Ben & Jerry's ad

[Viens]

Another, "let's take the piss out of the baldies".
Quote, "Sorry Ben" (Ben is bald).
Jerry is obviously the front man, as he is not bald. :freak:

 

[s.a.f]

How come its not Jerry and Bens then?

 

[slurms mackenzie]

Yes i noticed, that, for those that aren't aware there's an Ad campaign in the UK for Ben and Jerry's fair trade ice cream, which list all the unfair things that happened to Ben and Jerry as they were setting up the company, one of which was Ben lost his hair.

And then right at the end there's a dig at Ben not being able to get his hair back.

The advertising industry in the UK is balls anyway, sexist to the extreme, all blokes in adverts are portrayed as total douches.

 

[slurms mackenzie]

How come its not Jerry and Bens then?

It's Unilevers!


Regardless when they started, Ben and Jerrys had a better ring to it, and it was probably done based on the alphabet.

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Oh right i now get your point, they are not using Jerry as the front man, they actually don't give a f***

 

[drunkmonkey425]

I don't see the harm in it?

Going bald is unfair, so it makes their list of unfair things that happen. The sorry at the end, well being bald is worse than having hair (why we are here right?) so the guy is sorry Ben lost his hair! It's just an advert jeez.

 

[Viens]

How come its not Jerry and Bens then?

It started as Ben & Jerry's but when the corp discovered that Ben had the male pattern baldness gene, Jerry took over and Ben had to be hidden away from public sight, to keep their reputation. They didn't want people thinking that Ben & Jerry's ice cream caused hair loss! They couldn't change the name to Jerry & Ben's because then people would become suspicious that Ben was going bald. Now after Ben's many years in hiding, Ben & Jerry's are making a comeback letting the public know that, yes it's true, Ben is a baldy, but it's OK because we don't take him seriously anymore. Jerry is the main man behind the business now. We wouldn't let Ben go anywhere near the ice cream, so you don't have to worry about going bald and becoming a joke too.

 

[slurms mackenzie]

I don't see the harm in it?

Going bald is unfair, so it makes their list of unfair things that happen. The sorry at the end, well being bald is worse than having hair (why we are here right?) so the guy is sorry Ben lost his hair! It's just an advert jeez.

It didn't bother me as such, but would you see an advert having a do at a fat lass for having saggy tits?