great advertising

How good is the advertising staff at ABC these days. Contreversy and a bit of public outrage has once again worked in their favor. On Monday Night Football they made a skit w/ Terrell Owens and Nicollette Sheridan from their hot show Desperate Housewives. She used to be a playboy model, or something, anyways in the commercial she gets naked and jumps into Terrell's arms. Now you don't see anything graphic, but if you've already watched the show on sundays then its nothing new. I am big into advertising and I knew it was ABC using monday night football as an avenue to get more viewers for DH.

But as usual of late, somebody or maybe even a group has become outraged by this skit. This works even better for ABC, Desperate Housewives, and Terrell Owens. The skit would normally only been shown once before the game. But the media, being suckers as they are, have been playing this clip over and over again since Tuesday. So for those complaining about the skit being shown during primetime, their kids can now watch it all day long on the news. ESPN was showing it like every 15 minutes it seemed. The clip can easily be found to download by simply googling it.

Today on the way to work, I was listening to how everybody is dropping their opinion on this thing. Tony Dungy, former great coach for the Buccaneers, added his two cents worth. He says the skit was promoting old racists beliefs, that when black athletes become famous they hunt for white women. OH BOY! Tony, I respect you and all, but I think you are reading way too far into this ad.

American society is getting carried away w/ the morals issue. Things happen in life, but we don't always need to puff, pout and sue.
On a side note, the other night the local news reported that 4 children were hurt when a horse got spooked, slipped on the asphalt he was standing on and fell on the kids. The parents of various children from the school are now outraged and are demanding that these type of things shouldn't be allowed to happen. The school board chairman was stating in an interview "What should we do? Put a barrier around a horse? The kids are gonna want to pet that horse."

I do understand the concern for a child's well being, but are we gonna get to the point that the only equipment that can exist in a children's playground is a padded fence. Accidents happen, but it is becoming a problem, in my mind, where everybody wants to blame somebody. Live life, or you'll lose it.