[Steve_Seattle]

"the diversity thing"

I've noticed that more and more corporate ads feature people of every ethnicity and age group, each of them saying just one word or phrase as the camera shifts to the next one. I find it very annoying. Allstate has had that black actor for years, Sleep Country has its Mary Tyler Moore type Caucasian female, and Progressive has "Flo." Why do some companies think they have to include EVERYBODY in their ads?

[qman]

You still watch ads, I haven’t watched an add since the cable company made DVR’s available. I thought once that with the advent of the DVR advertisers should just put up a image of there logo for the 30 second ad and leave it at that.