tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post4253713402128548127..comments2023-07-19T04:05:34.796-04:00Comments on Of Cabbages and Kings: Toyota Highlander Geek Family Kid Versus Supernanny SmackdownAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-26425150352714796682010-11-24T11:18:40.117-05:002010-11-24T11:18:40.117-05:00I don't know where to even begin here. I'm...I don't know where to even begin here. I'm a marketing writer too. We've shot commercials with kids. This commercial is just...bad on all accounts.<br /><br />If they're trying to be funny or ironic by portraying the child as a little brat, it didn't work. We're not laughing, the kid's not telling jokes and he's not funny. <br /><br />Then there's the execution. High production value or not, this is lazy. <br /><br />Finally, the child is cute but he's not a convincing actor. Did they go through an exhaustive casting call to find him or does he belong to one of the producers? Maybe this could have worked as comedy if he laid it on thick and really portrayed a too-cool-for-school snobby persona, but I can tell he's just reading lines.<br /><br />And finally, the message. It's just plain shitty.<br /><br />FAIL!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445764937751339633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-52654360700091777782010-11-16T14:28:16.425-05:002010-11-16T14:28:16.425-05:00Anonymous- Well, the Highlands WERE violent at one...Anonymous- Well, the Highlands WERE violent at one point in history. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-55981699150565880442010-11-16T13:46:51.178-05:002010-11-16T13:46:51.178-05:00I eagerly await the next installment in this serie...I eagerly await the next installment in this series that has the boy shotgunning his geeky family down and him happily riding off in the sunset in the highlander of his new cool family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-6682721356398972132010-11-15T14:51:42.695-05:002010-11-15T14:51:42.695-05:00Nick, I think that maybe you meant this to go on t...Nick, I think that maybe you meant this to go on the Holiday movie list post. :) At least, I hope so. :)<br /><br />Cardiogirl- AH!! I hate that "shaky-shaky" thing myself. The first time I saw it, I thought I misheard. I HOPED I misheard. <br /><br />"He's a punk. That's what I know about him."<br /><br />That made me laugh out loud.<br /><br />Janene- Oh wow, I didn't know God was now telling us to refinance. I'd better get with the program.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-35108071210238831862010-11-13T16:13:52.380-05:002010-11-13T16:13:52.380-05:00Great post. Those commercials drive me crazy, too....Great post. Those commercials drive me crazy, too. "All the cool parents have one. You should, too?" What is this, junior high? Right now there is this online ad that is just killing me. It is trying to entice me to refinance my house with a photo of a guy who supposedly looks like God. Yes, God is telling me to refinance my house. What's up with that?Janene Murphyhttp://www.momsarefrommars.com/moms-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-28990992409784663832010-11-13T04:56:08.795-05:002010-11-13T04:56:08.795-05:00There's a commercial for some sort of car insu...There's a commercial for some sort of car insurance -- it might be All State -- that has a cocky guy who personifies a storm. I swear he wears a suit and tie and his face is sort of beat up. And he tries to sound like Dirty Harry.<br /><br />He stands on a branch above a parked car while it's windy and rainy and says, "Shaky, shaky I'm a wind storm," or something equally stupid. <br /><br />Then the branch, and the guy, fall onto the car and he says something like, "You're screwed if you don't have All State insurance."<br /><br />I cannot stand that guy and every time I hear him say, "Shaky, shaky" I want to smack his face.<br /><br />Okay, I had to Google that. It *is* All State and the campaign is called "The Mayhem is Coming." It stars some guy named Dean Winters. Am I supposed to know who Dean Winters is?<br /><br />He's a punk. That's what I know about him.cardiogirlhttp://www.cardiogirl.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-33252338825129286352010-11-11T21:06:00.397-05:002010-11-11T21:06:00.397-05:00You forgot "Roger and Me," directed by a...You forgot "Roger and Me," directed by a great big turkeyNickhttp://getnickt.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-76168897501253566362010-11-10T09:38:08.738-05:002010-11-10T09:38:08.738-05:00Surfie- Probably someone who either doesn't ha...Surfie- Probably someone who either doesn't have kids, or hasn't set boundaries for their own kids. And I wonder if it weren't a team brainstorming effort that ran amok. I can see where what might have started out as good nugget of an idea got taken in a direction it couldn't return from.Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-46784588811575711072010-11-10T09:30:03.411-05:002010-11-10T09:30:03.411-05:00I am so glad to have read this post! I too can...I am so glad to have read this post! I too can't STAND that stupid commercial. Every time I see it I want to slap that little brat right across the face and give him a kick in the pants while I'm at it. What moron thought up that ad campaign? Even if they were advertising the most awesome car on the planet and I was dying to have it, I'd be more likely NOT to buy it out of spite just because of that obnoxious commercial.Surfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11669534977712083199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-77798410109276669772010-11-09T16:31:45.134-05:002010-11-09T16:31:45.134-05:00TiTi- Always glad to provide a rant outlet. :)
