TV ads getting too graphic?

I got no dog in this fight. I don't know how many years it's been since I saw a commercial on tv, It's been quite a few...but not enough.... We only use our tv for DVDs and streaming movies. It's a freedom I can't describe!
 
jeffrefrig said:
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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I'm guessing that you haven't yet seen the ads from Spartan (and I'm NOT talking about the college football team mascot!). :D
 
CH4 said:
Guess many of you haven't seen a European soap commercial. :D.
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Pretty good tip! Cleo Shower Gel?

Muley Gil said:
...I remember my grandmother saying a girl was "PG" because you didn't use the term "pregnant" in mixed company...
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My mother told me that her mother explained to her as a young girl that "horses sweat, men perspire, and women glow..."
 
Local TV commercials: Back to back Attorneys for suing Big Rig , Motorcycle Accidents, Distracted Drivers, etc.
I then go to re-run game show network with commercials that cater to the older generation with drugs to help me live longer and keep my pogo-stick pogoing. Wow! I just might live long enough to hide my own Easter eggs???
I'm done. It's 3:00 pm and time to fall asleep watching As the World Turns.
 
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PALADIN85020 said:
What gets me is that PRESCRIPTION drugs are not available to the general public. They are PRESCRIPTION drugs because supposedly only a medical doctor can authorize their use.

So the pharmaceutical companies advertise their PRESCIPTION drugs to the general public, complete with a long list of possible side effects that often include the death of the user.

Why in hell do the pharm companies believe that they should advertise their non-OTC drugs to people who do not have the knowledge or experience to use them or recommend them to their physicians? It really burns me that they do so, and it undoubtedly drives the consumer cost of those drugs up in the process. :mad:

John
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Sir, you nailed it exactly.
 
TiVo!

Not only are the commercials getting more crass, but most are also deceitful, trying to take advantage of people peddling 'products' of no value.

* class action lawsuits
* drugs
* financial swindling services (check/annuity cashing services, prepaid credit cards, etc.)
* snake oil (copper maks and gloves?)

The list goes on...
 
Didn't Bob Doyle do a Viagra commercial and then a soda ad with Britney Spears?
 
The only live TV I've seen in years is a handful of ball games - maybe three or four a year. As a result I don't see many commercials. People are always asking me about new medications saying something like, "You know; it's the one they show on TV all the time." But, no; I don't know.
 
Donn said:
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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All of a sudden, Kelsey Grammer has popped up shilling like Joe Namath. I would have thought he had enough money to not have to do that, but maybe all those divorces and that investment in that conservative The Right Network channel made it necessary until the new Frazier comes on.

And the former boss on Law and Order SVU, Dann Florek is doing them too.
 
Like Old Arkansawyer I've pretty much perfected the art of for the most part simply ignoring them.
Questionable content is nothing new. I can remember one over 40 years ago of the lady popping up in bed with a big smile proclaiming "I'm cleaning my oven!".

The product? Easy Off.
 
Besides the Big Pharma and Ambulance Chasers, the other huge advertisers are the online casino/sports books.

Since online gambling is legal in PA, the airwaves have been bombarded with ads urging people to sign up and bet a buck to win 100. Free money! Can't lose!

Good luck with that. Years ago, an old plumber told me "Boy, gambling is like flushing your money down the hopper and hoping some of it floats back up ".

He was right.

The House always wins.
 
One of the best print ads I ever saw was one by Aston-Martin pre owned cars. It showed a picture of a beautiful scantily clad female from behind in a provocative position with the caption "You know you are not the first...but do you really care".
The best TV ad was one that started with a man and woman in bed having just um...finished with him looking smug and she climbing out throwing on a robe and going to the kitchen where the microwave is beeping letting her know that her 60 second cup of soup was ready.
 
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mtgianni said:
The ads that get me this time of year are the ones that will get you off your owed back taxes. The implication is that only chumps pay taxes.
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Our talk radio shows, always crowing about personal responsibility and accountability, are heavily sponsored by those people. Taxes & credit cards... "We can get you out of paying that!" :D
 
PALADIN85020 said:
What gets me is that PRESCRIPTION drugs are not available to the general public. They are PRESCRIPTION drugs because supposedly only a medical doctor can authorize their use.

So the pharmaceutical companies advertise their PRESCIPTION drugs to the general public, complete with a long list of possible side effects that often include the death of the user.

Why in hell do the pharm companies believe that they should advertise their non-OTC drugs to people who do not have the knowledge or experience to use them or recommend them to their physicians? It really burns me that they do so, and it undoubtedly drives the consumer cost of those drugs up in the process. :mad:

John
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Well said, and do we know how much of the drug is from China?
 
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