Balls of Meat!
Posted by Mark Alders on Friday, May 28, 2010
Under: General thoughts
This years Campbells Soup commercial
here in Australia makes your chest hair grow just watching it! It's all
about the macho man. I give you, "The Fully Loaded" man with "Balls of
Meat" no less! (and yes, the capitals are there because it's more manly
to use them, oh yeah)
What a brilliantly stupid advert this is! Not only does it feature men doing outdoor things with other men, there's a 70's p*rn star look-alike, a jumpsuit that Elvis would have been happy with, and a desk fan powered kayak thingy that can do amazing things like careen you down a rough hill without letting you get so much as a scratch upon your person. What's more, the kayak has an awesome manly sail attachment so that the really powerful desk fan can fill it with wind and propel you even faster into Hades. How macho is that?
I also really love the expressions on the men's faces when they all meet up at the end. How classic is this add, or what? The tune is catchy and I really do think the people who came up with the add had their tongue's firmly planted in their cheeks. They know, like everyone else, that the macho manly man no longer exists and that camping it all up might just work. I think they have succeeded. How else could you say: "A fully loaded man enjoys balls of meat" and get away with it? Oh, the mental imagery for that sentence alone! LOL
I've talked about how men should be seen as being more emotional and affectionate in a previous post, and I stand by that...unless of course you're eating 'fully loaded' soup, then let the testosterone fly, I say. While you're at it, add some chest beating and ape-like movements and you'll be even more macho while you gulp down your soup. Once eaten you'll then be able to grow a mustache by thought alone and attract a sexual partner using eyebrow gestures. Ahh, Campbells, each year your adds get more brilliantly stupid.
Now... I wonder what's for dinner?
What a brilliantly stupid advert this is! Not only does it feature men doing outdoor things with other men, there's a 70's p*rn star look-alike, a jumpsuit that Elvis would have been happy with, and a desk fan powered kayak thingy that can do amazing things like careen you down a rough hill without letting you get so much as a scratch upon your person. What's more, the kayak has an awesome manly sail attachment so that the really powerful desk fan can fill it with wind and propel you even faster into Hades. How macho is that?
I also really love the expressions on the men's faces when they all meet up at the end. How classic is this add, or what? The tune is catchy and I really do think the people who came up with the add had their tongue's firmly planted in their cheeks. They know, like everyone else, that the macho manly man no longer exists and that camping it all up might just work. I think they have succeeded. How else could you say: "A fully loaded man enjoys balls of meat" and get away with it? Oh, the mental imagery for that sentence alone! LOL
I've talked about how men should be seen as being more emotional and affectionate in a previous post, and I stand by that...unless of course you're eating 'fully loaded' soup, then let the testosterone fly, I say. While you're at it, add some chest beating and ape-like movements and you'll be even more macho while you gulp down your soup. Once eaten you'll then be able to grow a mustache by thought alone and attract a sexual partner using eyebrow gestures. Ahh, Campbells, each year your adds get more brilliantly stupid.
Now... I wonder what's for dinner?
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I am Mark Alders, writer, intactivist, post office worker, and all round nice guy...except when someone steals my chocolate! I am a proud Australian, and as such use different spellings and have some weird phrases, too. Hey, perhaps that's why I write some damn weird shit!
I can't change who I am.
So when you read one of my books, enjoy the ride, but please don't say I can't spell. I spell how I damn well feel like it! LOL Naw seriously, I spell like an Aussie...do forgive me because we are a breed unto ourselves. Where else can a place have 11 registered public holidays and no one has any idea what they are for except to have a BBQ and down some beers!
If you do find a genuine error in my work, please let me know so I can speak with my editor...also, as an addition to that, offer chocolates as well. Lots of chocolates.
*hugs*
Mark