Th...TiTi- Always glad to provide a rant outlet. :)<br /><br />That first commercial I think is actually a sort of sad reflection of how things are today. I've been at holiday dinners where folks just sit texting or playing video games. I know growing up there's NO way I would have been allowed to do that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-41700879378532650192010-11-09T16:26:55.012-05:002010-11-09T16:26:55.012-05:00I rarely watch TV but just recently watched a show...I rarely watch TV but just recently watched a show that featured a commercial for a vehicle. I don't remember the brand. What I do remember is that it depicted a family watching videos, wearing head phones, texting, etc. as they drove of on their "family holiday".<br /><br /> I was astonished. Since when did "not being in the now moment" and not even witnessing, let anloge enjoying the landscape, and not discussing what you see and what you plan to do become a "family vacation"? <br /><br />During the next commercial break we sitnessed another idiotic car commercial depicting a couple sitting on a fallen log while a bear man handled their car. Believe me when I saw that I have a healthy respect for bears and that person in the bear suit hasn't a clue about how real bears actually behave.<br /><br />Thanks for the opportunity to rant a littel. Now I'm off to serve some customers.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />TiTitimethiefhttp://thistimethisspace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-15504721182656168392010-11-09T15:24:32.193-05:002010-11-09T15:24:32.193-05:00Jaffer- Your inner child is wise beyond his years....Jaffer- Your inner child is wise beyond his years. Let's hear it for more pizza, less paint! :)<br /><br />Nanny Goats- I actually looked online before I wrote this and there were various financial and parenting blogs saying they didn't care for the commercial, too-- and at every one, a few commenters chiming in with how, no, the commercial was brilliant because it "accomplished what it set out to do." Or "it's only a commercial, lighten up." I think the sales will ultimately be the answer for whether it's successful or not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-86081342850721183792010-11-09T14:34:36.137-05:002010-11-09T14:34:36.137-05:00You have no idea how much I appreciate this post. ...You have no idea how much I appreciate this post. I've seen this commercial and didn't think twice about it, actually, but I could totally see myself getting all worked up about it, given the right frame of mind. The perturbing thing about this is that they dig inside your mind because marketing is all about psychology and they spent months and months and millions of dollars on what would eventually end up as this commercial (and quite possibly, a series of commercials) so no - IT'S NOT "JUST A 30 SECOND CAR COMMERCIAL", but that's what people would say if you tried to even begin to point out all that is wrong with this ad. I stand behind you in this blatant miscarriage of marketing, my dear!<br /><br />So hats off to YOU , my dear.<br /><br />:DNanny Goats In Pantieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019800312349427823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-74114461834158440812010-11-09T13:57:06.441-05:002010-11-09T13:57:06.441-05:00Ah I see...
My inner child is always hungry for i...Ah I see...<br /><br />My inner child is always hungry for ice-cream, pizza, and fried chicken - Cars are not yummy and taste like dust and paint according to him.Jafferhttp://maniaravings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-51557575670419428052010-11-09T10:47:44.654-05:002010-11-09T10:47:44.654-05:00Jaffer- No, they're selling cars to adults who...Jaffer- No, they're selling cars to adults who can be guilted by their inner child. :) Unfortunately, the inner child in this case is a smart aleck.<br /><br />Barry- There is an Eddie Haskell quality to him, isn't there? That sucking up to the neighbor lady part...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-52531330788384282782010-11-09T10:42:49.809-05:002010-11-09T10:42:49.809-05:00Eddie Haskel would be a better spokesman.Eddie Haskel would be a better spokesman.Barryhttp://blog.beyourowndetective.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-12715478073460498282010-11-09T10:22:18.516-05:002010-11-09T10:22:18.516-05:00I don't watch TV - so I've never seen this...I don't watch TV - so I've never seen this ad.<br /><br />So, now they are selling cars to children ?!<br /><br />Though they do state the obvious that many children would like their parents to have better cars.<br /><br />My fan level for Toyota has gone down several notches.Jafferhttp://maniaravings.comnoreply@blogger.com