February 17, 2000
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Here are two of the anti-smoking commercials Philip Morris succeeded in getting taken off the air. (News story via Rebecca's Pocket. I'm still looking for the "Body Bags" spot; if you know how I can get it, let me know.)
Roger and Me meets The Insider?
Has anyone seen the Mountain Dew-like anti-smoking commercials for "SPLODE"? Not only would I think that MtnDew would be pissed, but frankly it makes smoking sound cooler to me than anything that Philip Morris has ever put out. Kinda like those "I like sex, but I'm not willing to die for it" commercials they used to have. At the time, I was thinking "hey, if the sex is so good that the climax causes you to explode, I could be into that..." - if you want to dissuade, you don't make death look cool. "I like sex/smoking, but I'm not willing to die of a lingering illness that makes me unable to crap unassisted, turns me into a rotting shell that horrifies even my parents for it" would be a better ad.
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 12:07 PM on February 17, 2000
Has anyone seen the Mountain Dew-like anti-smoking commercials for "SPLODE"? Not only would I think that MtnDew would be pissed, but frankly it makes smoking sound cooler to me than anything that Philip Morris has ever put out. Kinda like those "I like sex, but I'm not willing to die for it" commercials they used to have. At the time, I was thinking "hey, if the sex is so good that the climax causes you to explode, I could be into that..." - if you want to dissuade, you don't make death look cool. "I like sex/smoking, but I'm not willing to die of a lingering illness that makes me unable to crap unassisted, turns me into a rotting shell that horrifies even my parents for it" would be a better ad.
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 12:07 PM on February 17, 2000
well... I guess you have. ;^)
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 12:08 PM on February 17, 2000
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 12:08 PM on February 17, 2000
Apparently the "Body Bag" spot only ran on the USA Network, while the lie detector one ran on Comedy Central.
Since I haven't seen the former, and could swear I've seen the latter a dozen times, does that say something about my TV viewing patterns? :)
posted by smackfu at 2:04 PM on February 17, 2000
Since I haven't seen the former, and could swear I've seen the latter a dozen times, does that say something about my TV viewing patterns? :)
posted by smackfu at 2:04 PM on February 17, 2000
They also briefly flash the URL for the Splode Soda site during the commercial.
posted by jkottke at 2:08 PM on February 17, 2000
posted by jkottke at 2:08 PM on February 17, 2000
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