Get the Sensation: Difference between revisions

Line 31:

* In 2000, an ad ran during half time at the Super Bowl, showing a full minute of cowboys herding cats. At the very end we got a slogan: "In a sense, this is what we do." Many people remember the ad but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who can tell you what was being advertised. {{spoiler|We can, though. It was for EDS, an IT services company that until then was better known for being the source of Ross Perot's fortune -- [[Viewers Are Geniuses|if you were familiar with it at all.]] EDS was bought out by Hewlett-Packard in 2008.}}

* All but parodied in a series of radio ads for Pine Sol floor cleaner, which featured an excited man going on about things like getting sucked into a giant lemon or having pine cones shoved up your nose.

* This is actually the reason the Old Spice ''[[~~The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Advertising)|~~The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]'' ads are so popular. Who needs to listen about the bodywash once we know that it gives men the ability to build kitchens, bake cakes, and swan dive into motorcycles in hottubs?

* This is actually the reason the Old Spice ''[[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]'' ads are so popular. Who needs to listen about the bodywash once we know that it gives men the ability to build kitchens, bake cakes, and swan dive into motorcycles in hottubs?

** All the while stating outright the body wash 'cannot' give men the ability to do this, only make the man 'smell' like he can.

* Non-commercial example: ''[[The ~~Hitchhikers~~ Guide to ~~The~~ Galaxy]]'' describes the experience of drinking a Pan-Galactic [[Gargle Blaster]] as being "akin to having one's brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." Although this one may or may not be metaphorical.

* Non-commercial example: ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' describes the experience of drinking a Pan-Galactic [[Gargle Blaster]] as being "akin to having one's brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." Although this one may or may not be metaphorical.

* Dentyne Frost Bites: don't chew too many or your head will freeze solid and fall off, freaking out everyone around you. Oh-kay...

* Forcibly done with some products as a result of them being legally unable to say what their products do. Some, like the Q-Ray bracelet and [[~~Head On (Advertising)|~~Head On]], can't or couldn't prove that their so-called benefits are anything other than the placebo effect, so they aren't allowed to list these benefits in their commercials. Instead you get "[[Memetic Mutation|Advertising/HeadOn - apply directly to the forehead!]]"

* Forcibly done with some products as a result of them being legally unable to say what their products do. Some, like the Q-Ray bracelet and [[Head On]], can't or couldn't prove that their so-called benefits are anything other than the placebo effect, so they aren't allowed to list these benefits in their commercials. Instead you get "[[Memetic Mutation|Advertising/HeadOn - apply directly to the forehead!]]"