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Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Bluebug, now that you mention it... I can't remember seeing a K-Mart commercial in quite a while... maybe its a regional thing or I'm just not watching the same shows or channels. Also, what is a western accent?

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Thursday, April 22, 2004 - 10:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i honestly don't remember seeing a k-mart commercial since they had some featuring rosie o'donnell and penny marshall!
maybe they film them here in the west, but don't air them here? i can't think of the last time i saw a k-mart commercial, but i would guess years!

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 5:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hate the new McDonald's commercial where women are at a baby shower. The voice-over song (song-over?) is complaining that you're at yet another baby shower where you must ooh and aah and the food isn't good. (Are these supposed to be friends of the mother-to-be? sheesh!) One bored-looking woman says in a deep voice to her neighbor "I'm starving". Then it switches to a scene of these poor bored, hungry women rushing in to McDonald's. I really detest it from the beginning note to the end. I mute it if I'm quick enough!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 5:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I haven't see a KMart commercial in years either.
I haven't seen that commercial, Mak, but I can understand the feeling! Not them I am not excited for the mom to be, but it's like been there and way over it! LOL

Bluebug
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01-05-2004

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Do any of you live in new york?

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not me.

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, Annie, I guess I can admit to feeling that way too. I still hate the commercial, though, lol!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 4:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL!!!! It's kind of hard to be supportive when you are having hot flashes!

Carrie92
Member

09-15-2003

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like the BK Whopper commercials that always take place in an office, and someone is handing out everyone's Whoppers, made "their way".

My favorite is the one where one guy has ordered his the same as the big boss man's.
He says "I got that too!" or something like that, he says it more than once, trying to get the bosses approval or something.
Then the boss walks away and the guy holding the BK bag, goes, "Hey, there's some extra buns in here, wanna kiss these too?"

Fruitbat
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 4:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the HBO water cooler commercials.

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 5:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, Annie, that's for sure!

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What's the K-Mart commercial about?



Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 10:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I always hear some commercial when I am out of the room--it has k.d. lang and Tony Bennett singing "What a Wonderful World," the old Louis Armstrong song. Can someone tell me what the ad is for and, more importantly, if the whole CD of k.d. lang and Bennett is as warm and wonderful as the ad sounds?

Thanks.

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 10:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tish, I can't tell you what the commercial is about, nor do I own the CD you refer to, so I can't help you there.

I can tell you though that I've seen them perform together on various TV shows over the past few years, and would heartily recommend their pairing based on what I've seen. I enjoy them both separately, and together.

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 11:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Weiner! I'll rely upon your good taste.

Melfie1222
Member

07-29-2002

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 11:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
the commercial is for MCI.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hate that Snickers commercial, where a young man is "hitting" on an elderly woman. Then the commercial says "impaired judgement?" Trying to say if you're hungry, your judgement gets impaired, so eat a Snickers bar. I just think its very disrespectful. In fact, I just filled out a comment in the "contact us" portion on their website. Here's what I said:

Just wanted to comment on your "Impaired Judgement" commercials. While most are mildly humorous (none are really hilarious), the one with the little old lady is offensive. I find it appalling that you think an elderly lady should be used as a joke to show someone's judgement is impaired. Its very disrespectful. Next I expect you'll use a fat woman.

For the record, I'm not an elderly lady (yet). But I do respect our elderly population. I wish you did."


Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a question about a commercial.

It's for the Pontiac Montana and the music is flippin' great and I was wondering if any one knows who did the tune?

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
MaryRupertbear, I think Google and I found it. Try this link. It starts out telling about the guy who founded the music company. The last paragraph on the page refers to the commercial I think you are asking about.
Click to read about BLUE

The article is interesting. This is the guy:

Not so blue: Hoffman transforms from one note to several. (composer engineer and entrepreneur Paul Hoffman changes one-man outfit Paul Hoffman Music to Blue.(Music and Sound Design))

pfffft, the link won't work. I googled "Pontiac Montana commercial music" and clicked on the second link which took me to a site called "findarticles.com", at this addy: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0DUO/37_40/57048483/p1/article.jhtml

This is the paragraph I referred to above.
The recent spot "Comin' Home" for Pontiac Montana, directed by Dariusz Wolski of bicoastal HSI Productions, provides an example. The spot features breakneck action orchestrated around a band of wild West desperadoes fleeing a train. "We wrote a bunch of concepts for them that had nothing to do with cowboys," Hoffman recalled. However, the client, DMB&B, Detroit, wanted cowboys, so amid the big sky orchestrations, Blue incorporated some electronic percussion. "I was able to add some elements to make it fresh - cowboys and techno music," said Hoffman.

There, now, aren't you glad you asked? LOL!


Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
When I copied and pasted the addy above into my address bar, it worked. Yay!

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well Mak-Maggie...as a matter of fact I AM glad I asked and weren't you sweet to google it for me! Thanks.

It never would have occurred to me to attempt that, lol.

Now...if he'd just make an album...er...CD, I'd love to buy it :-)

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ooops...Margie...call me a twit..well, don't do that, 'cos they'll 'mod' ya, lol but ...eep! I called ya Maggie by mistake.

Please forgive me

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 5:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<calls Rupertbear a twit just to see if she'll get modded.....> Of course we know she's not a twit!

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oi! I heard that!

(Rupertbear calls Whoami a cheeky monkey...same experiment)

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 2:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL. Yes, I'm very cheeky. The longer I sit at this computer.....the, uh, cheekier I get!