We watch a lot of our TV via Hulu. We gave up satellite, never had cable, and now we watch over the air TV and recorded shows. Occasionally we'll buy a program on iTunes.
You can't skip over the ads on Hulu. Fortunately, there aren't too many commercials. Unfortunately, there aren't many sponsors, so you get to see the same ads over and over and over again. Geico happens to be a sponsor of Hulu shows we watch and we see their ads repeatedly. For the past several months, all they run are the ads showing the announcer guy saying "Would switching to Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance?" The next sentence is a truism or saying that's obviously true, but they interpret it creatively.
Examples of the second sentence are "Whaddya live under a rock?" or "Do dogs chase cats?" or "Is the pen mightier than the sword?"
I invented a simple game - try to guess what will be the second sentence. The announcer guy says the first sentence almost identical each time, so it's a little tricky... I suppose if I paid close attention to the ads I'd detect differences in his tone, timing, expression. But, what's the fun in that?
It would be an awesome drinking game - if you get it wrong, you have to drink. If you don't guess, you have to drink. If you get it right, everyone else drinks.....or something like that.
For me, it's just a fun way to make the commercials go by faster.
I like those ads. I especially like:
- Did this little piggy go "wee wee wee" all the way home?
- Would Foghorn Leghorn make a really bad book narrator?
- I like how the chicken hawk grabs the club and stalks off camera. Moment later you hear a whack...then..."auugh." Hilarious.
- Do people use smart phones to do dumb things?
- Yep. I have the brostache app.
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