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** Not to mention the obnoxious sounding colloquial language makes me want to deck the voiceover man.

** Statistics 101 (well, maybe statistics 99.7): There are, simply, 265 combinations. The 40,312 number is based on the assumption that the ''order'' of your...erm...order matters. When ordering it doesn't matter if you get fries and a shake or a shake and fries. The number in the commercial assumes it does matter. (Maybe it does for you. YMMV)

** Movie posters almost always use contrasting colors, just because it's more "vivid". The orange/blue thing is a selection bias originally and a perception bias subsequently.

** We've got that now: [[Orange Blue Contrast]].

* The AXA/Equitable commercials with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PETkHFxL-ks gorilla]. They feature a large talking gorilla trying to talk oblivious people into preparing for their retirement or what have you, ending sarcastically with: "But don't listen to me, I'm just the 800lb gorilla in the room". It mixes TWO different metaphors. The correct phrase to describe a looming issue that people ignore is: "The Elephant in the Room". The phrase: "800lb Gorilla" refers to an [[Authority Equals Asskicking|authority figure]], or just a badass in general. It comes from the old riddle: Q: "Where does an 800lb gorilla sit?" A: "Anywhere it wants". "800lb gorilla in the ROOM" is just confusing the issue. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/800_lb_gorilla_in_the_room That Other Wiki] mentions that the two terms are confused enough to be interchangeable, but [[Just Bugs Me|It still bugs me]]

* Why is it that only women seem to eat yogurt in commercials?

*** Because yogurt is now being promoted to lose weight. [[Sarcasm Mode|And we all know only women want to lose weight.]]

*** I think the ''real'' question is-Why in all the universe is Jamie Lee Curtis doing yogurt commercials? I mean, she's a talented actress, she's still quite hot...So why, ''Why'', '''WHY''' is she selling a food product that regulates your digestion? Look,I know celebrities endorse various products before, but it's usually when they're past their prime (No offense to said celebrities).

** It's your typical "quality by association" stchick coupled with [[Brand Names Are Better]]. For example, let's say that a commercial has, oh, [[Bruce Campbell]] saying that "Trope Brand Razors give me a close shave while making my face feel fresh and rejuvenated" (or something like that). A person would see said commercial, say "Oh, [[Bruce Campbell]] uses Trope Brand Razors so they must be a better quality product than Brand X Razors" and then go out to buy them. It's really nothing new.

* And why the hell are they sold like they are the most powerful biggest machines around, that can go from here to the moon in 60 seconds and produce explosions bigger than a jillion big bangs? The Fusion Gamer! The Fusion Power Phenom! Ultra mega turbo destroyer warpspeed blaster! We're talking about little blades that trim the hair on your face!

*** What makes men's razor commercials even ''MORE'' annoying is that they never have cool stuff like this for woman's razors. They got all of these "technologically advanced" " razors that makes shaving comfortable and prevents "pulling and tugging" so the razor will "glide", but woman's razors? Nope. They're plastic handles with small knifes sticking out for you to cut and razor burn your legs with, so you can " release the goddess in you!" My goddess is currently "Goddess of constantly lotioning my legs to help the razor cuts and burns"

**** Use the pink Venus razors (the ones specifically for sensitive skin) with white Dove Soap as a lather and use only a fresh razor every time. I have to do that or else I have the same problem. My guess on why women just have to shut up and deal with it is that a man can have a tasteful beard and still be presentable, while a woman who never shaves is probably 1. a scary hippy or 2. a scary feminist, according to cultural norms. So men have more choice and therefore their razors have to be more competitive.

** Hint: Confidence =/= Strong, skilled, or winner.

** At least the Clearasil commercials remind you that confidence can make you look stupid too.

** If I were to be completely cynical about it, I'd say that when it comes to beauty and diet products, women have already been successfully trained from youth to believe that they're ugly and unlovable unless they buy Brand X. Men, however, need to be beaten over the head with it because they are more likely to have been raised to have this crazy thing called "self-esteem" and will need more convincing.

* Whenever a hotel commercial advertises that "Kids get in free!" my sister and I always point out that you pay per ''room'' not per ''person'' so the price is completely unaffected.

* The Dairy Queen Blizzard commercials where the family stalks the Blizzardmobile. First off, is a Blizzard really [[Serious Business]]? Two, the parents actually have Blizzards in a new one. Isn't that enough?

** They also act as if it's an ice cream truck, with a DQ employee just ready to hand them out a Blizzard. If the mom had actually reached the Blizzard mobile, she would probably just see a box filled with unmade ice cream.

** YMMV. I'd like bodice-ripper fiction a lot better if they always just talked about food.

*** Would it be the eating of food that causes the bodice to rip?

* When it comes to advertising on tv for God-knows how many times, isn't there usually a HUGE cost to dominate the airwaves? Let's take Crazy Frog (Or as I prefer to call it, Stupid Bastard), how did it make so much money in the first place to get played so many damn times? I understand after it got "popular" because people bought it but what about before?

** The internet and word of mouth.

** The first airing is broadcast nationally, the second is purchased from the local station.

** I once saw a commercial break where every other commercial was the same yogurt commercial. I think the frickin ad played 8 times before the show came back.