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- From: colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten)
- Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.133356.7945@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Summary: Men in TV commercials
- Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com
- Organization: AT&T
- References: <BzMH1r.2rp@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 13:33:56 GMT
- Lines: 52
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- In article <BzMH1r.2rp@ddsw1.mcs.com>, starkid@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Lance Sanders) writes:
- >
- > On Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:36:02 GMT, rick@sadtler.com (Rick Morris),
- > in Message-ID: <1992Dec18.123602.24269@sadtler.com> writes:
- >
- > >In article <BzD4C4.Iou@ddsw1.mcs.com> starkid@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Lance Sanders)
- > >writes:
- > >>
- > >> Real Men don't clean toilets.
- > >
- > >But what about the dudes in the Liquid Plummer commercial?
- >
- > Bzzzzt. :)
- >
- > That falls under the heading of plumbing/fix-it/maintenance. I defy
- > anyone to come up with a commercial in the last 20 years that showed a guy
- > with a brush and a disinfectant actually cleaning a toilet.
- >
- > Real Men don't iron clothes, either. ;)
- >
- > [Tangent: what stereotypically feminine household chores HAVE men been
- > seen performing in U.S. commercials?]
- >
-
- In US commercials men are incapable of doing anything. In
- the vein "what we've learned":
-
- 1) If "mom" is sick - it takes one hour for "dad" to ruin
- the house until it looks like bears have been living there.
-
- 2) Men are so cute when they try to cook. (and then ruin it)
-
- 3) Men are at their best when they wash their wives hair.
-
- 4) Men don't know what coffee to drink, medicine to take
- (men are such babies when they're sick), dishwasher
- liquid to use (thank goodness "mom Jr." is there to
- set him straight)
-
- 5) Men's sole function is to buy things for their wives
- (preferably diamonds):
-
- 5a. "We recommend you spent 3 months salary on the diamond"
-
- 5b. "I'm sorry you had to wait 10 years for the diamond"
-
- 5c. In the ENTIRE history of US TV commericals, you have
- never seen a woman buying a gift for a man.
-
-
- marc colten
-
-