Walking and Talking

Another Verizon Wireless ad has gotten under my skin lately. This series of spots features people walking and talking about what they are going to do now that they have unlimited minutes or whatever plan the ad is for. The girl is okay, except that I don't really understand the whole "I'm going to call Mike and Jim and Brad, Hi Brad, not Brad" thing. Does she not have to call him now because she saw him or what? Weird. And besides being kind of loose, she is also wearing a skirt that is 4 inches too short. It is a nice suit and she is very pretty girl, but the length of her skirt makes her legs look heavier than they probably are. The other ad shows a guy doing the walk and talk and one of the things he plans to do is "be that guy" talking on his phone while he's on the treadmill. Great. Cause what we need is more dipwads out there being rude and obnoxious in public. So I'm not really sure what vibe Verizon was going for with these ads, but they've landed on a 'more minutes will let you be the asshole/ho you have always wanted to be.' I can't imagine that was the plan.

Pay Attention, People

Here is something to watch for. You know the Verizon Wireless commercial where the daughter tells her dad she got an 'A' in advance physics and he says something like "that's terrible" beause he is distracted by how high the cell phone bill is? Well, the next scenario features his son driving straight through the garage door and the dad doesn't notice, again, because of the phone bill. But if you watch very carefully you will notice that as the dad is sitting at the kitchen table reading the bill you can see the kid driving past into the garage. Now you might say to me, 'well, so what?' and I would reply that I it is a bit strange that there is no door in between the garage and kitchen, no?

A Room With Shampoo

There is a new Hotels.com commercial that is bizarrely fabulous. It features a man commenting to his wife that their hotel room has two shampoos, and she jokes that maybe they are trying to get him to leave a good review. And his response is so incredibly strange – first, he says that “it’s working” in such a horrified tone of voice – like he just can’t possibly fight the affect of two mini shampoos on his free will. Second, he immediately starts pouring the shampoo on his head and rubbing it in to his hair – while he is fully clothed and just standing in the room. So weird and absurd – I love it.

The Sunny Side

I have always liked the anti smoking commercials for thetruth.com , and the new versions for the sunny side of truth that feature singing and dancing (sometimes with cartoon animals) are even better. They add a nice whimsy and increase the sarcasm and irony, and of course we all know how much I like sarcasm and irony. And singing and dancing. And I'm not too big a fan of smoking either. So I guess these are right up my alley in lots of ways.

AI: Results

Yay. And I totally forgot to watch because I was learning the secrets of Paul McKenna who promises to make me thin. Oh well. Still yay!

American Idol

My daughter really enjoyed Brooke White’s performance. At first I didn’t think much of it when she started yelling what sounded like “janese” after Brooke sang, but when she grabbed my arm and started strumming while doing it I realize she was in fact trying to sing Jolene. Since her favorite two years ago (at the age of only a few months) was Taylor Hicks, I think this bodes well for Brooke.
And, wow, Dolly sure looked weird. Although she hasn't really ever been the spokesmodel for natural beauty so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

American Idol

My husband and I are both very interested in learning what excuse Stumpy, aka Ramiele, has for sucking tonight. She can't possibly still be "sick," but maybe she had a traumatic encounter with an extra hot cup of coffee and scorched her sub-par vocal cords. Regardless, she will in no doubt sing badly, be poorly styled, and still manage to take a more deserving contestant's place on next week's show. If she is going to be this year's Sanjaya the least she can do is change up her hair every week. That at least made him entertaining. Of course, he also had a personality.