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April 1, 2013 4:34 PM Subscribe
Whoa, I had no idea Glock ran TV commercials. What state/channel do those run on?
posted by pravit at 4:39 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by pravit at 4:39 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
first post features the mug of Nathan Barnatt
posted by rebent at 4:41 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by rebent at 4:41 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I-hmmm wanted to hate this, but actually seems like free promo for actors/models. That is okay.
But yeah there should be a dude version, for balance.
posted by The Whelk at 4:48 PM on April 1, 2013
But yeah there should be a dude version, for balance.
posted by The Whelk at 4:48 PM on April 1, 2013
Don't be ridiculous.
Who wants to see dudes?
I swear I can't believe the things I have to explain to you people...
posted by Fists O'Fury at 4:53 PM on April 1, 2013 [6 favorites]
Who wants to see dudes?
I swear I can't believe the things I have to explain to you people...
posted by Fists O'Fury at 4:53 PM on April 1, 2013 [6 favorites]
Feels stalky. I'm sure some of the actresses, if they were aware of it, would see it as good publicity. It's certainly not illegal. Just feels stalky.
posted by gurple at 4:53 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by gurple at 4:53 PM on April 1, 2013
I don't find it stalky and I don't think anyone whose career involves public exposure would, either.
posted by Taft at 4:56 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by Taft at 4:56 PM on April 1, 2013
Well, I guess you COULD say that the only people interested in who that hot ad girl is would be tv casting directors, b-film producers and genuine fans of TV actors , but thats probably underestimating how skeevy people can be. I vote blech.
posted by kittensofthenight at 4:58 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by kittensofthenight at 4:58 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
I'd be willing to bet that all these women have the same agent, and that's who's running the blog.
posted by Sys Rq at 4:58 PM on April 1, 2013 [19 favorites]
posted by Sys Rq at 4:58 PM on April 1, 2013 [19 favorites]
Minus ten points for not naming it "Thass A Spicy Meat-a-ball!"
posted by Atom Eyes at 5:05 PM on April 1, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by Atom Eyes at 5:05 PM on April 1, 2013 [5 favorites]
Kinda creepy.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 5:07 PM on April 1, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by Horace Rumpole at 5:07 PM on April 1, 2013 [5 favorites]
You know what this is refreshingly free of? Snarky listicle writing, laced with lazy ironic innuendo and using the editorial we.
posted by condour75 at 5:08 PM on April 1, 2013 [12 favorites]
posted by condour75 at 5:08 PM on April 1, 2013 [12 favorites]
Pretty sure there's a mechanism in place for finding this stuff if you're an agent or whatever, and you see a face in an ad that you think would be good for other work. Databases and such.
This is... I'm not sure it's creepy exactly, but it's definitely not to be considered just straight up informational.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 5:09 PM on April 1, 2013
This is... I'm not sure it's creepy exactly, but it's definitely not to be considered just straight up informational.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 5:09 PM on April 1, 2013
You know what this is refreshingly free of? Snarky listicle writing, laced with lazy ironic innuendo and using the editorial we.
Yeah, which is why I'm tentatively okay with this - hey who was X? X is Y. Okay then.
posted by The Whelk at 5:12 PM on April 1, 2013
Yeah, which is why I'm tentatively okay with this - hey who was X? X is Y. Okay then.
posted by The Whelk at 5:12 PM on April 1, 2013
You know what this is refreshingly free of? Snarky listicle writing, laced with lazy ironic innuendo and using the editorial we.
