The Power of Advertising

Yesterday Morning: I have the TV news on while I’m brushing my teeth. The new Dunkin Donuts latte commerical comes on and I am mesmerized, probably because I haven’t had coffee in over a week. I leave the apartment, stop at the very first DD I see, and get myself a caramel latte. The total time between seeing the ad and taking my first sip? 10 minutes, max. That must be a scenario that ad people dream about.

9 Comments

  1. marisa

    October 10, 2003 @ 1:48 pm

    1

    awww, how homer-esque! mmmmm… MSG

    Homer: [gasps] It must be the first of the month: new billboard day!
    [a car-carrying truck stops behind him]
    [a bunch of cars drive onto it accidentally]
    Driver: Heh heh heh…finders keepers. [drives off]
    Homer: [reading] “This year, give her English muffins.” Whatever you
    say, Mr. Billboard! [skids off]
    [stops suddenly at another billboard for barbeque sauce]
    [cars collide behind him and explode]
    Homer: [reading] “Best in the West.” Heh heh heh, that rhymes!
    [looking at the next one] “Clown college”? You can’t eat that.
    — Homer’s billboard-judging criteria, “Homer the Clown”

    At the power plant, Homer piles his purchases (including MSG, “Best in
    the West”, and English muffins) at his work station. “Well, I got
    everything I was supposed to get. I’m not going to enroll in that clown
    college, though…that advertisement had absolutely no effect on me
    whatsoever.”

    (from http://www.snpp.com)

  2. marisa

    October 10, 2003 @ 1:48 pm

    2

    awww, how homer-esque! mmmmm… MSG

    Homer: [gasps] It must be the first of the month: new billboard day!
    [a car-carrying truck stops behind him]
    [a bunch of cars drive onto it accidentally]
    Driver: Heh heh heh…finders keepers. [drives off]
    Homer: [reading] “This year, give her English muffins.” Whatever you
    say, Mr. Billboard! [skids off]
    [stops suddenly at another billboard for barbeque sauce]
    [cars collide behind him and explode]
    Homer: [reading] “Best in the West.” Heh heh heh, that rhymes!
    [looking at the next one] “Clown college”? You can’t eat that.
    — Homer’s billboard-judging criteria, “Homer the Clown”

    At the power plant, Homer piles his purchases (including MSG, “Best in
    the West”, and English muffins) at his work station. “Well, I got
    everything I was supposed to get. I’m not going to enroll in that clown
    college, though…that advertisement had absolutely no effect on me
    whatsoever.”

    (from http://www.snpp.com)

  3. marisa

    October 10, 2003 @ 1:48 pm

    3

    awww, how homer-esque! mmmmm… MSG

    Homer: [gasps] It must be the first of the month: new billboard day!
    [a car-carrying truck stops behind him]
    [a bunch of cars drive onto it accidentally]
    Driver: Heh heh heh…finders keepers. [drives off]
    Homer: [reading] “This year, give her English muffins.” Whatever you
    say, Mr. Billboard! [skids off]
    [stops suddenly at another billboard for barbeque sauce]
    [cars collide behind him and explode]
    Homer: [reading] “Best in the West.” Heh heh heh, that rhymes!
    [looking at the next one] “Clown college”? You can’t eat that.
    — Homer’s billboard-judging criteria, “Homer the Clown”

    At the power plant, Homer piles his purchases (including MSG, “Best in
    the West”, and English muffins) at his work station. “Well, I got
    everything I was supposed to get. I’m not going to enroll in that clown
    college, though…that advertisement had absolutely no effect on me
    whatsoever.”

    (from http://www.snpp.com)

  4. smells

    October 10, 2003 @ 3:13 pm

    4

    Oh sweet. I do serve a purpose at my job.

  5. smells

    October 10, 2003 @ 3:13 pm

    5

    Oh sweet. I do serve a purpose at my job.

  6. smells

    October 10, 2003 @ 3:13 pm

    6

    Oh sweet. I do serve a purpose at my job.

  7. Swans

    October 10, 2003 @ 5:20 pm

    7

    I think I know what happened. I just entered into the 26-35 demographic. I’ll be buying everything now.

  8. Swans

    October 10, 2003 @ 5:20 pm

    8

    I think I know what happened. I just entered into the 26-35 demographic. I’ll be buying everything now.

  9. Swans

    October 10, 2003 @ 5:20 pm

    9

    I think I know what happened. I just entered into the 26-35 demographic. I’ll be buying everything now.

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