Ms. Rodriguez' $810 bike

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This commercial makes me uneasy. Is there some higher order marketing trick involved? Or is it just some The Room-type luck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VW1c9-oIsk

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OptionVotes
This commercial is terrible by accident. 7
This commercial is terrible on purpose because people will talk about how bad it is, etc. 1


Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 March 2016 20:55 (nine years ago)

well now I'm irrationally angry, thx

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2016 20:59 (nine years ago)

but is that point?

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 March 2016 21:05 (nine years ago)

I don't think so because my reaction is to distance myself from both the mythical bike shop and the actual bank mentioned in the commercial

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2016 21:06 (nine years ago)

that was my initial reaction. but I've watched the commercial more than twenty times, and I now wonder if I am victim to some horrible genius.

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 March 2016 21:10 (nine years ago)

I only watched it twice to confirm that they said "Ms. Rodriguez" at the beginning and I am now pretending that I never saw it in the first place

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2016 21:18 (nine years ago)

really hope at some point an ad firm pushes through one of these ads where it's twenty-five seconds of nobody talking or saying anything and then five seconds of whoa-oh anthemic indie and then the fade-up of the product name

this comes pretty close

tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 21 March 2016 21:34 (nine years ago)

here's where I would link the parody of the 90s Capri Sun commercials that jjj sent me but I can't find the link

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 21 March 2016 21:36 (nine years ago)

idgi this looks like a v average/normal tv commercial to me

Οὖτις, Monday, 21 March 2016 21:41 (nine years ago)

No, it is weird. It plays like they got the most photogenic members of their accounts department to do it during an actors strike.

On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Monday, 21 March 2016 21:43 (nine years ago)

The nondescript cityscape. The way Ms. Rodriguez says "I'm thinking of biking to work. You know. A little alone time". The nervous laughter. And then the front seat passenger asking about the meaning of the bike again.

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 March 2016 22:08 (nine years ago)

It seems like Ms. Rodriguez is trapped in a future dystopia in which the purchase of this bike is an antisocial crime or something. I wouldn't be surprised if they fought to the death upon exiting that minivan.

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 March 2016 22:09 (nine years ago)

Ms. Rodriguez' $666 Bike

map, Monday, 21 March 2016 22:10 (nine years ago)

"24/7 thought monitoring" said in such soothing tones.....i mean who wouldn't want that?

pandemic, Monday, 21 March 2016 22:25 (nine years ago)

as an aside i'm also confused with the ad where frank sobotka is riding shotgun in a prius getaway car with media coverage like it's OJ revisited but (slightly) faster.

pandemic, Monday, 21 March 2016 22:27 (nine years ago)

to me, this ad says "how can we placate the millenial monster" in the most cartoonish and over-committee'd way imaginable.

map, Monday, 21 March 2016 22:32 (nine years ago)

ms. rodriguez is messing with me again this morning

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:31 (nine years ago)

What struck me most was the terrible wooden acting and wretched line delivery by everyone, including the disembodied voice of the bank.

a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:36 (nine years ago)

The closing question is a valid one. If she isn't breaking up the car pool and isn't using it to train, what does she want the bike for. $810 seems a lot of money if you aren't getting it for a specific purpose. I think we need at least one more episode to clarify.

On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:45 (nine years ago)

only if ep 2 features her murdering the other carpool members with said bike

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:46 (nine years ago)

I was thinking part time weed courier but the note of urgent concern in the guy's voice even after he has been told the car pool is still going does indicate fear of being beaten to death, it is true.

On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:49 (nine years ago)

an $810 bike ($730 base + $80 weapons upgrade)

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 17:50 (nine years ago)

Anyone else think the cut at the end kind of makes it look like they're carpooling in a stagecoach?

human life won't become a cat (man alive), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:00 (nine years ago)

I need to be somewhere other than work before I can watch this, but most commercials are weird because the people who make them occupy a decidedly different headspace than that shared by most other functioning members of society (the most recent example that comes to mind is the commercial for IBS medication featuring the adorable walking pile of intestines), so I'm interested to see what made this one in particular stand out.

