One of my favorite shows is "Mad Men" on AMC, which, by the way, is fucking brilliant. Anyway, it's on at 10pm on Sunday nights, which is too late for me to stay up. Insert old man joke here. I have to be at work at 7am, so I need to get to bed. Lay off!
Anyway, we end up watching it the next day on-demand through the digital cable box. It works out just fine. There's only one commercial break, which is awesome. Viagra sponsors the on-demand replay. The problem is that the only commercial they've shown all season is this one, and it's god-awful. You'll have to click on the link to watch it, and then watch the video called "Anniversary."
VIAGRA COMMERCIAL
I don't know where to begin.
First, the odd tonal discrepancies. At one point, it's "cute," with this guy's hang-dog looks (more on that in a moment), then it's super-stylized with the freeze-frame and blue-outlined husband. Also, the commercial wants us to believe they're going to do it because of what, nostalgia? "Look, I've got my wedding suit on. Remember when we used to be attracted to each other?" What a romantic sentiment. But that's not what really gets me about it.
I hate the guy, a lot. I hate his ridiculous mugging, and then the close up of his face, his weathered grin saying "I'm goofy, but also horny." Then, he carries her to the foot of the stairs, they have their "Golly, we're old" moment, and he sets her down. "Ha ha, I need help to get my penis up, and apparently I need help to get you up the stairs, too." Perhaps they should consider having sex on the ground floor.
I give this commercial one erection, lasting more than four hours. Priapism, I believe it's called. Call a doctor.
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Oh come on, they're not THAT old. By your post I was expecting the guy to be a shriveled prune. But the re-visiting the wedding night thing is mildly kinky, don't you think? I feel happy that this couple is branching out when they clearly aren't comfortable with something as risque as doin' it outside of the master bedroom. You too, safe conventional in-the-dark America, can discover the joys of viagra and role-playing. :)
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