EXTREMELY STRAINED ANALOGY ALERT
According to A.P, some 10,000 Alaska residents:
(If I was really desperate for blog hits based on random search terms, I'd make some joke about Bald Eagle vs. Bald Bush. But I'm not desperate.)
"lost power after a bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into transmission lines."Well that's two symbols of America causing grief and trouble for their fellow citizens by trying to carry too heavy a load all by themselves.
(If I was really desperate for blog hits based on random search terms, I'd make some joke about Bald Eagle vs. Bald Bush. But I'm not desperate.)
posted by Mike at 9:35 AM
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There's another case of an ad agency mining the hit songs of the 80's. Nabisco's latest Chips Ahoy commercial features four cookies driving down a road in a convertible singing the Human League's hit song. I don't know the title of the song but the chorus is "Don't you want me baby". And one-by-one the cookies are snatched from the car and (presumably) devoured.
I thought that I'd share that one with you as I recall your "fondness" for hit songs being used to sell product.
How about this imagery, a bald eagle carrying a deer head drops it on a power line causing a massive blackout which causes a banking panic?
And you're telling me Ted Nugent was not involved? Great find - just as good as this moose head attack on a biology student. We must declare war on animal heads at once - they threaten our precious way of life!
DED - I can roll with it. You'll recall, those posts were snarkily titled, DICSUCC: Disturbingly Inappropriate Cool Song Use in a Commercial, or something like that. I don't remember the last "C".
Point ism neither The Human League, nor "Don't You Want Me" are remotley cool.
So Madison Ave can rob, steal, co-opt & copy all they want. Just lay off the classics.
Mort - That's not imagery; it's reality.
Agi - That's hilarious. Though I'm uncertain what's so "embarrass[ing] and humiliati[ng]" about a moose head falling on you.
Now if she was caught giving head to a moose during a biology exam, that's a different story. But this one?
Moosehead U baybee!
Moosehead U
You're dating youself, Mort. The Moose is Loose, huh?
Not desperate. Right.
You question my word choices, my phraseology? Implying that instead of finely-crafted sentences, with just the right constructions of art & meaning, these are instead mere ploys to gain . . . what are they called, hits?
I'm offended. I'm hurt. I'm insulted.
Sorry Mike. Didn't know it had to be a cool song.
Sorry Mike. Didn't know it had to be a cool song.
It's fine. Just don't let it happen again. ;-)
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