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Try My Product, It Sells Itself

January 11, 2009

My taste in commercials is a little different from most people.  I like the commercials that are brazen in their contempt of the customer. Here are a few of my favorites. If you haven’t seen one of these spots, just click on the picture and hold on to your credit card.
Head On
The laboratory analysis [...]

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The End of Sex

February 25, 2004

“We’re sorry; Frances is currently watching the final episode of Sex and the City and cannot come to the phone. Please leave your name and number and whether or not you want a call back after 10 pm.”
Like a lot of good ideas, I had that one after I had fielded the third phone call [...]

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The Sins of the Father

February 23, 2004

In the mid-sixties, a radical change shook television like a dog shakes a rat. Black people started appearing in sitcoms and commercials — a small niche previously reserved for a few “safe” black performers. I was just a small boy back then, but I remember this revolt clearly because it was vividly pointed out to [...]

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