they advertised a commercial?!?!?!
We’re watching The Office right now, which is definitely damn good television, and at the commercial break there’s a quick flash of words “Check out Ellen’s new coworkers.” Which means watch this commercial for AMEX with Ellen DeGeneres where her office is full of animals. At this point, apparently, we’re now advertising the ads.. I. kid. you. not. I would say just think about that and return to your regularly scheduled programming, but should I say that without a sponsor? I mean, aren’t there commercial possibilities here?
What I am trying to say us that at this point we are not just running more and more ads, but advertising the ads. Then, in the show itself, there was a scene with a shredder and not five minutes later, a Staples ad for the same shredder. Nothing seems to be anything more or less than a vehicle for selling things, and it really bothers me — it’s overwhelming and impossible to ignore. Something to think about as we head into the largest shopping season of the year, I think.
November 17th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
Your comments remind me of Wayne’s World. In either Wayne’s World I or II, there’s a part where Wayne and Garth say, ” Contract or not, I will not bow down to any brand.” Within that part of the movie, Wayne and Garth are wearing Reeboks, eating Doritos and Pizza Hut pizza, etc— the camera zooms directly on the products. Your blog entry reminded me of that.
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