Me and Advertising

Now at an age when I start shouting at television programs. I am able to answer any advertising claim that I see on the television with a response of ‘oh, rubbish’ or words to that affect. It doesn’t matter what they are advertising, how good the deal is or the style of advert that was used; it still gets the same response. None of them really seem to make me think, “I’d like to buy that”. The distrustful, pessimistic, cynical or vulgar responses comes out. I’m not worried. For some of them, it’s the best response that they deserve. I don’t know what it is about adverts that I see today, maybe I’m just getting old. They just seem to be trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator. One that I watched tonight involved a man urinating against a tree. That’s all he did. The 30 second advert involved him urinating against a tree while he explained how the beer he drank only contained natural ingredients. That was it. After watching that, please don’t tell me that that advert was trying to be classy!