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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 3, 2019 17:48:42 GMT
IMO, the best ever ad campaign was by Wendy's in the early to mid 80's. Produced by the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising agency, their ads were hilarious and showed their product in a good way. From Clara Peller and the "Where's the Beef?" campaign to the Soviet fashion show these were the best commercials of the 80's. This same ad firm also produced the Fed Ex commercials with the fast talking guy too. Here they are. Oh, fun fact, Clara Peller actually got the line wrong. it was supposed to be "Where's all the beef" but she just said "Where's the beef" and they went with it: Miller Lite in the 70's - early 80's was the best, in my opinion. First ongoing ad campaign that was "must see TV". Everyone shut up when a new one came out. Bob Uecker and his "I must be in the front row", Billy Martin's "I didn't punch that doggie", Marvelous Marv Throneberry "I still don't know why they asked me to do this."
My personal favorite
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 3, 2019 18:40:46 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
You're not alone: www.newser.com/story/283871/a-peloton-ad-goes-viral-not-exactly-in-a-good-way.html
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 3, 2019 18:46:06 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
You're not alone: www.newser.com/story/283871/a-peloton-ad-goes-viral-not-exactly-in-a-good-way.html I'm glad other people find it annoying and I'll be pleased if it has any other negative effects on their business... ..but you'd have to do some real mental gymnastics to claim it's sexist rather than just stupid and obnoxious. |
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 3, 2019 18:52:45 GMT
As a total aside, my wife bought a peloton last year that I use all the time to supplement my workout regiment. It's AWESOME. Tons of different types of classes, there's all kinds of core workouts and assorted body-weight strength workouts you can do. I use it at night during the week (a quick 20 minute sweat) and then do a 60-90 minute workout on Sat or Sun and it's done wonders for my cardio and endurance.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 3, 2019 19:03:35 GMT
As a total aside, my wife bought a peloton last year that I use all the time to supplement my workout regiment. It's AWESOME. Tons of different types of classes, there's all kinds of core workouts and assorted body-weight strength workouts you can do. I use it at night during the week (a quick 20 minute sweat) and then do a 60-90 minute workout on Sat or Sun and it's done wonders for my cardio and endurance. I'm sure it's useful. I have an aversion to gym douches in spandex wearing headsets and shouting motivational slogans at me. I went to a couple of Orange Theory classes, they weren't as bad or annoying as I thought they might be, but they are indeed part of that thing that I hate so much. And Peleton looks like that but dialed up to more smarmy, douchey, smug, annoying levels, largely that perception comes from these horrible ads. Again, I'm sure they yield results, and being able to do that kind of thing at home does have some appeal. But they douche factor would prevent me from ever giving them money. |
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Post by njcardfan on Dec 3, 2019 19:06:41 GMT
IMO, the best ever ad campaign was by Wendy's in the early to mid 80's. Produced by the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising agency, their ads were hilarious and showed their product in a good way. From Clara Peller and the "Where's the Beef?" campaign to the Soviet fashion show these were the best commercials of the 80's. This same ad firm also produced the Fed Ex commercials with the fast talking guy too. Here they are. Oh, fun fact, Clara Peller actually got the line wrong. it was supposed to be "Where's all the beef" but she just said "Where's the beef" and they went with it: Miller Lite in the 70's - early 80's was the best, in my opinion. First ongoing ad campaign that was "must see TV". Everyone shut up when a new one came out. Bob Uecker and his "I must be in the front row", Billy Martin's "I didn't punch that doggie", Marvelous Marv Throneberry "I still don't know why they asked me to do this."
