Wednesday, July 27, 2011
LADY WOWZA: I had held off previously on discussing the racist Summer's Eve talking vagina ads because we tend to prefer our douche in metaphorical or bagged metaphorical forms rather than as an actual hygenic product, but now that Stephen Colbert has weighed in and the ads have been pulled today (but are still online here), well, sure. Seriously, who are the ad wizards who came up with this one?
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God help me, but when I read your description and saw the screen-still of the first video, I assumed the hand was supposed to represent the vagina, which made the particular still shot even more confusing and wrong given the background. I do not know what in me thought, even for an instant, that there would be any possible national ad campaign that featured talking hand-vaginas. What is wrong with me?
ReplyDeleteI assumed that one of the first two links would lead to a search including the search term "Dykstra".
ReplyDeleteI don't know what you're talking about -- Eve Ensler thought this was a GREAT idea! :)
ReplyDeleteI hope Summer's Eve's bad marketing decision doesn't set back the cause of talking vagina advertisements.
ReplyDeleteA little off topic, but I've always loved that sketch and it makes me happy when it gets quoted.
ReplyDeletePete : My friend from Dartmouth is now working for an amazing company that makes, this, um, product, for, um . . .
ReplyDeleteDon: WHAT?
Pete: ladies' personal, um, goods.
Don: PEGGY!!!
Peggy: Yes, Don?
Don: Do you use a douching product?
Peggy: I'm not really comfort --
Don: Answer the question.
Pete (whispering): she should.
Peggy: Sometimes.
Don: Good. I need something by tomorrow.
Peggy (to Joan): Can you help me with something?
Joan: oh, dear.
Peggy: it's about .. . vaginas.
Joan: Well, thank you for coming to me. It's important that any office girl knows how to .. .
Peggy: nevermind.
Pete (to Peggy): Apparently negro women also like to keep themselves clean down there. How can we sell to them? I asked our colored elevator operator about his wife's, and now he won't speak to me anymore. Maybe we can ask Kinsey.
[Kinsey smokes pipe for several hours Has no ideas.]
Don: SAL!
Sal: Yes, Don?
Don: We need some art work on vaginas.
Sal: [sigh]
Don (looking at artwork): That's a hand.
Sal: Well, we couldn't really show you the bottom floor.
Don: You people. Just do a funny voice and be done with it.
There is some genius here, and I don't just mean Benner. I believe I just watched a 30-second ad in order to watch a 30 second ad.
ReplyDeleteYou lack the parts where:
ReplyDelete1. Roger shows up to make an inappropriate drunk racist/sexist remark.
2. Don ultimately saves the day by coming up with a dramatic speech at the end.
I swear that I was wondering how I'd missed this scene right up until the Kinsey line.
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