I'm sure you've seen commercials featuring Kevin Garnett, Colin Kaepernick, and Le Bron James.
Each guy is shown sitting on a bus, while outside maniacal people - white, of course - with twisted, hate-filled faces are shouting at them... but each guy is listening to his music and is bothered not at all to be surrounded by people who look like they'd like to beat each man to a pulp. (And, for the Kaepernick one at least, they are actually throwing stuff at the bus and breaking windows.)
One of the commenters on the Keapernick video said, "It's just a commercial. Fans don't throw eggs at buses."
Well, gee, kids didn't stop reading books, jump up and play for 30 minutes, before returning to their books (I'm being ironic about the book -TV or computer game is more like it) until they started seeing commercials that encouraged them...not to read and do well in school, but to get up and run around and play for 30 minutes.
Monkey see, monkey do is the premise of commercials - and an accurate one.
How many idiots seeing these commercials are going to buy these headphones and start wearing them to school so they don't have to listen to their teachers. (Or is that already happening?)
How many people who really need to hear and learn from criticism (Mathew Stafford rejecting any need for a quarterback coach, for example) are going to think, "Yeah, these guys are "da bomb." If they don't have to listen to people telling them what they do wrong, why should I have to listen to anyone either.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
AT&T new smartphone commercial
Some idiot - male and white of course - wants to find out more information about AT&T's smartphone, so he's talking to a woman, asking her questions, not believing what she says,
"I'm going to need to speak to a supervisor."
The woman points out she is a supervisor, and he says, "Finally, someone I can talk to."
Is this supposed to be humorous?
"I'm going to need to speak to a supervisor."
The woman points out she is a supervisor, and he says, "Finally, someone I can talk to."
Is this supposed to be humorous?
Taco Bell commercial: Grilled Stuft Nachos
The commercial shows a teenage boy running down the street, a smug
expression on his face. He looks back, then forward to bit into a
grilled Stuft Nacho.
The announcer's unctuous voice says (a bit paraphrased), "Why should you ever have to eat nachos on the run? Well, maybe her parents came home early."
And then we segue to the father chasing after the boy...he's got a determined expression on his face and it's definitely supposed to be funny...
So we're supposed to assume that the boy had a grilled stuft nacho from Taco Bell, but instead of eating it was having sex with a girl - doubtless without wearing a condom - parents come home - and he then gets fully dressed , grabs his grilled stuft nacho and eats it while on the run because he's such a fast runner...
And what is this commercial telling people?
That irresponsible teens who have no respect for parents eat at Taco Bell?
That parents are stupid and slow?
What's the theme song playing for this?
"You're momma's got nothing on me...you're father's got nothing on me..."
The announcer's unctuous voice says (a bit paraphrased), "Why should you ever have to eat nachos on the run? Well, maybe her parents came home early."
And then we segue to the father chasing after the boy...he's got a determined expression on his face and it's definitely supposed to be funny...
So we're supposed to assume that the boy had a grilled stuft nacho from Taco Bell, but instead of eating it was having sex with a girl - doubtless without wearing a condom - parents come home - and he then gets fully dressed , grabs his grilled stuft nacho and eats it while on the run because he's such a fast runner...
And what is this commercial telling people?
That irresponsible teens who have no respect for parents eat at Taco Bell?
That parents are stupid and slow?
What's the theme song playing for this?
"You're momma's got nothing on me...you're father's got nothing on me..."
Friday, September 13, 2013
What's happened to the National Geographic Channel
I'm not in the mood to do much today, so thought I'd improve my mind by watching an educational channel.
How about the National Geographic Channel? They're sure to have documentaries that will educate me about the world!
Not so.
10 - 11 am - Alaska State Troopers - a reality series
11 - 12 pm - Border Wars - reality series about South Texas working to stop drug dealers, smugglers and "undocumented immigrants" - aka illegal immigrants - from infiltrating residential areas.
12 - 1 pm - Thrill Killer. an unscripted reality series, featuring a game warden
1 - 2 pm - HALLELUHAH! An actual scientific documentary! Mammoth: Back From the Dead. "Follow scientists as they attempt to use preserved DNA to clone mammoths."