We'd Love To Chew On The Orbitz Girl, If You Know What We Mean
The "Wrong Girl" Girl Can Hold Us At Gunpoint Any Day
We're Doing Some Swordfighting Of Our Own With The Mitsubishi Electric Fencing Girl
I Wish These Planet Fitness Girls Went To Our Gym (Just Kidding, We Don't Go To The Gym)
this is disturbingly easy to do. good point, condour75.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 5:13 PM on April 1, 2013 [11 favorites]
We'd Love To Chew On The Orbitz Girl, If You Know What We Mean
The "Wrong Girl" Girl Can Hold Us At Gunpoint Any Day
We're Doing Some Swordfighting Of Our Own With The Mitsubishi Electric Fencing Girl
I Wish These Planet Fitness Girls Went To Our Gym (Just Kidding, We Don't Go To The Gym)
this is disturbingly easy to do. good point, condour75.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 5:13 PM on April 1, 2013 [11 favorites]
So I guess people still watch commercials.
posted by brain_drain at 5:14 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by brain_drain at 5:14 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
I want to know who is the older actress in the Capital One commercial. She is more interesting.
posted by michaelh at 5:20 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by michaelh at 5:20 PM on April 1, 2013
This just feels weird to me somehow. Like "people have way too much time on their hands to obsess and find out about women in commercials" weird.
Again, YMMV.
posted by Kitteh at 5:25 PM on April 1, 2013
Again, YMMV.
posted by Kitteh at 5:25 PM on April 1, 2013
Even as a straight guy, I kinda feel obliged to leave this right here.
posted by kimota at 5:26 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by kimota at 5:26 PM on April 1, 2013
I've always considered the low-key-sexual celebrity obsession thing vaguely creepy consumerist, both men and women seems about equally guilty here. Admittedly an obsessive fan base profits celebrities greatly, so successful ones encourage these fans just enough. I'd judge this site 100% beneficial for the named celebrities, like Sys Rq suggested.
I'd worry such obsessive behavior might negatively impact people's relationships, meaning both the celebrities and this site are ever so slightly exploiting people, but that seems nit picky. Worse, all my close friends who've ever creeped me out with a celebrity obsession maintain romantic relationship better than myself, so that intuition seems flawed.
posted by jeffburdges at 5:27 PM on April 1, 2013
I'd worry such obsessive behavior might negatively impact people's relationships, meaning both the celebrities and this site are ever so slightly exploiting people, but that seems nit picky. Worse, all my close friends who've ever creeped me out with a celebrity obsession maintain romantic relationship better than myself, so that intuition seems flawed.
posted by jeffburdges at 5:27 PM on April 1, 2013
Well, I guess you COULD say that the only people interested in who that hot ad girl is would be tv casting directors, b-film producers and genuine fans of TV actors , but thats probably underestimating how skeevy people can be. I vote blech.
"Listen I want to make sure you’re not gonna regret this, because its’- it’s not just cute guys who buy these magazines. It’s teenage boys with weird rashes and old guys that live at the “Y.” -Liz Lemon
posted by discopolo at 5:27 PM on April 1, 2013 [6 favorites]
"Listen I want to make sure you’re not gonna regret this, because its’- it’s not just cute guys who buy these magazines. It’s teenage boys with weird rashes and old guys that live at the “Y.” -Liz Lemon
posted by discopolo at 5:27 PM on April 1, 2013 [6 favorites]
Katie Brown is the woman in that Citi rock climbing commercial with the really annoying song. And Alex Honnold (previously) is the guy.
posted by jessssse at 5:28 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by jessssse at 5:28 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
It's not that I want to chew on the Orbitz But she was also known as someone who held herself aloof from parents, teachers and principals. The district spent $100,000 a year for a security detail to drive her around the city. At public meetings, questions had to be submitted beforehand for screening. girl; it's just that if I were asked to, I wouldn't have a problem with it.
Totally different.
posted by ShutterBun at 5:34 PM on April 1, 2013
Totally different.
posted by ShutterBun at 5:34 PM on April 1, 2013
Even as a straight guy, I kinda feel obliged to leave this right here.
As a straight woman, I have to admit, that guy looks average. I can't speak for all of us, but there should be more Jon Hamm-like guys in TV and print ads.
posted by discopolo at 5:35 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
As a straight woman, I have to admit, that guy looks average. I can't speak for all of us, but there should be more Jon Hamm-like guys in TV and print ads.
posted by discopolo at 5:35 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
rock climbing commercial with the really annoying song
Understatement of the year. That yodelling "somebodyleft the GGAAAATTTEE OOOOOOpen" bit drives me up the wall and the local news hates all of humanity because they play that commercial like five times in the row.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:38 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Understatement of the year. That yodelling "somebodyleft the GGAAAATTTEE OOOOOOpen" bit drives me up the wall and the local news hates all of humanity because they play that commercial like five times in the row.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:38 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
I'd be willing to bet that all these women have the same agent, and that's who's running the blog.