My personal favorite
Can't argue with that but this is my favorite of those commercials:
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 3, 2019 19:16:19 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
You're not alone: www.newser.com/story/283871/a-peloton-ad-goes-viral-not-exactly-in-a-good-way.html It ws the first thing I thought of. Any married guy knows the secret of marriage and getting some from your wife. Never comment on weight. Never answer questions like "Does this outfit make me look fat?" or "Is my ass getting bigger?". If you are honest, you aren't getting any for a while. If you lie, eventually, you'll hear "You're just saying that, you're full on shit." My pat answer is "I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might make me celibate"
Note, I'm exaggerating. My wife doesn't use sex as a weapon. I do
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 3, 2019 19:17:04 GMT
As a total aside, my wife bought a peloton last year that I use all the time to supplement my workout regiment. It's AWESOME. Tons of different types of classes, there's all kinds of core workouts and assorted body-weight strength workouts you can do. I use it at night during the week (a quick 20 minute sweat) and then do a 60-90 minute workout on Sat or Sun and it's done wonders for my cardio and endurance. I'm sure it's useful. I have an aversion to gym douches in spandex wearing headsets and shouting motivational slogans at me. I went to a couple of Orange Theory classes, they weren't as bad or annoying as I thought they might be, but they are indeed part of that thing that I hate so much. And Peleton looks like that but dialed up to more smarmy, douchey, smug, annoying levels, largely that perception comes from these horrible ads. Again, I'm sure they yield results, and being able to do that kind of thing at home does have some appeal. But they douche factor would prevent me from ever giving them money. I hear ya. There's a couple of them like that, but the people whose classes I usually take don't do that, at least not typically. I find that I fare vastly better in a class setting, even a simulated class like this, as opposed to just going to the gym and lifting weights by myself. For that reason, the peloton is great. Plus, I treat it like a friendly competition. You target someone on the leaderboard and you try to beat them, just to see if you can. Going to a more traditional gym and watching meatheads admire themselves in the mirror while doing hammer curls is much more douchier in my humble opinion. Or people who don't wipe off the benches after they're done, that kinda thing.
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Post by njcardfan on Dec 3, 2019 19:36:21 GMT
As I said, we don't know the backstory of this commercial. My take is that the wife made comments about getting in better shape or toning her body or maybe even flat out said she wanted one of those bikes. It isn't like he bought her a vacuum cleaner or pots and pans(I heard that someone did this to their wife). It's something she was obviously excited to get and used and in her mind she enjoyed it. Despite what the triggered crowd thinks, there's nothing sexist about that commercial.
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 3, 2019 21:01:43 GMT
As I said, we don't know the backstory of this commercial. My take is that the wife made comments about getting in better shape or toning her body or maybe even flat out said she wanted one of those bikes. It isn't like he bought her a vacuum cleaner or pots and pans(I heard that someone did this to their wife). It's something she was obviously excited to get and used and in her mind she enjoyed it. Despite what the triggered crowd thinks, there's nothing sexist about that commercial. Even in some of those other situations, it's a case by case basis. Buying cooking gear for my mom would get you the most genuine thank yous that one could get. She loves to cook and new pots and pans would make her day.
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Post by ReyKahuka on Dec 3, 2019 21:17:53 GMT
As I said, we don't know the backstory of this commercial. My take is that the wife made comments about getting in better shape or toning her body or maybe even flat out said she wanted one of those bikes. It isn't like he bought her a vacuum cleaner or pots and pans(I heard that someone did this to their wife). It's something she was obviously excited to get and used and in her mind she enjoyed it. Despite what the triggered crowd thinks, there's nothing sexist about that commercial. I don't know about sexist, but the backstory of that commercial would be fascinating. She says she's nervous the first time. Nervous using an exercise bike in your own home? Then she says, "Five days in a row! Surprised? I am." I sincerely hope she didn't ask her husband to buy her a present she had no intention of using. However, the alternative is she in fact did not want it. She has a kind of nervous desperation about her throughout the ad, it's a little spooky. She excitedly points out the instructor says her name at one point, she has serious self-esteem issues (and who wouldn't when their husband gifts them an exercise bike they apparently didn't ask for). So fearful is she of her husband's disapproval that she makes a dopey video of her 'progress' and shows it to him a year later, hoping like mad that he doesn't send her to urgent care like the last time she disappointed him. This is a Lifetime original movie waiting to happen, somebody get on this!
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Post by millar70 on Dec 3, 2019 23:05:34 GMT
We are overanalyzing that Peloton commercial. The husband just wants to make sure that his wife keeps that tight ass of hers.
Let's face it, once they get a ring on the finger and spit out a couple of kids, lots of women will let themselves go a little bit in the body area. The husband in the commercial is no fool, she keeps riding that bike, that ass stays nice and firm.
