Friday, September 14, 2018
More fun with Humira!
(Again, I'm apologizing for the poor quality of a Humira ad. Sorry- I don't know why Humira isn't putting official versions of their ads on YouTube, but I am grateful to the people who are recording them and putting them up even if the sound and picture quality is pretty bad.)
So this almost ridiculously diverse band (seriously- there's another woman, a black guy on drums, and an Asian guy. Please) is deeply concerned because they are all set up at the Annual Oshkosh Pumpkin Fest and their lead singer is once again in the bathroom. Oh noes, all the thirtysomething white people with terminal bad taste will be so dissapointed if she doesn't show!
Oh, but phew- she DOES show, because she talked to her doctor about her bowel issues and he recommended Humira. Now she can do what she's being paid to do- wave at the crowd, jump up and down, and (I guess) sing a song now and again.
When the show is over, the hot, sticky band climbs into their RV to look at pictures on their phones of...well, I have no idea what. Maybe they are reading reviews of their performance? Checking replies to their resumes from Monster.com?
Then it's off to another gig at an abandoned old theater. The show is set for 10 PM- so this band has concerts in the middle of the day at county fairs AND at run-down old movie houses at 10 PM. And the evening gig is "sold out?" Well, I guess that's not hard when your venue only seats 25 (I mean, come on- it looks like they are playing in someone's living room.)
All of this is in the service of selling us a drug which as near as I can tell helps calm overactive bladders, I guess.
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I always find commercials with fake musicians incredibly annoying. What's worse is the vocalist lip-syncing to a supposed song with only one discernible lyric, "Aah." Thank you, for our encore, our hit song, "Aaaaaahh!"
ReplyDeleteOMG I just read your remark & I don't think I ever laughed so hard in my life. FUNNY!!! y ribs are hurting & my eyes are watering. LMAO LMAO
DeleteMe too...so hilarious. Ah ahhhhhh ah ah ahhhhhh ah
DeleteDoesn't anyone question this medicine? Psoriasis, crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, did I forget anything?
DeleteIf my insurance covers it, I'm very likely to be injecting this stuff into my bloodstream regularly in the near future.
DeleteI like the commercial,of the fake musicians and I haven't laughed so hard in a crazy while , Thanks "Unknown" Aaaaaahh, funny stuff.lol and it hurts.😀
DeleteIt's a pretty lame commercial, but the woman who plays the singer is very attractive.
DeleteYes she is. But the girl with the big eyes is sexier.:)
DeleteAhhhhhh (It's the whole chorus AND outro.)
DeleteThat is the El Rey in Los Angeles. It is very much a real venue. Also, my band has a "chick" and an Asian guy.
ReplyDeleteSo,,,,, you're missing a black guy?
DeleteSo funny. That could be the lamest band in history. I play in a band and we are not diverse. Just a bunch of overweight, overage rockers, who could use Humira.
DeleteMaybe this band should invest in a port-a-pottie & keep it real close to the stage or maybe on the stage whichever is preferred😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂
DeleteActually the drug is for Crohn's disease, which is an inflammatory bowel disease which causes inflammation of the digestive tract, which can lead to severe abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition.
ReplyDeleteIt's not for overactive bladder, maybe before writing a review about a commercial for a drug you should research what the drug is for so you don't look like an idiot.
Not a whole lot going on in your life these days?
DeleteActually humira is a medicine for anything and everything! Psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, crohn's disease, psoriasis, hmmmmmmmm anything else?? Did I forget anything lol
Deletejjf- when some anonymous anal-retentive starts out a post with ''actually...'' and parrots the brand's claims, you don't have to ask what his/her/its life is like. it wants to bask in the sort of mind-rot that the geniuses you targeted have been hired to provide. all these fraud boyband/multiculti/jibjab-style song and dance campaigns accomplish is to deduct IQ points from their target audience and add more degrees C. to the national rage-o-meter. people need to know who these propogandizers for
Deletebig pharma are, where and when their ideas conferences are being held, and how much of the drug's final price is being
paid to them by the unknowns who seem to prefer the thrill of being ''included'' to the suspicion they've been Had. if I heard a physician recommend this Big Brand garbage i'd inquire why he thought so little of humanity before finding another pcp. now go ahead and ask what MY life is like mfers
the drug is actually for a wide range of symptoms including psorasis and arthritis, which is what I will be taking it for starting next week.
DeleteNot an argument about the drug and what good it does. It's an argument about how stupid the band is aaahhh ah ah aaaaahhhh. Asian guy with the fake hair and hat is particularly annoying
DeleteWhy do some of you people think it treats more than just chrones disease? No where in the commercial does it say it treats a wide range of problems. You people really need to learn how to pay attention. Your all making comments about facts that were not anywhere in the commercial. Dumb dumb and just dumb.
DeleteThere are several Humira commercials out there, most of which focus on one of the several diseases it is used to treat. Besides Crohn's Disease it's used to fight plaque psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis (which I take it for, two injections per month, having started between the time I first published this entry and today's post.) It doesn't take much research to find what Humira is prescribed for. And again, I don't see anyone here making fun of the people who make Humira or take Humira. The snark is directed entirely at the stupidity of a commercial featuring an obviously fake band which is obviously not singing anything to a crowd of extras.