I know a handful of these actresses personally, and they do not have the same agents or managers. (Although I wouldn't have been surprised if you were right.)
I'll ask if they feel it's stalkery. My guess is some will indeed be creeped out by it, although honestly there's already a lot of weird shit out there about commercial actresses and on the spectrum, this is rather mild. I had a commercial actor friend who found slashfic written about him.
posted by incessant at 5:39 PM on April 1, 2013
I know a handful of these actresses personally, and they do not have the same agents or managers. (Although I wouldn't have been surprised if you were right.)
I'll ask if they feel it's stalkery. My guess is some will indeed be creeped out by it, although honestly there's already a lot of weird shit out there about commercial actresses and on the spectrum, this is rather mild. I had a commercial actor friend who found slashfic written about him.
posted by incessant at 5:39 PM on April 1, 2013
"somebodyleft the GGAAAATTTEE OOOOOOpen"
Aw, I like that song. Guess you don't want to know who it's by... :C
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:41 PM on April 1, 2013
Aw, I like that song. Guess you don't want to know who it's by... :C
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:41 PM on April 1, 2013
Dude I've found fic prompts for ME.
It's kinda borderline I think, but the lack of anything too creepy keeps it on the edge of " helpful resource/Promotion" in my eyes.
posted by The Whelk at 5:42 PM on April 1, 2013
It's kinda borderline I think, but the lack of anything too creepy keeps it on the edge of " helpful resource/Promotion" in my eyes.
posted by The Whelk at 5:42 PM on April 1, 2013
I'd judge this site 100% beneficial for the named celebrities, like Sys Rq suggested.
I did suggest that--or rather, that that appears to be the intent--but to be honest, I'm gonna have to side with the folks who think it's iffy.
The one thing that makes me think it's all a phony piece of PR for the models and actors featured is that it seems implausible that anyone besides casting agents would actually give a shit who so-and-so in such-and-such commercial was. But if it's not, and the "people" "writing in" actually exist? That's actually pretty stalkery, yeah.
posted by Sys Rq at 5:43 PM on April 1, 2013
I did suggest that--or rather, that that appears to be the intent--but to be honest, I'm gonna have to side with the folks who think it's iffy.
The one thing that makes me think it's all a phony piece of PR for the models and actors featured is that it seems implausible that anyone besides casting agents would actually give a shit who so-and-so in such-and-such commercial was. But if it's not, and the "people" "writing in" actually exist? That's actually pretty stalkery, yeah.
posted by Sys Rq at 5:43 PM on April 1, 2013
Guess I picked the wrong week to release my Flo fanfiction rock opera trilogy eh?
Flo Riders On The Storm
Flo Sells...But Who's Flowing?
Piper At The Gates Of Flo
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:47 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Flo Riders On The Storm
Flo Sells...But Who's Flowing?
Piper At The Gates Of Flo
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:47 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
mysterious or unknown hot actressNope. Nothing leering and obsessive wafting off this myopic tumblr at all.
posted by dougmoon at 5:47 PM on April 1, 2013
Aw, I like that song.
It's okay. I like ice cream, but I'd be just as enraged if someone showed up every morning to throw some scoops at my head while I was trying to catch the weather report.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:47 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
It's okay. I like ice cream, but I'd be just as enraged if someone showed up every morning to throw some scoops at my head while I was trying to catch the weather report.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:47 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
I want to know who are those guys in the viagra commercials.
posted by octobersurprise at 5:48 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by octobersurprise at 5:48 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
What, you've never seen some jaw-droppingly hot person in an ad, and thought, "Oh my goodness, I sure would like to see more of that person"? You never googled "blond girl wearing a blue dress in Carl's Jr commercial"?
