Commercials

That was a fun movie. No Academy Awards are coming out of it, but it was forth watching on a streamer.

The Mrs. kept laughing at the Boston mannerisms.
 
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scotchandcigar said:
What's sad is that I am actually looking forward to when the political ad bombardment stops, and we go back to the regular annoying commercials for drugs that have worse side-effects than cures, a half-dozen ambulance chaser law firms, Allen Wayside Furniture, Jordan's Furniture, Bob's Furniture, Chapter 11 Furniture, Wendy's, the Burger King ads with the guy who intentionally can't sing, and the Chime payday-advance ads.
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sadchild said:
The insurance ads are the bottom of the barrel for me. Farmers, Progressive, Liberty....

When State Farm said they were gonna drop us unless we re-roofed, cut down a bunch of trees and fix the garage, we took care of it faster than you can say Biberty. I don't want any of those companies to think their ads are working.
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While there are many intentionally annoying local ads, the 2 biggies for me are:
1) Drug companies - I believe the US and Australia are the only 2 countries that allow drug ads, due to some legislative loophole during the 90s. How can any rational society think it's okay to hawk products, prescribing information, and adverse indicators - only available through a doctor - to the general public?
2) Ambulance chasers - Up here we have the big 4:
- Joe Bornstein: The guy is dead, and the spokespeople are deader. In the ads, insurance companies are scared to death of this law firm. Please.
- Hardy Wolf & Downing: The guys who walk into the insurance companies with a baseball bat. Umm, can someone call security?
- Lowry & Associates: The guy who stands on the roof of a tractor trailer calling them "big and bad". I keep waiting for the truck to move, and the guy comes crashing down.
- Shaheen & Gordon: They're the ones who care. They listen, give you coffee, and a hug. What a crock of shit.

As far as insurance companies like Liberty Biberty and the like; I've been screwed by them too. But now I have auto and home insurance for a fraction of the cost. So I actually enjoy some of their funny commercials.
 
Totally agreed on the drug companies. "Here! Self-diagnose!"

I don't see the ambulance chasers on my father-in-law's channels. It's mostly insurance, fast food and old-people-shit like special mattresses and pain relief gels/patches
 
sadchild said:
old-people-shit like special mattresses and pain relief gels/patches
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We still like watching the network national news at 6:30 pm. Currently it's Lester Holt, the guy who's in competition with Steve Harvey for being on TV 24 hours/day. I loved Peter Jennings when he was alive, and I also watched Dan Rather for a time.

But anyway, the point I was getting to is the target audience. Apparently, most of the people who watch the 6:30 network news are nearly dead, and on a host of prescriptions; but always looking for better ones. It's just non-stop ads targeting the really old crowd.
 
We get drug ads in Canada too. But they are not required to list the side effects. At least in the states, you have 20 seconds of how great it is and then 1:35 of all the possible side effects up to and including death followed by a 5 second catch phrase to make you remember the first 20 seconds.
 
From Lord Wiki:

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) refers to the marketing and advertising of pharmaceutical products directly to consumers as patients, as opposed to specifically targeting health professionals. The term is synonymous primarily with the advertising of prescription medicines via mass media platforms—most commonly on television and in magazines, but also via online platforms.

Direct-to-consumer advertising is only completely legal in New Zealand and the United States, but are subject to regulations regarding the balanced disclosure of a prescription's benefits in comparison to its risks (including but not limited to side effects and contraindications), among other factors.

Canada​

The Food and Drugs Act prohibits most direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications: all direct-to-consumer advertising of drugs was forbidden until 1978, when Health Canada began to allow ads containing names, quantities, and prices only, so that pharmacies could display their prices for comparison purposes. In 2000, Health Canada adopted an interpretation of this law allowing for the aforementioned "reminder" and "help-seeking" advertisements.
 
scotchandcigar said:
From Lord Wiki:

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) refers to the marketing and advertising of pharmaceutical products directly to consumers as patients, as opposed to specifically targeting health professionals. The term is synonymous primarily with the advertising of prescription medicines via mass media platforms—most commonly on television and in magazines, but also via online platforms.

