I keep seeing that commercial for an SUV where the dad walks into the room and sees his family sitting around staring at the TV. He takes the remote, turns the TV off, and tells his family to come with him. The commercial ends with everyone staring in wonderment, with mouths agape, at the night sky.
Yeah. Right. Gimme a second.
Mmphh. Hmmmpphh.. *ahem*
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Okay, I’m better now. Let me tell you what scenes were cut from that commercial:
(1) The part where the kids scream at Dad for turning off the TV;
(2) The part where the wife rolls her eyes at Dad because the kids were finally quiet, in the same room, and not beating the cr*p out of each other;
(3) The part where Dad has to stop at the Shell station and find a credit card that’s not maxed out so he can buy an $85 tank of gas;
(4) The four-hour drive to a location where you can actually see stars;
(5) The part where the teenaged daughter is on her cellphone, text messaging her peeps;
(6) The part where the young son is complaining that the batteries in his Nintendo DS are burned out;
and finally:
(7) The part where Mom and Dad fall asleep because that’s what happens the instant everything is quiet.
I love it when ad people get creative, especially the ones with no grasp of the reality of family life.