Seriously, how can you not have a crush on the blond girl wearing a blue dress in a Carl's Jr commercial? It's a stupid, stupid ad, but it should win the Cleo just for her.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 5:49 PM on April 1, 2013 [4 favorites]
Seriously, how can you not have a crush on the blond girl wearing a blue dress in a Carl's Jr commercial? It's a stupid, stupid ad, but it should win the Cleo just for her.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 5:49 PM on April 1, 2013 [4 favorites]
If you act now I'll throw in my Stevie Wonder coverband's tribute to Flo:
Songs in the Key of Flo
Flofillingness' First Flo-nale
Flo Once in My Life
and Innerflosions
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:52 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
Songs in the Key of Flo
Flofillingness' First Flo-nale
Flo Once in My Life
and Innerflosions
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:52 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
But wait there's more because I have ADD
Tales from Topographic Floceans
The Lamb Lies Down on Floadway
Weasels Ripped My Floesh
and Aqualung by Jethflo Tull
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:56 PM on April 1, 2013 [5 favorites]
Tales from Topographic Floceans
The Lamb Lies Down on Floadway
Weasels Ripped My Floesh
and Aqualung by Jethflo Tull
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:56 PM on April 1, 2013 [5 favorites]
You should call your cover band "E-L-Flo."
posted by octobersurprise at 5:58 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by octobersurprise at 5:58 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
It's a stupid, stupid ad, but it should win the Cleo just for her.posted by dougmoon at 5:59 PM on April 1, 2013
Electric Light Florchestra?
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:00 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:00 PM on April 1, 2013
Ok, now do titles of slashfic pairing Flo with Scout's Mom from Team Fortress 2.
posted by radwolf76 at 6:00 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by radwolf76 at 6:00 PM on April 1, 2013
"Flochestral Maneuvfloers in the Floark"
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:02 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:02 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Fljork
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:05 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:05 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
Wait! Wait! Flo-etry!
posted by octobersurprise at 6:07 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by octobersurprise at 6:07 PM on April 1, 2013
Some people might like to look at attractive people selling them things, and that's fine -- it is, after all, why they put attractive people on television. Some may even want to know more about them, which is a very promising thing in a young actor's life -- it is, after all, people's interest in the unnamed stars of early silent films that first created the star system, and allowed at least a few performers to have an actual career in acting, instead of being treated (and paid) like easily replaced day laborers.
But I would like to offer an alternative. I would like to take a moment to celebrate the character actor, whose work isn't defined by how attractive he or she is, or by how effectively they move product, but by how well they fit into character roles, and how indelible they are. They have their ups and downs, rarely starring in movies (although when they do, it is often to the betterment of the film); it seemed like the entirety of the 70s was dominated by character-actor-as-movie-star, but those moments in time are brief.
Fametracker used to have a section called Hey, It's That Guy (eventually a book), dedicated to celebrating the character actor you recognized from a million films but whose name you didn't know, and it's just one of a number of great collections of these performers. There's also Reel Characters, Who Is That, Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget, and my favorite, Quinlan's, which offers some of the finest descriptive phrases for actors I have ever read and have cribbed from mercilessly.
IMDB has a few lists of character actors, including The 300 Most Underrated Actors, Great Character Actresses, and Ten Great Female Character/Supporting Actresses. I also like Worrell Wide Web's 100 Great Character Actors & Actresses.
They are worth getting to know, because while movies stars rise and fall, and pretty faces will often get a first shot based on looks alone but never a second, the character actor is with us always, making tens, hundreds, sometimes even as many as 250 movies, doing the work dependably, playing their roles with skill, and, with surprising frequency, being a million times more interesting than the main characters.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 6:08 PM on April 1, 2013 [33 favorites]
But I would like to offer an alternative. I would like to take a moment to celebrate the character actor, whose work isn't defined by how attractive he or she is, or by how effectively they move product, but by how well they fit into character roles, and how indelible they are. They have their ups and downs, rarely starring in movies (although when they do, it is often to the betterment of the film); it seemed like the entirety of the 70s was dominated by character-actor-as-movie-star, but those moments in time are brief.
