Truth in Advertising

Marc said:

Especially infomercials.

Click to expand...

bvibert said:

Infomercials crack me up the way they try to make the easiest tasks seem impossible without their special gadget.

I'm waiting for one like this:

"Tired of getting feces all over your hands and clothes when wiping your ass? You need the ass-master trained monkey to do it for you... It's asstastic!"

Click to expand...

Marc said:

If you're sellin it, I'm buyin it!

Click to expand...

Marc said:

I'ma have monkey! w00t!

Click to expand...

bvibert said:

Infomercials crack me up the way they try to make the easiest tasks seem impossible without their special gadget.

I'm waiting for one like this:

"Tired of getting feces all over your hands and clothes when wiping your ass? You need the ass-master trained monkey to do it for you... It's asstastic!"

Click to expand...

Marc said:

If you're sellin it, I'm buyin it!

Click to expand...

andyzee said:

I find it funny how advertisers can "stretch the truth". One of my favorite examples has always been Ivory soap with their slogan "99 and 44/100s percent pure" and "so pure it floats". My question, pure what? Pure chit, pure grain alcohol, pure animal fat, what is it?

Anyone else have any good ones?

Click to expand...

JimG. said:

If it floats, it must be a witch.

And what do we do with witches?

Click to expand...

bvibert said:

Not quite as cool as a monkey, but along the same lines:

http://www.cleanishappy.com/

I thought it was funny that I came across that on another forum today...

Click to expand...

I find it funny how advertisers can "stretch the truth". One of my favorite examples has always been Ivory soap with their slogan "99 and 44/100s percent pure" and "so pure it floats". My question, pure what? Pure chit, pure grain alcohol, pure animal fat, what is it?

Click to expand...

ctenidae said:

Some car commercials have gotten kind of funny with the "Proffesisonal driver on a closed course" type warnings. For the Edge, there's a commercial with the car driving on the, well, edge of buildings. The little type says "Dramatization. Cars can't really drive on buildings". Jeep has one with a Jeep driving up out of the ocean, and the small print says something about "Jeeps can't float."

It's the little things, you know. Still won't get me to buy a Jeep or an Edge, but still...

Click to expand...

thebigo said:

As I understand it the idea of marketing the soap as pure was an afterthought. One of the production guys acidentally started whipping air into the soap. This was at a time when bathing in rivers was common. Sales soared because people didnt lose the soap and subsequently customers demanded more of the floating soap. As indoor plumbing became more popular, bathing in rivers faded away resulting in one of P&Gs best product losing market share.

The story goes that all the big shots got together to brain storm a way to maintain market share. One of the execs said nobody will buy a soap that is full of air. One of the marketing guys chimed in with 'well tell them its pure'. Apparently the purity of all soaps is roughly the same but P&G has held onto a winner for over 100 years with that line.

Click to expand...