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I’m not a fan of commercials or advertisements, period, but the commercials that are bugging me the most right now (from watching football) are the commercials for car insurance. They all seem to have this “those that switch to us have saved an average of $XXX” approach (well, except Geico; they have some great commercials!). The thing is, you’re not likely to switch car insurance unless you’re going to save money. So it’s not like the average person will necessarily save move by switching to them, it’s just that they’re saying that those that could save money, switched.
On the other hand, there was a commercial in Kansas when I was there over Thanksgiving that I enjoyed. It was a car commercial, no less. Sadly, it betrays my lowbrow sense of humor.
Why did it make me laugh?
It had a dancing chicken. A person, dresed in a chicken costume, dancing next to the cars they were selling. Something that would terrify me in real life, made me laugh on screen, and I don’t know why.
Maybe it made you laugh because it is so ridiculous? :-)
I can’t stand commercials, most are stupid and really insult people’s intelligence.
PS…GREAT new look!
dancing chicken.. funny.. lol
I have added your link to my blog!
I also hate commericials..ugh. And Geico commercials are good :)
Commercials are usually so stupid but you’re right about Geico ones, HILARIOUS!
We have DVR so I rarely even SEE a commercial anymore but we used to have a tv and electronic place–or was it a furniture store? Whatever it was they had the dumbest low-class commercials and I’d never even go there just because their advertising was beyond lame.
I too dislike commercials in general, and am thankful that with our DVR, I manage to avoid most of them entirely!
However, I do enjoy certain commercials, like the ones during the Superbowl (honestly the only reason I watch) that are specially made to be funny and those Budweiser “Real Men of Genius” ones from a few years ago. (And I don’t even drink beer! LOL)
Never figured you for a dancing chicken chick ;-)
Hey, you got a new blog! I like it! There was a dealership in SoCal when I was little that always did the dancing chicken stuff. Worthington Ford, I’ll never forget it. They had a theme song with a bouncing ball at the bottom of the screen, and a guy in a ten gallon hat shouting about his awesome deals. I’ve never been to Worthington Ford, but I’ll never forget the directions “Long Beach Freeway, Firestone Exit, Southgate!”
You like dancing chickens, we like the California Cows, what can I say- mostly we dvr right through them but the cows, I like. ;-)
Since we got Tivo, I don’t do commercials. Sometimes I think I miss it and then I’ll watch a couple and realize just how wonderful being able to skip over them is.
You rock! Thanks for the solution on the puzzle. The boys WERE cheating! Poor things, they don’t even realize it!
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