Screw it.
So that Old Spice commercial is a big success. I find that depressing beyond speech. It would be one thing if dumpy middle-aged women were all over the ad universe. They are not. I spent about an hour looking and all I can find is that damned Old Spice ad and my son pointed out this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKkPFDEiC6Q These are the only ones I can think of. Seriously. Please tell me you've seen an ad with funny interesting (or even just meh) women who physically resemble those people. I don't mean a local ad. I mean a commercial that is supposed to appeal to an national audience. Please. Tell me. Please make me feel better. There are lots of middle-aged dumpy guys in ads, hanging around on sofas watching television, washing cars, going to the hardware store, acting like doofuses but not really figures of pure mockery. What do I find? Those two ads with women in the mom role acting like 1 disapproving, pursed-lip cowards or 2. strange shadowy stalker fig...