I'm also tired of the commercials where bratty little kids push adults around. I guess the ad men think that the kids are being cute, but I think they're obnoxious.
That was a major theme of this ad. The irony is of course that the blocked channel control is really supposed to be about parents blocking channels from kids, but here it was the kid and the wife using it to block a channel from dumb old Dad.
Yes, Yes, A brat ruins something, the mom smiles and wipes it up. He needs to be slapped and wipe it up himself.
What about the frenzy of the family in the morning. Wild, as they go to school, and mom rushes off to work. Dad sits there quiet. All over Orange juice or a cereal commercial. That sends a sutle message, that mom is in control.