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Jimellow · 10-08-2004, 07:22 AM

There's a commercial where three guys are in an office, one holding a stereo and the other 2 dancing in a way men shouldn't dance.. The boss comes in and asks if so and so is done; they reply they used the advertised product, and turn the music back on to dance some more. It's very funny, and one of the funniest commercials I've seen in a long time... Unfortunately, it seems it wasn't effective for me, as I don't remember what was being advertised.

One commercial that was effective was a Doge commercial in which a boat on a trailer was detached and riding out of control down the mountain.. I have a lot of gripes with this commercial..

First, the boat manages to stay in the right lane while going around a curvy mountain road, secondly the Dodge Ram that chases it, passes it going around a blind curve, and thirdly, when the Ram manages to "dock" the boat and pull it to safety on the shoulder, the RV it was attached to comes down the road AFTERWARDS. Therefore, the boat had to have passed the RV it was being pulled behind at some point.

I often find myself analyzing commercials and picking out what's wrong with them, and I often wonder if ad agencies purposely leave in errors and discrepancies so that the observant viewer will notice the flaws, and thus remember the commercial more.

For instance, I took issue with a lot of the things wrong in the Dodge commercial mentioned above. If I hadn't noticed these errors, the commercial wouldn't have stood out from the others.. So were these errors intentionally left in, or did they not just care and think anyone would notice the discrepancies?

Lastly, I like the commercial where the red headed guy goes to the game with his friends, and gets a "body double" that looks nothing like him. The fact that his name happens to be Jim is also a few added points in my book.

I tend to enjoy commercials for their content, and not really the product advertised. I don't care what's being advertised, but I do like commercials that are funny and have unique/interesting scenarios that set them apart from the "usual" commercials aired throughout the day.

I used to get really annoyed with commercials and having to sit through them, but more recently I've started to analyze them and look for flaws, and I kind of like seperating the good from the bad.. Seeing the same one over and over (even back to back sometimes), does get very annoying though.

10-08-2004, 07:22 AM	#32 (permalink)
Jimellow Junkie	There's a commercial where three guys are in an office, one holding a stereo and the other 2 dancing in a way men shouldn't dance.. The boss comes in and asks if so and so is done; they reply they used the advertised product, and turn the music back on to dance some more. It's very funny, and one of the funniest commercials I've seen in a long time... Unfortunately, it seems it wasn't effective for me, as I don't remember what was being advertised. One commercial that was effective was a Doge commercial in which a boat on a trailer was detached and riding out of control down the mountain.. I have a lot of gripes with this commercial.. First, the boat manages to stay in the right lane while going around a curvy mountain road, secondly the Dodge Ram that chases it, passes it going around a blind curve, and thirdly, when the Ram manages to "dock" the boat and pull it to safety on the shoulder, the RV it was attached to comes down the road AFTERWARDS. Therefore, the boat had to have passed the RV it was being pulled behind at some point. I often find myself analyzing commercials and picking out what's wrong with them, and I often wonder if ad agencies purposely leave in errors and discrepancies so that the observant viewer will notice the flaws, and thus remember the commercial more. For instance, I took issue with a lot of the things wrong in the Dodge commercial mentioned above. If I hadn't noticed these errors, the commercial wouldn't have stood out from the others.. So were these errors intentionally left in, or did they not just care and think anyone would notice the discrepancies? Lastly, I like the commercial where the red headed guy goes to the game with his friends, and gets a "body double" that looks nothing like him. The fact that his name happens to be Jim is also a few added points in my book. I tend to enjoy commercials for their content, and not really the product advertised. I don't care what's being advertised, but I do like commercials that are funny and have unique/interesting scenarios that set them apart from the "usual" commercials aired throughout the day. I used to get really annoyed with commercials and having to sit through them, but more recently I've started to analyze them and look for flaws, and I kind of like seperating the good from the bad.. Seeing the same one over and over (even back to back sometimes), does get very annoying though. Last edited by Jimellow; 10-08-2004 at 07:25 AM..