Slog - Comments on Impressionable Minds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds On a kid's TV Network in Canada, alongside commercials for Bratz, Bionicles, and CHAOTIC (some kind of card game--I have no idea), they're showing this: It's a funny commercial--you know, because they say 'pee.' But the positioning is a little odd, no? The target demographic for the show that was on couldn't have been much more than 13. Here it is in French:... Copyright 2008 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:13:35 -0800 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:32:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV I liked it better in French.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940581 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940581 ??!! Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:43:46 -0800 Comment by ho' know ah oui, tout le monde doit 'faire pee-pee'!

ca m'a vraiment fait rigoler!

]]> ho' know http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940583 ??!! Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:53:32 -0800 Comment by Jo This commercial isn't new. It's been playing in America for months.

But it's funny, and it's one of my favorites. :)

My guess is it plays during the kids' shows because there are moms watching with the kids? I don't know.

]]> Jo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940587 ??!! Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:16:59 -0800 Comment by RainMan I find it interesting that the caption at the end of the French version translates as "want a baby?" while there is nothing like it in the English version.

Oui, @2, l'expression "faire pee-pee" est tres drole. Je pense du putois anime "Pee-Pee LePew"...

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940588 ??!! Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:17:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Actually, it's more "looking forward to a baby"

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940594 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:22:09 -0800 Comment by bearseatbeats @5

...but what makes the caption funnier is that "envie" can be used to indicate that you need to go to the bathroom, as in "J'ai envie de faire pipi." I imagine the play on words is intentional considering the rest of the ad.

]]> bearseatbeats http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940595 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:31:37 -0800 Comment by Oops Looks pretty Hollywood-high tech. Easy - non threatening. Maybe more teenage girls will buy it, without Mom around, and figure things out before it's too late.

]]> Oops http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940597 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:37:28 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai Frankly, I'd rather have 13 year-olds buying these than going on the internet and posting endless question threads in various forums to the effect of "It only went in just a little bit, could I be pregnant?"

That shit is tedious, yo.

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940606 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:39:12 -0800 Comment by Andrew King 5 news just reported a stabbing on Capital Hill in front of Neighbors. It happened around 2 am Monday morning

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940607 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940607 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:40:52 -0800 Comment by Kent Cudgel Capital with an A, right?

]]> Kent Cudgel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940610 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:57:40 -0800 Comment by Dom Hi NEOCON blogger. Why aren't you pumping your CON-TARD candidates here while you have the chance? I'm surprised we weren't spoonfed another pro-war, pro-One World Government neocon candidate in your blog today. What's up with that? Did the CFR forget to pay you?

]]> Dom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940611 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:00:07 -0800 Comment by Greg I am in total agreement with #8.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940628 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940628 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:16:22 -0800 Comment by MistressCorrine I wonder if that "Zoey 101" was the next scheduled program? perhaps a public service announcement from Jamie Lynn Spears? You know, saying "Kids,just in case you f*ck up, use this next."

]]> MistressCorrine http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940647 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:01:18 -0800 Comment by Lauren This probably goes without saying, but where there are children, there are generally mothers... you know, dusting dutifully, praying like hell that father's little accident last night won't take...

]]> Lauren http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940657 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940657 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:26:56 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht You all have a surprisingly rosy view of the way most children are raised--all these mothers carefully monitoring what their kids are watching on TV. Dare to dream.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940678 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:02:46 -0800 Comment by Big Sven A. Hecht is sadly correct. Sometimes Inga and I let our kids watch Nik, Disney, or Cartoon Network downstairs while we are making dinner or working on finances upstairs. Jamie Lynn Spears could be teaching my kids how to shaft heroin for all we know.

But we draw the line at ABC Family. That channel is the Devil's own simulcast.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940686 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:11:41 -0800 Comment by Darcy Huh. I've seen this one a lot on Spike (shut up, I like the Star Trek re-runs), and just figured it was actually being marketed to 20-something guys who're worried about knocking up their girlfriends.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940918 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/impressionable_minds#c940918 ??!! Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:32:14 -0800