From the Dead Horse Department

Commercials

By B-Side | Monday, March 20, 2006 | 12:44 pm | 5 Comments

mastercard_pricelessMastercard has announced it’s latest, greatest new promotion: a “Write Your Own” commercial. Applicants can choose one of two commercials to write to, including one directed by Syriana helmer, Stephen Gaghan (wow, kind of a steep career drop-off there). We hardly fancy ourselves as ad wizards, but we thought we’d give this contest a little try. Here’s our submission:

Protective goggles: $9.

Heavy-duty baseball bat: $60.

Broom, Dustpan, Garbage Bags, and a Vacuum Cleaner: $110.

Bashing your television to small pieces so you never have to see another "Priceless" commercial: Priceless.

Feel free to submit your entries in our comments section. (And if you want to participate in the contest, click here).

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5 Comments

  1. 1
    jash
    Posted March 20, 2006 at 12:51 pm

    also from the deadhorse department: a billion inane posts in a single day!

    quality over quantity.

    and where the fletch is the lost recap? its been like a bazillion weeks!

  2. 2
    theoneinyourdreams
    Posted March 20, 2006 at 12:53 pm

    seriously, jash…is madeyoulaugh accidentally signed onto your account b-side?

  3. 3
    Leah3t
    Posted March 20, 2006 at 12:54 pm

    mastercard just launched a whole new site dedicated to this concept. i love how they and visa believe that people equate their credit card companies with family, bravery, and good times. I equate mine with tears when I open the bill every month. Those capital one commercials with the crappy guardian angel are pretty funny though.

    Here’s one- DVR box- 75 dollars. DVR service- 15 dollars. Extra electricty- 3 dollars. Being able to fast forward through mastercard commercials- PRICELESS.

  4. 4
    RealityTV4Me
    Posted March 20, 2006 at 1:44 pm

    Full tank of gas: $33.00

    Bagel and large Diet Coke: $3.65

    Being able to get back on to TVGasm at work: Priceless

  5. 5
    hardly@work
    Posted March 21, 2006 at 7:42 am

    So who is doing the Lost recap now? Its been a month. Anyone?

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