CompuServe Messages

/* That's the beauty of it! If you don't take it seriously it works on your subliminal level, which from an advertising standpoint is ideal. */ Ah ha! Sooo! Scrubble is responsible for the decline of the American Family values!!! 🙂 /* It also appeals to the child in all of us, and most importantly it makes cleaning the tub, which no one wants to do, fun! And what a terrific use of animation to convey a concept that would be very difficult to convey in another medium. One of the best uses for animation in advertising I've seen. */ Amazing how we don't see scrubble doing the toilet though. Somehow, regardless of awesome animation, I can't see this task as being fun. /* I don't like the Beer commercial with the Chrysler building either. As technically good as it is, it doesn't do a thing for me, and actually bothers me, as it conveys to me an addiction, like an upright building would actually bend over to get a beer. To me the message is all wrong. On the other hand Beer commercials have never made a lot of sense to me. Like the campaign with Spuds. Like I'm supposed to relate to a dog. It says to me "you're a dog, so */ Same with Joe Camel… I don't get it… Humphrey Bogart he ain't. But then again, I suppose if you've had enough beers, any commercial would have a deep insightful message to it. -dave