Category: Advertising v. Reality

CBS has a new reality show called Armed and Famous.  The show includes D-List celebrities (Jack Osbourne, Eric “Ponch” Estrada) training to become police officers. In advertising: Turns celebrities into cops. In reality:  Turns washed up hangers on into tv security guards. Frankly, I’d rather see them use drag queens and call it Armed & Fabulous. Read more →

I’ve decided to start a new category. It’s a lot like the Fox series Man v. Beast without the exploitation of animals or complete and total stupidity. Christmas gives us plenty of examples of how advertising diverges so widely from reality, it is impossible to ignore. My latest is Jared Jewelers – the “Galleria of Jewelry.” In advertising: “He went… Read more →