Category Archives: Ad Nausea
Ad Nausea: Lexus Xmas “Forgery” Commercial
silverstar ♦ December 18, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
This holiday season, Lexus has produced a series of ‘December to Remember’ spots depicting parents using their children as pawns to get Santa Claus to send them Lexuses for Christmas. The following ad, “Forgery”, is easily the weakest entry in the series, for reasons I’ll go into below. “…And a puppy?” OK, two things. First, …
Ad Nausea/Talkin’ Nerdy: Jose Cuervo Commercial
goldstar ♦ September 3, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
The following is a commercial that I like. It’s an ad for Jose Cuervo about the The Rolling Stones bringing Jose Cuervo with them on their 1972 tour. http://vid1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag133/JPGoldstar/Earthworm%20Jim_%20Groovy_zpsvvu773oo.mp4 Just one question, though: If this ad is supposed to be taking place in 1972, why is the song that’s being played here “Miss You” …
2 Funny/Ad Nausea: Kalaka PSA
silverstar ♦ May 7, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
This is a PSA from 1974. A brief history lesson: back in the 70’s, the US was in the midst of an energy crisis, and saving gasoline was a priority, thus this spot promoting carpooling. Did you know that this spot was loosely based on Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner’s 2000 Year Old Man comedy …
Videots/Ad Nausea: Gone in a Blur
silverstar ♦ April 12, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
Behold this ad for Blur, the badass racing video game that tried to make a name for itself by taking a thinly veiled swipe at the “lame” Super Mario Kart series by proclaiming “Race Like a Big Boy”, as if to say, “We’re the mature alternative to Mario Kart”, meant to appeal to the type …
Ad Nausea: Chexmates
silverstar ♦ March 23, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
Howdy, y’all. Before we start with the usual merriment, a little house cleaning: I know we haven’t posted anything new in the past 13 days, but there’s no cause for alarm; we haven’t quit or gotten sick or joined a biker gang without telling you, and we certainly haven’t been smuggling unicorn manes across the …
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