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Add another company to the ranks of mentioning the Verizon ad, now US Cellular is doing it too. Although they're still working within their own ad style but their spokesman manhandles some balls.
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muscles like this? posted:Add another company to the ranks of mentioning the Verizon ad, now US Cellular is doing it too. Although they're still working within their own ad style but their spokesman manhandles some balls. If it weren't for the White Sox stadium I would never have heard of US Cellular at all. Is their service area really that small?
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Feb 18, 2016 07:35
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I'll echo the sentiment that I never considered that ball commercial especially noteworthy until Sprint made their response to it. Verizon's competitors really made that ad a lot more memorable than it would be on its own merits.
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Feb 18, 2016 21:16
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I don't "hate" these Jim Beam ads really but it's super weird hearing Meg Griffin shill whiskey.
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Feb 19, 2016 04:58
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spoon0042 posted:I don't "hate" these Jim Beam ads really but it's super weird hearing Meg Griffin shill whiskey. To me Mila Kunis will always be Jackie Burkhart (and while looking her up to remind me what Jackie's last name was I learned she married Ashton Kutcher last year. Huh.) Did you guys know that cigarettes are literally facehuggers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp8fcHI0-BI The message here is fine but something about the delivery just really loving irks me. I can't quite put my finger on it.
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Feb 19, 2016 16:59
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razorrozar posted:To me Mila Kunis will always be Jackie Burkhart (and while looking her up to remind me what Jackie's last name was I learned she married Ashton Kutcher last year. Huh.) I had an extended twitter exchange with them about how lovely their ads were - particularly the one where a dude starts smoking in the woods and suddenly the Nazgul and a bunch of other awesome ghostly entities appear and charge towards him. I told them that it might, in fact, be making smoking look cooler than they had intended. They insisted that FOCUS GROUPS said otherwise. Which is great for them, I'm sure. muscles like this? posted:It's kind of bonkers how everybody is going after Verizon for their weird balls commercial. Sprint's is the worst because they've got a white douchebag with a katana and kimono slashing Verizon's name in half or something. I'm sure their marketing team was like "YEAH PWNED!" when they saw that. Majorian fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Feb 20, 2016 03:01
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Majorian posted:Sprint's is the worst because they've got a white douchebag with a katana and kimono slashing Verizon's name in half or something. I'm sure their marketing team was like "YEAH PWNED!" when they saw that. No, they're cutting the bill in half. Because Sprint is doing a promotion where if you switch to them you'll pay half of what you did on your previous carrier, get it?!?!
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Majorian posted:I had an extended twitter exchange with them about how lovely their ads were - particularly the one where a dude starts smoking in the woods and suddenly the Nazgul and a bunch of other awesome ghostly entities appear and charge towards him. I told them that it might, in fact, be making smoking look cooler than they had intended. They insisted that FOCUS GROUPS said otherwise. Which is great for them, I'm sure. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StealthCigaretteCommercial
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ElwoodCuse posted:If it weren't for the White Sox stadium I would never have heard of US Cellular at all. Is their service area really that small?
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Feb 21, 2016 02:22
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Their big advertising thing is that it works in the middle of nowhere so yeah, a Midwestern thing.
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Feb 21, 2016 02:37
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razorrozar posted:To me Mila Kunis will always be Jackie Burkhart (and while looking her up to remind me what Jackie's last name was I learned she married Ashton Kutcher last year. Huh.) Saw a similar stop smoking PSA full of internet famous cats saying that cats get second hand smoke, too. Quit smoking for your cat.
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Feb 21, 2016 17:53
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NarwhalParty posted:Saw a similar stop smoking PSA full of internet famous cats saying that cats get second hand smoke, too. Quit smoking for your cat. I was giggling with incredulity when I saw this poo poo on tv.
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Feb 21, 2016 18:27
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Why do we even need anti-smoking campaigns on TV anymore? Everyone knows the health risks, and cigarette smoke smells terrible. Those are two good reasons to never smoke cigarettes.
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Feb 22, 2016 06:24
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Visual Sneeze posted:Thank you for reminding me to post this. You can find it here: https://www.thetruth.com/articles/videos/catmageddon I actually like this one? And BUB is at the end, and BUB is a magical kitty.
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Feb 22, 2016 13:36
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Aren't anti-smoking ads funded by smoking companies because they are forced by law to do so. I've always felt those ads were so overpoweringly terrible and lame to intentionally get kids to smoke in defiance of them.
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Feb 22, 2016 14:24
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Y-Hat posted:Why do we even need anti-smoking campaigns on TV anymore? Everyone knows the health risks, and cigarette smoke smells terrible. Those are two good reasons to never smoke cigarettes. It's basically the same reason that Coke and McDonalds still need to advertise, which is basically just the idea of "out of sight out of mind". Even if you know the risks, not being constantly reminded means there's a chance you might forget for long enough to try it.
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Feb 22, 2016 14:56
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Radish posted:Aren't anti-smoking ads funded by smoking companies because they are forced by law to do so. I've always felt those ads were so overpoweringly terrible and lame to intentionally get kids to smoke in defiance of them. They were forced to pay into a fund as part of the class action settlement. They have no fiscal control of the fund or editorial control of the ads.
