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What's wrong with this commercial?

by Kurt
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There's something about this commercial that really bugs me...who can tell me why? Hint: It's kind of a logic issue.


  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Yep. It's about a Stones tour in 1972, however the song playing over it is Miss You which was released in 1978.

    I assume the ad cost a pretty penny to make (including the rights to use the song). You'd think they'd do just a teeny bit of research before releasing it.

    FAIL!
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    • Profile picture of the author Kurt
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      Yep. It's about a Stones tour in 1972, however the song playing over it is Miss You which was released in 1978.

      I assume the ad cost a pretty penny to make (including the rights to use the song). You'd think they'd do just a teeny bit of research before releasing it.

      FAIL!
      Exactly! Good job.


      And it does bug me. LOL


      It isn't like the Stones didn't have a lot of songs they released prior to 1972 to choose from, why pick one that didn't even exist in 1972?
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    I may have gone with Brown Sugar, although that's from 1971, but at least it existed in 1972. Exile on Main Street was released in 1972 and there's a few good songs that would have been better than using Miss You, like this one:


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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      They are getting p*** and stoned in the air?

      Thankyou, it took me a good 10 seconds to come up with that one!

      Well, that and the name of the alcohol?

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      • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
        It's a dreadful ad, both in conception and execution. If that's 1972, where are all the smokers on the plane?

        In any case, I'm pretty sure the Stones preferred Jack Daniels.

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        • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
          Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

          It's a dreadful ad, both in conception and execution. If that's 1972, where are all the smokers on the plane?.
          To be fair, it's highly probable that none of the "creative geniuses" that came up with the ad were even alive in 1972, or 1978 for that matter.
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          • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
            Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

            To be fair, it's highly probable that none of the "creative geniuses" that came up with the ad were even alive in 1972, or 1978 for that matter.
            It is almost beyond dispute now that no one was alive in 1972.

            I jus' hate all these conspiracy theories — Roswell aliens, landin' on the moon, alien snakes livin' among us etc.

            So yeah, the very idea that people could even walk in a straight line in flared pants is simply a myth.

            Plus, people woulda died evry time they took 'em off.

            Two whole legfuls of air, released suddenly into the atmosphere, an' no one died of hyperventilation?

            Hey, history, I am not a frickin' moron.
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            • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
              Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

              It is almost beyond dispute now that no one was alive in 1972.

              I jus' hate all these conspiracy theories -- Roswell aliens, landin' on the moon, alien snakes livin' among us etc.

              Plus, people woulda died evry time they took 'em off.

              Two whole legfuls of air, released suddenly into the atmosphere, an' no one died of hyperventilation?

              Hey, history, I am not a frickin' moron.
              So yeah, the very idea that people could even walk in a straight line in flared pants is simply a myth.
              I could, well most of the time?

              Yes, back then, everyone was scared to death that we would start to domesticate apes, and dogs and cats would wipe themselves out, as well as a virus killing off more people than Man Made Global Warning?

              And we would end up with a semi automatic in the front seat, driving through zombie infested streets, albeit in the mornings only?

              And Kmart would have a special on Soylent Green? People were dying for that one!

              But the Soylent Green Family Pack was the one to go for?

              I'd better stop?

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              • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
                Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

                Yes, back then, everyone was scared to death that we would start to domesticate apes, and dogs and cats would wipe themselves out, as well as a virus killing off more people than Man Made Global Warning?

                And we would end up with a semi automatic in the front seat, driving through zombie infested streets, albeit in the mornings only?
                But we got lucky an' invented cyberspace for alla that stuff, leavin' us free to cruise the planet in a state of sensory despair.

                But I am turned on now by the concept of flared pants.

                I wanna striped pair, with a thigh aviary.

                Or mebbe some friendly bees.

                Oh man, mebbe I could even hide Matt Damon in there, clingin' to my leg like a faithful koala (upside down, natch, to avoid either of us bein' arrested for immodesty).

                Tellya, if they brought back flared pants, the Fitbit market would be killed off overnight.

                Who'd need a crummy eletronic tag to count yr steps if u had Hollywood's finest lickin' behind yr knees with every footfall?

                Plus, I jus' Googled 1972 (because I was only jokin' about it bein' a myth) an' there are loadsa movie gals from back then who ain't worked in a while, like Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, an' Clint Eastwood's stunt double, all of whom I'm sure are gaggin' for an opportuntity to dangle like lemurs from some hot OT guy thigh.

                Hey —that Eastwood gal got a beard, so you could combine lookin' fashionable with workin' out an' exfoliatin' problem dry skin.

                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                Bell Bottoms, they can save your life.
                Do not get me started, Claude.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

              It is almost beyond dispute now that no one was alive in 1972.

              I jus' hate all these conspiracy theories -- Roswell aliens, landin' on the moon, alien snakes livin' among us etc.

              So yeah, the very idea that people could even walk in a straight line in flared pants is simply a myth.
              First, bell bottoms were mandatory on planes in the 70s. They worked as parachutes. The record is clear. Not one person wearing bell bottoms, has ever fallen out of a plain, and died from the fall.

              Bell Bottoms, they can save your life.
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              • Profile picture of the author Kurt
                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                First, bell bottoms were mandatory on planes in the 70s. They worked as parachutes. The record is clear. Not one person wearing bell bottoms, has ever fallen out of a plain, and died from the fall.

                Bell Bottoms, they can save your life.
                Bell bottoms became obsolete and were replaced in the 80s with parachute pants.
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                • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
                  Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

                  Bell bottoms became obsolete and were replaced in the 80s with parachute pants.
                  Such is the nature of partin', an' flaps.
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                • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
                  Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

                  Bell bottoms became obsolete and were replaced in the 80s with parachute pants.
                  The most obvious mistake. Hot Pants were not standard dress for air stewardesses in 1972 or any other year for that matter.

                  Claude still wears Bell bottoms...or is it that his bottom is shaped like a bell.

                  Interestingly enough, Big Ben was one of Claude's....
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                  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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                    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                    Claude still wears hot pants...or is it that his bottom is shaped like a cow bell.
                    Fixed it...
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                    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
                      I thought that the 80's were better, we had a Rubik's Cube weapon to throw at Geeks that solved it!

                      But the 70's did have the Pet Rock weapon, so?


                      All through the 70's l was thinking "why would people spend good money of a frickin rock"?

                      But it did have a birth certificate and box, so?

                      I was more into, saving up for my next Atari 2600 game, adding to my Lego set, and also saving up for the next LCD game.

                      Although the black dot game watch was my favourite, you could mute the sound and play it in class, at least til a PM teacher broke it, grrrr!

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