I'd read about this and rolled my eyes at the time though I understand the intent was to do some good.
But having now seen one of the ads, I'm not sure how much good it is doing. And sorry, but I ain't buying the whole "give the gift that will light up her Menorah!" angle. I mean, really? "Oh honey, you shouldn't have. No really. You shouldn't have!"
It feels more like an "I got a rock" situation to me.
If the CBS embed isn't working you can try it on YouTube:
I saw this recently on my local station and frankly I found it very, very insulting. What were they thinking.
hahahahaha
o wow, that made my day. that was funny
Call me crazy, but I think Kay’s Jewelers will still beat this out for Christmas gifts to that special someone.
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Well, lessee…
There’s a road paved with good intentions…
Jay Leno asked Hugh Grant a question that is relevant here (as did Suzanne, above)…
Comedy is indeed a subjective, personalized matter of taste…
What do you expect from the network that threw Frosty the Snowman, 2 & 1/2 Men, and HIMYM into a blender and came up with a bit of a controversy…
Is Nothing Sacred…
I got a rock (Robert, above)…
This should invoke wide-ranging reactions…
All of the above hit me within 10 seconds of viewing that ad. My mind feels odd. Time for some aspirin, cookies, and a trip to Hulu to see Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot.
vid doesn’t work. likely removed by cbs.
Edward:
Just checked it… it is working, just FYI. Not sure what happened on your try… :-/
yeah, i probably need some plugin to view it besides flash. I checked the vid on youtube just now. >_> I’m not female or jewish and it offended me. I don’t see that as funny or effective… the only funny thing is that this actually made it on air.
Oy Vey! CBS removed the vid from their site but you tube still has it
I can still watch it on the CBS viewer.
Ok, so, commendable thing they are trying to do and all (there’s something similar that shows up on Hulu all the time with Jack Black), but the Jewish slant is weird. And the light up her menorah thing is just offensive. I can deal with the schmear/smear thing, but I don’t know a single woman who would appreciate that gift. Maybe if they had ended it with something like, “Give her the gift that may save her life,” I could be more sympathetic.
There’s a Christmas one too… yay..
Ah, yes…”last night I shot a bear in my pajamas. What he was doing in them, I’ll never know.” .
Ya know, when I read the story ABOUT the story, I didn’t quite catch on. See. CBS’ news department is busy “schmearing” conservatives at every opportunity.
So imagine my surprise…
Wucka, wucka, wucka. This is my kind of comedy. But if I’d suggested it, they’d have told me “no”.
Sure. I can see Jennifer Love Hewitt doing one for prostate exams thats sure to light up his tree.
This reminds me of a campaign they did last year, the CBS Cares Colonoscopy Sweepstakes, where they were going to fly the winner to either LA or Vegas (don’t remember which) and let them stay in a really nice hotel for a night…while prepping for the colonoscopy they would get the next day. They were clearly aiming it at their daytime television viewers, since the CBS people in the commercial were a female soap opera star and (I think) the announcer from The Price is Right; I only saw it b/c I was watching a video on the CBS website. It was bizarre, but not quite as bizarre/potentially offensive as this.
This looks like something that would be on Conan O’Brien.
Well, the Christmas one wasn’t quite as bad.
But still, what the hell CBS.
this could be in colbert report/daily show to screw with people but as a serious add? NO WAY!
its insulting and cheap.
and i am not a jew.
It was kind of bizarre to air on CBS, a network that won’t air condom ads that could save lives, but I didn’t find it offensive. It aired during “Old Christine” with its offbeat humor anyway. It was sort of in the style of Fran Drescher’s “Cancer Shmancer/”
Wow, Grace, I missed that one last year. I hope the prize was a really really nice hotel that includes the softest toilet paper out there. Otherwise, if they used the type of toilet paper most hotels I’ve been in use… Ouch.
(Had a colonoscopy at the ripe old age of 22. I was the youngest person in that waiting room by about 45 years.)
Anyone have a sense of humor? Anyone? Anyone?