Monday, January 5, 2009
Media Humanity Jumps the Shark, Part MMMCMLXXII
Posted by David Schmader on Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Now that the holy day is over I can ask: Am I the only one deeply creeped out by the metrosexual mixmaster Santa shilling for Centro?
No matter how you feel about the skinny, umlauted Claus, it is now January 5, and this shit must stop. (The above commercial was airing as late as last night.)
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Well, tomorrow is Three Kings Day, which for a lot of the world is the true end of the Christmas celebration..... so maybe that's why it's still airing?
Either way, that tooootally creeps me out. Even the static facebook ads for this are obnoxious.
Either way, that tooootally creeps me out. Even the static facebook ads for this are obnoxious.
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Sweet Lord, that's still on??? Between this, the commercials where the backs of people's heads are missing (xbox or something?), and the motherfuckingly unlistenable freecreditreport.com jingles, I can barely watch TV.
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I'm one to try and honor the 12 days, which would conclude tomorrow. However, I agree with you David - this guy should have been put out to pasture before he even existed. Despite the advertising world's consistent quest - there has never been a decent, modern, "hipster" type version of Santa Claus. Heck, Coca Cola's stuck with their version for 70 plus years. Gimme the Thomas Nast caricature any day.
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Good grief. That's a Buddhist monk in the opening shot. And quite a few rasta braids in the commercial. They're really trying too hard.
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Yes, he is dreadful. I'm not particularly a fan of Santa, but seeing him stoop to DJing simply crosses too many lines.
The skinniness is definitely an issue, too. Santa's supposed to represent richness and largess. They should've cast a young bear instead of this eerie twink.
The skinniness is definitely an issue, too. Santa's supposed to represent richness and largess. They should've cast a young bear instead of this eerie twink.
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This is way better than the other three ads on TV:
1) ads selling chemicals to wives so they can do a proper job of cleaning/freshening up after their husbands and kids
2) ads selling government-subsidized microwaveable sugary/meaty treats to suburbanites so they can get their fix before they start losing limbs to diabetes
3) ads selling cars
Keep hipster claus for the entire year, he seems pretty benign compared to the terrible terrible evil alternatives.
1) ads selling chemicals to wives so they can do a proper job of cleaning/freshening up after their husbands and kids
2) ads selling government-subsidized microwaveable sugary/meaty treats to suburbanites so they can get their fix before they start losing limbs to diabetes
3) ads selling cars
Keep hipster claus for the entire year, he seems pretty benign compared to the terrible terrible evil alternatives.
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tivo is helpful, but those missing-backs-of-heads commercials (netflix, fwiw) are even more terrifying in fast forward.
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I am /so/ creeped out by this character. Ugh!
To quote Mrs. Claus, in "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer":
"Eat, Papa, Eat! No one wants a skinny santa!"
And that's really the least of his problems.
To quote Mrs. Claus, in "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer":
"Eat, Papa, Eat! No one wants a skinny santa!"
And that's really the least of his problems.
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yeah, my BF and I refer to this as the "Serial Killer Santa" commercial, cause the dude is sooo creepy. Any party he DJs results in a mysterious death by the end.
This is one of those commercials so disturbing it makes you forget what it's trying to sell...
This is one of those commercials so disturbing it makes you forget what it's trying to sell...
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Do people want a jolly,fat old St Nick or some hipster with a "skinny personality"?
Make sure you get the report's article that SLOG can post here for comparison to all the other fat vs thin posts. Hint:Nobody wanted the fat Elvis stamp.
Make sure you get the report's article that SLOG can post here for comparison to all the other fat vs thin posts. Hint:Nobody wanted the fat Elvis stamp.
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Methinks that Palm is trying to sell as many left-over Centros before they announce their latest products at CES this week...
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