I just saw a commercial that really got my goat.
A young lady, sort of trashy looking, reorganizing a bathroom medicine chest to add her own products which then cut to that annoying old lady from the cheese commercials talking to a guy in boxers in the doorway of his bedroom and she says:
Can’t get your one night stands to STAY one night stands? Stop cooking with cheese!! Don’t put Canadian Swiss in her grilled cheese. Next she’ll have you buying a minivan!.
Call me a prude, but does this need to be in a commercial? I mean really. It’s a cheese commercial that is tying in one night stands. I can understand it if they had a couple of pieces of cheese talking about relationships going bad or getting old and moldy, but one night stands??
Come on folks. Stop using sex to sell things.
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 591
I agree. It is sending the wrong message to young people. We need to strengthen society, not weaken it.
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 591
I saw that add last night during the hockey game. We watch the game as a family — my mom, me and four kids aged 10 – 16. Needless to say I was not impressed.
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 591
Sounds ignorant, though I haven’t seen it.
Price fixing monopolies in Canada have far too much money now to spend on stupid commercials. Milk commercials are a good example – demand for milk will exist regardless of advertising, but we pay twice as much for milk than it should cost. Of course these price gougers want to guilt consumers into spending extra for dairy products. Consumers don’t benefit at all from price gouging.
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 591
it’s time to start boycotting the products/services all these greedheads are pushing on us.
how about the commercial that tells you to ask your doctor about celebrex? it doesn’t say what it is used for… just implies that your life is somehow less complete without it. who does this appeal to besides hypochondriacs?
and just who is the ‘canadian nuclear agency’ and why exactly do they wanna get inside my head?
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 591
Commercials should at least follow the standards applied to the shows themselves. If there’s a trashy commercial, it should only air after an “adult content” or “mature themes” warning (which must also apply to the show), and only after a defined “watershed” time (e.g. 9pm, in Britain).
In the same collection of commercials, there’s another where a girl’s parents are trashing their own daughter to a prospective boyfriend, calling her “cheap” and “not good enough for [him]”.
Perhaps it’s time to review prior decisions from http://www.cbsc.ca and see just where this sits on the scale.
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 591
I have a follow up suggestion for the cheese board. How about putting on THIS commercial.
“Want to reduce your cholesterol level? Stop cooking with cheese!!”
Pingback:
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 591
CaNN :: We started it.
Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 591
I agree these “cheesy” commercials are in poor taste. I contacted info@agr.gc.ca who said http://www.dairygoodness.ca was responsible for these ads. I sent a complaint to them. The first ads were just irritating but I think they have crossed the line with the “one night stands” and “she’s cheap” ads. Maybe they really do want us to “stop cooking with cheese”.