Confessions of a Middle-Aged Suburban Diva: Chick Perspective

3.17.2008

Chick Perspective

During last night's (or, more accurately, this morning's) Insomnia Fest, I was tuned into TV Land, as I'm wont to do in the wee small hours, as there's always something on I'll watch. I was enjoying Barney Fife nervously and pompously melting down over being the temporary sheriff while Ange was in Raleigh when we cut to commercial.

This commercial.

I'd seen it before -- during football season it ran and ran and ran. But the absurdity of it really struck my sleep-addled self at that moment. WTF? Six guys, sitting around a'pickin' and a'grinnin', singing about Viagra. That's just odd.

For the other side of the coin, I give you this:

PowerChicks and Viva Viagra. We've certainly come a long way, baby, from Bobby Riggs' brand of male chauvinism, haven't we...

3 comments:

Madam Crunchypants said...: I have never seen that commercial before. And I am seriously disturbed by it. (Of course, I find all of viagra's advertising ludicrous and disturbing, so maybe it's just me)

Wamba Tootsi Viagra?

Thanks for visiting by blog, btw!; 4:46 PM
Jen said...: That is one sick commercial. Priapsis, here we come. (Pardon the pun - it was unintentional!); 8:20 PM
Clark Brooks said...: I too was disturbed by the hard-on hootenanny. The only time it should be socially acceptable for a man to break into song upon acheiving an erection is if it's his first.; 11:20 PM

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3.17.2008

Chick Perspective

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