2 - 3 pm - World's Worst Natural - worst natural disasters in history are explored
3 - 3:30 pm - None of the Above - A series featuring science experiments . (Seems like a clone of Mythbusters.)
3:3 0- 4 - Don't Try this At Home - same as above.
4 - 5 - The Numbers Game. - Statistics and tools for becoming wealthy are explored. WHAT'S THIS DOING ON THE NAT GEO CHANNEL?
5 - 6 - Diving into Noah's Flood - Archaeologist Jeff Rose searches for evidence of a colossal flood that he believes inspired the bibilical story of Noah's Ark
6 - 7 - Sex in the Stone Age - yeah, right.
the rest of the evening's programs are "to be announced."
How about the National Geographic Channel? They're sure to have documentaries that will educate me about the world!
Not so.
10 - 11 am - Alaska State Troopers - a reality series
11 - 12 pm - Border Wars - reality series about South Texas working to stop drug dealers, smugglers and "undocumented immigrants" - aka illegal immigrants - from infiltrating residential areas.
12 - 1 pm - Thrill Killer. an unscripted reality series, featuring a game warden
1 - 2 pm - HALLELUHAH! An actual scientific documentary! Mammoth: Back From the Dead. "Follow scientists as they attempt to use preserved DNA to clone mammoths."
2 - 3 pm - World's Worst Natural - worst natural disasters in history are explored
3 - 3:30 pm - None of the Above - A series featuring science experiments . (Seems like a clone of Mythbusters.)
3:3 0- 4 - Don't Try this At Home - same as above.
4 - 5 - The Numbers Game. - Statistics and tools for becoming wealthy are explored. WHAT'S THIS DOING ON THE NAT GEO CHANNEL?
5 - 6 - Diving into Noah's Flood - Archaeologist Jeff Rose searches for evidence of a colossal flood that he believes inspired the bibilical story of Noah's Ark
6 - 7 - Sex in the Stone Age - yeah, right.
the rest of the evening's programs are "to be announced."
Miley Cyrus
All I knew about Miley Cyrus up until about a week ago was that she was some singer/actress who had a funny first name, bestowed upon her by father Billy Ray Cyrus.
Then came some Music Awards Show where she strutted around sticking her tongue halfway out her mouth, did twerking (thrusting the pelvis back and forth as if you're having desperate sex, a hip hop "simulated sex" move (you can't call it dance) that a growing generation of girls apparently think will attract the eye of boys and get them free sex and perhaps a baby and a baby daddy to boot - why else would they do it???
Anyway, although Miley, who is white, has come in for a lot of criticism over her tasteless performance, it is sad to think that if she were black, probably nothing would have been said. I say this because I'have seen snippets of videos of hip hop where that is exactly what the backup sex-objects are doing - twerking and fawning all over the male singer with his gold chains and his angry face and his utter contempt for the women fawning all over him.
Sadly, Miley Cyrus sees absolutely nothing disgusting in her behavior...and I really wonder if all her tweener fans don't either. That would be so sad.
Then came some Music Awards Show where she strutted around sticking her tongue halfway out her mouth, did twerking (thrusting the pelvis back and forth as if you're having desperate sex, a hip hop "simulated sex" move (you can't call it dance) that a growing generation of girls apparently think will attract the eye of boys and get them free sex and perhaps a baby and a baby daddy to boot - why else would they do it???
Anyway, although Miley, who is white, has come in for a lot of criticism over her tasteless performance, it is sad to think that if she were black, probably nothing would have been said. I say this because I'have seen snippets of videos of hip hop where that is exactly what the backup sex-objects are doing - twerking and fawning all over the male singer with his gold chains and his angry face and his utter contempt for the women fawning all over him.
Sadly, Miley Cyrus sees absolutely nothing disgusting in her behavior...and I really wonder if all her tweener fans don't either. That would be so sad.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Oscar meyer commercial
I've seen this commercial a couple of times.
