Silly Little Fairy?

Advertising Age ^ | Apr. 17, 2006 | Bob Garfield

[Huck]

I think the ad is gay.

[cicero's_son]

I saw it this afternoon and it still had the fairy line in it.

That's fascinating. So they're still running the "homophobic" version in some markets???

I've seen the ad no fewer than 20 times in the last week and a half. Not once was the "silly little fairy" line left in it.

[Redcloak]

Actually, the burly dude said "Silly, little faerie", not "Silly, little fairy".

On another note, I'm guessing that Bob Garfield "doesn't like girls".

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"What do you think?"

I think that sometimes a fairy is just a fairy...and that people that live for no reason other than to be offended will find offense wherever they look.

[Rte66]

But, but, but .... what about the Snack Fairy? He's a guy. (In a tutu.)

[cicero's_son]

Good point.

Next, they'll be after the Tooth Fairy.

[null and void]

I think Bob Garfield has a tennis sweater and a harness load of Pomeranians,

Pomeranians...

[Rte66]

This isn't the commercial where the big black evil SUV sneaks up on the little unsuspecting sedan, opens its jaws, grill teeth and all, and then swallows it whole, is it?

[Not A Snowbird]

Now, he's funny.

[Mushinronshasan]

"So she wands him -- turning his Neanderthal getup into a wimpy tennis outfit, and his Doberman into four Pomeranians. "Oohhh!" he simpers

I believe those are Schipperkes, not Pomeranians.

[Bogey78O]

My family's first dog was a pom.

[Mushinronshasan]

Oh, yeah, the radio ad for the Dodge Caliber is very much anti-gay. I thought it was a parody when I heard it the first time. The "no vaughsses (vases) on the dash for pansies" and the line that says "when you put the pedal down, it makes a statement... and that statement is NOT I like broadway musicals" seemed to me like an in-your-face response to the gay crowd.

[Rte66]

Someone told me he's on "Whose Line is it?" I don't watch that, so maybe that's why I don't quite get it. I thought maybe it was to make fun of the "elfin magic" of the competitor.

[Captainpaintball]

This is the same Bob Garfield that trashed O'Reilly for going after a judge who suspended the sentence of a child molester.

So he is outraged at imagined homophobia, but dismissive of proven pedophilia.

[chemicalman]

I saw both versions, and they still have the "silly little fairy" bit on the commercial. Think it's a shorter time version.

[hosepipe]

The fairy was a woman, a very pretty woman..
Pure jealously.. very Queer jealously..

[Donald Meaker]

I think that Garfield recognizes that he doesn't measure up in the masculinity department, and that is what really offends.


Projection.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Maine decided it had to change Squaw Mountain to Moose Mountain to avoid hurting the feelings of the Indian community. I'm not sure how many place names in the US include the word "Fairy" but I'm sure it's quite a few (e.g. Fairy Lake near Bozeman, MT).

[Navy Patriot]

Projection.

I agree, and find this is common across the board with leftists. Whenever they spew forth on conservatives' hidden motives they are just confessing what THEY would do if given the power.

[razorback-bert]

All the women at my office and elsewhere, say my new RAV4 is cute.

I own a cute SUV!