Dumbest TV ad ever
Cory Bergman September 9th, 2006
Because I’m armed with a DVR, the only time I watch TV commercials is during live sports. So imagine my surprise when I saw this ad during a break in college football on ABC: It starts with two guys fast-forwarding their DVR through a football game, a TiVo-like bar at the bottom of the screen. “Come on, get to the good stuff,” one guy says, as they forward through a touchdown. Then up pops a shot of a Nissan truck driving through mud in slo mo. “Ooh, that’s it. Niiiice. Look at that,” they say. “I could watch that all day.” Then the Nissan graphic comes up at the end of the spot. “One more time?” one guy asks. “Sure.” And they rewind it back. Spot then fades to black. Is Nissan’s ad agency really dumb enough to think guys will fast-forward through a touchdown to watch a truck ad over and over again? Apparently so.
13 Comments Add your own
1. Allen | September 9th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
Does Budweiser’s ad agency dumb enough to think guys think we’ll all get hot chicks by drinking their beer? Then why do so many beer ads feature hot babes?
I haven’t seen the commercial you are referring to, but it sounds tongue-in-cheek and pretty clever. (I already own a Nissan, btw.) It’s just a commercial.
2. Katherine Coble | September 9th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
And even more to the point, here you are remembering both the product and the advertiser. Mission accomplished.
3. Cory Bergman | September 10th, 2006 at 12:23 am
I’m remembering not to buy the product. And remembering why I should pause the game when it goes to breaks, then resume it two and half minutes later.
4. discreet_chaos | September 10th, 2006 at 12:59 am
Does it have a Hemmy?
5. rrsafety | September 10th, 2006 at 4:43 am
Are you serious? No commercial is “reality”… do you ask the “reality” question everytime you see an ad? Yikes!
6. thedetroitchannel | September 10th, 2006 at 7:23 am
the two guys shown are unemployed sideline photogs (per new nfl rules).
there’s the reality part, corey.
7. Steve Safran | September 10th, 2006 at 7:30 am
I still hate this one worse:
8. newscoma | September 10th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
I don’t know. Some of my biggest hits come from Dual Action Cleanser.
Go figure.
9. chris weaver | September 10th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
I was behind in my game watching, so I FF’d thru it but got the gist.
It’s a nice tounge and cheek on the nature of DVRs.
And like you said, the only time you watch commercials…
They got you.
10. Allen | September 11th, 2006 at 12:49 am
To DetroitChannel,
No, we aren’t unemployed because of the sideline ban. In fact, now we get paid to sit and watch it on tv in the photog workroom. Thanks for your concern.
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