New Microsoft Ad....

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:07 am

Has anyone seen this new Microsoft Ad that is depicts a son and father sitting on a couch. The 15-ish son is ultra conservative Skater, and the father is the 39-ish totally pierced, tattooed up, hippster who enthusitcally talks about his new tattoo that he wants to get, hopefully before they're off to Burningman, the kid responds with "I hate my life."

the rebbi

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:37 am

Noo... haven't seen it, but it sounds awful. Just like Microsloth. Hmm, sounds like something for the lawsuit...

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:08 am

I haven't seen that, though it sounds familiar.

This is funny, but it's a commercial site.
So come and get me.

http://despair.com/connot.html

http://despair.com/individuality.html

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:25 pm

But I have a Despair catalog at my elbow!

Where do you think I steal my taglines from?

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:04 pm

Rabbi Dali Rick wrote:Has anyone seen this new Microsoft Ad.....

Funniest gloss on Burning Man ever. Haven't found it on the 'Net yet.

ZaphodBurner · Post by **ZaphodBurner** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:47 pm

Bob wrote:
Rabbi Dali Rick wrote:Has anyone seen this new Microsoft Ad.....
Funniest gloss on Burning Man ever. Haven't found it on the 'Net yet.

I think it's cool that the dad is the one that's hip, or that Burning Man is older-people shit or whatever. Works for me.

The dad, who has his lip pierced, wants a prison tattoo on his back by somebody who can accoomodate his low pain threshold...and he needs it in time for Burning Man.

Maybe Microsoft just made Burning Man uncool. Far fucking out! I prefer that Bruce Dern-Adam Ant-Go Visit the Baghwan World Gone Wild scary vibe anyway. Let us prey!

-zb

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:03 am

I finally saw it.
I am so finely tuned to filter out ads,
all I heard was burning man.
I thought I saw something similar in an outdoors scene.
Maybe a different ad.

I am a marketing nightmare.
When they started running 40% advertising, I started using tape to skip ads.
Now I don't even hear them when they play.
When they put shit in the corner of the screen, logos and such, I tape cardboard over them.
Do those serve any purpose besides making hbo look good and angering the customer?
They ruin a film for me and I change the channel.
Then I call the station and tell them.

Steven bradford · Post by **Steven bradford** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:12 am

The people at the stations hate them too. It's a senior management obsession, those little corner bugs.

Remember when TV set and cable tuners actually told you what station you were on with a little display separate from the screen?!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:27 am

There is no excuse for them.
The only time they would be useful is during commercials and they always remove them then.
They probably won't pay for ads with that garbage up, but we are supposed to watch them?
If enough people complain, they will take them out.
They had to lighten them here.
If you want to have an impact, call advertisers and tell them how much you dislike it.
They go a bit nuts when I tell them I physically cover that section of the screen.
I hope to eventually block them digitally.
Even PBS uses them sometimes.
They got a lot of complaints.

Post by **mdmf007** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:51 am

Of course theres always the argument that its their station and programing. Commercials bug me to no end - but on the other hand I chose to watch their product. Its the advertising that pays for any programming - everyone knows that.

later all.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:18 am

I stopped watching he evening news.
Now I bring it up on the webtv and a 27 inc screen and read what interests me.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:19 am

Actually, the air space belongs to the public and they are supposed to be granted access to use it as long as they serve a useful purpose.
This concept is alien to the current administration.
It has been ignored completely as news quality and budgets fail.
I have no problem with advertising per se, but 40% is absurd and counterproductive anyway.
It creates people like me that skip ads outright.
I can't tell you how often I'm asked if I've seen a certain ad, and I have no clue.

The worst part of this is bait and switch programming.
Most older shows are badly butchered when shown to fit the new shorter hour.
Even MASH is missing a lot.
The older the show, the worse it gets.
Don't ever watch the Addams Family on tbs.
Every single joke is cut out.

Some stations don't do this or do less.
If Turner still owns it, shows seem to run full length.
If you see an hour program or half hour run in a longer slot, that is why.
We should support stations that don't run fake versions of shows and films.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:27 am

You guys sound like a bunch of old farts, like me.

Take talk radio.. What the hell are those pepole talking about?? I have a hearing lose. They talk to fast for me to distinguish each word.. The goddamn Brit's chop there words off at each end..All I hear is the higher middel..

If a tv add pissies me off, I will buy a highter priced item than the add product..I refuse to be owned by Madison Ave.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:29 am

Talk radio makes me want to throw myself under a bus.
I've been on radio.
But a talk show?
Gives me the whim-whams.

