Thursday, August 17, 2006

Call Someone Who Cares

Am I the only one who get annoyed as hell when my favorite TV show (which is whatever it is i'm currently watching) is interrupted by a 1-800-DENTIST commercial?

I have never heard such monotonic actors delivering such inane babble. I guess that Fred, the founder of Futuredontics Corporation, while perhaps a fine CEO, also fancies himself as a fine judge of commercial talent/writing/production. Did he actually preview this crap before sending it to air? Watching these commercials has SO discouraged me from calling. When these come on, I flip the channel to the local public access cable channel, which invariably features better acting and more relevant information. Need to see for yourself? I tried finding these recent mind-numbing bits on their website, but for some reason did not find them posted. Perhaps they're busy suing their ad agency.

When it comes to selecting a dentist, give me the good old yellow pages, which, incidentally, has the same rigorous screening process that 1-800-DENTIST must have. Both have the stringent standards and requirements that compel them to only list those dentists whose checks have cleared.

Bring back the original 1-800-DENTIST lady!

PS Dont' Believe me? See for yourself!