DeleteActually, the guy playing the guitar (on left) is Tristan Lake Leabu, who also plays Reed Helstrom (Vicky's son) on Young and the Restless daytime soap. He IS a guitarist, and not fake, although I'm sure the band was put together for this commercial. He plays occasionally on the show, and is really pretty decent!
DeleteI feel your pain, guy. Not like my Crohn's pain, but I hate this commercial, as well.
ReplyDeletePretty bloody awful commercial.
ReplyDeleteWhoever wrote this is an asshole. Yeah the commercial is rather cheesy, but you obviously don't know the agony of Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis. And consider yourself fortunate because it's not for the weak. It almost killed me more than once. Sounds like the strong take the hardships you can't tolerate. And I'm fine with that.
ReplyDeleteFor like the 3rd or 4th time these posts are about the stupod commercial! Pay attention!
DeleteI suppose that the next time I post an article making fun of a car commercial someone will reply that a car got them to the hospital once and that makes me a royal jerk for criticizing car commercials.
DeleteThat commercial is so pathetic that it probably pushed people away from trying the snakeoil.
DeleteYou sound ignorant. For real though, if you ever want to know what diseases like Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis can do to a human body and the living hell the sufferers endure then let me know. I'll be happy to tell you what it did to me as a teenager and the effects and PTSD I continue to live with 20 years later.
ReplyDeleteHello just curious? Have you ever tried Medical Marjuana? It is widely prescribed and no side effects!!! None!!! It works!!!
DeleteI kept hoping my doctor would prescribe it, but he won't. So Humira it is for my arthritis, starting in the next few weeks.
DeleteSo you guys think I am attacking the people who have this illness, and not the stupid commercial? Seriously?
ReplyDeleteHe is poking fun at the fake band.
ReplyDeleteRelax!
"Aah"
ReplyDeleteAnd why wasn't the band playing *something* while awkwardly waiting on stage?
ReplyDeleteBecause they forgot the words..... 'ahhhh.. haa ahh'!🤣
DeleteThe disease sucks for those afflicted yes. But watching a bunch of nothing actors pretending to be musicians and obviously have zero musical talent sucks too. Every time that ad comes on it make me want to do an Elvis number on my TV.
ReplyDeleteman the article and most of the comments on this page.... Google give me the last 4 minutes of my life back. The medicine's for intestinal stuff and R Arthritis I think, not an obscure med, and the theater looks fine to me. otherwise some cute points in the article sure, whatever, the cleverness isn't blowing my mind but hey, fine... and a mess here in the comments, sheesh
ReplyDeleteAt least one person noticed the same thing I noticed, she doesn't sing. She just stands at the microphone with her mouth open. Like someone else commented, "the vocalist lip-syncing to a supposed song with only one discernible lyric, "Aah."
ReplyDeleteWho is the fake lead singer. she's also in an education connection dorm room commericial . Need her name. She's hot!
ReplyDeleteIt's just actors that were hired to do a commercial. I'd say by all this reaction the drug company got its money's worth.
ReplyDeleteIf the goal was to get comments on an obscure blog with very few followers and not actual customers, I'm sure you're right.
DeleteA co-worker of mine was diagnosed with Crohn's disease nearly 20 years ago. He was dead less than two years later at about age 50. On the plus side, he was single, so he did not leave behind any widow or kids.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing that annoys me about this commercial and by the way I have Crohn's also and I still hate this commercial anyway... Why don't the band members know where she is? Don't they know she's in the bathroom pooping and playing Candy crush? Where are they looking at each other and disbelief.
ReplyDeleteAnd you'd think the other female would go look for her instead of just standing their looking quizzical- if anyone can check the bathroom, it's her.
DeleteThey don't have a bass player!
DeleteLOL!!
DeleteI just hope they all wash their hands with hot water and soap regularly and Clorox clean that 80's Winnebago while on the road bc one tiny RV bathroom + millennials (with one who is suffering from constant diarrhea) = no amount of Humeria will keep this band on ached and will probably affect ticket sales and the possibility of them ever getting signed by a legit label. And JFJ..you had me at Oshkosh pumpkin fest.
ReplyDeleteI just hope they all wash their hands with hot water and soap regularly and Clorox clean that 80's Winnebago while on the road bc one tiny RV bathroom + millennials (with one who is suffering from constant diarrhea) = no amount of Humeria will keep this band on ached and will probably affect ticket sales and the possibility of them ever getting signed by a legit label. And JFJ..you had me at Oshkosh pumpkin fest.
ReplyDeleteHer name is Flavia Watson and she is a.singer, composer, and actress. The writer and director.of.the commercial did her no favors, but she is pretty talented!
ReplyDeleteFlavia? That's a black girls name.
DeleteWho is the Asian actor on the hum ira commercial?? Please answer this.
ReplyDeleteWho is the Asian actor playing bass on the humira commercial?
ReplyDeleteLove his hair!
It is just an ad, for Heaven's sake. Why use so much energy getting upset? Turn off sound or flip channels.
ReplyDeleteI thought she was pretending to be ozzy osbourne with her hands up in the air like he does I wonder if she paces back and fourth too
ReplyDeleteI think they’re cute. Never noticed the diversity—but even better!
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/UaSIIwh8zwY
ReplyDeleteThe band can't play music, obviously. They weren't play while waiting for their singer. Are they that lost without a vocalist? It looks like she can't sing anyway. Her mouth just stays open...You know what else? The guitarists movements don't match the bad tune that's dubbed into the soundtrack. Bad commercial!
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