tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post5925242980583983586..comments2024-01-01T21:31:27.654-08:00Comments on UNCLE EDDIE'S THEORY CORNER: CARTOON ADS SELL THE PRODUCTEddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-74740146228095849252008-07-27T12:53:00.000-07:002008-07-27T12:53:00.000-07:00I've seen modern cartoon ads where they literally ...I've seen modern cartoon ads where they literally didn't know where to place the word balloon. (Verizon NY Yellow Pages)<BR/><BR/>Not that you need speech bubbles when you got one eyebrow cocked for 'TUDE<BR/><BR/>Those little Abner ones are great. RUTABEGAS? Wow, suddenly I want some!The Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511505932392754809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-7361564848231865852008-07-26T21:22:00.000-07:002008-07-26T21:22:00.000-07:00hahah oh jeez that pete rose thing is so bad.hahah oh jeez that pete rose thing is so bad.davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116038847004705651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-5097380613586565512008-07-25T15:48:00.000-07:002008-07-25T15:48:00.000-07:00It's astounding that a product named "Wildroot" ha...It's astounding that a product named "Wildroot" had nothing whatsoever to do with underwear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-74844564886477009322008-07-24T12:46:00.001-07:002008-07-24T12:46:00.001-07:00Today's ads are all about satisfying consumer...Today's ads are all about satisfying consumers' needs that have nothing to do with the product. It's about symbolic meanings & associations with "choices of life style" or images of well-being, i.e., exploiting our common weaknesses & anxieties. Sometimes the ads you see today have nothing to do with the product, though in the case of feminine hygiene products, that can be a blessing. I mean, why are they telling ME all this?<BR/><BR/>Back in a more economically democratic age, juvenile delinquents & bank presidents all used Wildroot & were satisfied with their underwear. Men considered vanity of any sort to be unmanly, so the best way to reach them was to put entertainment in the ads. <BR/><BR/>When I was dating, I used to keep a couple of pairs of Calvin Kleins in good condition for date night. It's not that I wanted to be like Marky Mark Wahlberg. (On me, the effect was parodic, anyway.) No, I was unsure what meaning would be conveyed by my weekday underwear. My Mervyn's store-brand boxers purchased in bulk for pennies on the dollar were in no way inferior....as underpants. They just lacked a clear meaning & were too open to interpretation.<BR/><BR/>As a kid, I hated rutabagas but in my naivete, I would have pestered my mom to buy that can.pappy dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634780939188002027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-45862685053547087732008-07-24T10:48:00.000-07:002008-07-24T10:48:00.000-07:00Wow that last comic is horrible, it made no sense....Wow that last comic is horrible, it made no sense. I'm still confused about the last frame, Eat-Drink-Live Football, and it shows a picture of a Baseball player?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235254070667281419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-9777177202487084232008-07-24T10:43:00.000-07:002008-07-24T10:43:00.000-07:00Cartoons are pretty much the best way to sell any ...Cartoons are pretty much the best way to sell any product. Partly because the logic of telling people to eat diced yellow turnips would be embarrassing through other mediums that take themselves too seriously, but mostly because you can associate something as bland as underpants with the pure joy of cartoons (and cartoon characters you already love).<BR/><BR/>As for the dismal state of advertising today (dismal state of cartooning aside), I think it has to do with artists feeling that they are above the "crass commercialism" of advertising and that they can't be taken seriously if they're made to sell a product. I'd argue that advertisements can be some of the best (and most fun) forms of art around when done right.Ardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271440409607432263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-63719858681477444992008-07-24T03:22:00.000-07:002008-07-24T03:22:00.000-07:00"Maybe this (above) is what killed comic strip ads...<I>"Maybe this (above) is what killed comic strip ads."</I><BR/><BR/>I dunno, but it's killing me. Maybe the death of comic strips killed comic strip ads.I.D.R.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08204918752374858278noreply@blogger.com