Saturday, March 03, 2007

My secret love for commercials

With Tivo technology and DVR becoming a standard household item people really don't watch commercials anymore; unless you are watching the Superbowl, Oscars, or the Commercial Awards. For the most part I don't like commercials, but I like good commercials. I have even been known to buy a product that I do not particularly like because of an excellent commercial.

There is one group of commercials that I hate like a plague. These are cereal commercials, the one where there are a group of people around a box, or someone in their cube, or (my least favorite) someone stocking shelves. I have not ever seen anyone eat cereal while working (especially while stocking shelves) and find the entire concept humorous, but abysmally stupid humorous. In fact almost any commercial where there is a guy stocking shelves telling me what product I should buy I decide on not buying. The apple commercials with the two guy I also find annoying and solidified my resolve NOT to buy an Apple computer during a moment of weakness.

Overall I find that the commercials I find entertaining are for products that I already have which I cannot figure out is ironic, or mere coincidence.

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