Tag: commercials

Aaron R. Davis The brightness and beauty of the day didn’t register with Marty McElroy. Such things were beneath his notice, as were the various pleasantries of. As long as he hadn’t had his coffee, it wasn’t within his power to be polite. The trek to McDonald’s for …

Joel Murphy In a world with Tivo and an ever-increasing amount of online programming, advertising agencies are struggling to find ways to get viewers to watch commercials. As more viewers actively avoid traditional ad breaks, companies are looking to stick ads anywhere they can (and I mean any-where). …

Aaron R. Davis Commercials are supposed to make you want to find out more about a specific product or service. But a lot of the commercials I’ve been seeing have been making me ask questions completely unrelated to what’s being advertised. Why are those guys at Taco Bell …

Courtney Enlow Once upon a time, a young man with a scant eleven hairs and a blue blanket and who went by the name of Linus van Pelt warned us all of the dangers of commercialism. If only I’d known then that he wasn’t speaking of the corporate …

Joel Murphy There has been a lot of talk lately about the government’s $787 billion stimulus package (and recently House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Congress needs to “keep the door open” for another stimulus package later this year). But while the government’s plan may get all of …