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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2005Super Bowl Ameriquest commercial
Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy cooking supper and the cat? Not PC (catwise that is) but still somewhat humorous. I just saw it this morning on the morning show. > Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy cooking supper and > the cat? Not PC (catwise that is) but still somewhat humorous. I just saw it > this morning on the morning show. hmmm.. i looked up ameriquest superbowl commercial and found a site with a bunch of them, but the ameriquest one they show is of a guy in a store who ends up getting the crap beat out of him Kristy >> Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy >> cooking supper and the cat? Not PC (catwise that is) but still >> somewhat humorous. I just saw it this morning on the morning >> show. I thought it was great! The look on the guys face when his GF walked in was priceless.;) > hmmm.. i looked up ameriquest superbowl commercial and found a > site with a bunch of them, but the ameriquest one they show is > of a guy in a store who ends up getting the crap beat out of him > > Kristy Try this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6916226/?GT1=6190 I don't know if any of that URL has a session ID in it, so if it doesn't work, just go to www.msn.com and it will link to the commercials from there.  SignatureCheryl > Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy cooking supper and > the cat? Not PC (catwise that is) but still somewhat humorous. I just saw it > this morning on the morning show. I got a chuckle out of it. Someone pointed me to a place where you can watch the super bowl commercials on line. Go to: http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/ and scroll down to Ameriquest: cat killer. Don't prejudge the commercial by the name. ;-) I also liked their taser scare commercial. SignatureMargaret Fine mefine@mindspring.com > http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/ > and scroll down to Ameriquest: cat killer. Don't prejudge the > commercial by the name. ;-) Thank you; no way would I watch the SB, but it's frustrating to hear all the talk about the ads. >> http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/ >> and scroll down to Ameriquest: cat killer. Don't prejudge the >> commercial by the name. ;-) > > Thank you; no way would I watch the SB, but it's frustrating to hear all > the talk about the ads. I read a book during the game but I TIVO'ed it so I could scan the commercials in case any of them were good. Jo > >> http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/ > >> and scroll down to Ameriquest: cat killer. Don't prejudge the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jo I went to an anti-Superbowl party, where we played a lot of board games. My daughter did check on the score from time to time, and one guest arrived after he watched the game, so we heard all about the cliff-hanger ending. Joy > >> http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/ > >> and scroll down to Ameriquest: cat killer. Don't prejudge the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I read a book during the game but I TIVO'ed it so I could scan the > commercials in case any of them were good. Dumb question: What is Tivo? I hear alot about it buthave no idea what it is? Yowie > Dumb question: What is Tivo? I hear alot about it buthave no idea what it > is? > > Yowie You probably have seen it by another name. Ours came with our satellite TV service. Its a recorder that will record sometime a huge amount of television on a hard drive. Ours is only about 35 hours but some are much larger. That's the recorder part. The TIVO service makes it incredibly easy to do the recording. For example we have two lines from our satellite dish into the recorder. So we can record two different programs and even watch a third recorded program at the same time if we wish. All you have to do to set something up to record is either locate it in the schedule and hit a record button on the remote, or do a search entering the name of the program you are interested in. Then you can choose to record it once, everytime it comes on, only if its not a rerun, or whatever. With three fast forward speeds and reverse speeds its great for skipping commercials. And it automatically is recording the last thirty minutes of whatever you may be watching live. So if you get a phone call or need to leave the room, you can come back and rewind to catch whatever you missed. Only drawback is if you want to watch something on a different TV you still need to record it to your VCR. Jo > Dumb question: What is Tivo? I hear alot about it buthave no idea what it > is? > > Yowie You probably have seen it by another name. Ours came with our satellite TV service. Its a recorder that will record sometime a huge amount of television on a hard drive. Ours is only about 35 hours but some are much larger. That's the recorder part. The TIVO service makes it incredibly easy to do the recording. You have to pay for the service that gives you the information to record things. For example we have two lines from our satellite dish into the recorder. So we can record two different programs and even watch a third recorded program at the same time if we wish. All you have to do to set something up to record is either locate it in the schedule and hit a record button on the remote, or do a search entering the name of the program you are interested in. Then you can choose to record it once, everytime it comes on, only if