Commercial (Un)success
Ah, January! This is the time of year when we huddle around our televisions to mock, er, listen intently to our fearless leader update us on the state of our union, the time of year when the temperature can go from 20 below to 50 above in a matter of hours, and most importantly, it's the time of year that we Minnesotans prepare to watch another Super Bowl that the Vikings will not be participating in. And you know what the Super Bowl means for people who hate football but can't convince their friends/significant others/etc. to watch reruns of The Biggest Loser instead - COMMERCIALS! I, being one of those people more interested in any new talking critters Budweiser might come up with than the game, began my Super Bowl preparation by paying more attention to the ads during my TV watching this week.
Denny Hecker Austin Powers Throwback
When it comes to the environment, I'm all about recycling. I have even been known to dig soda bottles out of garbage cans and move them to the recycling bins. But when it comes to pop culture recycling, I'm of the belief that some things are best left in the garbage. So when I saw the new Denny Hecker commercial I was horrified.
For readers who do not live in Minnesota, Denny Hecker is a discount auto dealer with locations all over the state who, like most used car salesmen, has notoriously shoddy commercials. The most current recent addition to the Hecker sales pitch features Austin Powers dancing in front of a groovy 60's flower power green screen. If there is indeed someone out there who would buy Austin Powers' coolness cred in the year 2008 they are an advertiser's wet dream.
Vanessa Hudgens Neutrogena Sex Toy
Neutrogena helps kick start the careers of many teenager actresses. It's sort of the Cover Girl of the high school world, so it's no surprise that Disney Channel actress Vanessa Hudgens would become the next spokesperson for the acne-fighting cosmetics line. Hudgens is best known as the sexy star of High School Musical, a Disnified version of West Side Story. Hudgens is perhaps second-best known for the scandal surrounding nude photos of her surfacing on the internet last September.
What is surprising is Neutrogena's choice in product line for Hudgens to promote in light of her, ahem, reputation. Below is a commercial for the Neutrogena Wave. It vibrates. It has the slogans "I've got moves," "I'm tiny but mighty," "I'm deep." And it looks like some kind of sex toy!
So now we're all caught up for the Super Bowl. I'm still not going to win the war over the remote next Sunday, but at least I've got the Puppy Bowl (picture in picture is an amazing invention), the half-time show, and all the commercials I can handle.
Denny Hecker Austin Powers Throwback
When it comes to the environment, I'm all about recycling. I have even been known to dig soda bottles out of garbage cans and move them to the recycling bins. But when it comes to pop culture recycling, I'm of the belief that some things are best left in the garbage. So when I saw the new Denny Hecker commercial I was horrified.For readers who do not live in Minnesota, Denny Hecker is a discount auto dealer with locations all over the state who, like most used car salesmen, has notoriously shoddy commercials. The most current recent addition to the Hecker sales pitch features Austin Powers dancing in front of a groovy 60's flower power green screen. If there is indeed someone out there who would buy Austin Powers' coolness cred in the year 2008 they are an advertiser's wet dream.
Vanessa Hudgens Neutrogena Sex Toy
Neutrogena helps kick start the careers of many teenager actresses. It's sort of the Cover Girl of the high school world, so it's no surprise that Disney Channel actress Vanessa Hudgens would become the next spokesperson for the acne-fighting cosmetics line. Hudgens is best known as the sexy star of High School Musical, a Disnified version of West Side Story. Hudgens is perhaps second-best known for the scandal surrounding nude photos of her surfacing on the internet last September.
What is surprising is Neutrogena's choice in product line for Hudgens to promote in light of her, ahem, reputation. Below is a commercial for the Neutrogena Wave. It vibrates. It has the slogans "I've got moves," "I'm tiny but mighty," "I'm deep." And it looks like some kind of sex toy!
So now we're all caught up for the Super Bowl. I'm still not going to win the war over the remote next Sunday, but at least I've got the Puppy Bowl (picture in picture is an amazing invention), the half-time show, and all the commercials I can handle.
This entry was posted by Lady Amy, on
Monday, January 28, 2008.
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two consecutive blogulator posts that use parenthesis in the their titles? hmm. we better schedule a teleconference on grabby headlines..
i love local advertisements. i will spend my life unable to grasp how someone thinks poorly reading stuff and bad jokes will sell cars or garner clients or promote business..
still, they are funny.
Doesn't Denny Hecker also do bail bonds? Or was that a dream I had?
"Need a new Acura? No problem! Need to get out of jail? No problem! Denny's got you covered!"
Denny Hecker is everywhere in Minneapolis -- literally -- he is watching our every move. So yes, he probably does do bail bonds, too.
yay, puppy bowl! yay!
so, that wave thing is a little intimidating...
yes, it's quite thick. QUITE. THICK.
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