I really don't mean to sound like an old fuddy duddy, but has anyone else noticed TV commercials getting more graphic, close to the edge of disgusting? One that comes to mind pretty quickly is the cartoon bear family toilet paper ad series. Bears because they poop in the woods I suppose, with the baby bear showing and wiggling his clean butt. There are several of these in the series. Probably the same brand as the female in the hip-hop-themed commercial. Then there are the incontinence products to take care of the woman's little "drop-offs." TMI! Tons of ED ads, too. Along with frequent bathroom trips for both restroom needs. Okay. I'm only 64 in a couple weeks, but I've officially become an old fuddy-duddy I suppose!
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TV ads getting too graphic?
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Easy fix:
Frank Zappa was way ahead of his time. Just give a listen to the lyrics of this song. It'll take a few seconds, but just listen for the next 120 seconds.....
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiCQcEW98OY[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiCQcEW98OY[/ame]
Targets Guy
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I can't remember the last time I saw a tv commercial. We never watch a show live.
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That's usually how I watch the Steeler games. And yes, Rusty I use that button quite often; but I think I'm getting blisters on my fingers!
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Zappa was a genius!
HECK YES!!! They talk about personal items like they were cornflakes.
I remember my grandmother saying a girl was "PG" because you didn't use the term "pregnant" in mixed company. Nowadays, the "actors" on the TV talk about HOW that girl got PG, using language that I only used to hear in the locker room in high school.
I don't like this world we're living in.
I remember my grandmother saying a girl was "PG" because you didn't use the term "pregnant" in mixed company. Nowadays, the "actors" on the TV talk about HOW that girl got PG, using language that I only used to hear in the locker room in high school.
I don't like this world we're living in.
Guess many of you haven’t seen a European soap commercial. 
I did happen to see a couple of the latest crappy TP commercials with the bears and their dirty keisters. They definitely make their point, butt a little uncouth, even for me.
I did happen to see a couple of the latest crappy TP commercials with the bears and their dirty keisters. They definitely make their point, butt a little uncouth, even for me.
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Unfortunately.......
Even streaming content has commercials.
Youtube has one every few minute. Even in the middle of a piece of music.
Even streaming content has commercials.
Youtube has one every few minute. Even in the middle of a piece of music.
Yeah, when it goes.....
...from just being able to ignore it to, "THAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS!" you have achieved Fuddy Duddism.
AND YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!
PS: Missuth Smiff sez they have to put them on commercials because people don't know what they are.
...from just being able to ignore it to, "THAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS!" you have achieved Fuddy Duddism.
AND YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!
PS: Missuth Smiff sez they have to put them on commercials because people don't know what they are.
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LoboGunLeather
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As raunchy as some commercials seem to be these days it is difficult to argue against the simple fact that commercials have been better than network programming for decades.
You know..
My grandmother was mortified when she saw the old Charmin ads with Mr. Whipple on them. She was a traveling salesperson in the later 1920's until about 1940, was nobody to mess with, but toilet paper would totally mess her up. We thought it was hilarious. Oh the Preperation H ads got her all worked up, too.[/quote]
That doesn't bother me as much as many things.
My grandmother was mortified when she saw the old Charmin ads with Mr. Whipple on them. She was a traveling salesperson in the later 1920's until about 1940, was nobody to mess with, but toilet paper would totally mess her up. We thought it was hilarious. Oh the Preperation H ads got her all worked up, too.[/quote]
That doesn't bother me as much as many things.
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What bothers me is the staggering amount of pharmaceutical commercials.
A drug for everything! Just ask your doctor!
Look at the amount of action in these commercials. Zip lines, ATV riding, motorcycle riding, cars, not cheap to shoot.
And people wonder why drugs are expensive.
That gets me mad.
A drug for everything! Just ask your doctor!
Look at the amount of action in these commercials. Zip lines, ATV riding, motorcycle riding, cars, not cheap to shoot.
And people wonder why drugs are expensive.
That gets me mad.
bigwheelzip
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I don't like today's ad content either, but Europe was more uninhibited decades ago than we are now.Guess many of you haven’t seen a European soap commercial.
The first time a friend from Europe visited us in the USA, she explained that her impressions of American lifestyles came from TV and movies, and that we were more conservative than that.
I don’t remember the last time I watched network TV or news. Definitely not missing it.
Around here in the morning, it's "ask your doctor" med ads, LMU Emu & Doug, and Joe Namath shilling for SS benefits. On-line betting became legal recently, so at night, every other commercial's encouraging us to bet the IRA away. Ergo, I shut the TV off, stream music on line, and read.
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The things I miss by not having TV at home-going on 26 years.
Yes, the pharmaceutical ads seem to be ruling the airwaves, was sort of watching a baseball game at a pizzeria, kept seeing ED product names projected onto the backstops by the bleachers.
Matches the vulgarity of the programs, no ?
Yes, the pharmaceutical ads seem to be ruling the airwaves, was sort of watching a baseball game at a pizzeria, kept seeing ED product names projected onto the backstops by the bleachers.
Matches the vulgarity of the programs, no ?
I would rather watch bears and toilet paper, women running to the can nda couples smiling from a blue pill than lawyers trolling for injured by ****** ads, campaign ads, and come to us to be saved ads.
I love Frank Zappa, when I order somewhere that asks your name I always use Frank Zappa and never even get a logbook sometimes when they call it out over the speaker old guys head will pop up though.
I love Frank Zappa, when I order somewhere that asks your name I always use Frank Zappa and never even get a logbook sometimes when they call it out over the speaker old guys head will pop up though.
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An old work acquaintance used to use Ted Nugent, especially funny when the young lady doesn't even blink an eye. One young man, who's voice was still changing I think, caught John off-guard when he said "You don't look like Sweaty Teddy!"
