Posted on 02/05/2007 9:34:36 AM PST by ChiefJayStrongbow
Edited on 02/05/2007 10:23:25 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Last evening, as I watched the Superbowl with my nine year old son, I became extremely annoyed at the MARS Corporation and their advertisement for Snickers which showed two guys locking lips. I can't even fathom why somebody thought that this would be a good advertisement for that particular product and why they chose to air it during this event, especially when they knew children would be watching. If their aim was to draw controversy in the hopes of increasing sales, then I sincerely hope they missed their mark. I hope that, instead, they lose sales because of their idiocy.
I called in and registered my strong disapproval this morning at 1-908-852-1000. (If you call, when you get the phone tree, just press "0")
Our family will not be buying MARS products ... Products that MARS makes/distributes: M&M'S, SNICKERS, MARS bars, Milky Way, Skittles, and TWIX.
Billy Joel was horrid. The Bud Spot with "Spot" was the best of the night! A "Kick in the Head!"
No, it's the ridiculous affectations he assumes while butchering what's supposed to be a patriotic song. And I was never aware that the National Anthem was a dance piece.
Prances? He sits at a piano and sings. Are you sure you're not mixing him up with Prince at the halftime show? He prances.
That commercial encourages cruelty to animals. And the way that poor little mouse was being handled definitely smacked of homosexual behavior. I'm boycotting blockbuster, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, pet stores in general, and all talking creatures that are not human... well maybe even humans too. so there.
yea, those were always great too...... "Thats a zebra...." LOL!
Maybe he doesn't watch much sports. The Lakers' Luke Walton (Luuuuuuke) gets this treatment from the fans, as did Tyrone Lue before him.
That commercial is just another reason why TV in this day and age sucks!
I couldn't care less about the Super Bowl, so I didn't watch, but I have found some of the commercials online. By far the most offensive, IMO, is the FedEx one showing zero-gravity on the Moon.
So you didn't see the commercial, but you are disgusted?
Geez...what is with you people?
ROTFLOL
WINNER. WINNER. WINNER.
that wins the jackpot of the day. which is nothing. but still. youre a winner. :)
You're appearing an idiot. Please...get a life.
LOL!
It was funny. Get over it. Probably one of the few memorable ones of the night. There just weren't a lot of good commercials this year
Thanks for posting the link. I watched the game overseas and did not see any commercials. Now that I've seen it my personal opinion is that it is a really dumb commercial that would not inspire me to buy a Snickers.
Phooey, yuck.
Apparently the point of the commercial is Snickers is so appealing that it causes one to be too stupid to ask the owner of the Snickers to break off a piece to share.
Oh brother. You really should have checked who sang the National Anthem before posting.
Me thinks thou doth protest too much. Your use of those images in this public forum that is frequented by young conservatives tells me what a Christian and wholesome environment you really set for your kids. Your false indignation is just for show and I am buying it.
Personally, I think if Billy Joel were wearing Mossy Oak Breakup cammo with face paint, driving a 4x4 with a Remmington 700 .30-06 in a gun rack, he'd still be an effeminate little sissy. Then to follow up with the little purple queer Princess at halftime...was this the Super Bowl or the Tossed Salad Bowl?
Now, Charlie Daniels doing the National Anthem and Ted Nugent for halftime a** kickin' entertainment...that would've been worth watching. As it is, I watched neither.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Whoever did it was prancing around. I'm not an afficionado of pop music and wouldn't know Billy Joel from Adam. I asked my son who it was that was butchering the Anthem and he told me it was Billy Joel. And the guy was prancing, whoever he was. Or maybe he was doing the singing and they got a real faggot to do the prancing. Either way, I wasn't impressed, either with the singing or the prancing. Francis Scott Key was probably turning in his grave.
Post of the year, already.
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