Four teenage boys - well, maybe 11 or 12 - who clearly think they are God's gift to creation, are sitting on a couch playing a video game.
The dad of one of them comes in and starts talking hip hop slang.
the boys look at him like he's an idiot and his son talks to him like he's an idiot.
Then the boy hands over a plate that has a piece of bacon on it, and he eats it.
How offensive. How offensive.
Any kid who would talk to his parents like this kid talks to his dad should be spanked, sent to bed without supper, and his video game thrown in the garbage.
Four teenage boys - well, maybe 11 or 12 - who clearly think they are God's gift to creation, are sitting on a couch playing a video game.
The dad of one of them comes in and starts talking hip hop slang.
the boys look at him like he's an idiot and his son talks to him like he's an idiot.
Then the boy hands over a plate that has a piece of bacon on it, and he eats it.
How offensive. How offensive.
Any kid who would talk to his parents like this kid talks to his dad should be spanked, sent to bed without supper, and his video game thrown in the garbage.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Never get involved in a land war in Asia
and never agree to transcribe 20 hours of meetings from an Australian business meeting.
That's what I've been doing for the last 4 days...utter nightmare. Could NOT understand their accents. Making it worse were the bad audio levels and the fact that a lot of the people preesnt insisted on talking over each other from all around the room except in front of the microphone... I will never transcribe ANYTHING every again.
Anyway, so sorry to be MIA from my blogs.
That's what I've been doing for the last 4 days...utter nightmare. Could NOT understand their accents. Making it worse were the bad audio levels and the fact that a lot of the people preesnt insisted on talking over each other from all around the room except in front of the microphone... I will never transcribe ANYTHING every again.
Anyway, so sorry to be MIA from my blogs.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Reality shows are taking over...
Sad but true.
It seems like every single channel - whether it was once a movie channel or a history channel - now shows 70% or more of stupid reality series (stupid being the operative word) and less than 30% seems to be actual quality shows.
So what's on the Science Fiction channel right now?
A game show called Black Out, where celebrities go in a room or somewhere where it is totally dark and have to figure out what gross things he or she is experiencing.
What does this have to do with Science Fiction, for goodness sake?
It seems like every single channel - whether it was once a movie channel or a history channel - now shows 70% or more of stupid reality series (stupid being the operative word) and less than 30% seems to be actual quality shows.
So what's on the Science Fiction channel right now?
A game show called Black Out, where celebrities go in a room or somewhere where it is totally dark and have to figure out what gross things he or she is experiencing.
What does this have to do with Science Fiction, for goodness sake?
Friday, February 8, 2013
Kayak commercial
I've seen this commercial a few times before...I can't believe it hasn't been pulled.
Black guy surfing the web, than all of a sudden this Asian head pops up out of his shirt, and then the arms, etc.
(Obviously, it has to be an Asian, can't be a white because there'd be a racial component there...)
Regardless, it has got to be one of the stupidest commercials I've ever seen.
Oh, there's been over the top funny ones, like the dentist doing brain surgery who has the guy he's working on checking out travel sites, or the guy with four dummies attached to him, who shakes a can of pop, opens it, and sprays someone near by... they were moderately amusing if stupid...
But this one plumbs a new low. I mean, who would even thin of something as ridiculous and revolting as this. Regardless of whether or not the parasite or second body is black, white, yellow, w hatever...it is just mindlessly stupid.
Black guy surfing the web, than all of a sudden this Asian head pops up out of his shirt, and then the arms, etc.
(Obviously, it has to be an Asian, can't be a white because there'd be a racial component there...)
Regardless, it has got to be one of the stupidest commercials I've ever seen.
Oh, there's been over the top funny ones, like the dentist doing brain surgery who has the guy he's working on checking out travel sites, or the guy with four dummies attached to him, who shakes a can of pop, opens it, and sprays someone near by... they were moderately amusing if stupid...
But this one plumbs a new low. I mean, who would even thin of something as ridiculous and revolting as this. Regardless of whether or not the parasite or second body is black, white, yellow, w hatever...it is just mindlessly stupid.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Oreo Commercial
An orgy of destruction.
