Commercials are a pain from any angle when you're watching a good show. But sometimes they can make you smile. Sports ads, for example, can actually be enjoyable.
My favorite recent sports ad is Aaron Rodgers for State Farm. The Green Bay Packers quarterback shows up to Career Day in an elementary school classroom dressed in suit and tie. He is asked by some school children what he does and replies that he plays football. One girl replies that that isn't a real job. Another child refers to a different parents working for State Farm as an insurance agent and asks Rodgers how he helps people. He replies that was MVP last year. Lastly, a child states that a previous parent, a psychologist, remarked that trophies are for people with low self-esteem. This wit of both Rodgers and the school children in this commercial makes me laugh every time I see it and I actually can remember the meaning and company behind it.
On the other spectrum, some can be downright awful. The best example of this I can think of is the David Beckham Burger King commercial. The British soccer player is shown walking into a Burger King restaurant while a female counter associate attempts to take his order. She becomes overtaken by his beauty and daydreams away, not completing his order. The manager then steps in and tries to get her to snap out of it, but then he becomes overwhelmed by his good looks. The commercial is an attempt to advertise a new Burger King strawberry smoothie but by the end of the ad, I have tuned out the message and can only wish I had those 30 seconds of my life back.
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