Has anyone else noticed that some of your favorite funny tv commercials get edited down? Lots of times, they edit out the funniest parts. I used to work in radio & many times, the advertisers would want the ads revised. Guess that's what going on here as well, but at the expense of humor sometimes.
The most recent one I can think of is an AOL ad about getting cable connection. You see the family's house cut wide open & all these strangers come inside with lousy offers & whatnot. But the one scene that had me rolling was the mailman who let himself into the living room to watch cartoons! He's cracking up & slappin his knee! They cut him out!! :mad:

I hate when they shorten and delete portions of the good commercials.

Originally posted by Rickenbacker
Has anyone else noticed that some of your favorite funny tv commercials get edited down? Lots of times, they edit out the funniest parts. I used to work in radio & many times, the advertisers would want the ads revised. Guess that's what going on here as well, but at the expense of humor sometimes.
The most recent one I can think of is an AOL ad about getting cable connection. You see the family's house cut wide open & all these strangers come inside with lousy offers & whatnot. But the one scene that had me rolling was the mailman who let himself into the living room to watch cartoons! He's cracking up & slappin his knee! They cut him out!! :mad:

I hate when commercials do that :cuss:

It's a let down when they do that but I've noticed that they don't do it all the time. I'll see an edited version on one show and then later see the original longer version played. It must depend on if they want to pay for a 15 to 30 second to 1 minute size slot on any given program.

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
I hate when they shorten and delete portions of the good commercials.

Yep. I noticed they edited the second eBay commercial with the woman in it....:cuss:

You notice it's never the stupid annoying commercials they do that to?

Errr.

Originally posted by Rockapella722
You notice it's never the stupid annoying commercials they do that to?

Errr.

Exactly. There is this really annoying Kleenex Commercial with this fat boy that needs to be cut. Aaarrgh!!:mad:

I work for an advertiser.

It all has to do with the length of the commercial. Commercials frequently have two or three different edits. Some are 15 seconds, some 30, some 60, etc.

I don't know, but I guess the particular version to use is determined by the individual station airing the ad. If they only have time for a short ad then they use the 15 second ad. If they have more time to fill the longer ads are used.

The advertiser has to retain the pertinent info about the product. Sometimes that means the best part of the ad ends up on the cutting room floor. That is painful to me, because I know how much money and time is expended in order to produce the full-length ad.

Originally posted by Lucylover22
Exactly. There is this really annoying Kleenex Commercial with this fat boy that needs to be cut. Aaarrgh!!:mad:


Oh Jesus- it's the one w/ that tubby kid eating a ton-o-barbeque chicken & they speed up the camera for "humorous" effect, right? I hate that commercial. The kid is downright not cute & it only perpetuates the 'fat American' image we have elsewhere. But you're right- they oughta cut that entire ad altogether.

I don't see the kleenex one anymore.

Originally posted by Janice Johnson
I don't see the kleenex one anymore.

:lol: Me either. I forgot all about it!

Originally posted by Rickenbacker
Oh Jesus- it's the one w/ that tubby kid eating a ton-o-barbeque chicken & they speed up the camera for "humorous" effect, right? I hate that commercial. The kid is downright not cute & it only perpetuates the 'fat American' image we have elsewhere. But you're right- they oughta cut that entire ad altogether.

No, that's a napkin ad...I'm not sure which brand, tho. Probably Brawny.

Originally posted by Lucylover22
Exactly. There is this really annoying Kleenex Commercial with this fat boy that needs to be cut. Aaarrgh!!:mad:

The one where he's trying to shave? :rolleyes: What a loser. :mad:

Originally posted by PZelda: VICKI!!
The one where he's trying to shave? :rolleyes: What a loser. :mad:

Yeah, it's stupid all right.pig:

Originally posted by Lucylover22
Yeah, it's stupid all right.pig:

OMG. I HATE that commercial!!!!!!! :cuss: I just want to slap that boy. :mad:

Originally posted by PZelda: VICKI!!
OMG. I HATE that commercial!!!!!!! :cuss: I just want to slap that boy. :mad:

I know. He would never get a date just because he shaved. He is as fat as a :cow: and probably smells like a pig:.