Posts Tagged ‘MTV’

Accidents Don’t Just Happen

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

This series of safe sex ads from MTV Switzerland reminds me a lot of the ridiculous stories that patients will often tell doctors (many in the emergency room) about why they need medical treatment for some really messed up thing, like “I fell on the floor and landed on the TV remote which went into my rectum,” or the perennial favorite, “I was sitting on my porch at 2am reading a Bible minding my own business when some guy just came up and shot me.” All these scenarios are incredibly unlikely but the storyteller somehow thought it was less embarrassing or incriminating than the truth. Which is part of the point of this ad: you don’t have sex by accident unless you were already doing something that could be considered a precursor to sex. So play it safe and use a condom.

There are three of these ads over at AdFreak, but this is the only one where the woman is wearing underwear. That’s a good point too: always wear underwear, because you never know when you’re going to go flying crotch-first onto some random sunbather.

(via The Ephemerist)

There Has to Be More to Dating Than This

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

I admit to watching the occasional episode of Singled Out back in the day, but I can’t say I was really a fan. The first round of the show operated on absolutes; they’d ask the guy if he preferred “wash and wear” or “high maintenance” and of course the guy would pick wash-and-wear, because really, who wouldn’t? I would, and I’m not really a wash-and-wear girl—nor am I high-maintenance.

This 1995 ad for tapings of Singled Out at Kings Dominion seems to operate in that same world of absolutes—the girls don’t have dates so they have no choice but to do laundry; the guys have little to do but lift weights together. Subtext, anyone?

(via mgrhode1 @ Flickr)

The Longest Weekend

Monday, October 18th, 2010

With all this talk about New York Comic Con (now a week over and done) let’s not forget that Gabrielle Bell’s Comic-Con “Comicumentary” was still in progress, detailing her various experiences during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

She’s finally posted the conclusion, wherein Tom and her are witness to some MTV shenanigans and have a nice drink at the Hilton Suites.

Catch up on all ten parts using the links below:

(via The Beat)