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Advertising Questions

Just some recent ruminations . . .

Hoarding or Shopping?

I confess--I have stopped to watch a few seconds of the hoarding shows while channel surfing but cannot bear it for long because my skin starts to crawl. As someone who has confessed to occasional "recreational" shopping, these horrific scenes come back to me when I peruse the store aisles.

And TV commercials push shopping as gratification. Some are subtle; others are not. She's "NOT SORRY" she bought every boot offered on the online site.

And "Momma Needs Something New!"

Do adults really believe Santa is going to bring them a luxury car?

Ad Spokesmen

The new Dos Equis guy has no appeal to me! The Mexican beer company sent their last "most interesting man," 77-year-old actor Jonathan Goldsmith, on a one-way trip to Mars in his final commercial and brought in a new one.

That seems a bit more classy than KFC who seems to be playing whac-a mole with their spokesman Col. Sanders. I think they are now on number six. Different ones keep popping up all the time. Perhaps they see it as a running joke. Except there was a real Col. Sanders--Harland Saunders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. His statue is still in my store!

Hey you Toyota, AT&T,  and Progressive spokeswomen, you too can be replaced--just like the Maytag repairman. 

What about Aaron Rodgers?

The Green Bay quarterback has been the spokesman for State Farm for 6 years. But you will also see him on Pizza Hut and Dr. Pepper commercials. With all that moola, he must love the game to keep on taking the hits!

New Year's Weekend & Football

How can one survive watching all those collegiate and professional games in one very long weekend?

By watching the commercials!

                                Trish