I really wish that women would revolt against the beer ads that plague television. Frankly, I think they're getting pretty bad and disgusting. If I was a cop, I'd look the other way if a group of feminists torched the Labatt and Molson main breweries.
Do these commercials really do anything? I mean, they all have the same thing: a couple of guys and a couple of thousand semi-naked gyrating women. Even the 'I Am Canadian' commericals, which strayed from the 'women/eye-candy sells beer' mantra when it first started, has women in there that aren't exactly dressed for an executive meeting. I mean, beer sells itself. People love their beer. When they took away the right to drink alcohol in the U.S. about 80 years ago, the people went berserk and resulted to having seedy underground bars. When you go to an event of any kind and they sell beer, it's usually the highest selling concession item. But at most of these events and at smaller bars, you don't have much of a choice in the beer company that you can drink, if any. So what does this eye candy accomplish.
I don't get it. I mean, you don't see companies selling computers with a couple of women in a swimming pool arguing over functionality or a group of bikini-clad ladies having a party over the greatest cookies ever. I know beer is a party drink, but it doesn't need such drastic advertising measures. As well, women drink quite a bit of beer themselves. It's not just a man's drink. How come there aren't any commericals with semi-naked guys?
Uh, you know what? Maybe I should stop complaining. Semi-naked women is good enough for me. I'm thinking about the Moose Light campfire commercial. I'll stick with the women. Sorry feminists, I sympathize, but I'll pick the devil I'm comfortable with.
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TV right now sucks. I can’t put my finger on it. I can’t tell if with the increase of cable television stations has it saturated the market and watered down the talent pool or if the writers have run out of ideas. There are very few shows that I actually make a point to watch or if I don’t watch them on a regular basis, if I’m flipping through the channels, I’ll stop on it. This is including reruns.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
South Park
The Simpsons
Law & Order
Chappelle’s Show
Da Ali G Show
King of the Hill
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
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