Posted on 01/24/2005 6:53:57 PM PST by Fido969
Did anyone catch the Dr. Pepper ads shown during the playoffs yesterday?
The first ad features the song "Stacy's mom" (...has got it going on), which, if you have heard it, is sung by a hormone-driven teen who flirts back and forth with his girlfriend's mom. The Dr. Pepper ad shows a group of boys about 10-12 years old playing in a park when a mini-van drives up. Very close shots of the driver as she gets out of the van, a sneaker, keys jingling, a "tease" as the wind blows her blouse a few inches above her belt. Subtle, sexy stuff.
The kids stop and look as she pulls the side door open and pops the top on a cooler of Dr. Pepper.
The kids smile and race to the cooler.
The last few quick shots have the words from the song "I'm in love with Casey's mom..." one child gazes reverently up at the woman, who gives back a knowing smirk.
It was just CREEPY. Gender test! I can't imagine this commercial with a leering guy and some pre-pubescent girls. Ewwww.....
Anyway, the "Diet Doctor Pepper" commercial shows a fellow screaming as he tumbles down a mountain on a snowboard. He crashes in a heap in front of a couple of teenagers, one who says "I think your getting it, dad". Dad, flat on his face and covered with snow, manages to move only his hand in a "thumbs-up". Just another incompetent clumsy dad ad.
Anyway, I was struck by the contrast of the two ads.
Actually, the odd thing is the sex in the Levitra ad is about the most wholesome adult relationship on TV. Nah, seriously... she looks like she's in love with her man, not just riding a sex machine... and a woman in love is very attractive. Just like the Diamond commercials ("I love this man, I love this man, I love this man...")
In diamond ads, it always seems to me that the woman is in love with the diamond. Maybe I'm being cynical.
I saw the ad, and I've seen the video...the woman in the commercial was as plain jane, non sexy as you get - there wasn't any sex in the commercial, except if you'd seen the video - the target for the commercial was I guess young kids to want to drink Dr Pepper..
I thought it was kind of funny actually.
hehehe. You remind me of the Overstock.com ads, which are so hilariously dripping with sex. "The Big O." That flirty little tennis-outfit closeup of her thighs. It would come across as total smut, if it weren't played so, well, clean!
exactly, I actually laughed - since the music video was so raunchy....
lol - Now I hate those commecials, I must not be the target audience.
Well, they did flip "Show her you'd marry her all over again." Where I come from (Catlick bacground) that means renewing your wedding vows in a religious ceremony. They made it into giving her a big rock for her finger.
In love with a man, in love with a rock... whatever... a woman in love is very attractive. And when all you see on TV is women in heat, it gets your attention very well.
Strange how flexible people's morality has become.
I'm a single Christian guy with a distaste for smut. Something like that to fly in below the radar works, embarassingly well.
"Why am I watching this obnoxious ad?"
Then it hits me: They're loading it up with all sorts of subliminal sex.
Gotsta find me a good woman.
I wished the mom was a lot cuter, she was too darn wholesome...LOL
Remember those Underoo commercials? How about those Calvin Klein commercials with the creepy men interviewing the boys in the basement?
No argument from me, dangus.
>>I'm a single Christian guy with a distaste for smut. Something like that to fly in below the radar works, embarassingly well.
"Why am I watching this obnoxious ad?"
Then it hits me: They're loading it up with all sorts of subliminal sex.
Gotsta find me a good woman.<<
This was not in reference to the Dr Pepper ad, btw.
If you ask me, MIDAS stands for "Men Involved in Disgusting and Awful Sex.
I agree when I become that old, I will also try to keep up with my kids. It may not work, but I will try.
Your analysis of the commercial and the connection to the song/video is spot on.
Too many people seem to get their panties in a bunch over nothing.
Don't forget faciliting their sexual activities in middle/high school!
I saw the Dr. Pepper Stacy's mom ad, but was disappointed because the mom in the commercial was not all that hot. The mom should have been smoking hot.
This particular mom's "got it goin' on" because she's the one who has the Dr. Pepper. The kids like her because she's showing up with their favorite beverage when they can really use it. You know, kinda like the mom who made hot chocolate for everyone after a hard day of snowball fighting. Makes sense?
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