Friday, May 16, 2003

Free Pizza Day

There's a new commercial that's on the air for some Pizza Chain. Here's a picture of it.



For those who haven't seen it, I'll summarize; It's Stupid.

But in order to appreciate my point, a more in depth summary is probably necessary. The guy who's not in a Pizza Delivery gets hit in the head with a ball from street Hockey (the game of champions). He falls down, and the pizza guy runs up (but doesn't drop his pizzas), to determine if normal guy has possession of his mental faculties. So he asks him what day it is. Normal guy says "Free Pizza day." Pizza guy says, "and the next day?" "Free Pizza Day." "Fascinating, and the day after that?" "Free Pizza Day" "Don't worry kids, your dad is going to be fine."

So you see, according to certain pizza chains, the only mental faculty they care about is your ability to buy their product. Why do I think this attitude might be elsewhere in the commercial world as well?

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