Rusted Iron · Post by **Rusted Iron** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:46 pm

I admit a fondness for a couple of Air America shows, but that's only in my car when changing the station is within an easy reach.

I can only listen to "Are you losing your hair," and "Send for my free CD to learn how to make a million dollars in-- " (I'll never know in what, since I always turn that ad off.)

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:34 pm

I feel you. My roommates are addicted to talk radio. even radio has decended into a muck and mire of bullshit wanna-be's who constantly rape my ear in there attempt to attain the Ultimate holygraile of Stern-like viewership. This new crop of station DJs could care less that out of 15 minutes of air time, they talk 5 minutes before they play a song, talk over the begining of song, and the end of the song, before they cut that sort, and then go right into 6 minutes of uninteruppted commercials. My roommates at least have the Sirius radio, where most of the commercials are cut out, but all they listen too is talk radio. My opinion is that talk radio is for the lonely, people who need to listen to other people talk because they lead such isolated lives, they never hear other peoples voices. They listen to these people ramble on, and on, and on, about absolutely nothing. My God how can anybody be interested in someone just droning on like that, hour after hour. Personally, By the end of my day I'm usually so sick of hearing people talk I just want some silence, no radio, no tv, just quiet. My limit is about 1/2 hour on like the Stern show or Tom Licus, before I just wonder what the hell makes these peoople talk so damn much... and it seems that every station is hiring these guys hoping to lure more listeners with talk instead of music. I usually find my self screaming at the radio for them to just shut the fuck up, and play the music. Like you say tv has just gotten worse more commercials time while chopping off the content.... And lets not get started on the TV News, what the fuck is that all about? In a 30 minute newscast you now are lucky if you get 5 stories out of these guys. Everybody wants to be a celebrity and that personal banter taking up 40% of the newscast time, it's just rediculus. Now, I just go on the internet for my news, and leave the pompus, self-center, self-absorbed newscaster to wank it away amongst each other.

We're going Where? And in what kind of basket?

the rebbi

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:15 pm

There's a radio station in Portland whose slogan is "The only station that really rocks"; and yet, for quite a while they played 6 fucking hours of Howard Stern... With no music.

Rusted Iron · Post by **Rusted Iron** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:08 pm

Yes, Sirius sat radio. I have that on at home, a lot, but never, ever to the talk stations. Just music.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:57 pm

Baba Booey.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:24 pm

Has anyone seen the Trunk Monkey ad?
I want one.

Best ad I've seen since Charlotte Church did that 60 second ad.
All music.

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:12 pm

Ahh, trunk monkey. From right here in the pac NW.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:35 pm

New reality show with actual reality.

Monkey With a Gun.

Preferably on the set of a fantasy soap opera like survivor or
american idol.

Das Bus · Post by **Das Bus** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:28 pm

unjonharley wrote:I stopped watching he evening news.
Now I bring it up on the webtv and a 27 inc screen and read what interests me.

BAWHAHAHAHAHA!! SEE???? It's not just ME! There is at least one other person on webtv!!!
; )

Das Bus · Post by **Das Bus** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:30 pm

Bob wrote:Baba Booey.

Ahhh, the good ol' days...

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:17 am

gyre wrote:Has anyone seen the Trunk Monkey ad?
I want one.

they were so darn good i downloaded em all and keep em handy to send to others. my favorite is the cop bribe.. especially the part when the monkey offers the donut and gets locked up.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:52 pm

Where can I buy Trunk Monkey?

And where can you download the ads?
What magazine is that monkey reading anyway?

calsur · Post by **calsur** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:15 am

Rabbi Dali Rick,

I am SO glad to know that I am not the only one to scream at the radio about playing the music. That would make me a weirdo.

But I also scream at the brain dead cell phone talkers when they do not push down on the gas pedal when the light turns GREEN.

I guess I am weird that way.

Rabbi Dali Rick · Post by **Rabbi Dali Rick** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:44 pm

Yeah Cal I was screaming at some jerk day-before-yesterday in LA who, with some 15 people behind him talked right through the light. I felt the guy behind him should have beeped him way earlyier.....

Hey Calsur where you been haven't seen you around these parts in a while....

the rebbi

calsur · Post by **calsur** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:56 am

Rabbi,

Work, school and family in that order. Plus internet porn.

I have been here but not posting. I try to keep up but there are only so many hours in the day.

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Why is 40% advertising even legal? $@*#ing FCC!

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