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.
Jennifer says
February 12, 2010 at 7:29 amThanks 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.
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Green Talk says
February 12, 2010 at 11:05 amJennifer,
Do you have a link for the plastic backlash? Anna
jude says
February 12, 2010 at 8:22 amThere 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.
Green Talk says
February 12, 2010 at 11:07 amJude, see Jennifer’s comment above yours. Apparently the plastic industry was upset. Oh, well. Anna
Linda Anderson says
February 12, 2010 at 6:56 pmI 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.
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Jennifer says
February 13, 2010 at 4:38 pmI blogged about the plastic divisions’ deal here: http://www.blisstree.com/artic.....-friendly/
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solarglobalgreen says
February 15, 2010 at 2:22 pmI 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.