Filed under: Gripes, Television, Ads We Hate, Op-ed
I've been alive long enough to know that advertisers, like that fortysomething man who hangs out at high school basketball games even though he has no children, will try to make commercials seem cool to the young kids. You'll see lots of skateboarding, people jumping off of high places, use of slang that went out of style five years ago, it's all part of the game. The ad from Ampd, however, that shows a white kid in a wife beater with a camouflage hat worn cocked to one side on his head is so laughable in its weak attempt to appear hip I actually vomit blood onto my television every time it comes on. The kid doesn't even look like a real kid, he looks like someone who just donned his "white gangsta rapper" costume and is on his way to trick or treat before his mom picks him up and takes him home. This is what we call "trying too hard."Permalink | Email this | Comments