Pepsi's Deaf commecial

The forum for general posting. Come join the madness. :)
Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
gsabc
Posts: 6492
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:03 am
Location: Federal Bureaucracy City
Contact:
Contact gsabc

Pepsi's Deaf commecial

#1 Post by gsabc » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:36 pm

Scheduled to broadcast during the Super Bowl pre-game nonsense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffrq6cUoE5A

I'm normally a Coke drinker, but I'll probably buy a case or two of Pepsi products because of this. Truly excellent commercial.

BTW, do not adjust your speaker volume. It really is silent.
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
Top
User avatar
earendel
Posts: 13869
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:25 am
Location: mired in the bureaucracy

Re: Pepsi's Deaf commecial

#2 Post by earendel » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:49 pm

gsabc wrote:Scheduled to broadcast during the Super Bowl pre-game nonsense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffrq6cUoE5A

I'm normally a Coke drinker, but I'll probably buy a case or two of Pepsi products because of this. Truly excellent commercial.

BTW, do not adjust your speaker volume. It really is silent.
Very nice indeed. It won't make me go out and buy Pepsi products (although elwing is a big fan of Code Red Mountain Dew), but I think it's very thoughtful of Pepsico to do this. And it's funny, too.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
Top
User avatar
fuzzywuzzy
Posts: 533
Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:50 pm
Location: Jellystone National Park

Re: Pepsi's Deaf commecial

#3 Post by fuzzywuzzy » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:36 pm

gsabc wrote:Scheduled to broadcast during the Super Bowl pre-game nonsense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffrq6cUoE5A

I'm normally a Coke drinker, but I'll probably buy a case or two of Pepsi products because of this. Truly excellent commercial.

BTW, do not adjust your speaker volume. It really is silent.
gsabc...its about frippin time the Madison Ave yahoos figured out they were losing an important demographic!

fuzzy 8)
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."
— Mark Twain

"Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else."
- Judy Garland
Top
User avatar
T_Bone0806
FNGD Forum Moderator
Posts: 6928
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:24 pm
Location: State of Confusion

#4 Post by T_Bone0806 » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:42 pm

Cool! I'm already a Pepsi guy (sugar free, natch), so yay for my team!
"#$%&@*&"-Donald F. Duck
Top
User avatar
littlebeast13
Dumbass
Posts: 31497
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:20 pm
Location: Between the Sterilite and the Farberware
Contact:
Contact littlebeast13

#5 Post by littlebeast13 » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:44 pm

Deaf people shouldn't be left out of the wonderful world of kidney stones....

lb13
Top
User avatar
silvercamaro
Dog's Best Friend
Posts: 9608
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:45 am

#6 Post by silvercamaro » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:09 pm

Super commercial -- and Pepsi will win the next-morning competition for "Commercials Talked About Most."

I'd say that's a win-win.

(It will not replace the all-time favorite in my heart, though. That spot still belongs to the cat herders of several seasons ago.)
Top
User avatar
tanstaafl2
Posts: 3494
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:45 pm
Location: I dunno. Let me check Google maps.

#7 Post by tanstaafl2 » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:43 pm

I still have a fondness for some of the early budweiser "horses playing football" commercials.

For a series of commercials there have been a number of good ones.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
~Mark Twain

Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
~tanstaafl2

Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
Ne Illegitimi Carborundum
Cumann na gClann Uí Thighearnaigh
Top
lilclyde54
Posts: 1988
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:24 pm
Location: The Deep South

#8 Post by lilclyde54 » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:39 pm

I read about this commercial today and was curious how it would turn out. I think they nailed it. Thanks for the link.
I felt the change

Time meant nothing and never would again
Top
User avatar
geoffil
Posts: 1566
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:43 am
Location: Chicago

#9 Post by geoffil » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:30 pm

My husband works in the same building with that guy.
Top
User avatar
fantine33
Posts: 1299
Joined: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:15 pm

#10 Post by fantine33 » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:43 am

Okay, I get the concept. But stuff like this bugs me. It's not like kickoff is at midnight, so why is every house on the block pitch dark? Especially a house where there's a Super Bowl party going on?

It's a very cool idea, but the framework and implementation of it could have been handled better.
Top
User avatar
T_Bone0806
FNGD Forum Moderator
Posts: 6928
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:24 pm
Location: State of Confusion

#11 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:58 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
(It will not replace the all-time favorite in my heart, though. That spot still belongs to the cat herders of several seasons ago.)
Oh, that was a great one. I got huge chuckles from it.
"#$%&@*&"-Donald F. Duck
Top
User avatar
earendel
Posts: 13869
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:25 am
Location: mired in the bureaucracy

#12 Post by earendel » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:18 am

Did I miss this commercial? I don't remember seeing it last night at all.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
Top
User avatar
peacock2121
Posts: 18451
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:58 am

#13 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:34 am

I did not see it.
Top
User avatar
peacock2121
Posts: 18451
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:58 am

#14 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:35 am

I did not see it.
Top
User avatar
gsabc
Posts: 6492
Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:03 am
Location: Federal Bureaucracy City
Contact:
Contact gsabc

#15 Post by gsabc » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:23 am

earendel wrote:Did I miss this commercial? I don't remember seeing it last night at all.
It was shown during the pre-game, somewhere around 4:10 Eastern time.
I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
Top
User avatar
minimetoo26
Royal Pain In Everyone's Ass
Posts: 7874
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:51 am
Location: No Fixed Address

#16 Post by minimetoo26 » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:35 am

earendel wrote:Did I miss this commercial? I don't remember seeing it last night at all.
It had been on ABC news last week. They showed the whole commercial and had interviews with people who represent the Deaf community explaining that it's an old joke among the deaf. So maybe it was lacking a bit in logic, but the idea came from the right place...
Top
User avatar
Bixby17
Posts: 519
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:10 pm

#17 Post by Bixby17 » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:44 am

silvercamaro wrote:Super commercial -- and Pepsi will win the next-morning competition for "Commercials Talked About Most."

I'd say that's a win-win.

(It will not replace the all-time favorite in my heart, though. That spot still belongs to the cat herders of several seasons ago.)
My vote for best Super Bowl spot goes to the Jackie Moon Bud Light ad:

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/ ... e-moon-ad/

In part:
A great commercial is memorable, not corny or sappy, actually funny when it is trying to be funny, appeals to a broad audience, product focused and has people talking about it afterwards, and not in a bad way like the Sales Genie ads. I think out of all this year's crop of commercials, the Jackie Moon commercial does this the best.
Out of all the ads, which one would you want to see on a YouTube? Or send to a friend?

So many of the commercials this year were pretty tired.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “WWTBAM Bored Posts”