tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294307769201592012.post4295826951405579589..comments2022-08-26T12:24:47.384-07:00Comments on Shilling Epilepsy to Mouth-Breathers: Acclaim Remote ControllerRowan Lipkovitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294307769201592012.post-1787783773043098532012-12-22T14:42:33.136-08:002012-12-22T14:42:33.136-08:00I remember having a number of television sets when...I remember having a number of television sets when I first got my Nintendo, At one point, we hooked our Nintendo up to a larger television (I don't know why we didn't do this at first, maybe that TV had been in storage before), and being amazed to see what Mario looked like on a big TV. I remember being in World 3-4, for some reason. I don't know why this memory is so specific. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026721235086776991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294307769201592012.post-54114225164648481502012-11-25T16:53:17.255-08:002012-11-25T16:53:17.255-08:00Clearly the artist can draw (well, maybe not hip j...Clearly the artist can draw (well, maybe not hip juvenile hairstyles) and has thus chosen to represent his big green blob that way. But why?<br /><br />Perhaps at the beginning of the ad, Kid Remote is simply Kid. His television set not only doesn't have a remote, it looks like it dates back a couple of decades prior to this ad's run -- though we had a monster like that in our basement. Woulda been great for playing games on, if only I'd owned a console then instead of ten now!<br /><br />Kid Smith has less exciting adventures, like "Hammerin' Horseshoes!" Kid Johnson, conversely, is an underaged porn star, whose antics are not suitable for print in a family publication.Rowan Lipkovitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294307769201592012.post-55448551841831694302012-11-25T02:15:08.699-08:002012-11-25T02:15:08.699-08:00And a second comment, just because this ad is such...And a second comment, just because this ad is such fecund territory:<br /><br />I find it ironic that "Kid Remote" doesn't have a remote. It would be more believable if it was "Kid Smith" or "Kid Johnson" that had these problems. <br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026721235086776991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294307769201592012.post-43245432430730784132012-11-25T02:09:42.469-08:002012-11-25T02:09:42.469-08:00It says something for the effectiveness of this ad...It says something for the effectiveness of this ad that when I read your title, I remembered exactly the ad you meant. I wish I would have taken a moment to note down my thoughts, because I might have even recalled the problems with wondering what that dragon thing was...I certainly sympathized with your confusion the moment I read it.<br /><br />So as far as worming its way into our brains, it is certainly a good ad as far as that goes. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026721235086776991noreply@blogger.com