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Feb 22, 2016 15:04
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drat. It was more fun to think it was a conspiracy that just being anti-smoking people believing vine memes, cat videos, and dub step was the way to get the kids off the cigarettes.
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Feb 22, 2016 15:06
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Y-Hat posted:Why do we even need anti-smoking campaigns on TV anymore? Everyone knows the health risks, and cigarette smoke smells terrible. Those are two good reasons to never smoke cigarettes. And yet, people continue to do it worldwide. I think the ones where the little cigarette dude keeps making the kid interrupt poo poo with his friends every 10 minutes to go smoke is a pretty good one. Because that poo poo is real, and real annoying when you have friends that smoke. raditts fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Feb 22, 2016 |
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Feb 22, 2016 15:40
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I don't know how effective they are since they are kind of sensationalist, but the ones where they show the person who had his or her jaw removed from the cancer and died at 50 make me never want to start personally.
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Feb 22, 2016 15:53
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It's not an ad, exactly, but... what the gently caress is the point of this? "Hmm yes let me personalize this tiny 8 ounce plastic bottle of water"
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Feb 22, 2016 20:07
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That's probably be useful for field trip lunches or something, each kid gets a bottle and a sharpie to doodle something on it so they don't get mixed up.
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Feb 22, 2016 20:43
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One of the stereotypes about the US from foreigners is how we have Tobacco police that'll take away your cigarettes (compare with the right wing fear about gun control).
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Feb 22, 2016 21:02
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computer parts posted:One of the stereotypes about the US from foreigners is how we have Tobacco police that'll take away your cigarettes (compare with the right wing fear about gun control). With all due fairness somebody was choked to death by a cop because he was selling loosies a short while ago.
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Feb 22, 2016 21:10
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Short Penguin posted:I actually like this one? And BUB is at the end, and BUB is a magical kitty. The guy who owns Bub has said that he actually did quit smoking because he was worried about her health, so that's why she's in the ad.
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Feb 22, 2016 21:13
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ayn rand hand job posted:They were forced to pay into a fund as part of the class action settlement. They have no fiscal control of the fund or editorial control of the ads. Emphasis on 'were.' The payments ended like a decade ago.
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Feb 23, 2016 03:31
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So I just saw this on TV... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=belVxm6aRSY Apparently the author is in prison in Russia and helped found a bunch of crazy pyramid schemes. I can't wait to read this horror masterpiece that compares to Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Kwatz fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Feb 23, 2016 |
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Feb 23, 2016 03:32
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In amongst the 10 billion ads for blinds on national radio these days, now 7-Eleven is running an ad for some melts and features a guy making as many chewy, smacky sounds as loving possible 
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Feb 23, 2016 22:05
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DJExile posted:In amongst the 10 billion ads for blinds on national radio these days, now 7-Eleven is running an ad for some melts and features a guy making as many chewy, smacky sounds as loving possible I keep getting an ad on Pandora for kit-kats and it ends with the loudest, wettest 'crunch' sound you can imagine and every time I hear it I want to strangle the person who created it with my headphone cord.
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Feb 23, 2016 23:44
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Kit Kat seems to have finally caught on with their TV ads at least that people hate that poo poo, so they redid the ads so the crunching is more muted and they put music over it.
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Feb 24, 2016 15:35
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muscles like this? posted:The guy who owns Bub has said that he actually did quit smoking because he was worried about her health, so that's why she's in the ad. that's so awesome :')
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Feb 24, 2016 18:32
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The ad was cute the first time, but I am tired of the commercial with the girl singing about going to college to the tune of "If I Only Had a Brain" from the Wizard of Oz.
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Feb 25, 2016 20:37
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Rirse posted:The ad was cute the first time, but I am tired of the commercial with the girl singing about going to college to the tune of "If I Only Had a Brain" from the Wizard of Oz. It being University of Phoenix doesn't help much either.
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Feb 25, 2016 20:56
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Are we tired of the hash rocket ship old time cartoon commercial yet?
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Feb 25, 2016 21:24
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"We all wonder. Wonder what it would be like to fly...to have in-credible power...to journey to a world beyond anything we thought possible. We wish, we hope, we dream; then we come to realize...wonder can be real after all..." "Lumos Maxima!"  Wonder can be real...FOR A 1-DAY PASS OF $95!* *WonderŽ is a registered trademark of The Walt Disney Company and cannot be used without explicit written consent.
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Feb 25, 2016 21:50
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Rirse posted:The ad was cute the first time, but I am tired of the commercial with the girl singing about going to college to the tune of "If I Only Had a Brain" from the Wizard of Oz. I was tired of it the first time, but yeah. Also why is Extra gum trying to do the heavy romantic angle?
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Feb 26, 2016 05:32
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Rirse posted:The ad was cute the first time, but I am tired of the commercial with the girl singing about going to college to the tune of "If I Only Had a Brain" from the Wizard of Oz. The horrible off-key singing that goes on for a full minute is the worst part.
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Feb 26, 2016 05:37
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Also the weird insistent "you didn't think I was smart, did you?" Tone. Nobody said you didn't have a brain! Stop taking your insecurities out on us!
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muscles like this? posted:Their big advertising thing is that it works in the middle of nowhere so yeah, a Midwestern thing. They're the only carrier that works reliably at all in southern Virginia. But yeah, still middle of nowhere. 
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