Jeez, don't get me started on the drug ads (actually, I'm glad you did). First of all, you'd think for a drug that is so expensive-- these ads tout prescription narcotics that could cost upwards of $300 a month--that they could create a commercial that cost more than $1430.00 to produce. In production value, I'll take those Excedrin, Tylenol and even a Beano spot over some of these monstrosities that shoot on video, cast from a Community Theater and are written by a committee of Doctors, all making sure each one's "side effect" makes the cut...
On Sep 13, 5:21 pm, Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Bob in Jersey <bob.in.jer...@juno.com> wrote: > > > > > My family has a mute button, and on our TV-recording devices, a > > forward-scan button. :-P > > > But seriously, can we make excessive prescription-drug ads an issue in > > pending political campaigns? There's some downright-deadly **** being > > proffered there... > > My favorite of the prescription drug ads was for Xenical. The ads > didn't run a long time and what I liked especially was, during the > side effects voiceover, the phrase, "Xenical is a controlled > substance," which means it's addictive. So while law enforcement was > trying to save people from marijuana, a nonaddictive substance, there > were commercials on TV encouraging people to ask their doctors for > Xenical which is an addictive substance. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
