Saturday, August 7, 2010

Old Spice vs. Mr. Mac


There is a sudden popularity to this ad campaign that I just don't understand! Sure it was funny the first few times I saw it, but even with the variations it got boring after a short time. I admit it was clever but it was repetitive. Or maybe it's just that I didn't find him all that "hot."

Now, being a 57 year old woman, I don't have the same hormones as my 20-30 year old counterparts, it takes a little more to get past my lack of surface hormones, but Isaiah just didn't do it for me. I got a few chuckles out of the first couple of commercials, but I never considered him the epitome of men, so the joke got old pretty quickly.

On the other hand, now... I found Mr. Mac to be incredibly cute and never seemed to tire of the Mac vs. PC commercials. Justin Long was absolutely adorable as the Mac (yes, young enough to practically be my grandson, but whatever). I guess I like the more cerebral types. No matter the case... I just enjoyed this whole series of commercials much more and seemed to tolerate them for a longer time than most ad campaigns. I have a feeling a lot of that was due to the appeal of Justin Long (who I enjoyed a little less in some of his film roles but still enjoyed nevertheless). This series of commercials was fun and, unfortunately, way too true! Still, I type away on my PC (sorry Mac). One tends to stick with what they know.

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