Category Archives: commercials

Talking Cure No more. Insurance Companies Push Drugs.

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Here we go again. Another nail in the coffin for self-awareness or conscious action. Now more and more insurance companies don’t cover the “talking cure” — only the chemical temporary fix. This therapist from the 70s used to “know the … Continue reading →

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another somebody that LOVES a honda

Posted on September 23, 2010 by

Love. again. and cars. everybody knows somebody who loves a honda.

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Can Preschoolers be Depressed?

Posted on August 28, 2010 by

Above, the link to the 25 August 2010 NY Times Magazine article that seriously questions whether or not preschoolers can be clinically depressed.  Can you see the collective saliva forming in the jowls of big pharma?  Just when you thought … Continue reading →

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Free To Be You And Me

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

Youtube has gotten over 32,000 hits asking “What is that song???” – the bright and inspirational little number that Target is currently using in their back-to-school media blitz. Here is the Ad The song is the first four lines of … Continue reading →

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Kittens, puppies, pandas, baby seals and bears

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

The background music plays, “Dreams” and the opening gambit is a sequence of shots of baby animals sleeping.  It is not hard to imagine the “brainstorming” meeting that produced this ad.  “Let’s use kittens” says one marketing madman, “And  puppies!” … Continue reading →

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LOVE

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

Love.  Its what makes a subaru a subaru. Subaru market research uncovered the fact that if the word “love” is mentioned in an ad, the sales spike.  So, apparently, love is what makes a subaru a subaru.  How exactly?  I mean, let’s just … Continue reading →

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oh wait, there’s a monkey…

Posted on August 1, 2010 by

UPDATE: After Peta and public reaction (negative) to using an animal (chimpanzee) dressed in a monkey-suit and forced to mime setting off an explosion, Dodge Caravan promised to pull the ad.  The new ad appears, exactly the same, this time … Continue reading →

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