Is it just me?
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Are TV ads getting more and more stupid/inane? French car maker ad: Woman opens hatchback of her car and there's a dog in there. She then holds out a piece of raw steak for the dog to lick! How is that, in any way, selling the car?
You'd be amazed at what sells cars. Years ago when the SUV market exploded in the USA, the #1 selling point for these vehicles (back then they were ~30K USD) was the size of the cup holders. Yeah, blew my mind too.
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Sander Rossel wrote:
people were more inclined to buy the car with feel-good ads
I am still struggling to understand how feeding raw meat to a dog in the boot/trunk of a car is "feel good" and going to convince anyone to buy that car! :confused: If I have to choose between: a) The Marketing Agency did any market research/testing. b) They are taking the pee - and the money! I'm going with (b)
I'm picturing her dressed as a dominatrix, then it makes sense.
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Are TV ads getting more and more stupid/inane? French car maker ad: Woman opens hatchback of her car and there's a dog in there. She then holds out a piece of raw steak for the dog to lick! How is that, in any way, selling the car?
5teveH wrote:
TV ads
How's anyone still putting up with those, in this day and age? The last time I watched anything on live broadcast TV was the federal election debates we had here in Canada in 2006 (and those don't have ads) - before they were available as online streams. Before that? I honestly don't remember. That's not to say I haven't seen TV ads in other contexts - at friend's places, for example, where the TV happened to be on. And based on what I've seen, the situation hasn't improved... You have to put value on your time, especially what little time you may have available to spend watching TV. It makes no sense to me to take a full hour to watch a show that really only lasts 40 to 42 minutes (including intro and end credits).
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Well, you remembered the ad, and you're now talking to other people about it. Job done! :-D
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Are TV ads getting more and more stupid/inane? French car maker ad: Woman opens hatchback of her car and there's a dog in there. She then holds out a piece of raw steak for the dog to lick! How is that, in any way, selling the car?
Long before there was a digital headache from debugging while staring at the computer screen there was the migraine contracted from watching the television. If I recall correctly, and this is even occuring before any sports commentator has left his dental imprint in the backside of a cohabitating companion, the stupididity of advertising could be sampled wafting up and from within the tiny twists and turns of the delicate little kibble-colored earphone attached to the spring terminals of one's Heathkit crystal radio ... in the form of the "Only You can Prevent Forest Fires". Why exactly? Because reading books like "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" is educational? Or that once read, riding the bus to school, in the case of a mis-flown paper airplane where the wingtip slices Paula's eye and it starts to bleed, the kid waking up in back of her will be able to render first aid because of ... the ... uhm ... thing. :zzz:
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Are TV ads getting more and more stupid/inane? French car maker ad: Woman opens hatchback of her car and there's a dog in there. She then holds out a piece of raw steak for the dog to lick! How is that, in any way, selling the car?
I wish it were just the ads mate, but all cable tv is getting more and more rubbish by the day. In the USA the cable programs are getting more unwatchable. My son has terminated his cable TV subscription and only kept the Internet part. He now gets his news from the Net and he streams his entertainments. I am very close to do the same. :mad:
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Well, you remembered the ad, and you're now talking to other people about it. Job done! :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Are TV ads getting more and more stupid/inane? French car maker ad: Woman opens hatchback of her car and there's a dog in there. She then holds out a piece of raw steak for the dog to lick! How is that, in any way, selling the car?
Nope. This also applies to TV shows (Masked Singer and spinoff_Masked Dancer are prime examples). :mad::mad::mad: I believe there is so much demand for content, due to the proliferation of adverts, and channels that creative writers/thinkers/directors are spread way too thin. I have taken to watching re-runs of 60's and 70's Shows, BBC programs and UTube reality shows.
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