You’ll Never Walk Alone… dang it.
P&G:
Hey, your commercial got in my Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Hey, your Rodgers & Hammerstein got in my commercial.
*tasting*
Ew…
Why did they do this abomination? No, ‘Carousel’ is far from sacrosanct with me. Does that mean I want to see them try and take the emotional fuel of You’ll Never Walk Alone and try and squeeze it into a minute of saccharine advertising? Heck no. I fail to see who this is supposed to be marketed to. Seeing as how the message is: you’re mothers, and you have to put up with crap, but hey, your kid’s in the Olympics.
In other words this commercial is being marketed exclusively to Olympic families. I’m sure that’s a tremendously, huge market. Also, the kid that’s in front of the Principle’s office… why is his mother comforting him? He just set fire to the gymnasium. The police are waiting for him outside.
It is possible to make emotional commercials, even with less time then this one takes. Off the top of my head, the AT&T commercial with the little girl, whose father sends her pictures. That was also carried on the weight of a song. In this instance Amos Lee’s Sweet Pea. That hit an emotional note with trying to cheapen it.
Bad form P&G. Bad execution, and a bad landing. No medal for you.
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August 6, 2010 at 1:42 am
I think your being so judgmental and childish your self. This commercial shows not just mothers who have kids working towards the Olympics but kids that are achieving the small things like going to school for the first time. It shows that no matter what the child does(boy with the black eye…I see no police men btw) his mother will always love him and care for him because that’s the bond that a mother has for their children. It shows that a mom will go to any lengths to help there child achieve what they are striving for, that the child will never feel or be alone in life because they will always have her. Now granted not all scenarios are like that, but, this shows the work and effort a mother dose to help their children simply because they are her children. Gosh, way to take a good message and heartfelt commercial and turn it into a meaningless joke. I suppose you have never had a bond with a child or anything living at that. Snap out of your negativity, its not worth it.
August 6, 2010 at 2:58 am
I briefly considered trying to answer what you’re saying, explaining to you the meaning of being facetious, instead I’ve decided it’s really not worth it. Getting drawn into blog wars is too negative and a bore.
Thanks for stopping by.
August 27, 2010 at 6:27 pm
The blogger here obviously is well suited for the school of liberal elitism when he matures. In my view the ad encapsulates the love, hard work, dedication, support, and good will that a mother and/or parent has for their child, boy or girl, man or women, and then it ends with triumph as a reward for all the blood sweat and tears that comes only from the heart.
They do not teach this in liberal elitism class.
Why do I know you are a liberal? I just do.
August 27, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I’m not a liberal.
Funny though. Especially the part where people come to a blog that takes a satirical look at commercials and then take it seriously.