Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

84 Lumber and the big-budget Super Bowl ad to nowhere
Washington Post ^ | 6 Feb 17 | Thomas Heath

Posted on 02/07/2017 2:54:41 AM PST by SkyPilot

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-105 next last
To: Alberta's Child
Gave me an idea - next years Ad
"Journey - El Chapo"


61 posted on 02/07/2017 5:20:40 AM PST by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot
Building supplies company 84 Lumber tackled a heap of controversy over the weekend with its carefully-crafted — yet inconclusive — 90-second Super Bowl ad featuring a Mexican mother and daughter embarking on a difficult journey north that left the viewer wondering ...

...WTF does this have to do with lumber?

62 posted on 02/07/2017 5:21:38 AM PST by Flick Lives
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GreenHornet

I’m sure every 84 lumber location has a fence around it, and the place is locked up and alarms set when they close each night.


LOL! There’s an inconvenient truth!


63 posted on 02/07/2017 5:26:33 AM PST by Flick Lives
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: N. Theknow

“Have you seen the Zale’s Jewelers ad with the lesbian marriage?”

Do not get me started. I am sick and tired of sending my children out of the room for commercials. The only time we really watch TV is NFL football (yeah, I know) and this particular ad is on constantly.


64 posted on 02/07/2017 5:41:38 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: All

Dice nailed it on this remix / spoof (SKIP the ad)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQJlmFqUA8w


65 posted on 02/07/2017 5:44:41 AM PST by TigerClaws
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: Iron Munro

Who did Maggie sleep with to get this company?


66 posted on 02/07/2017 5:50:27 AM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: 2CAVTrooper

Don’t be so sure of that.


67 posted on 02/07/2017 5:55:32 AM PST by all the best
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 60 | View Replies]

To: TigerClaws

Dice nails it for certain. Thanks for the link.


68 posted on 02/07/2017 5:57:37 AM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 65 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

The media loves to promote this crazy idea that refugees are sweet innocent kids... Where are the ads showing Americans working long hours to pay for the free schools, housing, medical care, and extra law enforcement?

In reality the vast majority of refugees are single, poorly educated men.

Many who do more harm than good.


69 posted on 02/07/2017 5:58:56 AM PST by proudpapa (Trump Pence earned it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Iron Munro

That’s Billie Joe Armstrong.


70 posted on 02/07/2017 6:02:37 AM PST by Rebelbase
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

She forgot to include the trashed desert and rape trees.

Since the other ads were mentioned, I have to say that my favorite was the KIA ad and how poor misguided Melissa kept getting thrashed while trying to save the world. Lol. It was a perfect framing of the idiot liberal mindset. Shadenfreude. Made me laugh :)


71 posted on 02/07/2017 6:05:03 AM PST by Suz in AZ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot
Time will tell but this could be the most disastrous Super Bowl ad since the Apple "Lemmings" ad from 1985.

Many hail the previous year's "1984" ad by Apple as one of the greatest Super Bowl ads of all time but not many remember the "Lemmings" ad the year after. From that point on, Apple went into a tailspin and was almost put out of business until Steve Jobs took back over in the late 1990s. And the rest is history.

The Lemmings ad showed blindfolded businessmen walking off a cliff. Another example of insulting your customer base.

If only I could go back in time to around 1997 with $10,000 to invest in Apple, I'd be worth millions today!

72 posted on 02/07/2017 6:10:44 AM PST by SamAdams76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Hacksaw

A good ad would have shown Americans building the wall and 84 Lumber delivering the materials to them!!!


73 posted on 02/07/2017 6:11:35 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: niteowl77

THe daughter who inherited the company was known as a “Party Girl” until he died. She owns about 96% of the company. VEry liberal and also has a property used by Democrats both state level and national level for retreats.


74 posted on 02/07/2017 6:11:49 AM PST by georgiarat (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Volttai)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot
I have two regrets. One, that there isn't an 84 Lumber within a hundred miles for me to ignore. Two, that when I used to live near one years ago, I actually purchased building supplies there.

I don't care how far they backtrack. That commercial was so offensive they will never, under any circumstances get another penny from me.

75 posted on 02/07/2017 6:15:57 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Doing my part to help make America great again!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pinkandgreenmom

Just saw that last night.

More propaganda.

Black with whites is way over the top these days. Trying to get daughters to feel this is fine.
Thats up to the family to decide


76 posted on 02/07/2017 6:16:16 AM PST by CGASMIA68
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: SkyPilot

Why is the Latin woman attractive?


77 posted on 02/07/2017 6:16:25 AM PST by The Toll
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: all the best
Know that Magerko lives on the grounds of her luxury resort complete with own golf course, ski runs, zoo, casino spa, etc. She never sees any Mexicans.

Don't be silly. Who do you think does her cleaning, gardening, maintenance, etc.?

78 posted on 02/07/2017 6:20:30 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: NY.SS-Bar9

Lipstick Lezbos...and both are wearing virginal white.


79 posted on 02/07/2017 6:23:09 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: Suz in AZ

Yup. The Kia ad was unexpectedly awesome. And really funny.


80 posted on 02/07/2017 6:30:41 AM PST by JennysCool
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-105 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson