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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2005Cruel Dish TV commercial
I just saw a commercial on TV that seems to be cruel to cats. A few couples are eating dinner in a large comfortable home. Each couple talks about how their TV cable "sucks"...Just then the TV in the living room starts "sucking" everything in the room and dining room...Various items "fly" to the screen and stick. Just then the family cat gets dragged to the TV..How did they film this, the cat looks frightened. I know the cat is only onscreen for about 8 seconds, but still..She is grabbing at the carpet in fright. That's awful, what is it advertising for? If I see it I will write in a complaint. You should to. Stuff like that promotes animal abuse and makes people think animals are unimportant. Like you wouldn't ever see a baby get sucked to the TV in place of a cat, right, well why should animals be less important. Bad message in some commercials and we have to fight that. I have wrote numerous advertising agencies regarding ads and they do respond. One campaign completely stopped - because enough people must have complained. Every voice helps! They even wrote me back. JQ Probably made the commercial with the help of computers. They can make anything look real. I doubt that the cat was in any danger, if it was real. I wouldn't worry about it.  SignaturePaul O. oplholik@gmail.com >I just saw a commercial on TV that seems to be cruel to cats. A few couples > are eating dinner in a large comfortable home. Each couple talks about how [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I know the cat is only onscreen for about 8 seconds, but still..She is > grabbing at the carpet in fright. The commercial was written by an idiot. The first time you watch it and after that just listening to it repeated over and over- "This sucks and that sucks and on and on" becomes very annoying. Kind of like on Trump's The Apprentice where both groups made such poor commercials that they were unusable. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. It's not about whether the cat was actually injured or not, it's still promoting animal abuse!! Anything offensive regarding animals should not be allowed to air. I'd like to know which commercial and company it is so we can write a complaint. JQ The commecial was for Dish TV, a satellite television company. An earlier poster was correct, it is poorly written..The characters say "this sucks, that sucks" over and over again..The commercial plays off the clash between the middle-of-the-road appearance of the home and dullness of the individuals with what is coming out of their mouths. They ought to call it MeanTV. >It's not about whether the cat was actually injured or not, it's still >promoting animal abuse!! Anything offensive regarding animals should >not be allowed to air. I'd like to know which commercial and company it >is so we can write a complaint. >JQ > The commecial was for Dish TV, a satellite television company. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > individuals with what is coming out of their mouths. They ought to call it > MeanTV. I think it is funny. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: "Katy" <katydid@.aol.com> >I think it is funny. Me too! I think some people need to get out more. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: "Doris Late Nite via CatKB.com" <forum@CatKB.com> >I just saw a commercial on TV that seems to be cruel to cats. Check out the movie, "The Boondock Saints". You'll love the cat scene. :)
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