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25 April 2010
UR Doin It Wrong 30 years of consumers struggling with simple activities because they lack the next AS SEEN ON TV gadget.
Yeah, it made me laugh out loud about 3/4 of the way through. It was a slow build...but eventually the combined picture of millions of hapless, fumbling Americans unable to prepare their own food or do ordinary household activities without grievous injury finally got to me.
Funny.
My favourite shots featured the extreme challenge of biting into a hamburger, not being able to crack an egg into a frying pan, and the sour look of repulsion on the muffin-eater at the end. I also love how every one of these ads always seem to have the shot of the frustrated woman blowing the stray hair from her face.
I do think it would have been funnier with the original audio. "Help" was kind of dumb.