TV Commercials beginning with “Are you tired of ?”
August 11, 2020 1:33 PM Subscribe
I’m trying to find as many TV commercials as I can that open with the line “Are you tired of ?” followed by an exhortation to buy their product that will fix the issues. The more weird and related to some niche interest the issue being fixed is, the better.
I’m having a hard time finding this kind of video on YouTube. This compilation of clips has some “Are you tired of ....?” and “Tired of ....?” clips but I’d really prefer the whole commercials. https://youtu.be/TlnaYmKrHgw
I’m having a hard time finding this kind of video on YouTube. This compilation of clips has some “Are you tired of ....?” and “Tired of ....?” clips but I’d really prefer the whole commercials. https://youtu.be/TlnaYmKrHgw
I cannot believe I am linking to this for the second time in one year, after years of hiding it in shame. When we wrote it, it was meant to be ironic, but hey you asked for weird.
posted by Mchelly at 1:53 PM on August 11, 2020 [11 favorites]
posted by Mchelly at 1:53 PM on August 11, 2020 [11 favorites]
There's the commercial from the Simpsons: Tired of Making Juice the Old Fashioned Way? (the old fashioned way being squishing an orange against the side of your head).
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 2:10 PM on August 11, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 2:10 PM on August 11, 2020 [1 favorite]
This answer is orthogonal to your question, and a bit pre-emptive because I don't know why you want to collect these ads, but please know that all of those ads are made to advertise "crutch" products to people with disabilities. They look goofy and seem stupid to able-bodied people, but they're made that way because advertising to a disability generally fails. No one wants to "identify" as "unable to open a jar lid," for example, but a lot of disabilities make it impossible to open a jar lid.
They don't use disabled people in the ads because that always tests really poorly - even to disabled people. Please don't mock these ads; they serve a real purpose.
I hope that in the future there is far less shame tied up in disability, as more and more disabled people are open about it, and we won't need to "fake" our way through advertising these useful products to their intended audiences.
posted by tzikeh at 2:25 PM on August 11, 2020 [23 favorites]
They don't use disabled people in the ads because that always tests really poorly - even to disabled people. Please don't mock these ads; they serve a real purpose.
I hope that in the future there is far less shame tied up in disability, as more and more disabled people are open about it, and we won't need to "fake" our way through advertising these useful products to their intended audiences.
posted by tzikeh at 2:25 PM on August 11, 2020 [23 favorites]
Response by poster: Thanks tzikeh, I learned a lot from your response.
I’m collecting them because I find it gives an interesting insight into things that are part of other people’s day-to-day struggles, especially if they are related to a weird hobby. What made me think about it was when I clean my fishtank I always end up getting some of the water in my mouth when I start the siphon, and that it would make an amusing product commercial “Are you tired of getting fishtank water in your mouth?” because this is not a problem for most people and they would find it weird.
posted by Joe Chip at 2:54 PM on August 11, 2020 [4 favorites]
I’m collecting them because I find it gives an interesting insight into things that are part of other people’s day-to-day struggles, especially if they are related to a weird hobby. What made me think about it was when I clean my fishtank I always end up getting some of the water in my mouth when I start the siphon, and that it would make an amusing product commercial “Are you tired of getting fishtank water in your mouth?” because this is not a problem for most people and they would find it weird.
posted by Joe Chip at 2:54 PM on August 11, 2020 [4 favorites]
How To Siphon A Fish Tank (without getting water in your mouth)
posted by Iris Gambol at 4:11 PM on August 11, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by Iris Gambol at 4:11 PM on August 11, 2020 [3 favorites]
There is an ad for a survey company that parodies these commercials: Neck Basket
The product is poorly made on purpose, but I think this is an example of something that would be useful for certain people if it was less rigid and maybe curved instead.
posted by soelo at 6:49 AM on August 12, 2020
The product is poorly made on purpose, but I think this is an example of something that would be useful for certain people if it was less rigid and maybe curved instead.
posted by soelo at 6:49 AM on August 12, 2020
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posted by Iris Gambol at 1:49 PM on August 11, 2020 [3 favorites]