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Old 05-September-2007, 03:09 AM
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Default Fun with Advertising

While watching the Pittsburgh-St. Louis game this PM, an ad on the wall in back of home plate caught my eye.



Based on the orientation of the airplane in the ad I thought of three things:
  1. The slogan should be "We know why you fly with other airlines!"
  2. The pilot needs to be reminded he's not in a stunt plane.
  3. American needs a new ad agency, preferably one that doesn't go everywhere by bus or train.
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...American needs a new ad agency...
I nominate the creator of those delightful HeadOn commercials!
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I nominate the creator of those delightful HeadOn commercials!
Thanks now I have "Headon apply directly to the forhead" ever and ever in head now.
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I nominate the creator of those delightful HeadOn commercials!
One wonders who conducts the follow-up market research to see how effective an advertising campaign is. For some reason, given what's on the air and stays there, I suspect it's the advertising agency itself, which of course guarantees unbiased results.

Case in point: I'm a migraneur. I saw one "Head-On" commercial (or at least the first few seconds of one before switching it off) and, based on what I saw, decided never to buy that product.
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I think the product's ad campaign (loudest-permissible-volume principle) is funded by TiVo!
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