Horse Throat (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:04 (nine years ago)

The most galling thing about this commercial is actually the fact that she takes a call about her credit card transactions over her bluetooth with three co-workers in the car. What kind of asshole?

human life won't become a cat (man alive), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:05 (nine years ago)

there is a juice commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgf8NSYOPDQ

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:13 (nine years ago)

the juice commercial is annoying and bad. but does not make me uneasy.

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:13 (nine years ago)

front passenger man is tormented by his friends in every suspicious card activity scenario

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:14 (nine years ago)

which makes me think maybe his character is the creator of these commercials

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:15 (nine years ago)

The most galling thing about this commercial is actually the fact that she takes a call about her credit card transactions over her bluetooth with three co-workers in the car. What kind of asshole?

Yes, this infuriated me as well. Also made me giggle.

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:05 (nine years ago)

whether taking that call is rude or not could be a separate poll. i'm not sure that it's rude. it might be rude to leave your giant stuffed rabbit in the back your car before you pick up your carpool buds, though.

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:21 (nine years ago)

would have made more sense if the call was about an $810 stuffed rabbit

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:21 (nine years ago)

Published on Feb 5, 2016
Turns out some pictures are more shareworthy than others. Way more shareworthy.

That is a terrible word.

jmm, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:27 (nine years ago)

http://www.ebay.com/cln/ebayhomeeditor/cher-worthy-digs/219531703018

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 19:52 (nine years ago)

here's where I would link the parody of the 90s Capri Sun commercials that jjj sent me but I can't find the link

― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, March 21, 2016 5:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Hoz2ZHYZM

how's life, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 21:57 (nine years ago)

thanking u

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 21:58 (nine years ago)

anxiously awaiting Old Lunch's take on this like a friend anxiously awaits the explanation for one's recent bike purchase

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 23:02 (nine years ago)

then again perhaps Old RodLunchez was just messing with me

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 17:40 (nine years ago)

I apparently forgot to keep my priorities in order last night.

I Can Say I Know We're Risin' Underneath The Blazin' Sky (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 17:53 (nine years ago)

feel like the build up to your take on this important matter has raised expectations to an impossible level

Toof Seteltha (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:50 (nine years ago)

Well, at this point the hype has reached such a fever pitch that the smart move is to leave everybody wanting more and dreaming of what could've been.

I Can Say I Know We're Risin' Underneath The Blazin' Sky (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:59 (nine years ago)

terrible by accident imo

ulysses, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 20:37 (nine years ago)

i chalk up unease to trend of PSAs set in cars where driver is distracted ending up in some horrible crash.

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 20:58 (nine years ago)

cool story about a thing but it's not why this commercial is weird

map, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 23:16 (nine years ago)

my new obsession:

soup and sandwich
and cannonballs
and clean and real
and looking good
and sandwich and soup
and a new personal best
and a little help
and soup and sandwich
and study group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-sFm440cts

We quickly ate the feast as to leave ASAP (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 17:42 (nine years ago)

this ones been mine for awhile, it never stops airing on tennis channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh6QqvuagMI

johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:02 (nine years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 14 April 2016 00:01 (nine years ago)

gotta re-up that hot, hot link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePaoxDerA38

We quickly ate the feast as to leave ASAP (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 14 April 2016 00:17 (nine years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 15 April 2016 00:01 (nine years ago)

mostly i hate that bouncy music that is in every commercial

#amazing #babies #touching (harbl), Friday, 15 April 2016 01:26 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0oV6WnZK4

glumdalclitch, Friday, 15 April 2016 04:09 (nine years ago)

Okay, yes, thank you for that.

I Pith On Your Quip (Old Lunch), Friday, 15 April 2016 04:26 (nine years ago)

v nice

We quickly ate the feast as to leave ASAP (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 April 2016 04:42 (nine years ago)

therapeutic, even

We quickly ate the feast as to leave ASAP (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 April 2016 04:43 (nine years ago)

Ok obviously "thought" is dubbed over the word "account" was this a given?

Forever LXI (rip van wanko), Friday, 15 April 2016 06:53 (nine years ago)


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