So what's not funny here? It parodies one of my most hated commercials of all times. Y'all know the one. The lame Head On. God, I hated that ad. Problem is though I think that it worked! I believe I read where that marketing campaign was one of the more successful ones for that year which, I think, was '06.Why did so many people apparently find that funny? I don't get it. Now I've got a pretty good sense of humor and a very dry wit...I just don't f*cking get it! They even had the balls to come back with a parody of one of their own stupid ads. The dude that says, "Head On, Head On, Head On...blah, blah, blah." What ever happened to the Tidy Bowl man? The little gay looking dude that putted around in a toilet bowl all day looking like Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island. Remember? Mikey! Little Mikey that hates everything--remember that one? Great stuff, really.
Wrigley's gum used to have those Doublemint gum ads. The twin brothers or sisters would come prancing through the joint acting like they were having the best f*cking time of their lives because of a 25 cent pack of gum. They were obnoxious, and while I didn't like them I couldn't get that stupid song outta my head for years. Oscar-Mayer had the little kid fishing singing the bologna jingle that I bet most of you know now. Hell, that's 30 years old! To top it all off though, and this pisses me off because it's cooler than my fantasy Hummer, OscarM. also has the friggin' Weinermobile! It's not like every kid has one of those you know?
Hell I don't know. I remember seeing one from the 70's. A Japanese ad. It showed some little smiling pie faced Jap in a pool farting. The other little kids, seeing bubbles, scattered leaving the kid by himself. Now that was funny. Seems to me that while the world is going to hell in a handbasket I could find more profound things to ponder. Bullshit I say! If I want to ponder preposterous pontifications of possible but palatable madness so f*cking be it. Well, all's well that ends well I suppose. I do know this though...I have one helluva headache just from all of this pondering. I'm out of here. Gotta go find the Head On. Later gang.-Don.
Note: This post originally published 9/8/08.
33 comments:
Where's the beef?
Help! I've fallen and can't get up.
And I hated both those old women, but the commercial lived on.
farting in a pool is fine. PEEING in a pool is another story.
Per your comment on my blog, I thought the EXACT same thing when I was buying them. Or even intruders or something. What if my gift saves their life?
"Double your pleasure, double your fun,
With Doublemint, Doublemint, Doublemint gum!"
Hey - its back in my head now, it can damn well be in yours too.
dana: I'd forgotten that Wendy's ad. I liked it.
leigh: Just don't go near someone surrounded by warmer water!
OK, Crazy: I guess if they save lives then maybe someone will get them defibrillators for their 50th anniversery.
Bill: Thanks a lot pal! I really needed that!
Greatest commercial ever was for Tang. It ran for one season, and nearly everyone of that generation knows Tang was on the space missions. Cheap bastards never even had a jingle, just some stolen footage of a rocket launch.
Da Old Man: Yeah!!! I remember that well. Hell, I had totally forgotten about Tang! Kool Aid with some "C" added...
LOL, the memories.
I miss the Bud commercials with the frogs and Pepsi had some really cool ones back in the day.
Thanks Don, by the way for the visit and comment.
It's all coming back to me...that little Japanese kid in the bath. What was the ad for? Mr. Bubble maybe?
I think it was Wendy's (maybe?) had an ad with the Russian fashion show. Announcer would say "Evening Vear" and out would come a battle ax dressed in a prison uniform with a flashlight. "Svim Vear" was the same outfit, but carrying a beach ball. Why that stayed with me all those years is a mystery.
wblmom: You're welcome and thank you!
Deb: I remember that ad now! That was when the Russian and East German women athletes were being hammered in the press and using testosterone...funny as hell.(Olympic atheletes that is.)
Wow, brings back some memories. Goes to show how old I am...
"If I want to ponder preposterous pontifications of possible but palatable madness" - well put sir! Adverts piss me off no end.
who doesn't love the wienermobile?? :D
Don,I hate commercials of any kind shape or form. Vonage is the worst right now.
Yeah. Everybody seems to have their favorites. Well, everybody except ettarose. Party pooper!
Those Doublemint girls back then really warmed my adolescent...heart (yeah, heart--let's go with that).
Happy New Year my friend!
Farting is always funny, well at least from a guy's point of view...
Dead Rooster: Mine too. I thought 2 "hot" blonde babes-yikes twins-couldn't be beat. In fact, I still subscribe to that line of thought.
Preston: I don't know Preston. You may be right, but I've seen some girls who really think it's funny. Of course the girls worked for a construction company.
"deb" was kind enough to ask:
It's all coming back to me...that little Japanese kid in the bath. What was the ad for? Mr. Bubble maybe?
Actually, it was for Shisheido Olive Bath Soap.
I just recreated that farting in the tub commercial and it was amazing for everyone involved. I just wanted to share that. Also the guy in the picture above with the distorted head definitely needs some Ball-On, stat. Happy New Year Don!
Exaggerator: Hell, bro'. I don't remember when that farting Jap thing was. Back in the 80's sometime.
The Self Deprechaun: Just recreating that huh? Glad you're having fun dude! Ever play motorboat?
Personally Don,I still remember the cute girl with a little company outfit saying
FLY ME!
I remember my Dad being hypnotized from that ad, but I couldn't understand why at the time.
Kevin John: I remember that now that you mention it. What was it for? United Airlines?
The most famous commercial ever had to be for Tang. It ran one year, yet every one our age knows it as the stuff that went to the moon.
Don, I agree. I absolutely hated that damn commercial. When I see most of the commercials coming out nowadays, I wonder if it's very difficult at all to start an ad agency. Doesn't really seem like you need much creativity anymore. I swear, that product could be the only thing on the planet that alleviates headaches and I still wouldn't buy it -- just because they pissed me off with that annoying commercial!
Now:
"Time to make the doughnuts"
Wishing you a happy, healthy, prosperous, and amazing 2009!
peace,
mike
livelife365
Happy New Year!
Da Old Man: I remember that well! Went to the moon huh? NASA always was full of it...Tang I mean.
AngieSS: I know. I could have shot the poor t.v.
Doughnuts?
Mike Foster: Thanks Mike, and same to you. Keep putting out those really go posts of yours! I love both of your sites...
There was a Combos campaign last year titled "What your Mom would feed you if your Mom were a man", that pretty sums it up.
As for farting in a pool, oh yeah.
Having actually made commercials for a living, and enjoyed it, I can say that I often enjoy the commercials more than the shows. In fact, the commercials get around more because they post them on You-Tube.
The best thing about the Head On Commercial? Some skeptics sent some tubes to a laboratory. Came back that it was 98% paraffin (wax) and 2% aspirin. If you made a paste of two aspirin and smeared it on your forehead you'd have extra strength Head-On.
Head-On is the first OTC Placebo. What makes it doubly effective is that people who are most likely to be helped by it are the ones suggestible enough to buy it. Since Placebos have absolutely no effect on your body, they are essentially risk free drugs.
>>>my fantasy Hummer
That's where the girl giving the bj is humming with ecstatic glee? Right?
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