TV ads getting too graphic?

I remember seeing the first ads for Claritin and the line was, "You can be Claritin Clear!". But they didn't say clear of what. So I asked my doctor what the hell Claritin was, and he said, "Allergy Pills". I was so disappointed, but even after I knew what it was for, the commercial made little sense. Someone at the company must have felt the same way, as the next one said something about allergies right at the beginning.
 
BLACKHAWKNJ said:
They're using the patients to sell the drugs to the doctors now.
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Cooter Brown said:
This is exactly right. I know a couple of MDs and the number of patients demanding to be put on a drug they saw a commercial about (or some internet talk) drives them up the wall. My veterinarian says the same thing.
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I guess that explains the deluge of ads for prescription psoriasis drugs that we are exposed to each day. I know that psoriasis is a pain for those that have it, but the ads for these drugs are so relentless, you'd think it is the most serious and widespread health issue we have in this country. Forget cancer, heart disease, and COVID-19. We have to treat the hundreds of millions of people that have psoriasis!

Normally, I mute and ignore TV ads, but out of sheer perverse curiosity, I have started to count the number of psoriasis prescription drugs being hawked on a frequent basis. So far, my count is up to nine.:eek: You can take your pick of: Cosentyx, Enbrel, Otezla, Skyrizi, Stelara, Taltz, Tremfya, Xeljanz, and the 300-lb. gorilla of the lot, Humira (which apparently cures most all known diseases). If your skin has turned to molten lava, or is impaled with shards of glass or steel shrapnel, you need to get on one of these drugs now!
 
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Funny I spotted this post yesterday and saw the worst commercial last evening.

Lady throws back the covers and shows her, um, exclamation point on the sheets and her jammies. Worse, the commercial continues with another young lady frustratingly scrubbing her couch for the same exclamation point. Couldn't change the channel fast enough.

Can't talk enough about 'care down there', gotta show it now.
 
I hate all of the blurring over heads, hands, genitals, angry mouths, dead bodies,... AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

"...other disturbing material that viewers might find offending..."

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My question, WHAT do things like zip lines, BBQ's, etc. have to do with off-roading?

Since when do Jeeps have DNA? How do they mate in order to pass it down?

I just watched a show on Prime about a team of four-wheelers who traveled from the Arctic Ocean to the end of South America (in 3 stages over 3 seasons). THAT should be a commercial for Toyota!
 
JS Esq. said:
A thread full of former military and LEOs complaining about mildly suggestive potty humor? Now I've seen it all...

My kids do love the "LiMu Emu" commercials from Liberty Mutual, which air endlessly on the Tennis Channel - our default live TV.
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Well, the difference is we kept the language and suggestive talk among ourselves, NOT out where the ladies and children would hear us.
 
BearBio said:
My question, WHAT do things like zip lines, BBQ's, etc. have to do with off-roading?

Since when do Jeeps have DNA? How do they mate in order to pass it down?

I just watched a show on Prime about a team of four-wheelers who traveled from the Arctic Ocean to the end of South America (in 3 stages over 3 seasons). THAT should be a commercial for Toyota!
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What is the name of the show, I'd like to watch that one-Hell I'd like to do that trip but I don't think blue is up to it :(
 
When we were young, it was illegal for pharmaceutical companies (and doctors and lawyers) to advertise. Leaving aside that the general public doesn't have a clue as to what drugs are good for them, all that advertising has got to be one reason drugs cost so much.

I've been considering car advertisements: They all show the cars swerving around fast and furiously. Not for me. Only ones I can recall finding appealing are the Lincoln Navigator ads. Message is "our car is quiet and comfortable." I like that message. (Jeez... You don't suppose Lincoln is targeting my demographic, do ya?!)
 
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Months ago, I was over at a friend's house watching TV. Of course, this was before the virus. Anyway, his 9-10 year old son was watching with us when that commercial comparing the shape of different vegetables to um......you know what. After the commercial was over, my friend's son said "I don't get it!", got up and ran out of the room to answer the phone. I said "Saved by the bell!'.
Larry
 
You mean like the woman shaving her pubic hair covered by nothing but a G-string?


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Onomea said:
When we were young, it was illegal for pharmaceutical companies (and doctors and lawyers) to advertise. Leaving aside that the general public doesn't have a clue as to what drugs are good for them, all that advertising has got to be one reason drugs cost so much.

I've been considering car advertisements: They all show the cars swerving around fast and furiously. Not for me. Only ones I can recall finding appealing are the Lincoln Navigator ads. Message is "our car is quiet and comfortable." I like that message. (Jeez... You don't suppose Lincoln is targeting my demographic, do ya?!)
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I'm 64 and I'll never be old enough to want any Lincoln makes. I like the swerving around ads. I don't want a "quiet" car. I want, and own, kind of the opposite. It is comfortable though...
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