So as I said I was upto no good past month or so.. fell sick so many times.. I’m already into next year with my leaves at work.. so it was just my bed, my TV and my cell...
Has anyone noticed how many ads seem to be displayed on out television screens lately.. of a 30 min soap, I get to watch 10 min of stupid ads about some freakin aerated drink I’m supposed to buy cause some stupid sports/movie star was heavily paid.. all they end up doing is making a complete ass out of themselves..Take for e.g. the new pepsi add, the one with SRK acting like that snake charmer, someone please do me a favor by explaining that add to me. I haven’t seen a more idiotic add than that.. coke did a good thing by completely stopping airing their ads few months back..and just for that I drink only coke nowadays..With 60% of the population around the poverty line, I think companies like pepsi should do more than coming up with idiotic dumb phrases like "oye bubbly" ... if only I had a cent for all the times I’ve abused the advertising geniuses of pepsi..
Ok now I’m not saying that all adds on TV suck as much as Pepsi’s... there are a few creative people around.. sprite used to do well mocking pepsi...(though I have to admit its not that tough)... but haven’t seen an add lately..maybe they followed coke on no stupid ads..not too sure..
but I have a few favorite adds.. you might remember a hot woman, wearing a black dress sitting at a café. I’m sure u'll recollect the add when u hear the words "One black coffee, please"...Lately there haven’t been so many good adds around, though MasterCard always comes up with a good one here and there...there are something’s money cant buy ( yeah, I hear you.. don’t believe you )..
Incase one wonders why I’m taking about advertisements so much..here is why.. 24 hours in a day.. 8 hours sleep, remaining 16 hours TV.. of which 6 hours are ads..so there u have it..1/4th my day I’m watching commercials..
As for pepsi, I am not going to drink another sip, unless they stop their stupid adds.. hope many people follow..
I thought I was the only one feeling like shoving that bottle up Pepsi’s creative geniuses rear ends..then a small search around google reveled that there are many like me..
If you have jobless people in your workplace, you would have got this awesome forward.. this short kid goes to a soft-drink machine.. puts money in and gets one pepsi can, he does it again.. picks them up, arranges them on the ground... then the next scene shows him standing on the two cans putting money and pressing the coke button...which was obviously too high for him to get to before..Now thats great advertising...pity they cant telecast it.. if I were the CEO of coke.. I would stop all stupid ads for a whole year.. then play this add on tv..and give pepsi the money saved in that one year when they sue..maybe thats what they are doing.. its been over a few months.. we’ll wait n see.. its worth the wait..
Another series of stupid ads are from pizza companies.. Anyone knows someone who dances around after ordering pizza? Or does anyone know anybody who orders two pizzas to impress the girl next door? Get creative people.. what the *%$# does "basi dhekela" mean anyway.. and for the information of the general public.. last 4 times I was in pizza hut.. there was no "stock" of freshizza... yes those were the exact words.. sorry, no stock.. I though they make the dough after you order..how can there be stock then? And yes.if I want to get fresh, I generally take a bath..not eat pizzas.. wanna get fresh? indeed..
And don’t even get me started about the shampoo commercials.. the way they portray their product..i don’t use it and its a big surprise that I’m not bald or dropping snow flakes off of my head..
Hey what's up with those hutch ads? where ever you go our network follows? They have the most shitty network service.. half the conversation goes in 'hello-hello.. can u hear me?' What if there are two people standing at the same place..and one of them goes away, if the @$%#@$ network follows him.. what the hell is the first one supposed to do?? guess that explains the service..atleast they have a cute dog in their ads..but i guess they can double up their subscribers by replacing the dog with a semi naked woman..
I found a way to beat the system.. I stopped watching adverts… what do I do when they annoyingly pop up on my TV screen? I switch channels.. that’s what everyone should do.. stop watching adds.. The break is generally 2-3 min.. so u can switch back in time.. or u might end up watching something much better than what u were originally watching.. win-win situation..
So all I’ve been doing is complaining that adds on TV suck.. many of u might be thinking.. ok, lets see you come up with something better..
Since I hate pepsi, I wont do them any favors of coming up with decent ideas..let them stick to the "oye bubbley"...can someone believe that they actually thought people would buy that cd they came up with titled Oye bubbly.."Commercials use ugly stereotypes to appeal to the lowest common denominator" says the creator of commercialsihate.com. Amen to that. you wont find any Indian ads there, but the sentiments are the same..Pepsi actually thought someone would pay 150 rs to buy a pathetic cd with stupid songs (oye bubbley included) when people think twice before buying their 10 rupee beverage..
Enough said..here is the add for MasterCard...
Scene : A young couple..
Voice over :
One short skirt and a tight top 940 rs
Trip to the lake in her favorite car 560 rs
A romantic dinner under the moonlight 1820 rs
The look on her face when you pass the bill to her.. priceless
There are something’s money cant buy....
As for many companies in the likes of Pepsi. that’s one giant leap. Backwards.
10 comments:
woweeeeeee! brilliant! i was so damn frustrated and going thru ur blog really cheered me up, mate:D!
first and foremost, all ur scathing remarks for the majority of the present day ads is quite justified! most of them suck big time! i used to watch a serial quite some years back known as "the dream-merchants"! they used to show a collection of the best ads from around the world! now those were what u can call ads! and yes! the "one black coffe, please" ad was an absolute cracker! loved it! even the coke one in which the kid makes best use of the pepsi cans!
and the mastercard ad was ingenious! and hilarious! hats off to you! keep up the good work
hehe... u r in a wrong job man!
hey thanks for dropping by - i just skimmed this post will come back and read at leisure later :)
Now firstly me loves pepsi max :) and yeah ur sooo right asian tv channels have like 10 min of ads!! and that snake charmer ad with SRK is totally pants
'ello there,
Long time no see. I see you're making apt use of your time... excellent time management skills. Exactly what I do when I have free time dude! Laze around... yes listen to music, surf the net... Ahh! which would've been much easier if I didn't have my exams on!
Nice to know some of us are committed to the blog. And nice to know you still feature my blog on your 'Blogs I read...' list, considering I haven't read my blog, in forever. I'm sure you completely forgot to erase it, but hey, thanks nonetheless.
Don't ask me why I stopped writing... I dont really know myself, or probably cause a lots been going on... On the other hand I'm sorry I didn't even cruise by yours cause as I can see you're as fun as always!
Random Titbits -
- I won a CD on radio the other night.
- Hugely crushing on 'Jared Padelecki' and some other insignificant people... now. Hehehe...
- Listening to 'Bad Day' by Daniel Powter right now.
- Saving up to buy a guitar.
- Miserably insomniacal nowadays... Sleep has permanently evaded me.
- Reading 'The Alchemist' well begun reading it at least.
- Probably going to flunk miserably in my exams considering they are TODAY!
P.S. --> Leave you're Email ID in my comments block... I'll be watching that space.
- Perfectly Imperfect
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Hey I loved it! Commercials really get more stupid all the time. Although it is ironic that two of the comments on this blog are advertisements for a no hassle loan. Is anywhere safe? ;)
haha jenny..so true..well the loan options would be useful for someone.. so i guess v'll leave it there!
and heena.. i still read your blog.. the same post again and again.. :P kidding..
'ello
Good to know you're still loyal... and yea I haven't spotted you're Email anywhere... Yes I'm that daft, so you might as well just give it to me... unless you're avoiding me... Hmm, Now explain yourself... And yes youre a guy... I can tell for sure... you gave yourself away in your post. Or else you're a girl wh0o thinks exactly like a guy. Haha! Take you're pic...
[Restarting my blog soon enough... Beware]
- Heena
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