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ShakeZor
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Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney
#14475480 - 05/18/11 09:01 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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So i have a younger brother and sister so when i visit ill be exposed to the childrens network.
Upon sitting and watching for a bit ive noticed how many car insurance/life insurance commcercials there are.
Its funny how they have gimmicky commercials too; take the geico lizard for example. Its not ok for joe camel but the lizard is okay? I know cigarettes and insurance are very different in nature but i think its time product pushing like this stops.
There are more out of place commcercials too on childrens networks.
The whole ronald mcdonald thing brought this to my mind again
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: ShakeZor]
#14475502 - 05/18/11 09:05 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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He's simply being conditioned into being a consumer. Long gone are the days of actually being treated as citizens.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: Devlish2]
#14475549 - 05/18/11 09:14 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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you're absofucking lutley right
fuck auto insurance!
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Konyap

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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: Konyap]
#14475552 - 05/18/11 09:14 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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you know you cant drive around in other countries with out that??? fucking crazies!
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blujay
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: ShakeZor]
#14475597 - 05/18/11 09:22 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
ShakeZor said: So i have a younger brother and sister so when i visit ill be exposed to the childrens network.
Upon sitting and watching for a bit ive noticed how many car insurance/life insurance commcercials there are.
Its funny how they have gimmicky commercials too; take the geico lizard for example. Its not ok for joe camel but the lizard is okay? I know cigarettes and insurance are very different in nature but i think its time product pushing like this stops.
There are more out of place commcercials too on childrens networks.
The whole ronald mcdonald thing brought this to my mind again
This is dumb. Joe Camel was specifically targeted to impressionable teenagers with the implicit goal of getting them physically addicted to a drug which has an immediate and inescapable negative health impact, while the Geico Gecko is an adorable face to help create a brand identity for an otherwise faceless business (insurance) and nothing more.
In my professional opinion, we should be more worried about the current state of how much more awesome nerf guns and super soakers used to be.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: blujay]
#14475614 - 05/18/11 09:24 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I do agree that the insurance setup here is another part of the federal/state "government racket" wherein everything illegal is another way to recieve more of the federal printed-money pie, and that in our lifetimes there will be extensive changes in quality of life in the United States as the dollar progressively loses it's value due to this system... "Quantitative Easing" will be the end of our great run as the pack leader.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: blujay]
#14475632 - 05/18/11 09:27 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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you won't ever be able to limit "product pushing" and subliminal adverstising without destroying the 1st amendment.
something you just gotta live with.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: ShakeZor]
#14475652 - 05/18/11 09:31 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah I would be pissed if my little sister started buying car insurance. Fucking pushers!!!
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ShakeZor
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: Sleepwalker]
#14475858 - 05/18/11 10:14 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I make a valid point; a talking little gecko for car insurance being ran on a childrens network is a way to get the children to know the company. The kid might mention it and so fourth to the parents.
My point is why show a freaking car insurance commercial on a kids network? Im not losing sleep over this nor trying to be a rebel but it is silly!
And car insurance in mandatory in most states now to my knowledge.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: ShakeZor]
#14475892 - 05/18/11 10:20 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
ShakeZor said: I make a valid point; a talking little gecko for car insurance being ran on a childrens network is a way to get the children to know the company. The kid might mention it and so fourth to the parents.
My point is why show a freaking car insurance commercial on a kids network? Im not losing sleep over this nor trying to be a rebel but it is silly!
And car insurance in mandatory in most states now to my knowledge.
Lots of adults watch Spongebob and hot chicks.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: ShakeZor]
#14475894 - 05/18/11 10:20 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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They show car insurance commercials on most channels, I don't think kids networks are special. If you buy car insurance because of a talking animal you're retarded.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: AlmostAsCoolAs]
#14475904 - 05/18/11 10:23 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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My mom bought me the three Gex games because he looks cool to me.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: SprewellSleeve]
#14475922 - 05/18/11 10:25 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I am guilty of renting that game for the same reason back in the day.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: AlmostAsCoolAs]
#14475954 - 05/18/11 10:31 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Geico is a ripoff, so they need children to grow up thinking that it is the shit cause of a cute gecko. The one positive image they are going to think of with Geico is that cute little gecko. Let's hope it is enough to overlook their jacked up prices.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: Rhizohunter]
#14475976 - 05/18/11 10:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
alcoholichunter said: Geico is a ripoff, so they need children to grow up thinking that it is the shit cause of a cute gecko. The one positive image they are going to think of with Geico is that cute little gecko. Let's hope it is enough to overlook their jacked up prices.
Seriously, when I was a kid I wouldn't have given a shit about this stuff, and I don't now. What's the big deal? What kids are going to give a crap? If the people don't look into this stuff by the time they can get insurance and just buy it because of a gecko then those people are fools, not Geico.
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ShakeZor
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: AlmostAsCoolAs]
#14476015 - 05/18/11 10:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
AlmostAsCoolAs said: They show car insurance commercials on most channels, I don't think kids networks are special. If you buy car insurance because of a talking animal you're retarded.
Duh!
Commcercials aren't aired randomnly. Companies select time slots and channels based on the demographic of such.
Obviously a grown adult doesnt buy car insurance based off a character smh you prove my point
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: ShakeZor]
#14476059 - 05/18/11 10:55 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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nah but he tells you you save more, which is a lie
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: ShakeZor]
#14476061 - 05/18/11 10:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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So... what is the point of this thread? Geico makes bank so they advertise on as many channels as possible. Adults watch tv with their kids, that's why they advertise on kids channels.
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: AlmostAsCoolAs]
#14476065 - 05/18/11 10:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Smoke Marlboros!
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Re: Commercials on nickelodeon/cartoon network/disney [Re: Sleepwalker]
#14476164 - 05/18/11 11:23 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Oweyervishice said: Smoke Marlboros!

This made me want a Marlboro
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