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Mark & Juanita wrote:

Latest really-stupid commercial observed during the nightly news. Some
car commercial with a bunch of cars driving around with tails in the air
and only front tires on the ground. Background voiceover intones, "get a
car that uses all 4 wheels (or something to that effect)" as the car being
advertised goes zipping around all the cars driving on their front tires
only. Really, really, stupid CYA legalese pigeon-dropping: "professional
drivers on closed course" uh-huh.

Those Mentos commercials still bug me. Not offensive or anything - just
weird, weird, weird. After one ends I'm usually found with a "I don't
get it" expression and a slow head shake.

On the flip side - I like the Geico ads where they set you up believing
that what you're watching is a real promo for a new show or something -
then wrap it into a message about Geico insurance. There's one with a
newlywed couple spending a year doing a reality TV show where everything
in their house is about 1/2 the normal size. Well done.

There was an ad run locally for a satellite TV service - saying how poor
the service on cable is with blackouts and repairmen never showing up.
Problem is that the ad is run on Comcast cable and I can't remember the
last time our service went out.
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