Re: Local TV Ads You Don't Like
First off, apologies for sharing this in the "Local TV Ads You Don't Like" thread... since it's not really a bad ad. Pretty conventional... mediocre, actually. But since it certainly doesn't qualify as a favorite local ad, and since I'm ultimately poking fun at it, this is the best place to do it.
I'm talking about a recent First Hawaiian Bank commercial, promoting its "Priority Rewards" card. It talks about various benefits, as you might imagine, involving local stores and restaurants (Foodland and Roy's are depicted). But one video clip in the ad sticks out like a sore thumb to me... one, because it's a way, way overused piece of stock video footage (you see the same telemarketers in stock photo sets!), and two, because of the point it's ironically being used to emphasize.
And because I'm feeling a bit loopy, I decided to make a little video to share my bemusement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xaqXGCFSmY
First off, apologies for sharing this in the "Local TV Ads You Don't Like" thread... since it's not really a bad ad. Pretty conventional... mediocre, actually. But since it certainly doesn't qualify as a favorite local ad, and since I'm ultimately poking fun at it, this is the best place to do it.
I'm talking about a recent First Hawaiian Bank commercial, promoting its "Priority Rewards" card. It talks about various benefits, as you might imagine, involving local stores and restaurants (Foodland and Roy's are depicted). But one video clip in the ad sticks out like a sore thumb to me... one, because it's a way, way overused piece of stock video footage (you see the same telemarketers in stock photo sets!), and two, because of the point it's ironically being used to emphasize.
And because I'm feeling a bit loopy, I decided to make a little video to share my bemusement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xaqXGCFSmY
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