.....I just saw it.....speechless.....

Then there was the one the other day, for RealAge.com, I think. A B&W cartoon of a frighteningly wrinkled woman, smoking.

Scared the c**p outta me.

Zerelda - I agree! I scroll over them as fast as I can. The TV ads are just as bad. It's why I love On Demand so much - I can FF through the Viagra ads in just a few seconds. BUT, the Mad Men campaign for the "Relaxicisor" was nearly as bad. Tastless commercials have been around for a really long time

You know we all adore Mad Men for it's retro look back at the 60's right? Well has anyone noticed lately all the retro commercials on T.V.? There's one for a cola where they show baseball players like Babe Ruth, Joe D'Mag on up to the current yankee 2nd baseman c__p I forgot his name.

Anyway those I enjoy and watching. So who's the Don Draper marketing genius that is finally tapping into that concept? Our Mad Men concept.

Lordy lordy lordy...so right, z!

Utterly disgusting for sure.

But...the visual of Pete, Harry, Ken and Paul all lining up for stubble inspection is funny....it just is....I hate to think of Pete standing right in front of the two-way glass for the girls' perusal...I seriously doubt if Joan, Peggy, Hildy, etc. would leap out of their chairs to "Salute That".....!!!!!!

Got to agree with you all about the crude ads showing up these days. Anybody remember the classic "Modess...because..." magazine ads? It usually showed a beautiful woman in a long, elegant gown with no other words. Now with TV and annimation nothing is left to our imagination...Nothing!

Don showed some real class with his Carousal ad so I don't think he'd go for the hair removal or male enhancement-type ads. But they haven't explored the possibility of TV ads much, yet. Just the Utz potato chips. Maybe the dancing cigarette package will be next.

I've also noticed that sometimes there's an ad at the top of this page and no place for a new topic.

I can visualize Peggy, Joan and the other office ladies on the other side of the one way glass...I think Peggy would be objective but Joan and the others would be giggling. Joan would probably make some little sarcastic remark about who's going to clean up that mess.

Dear God Above...I can barely tolerate the persistant, recurring visual of Pete in those tennis shorts, Pete "bald-below-the-waist" is just too much to bear.....

Where's that bottle of Jack Daniels?

Ooooohhhh my aching psyche...

.....chelsea.....Welcome to the "Target Market" club! (Stupid "high-five like white people do" here)

They say this and that, but my impression is the advertisers are squeezing you, your friends, co-workers, neighbors and family..... WE are the bitches (and old coots) with the savings, retirement and disposable money!!

Might have something to do with cable and internet-provider companies who may or may not be regurgitating our habits, preferences and records to outside sources.

.....ZZZZZzzzzaaappppp!

Take THAT, SCFan....let us speak of THOSE SHORTS NO MORE!!!>

Know what I just hate? The SECOND you turn 50 AARP is all over you like a bad rash. It seems that we can't even enjoy our fave TV shows without the constant reminders of our approaching mortality- and the zillion products that will help us deal with it.

So are we anything more than just impotent, constipated, hairy/balding, wrinkled, memory-challenged, menopausal, incontinent codgers with good buying power? Hey, gimme a break! There's still a person in here, I'm more than just a collection of real or imagined age maladies. Don't make me 90 before I'm 55.

OOH! I just actually saw that ad- Gillette must be desperate to try to get men to do this - maybe advertising will now play on men's insecurities as they do on women's. It will be interesting to see if guys will Brazil wax which is worse torture than waterboarding. Having your pube hairs ripped out by the roots? Why sure, if it makes the "Tree" look bigger.

flower....ain't it the truth....!

....and you forgot "the heartbreak of psoriasis" and "hemorrhoidal tissues"!

hee

"pubes"....now there's an interesting word....

ha

.....I did NOT just read any of that.

Didn't happen.

flower, that's funny. You don't say too much (loved that Grey Gardens thread) but you're always funny.

Dry funny.

Hey! Wait a minute.....

.....I requested on another thread they lose the "strictly cryptly" ads. Begged, actually.

If I'm uncomfortable with the constant emphasis on Viagra and all those middle-aged meds and issues, I can't imagine how the 20-somethings feel.

I'd want to run away too.

I notice we've had no men chiming in about the awfulness of this ad.....they must be busy with their razors.....hope they don't nick themselves.....hate to think of them tall trees falling....TIMBER!

"Size"obsession....it's a "man thing"

no pun intended....

Uh...flower...is the "Brazil wax" the one where they...um....get rid of all traces?

Oooooowwwwweeee!