commercials
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Is it me or is the quality of commercials really going downhill? I think it's mostly because of what businesses are being advertized (i.e. Cash till Pay Day Loans, Car Sales, Lawyers). There is one specifically here in AZ for "Arizona's Accident Lawyers That Ride". The TV commercial has a Tiger sitting on the side of the road while a bunch of guys ride by on bikes. But the tiger is CG and it looks like a 3rd grader did it with windows 3.1 and MS Paint. And their slogan is aweful. I dont know if it is technically correct grammer, but it doesn't sound right.
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Is it me or is the quality of commercials really going downhill? I think it's mostly because of what businesses are being advertized (i.e. Cash till Pay Day Loans, Car Sales, Lawyers). There is one specifically here in AZ for "Arizona's Accident Lawyers That Ride". The TV commercial has a Tiger sitting on the side of the road while a bunch of guys ride by on bikes. But the tiger is CG and it looks like a 3rd grader did it with windows 3.1 and MS Paint. And their slogan is aweful. I dont know if it is technically correct grammer, but it doesn't sound right.
I suppose this is an improvement on their earlier advert. It featured them drinking cola through a straw to the tagline "Arizona's Accident Lawyers Suck".
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Is it me or is the quality of commercials really going downhill? I think it's mostly because of what businesses are being advertized (i.e. Cash till Pay Day Loans, Car Sales, Lawyers). There is one specifically here in AZ for "Arizona's Accident Lawyers That Ride". The TV commercial has a Tiger sitting on the side of the road while a bunch of guys ride by on bikes. But the tiger is CG and it looks like a 3rd grader did it with windows 3.1 and MS Paint. And their slogan is aweful. I dont know if it is technically correct grammer, but it doesn't sound right.
Generally, you are likely to better remember the ones you liked than those you disliked. Or maybe, just maybe your taste is going uphill ;)
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Is it me or is the quality of commercials really going downhill? I think it's mostly because of what businesses are being advertized (i.e. Cash till Pay Day Loans, Car Sales, Lawyers). There is one specifically here in AZ for "Arizona's Accident Lawyers That Ride". The TV commercial has a Tiger sitting on the side of the road while a bunch of guys ride by on bikes. But the tiger is CG and it looks like a 3rd grader did it with windows 3.1 and MS Paint. And their slogan is aweful. I dont know if it is technically correct grammer, but it doesn't sound right.
Yeah, local ads are almost always horribly depressing here too. As in your experience, the most common ones seem to be for accident attorneys ("if you've been hurt on the job..."), loan services, phone dating services, and more attorneys trying to cash in on class-action suits. Factor in the network's ads for structured settlement scams, "enhancement" products, and remedies for a host of medical conditions that sound slightly less painful than the side-effects ("cure my seasonal allergies? with only minor risk of blindness and fungal infection? sign me up!") and watching TV can be a real trip down skid row. Of course, then the show comes back on and you remember why you were watching ads for amusement in the first place... :doh:
But who is the king of all of these folks?
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Is it me or is the quality of commercials really going downhill? I think it's mostly because of what businesses are being advertized (i.e. Cash till Pay Day Loans, Car Sales, Lawyers). There is one specifically here in AZ for "Arizona's Accident Lawyers That Ride". The TV commercial has a Tiger sitting on the side of the road while a bunch of guys ride by on bikes. But the tiger is CG and it looks like a 3rd grader did it with windows 3.1 and MS Paint. And their slogan is aweful. I dont know if it is technically correct grammer, but it doesn't sound right.
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Is it me or is the quality of commercials really going downhill? I think it's mostly because of what businesses are being advertized (i.e. Cash till Pay Day Loans, Car Sales, Lawyers). There is one specifically here in AZ for "Arizona's Accident Lawyers That Ride". The TV commercial has a Tiger sitting on the side of the road while a bunch of guys ride by on bikes. But the tiger is CG and it looks like a 3rd grader did it with windows 3.1 and MS Paint. And their slogan is aweful. I dont know if it is technically correct grammer, but it doesn't sound right.
We have the "Law Tigers" commercials in New Mexico too. The first time I saw that commercial I thought it was some sort of joke ad, but they kept running it all the time. I agree though that whoever these companies are that get hired to do promotion need to be rounded up and shot. Comcast has lost what few shreds of respect I ever had for them, the phone goons in the Alltel commercials should be rounded up (along with "Chad") and become the first ones against the wall when the revolution comes, and the Geico cavemen should head back to France and get back to work painting their cave again. As a funny aside, we had an ambulance chaser personal injury attorney here in Albuquerque who used to put on some great commercials. "I'm Ron Bell, and I sue drunk drivers." It was even funnier when he pulled all his commercials off the air... after he got stopped and arrested for DWI. :laugh:
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Yeah, local ads are almost always horribly depressing here too. As in your experience, the most common ones seem to be for accident attorneys ("if you've been hurt on the job..."), loan services, phone dating services, and more attorneys trying to cash in on class-action suits. Factor in the network's ads for structured settlement scams, "enhancement" products, and remedies for a host of medical conditions that sound slightly less painful than the side-effects ("cure my seasonal allergies? with only minor risk of blindness and fungal infection? sign me up!") and watching TV can be a real trip down skid row. Of course, then the show comes back on and you remember why you were watching ads for amusement in the first place... :doh:
But who is the king of all of these folks?
Shog9 wrote:
("if you've been hurt on the job..."),
There's a "nudge-nudge, wink-wink say no more" in there.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Shog9 wrote:
("if you've been hurt on the job..."),
There's a "nudge-nudge, wink-wink say no more" in there.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Is it me or is the quality of commercials really going downhill? I think it's mostly because of what businesses are being advertized (i.e. Cash till Pay Day Loans, Car Sales, Lawyers). There is one specifically here in AZ for "Arizona's Accident Lawyers That Ride". The TV commercial has a Tiger sitting on the side of the road while a bunch of guys ride by on bikes. But the tiger is CG and it looks like a 3rd grader did it with windows 3.1 and MS Paint. And their slogan is aweful. I dont know if it is technically correct grammer, but it doesn't sound right.
Perhaps it is mostly in comparison, but I have been struck by the number of different high-quality campaigns (not just single commercials) that Geico Insurance runs: from the Gekko to the 11 year old racing driver to the caveman. . .It must be paying off for them, so why aren't other companies following suit?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Perhaps it is mostly in comparison, but I have been struck by the number of different high-quality campaigns (not just single commercials) that Geico Insurance runs: from the Gekko to the 11 year old racing driver to the caveman. . .It must be paying off for them, so why aren't other companies following suit?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
The only other insurance ads i can recall are State Farm and Esurance; the former seem to be selling "extra" services, while the latter appears to be selling... cartoons? Web access? AFAIK, most people realize that car insurance is essentially a tax, Gov't enforced and private-sector collected. So getting your name and "cheap" in people's minds is probably the best you can hope for.
But who is the king of all of these folks?