Now I'm not proud to admit the fact that I was watching the Oxygen network over the weekend, but I have an explanation! I needed a break from cleaning and Pride and Prejudice was on, which totally sucked me in, because, well who can say no to Mr. Darcy? Am I right?
Anyway, it turned out to be far more entertaining than I could have imagined, due to the fact that the commercials on Oxygen are a hilarious mess of low-budget film making. Among the (expected) slew of Massengil, FDS and tampon advertisements, there was an endless string of ridiculous infomercials. One had a particularly special effect on me, so much so, that I had to rewind my DVR and actually watch the ad for a second time. For your viewing pleasure:
First of all, I think one reason I fell in love with the Listen Up commercial was that my dad listens to the television so loudly, that the entire house shakes whenever the Law & Order dum-dum sounds, so it kind of gave me the warm and fuzzies.
But I also love the fact that the wife in the commercial is such a nagging bitch. She seems so disgusted with her husband's hearing problem; and the hokey look he shoots her as he shakes his head and turns down the volume on his stereo merits extra points for its high Unintentional Funny Factor.
The best part of the ad however comes in when the sinister applications of the product come to light. BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! You can spy on your neighbors, and they will assume you're merely listening to your iPod. But I fear the Listen Up's cleverness is also its undoing. After all, how many elderly people do you know walking around listening to mp3 players?
And more importantly, doesn't the Listen Up actually represent a technological retrogression? Why would you get a little box (the size of a credit card!) in order to hear, when you could just put in a far more inconspicuous hearing aid? But perhaps there's something extra special about the Listen Up that has the capability to save the marriage of an exasperated old lady and her increasingly deaf husband. We can only hope...
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