Wow!! Hot, not cool!!

I just saw the new York Peppermint Patty commercial with model, Gavin Dunne, eating a peppermint patty. Okay, I'm a grandma, very happily married, generally not taken with your typical young sexy beefcake guys - but WOW!!!!



I do enjoy an occasional York Peppermint Patty but I wasn't thinking about their cool sweet minty goodness when I watched Mr. Dunn devour his candy.

I couldn't watch anything but this man's amazing face!! Those eyes!!! This is one commercial I may not be fast forwarding through often! Congratulations ad agents for York. You have found the way to thwart the DVR!




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Stream Stream Stream

I find so many commercials annoying and one of the new most annoying commercials is the Xfinity streaming commercial using the old Everly Brothers hit Dream Dream Dream. Various scenarios show "everyday people" doing their jobs while watching streaming TV.


I'm sure my boss would be thrilled if I were streaming reruns of Lost while I typed up a letter. And I wouldn't feel terribly confident if my surgeon had Seinfeld streaming as I was rolled into the ER. It's such a bizarre commercial.

But the thing that struck me the most was extrapolating on those lyrics. I got the song in my head and began singing it and the truth of Xfinity streaming was exposed:

"only trouble is... Gee whiz... I'm streaming my whole life away..."

Yep, that is how the commercial should really play. People sitting back, eating and glued to their iPads and iPhones watching streaming TV mindlessly while the birds are chirping around them, their kids and pets going unattended... Their lives passing them by... Because that's just what would happen. The last thing the world needs now is yet another way to watch TV!!

Unfortunately the commercial doesn't go that far with the song but I would enjoy it a lot more if it did.




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Stanley Steemer's Staunch Stainchasers

Okay... these commercials have really gotten under my skin... in the GOOD way. At first I thought these characters were kind of stupid. Then I still thought they were stupid, but sort of amusing. Now I find them almost endearing.

When he says, "I'm not a doctor, but..." I just love it. I love how he takes himself so seriously. It's great! And I love how he takes the JOB so seriously. I think there's a little bit of this guy in each of us. A person who thinks our job is very important, thus WE'RE very important.

The amazing thing to me is this... I believe this is the first time I ever considered actually using a product or service based completely upon an advertising campaign!! I found myself watching one of these commercials the other day and realizing they also clean grout and non-carpet flooring I thought, "I ought to try those guys," as if the guys from the commercial would actually pull up in front of my house and start cleaning LOL. Advertisers just love people like me.





















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Grass Wars

My husband brought this to my attention the other day... there are serious grass seed wars going on right now. The main battlers appear to be Pennington and Scott. Now, living in a condo, we don't have to be concerned with grass seed but when I was growing up, my dad used to re-seed the lawn every spring. Nevertheless, I don't remember any angst happening when he was making the decision about which seed to use.

These days, however, we apparently need to be just as careful with our grass seed as we are with our nutrition. Pennington has made us aware that "the other guys" fill their bags with 10 pounds of grass seed and 10 pounds of filler!! And one of these guys explains that you'll have to water their seed more because it's so high quality.

Pennington calls theirs honest grass. Scott says theirs has no filler and is of the highest quality.



The war is getting bloody out there!!

Now, I just laughed at my husband when he told me about the grass wars the first time. I hadn't heard or seen anything about this phenomenon. This morning, however, I saw my first Pennington commercial. Then, while making breakfast I HEARD my first Pennington commercial.

The grass seed blitz has infiltrated our home!

I haven't decided which one I'm rooting for yet... guess I just need to see some more commercials to make that decision.




No, the below is not a link.... it just so happened when I finished posting the above I went to another website and when I glanced down at the bottom of the page I found this!! Scary!







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Sucker Punch

I don't know anything about this movie -- and know even less after the promos -- but I love these commercials. They move so fast, like weird commercial choreography they spin into an enticing dance making you want to see this show that appears to be part fairy tale and part kick butt comic.

My daughter told me she heard it was terrible and misogynistic and that she didn't want her daughter to see it. The reviewers say it's awful. But still, the commercials suck me in. The little waifish blond girl suddenly plunged into a crazy world where she comes out swinging like a super hero - yet never losing her waifishness. Something about all that draws me in and, in spite of my better judgement, I find myself wanting to spend the ridiculous fee to see this story in IMAX.

Will I do it? Probably not.







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Polite Dinner - AT&T Uverse Commercial

OH HOW I HATE THIS COMMERCIAL!!! From the first it really rubbed me the wrong way and now, after dozens of forced viewings (because somehow it finds my favorite news programs otherwise I would DVR it into oblivion) I absolutely despise and detest this commercial. It's enough to make me NEVER want Uverse - whatever that is.

I loathe the expressions on their faces. I am sickened by the idiotic conversation. I cringe knowing the next stupid sentence that will be croaked from their annoying throats.

I can't stand this family unit. I can't stand each of the individuals. But most of all -- the creator of this monstrosity of an ad should be taken out and forced to watch it repeatedly with his eyes taped open Clockwork Orange style.

'Nuff said.




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The Filet Song

McDonalds has brought back the filet of fish sandwich. Since I don't usually dine there, I didn't even know it was gone but hearing about its return brought me memories of one of the creepiest commercials ever made... The phone-calling filet demanding and singing Billy Bass fish with his menacing words, "What if it were YOU hanging up on this wall," like something that just swam out of an EC Comic Book!

Give me back that filet-o-fish, give me that fish (ahh!)
Give me back that filet-o-fish, give me that fish
What if it were you hanging up on this wall
If it were you in this sandwich you wouldn't be laughing at all!
Give me back my filet-o-fish (ahh!)





Now that was one weird commercial and it didn't leave ME feeling much like eating, let alone eating a fish. As a matter of fact, the commercial was a little terrifying. Nothing like a stalker stuffed fish threatening to eviscerate you and hang you as a trophy to make your chops water for some tartar sauce soaked filet!

The odd part was that nobody seemed to really NOTICE how scary this commercial was. People went around humming it, watching it, but the words didn't penetrate - even with me - until one day I really listened to it. Then I brought it to my husband's attention. He had never paid much attention either. So here was the McDonald's corporation with some much darker agenda on their mind -- to subliminally sublimate us to amphibian rule?

You decide!


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