its not a rerun, or whatever. With three fast forward speeds and reverse speeds its great for skipping commercials. And it automatically is recording the last thirty minutes of whatever you may be watching live. So if you get a phone call or need to leave the room, you can come back and rewind to catch whatever you missed. Only drawback is if you want to watch something on a different TV you still need to record it to your VCR. Jo >>>>http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/ >>>>and scroll down to Ameriquest: cat killer. Don't prejudge the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Yowie What's TiVo you ask?!?! Why it's the best thing since...since...FIRE! It's a PVR (personal video recorder), one of the first and best. It's available in the USA and UK and that's it (I've pretty sure). I too TiVo'd the Super Bowl, watched some other pre-recorded programs, then fast-forwarded thru the game and just watched the ads. If you'd like to check out a nice community based around TiVo, www.tivocommunity.com lal >>>>> http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/ >>>>> and scroll down to Ameriquest: cat killer. Don't prejudge the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > lal I use a DVR but basically the same thing. I watch almost nothing on my digital cable now that Fox stopped broadcasting horse racing, BUT I love the dang DVR so much I pay for it anyway. I have to admit. I watch a LOT more tv than I used to because of it. I record all the Star Trek that plays during the week at while I'm at work and then I have something to have on while I'm grading. I also like the fact that I can tell it to record all first time recordings of the 3 or 4 regular series I watch, and then I don't accidentally forget. And it's REALLY handy when I get a call and can put it on pause, then go back to it. When I first heard about it, I thought "yeesh why would you want that". Now I know. > What's TiVo you ask?!?! Why it's the best thing since...since...FIRE! It's > a PVR (personal video recorder), one of the first and best. It's available > in the USA and UK and that's it (I've pretty sure). I too TiVo'd the Super > Bowl, watched some other pre-recorded programs, then fast-forwarded thru the > game and just watched the ads. If you'd like to check out a nice community > based around TiVo, www.tivocommunity.com I don't dare get one of these. As it is, it rarely occurs to me to watch TV, and if *am* feeling lazy and want to curl up to watch, I just watch whatever's on. If I had a tivo, well, things would get out of hand rather quickly. Netflix, on the other hand, is the best thing EVER! Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >>>>> http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/ >>>>> and scroll down to Ameriquest: cat killer. Don't prejudge the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > lal Unfortunately no new ones are avaiable in the UK, though existing customers are supported. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > Dumb question: What is Tivo? I hear alot about it buthave no idea what it > is? It's basically a computer hard drive that records TV programs so you can watch them later. It's for people who don't think watching 8 hours of TV a day is enough... ;-) We don't have one, but a friend used to have one. He loved it, but he realized he was watching way too much TV and cancelled his service. I can see it getting out of hand very easily. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Dumb question: What is Tivo? I hear alot about it buthave no idea what it >> is? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > realized he was watching way too much TV and cancelled his service. I > can see it getting out of hand very easily. No no no... The idea isn't that you watch MORE TV. It's that you watch the TV you WANT to watch, when you want to watch it. I hardly ever know when my programs come on anymore because I know TiVo will pick it up on my season pass. Watching live TV is painful now that I've gotten used to fast forwarding through the commercials. lal >>> Dumb question: What is Tivo? I hear alot about it buthave no idea what >>> it [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > lal For us it is a lifesaver. We don't have all that many programs we care about, but when those are on we invariably get interrupted by the grandkids. General noise and stuff or rides needed etc. We can't count on an hours peace and quiet before ten. Also helps on the weekend when we didn't know they were going to need us and we're in the middle of some old movie we are enjoying. I'll bet anyone that doesn't work a normal nine to five loves it too. Jo > For us it is a lifesaver. We don't have all that many programs we care > about, but when those are on we invariably get interrupted by the grandkids. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I'll bet anyone that doesn't work a normal nine to five loves it too. It probably depends on your personality type. There's not a single show I mind missing, but if I had the opportunity to watch 48 hours of L&O:SVU or Will & Grace or I Love the 80s, I probably would. No willpower. Now, I'll happily rent an entire series on DVD from netflix ... Did that with Buffy. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Now, I'll happily rent an entire series on DVD from netflix ... Did that with > Buffy. It's the only way to watch a series. I ain't waiting a week (or months) to see what happened to Captain Janeway and her crew! :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Now, I'll happily rent an entire series on DVD from netflix ... Did that >> with Buffy. > > It's the only way to watch a series. I ain't waiting a week (or months) to > see what happened to Captain Janeway and her crew! :) We watched the first season of 24 on DVD, and it definitely intensified the mood. Perhaps too much. I think the pacing was designed with the assumption that you'd have commercials to give you a break from the action, and a week to get over your reactions to the last episode before the next one aired. A very intense show. Now, though, it just seems like every season is an attempt to be more gory, gruesome, and cruel than the last. The first season was great, and the second season was okay, but to me, the gimmick has run thin. DH continues to watch it, but I don't. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* "Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Super Bowl Ameriquest commercial: >Now, though, it just seems like every season is an attempt to be more gory, >gruesome, and cruel than the last. The first season was great, and the second >season was okay, but to me, the gimmick has run thin. DH continues to watch >it, but I don't. Gotta agree here. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy cooking supper and > the cat? Not PC (catwise that is) but still somewhat humorous. I just saw it > this morning on the morning show. I didn't see it, but everyone I know who did see it said it was the funniest commercial of the whole superbowl. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy cooking supper and > the cat? Not PC (catwise that is) but still somewhat humorous. I just saw it > this morning on the morning show. It was hilarious! I usually hate simulated cat anything but this was pretty cute. -L. [[Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy cooking supper and the cat? Not PC (catwise that is) but still somewhat humorous. I just saw it this morning on the morning show.]] Yes, LOL (since the cat's not actually hurt in any way). The only thing I'd object to is that I wouldn't recommend actually lifting an adult cat by the scruff of the neck... I was told when I was young not to pick up cats that way because it might hurt the cat. I was taught to support a cat under its front and rear when lifting it. Beyond that, though, LOL! Cute ad. Donna > Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy cooking supper > and > the cat? Not PC (catwise that is) but still somewhat humorous. I just saw > it > this morning on the morning show. Actually I liked that one. He was only trying to protect the cat from the hot sauce. But other than that I'm truly pissed. Particularly at Anheuser Busch and at Ford. They spend all this money to create and air commercials, and can't be bothered to close caption them. I find it insulting. Then again I've been told most of them don't make any sense if you know what they are saying either. Jo > > Did any of you see the Ameriquest commercial with the guy cooking supper > > and [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Then again I've been told most of them don't make any sense if you know what > they are saying either. My son sent me the following about the Anheuser Busch commercial: Best Super Bowl commercial - Anhueser Bucsh No product Airport - a couple people start clapping then more and more. Then they show some troops walking through the airport. Ends with Thank You. [[But other than that I'm truly pissed. Particularly at Anheuser Busch and at Ford. They spend all this money to create and air commercials, and can't be bothered to close caption them. I find it insulting. Then again I've been told most of them don't make any sense if you know what they are saying either.]] What the heck? Of all the freaking days to NOT have captions for their commercials! We didn't have the captions on during the Super Bowl. My DH is hard of hearing, but he doesn't like to have the captions turned on during sporting events because sometimes they're inconveniently placed and obscure part of the playing area, the score, stats being shown on the screen, etc. (Actually, it doesn't bug me, but it does bug HIM, and he's the football fan. So we watched the game minus the captions.) I can't understand why there would EVER be a non-captioned commercial coming from a major company. I don't know how much closed captioning costs, so I don't know if the cost would be prohibitive for small, local companies' TV ads. But BIG corporations like Anheuser Busch and Ford have no such excuse. Why in heck would they spend huge dollars to buy those commercial spots, knowing that's the most expensive airtime in the entire year, and then close out the MANY audience members who use captions when they watch TV? Litterbox-content offerings to whoever thought THAT was a good idea. The companies that failed to caption their ads probably have websites and contact addresses. They should hear from everyone who gives their oversight a big Thumbs Down. Donna (part-time ASL interpreter) > [[But other than that I'm truly pissed. Particularly at Anheuser Busch > and [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Donna (part-time ASL interpreter) Captioning can't cost much or local news wouldn't try to do it. And lots of small time local advertising has it too. One thing I get a kick out of. Apparently at the end of something captioned you can either instruct the screen to clear or just leave your last line to be cleared by whatever comes next. So the last line of a captioned commercial stays on the screen the entire time a non=captioned one airs. Jo In article <0cf24fe289d0f739c72a09de533d4d20@localhost.talkaboutpets.com>, "Gabey8" <gabey8-@-aol-dot-com (formerly dgabriel-at-netaxs-dot-com)> wrote: > [[But other than that I'm truly pissed. Particularly at Anheuser Busch > and [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > companies' TV ads. But BIG corporations like Anheuser Busch and Ford have > no such excuse. I rarely use captioning as I have only a marginal impairment. On occasion, I do turn them on. But for the main Anheuser-Busch advertisement, there were no spoken words. The only sound was people applauding, and that was visible. What was there to caption? [[> I can't understand why there would EVER be a non-captioned commercial > coming from a major company. I don't know how much closed captioning > costs, so I don't know if the cost would be prohibitive for small, local > companies' TV ads. But BIG corporations like Anheuser Busch and Ford have > no such excuse. I rarely use captioning as I have only a marginal impairment. On occasion, I do turn them on. But for the main Anheuser-Busch advertisement, there were no spoken words. The only sound was people applauding, and that was visible. What was there to caption?]] In a case like that, I've seen the captioners indicate that there's only applause, no dialogue, by putting up a caption that says "[applauding]". Ditto for if there's just music playing, with no lyrics; sometimes they'll put up a caption that just shows a couple of music notes. Then at least viewers will KNOW that there's no dialogue going on, no narrator doing a voice-over, etc. I even remember one caption for an ad, a few years ago, where a woman mouthed a word or two without speaking aloud. The caption on that one said, "[no audio]", because she wasn't using her voice. I remember the first time I saw closed captioning. I was visiting a deaf friend, in 1990 or 1991, and at that time it was anybody's guess whether a program or a commercial would have captions. We ran across one program where the show itself wasn't captioned, but by gosh, nearly every commercial was. :o/ I thought that was an interesting message to send to viewers... the people creating the program weren't motivated to make its content accessible, but the SPONSORS wanted to make sure every viewer knew to purchase their products. Fortunately, there's been a lot of progress since then, as far as TV shows having captions. But I thought it was interesting that the first people to jump on the bandwagon seemed to be the ad-makers. Donna In article <dac819b78a18d6df386b50a8661a6845@localhost.talkaboutpets.com>, "Gabey8" <gabey8-@-aol-dot-com (formerly dgabriel-at-netaxs-dot-com)> wrote: > [[> I can't understand why there would EVER be a non-captioned commercial > > coming from a major company. I don't know how much closed captioning [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > viewers will KNOW that there's no dialogue going on, no narrator doing a > voice-over, etc. I'm not a moviemaker, but have done some work in TV news. I also do a lot of still photography, where sound is not available. Some ads are intensely visual. The Anheuser-Busch ad would have worked for a hearing person had there been no sound whatsoever -- the facial expressions said enough, along with the visible clipping. Yes, I see the value of indicating silence versus narration in things such as sporting events. Frankly, for many sporting events, I turn off the sound. For political speeches, I also turn off the sound and turn on the captioning, since I _don't_ want to hear the captioning. More often than not, I just won't watch major speeches on TV at all and read the transcript the next day -- it's faster. So, I question whether captioning always adds to a strong visual image, or may detract from it. > I even remember one caption for an ad, a few years ago, where a woman > mouthed a word or two without speaking aloud. The caption on that one [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Donna Howard Berkowitz <hcb@gettcomm.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Super Bowl Ameriquest commercial: >I rarely use captioning as I have only a marginal impairment. On >occasion, I do turn them on. My DH and I like captioning, and neither of us has a hearing impairment [of course, we're not sports fans, so captions messing up the score display are irrelevant :-)]. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > My DH and I like captioning, and neither of us has a hearing impairment [of > course, we're not sports fans, so captions messing up the score display are > irrelevant :-)]. I like captions for movies. For some reason, though, it never occurs to me to use them for the TV. When we watched Lost in Translation, I made DH (who has this remote control fetish; heaven forfend that he might not have control of the clicker) go back and replay the final scene with captions on, just in case the captions told you what he whispered. But no =/ Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> My DH and I like captioning, and neither of us has a hearing impairment >> [of [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > told > you what he whispered. But no =/ The captioning on some movies is fantastic. They will include all the sound effects as well as the dialogue. Jo I got to see it this AM. I'm surprised they aired it they were trying so hard to be PC, family friendly etc.,. I thought it was funny btw. Suz THey were worried about The Big Nude policy more than anything. > I got to see it this AM. I'm surprised they aired it they were trying so > hard to be PC, family friendly etc.,. I thought it was funny btw. > Suz |
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