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Were you Offended by the Super Bowl Green Audi Commercial?

February 12, 2010 By: Anna9 Comments

To be honest, I did not watch any the commercials for the Super Bowl. Yeah, I go to the party, but to talk and eat. I guess football is still king and none of my family even talked about the commercials. Someone murmured something about Betty White and a green commercial, but it just didn’t register.

I caught a glimpse of some of the commercials on the View especially of Betty White, but nothing about a green commercial. Today, I saw the You Tube version on Jennifer Chait’s article on BlissTree.

I found it hilarious. If my kids will tell you that I am the eco-police. I turn off lights, which are left on all over the house, take plastic and rotten apples out of the garbage for my composter, turn off all the surge protectors before I go to bed, and try and reuse everything I have.

The New York Times in their run down of the Super Bowl commercials stated:

“AUDI Officious “green police” punish citizens who are not sufficiently eco-conscious, but an owner of an Audi A3 TDI with clean-diesel technology drives away scot-free. This misguided spot put the “mental” in “environmental.”

So, readers were you insulted, thought it was funny, or think all environmentalists are nut jobs? Why?  You can be honest. I won’t take it personally.  Remember, I thought the commercial was funny.

See my poll on the side bar.  Let’s see what everyone thought.

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Comments

  1. 1

    Jennifer says

    February 12, 2010 at 7:29 am

    Thanks for the link love. I of course thought it was hilarious. People are getting all worked up for no reason. Did you see that the plastic council made a backlash website – now they were offended. Too funny.
    .-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Nominate for Be Kind to Animals Week =-.

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      Green Talk says

      February 12, 2010 at 11:05 am

      Jennifer,

      Do you have a link for the plastic backlash? Anna

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    jude says

    February 12, 2010 at 8:22 am

    There is a small group of people who live to be offended, but all the greenies I know thought the commercial was very funny. The Audi part at the end was lame, because it didn’t the tone nor does the car itself merit that role in a commercial.

    There were a number of commercials like that–funny or clever to start–then finishing with a half-assed unrelated product placement.

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      Green Talk says

      February 12, 2010 at 11:07 am

      Jude, see Jennifer’s comment above yours. Apparently the plastic industry was upset. Oh, well. Anna

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    Linda Anderson says

    February 12, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    I thought the commercial was hilarious. I was kind of spacing out (too many commercials) when it registered with me and I watched. People who are fussing about it need to become reacquainted with their senses of humor.
    .-= Linda Anderson´s last blog ..February’s Stupid Plastic Crap =-.

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    Jennifer says

    February 13, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    I blogged about the plastic divisions’ deal here: http://www.blisstree.com/artic.....-friendly/
    .-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Does Weight Affect Dating? =-.

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    solarglobalgreen says

    February 15, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    I think this is a case where any publicity is good publicity. It draws people into the topic of sustainability in a humorous and satirical way.

    Reply

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