What sub-culture is depicted in the Sonos speaker commercial with the nicely dressed women and men dancing in their living room?
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posted by thylacine
on Oct 24, 2012 -
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Help me, a 30 year old TV production assistant, make a career switch. Special snowflake details inside.
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posted by tylerfulltilt
on Sep 26, 2012 -
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What are some TV commercials of the past couple of years that showcase some of the cheesy tropes of American television advertising?
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posted by dontjumplarry
on Jun 18, 2012 -
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Is there, anywhere, a website or database of actors and actresses who appear in commercials?
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posted by timsteil
on Apr 28, 2012 -
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Hivemind, please help me find a PBS commercial that stuck in my impressionable kid brain! This would have been mid-1990s, probably on WGBH Boston and likely right before or after Bill Nye. My Google/Youtube-fu is failing me.
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posted by Wretch729
on Apr 17, 2012 -
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Why do TV networks do promos for their shows (like for Glee or House last night) during the Super Bowl?
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posted by John Frum
on Feb 7, 2011 -
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TheGlitz&GlamourOfHollywoodFILTER: I’m part of a small start-up that films celebrity interviews and slaps sponsor’s logos on them. Well, in theory, anyway. Up till now, we haven’t had any sponsors. Now we’ve finally gotten our foot wedged into an advertiser’s door, but we don’t know how much to charge!
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posted by MexicanYenta
on Apr 30, 2010 -
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A decadent chocolate cake you won't regret? Help me find examples of choice and regret in popular/mainstream media, including advertising/marketing, but also on the magazine stand, in sitcoms, etc.
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posted by soviet sleepover
on Apr 26, 2010 -
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What are the total ad dollars spent on TV advertising in 2009 vs 2008? If it hasn't been really totaled up yet, is there a projection? I'm trying to get a sense of the difference due to the economic problems and general trends away from TV advertising. If you can site a reference, all the better!
posted by moedym
on Jan 27, 2010 -
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Imagine a world with no TV advertising, and no sponsorship with TV shows being view on demand and funded by pay-per-view by the viewer. How much would (or should) a TV show actually cost?
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posted by nielm
on Dec 14, 2006 -
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Is public broadcasting really public if it has commercials? How and why did this happen?
posted by swift
on Mar 8, 2005 -
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I've searched and searched, and can't find an answer to this simple question: What was the last year in which McDonalds used the "two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun" jingle in a commercial?
posted by jammer
on Feb 8, 2005 -
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I love some of the commercials for PBS. There is one playing currently that is constructed around the story of Little Red Riding Hood's wolf. Philip Glass' music from
The Hours is throughout, a father is reading the story to his daughter, then gets interrupted by Lara Spencer, Charlie Rose ("In my interview with the wolf, he said he does his own stunts to add more realism to the story"), Jim Lehrer, Bernadette Peters and a couple others who I don't know, who all have comments about the wolf. Is this commercial available online? Does anyone know who made this?
posted by scazza
on Jan 31, 2005 -
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The Geico Caveman TV commercial.
Is it racist or just brilliant?
posted by Fupped Duck
on Jan 8, 2005 -
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Tonight I am watching my daily dose of the Simpsons and Seinfeld. At least 50% of the commercials are for automobile companies. My Marketing 101 question: Why do car companies advertise so heavily in proportion to other companies? The average American buys a car once every few years, and a traffic jam can give you all the brand recognition you need. Why the hard sell on tv and in magazines?
posted by tlong
on Oct 19, 2004 -
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Help me figure out this auction marketing thing.
I'm thinking about selling some items from a defunct tv show. Since the current market for the show appears slow on eBay, and its fanbase seems to be pretty scattered. Fanfic, episodes guides, FAQs, etc. but not much in the way of communities. So I'm not confident an auction would be noticed by interested collectors without spreading word of mouth. Is that how this works? And if so, are there generally-accepted ground rules for (tasteful, non-spammy ways of) putting the word out?
posted by nakedcodemonkey
on Aug 7, 2004 -
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In the U.S., some televised prescription drug ads tell you exactly what the drug is for. Others only allude cryptically to the drug's function. Still others just show a middle-aged, sweater-clad couple enjoying a sunset on a beach. Or Mike Ditka. Why?
posted by stonerose
on Feb 16, 2004 -
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