Monday, April 4, 2011

I want to know what she's washing down with that OJ



Ooooh, check out this woman's day, it's going to be sooooooo haaaaaard!! I guess it's a good thing she's holding an early morning meeting with all the people who are going to be tormenting her over the course of the day (does this make sense to anybody? Anybody at all?)

"I'll roll my eyes at you when you try to tell me what to wear" says Mysteriously Not-Texting Daughter. Seriously, I can't remember the last time I saw a commercial featuring a teen-aged girl in which that girl was not holding a cell phone. Wake Up, Florida Orange Juice! It's 2011!! Mom won't be crumbling under the weight of daughter's normally crushing eye-roll, however. She's got her OJ.

"Though I said I'd be here between 8 and 9, I'll show up at ten" says Cable Guy. "Making me late for work?" asks Apparently Single Mom Who Must Handle Everything Herself. "Yep" answers Cable Guy. Not to worry- this situation, which would break the will of most of us who don't drink juice in the morning, is easily handled by SuperMom. She's got her OJ.

"Principal Miller" is now asked for her intake, and she informs Mom that her son will be involved in a turf war involving switch blades, sidearms, and a monopoly on the playground's heroin traffic. Ok, she doesn't say any of that- just some dull crap about a scuffle- but you'll excuse my embroidery. Anything to stay awake as this dreck wears down. No problem for Mom. She's got her OJ.

There's some crap about elevators being out, which means that this woman will have to walk down 18 flights of stairs "in high heels." Why she's required to wear high heels in the first place- Jesus Christ, is this 2011 or 1955- is not a question to be answered in this brief ad. Or ever. Because it doesnt' matter. Nothing matters. Because it's all good, because she's got her OJ.

What I want to know is, when was orange juice fortified with the kinds of---err, "vitamins"---which make life's little annoyances somehow easier to take? I mean, isn't this really a commercial for Vodka, or Pot? "I've got my Orange juice"--- sure you do, but that's not making you calm in the face of Life's Little Disasters now, is it?

Come on, lady, fess up. What are you popping just before guzzling down that Orange Juice that is making you so damned relaxed? And is it available in my area? Because I have more compelling problems than a kid's eye roll and a late Cable Guy.
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5 comments:

  1. JamesApril 4, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    The alternate acceptable answer would be
    "Good thing I'm loaded."

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  2. DreadedCandiru2April 5, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    The odd thing is that I expected a voice-over actor to tell us that:
    a) we needed whatever meds Mom was washing down with her OJ

    and

    b) the meds would kill us.

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  3. PahzApril 6, 2011 at 3:55 AM

    I wish my day were that easy.

    I'm also glad I raised my kids to respect themselves enough not to have me police their garment choices.

    And my day would look a whole lot rosier if I drank my OJ with vodka in it in the morning too. (someone should do a mock-up of this ad and instead of OJ at the end, they're hawking vodka)

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  4. UnknownMarch 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    Come on everyone, it's supposed to be tongue-in-cheek. What's with the negativity???

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  5. John F JameleMarch 26, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    Well, at least you didn't go with "don't be hatin', which has to be the dumbest version of "how dare you criticize" I've ever heard.

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