Does This Remind You of Anything?/Advertising: Difference between revisions

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* A particularly unsubtle ad on British TV for (beat) "Virgin Railways" features a girl travelling to her boyfriend using Virgin Railways. At one point, the train she's in [[Double Entendre|plunges]] into a heart-shaped, pink [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|love-tunnel]]. Any more explicit and they would have to resort to raping the viewer on the spot.

* [[Vince Offer]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbWjIKxrrs#t=54s "You're going to love my nuts."]

* Clairol "Herbal Essences" shampoo commercials showcase the woman using their product in the shower and screaming in delight. "An organic experience," huh? Riiiight...

** They also have one where the woman's male partner uses it, and gets to the point of his "organic experience" ''much faster'' than if the woman were washing her hair.

* Arby's recently put out one were a guy in bed, obviously waiting for... ''something'' to happen, gets his wife dressed as an Arby's worker entering with a plateful of Arby's food. To sexy music. The Arby's symbol over his head springs up with a ''boing'' sound effect and he says "Meeee ''likey''." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaHDN3_X4QY see for yourself]

* This happens ''all the time'' in Canadian advertising, specifically when trying to advertise direct-to-consumer prescription drugs like Viagra, Cialis and Celebrex. Much like the European restrictions on talking about a car's maximum speed mentioned on another page, Canadian drug ads are allowed as long as the advertisement does not directly mention the purpose of the product. In response, many companies, Viagra maker Pfizer in particular, rely on [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]], [[Double Entendre]] and [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] when they advertise up north. This has lead to brilliant Viagra ads like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFGpI8bfep0 a satisfied customer dancing down a street while "Good Morning, Good Morning" from Singin' in the Rain plays in the background]; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQKZKnk6rA the "International Language of Viagra" campaign] where people speak in [[Speaking Simlish|Simlish]] about their re-energized sex lives thanks to Viagra; and another ad for Cialis (can't find a link) where a husband and wife are... a bit late joining in a standing ovation.