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Asian American Commercial Watch: Bounce’s “Don’t Let Wrinkles Ruin Your Meeting”

Posted on August 11, 2017 by John

https://youtu.be/nTeDJNPDEwU I caught this recent Bounce commercial: “If only Harry used some Bounce to dry, he would be less wrinkly and winning at life. Toss wrinkles, static, lint, and pet hair goodbye.” This businessman is pitching something to a group … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Annabelle & IBM Watson on Life Experience

Posted on December 4, 2015 by John

  https://youtu.be/vqjndtS8jQU When I saw this IBM TV commercial about Watson (“… a technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data.”), Annabelle reminded me of my niece – who … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: ‘Office Holiday Party – Discover it Card Rewards’

Posted on December 4, 2014 by John

I caught this commercial Discover credit card commercial recently and found it pretty entertaining, though I’m not surprised the Asian American female office worker had dated a white male co-worker named Gary last year, but admits that he was a mistake … Continue reading →

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Controversial Groupon Super Bowl Commercial Exploits Tibet for Laughs

Posted on February 6, 2011 by jozjozjoz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOwJOcp-Mxk I was only half-watching Super Bowl XLV today, but my attention was piqued when an ad featuring Asians (Tibetans) appeared on my TV. It turns out, it was an ad by Groupon, featuring Timothy Hutton which opened with what … Continue reading →

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At Niketown, Manny Pacquiao Goes Boom

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Dino-Ray

As a Filipino American, I am contractually obligated to worship Manny Pacquiao (and Tim Lincecum — hair and all). So when I saw Niketown’s window display in San Francisco’s Union Square, I felt that it was my civic duty to … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Michelle Wie in McDonald’s Ad

Posted on June 30, 2010 by John

I was channel surfing the other night when I came across a Chinese version of this McDonald’s commercial on the Bay Area’s local Chinese channel KTSF. I had wondered why a Korean American would be in a Chinese language commercial, … Continue reading →

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SuperBowl Ad features Doritos Samurai Throwing “Ninja Stars” and Swinging “Nunchucks”

Posted on February 8, 2010 by jozjozjoz

Here’s a SuperBowl commercial that annoyed me, courtesy of Doritos. In this ad, some guys in a gym take Doritos from samurai– and suffer the consequences!!!111!!1 OMGLOLWTFBBQ! This ad was popular enough that it ranked in the Top 20 of … Continue reading →

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