Direct-to-consumer advertising is only completely legal in New Zealand and the United States, but are subject to regulations regarding the balanced disclosure of a prescription's benefits in comparison to its risks (including but not limited to side effects and contraindications), among other factors.

Canada​

The Food and Drugs Act prohibits most direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications: all direct-to-consumer advertising of drugs was forbidden until 1978, when Health Canada began to allow ads containing names, quantities, and prices only, so that pharmacies could display their prices for comparison purposes. In 2000, Health Canada adopted an interpretation of this law allowing for the aforementioned "reminder" and "help-seeking" advertisements.
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I think they have found a loophole. I hear advertisements for several drugs. Now that I think about it, I hear ads singing about the name of a drug (in the song they say they are not going to say what it does) and then saying "ask your doctor if its right for you" or having a conversation about a drug and how people are on it in a coffee shop but when they say what it does, a loud blender is run. So the only thing in the commercial is the name of the drug.
 
During Jeopardy most of the commercials here are for local trial lawyers. In general I never pay much attention to commercials. I instinctively grab my phone and find something else to occupy my attention for a few minutes.
 
Aaron said:
During Jeopardy most of the commercials here are for local trial lawyers. In general I never pay much attention to commercials. I instinctively grab my phone and find something else to occupy my attention for a few minutes.
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There's a crazy drama that's gone down around here with trial lawyers that are famous for TV commercials. Steiner, esco and green. I'm probably spelling those wrong.

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Bugging in offices, firings, lawsuits: Breakup of Florida law firm resembles John Grisham novel

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Unlike its screaming billboards that tout million-dollar verdicts or its blaring TV ads that insist “We Know Money Matters!” the breakup of one of Palm Beach County’s most r…
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Steiner left and now it's called Isco Isco and green.. I just noticed it when I drove by one of their offices like a week or two ago. I was like that's not the name I remember from the commercials so I looked it up.

Apparently Steiner left because his office was being bugged by the other guys. I don't love using the term toxic atmosphere but Jesus that sounds fucking toxic.

But I guess what do you expect from ambulance chasers in a major market... They're going to be up to nonsense.

The only time I've had to use a lawyer in my adult life was for my will and my aunt and uncle recommended this random firm next to a church in Melbourne that they used and the guy met with me in person. It wasn't like a paralegal. It was like the dude whose name was on the door and he was very nice and I asked all my stupid questions and he dealt with them and I don't know. I probably paid him like three grand and now I have a will that's I assume is ironclad.
 
I like that country beyoncé commercial where she's at a laundromat and she strips the fuck down.

That is a good commercial.

 
The following observation is in no way a partisan political comment. It's about advertising and logic.

As the year-long barrage of (mostly local) political ads nears its end, it seems to be culminating in this flourish, like the finale of a fireworks show. But it's the same ads we've been seeing for months, just over and over to the max. So you have to ask the question: who the fuck are these ads for?

About 25% of Mainers have already voted. Of the remaining 75%, how many of them are undecided? Can it be more than 1%? But more than that, what are the odds that these undecided voters are still being motivated by the same barrage of ads they've likely been seeing for close to a year now?

IMO, all these ads do is
1) Waste money.
2) Insult the intelligence of the citizens whose vote they're vying for.
3) Turn-off voters to the point that some may retaliate by not voting.

It's re-god-damn-diculous.
 
And who thought unsolicited spam texting was a good way to convince a person to vote for them? It has never made me want to vote for anyone, and in fact has the potential of backfiring and making me NOT want to vote for the person. I'm looking at you last year's Nikki Haley campaign!!
 
What were your favorite super bowl commercials?

The only one that really stuck out to me as funny and inventive was the one where Seal was a seal.

After that I'm always delighted to see the Clydesdales. You can't have a super bowl without the Clydesdales.

Nothing else left me with a good impression. There was one about tongues that was freaking disgusting so that left an impression but a bad one. Other than that I don't remember anything else good or bad.
 
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The reason I resurrected this thread was for something different though. Some of my news/entertainment apps have recently added commercials that completely take over the screen, make you look at them for 5 seconds and then you can click through them and get back to the article you're reading. At least for the apps I use, this is brand new and I fucking hate it.
 
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