Fametracker used to have a section called Hey, It's That Guy (eventually a book), dedicated to celebrating the character actor you recognized from a million films but whose name you didn't know, and it's just one of a number of great collections of these performers. There's also Reel Characters, Who Is That, Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget, and my favorite, Quinlan's, which offers some of the finest descriptive phrases for actors I have ever read and have cribbed from mercilessly.
IMDB has a few lists of character actors, including The 300 Most Underrated Actors, Great Character Actresses, and Ten Great Female Character/Supporting Actresses. I also like Worrell Wide Web's 100 Great Character Actors & Actresses.
They are worth getting to know, because while movies stars rise and fall, and pretty faces will often get a first shot based on looks alone but never a second, the character actor is with us always, making tens, hundreds, sometimes even as many as 250 movies, doing the work dependably, playing their roles with skill, and, with surprising frequency, being a million times more interesting than the main characters.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 6:08 PM on April 1, 2013 [33 favorites]
The Flogues
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:09 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:09 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
Why did they call her "Flo." It just reminds me if Aunt Flo/surfing the crimson wave.
posted by discopolo at 6:15 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by discopolo at 6:15 PM on April 1, 2013
Its an acronym for Forever Lives Once
she is immortal
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:17 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
she is immortal
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:17 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Doesn't seem the least bit stalkery to me. There's less info in those entries than in any IMDB bio you'll see.
In fact if those were IMDB entries nobody would blink an eye.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 6:27 PM on April 1, 2013 [4 favorites]
In fact if those were IMDB entries nobody would blink an eye.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 6:27 PM on April 1, 2013 [4 favorites]
I consider Flo a character actress. And a great one.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 6:33 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 6:33 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
Nuts. Looks like my sci-fi flofic, The Spice Must Flo, will have to wait.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 6:43 PM on April 1, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 6:43 PM on April 1, 2013 [4 favorites]
Is there something like this for online ads? I remember the Snorg Tees Girl was a minor meme at some site (I think it was Cracked).
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 6:45 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 6:45 PM on April 1, 2013
I had a commercial actor friend who found slashfic written about him.
Are you friends with Mayhem?
TV Commercials are one of the categories that get fic for Yuletide. Not a lot, but there are always a few.
posted by PussKillian at 6:45 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Are you friends with Mayhem?
TV Commercials are one of the categories that get fic for Yuletide. Not a lot, but there are always a few.
posted by PussKillian at 6:45 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I had a commercial actor friend who found slashfic written about him.
Was it the "Time To Make The Donuts" guy?
(No reason.)
posted by Sys Rq at 7:29 PM on April 1, 2013 [6 favorites]
Was it the "Time To Make The Donuts" guy?
(No reason.)
posted by Sys Rq at 7:29 PM on April 1, 2013 [6 favorites]
As a straight woman, I have to admit, that guy looks average. I can't speak for all of us, but there should be more Jon Hamm-like guys in TV and print ads.
You will get Ad Dad and like it. Ad Dad is overweight, balding and barely knows how to tie his shoelaces. If left soley within his care the kids would be dead within a week. On the plus side, he can do endearing comedy burping.
posted by Artw at 7:33 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
You will get Ad Dad and like it. Ad Dad is overweight, balding and barely knows how to tie his shoelaces. If left soley within his care the kids would be dead within a week. On the plus side, he can do endearing comedy burping.
posted by Artw at 7:33 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Was it the "Time To Make The Donuts" guy?
Please tell me it's a coupling between Sam Breakstone and Jeffrey Tambor. Look at their chemistry!
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 7:43 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Please tell me it's a coupling between Sam Breakstone and Jeffrey Tambor. Look at their chemistry!
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 7:43 PM on April 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
You will get Ad Dad and like it. Ad Dad is overweight, balding and barely knows how to tie his shoelaces. If left soley within his care the kids would be dead within a week. On the plus side, he can do endearing comedy burping.
Oh, you mean Nightmare Husband? The guy created to convince women that having a husband is like being a single mom to a toddler that willfully never progresses beyond the terrible twos?
