Easy Button

DanGarion · 02-09-2005, 12:51 PM

Go ahead and get yourself one!

http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Brows...e=1&SKU=596644

You know you want to.

Edit Sorry Wrong link! HAha

Franklinnoble · 02-09-2005, 12:52 PM

I don't get it. That looks like a TV to me.

rkmsuf · 02-09-2005, 12:53 PM

I wish I had a clue what you were talking about.

Buzzbee · 02-09-2005, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

I wish I had a clue what you were talking about.

Staples is running an ad campaign which shows people in difficult situations. For example:

- a surgeon doing brain surgery that he's never done before
- a school kid who is asked a question he doensn't know the answer to
- a rodeo guy about to ride a bucking bronco

In each situation the person in trouble hits an "easy" button and the voiceover says something to the effect of "don't you wish life had an "easy" button. Well at Staples...

Hopefully you get the picture. I'm assuming that as a marketing ploy, they are now selling "easy" buttons.

EDIT: My guess is the link is supposed to go to Staples' website where you can buy an "easy" button. However, it looks like the link is a tad off.

2nd EDIT: It is Staples, not CompUSA.

Franklinnoble · 02-09-2005, 01:00 PM

But the link he posted shows a TV set.

rkmsuf · 02-09-2005, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buzzbee

CompUSA is running an ad campaign which shows people in difficult situations. For example:

- a surgeon doing brain surgery that he's never done before
- a school kid who is asked a question he doensn't know the answer to
- a rodeo guy about to ride a bucking bronco

In each situation the person in trouble hits an "easy" button and the voiceover says something to the effect of "don't you wish life had an "easy" button. Well at CompUSA...

Hopefully you get the picture. I'm assuming that as a marketing ploy, they are now selling "easy" buttons.

EDIT: My guess is the link is supposed to go to CompUSA's website where you can buy an "easy" button. However, it looks like the link is a tad off.

Is this particular easy button cleverly disguised as a tv?

AnalBumCover · 02-09-2005, 01:00 PM

Still looks like a TV.

DanGarion · 02-09-2005, 01:02 PM

Fixed...

JeeberD · 02-09-2005, 01:07 PM

Currently out of stock...

Axxon · 02-09-2005, 01:10 PM

That was my least favorite commercial during the super bowl. I guess I'm not their target audience.

AnalBumCover · 02-09-2005, 01:13 PM

I wish some girls I know came with an Easy Button.

mhass · 02-09-2005, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnalBumCover

I wish some girls I know came with an Easy Button.

They all do. You're not looking in the right places.

Buzzbee · 02-09-2005, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnalBumCover

I wish some girls I know came with an Easy Button.

Based on your numerous pictures with the ladies, I thought they did?!?!

rkmsuf · 02-09-2005, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buzzbee

Based on your numerous pictures with the ladies, I thought they did?!?!

A picture is worth a thousand attempts.

Glengoyne · 02-09-2005, 02:20 PM

This is really among the stupidest commercials of all time. The Ad agency should fire the moron who proposed the concept, and Staples should be shopping around ot replace the individual who bought off on it.

Edit: The sad thing is, the commercial is probably somehow effective .

rkmsuf · 02-09-2005, 02:21 PM

I think it's clever in a sense but I do think it misses the mark in that if you hadn't told me, I couldn't name who the commercial was for.

I liked Rubberband Man much more. I think he was Staples.

Axxon · 02-09-2005, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glengoyne

This is really among the stupidest commercials of all time. The Ad agency should fire the moron who proposed the concept, and Staples should be shopping around ot replace the individual who bought off on it.

Edit: The sad thing is, the commercial is probably somehow effective .

I'm glad I'm not alone on this. It was a horrid concept and should have never made it on tv.

Axxon · 02-09-2005, 02:27 PM

dola -

Had they combined it with another commercial...

push easy button

Poof! The godaddy dot com girl appears.

Now, theres a commercial.

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02-09-2005, 12:52 PM	#2
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	I don't get it. That looks like a TV to me.

02-09-2005, 01:13 PM	#11
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	I wish some girls I know came with an Easy Button. __________________ ABC's Game Giveaway list

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Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	This is really among the stupidest commercials of all time. The Ad agency should fire the moron who proposed the concept, and Staples should be shopping around ot replace the individual who bought off on it. Edit: The sad thing is, the commercial is probably somehow effective . Last edited by Glengoyne : 02-09-2005 at 02:21 PM.

02-09-2005, 02:21 PM	#16
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	I think it's clever in a sense but I do think it misses the mark in that if you hadn't told me, I couldn't name who the commercial was for. I liked Rubberband Man much more. I think he was Staples. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

02-09-2005, 02:27 PM	#18
Axxon Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ	dola - Had they combined it with another commercial... push easy button Poof! The godaddy dot com girl appears. Now, theres a commercial. __________________ There are no houris, alas, in our heaven.

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