change for a baseball glove these days? They're like what, 20 bucks? Just buy your kid a glove for chrissake.
Am I the only one who has an R. Crumb/Bill Hicks moment every now and then where it just hits like a ton of bricks how vulgar, cynical and inhumane modern marketing and our consumer culture in general has become? No? Just me? Ok.
This commercial - they're nerds right? They all know freaking programming + chemistry, so apparently they just know every aspect of science or something. Get it?
So... we need nerds. They all have to be unattractive. Because we all know good-looking people aren't smart. But they can't be offensively ugly, like zits or misshapen faces or anything. Just oddly unattractive in just the right way - which won't turn off viewers. Like literally that was the casting call. Hours and hours were spent mulling over just the right level of unattractiveness for the round table of nerds for a 15 second commercial.
Does anyone know WTF "JD Power and Associates" is? On so many car commercials they tell me they're #1 with them or whatever, like I should nod my head in appreciation "Oh yeah, JD Power, that name means the best cars. Sound honorable at least." It could be a department in these car companies for all I know.
Well KBB has fooled me, because I've used that before. I just don't know the background of these groups, but they're tossed in there under the assumption we buy into it. I did see this on my 30s perusal of JDP's wiki
"Although publicly known for the endorsement value of its product awards, J.D. Power obtains the majority of its revenue from corporations that seek the data collected from J.D. Power surveys for internal use.[1] Companies which have used J.D. Power surveys range from automotive, cellphone, and computer manufacturers to home builders and utility companies. To be able to use the J.D. Power logo and to quote the survey results in advertising, companies must pay a licensing fee to J.D. Power. These advertisement licensing fees, however, form a small part of J.D. Power's revenues, but a substantial portion of earnings"
The Ford Fusion commercial where the couple almost hits an idiot face-chatting on his phone, but the car stops before the accident. The wife looks at the husband and asks, "Did the Fusion just stop?"
Seriously? You window-lickers bought the car and didn't know it had an intelligent braking system? Maybe you're better off letting the car drive, because you people are beyond dumb.