Sunday, April 7, 2019

Bounty continues it's over-the-top reaction to spills ad campaign



Here's another one of those almost unbelievably stupid Bounty paper towel ads in which people freak out because their glowingly white, perfectly clean world is about to be slightly (and very temporarily) marred by a spill.

Seriously, what the hell is going on here?  This family reacts to the dropping of a dumpling* as if it's a crystal vase once owned by the Romanovs and passed down from great grandma's estate.  Good lord, people.  It's a dumpling.  Falling on a kitchen table.  Creating a slight stain.

So what's with the looks of existential horror all around?  The kid acts as if the last time he spilled something he was given a severe beating and a month in the Box of Shame.  And it sure seems as if we, the audience, are supposed to understand perfectly the Horror of Dropping a Piece of Food, just as in a previous commercial we were supposed to understand perfectly the Horror of Spilling an Ounce of Iced Coffee.

Well, maybe you do, but I don't.  We all know what paper towels are for and why we like to have them around, but--umm, Bounty?  You aren't going to convince us that they're right up there with fire extinguishers, and you aren't going to convince us that spills are anything more than...spills.  So please, stop trying.

*And I'm not even going to get into examining how the Magic Dumpling managed to skid/skip/bounce almost three feet across a table so that it could land in the mouth of a dog sitting across from the kid in exactly the right place to catch a morsel of food that had no business falling off a table in that spot.  I mean, what the hell?  Did that dumpling come with propellants that activated when it encountered a hard surface?  Because come on, there is this thing called physics.

13 comments:

  1. They never simply show a person mopping up a coffee stain and tossing the thing without a second thought like in real life because they think they need to be creative. They don't. They should show a person mopping up a coffee stand and tossing the paper towel.

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    1. Like asking Geico to tell us why their insurance is better than anyone else's instead of feeding us crap like we're children who just want to be distracted and the tv show we're watching isn't cutting it.

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  2. People, the best part of the commercial is the dog's reaction, love it. None of it makes sense. Just laugh and enjoy it.

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    1. I laugh when I'm amused. There was nothing funny to see here.

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    2. I agree. I love this commercial!
      Even though I'm a Florida Gator I am hoping that the Bulldog gets the dumpling! Always makes me smile...and BTW I absolutely hate commercials. At least I can mute them!

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  3. They dont show the best part of it,anymore, the dog catching the dumpling!!! I miss that part!

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  4. I want to slo-mo a fist into their faces

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  7. It's not a damn dumpling it's a wet slippery wonton that slides across a frictionless glass table. Totally physically possible and the dog was on point!

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  9. All the commercials show a spill headed for an object that if the spill reaches it it will be damaged. I say pick up the lottery ticket or the tablet or whatever else it might be. Stupid commercials that would stop me from buying the product if it wasn't for the fact that the towels are really good.

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