Enough With The Sappy Coronavirus TV Ads

The Federalist ^ | April 27, 2020 | David Marcus,

[lapsus calami]

 

 

they work for a while. But only early on.

 

At this point in time I view it as a psyops campaign of gaslighting to keep people wound up and the hysteria going.

 

 

people want their lives back

 

In spades - I have a feeling the quarantine hysterics died a prominent death around here at a local lake park last Friday night. A crowd of 100+ had a get together, and of course some busybody called 911(!) to report it. Deputies refused to respond, the two lake rangers went by, told them to keep an eye on the fire pits so there is no accidental spread, and went off duty. It would have been the height of stupidity to try and enforce social distancing nonsense on a mob like that. There would have been a riot and they knew it.

 

 

[nomorelurker]

“Did he say anything about the opening of salons?”

Salons and barbers still closed. Dentist’s open. Masks in public not mandatory. I will still wear one in a store just because it so easy to do. Not sure what if anything stated on travel ban. Some business’s can open at 25% capacity not sure how that is practical. Counties with 5 or less COVID cases ( many in Tx) can be less restrictive. I agree with that not sure how the counties will react however.

[funfan]

Thank you.

[Nachoman]

We’re all in this together;

so you’re on your own

[one guy in new jersey]

I can’t wait for some new Arby’s ads.

They have been so funny and irreverent recently. They could sell a whole hell of a lot of roast beef if they could get people laughing again like we used to do at their ads. And I think they could get away with it better than any other national advertiser if the writing is good and if the ads are well-timed.

[combat_boots]

The 1st couple times were fine. After that, basta (enough)

[mowowie]

Yea we were eating dinner while watching episode 3 last night.
First we found out the two FBI guys used to date each other then 20 mins later the freak is getting a BJ from some male prostitute.
i went into the kitchen and never finished the episode.

Apparently this is now the new “normal” with television shows.
sad..

[mowowie]

Oh man.....
unbelievable

[mowowie]

That is actually pretty scary...
ugh

[Ratman0823]

Clydesdale in n 95s walking down the street spaced 6 feet apart

Now THAT would be funny!

[Impy]

I click them off, barf, barf, barf.

I don’t know what’s worse, the sappy crap, the crappy sykpe views of people’s living rooms, the new-found worship of grocery workers (who can’t tell me what’s on sale or not or whether something is in stock) or the notion we should be giving ourselves medals for obeying big brother and staying inside like we’re all soldiers storming Normandy beach.

Actually what bothers me the most is the anthropomorphization of free-floating RNA.

[GOPsterinMA]

You’ve become dour.

[Impy]

Become? 🙈

[reg45]

The people who created these advertisements, are highly paid, ESSENTIAL workers who don’t give a damn about the mere peons who are out of work.

[GOPsterinMA]

Well...;)

[reg45]

I like the old “Columbo” episodes.

[NFHale]

“Dour”...

There’s a good word... not used a lot anymore, but a good word nonetheless...

[wardaddy]

Pretty much
It’s stupid

Like blacks in medieval history shows

Roma Downey making Semitic characters tropical Africans in her retelling

[cymbeline]

“I like the old “Columbo” episodes.”

A great series! It’s available on one of the streaming services now.

There are a lot of older ones that I didn’t list. The original Hawaii Five-O is another.

I remember Danno saying to McGarrett “We made a horrible mistake [whatever it was]”. McGarrett said “We don’t make mistakes. We just have great learning experiences”.

[LS]

There is a terrific youtube video of these, showing how they all start with “soft somber piano music” then go to the “in times like these”/”challenging times,” blah blah. Then they all end with the “we’re in this together,” and many have a finale of people clapping with uplifting piano music.

I contacted a friend-—actually, the woman who does all my branding for the “Wild World of History” curriculum and website. As a marketing person on the board of Penn State’s business school, she is appalled by the lack of creativity in these. She said it was like the ad teams were in their basements and just threw something together from the internet.