Comments on: Responsible or not? “Get Some Nuts” with Snickers http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/2008/07/21/responsible-or-not-%e2%80%9cget-some-nuts%e2%80%9d-with-snickers?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=responsible-or-not-%25e2%2580%259cget-some-nuts%25e2%2580%259d-with-snickers where commerce and conscience come together Fri, 18 May 2012 23:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: automotive floor jacks http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/2008/07/21/responsible-or-not-%e2%80%9cget-some-nuts%e2%80%9d-with-snickers/comment-page-1#comment-4114 automotive floor jacks Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:23:53 +0000 http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/?p=456#comment-4114 I must say, I could not agree with you in 100%, but it's just my IMHO, which indeed could be wrong. p.s. You have a very good template for your blog. Where have you got it from? I must say, I could not agree with you in 100%, but it’s just my IMHO, which indeed could be wrong.
p.s. You have a very good template for your blog. Where have you got it from?

]]> By: Snickers http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/2008/07/21/responsible-or-not-%e2%80%9cget-some-nuts%e2%80%9d-with-snickers/comment-page-1#comment-2195 Snickers Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:33:33 +0000 http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/?p=456#comment-2195 I think it's political correctness gone crazy. Attitudes like those of people who want to ban such advertising merely succeeds in numbing creativity and nullifying any form of free expression. I do agree that there is a time to draw a line, but this is far from it. I think it’s political correctness gone crazy. Attitudes like those of people who want to ban such advertising merely succeeds in numbing creativity and nullifying any form of free expression.

I do agree that there is a time to draw a line, but this is far from it.

]]> By: Hmm.... http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/2008/07/21/responsible-or-not-%e2%80%9cget-some-nuts%e2%80%9d-with-snickers/comment-page-1#comment-1370 Hmm.... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:45:54 +0000 http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/?p=456#comment-1370 Well, I viewed accidental kiss as making fun of people who have homophobic attitudes, as opposed to making fun of gays and lesbians, the candy bar was just too tempting for the second mechanic to resist, and then both mechanics were confronted with their own emotional baggage, and were ill equipped to deal with it. To be honest, I thought it was funny, but then I think guys with those sort of outdated attitudes should be made fun of.... I can see how the accidental kiss and get some nuts campaigns could be construed as homophobic, maybe these campaigns go a little too far, but I'm not sure whose emotional baggage is at issue here, if it's the writers, or some of the viewers. I do enjoy the Snickers feast campaign as a whole, not the viking dark commercial especially, but other ads in the feast campaign. Part of the reason I enjoy it is because it is so outrageous and over the top, all these historical characters associated with feasts of various kinds running amok packed into a late model brown sedan looking for the ultimate feast in a Snickers bar. All of these campaigns are broadly drawn, cartoonish, schtick. Good comedy touches a nerve, reveals things we'd rather not recognize sometimes, just ask George Carlin, Richard Pryor, or Mel Brooks, two of em are dead, and they all still piss people off daily.... Of course when you want people to buy your product you don't want to piss off anybody though, so maybe they just need to fine tune their comedic instincts to find out where the line is while still presenting over the top entertainment....... Well, I viewed accidental kiss as making fun of people who have homophobic attitudes, as opposed to making fun of gays and lesbians, the candy bar was just too tempting for the second mechanic to resist, and then both mechanics were confronted with their own emotional baggage, and were ill equipped to deal with it. To be honest, I thought it was funny, but then I think guys with those sort of outdated attitudes should be made fun of…. I can see how the accidental kiss and get some nuts campaigns could be construed as homophobic, maybe these campaigns go a little too far, but I’m not sure whose emotional baggage is at issue here, if it’s the writers, or some of the viewers. I do enjoy the Snickers feast campaign as a whole, not the viking dark commercial especially, but other ads in the feast campaign. Part of the reason I enjoy it is because it is so outrageous and over the top, all these historical characters associated with feasts of various kinds running amok packed into a late model brown sedan looking for the ultimate feast in a Snickers bar. All of these campaigns are broadly drawn, cartoonish, schtick. Good comedy touches a nerve, reveals things we’d rather not recognize sometimes, just ask George Carlin, Richard Pryor, or Mel Brooks, two of em are dead, and they all still piss people off daily…. Of course when you want people to buy your product you don’t want to piss off anybody though, so maybe they just need to fine tune their comedic instincts to find out where the line is while still presenting over the top entertainment…….

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