Here’s my theory on LOST’s weird commercials: They figure that anyone still watching the show after this long doesn’t need to be convinced to watch the next episode, just told when it’s on. So they might as well have fun with it.
Tag: advertising
There’s a Slogan for That
“There’s a ___ for that” is the new “Got ___?”
All it Needs is an iPod
Seriously: this Starbucks VIA stand-up looks like it could use an iPod.
Comp Bits
Huh. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a power-only USB cable before. Would be nice if it was LABELED as such.
Ugh. “Refurb Madness.” Bad pun. Stay in the corner.
Stalker Watch, Immortality, Fast Food Crossover
- Spam subject: “Your watch will find you no matter where you are.” What if I don’t want Stalker Watch to follow me around?
- @BadAstronomer writes a short-short story:
Beware of what you wish for… Immortality is boring.
- Waiting for food at Rubio’s. Employees are trying to get the lyrics straight for the latest Jack-In-the-Box commercial.
Pop-Ups & Cake! 11111!
- Glanced up at server monitors. It was 11:11:11 on the 11th, tiled 3 times. OMG!11111111
- Cake Wrecks: The Problem With Phone Orders. Now back to work…
- How appropriate: BNL’s “Shopping” in background of a Kohl’s commercial!
- Also: the pop-up summary bits on the LOST rerun are seriously annoying. Fortunately I’m managing to tune them out.
Buggy Recipe
Found this ad for Coraline in this morning’s newspaper:
It’s kind of hard to read, between the pixel size and the printing, but the funniest bit is the blue sidebar on “Finding the Tastiest Beetles:”
Beetles are delicious creatures that live close to home. If you use beetles from your backyard or basement, check them for shiny and fully developed thoraxes (beetles still in larval stage will be chewy and bland). The most mouth-watering kind, with translucent shells and large veins, can be found in the forests of Zanzibar.
It’s so perfectly Martha Stewart for the Macabre.