poltr1 | Dec. 7th, 2006

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Dec. 7th, 2006

Recently, I've taken to watching pro sports, or at least have it provide background noise for me. And in the last week or two, I've noticed some edits made to two commercials:

1) Tractor Supply Company: The one where the wives send the husbands out on a mission, which includes volunteering for the local Christmas pageant. The original version had one of the "guys" (a male figurine) saying "Sweet mother of...". Now it just has him grunting.

2) The one for some digital TV with Jessica Simpson. ("I don't know what 1080i is, but I want it.") The original version had her kicking some guy who tried to get too close. Now that scene has been deftly edited out.

What is going on? Are people getting offended and complaining? Or are the commercial writers getting too scared about offending people and trying to be proactive?

Personally, I liked the commercials as they originally were.

I miss adcritic.com.

I recently remembered that there was a Bloom County Christmas special, called "A Wish for Wings that Work". (I taped it off the air, but have since misplaced the tape. Not surprising, given the entropy factor at home.)

As far as I know, it only aired once, in 1991. Or did it air more times than that?

Raise your hand if you'd like to see it again, or released on DVD.

I never got much into Doonesbury, but I loved Bloom County. I still do.