After These Messages Podcast

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#248 If You've Got It, Haunt It! Aug 05, 2020

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If the spirit does live on after we shuffle off our mortal coil, how grim to imagine that one could spend eternity shilling for Diet Coke and Ikea! Andrew and Vieves look at commercials that rely on the shades of the departed to make the sale. Plus, Diet Coke has another swing and a miss.

#247 The Horn Identity Jul 29, 2020

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It's a real jinglepalooza this week! With the help of a musical listener stuck in quarantine, Vieves quizzes Andrew on some classic commercial jingles. Plus the Ad Council sings the classics of their childhoods.

#246 Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children Jul 22, 2020

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Special guests Gus (who's ten and a half years old)and his mom Phyllis (we didn't ask her age)join Andrew and Vieves for a look at commercials through the eyes of a child. It turns out, the kids are alright...with some SUPER weird commercials. The darkness is real, ya'll.

#245 Faulty Breaks Jul 15, 2020

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Andrew and Vieves consider commercials built on flawed premises, failed leaps of logic, and shaky foundations. Or is it all just a lot of smoke and mirrors to disguise a rant about Gordon Ramsay? Plus, a cereal commercial featuring implied bestiality proves the 90s were a weird time to be alive.

#244 Bot And Sold Jul 08, 2020

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A half-baked theory on the emotional range of commercial robots leads Andrew and Vieves to interrogate the true nature of the mechanical man as he endeavors to sell everything from toilet paper to cell phone plans. Plus, a musical legend leaves behind a diverse commercial legacy.

#243 That New Car Sell Jul 01, 2020

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What happened to the car commercials of yore? Back in the day, carmakers didn't bother with drone footage of cars cruising along a coastline or navigating empty cityscapes. No, they offered us a vision of the fantastic: spandex-clad Romeos, 9-to-5 Tarzans, and women scientists! Andrew and Vieves marvel at car commercials as they once were.

#242 Innuendo And Out The Other Jun 24, 2020

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"It." Everyone's doing it, getting it or thinking about it, but what is "it", and why does it sound so gosh dang dirty when it's used in commercials.? It's innuendo galore this week. Plus, thirsty Ja Rule is thirsty.

#241 Adcolades, Admonishments, and Animals Jun 17, 2020

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Vieves is loving (and hating) a batch of ads related to animals this week, while Andrew interrogates the commercial career of podcast favorite, Malcolm Barrett (don't worry, they explain who he is). Plus, an astute Ad Councilor points out a similarity between two very different commercials.

#240 Hopin' To Open Jun 10, 2020

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Across America, COVID restrictions are lifting, and businesses couldn't be more excited to get customers into their - and they can't stress this enough - CLEAN establishments. Plus, a 30-year old dish detergent commercial is too hot for TV.

#239 Buying The Pharma May 29, 2020

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When it's time to sell the drugs that keep the Baby Boomers' hearts, lungs, and everything else working, advertisers rely on the music that turned on a generation, with varying degrees of success. Plus, Andrew launches a new segment designed to make Vieves prove that she really did go to grad school.

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