Two men in a library, whispering about what's better the cream or the cookie.
And one guy turns over the table, and a fight starts out that embraces the whole library and requires police.
Over an Oreo cookie.
The sad thing is there have been people who have been beaten to death for real, for just this kind of thing.
Little girl eats her mom's boyfriend's last cookie, and he beats her to death.
Little girl dares to kiss a boy whom another girl regards as her boyfriend - she stomps the girl into a coma while her mother cheers her on.
Grown men at a baseball stadium...one guy wears the wrong cap in the wrong section of the stadium so he's stomped into a coma...
So this Oreo commercial where it's nothign about taste and all about the joy of destruction.... it's not funny, it's revolting.
Two men in a library, whispering about what's better the cream or the cookie.
And one guy turns over the table, and a fight starts out that embraces the whole library and requires police.
Over an Oreo cookie.
The sad thing is there have been people who have been beaten to death for real, for just this kind of thing.
Little girl eats her mom's boyfriend's last cookie, and he beats her to death.
Little girl dares to kiss a boy whom another girl regards as her boyfriend - she stomps the girl into a coma while her mother cheers her on.
Grown men at a baseball stadium...one guy wears the wrong cap in the wrong section of the stadium so he's stomped into a coma...
So this Oreo commercial where it's nothign about taste and all about the joy of destruction.... it's not funny, it's revolting.
Superbowl: Go Daddy Commercial
Danica Patrick keeps her clothes on for this one. She's dressed in her racing outfit.
Introduces a beautiful model, who is the "sexy" part of Go Daddy, and a fat, plain teenage type guy, who is "smart."
Then they kiss. And the camera gives a closeup of them French kissing.
Is this not offensive? Of course the woman is beautiful and the guy is a dog, not the other way around - which of course you will never ever see.
Is this really necessary? Just like any other GoDaddy commercial that emphasizes sex and says nothing about their service, why in the world would anyone go to GoDaddy based on these crappy commercials?
Introduces a beautiful model, who is the "sexy" part of Go Daddy, and a fat, plain teenage type guy, who is "smart."
Then they kiss. And the camera gives a closeup of them French kissing.
Is this not offensive? Of course the woman is beautiful and the guy is a dog, not the other way around - which of course you will never ever see.
Is this really necessary? Just like any other GoDaddy commercial that emphasizes sex and says nothing about their service, why in the world would anyone go to GoDaddy based on these crappy commercials?
M&Ms Superbowl commercial
Okay, let's comment on all the stupid Super Bowl commercials.
First we've got the M&Ms ones.
A big M&M singing "I'll do anything for love." Then he's surrounded by beautiful women trying to eat him.
First we've got the M&Ms ones.
A big M&M singing "I'll do anything for love." Then he's surrounded by beautiful women trying to eat him.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Audi car company commercial...be brave...
I think it was Audi...
Some teenager in a tuxedo, "joe sschmo", walks into a prom, up to the prom queen, and without a by your leave just kisses her, long and intimately.
He breaks it off when the prom king says Hey.
Of course the girl looks after him in an orgasmic haze...doesn't mind at all that she's been kissed by a complete stranger who didn't bother to ask permission, just up and did it.
Final shot of commercial is kid driving home with a shiner but a smirk on his face..... he kissed the prettiest girl in school! Oooohh. he's su-uch a man!
Some teenager in a tuxedo, "joe sschmo", walks into a prom, up to the prom queen, and without a by your leave just kisses her, long and intimately.
He breaks it off when the prom king says Hey.
Of course the girl looks after him in an orgasmic haze...doesn't mind at all that she's been kissed by a complete stranger who didn't bother to ask permission, just up and did it.
Final shot of commercial is kid driving home with a shiner but a smirk on his face..... he kissed the prettiest girl in school! Oooohh. he's su-uch a man!
Monday, January 28, 2013
Bullet to the Head
Bullet to the Head is the new Sylvester Stallone movie, and my, doesn't Stallone looked ripped. You'd hardly think he's in his 60s!
