Friday, January 31, 2014

HOW ANNOYING IS IT? BLOG #116, JAN 31, 2014




THE MESSAGE:
We have created a complete culture of commercial psychology that makes watching, seeing and listening a frustrating experience. Wouldn't life be much more enjoyable if we only had pay TV, No billboards and ad free radio? Would you pay an extra $20 a month for services that would allow us to be freed from these curses. Or do you use these forced breaks to allow you to visit the kitchen, snack cupboard and washroom?

There are University and college programs called "marketing". I suspect the students accepted into these programs are trained (indoctrinated) into the concepts of preying on the human weakness of 'want' and turning it into 'perceived need'. 

How can we brainwash people into buying something, that they really don't want, don't care about and don't need? ANSWER: ANNOY THEM; USE INCESSANT REPETITION; MAKE THEM FEEL INFERIOR OR LEFT OUT; PROMISE HUGE BENEFITS ETC.

SUPER BOWL ADS:
Companies pay a premium and spend more to produce the newest, best, funniest or gimmickyest (is that a word) ads. People actually anticipate watching them!


WE ARE BOMBARDED REPEATEDLY WITH A VARIETY OF VOICES ON TV OR RADIO



THE EXCITED VOICE

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $3000 A WEEK, FOR LIFE 



Marty Sheehey used to say, "Duh? I'd buy more cake dimwit!"




THE DEEP SINCERE VOICE

GUTS GLORY RAM

You might be a redneck if you spent more money on your truck and shotgun than you spent on your education.

Here's some glory in a friggin pick up truck!





THE HELPFUL VOICE 

WITH EXPERT ADVICE
Go to your Home Hardware for non slippery plant hangers and feeders!





THE REASSURING VOICE

REMEMBER, YOU DON'T PAY UNLESS WE RECOVER MONEY FOR YOU.







THE WARNING VOICE

THE HEART AND STROKE DEADLINE IS FAST APPROACHING

Oh crap! How much time do I have left before this disaster strikes?




THE URGENT CALL NOW VOICE 
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME 



I SHOULD HAVE ACTED SOONER






THE ENTICING VOICE

BECAUSE WE'RE WORTH IT 


HEY BOSS DA KITTY! DA KITTY!



THE PROTESTER VOICE

IDLE NO MORE 



Maybe I could find a better place to live than this crummy village.  One where I could get work, not worry about the bloody moose migration or the crappy school. I don't even like fish!




THE HEALING VOICE

ANY OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL ADS

THE VOICE STARTS SLOWLY:

"USE 'STIFFIT' FOR PERSISTANT MUSCLE WEAKNESS



But don't take it if you've ever had the flu or if you still have 2 legs. It could cause bank account depletion and jammed medicine cabinets,  

THE VOICE SPEED INCREASES DRAMATICALLY:
Side effects may include  constipation, diarrhea, nausea, headache, fever, facial blisters, rash, ingrown toe nails, infertility, ass pain, enlarged breasts, brain shrinkage, kidney failure even death

THE VOICE SLOWS DOWN:
Talk your doctor and if he still prescribes it.......   CHANGE DOCTORS.










THE DESPERATE VOICE

SEE IT LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE 

"LES MISERABBBB IN ITS FINAL 640 WEEKS"






THE BROADCASTER VOICE

THE FORD 'CRACK VIDEO' IS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

Enough already!








THANKS FOR JOINING US.... BYE BYE




THE REVEALING VOICE

THE LATEST POLLS SHOW THAT......






THE PATRIOTIC VOICE

THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF POLITICAL CRAP  HAPPENING ON 'AMERICAN SOIL'. 

That's quite a lot of crap! 






THE ALARMED VOICE

THE ARAB SPRING IS UPON US




THE POLITICALLY CORRECT VOICE

UNCLE JESSE SAYS I'M AN AFRICAN AMERICAN. WHERE THE HELL IS AFRICA?





THE WEATHERMAN VOICE

HERE IS YOUR  SEVEN DAY FORECAST

..... WAIT, THIS JUST IN:

WIARTON WILLIE FOUND DEAD. THE LYING LITTLE BASTARD




THE WHINY VOICE

RACIAL PROFILING

YO WASSUP BRO?




THE POLITICIAN VOICE

WILL THE MINISTER EXPLAIN WHY SENATOR SAM SHAT HIS SHORTS?
"LET ME THINK. WHAT DUMB QUESTION WAS I GOING TO ASK THE PRIME MINISTER TOMORROW?"




THE NEIL YOUNG VOICE

GREENHOUSE GAS SONG WITH  HARMONICA IN THE BACKGROUND.


Someone farted in a glass house grow op
Folks hollered out that's just not cool
So I sing out loudly with a shuffle and a slow hop
Farting not allowed on this earth you fool
pppffffft...oops




























QUESTION: 
How much of the cost of goods and services can be attributed to advertising?

QUOTE: 
"Advertising, a judicious mixture of flattery and threats."-NORTHROP FRYE


LEMONS TO:   

The guy who talked Yogi into making this ad






CLIP:




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