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    Posted: 20 Apr 2008 at 6:26pm


Now I don't know if this is a local ad or if it is nation wide. It shows this man, dressed as a pig, appearing to stalk a select group of people and they reluctantly give him money.
Has anybody seen these ads? At first I thought it was some type of extortion ad (like a PSA, don't be a victim or something to that effect). Turns out it's some retirement ad and the creepy pig guy is supposed to be your piggy bank. Now I don't know about anybody else, but this ad is nightmare material. I think a cute animated pig would serve the purpose much better.
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YES. It's the "Feed the Pig" ads right?
I only see the one where the pig is drinking tea with an old lady and all it is is them laughing hysterically at... something... Pinch
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Yes, that's the ad. Lately I've only seen the one with him and the old woman as well. The first one was really creepy. It reminded me of the "Black Hand" in Godfather 2 going from business to business taking protection money from the merchants.

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Luckily, I haven't seen this commercial.  I am hopeful that it is local.
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That ad runs here, although not often; 'creepy' describes it well.

I did go to the website to look it over...nothing to get excited about, that much is certain.

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I haven't seen that one but at first I thought you were talking about the Energy Hog ads. I kind of liked those, oh the first 90,000,000 times I saw them!! They run some things in the GROUND, don't they???
AW DAMN!!!! Wild Shot the friggin TV again!!!
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I know that ad! It creeps the heck out of me.
And, as if the ads on TV weren't enough, there is actually a billboard with Pig-Man on it that I pass every day on my way to school. Ugh. :(
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I haven't seen this commercial.  At first I thought you were talking about that stupid condom commercial, I hate that one. 
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I'm really not sure I get it, am I supposed to?Confused
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What a HORRIBLE commercial!!! That pig is C-R-E-E-P-Y! Yuck.  If I had any money, I'd run out and spend some just to spite him (yeah, real mature, I know).

Momma, I think "Feed the Pig" means "save your money (in your piggy bank)."
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Apr 2008 at 11:28pm
Originally posted by Wild Starchild Wild Starchild wrote:

I haven't seen that one but at first I thought you were talking about the Energy Hog ads. I kind of liked those, oh the first 90,000,000 times I saw them!! They run some things in the GROUND, don't they???
I love those ads! =D
I love them cuz the noses are outlets.
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Originally posted by Adreme Adreme wrote:

I haven't seen this commercial.  At first I thought you were talking about that stupid condom commercial, I hate that one. 
I hate those too. It's not the concept I hate, that I actually like. It's more the fact that the song sucks and the dude is ugly anyway.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ad nauseous Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2008 at 1:35am
It's not creepy, more like....


freaky. Confused


(I hope this wasn't done by a closet furry.)

One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off
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Shocked That face is horrifying. What ugly makeup.
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I can't believe they are STILL playing these commercials. The first one I saw was the worst - the old lady laughing with the pig, like something out of a horror movie. For some reason, this was the ONLY one of these commercials that I saw for weeks and weeks - so I had no idea what it was supposed to be about! That...that laughing, that snorting... it's so bizarre. Finally, I saw the other commercials and realized it was about saving money for retirement... but still, whoever came up with this concept - no, wait, whoever allowed this concept to make it to television - has problems.
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I saw this for the first time the other day.  Yeah, the pig is bizarre, but I think the message is good.  It amazes me how many people of modest means have those gigantor TVs and other unnecessary stuff.
 
 
 
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