Thursday, May 23, 2013

ADT “Two Tiny Reasons”

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Synopsis: A couple of insufferable new parents wants the world to know that they’ve outsourced their grandiose fears of becoming the victims of a home invasion to some college dropout sitting by the phone in a cubicle 300 miles away.

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Tiny Reason No. 1 can’t neurologically process complex images, yet still perceives that her parents are nitwits

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Tiny Reason No. 2 wonders if E*TRADE Baby is ever going to call

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03A   Parents’ top priority is safety, which is why they put aquarium big enough to submerge newborns in nursery

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Soon they’ll be old enough for their first Cricketts

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04A
Neighbor’s attempt to defend home by scattering shards of glass near potential entry points was a miserable failure

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Intruder apparently became enraged when he discovered that most valuable item in house was “Kung Fu Panda” DVD

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05A
Officer Jones has never seen anything like this in his nine-and-a-half days on the force

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05B 
Congressional subcommittee will later demand to know why Hillary Clinton ignored family’s pleas for more security

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The Burglar's Code requires that at least two lamps be overturned during every break-in, but dumping vase of flowers is optional

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06A   Alex is temporarily blinded by exposed CFL bulb

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06B
On plus side, he’ll be allowed to skip piano lesson for first night since emerging from mother’s womb

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06C
Michelle was charged with one count of refusing to install an ADT security system and one count of watering her ornamental plants during drought conditions

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06D
If only she’d cared more about exceedingly remote chance that middle-class suburban home would be broken into than trying to save money for her child’s education

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ADT will see her in hell

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07A
Police sirens suddenly go supernova

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07B
“Unlike our irresponsible pagan neighbor who has a wacky elephant man shrine in her closet, we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  But what if He’s busy?”

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07C
“I mean, I can’t monitor the house, watch over my babies, and write blog posts about what a great mom I am all at the same time.”

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“If someone tried to attack us, do you think this doofus standing next to me would be able to do anything about it?”

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08A
“He can’t even work up the courage to cancel our Netflix account.”

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“Good observation, honey.  Did that come to you while you were pouring your third glass of wine?”

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09A
His sideburns are the only ones who understand him

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“Do you know how much perfect white babies like ours are worth on the open market?”

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10A
“Seriously – do you?  Because we really only need one.”

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10B
Greg actually stole ADT yard sign, never ordered service

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“Marsha’s been punching our ‘security code’ into an old calculator I glued to the wall for the past six months.”

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11A
“Who’s the doofus now?”

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Great bargain for a system you’ll stop turning on after three weeks because it’s a total pain in the ass

Loathsomeness: 8.0

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Allstate “Silence”

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Synopsis: In a commercial that seems like it’s been running continuously for the last seven years, a bitingly sarcastic young woman channels Allstate’s baritone-voiced pitchman, Dennis Haysbert, to refute her boyfriend’s contention that men are better drivers than women, based solely on the fact that she, representing less than .000000001% of all female motorists, happened to receive a “safe driving bonus check” from a lousy insurance company that will deny knowing her three times before the cock crows if she ever tries to file a claim.

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It begins as a typical Saturday lunch at the café – Eric wonders if his coffee has been poisoned while Becca explores the mysterious inner realm of human consciousness

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Suddenly, for the first time in recorded history, a woman dredges up an idle comment that her boyfriend or husband made long ago for intensive cross-examination

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Becca generally likes to wait at least six weeks before objecting to remarks she finds offensive

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Now Eric wishes his coffee was poisoned

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Eric believes that men are superior drivers. Eric also believes that Spiderman is based on a true story, and that this will be the year it all comes together for the Mariners. In other words, Eric is not a guy most people bother arguing with.

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Becca reaches into her empowerment purse to retrieve official documentation of her feminine driving skills

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05A
Lifeless body of GEICO Gecko tumbles out onto the floor

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05B 
Haysbert’s voice is strangely compelling, but she’d better not pull that shit while they’re having sex

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Yeah, an engagement ring will be coming real soon …

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06A
“What’s that, Dennis?  You want me to stab him in the neck with my salad fork?”

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What do you bet she also keeps a collection of creepy-looking dolls from her childhood?

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07A
Hotter girl at next table somehow manages to eat her lunch without giving vindictive lecture on auto insurance

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Eric could learn a lot from those breadsticks

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Tonight she’ll put this back in its gold leaf frame over her bed

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10A
Becca pauses a moment to ovulate

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11A
“My agent also told me to stop calling him at 3:00 AM.”

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Is there a crazy bitch discount?

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Becca strategically keeps her fingers over part of the check that says it’s actually a retroactive credit for daytime running lights

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Also, the check is made out to her roommate …

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… who she ran over as she was leaving for the café

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Joey warned me this chick was a psycho …

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18A
I should just leave and let her pay for lunch with that fucking check.

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Those dicks over there are laughing at me.

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If there’s one thing that’s guaranteed to elicit a favorable response from a man, it’s thrusting a piece of paper at his face

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“Congratulations on not getting into an auto accident for a whole six months.”

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22A
“How long do you think you can go without another shoplifting arrest?”

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“Are you allowed back into Target yet?”

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“Silence!  Or the scary man who lives in my throat will come out and kick your ass!”

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You can be confident they don’t cover wind damage

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“Remember when I played the President on ‘24’?  I do this now.”

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26B
Don’t spend that $3 all in one place, Safe Driver

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“Tell them Dennis Haysbert and the pink shirt he repeatedly said he didn’t want to wear sent you.“

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“Also tell them Dennis Haysbert gets his money upfront next time.”

Loathsomeness: 7.2