“It may be the most annoying commercial on television. It’s repetitive, it’s simplistic, it’s production values are beyond cheap, it’s insultingly basic and worse yet, it is still higher brow than NBC’s target demographic.”

NBC discusses the HeadOn commercial… as usual, about a month after everyone’s stopped talking about it. It’s the network news equivalent of the nerd at the party who is still making “I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Get Up!” jokes. They don’t tell us anything we don’t already know: repetition in advertising works! Repetition in advertising works! Repetition in advertising works!

Of course, HeadOn doesn’t. That’s a wax candle you’re smearing on your forehead, lady.

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