Monday, July 20, 2009

Sexy Food Commercials

I've noticed a trend that lately food commercials are becoming super sexual. Now, I don't watch a ton of TV, so maybe this has always been going on... But some of these commercials have shot way past Funny and landed in Moderately Disturbing. I know they always say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but is the way to his stomach through his junk?

For example, Padma Lakshmi's Hardee's commercial:



Mmmm, yeah former vegetarian, put that big hunk of Western meat into your mouth. Oh yeah, lick it up. Because you know Western meat is better than that puny Indiana cock...er, I mean meat. Meat. Yeaaah.

Ok, Padma is smoking hot, but is it really attractive to see a gal dribble barbeque sauce all over herself and then lick it off? Actually, don't answer that. Anyway, this commercial is nothing compared to ones with more overt sexuality:



Oh god, Arby's hat boner, really? I'm open to a lot of kinks and fetishes, but I think I draw the line at Fast Food Worker Selling Food. But at least that one involved two human beings.



This White Castle commercial is yet more proof that there Is No God.

Really, what the hell? Every time this comes on I die a little inside as I stare at my television set, mortified. I think the worst part is I know there are probably furries out there somewhere masturbating over this thing. And again with the sexy barbeque sauce. Do you know how sticky that would be? Yuck.



I have to admit I think this is the funniest one in the bunch, only because it's so wrong that it has to be good. Anything involving a gay sub-dom relationship with a toaster oven and a power bottom sandwich making boy gets an A+ in my book. But does it make me want to stick Quizno's Toasty Torpedo in my mouth? Nooooo.

Why do I even bring this up? Because my friend just linked me to the most disturbing video of all. Honeslty, this is probably NSFW.



Thank you, Sprite, for forever making me associate the flavor of Sprite with that of jizz.

Now, if I was a good feminist, I would write up some diatribe about how all of these commercials are examples of the objectification of women and sexist and yadda yadda. But I have a bigger issue with the commercials - do these really make people buy the food? I get that they're humorous, but do you really want to go grab a Sprite and a Toasty Torpedo right about now? I'd prefer not to think about a soda money shot while eating my dinner, but maybe that's just me.

Yuck.

6 comments:

  1. Yes, those commercials do make people buy the food. Ads are very important for a business to generate sales.

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  2. Advertising is uncreative on TV anymore...every "good" ad anymore is sexual innuendo (even if it's a bad joke).

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  3. Hmm. The last commercial I saw that actually made me interested in buying the product advertised, or at least learn more about it, was ...

    ...

    I'll get back to you.

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  4. Don't forget, the objective of Pepsi and Coke ads aren't to make you buy Pepsi and Coke, respectively, it's to make it so when you feel like a drink you're choosing between Pepsi and Coke, rather than the brand you've never heard of.

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  5. What are you talking about? This is awesome. It's great for cheap romance novel writers. Imagine the lines....

    "Prince Valiant turned to Princess Belle-Flowers. It was time to take what was rightfully his. Kissing turned more heated, and soon she felt like her soft White Castle Pork Strips in BBQ Sauce™ were aflame. Soon she was peeling back his Arby's™ hat and revealing his Quiznos' Foot Long™. Passionate lovemaking ensued, followed by the heated splash of Sprite™."

    It's a goldmine!

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  6. I saw the Sprite commercial before it was taken off of collegehumor, but I had no idea about the other ones. Just another advantage/thing that keeps me out of the loop here.

    What gets me about all of this is how people freak the fuck out about sexuality, drug references, violence and (heaven forbid) swear words in music, video games and on TV... but everyone knows that SEX SELLS, and as unappealing as these commercials are, there is a reason that they're made. Just don't try to have an honest discussion about the truth of any of these issues, because THAT would be out of bounds.

    Hmph.

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