0 comments by Ben Gross on 6/22/2015
So: Product placement. In a world where commercials have never been easier to skip, product placement in films is one of the few ways advertising can be consistently placed in front of captive audiences. Sometimes it’s subtle, but other times the phrase “bashing the audience repeatedly over the head with a 10-ton anvil,” comes to […]
0 comments by Ben Gross on 5/17/2015
I noticed a commercial for Lego’s “Bionicle” sets when my nephew was watching TV the other day, and it brought back memories of my own childhood obsession with them. It got me thinking about Bionicle’s introduction (in 2001, which seems like a long, long time ago now…), and just how well-done it was: Commercials for […]
0 comments by Ben Gross on 4/22/2015
I try not to be annoyed all the time. I really do. If you’re anything like me, your innate primate rage response is about to kick in, which will likely cause you to chew through your computer screen in a vain attempt to reach and destroy the tiny digital southern belles with a righteous fury […]
0 comments by Ben Gross on 4/14/2015
We’ll begin with this Carl’s Jr. ad: They have a supermodel slowly, suggestively sucking peppers and jamming sandwiches into her mouth. It’s so over the top and sexualized that it looks like one of The Hamburgler’s dirtiest thoughts. The first time I saw it, I could hardly believe how disgusting it was. Surely, though, they […]
0 comments by bengros on 4/6/2015
If the Geico caveman taught us anything, it’s that when advertisers hit on something that works, they tend to beat it into the ground. Unsurprising, then, that they’re in the process of mimicking fictional Progressive spokeswoman Flo, introduced in 2008. Flo is what the customer service automatons in employee training videos would be like as […]
