http://www.the80sclub.com/back-to-the-future-pimped-for-direct-tv/ All things 1980s from b5media Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:45:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.the80sclub.com/back-to-the-future-pimped-for-direct-tv/#comment-3680 The 80s Club - All things 1980s from b5media Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:04:45 +0000 http://www.the80sclub.com/back-to-the-future-pimped-for-direct-tv/#comment-3680 [...] I am definitely the demographic that the advertisers are trying to hit in the evening drama/sitcom time slot. In addition to the Back to the Future bit, I’m hearing more and more 80’s songs being used in commercials. Apparently, those marketing geniuses think that there are many middle-aged (am I middle aged, yet?) lazy bums sitting around basking in the glow of the boob tube, just waiting to be enticed to a bag of cookies by the sweet sounds of The Human League. Little morsels of chocolatey goodness are just calling out to me from the TV with the sweet lyrics, “Don’t you want me, baby?” Why, yes I do! Let me just run out and snarfle down a bag of cookies. [...] […] I am definitely the demographic that the advertisers are trying to hit in the evening drama/sitcom time slot. In addition to the Back to the Future bit, I’m hearing more and more 80’s songs being used in commercials. Apparently, those marketing geniuses think that there are many middle-aged (am I middle aged, yet?) lazy bums sitting around basking in the glow of the boob tube, just waiting to be enticed to a bag of cookies by the sweet sounds of The Human League. Little morsels of chocolatey goodness are just calling out to me from the TV with the sweet lyrics, “Don’t you want me, baby?” Why, yes I do! Let me just run out and snarfle down a bag of cookies. […]

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