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How to do a pet rescue commercial
For years I’ve cringed at the pet rescue commercials done by the SPCA. You know the ones — the sappy song (“In the Arms of an Angel”), the pitiful animals, and the pleading Sarah McLachlan. I couldn’t be a bigger… Read More ›
No puppy love from GoDaddy ad
Super Bowl commercials are beginning to appear and I’ve somehow managed to miss most of them. (As an advertising major in college, I always find them interesting.) This one that I did see made me as unhappy as the… Read More ›
Life Alert tries again (video)
First, Life Alert became a long-standing joke with its “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” commercials. Then it was widely and justifiably condemned for a truly creepy, horrible commercial. Now, finally, they’ve partially redeemed themselves with this commercial. It’s… Read More ›
Cartier back with new commercial
In 2012 Cartier stunned us with a 3.5 minute tour de force that set a new gold standard for television commercials. Now, following that success, they’ve released “Cartier — Shape Your Time.” At only 1.5 minutes, it is less ambitious… Read More ›
What do you think of the Trivago spokesman?
Not having a DVR, I am still victim to every commercial thrown at me. Many if not most of you have by now practically forgotten what it’s like to be subjected to these monumental wastes of time (commercial breaks are getting… Read More ›
Life Alert sinks to new low
I just saw the latest Life Alert commercial and my reaction is so negative in so many ways that I hardly know where to begin. Fear tactics are a loathsome way to sell a product, but Life Alert has turned… Read More ›
Busey commercial difficult to watch
This evening I saw again — twice — Gary Busey’s new commercial for Amazon Fire. It’s weird. Busey is weird. It’s a known weirdness, the result of a severe brain injury suffered in a motorcycle accident in 1988. The injury… Read More ›
Chrome closes add-on vulnerability
Not long ago I wrote about a malware vulnerability with Chrome updates and extensions. Now, according to an item in Computerworld, it appears Google has finally slammed the door on the problem. In 2012, Google began requiring that all new… Read More ›
Coke commercial causes controversy
Coca Cola’s Super Bowl ad has caused quite an uproar on Twitter and Facebook. It seems a lot of people think the song “America the Beautiful” should be sung in English. And English only. They are angry and offended and… Read More ›
Gone: That annoying JollyWallet pop-up
I just spent a fair part of my afternoon tracking down the way to get rid of an annoying JollyWallet pop-up ad, and perhaps my experience will save someone else some time. This is not just another pop-up ad because Adblock… Read More ›
Freaking out over ‘giffing out’
Massive amounts of Christmas advertising have always annoyed me. I’ve been a grinch for decades and freely admit it, and being assaulted by so much Christmas “joy” every time I turn on the TV just makes me grumpier. Sure, there are… Read More ›
