I've been visiting my mom for about ten days now. Usually I don't watch much tv and when I do, I record and skip the commercials. Since being here, I have caught more than a few commercials and even a couple of infomercials.
I'm not sure if I have ever before seen individuals with such vigor in my life. Not only are the infomercialists excited about their products, they seem higher than a kite. Today I caught one called the Topsy Turvy, a "new and exciting way to grow tomatoes!!" I quite like tomatoes, but not to a point of animation and enthusiasm about them. I never wanted to jump up and down screaming "I LOVE TOMATOES!!"
The other commercials that are annoying to the point of aggravation are the ones for male enhancement products. My disgust for these parallels that of my feelings for commercials advertising products for feminine hygeine (During these, I often wonder if these products are 
really ones that need to be broadcast to American audiences. Though I'm not an expert, I find myself wondering if women don't already know about these products; and if they don't, it's doubtful that they have televisions at all.) I'm not even sure where to start with my firm criticism of the whole genre. First of all, these commercials appear where they shouldn't, i.e. the middle of movies on AMC and even on the History channel. It makes one wonder what age and gender the target audience is when you see penis extension advertisements in the middle of "Legally Blonde" (and for anyone wondering, I was pushed to the extreme edge of boredom, which resulted in my watching this movie, though I could not get through "Pride and Prejudice.")
really ones that need to be broadcast to American audiences. Though I'm not an expert, I find myself wondering if women don't already know about these products; and if they don't, it's doubtful that they have televisions at all.) I'm not even sure where to start with my firm criticism of the whole genre. First of all, these commercials appear where they shouldn't, i.e. the middle of movies on AMC and even on the History channel. It makes one wonder what age and gender the target audience is when you see penis extension advertisements in the middle of "Legally Blonde" (and for anyone wondering, I was pushed to the extreme edge of boredom, which resulted in my watching this movie, though I could not get through "Pride and Prejudice.") Soon I hope I will be back at work and have significantly less time to spend staring at a metal box!!
