More Commercial Insanity

Got two this time. I listen a lot to ESPN Radio. Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg apparently make a lot of money doing commercials for various sponsors.  Their current Big Wow is an exercise program called P90X.  The really fun commercial for P90X, which I note is no longer running, was where Mike Golic said he’d tried “all the fad diets, and they don’t work.”

Why was this spot pulled?  Because, just prior to P90X, Mike and Mike were selling NutraSystem. I bet they didn’t like being called a “fad diet”. Dan Marino (NutraSystem shill) might be offended.

OK, and now… Another popular spot is Rosetta Stone Software. Their current spot has a guy calling in and asking, “You’re offering a free demo of your software. What’s the catch?” “There’s no catch. We’re so confident that you’ll love our software that we’ll send you a FREE DEMO.”

OK, so what’s the catch here?  IT’S A DEMO, PEOPLE.  Not a fully-functioning, complete lesson (like Video Professor will send you, for shipping and handling).  A demo.  Get over it.

Hugs,
Me