Maybe that's why this woman chooses to own her house and buy Liquid Plumber (an ad that I guess is better than the typical lady with doofus husband).
posted by discopolo at 7:59 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Oh, you mean Nightmare Husband? The guy created to convince women that having a husband is like being a single mom to a toddler that willfully never progresses beyond the terrible twos?
Maybe that's why this woman chooses to own her house and buy Liquid Plumber (an ad that I guess is better than the typical lady with doofus husband).
posted by discopolo at 7:59 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Maybe that's why this woman chooses to own her house and buy Liquid Plumber yt (an ad that I guess is better than the typical lady with doofus husband).
It amuses me more than it should that I was forced to sit through an ad to watch that ad.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:07 PM on April 1, 2013 [4 favorites]
It amuses me more than it should that I was forced to sit through an ad to watch that ad.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:07 PM on April 1, 2013 [4 favorites]
I remember hearing that somebody had written erotic fanfic about the family in those commercials where the mom argues with the kid about wasting his rollover minutes. Come to think of it, ad agencies should pay people to post erotic fanfic about ad characters, because once you know that there is porn somewhere about the commercial where the mom argues with the kid about wasting his rollover minutes, you will never be able to forget the commercial where the mom argues with the kid about wasting his rollover minutes, and dopes like me will actually post on Metafilter about the commercial where the mom argues with the kid about wasting his rollover minutes.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 8:58 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Ursula Hitler at 8:58 PM on April 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Exactly how old do you have to be to qualify as a woman these days?
posted by shakespeherian at 9:09 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by shakespeherian at 9:09 PM on April 1, 2013 [3 favorites]
I didn't think it was creepy. I expected to find it creepy but I found it refreshingly straight-forward. I have been curious as to who acts in X commercial at times. What bothered me is the reminder that grown women are ubiquiously referred to as "girls" lately.
posted by _paegan_ at 9:11 PM on April 1, 2013
posted by _paegan_ at 9:11 PM on April 1, 2013
I had a completely different take on this and that was giving a name and a background to the women who appear in ads solely because they're anonymously hot. I actually took this as a kinda political statement: these people have names and aren't just objects. (God imagine that rally, signs saying 'Hot People Are People Too')
posted by litleozy at 2:48 AM on April 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by litleozy at 2:48 AM on April 2, 2013 [3 favorites]
I have mixed feelings about the blog because on the one hand it fits my desire when seeing a random commercial to know who the person in it is and if I've seen her before. I like recognizing ad actors and actresses and think they deserve more recognition than they get. At the same time, it does verge on mildly creepy in digging up more revealing portfolio photos. And I agree about the term "girl" in this context. So yeah.
posted by graymouser at 5:39 AM on April 2, 2013
posted by graymouser at 5:39 AM on April 2, 2013
"blond girl wearing a blue dress in Carl's Jr commercial"
Dammit!
posted by slogger at 7:35 AM on April 2, 2013
Dammit!
posted by slogger at 7:35 AM on April 2, 2013
You know what? Without a doubt the ad agencies for most of those ads are selling sex. Is it more constructive that the women have names rather than being anonymous shills? The actresses get my attention better than the product...
posted by plinth at 8:00 AM on April 2, 2013
posted by plinth at 8:00 AM on April 2, 2013
I definitely think there needs to be a site for male actors as well, but I fail to see how people are finding "Here is her Wiki, fansite, an interview, and IMDb pages" creepy. I mean, that's not exactly private info.
posted by Amanojaku at 8:38 AM on April 2, 2013
posted by Amanojaku at 8:38 AM on April 2, 2013
Stalky or not, this is a treasure trove of great ads that don't get airplay in my neck of the woods. There are also links to some other gems, like this non-ad "ad" written, directed, and performed by Margaret Emery (the mom in the great Samsung "Made you a video. You probably shouldn't watch it on the plane" ad).
posted by Thorzdad at 8:46 AM on April 2, 2013
posted by Thorzdad at 8:46 AM on April 2, 2013
I did kind of wonder who the Rachel Maddow-looking lady was in the Bud Light commercial.
