ads and commercials

Truthfully, most of the ads I know about, are on the radio. I don’t pay that much attention to TV ads or commercials. And most of them SUCK! If I do look up when a commercial comes on, I almost always think “you paid somebody a lot of money for THAT?!”

I like a few of them though. As a matter of fact, I LOVE the new Sherwin Williams commercials with the Chameleons! Those are fantastic – visually. I also love the Jimmy Dean commercials with the Sun. They always make me smile. I like the Sun. Oh, and on cable, I love the Purina commercials that show how great dogs are! Especially the one with the montage of clips from videos sent in by dog owners/lovers. Super cute!

On the radio, I like the voice of the dude that does the Walgreen's commercials. He’s not your typical “radio voice”. It’s just a nice friendly voice. He should do audio kids books. And I really love all the Pure Michigan ads. Not so much the guys voice, (although it’s a good one) just the ads themselves are great. They make me want to go to Michigan. Yeah, I know that’s the point and their department of tourism must be thrilled with that campaign! Really, they’re so good that other states spoof them! They’re jealous. If you aren’t from around here, you can find some of the TV versions on YouTube.

In regards to shitty ads and commercials, I saw one this morning that just made me shake my head. It was an ad for an episode of Dr. Phil. It’s going to be about that young woman from some reality TV show that recently committed suicide. What made me shake my head was people will tune in and watch someone else’s grief. AND that those grief stricken family members don’t mind showing their grief to the world. I don’t get it.