Comments on: Because sometimes ads are too subtle

By: Miss Rachel

Miss Rachel — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:03:19 +0000

I think Reebok stole this concept from Woody Allen’s What You’ve Always Wanted to Know about Sex (but were Afraid to Ask) which had a giant breast running amok. I understand how people find this ad funny in and of itself and on this blog, but otherwise, it is really offensive. Imagine people sitting around watching TV together, and how embarrassed the fat one(s) among them would be…

By: littlem

littlem — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:15:22 +0000

Mmmm hmmm. Here’s to chasing the next target market.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:43:20 +0000

Is it…wrong, that I wouldn’t mind having that song on my cardio playlist? Just a quick little high-intensity interval there?

Cat, I *know* MY belly doesn’t go that fast, unless of course it had a motorcycle with sidecar to rip around in. Heh.

By: Ari

Ari — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:25:44 +0000

It’s like “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” only with a belly instead of a tomato.

By: Nancy Lebovitz

Nancy Lebovitz — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:46:58 +0000

That really is funny, and I’ve seen enough horror movies to just know that the beer belly is going to rise up out of the river and start chasing him again.

Objectively, it’s a lot like a cartoon version of having an eating/exercise disorder, but even that can’t keep it from being funny.

By: Dancinghawk

Dancinghawk — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:47:46 +0000

Okay, looking at it context, it’s rather insulting . . . but I think it’s pretty funny, too. Of course, I’m easily amused by the absurd, whether it’s insulting or not.

By: Cat

Cat — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:01:52 +0000

hehehe. It’s actually pretty funny. A smidge disturbing, but funny nonetheless.
The question that comes to mind — how did they get my belly to chase that guy? I really didn’t think it moved that swiftly. :-)