Then there's the late-30s-looking lady who's in every commercial ever. Then I found out she was on MadTV, which is probably why I hadn't seen her before. Then I found out she was in 40-Year-Old Virigin and I was like ! And wait, she was on Parks and Rec?
posted by dirigibleman at 8:47 AM on April 2, 2013
Then there's the late-30s-looking lady who's in every commercial ever. Then I found out she was on MadTV, which is probably why I hadn't seen her before. Then I found out she was in 40-Year-Old Virigin and I was like ! And wait, she was on Parks and Rec?
posted by dirigibleman at 8:47 AM on April 2, 2013
Then there's the late-30s-looking lady who's in every commercial ever
You know what dude I'm seeing in every commercial lately? Skipper from "Sex and the City" (aka Ben Weber). I don't care how many Clueless Commercial Dads he plays, every time I see him I think, Skipper! But hey, good for him. I have a friend who has done some big national commercials and it sounds like the gig pays very, very well.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:02 AM on April 2, 2013
You know what dude I'm seeing in every commercial lately? Skipper from "Sex and the City" (aka Ben Weber). I don't care how many Clueless Commercial Dads he plays, every time I see him I think, Skipper! But hey, good for him. I have a friend who has done some big national commercials and it sounds like the gig pays very, very well.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:02 AM on April 2, 2013
Meanwhile, my Who's That Model? AskMe question remains unsolved.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:08 AM on April 2, 2013
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:08 AM on April 2, 2013
My first thought was to roll my eyes at yet another male gaze website. But reading the comments here, I've gotta say that this one is relatively respectful as yet another male gaze websites go; if it were an outlier in the creepy, stalky, obssessy realm, the web would be a very different place.
posted by Zed at 10:37 AM on April 2, 2013
posted by Zed at 10:37 AM on April 2, 2013
Then there's the late-30s-looking lady who's in every commercial ever.
Jesus. I knew who that was going to be before I even clicked the link. Wake up call, I guess.
posted by Atom Eyes at 1:05 PM on April 2, 2013
Jesus. I knew who that was going to be before I even clicked the link. Wake up call, I guess.
posted by Atom Eyes at 1:05 PM on April 2, 2013
Slogger, her name is Tamara Brown. You're welcome.
Are people really still arguing about whether it's okay to call women girls? That seems so 1974 to me. Many women today routinely refer to women as girls, the same way they refer to men (or at least attractive men) as boys. Admittedly most men don't call other men boys very often, but I think the "girls" fight was pretty much settled a couple of decades ago.
I don't know if beautiful spokesmodel types get paid a lot better than male commercial actors, but I'm a fan of the Filmpigs and one of them, this guy named Todd Robert Anderson, is in a lot of national commercials and he seems to be really hurting for cash all the time. I don't think he leads an extravagant lifestyle either, it's more that starring in a commercial every four months just can't support a middle-class lifestyle.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 3:42 PM on April 2, 2013
Are people really still arguing about whether it's okay to call women girls? That seems so 1974 to me. Many women today routinely refer to women as girls, the same way they refer to men (or at least attractive men) as boys. Admittedly most men don't call other men boys very often, but I think the "girls" fight was pretty much settled a couple of decades ago.
I don't know if beautiful spokesmodel types get paid a lot better than male commercial actors, but I'm a fan of the Filmpigs and one of them, this guy named Todd Robert Anderson, is in a lot of national commercials and he seems to be really hurting for cash all the time. I don't think he leads an extravagant lifestyle either, it's more that starring in a commercial every four months just can't support a middle-class lifestyle.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 3:42 PM on April 2, 2013
Most men will call other men "guys", though, and "girls" is seen as pseudo-equivalent these days. Since "gals" the real equivalent is in such disfavor. For good reason.
posted by Justinian at 6:50 PM on April 2, 2013
posted by Justinian at 6:50 PM on April 2, 2013
The Glock ad featuring Courtney Hope was rather disturbing, but I diid appreciate seeing R. Lee Ermey again :)
posted by rhombus at 5:37 AM on April 3, 2013
posted by rhombus at 5:37 AM on April 3, 2013
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To be fair.
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