Until very recently, I was spared having Carl’s Jr. ads pop up on my television during commercial breaks. Even knowing them to be notoriously gross and filled with “meat and female objectification are pretty much the same thing” messages (yes, I know there’s probably an easier way to say that), I didn’t quite realize how much I was being spared. Now, they’re apparently broadening their [...]
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It’s been noted that a particular sketch from the third season of British sketch comedy show That Mitchell and Webb Look gets linked in comments around here a lot. It often seems strangely appropriate. So let’s put it in a post, for once, and provide a transcript so we can discuss it in its own right! You can see the sketch on YouTube by clicking [...]
Fox and ABC have told Lane Bryant that the reason they won’t run their ads when Lane Bryant wants, or without making lots of edits and adjustments, is that the ads are too racy. But these networks are just fine with running Victoria’s Secret ads. As Lane Bryant points out: “Yes, these are the same networks that have scantily-clad housewives so desperate they seduce every [...]
Welcome to Midweek Media! New name, same column. Except on Wednesdays instead of Mondays. See what we did there? This week’s media is a lengthy commercial that Nike is promoting on YouTube. Because it is long, the transcript this week is going to be slightly less complete than usual, focusing mostly on the dialogue and spending less time describing everyone’s outfits, etc. Transcript time! The [...]
This one proves you were mistaken. Before fifteen minutes ago, I was blissfully unaware of this ad. Now I’m forever tainted. You can also see it on YouTube by clicking here or on the little YouTube logo in the corner of the vid. If you would like to spare yourself, a brief synopsis: The setting is a social gathering – perhaps a party. The camera [...]
Media Monday this week focuses on a commercial for Fruit of the Loom products. View it embedded below, or click this link to see it on YouTube. And now, transcript time! Fruit of the Loom made my life a little easier this week by posting the lyrics to the song in this commercial, “Date Night,” on the website that highlights their current ad series, http://www.fruitguyfans.com/. [...]
By special request of fellow Hathor writer SBG, Media Monday this week features one of the Electrolux appliance commercials which star television personality Kelly Ripa. I chose the “Juggle” commercial, which advertises a washer and dryer, largely because I find the use of the music from Bewitched too obvious not to comment on. An embedded version of the commercial follows. You can also view it [...]