Those Pelotons can keep a marriage happy and successful.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Dec 4, 2019 5:47:51 GMT
As I said, we don't know the backstory of this commercial. My take is that the wife made comments about getting in better shape or toning her body or maybe even flat out said she wanted one of those bikes. It isn't like he bought her a vacuum cleaner or pots and pans(I heard that someone did this to their wife). It's something she was obviously excited to get and used and in her mind she enjoyed it. Despite what the triggered crowd thinks, there's nothing sexist about that commercial. I don't know about sexist, but the backstory of that commercial would be fascinating. She says she's nervous the first time. Nervous using an exercise bike in your own home? Then she says, "Five days in a row! Surprised? I am." I sincerely hope she didn't ask her husband to buy her a present she had no intention of using. However, the alternative is she in fact did not want it. She has a kind of nervous desperation about her throughout the ad, it's a little spooky. She excitedly points out the instructor says her name at one point, she has serious self-esteem issues (and who wouldn't when their husband gifts them an exercise bike they apparently didn't ask for). So fearful is she of her husband's disapproval that she makes a dopey video of her 'progress' and shows it to him a year later, hoping like mad that he doesn't send her to urgent care like the last time she disappointed him. This is a Lifetime original movie waiting to happen, somebody get on this! I think you are onto something here. I mean, why in the hell else would they be sitting there watching boring as fuck home videos of her using it? "And I need proof, bitch, everyday that you are here using this while I work late* and we will watch that proof at some point where you will never know when." *Banging the new hot secretary on every desk in every office and finally the conference table.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Dec 4, 2019 5:58:40 GMT
The greatest Super Bowl commercial ever made: I like this one better:
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Post by WarrenPeace on Dec 4, 2019 6:11:32 GMT
As a total aside, my wife bought a peloton last year that I use all the time to supplement my workout regiment. It's AWESOME. Tons of different types of classes, there's all kinds of core workouts and assorted body-weight strength workouts you can do. I use it at night during the week (a quick 20 minute sweat) and then do a 60-90 minute workout on Sat or Sun and it's done wonders for my cardio and endurance. I ride a real bicycle which is not only fun but also kills two hunters with one shot by getting you places while you exercise.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 4, 2019 13:10:43 GMT
As a total aside, my wife bought a peloton last year that I use all the time to supplement my workout regiment. It's AWESOME. Tons of different types of classes, there's all kinds of core workouts and assorted body-weight strength workouts you can do. I use it at night during the week (a quick 20 minute sweat) and then do a 60-90 minute workout on Sat or Sun and it's done wonders for my cardio and endurance. I ride a real bicycle which is not only fun but also kills two hunters with one shot by getting you places while you exercise. I also ride a real bicycle.
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Post by marianne48 on Dec 4, 2019 14:29:58 GMT
Gee, and here I was thinking that this was such a good commercial--nice to see a wife thrilled with a present that she might actually enjoy, instead of one of those really sexist ones that depict a wife as a money-hungry harridan who expects her husband to present her with some obscenely expensive jewelry that she"ll never wear, just to "prove his love."
We have an exercise bike at home, and we use it every day. My 89-year-old mother uses it because it's low-impact exercise that she can do without exacerbating her arthritis; I use it so I don't have to go to some sweaty gym, and to try to stay fit in order to avoid developing some condition that will lead to my having to take a daily dose of something called "Suckalex."
Anyone offended by this commercial--get over it.
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Post by fjenkins on Dec 4, 2019 15:54:32 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
That and the woman looks like she weighs around 99 pounds both before and after using the bike for a year ! After all that peddling exercise, her legs still look like toothpicks ! That was what I thought. If they wanted to see the thing, put a hot chick in a fat suit at the beginning, after the year, she's all skinny. This girl looked exactly the same after a year, still really skinny. Terrible ad.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 4, 2019 15:56:58 GMT
Gee, and here I was thinking that this was such a good commercial--nice to see a wife thrilled with a present that she might actually enjoy, instead of one of those really sexist ones that depict a wife as a money-hungry harridan who expects her husband to present her with some obscenely expensive jewelry that she"ll never wear, just to "prove his love." We have an exercise bike at home, and we use it every day. My 89-year-old mother uses it because it's low-impact exercise that she can do without exacerbating her arthritis; I use it so I don't have to go to some sweaty gym, and to try to stay fit in order to avoid developing some condition that will lead to my having to take a daily dose of something called "Suckalex." Anyone offended by this commercial--get over it. Who are trying to talk to here? Not one person has said they were offended. The add has been called stupid, poorly made, annoying, obnoxious, and idiotic. But you seem to be entering an argument where none existed before. If you don't like people thinking the ad is stupid, get over it. |
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Post by fjenkins on Dec 4, 2019 15:57:12 GMT
There are a couple commercials on the radio, as soon as they come on the radio goes off or to another station:
Kars for Kids
Shane co (the actors pretneding they're employees with amazing stories about getting rings for their loved one, this company should be put down for that ad campaign alone)
Peterson Dean roofs (the cocky asshole who sounds like a car dealer essentially telling you how dumb you are if you don't use his company, I hate this fucker)
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