But my goodness, what a title. Bullet to the Head. The whole premise of the film is unwholesome. Violence, violence, violence. Violence for the sake of violence.
But my goodness, what a title. Bullet to the Head. The whole premise of the film is unwholesome. Violence, violence, violence. Violence for the sake of violence.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
OMG!
Never realized I hadn't posted in over 2 weeks!
Sorry, folks
Things have just gotten away from me the last week and a half...posting should be back on schedule starting this weekend.
Sorry, folks
Things have just gotten away from me the last week and a half...posting should be back on schedule starting this weekend.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Posts resume Thursday
I know I've been saying this periodically but this will be the last time I say it...I'm visiting relatives and although they have Wi fi I don't have a private room to work.
I'll be home Thursaday and will get back into the swing of things then.
I'll be home Thursaday and will get back into the swing of things then.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Football "look at me!" continues
I'm watching the Colts-Texans game, but they just showed a 30 second clip of some white guy scoring a touchdown for the Detroit Lions. One of his teammates rushes over to congratulate him, and this idiot puts out a hand to stop him. Teammate again attempts to congratulate him, guy again tells him to back off.
Then he does some weird "shivering all over" while holding one arm extended move which just made it clear that whoever this guy is, he ain't got no rhythm, then, after that very important "look at me demonstrate how classless I am" celebration, he finally allows him teammates to congratulate him.
What an idiot!
And I see by checking at cbssportline.com that it was some nimnul named Will Heller. Heller, you're an idiot.
Then he does some weird "shivering all over" while holding one arm extended move which just made it clear that whoever this guy is, he ain't got no rhythm, then, after that very important "look at me demonstrate how classless I am" celebration, he finally allows him teammates to congratulate him.
What an idiot!
And I see by checking at cbssportline.com that it was some nimnul named Will Heller. Heller, you're an idiot.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Some liquor commercial...Bacardi
I've blogged about this commercial before... some large fat guy wearing a very small swimsuit struts along a beach carrying his bacardi and soda or whatever he's got. The tagline: " Be comfortable."
There's a new one now, where he's just standing around with his glass. We dont' see what he's looking at, but he's doubtless ogling all the stick-thin women on the beach who wouldn't actually give him the time of day although he doubtless thinks they're all looking at him in admiration rather than astonishment....
Is it done this way because men consume hard liquor more than women do...or because "being comfortable" doesn't extend to women who should all be skeletal and not, at the very least, comfortably plump.
There's a new one now, where he's just standing around with his glass. We dont' see what he's looking at, but he's doubtless ogling all the stick-thin women on the beach who wouldn't actually give him the time of day although he doubtless thinks they're all looking at him in admiration rather than astonishment....
Is it done this way because men consume hard liquor more than women do...or because "being comfortable" doesn't extend to women who should all be skeletal and not, at the very least, comfortably plump.
Gummiebear/ Gummibar
Some abomination on channel 68, KWGN or some other alphabet soup - I'm thinking its NPR, the public channel.
Main character is a green bear - wearing underwear. His sidekicks are fully clothed, including the obligatory long-legged sexy female cat, but he is wearing Y=fronts. And when he is shown from the back, we see his buttcrack.
Why? What is this telling kids? It's okay to run around in your underwear with your buttcrack showing as long as everyone else is fully dressed? Running around in your Yfronts is funny? What?
I guess we must be thankful that they don't have the female character running around in bra and panties.
Main character is a green bear - wearing underwear. His sidekicks are fully clothed, including the obligatory long-legged sexy female cat, but he is wearing Y=fronts. And when he is shown from the back, we see his buttcrack.
Why? What is this telling kids? It's okay to run around in your underwear with your buttcrack showing as long as everyone else is fully dressed? Running around in your Yfronts is funny? What?
I guess we must be thankful that they don't have the female character running around in bra and panties.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
New posting schedule
Now that I've got this new full-time job, I'll be posting in this blog twice a week - on Monday's and Wednesdays.
So the next post for this blog will be on Monday.
Thanks for your patience.
So the next post for this blog will be on Monday.
Thanks for your patience.
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