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Body fluids make me want to buy things - VIDEO

by Adam Finley, posted Mar 17th 2007 11:05AM

ear trumpetOkay, I want anyone out there who makes commercials to listen up.

Times are tough these days now that so many people have Tivos and DVRs, so when you make a commercial, it has to be something truly groundbreaking, something so amazing that viewers actually want to stop and watch it.

If you need an example of what I'm talking about, check out the video at the end of this post, because VCast has created a commercial that speaks directly to our desires not only as consumers, but as human beings.

What do we want more than anything, as people? That's right, we want the body fluids of other people in our ears. That's why the commercial below featuring a sweaty, stinky body builder inserting his moist ear pieces into his friends ears speaks directly to us.

The true genius of this ad is that a similar idea could work to sell any product:

Guy in kitchen: Dude, check out this new waffle maker! I just threw up all over it! Here, let me rub it on your face.

If you work in advertising, please contact me through this blog. I have a lot of ideas spurred by this commercial and you'd be wise to take advantage of them. One involves a commercial for macaroni and cheese featuring kids spitting into each other's noses, and another involves bloodletting and a box of Coco Puffs.

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Bash

Hm.

I guess you must have some sort of phobia to actually think about the earpieces and how sweaty they are.

I am also not one of those people who "cleanes" a bottle with the palm of my hand after getting it from somebody who drank from it - knowing that the most germs on a human body are on the hand, not in the mouth.

And honestly - what's wrong with sweaty earpieces? If this guy is willing to stick something he will later on stick back into HIS ears stick into the ears of his friend, he must really feel close to him.

Honestly - I don't see your point. I really don't. Especially because I DONT SWEAT IN MY EARS (!)

Never did. I seriously doubt that those earpieces were wet at all or would be at all.

What I wondered was why this guy stopped spotting his workout buddy who could've ended up with a broken arm at the end of that commercial or why the guy who was not grossed out by the "sweaty" earpieces did not help that guy immediately. That's what I (!) didn't get.

But I guess in the end this is all about a commercial I don't really care about because at the current prices for mobile music I would have to win the lottery before buying music to load on my phone riscing not being able to listen to it again should my phone drop into a bucket of water because it's phone-specific DRMed.

So I guess there are a lot of different things one could think of and sweaty earpieces wasn't one of my thoughts :)

March 17 2007 at 9:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
erroneous_nick

Adam, please just stay away from making laxative commercials...

March 17 2007 at 9:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ac

Since when did some annoying guy on steriods and a crappy song make a good commercial? I agree completely with Joel's post.

March 17 2007 at 2:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
justin

When I'm fast-forwarding through commercial breaks, I always stop and play the Sonic commercials. hilarious

March 17 2007 at 2:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Raheem

I always avoid that commercial. I wouldn't talk to that guy or listen to his crappy music in real life. Though I also wouldn't be in a gym, either.

[in conclusion, I'm just not that into him]

March 17 2007 at 12:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joel

Yeah, that's pretty gross. But I think what bothered me more about the commercial is that the guy is doing a bad Jack Black impression. "My lady," he says after the phone rings. Makes me wince every time I see it.

Oh, and the Fall Out Boy song they use is pretty friggin' lame. I wouldn't even listen to them through clean headphones.

March 14 2007 at 8:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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