I'd like to introduce you to a new segment of my blog, entitled "Why, Singapore?" Think of it as a sort of list of grievances to counterbalance all the good things about this place.
Today's "Why, Singapore?" was inspired by an insipid commercial that is DRIVING ME INSANE. The thing about Singapore TV is that they have very few commercials. No car ads, no movie trailers, no jingles for McDonald's or the like. The only commercials I've seen are for Dettol (the Asian equivalent of Clorox), Dove shampoo, and Febreeze. Mostly what they play are advertisements for other shows, often ones that were canceled back home, like the unasked-for remake of Knight Rider. Now, this may seem like a good thing--oh yay, fewer commercials, more TV--but NO. What actually happens is that the same commercials get played over and over and over, until Mike and I can't get them out of our brains.
There's the repeated ad for NCIS that plays "Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones. A weird one for Law and Order: SVU that markets the show as a comedy. A badly dubbed commercial for toothpaste.
But the worst offender by far is the one they play the most often, on every channel. I swear I see this damn thing at least ten times a day, and it burrows into your mind. I have taken to angrily muting and yelling at the TV whenever it comes on. Watch the following about 15 times in a row, and you'll get what I'm experiencing.
I don't what's more offensive: the song, the dance (and I use that term lightly), or the dude's hair. All I know is that this is, without a doubt, the most annoyed I've ever been by a commercial.
This has been "Why, Singapore?"
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I see this is the ad for the Youth Olympics in Singapore. Is there a JAZZ HANDS competition at those games? That was soooooooo freakin' bizarre, and troubling to say the least. AUGH!!! Thanks for sharing because I'll be singing the Singapore OH YEAH Jazz Hands song forever now! haha
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ReplyDeleteThere has been a shocking lack of blog entries the past week, Emma. What am I supposed to do all day at work if I don't have your blog to read?
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Dettol is huge here in the Bahamas too! We bought the antiseptic liquid and use it for everything you could possibly think of. Its like the Greeks using windex on everything. We call it pinesol b/c that is what is smells like. I thought I had it bad with the Bahamian commercials only showing birthday and funeral annoucement... you however have me beat!
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