Got wood? How'd those family values think tanks miss this?

[Skidmore]

No complaints to the FCC or media campaigns either.

You know those Bob Enzyte commercials? Well, I just saw one a couple of times last night that I hadn't seen before. Lots of wood backgrounds on the text and graphics interspersed with pictures of the ever grinning toothy Bob. Well one of those "wood" screens is a collection of 6 wooden panels. Well, I'll be goldarned if three of those panel on which they place pictures of the product don't have a the outline of an erect penis superimposed over the wood grain. Anyone else see that little gem of subliminal advertising?

[Skittles]

1. are you series?

I will, er, have to look for it. :D

[Skidmore]

2. Seriesly!!!

I did a double take when I saw it the first time. But when the ad repeated, it is definetly there.

[magellan]

3. Soon as I saw your subject line I thought of Bob!!

Since those ads started airing I can't think of Bush**'s comment without wondering just what it was exactly he was referring to....

Anyway, yes, there's all sorts of fun phallic symbology in those Enzyte commercials. I think it must go over most people's heads or those ads would've been pulled long ago.

[niyad]

4. I don't watch much tv--who is bob enzyte?

[Skittles]

5. he is a fictional character featured in boner commercials

he sports a huge cheshire grin which we are to assume is caused by his satisfaction over his "enhancement" via some boner pills

[niyad]

11. a new ED drug?? and they didn't use bob dole again? looks like I

may have to watch "talk sex" and actually look at the commercials. how funny.

[ReadTomPaine]

12. It's not for ED and it's not even a drug.. just clever quackery..

Note how they make the container resemble a masculinized version of the birth control pill pack. The people behind marketing this stuff didn't miss a trick.

[Skidmore]

7. Bob is a 1950s geeky superdad fictional character

in Enzyte commercials. Enzyte is one of those pills to treat ED. But it would serve as a good surname for Bob too.

[ReadTomPaine]

10. Enzyte is not an ED pill, it's a quack penile enlargement formula..

no medical benefits at all.

Making it resemble an actual drug is just part of the brilliance behind it's marketing. The snake oil salesmen who hock it do an amazing job.

[ReadTomPaine]

6. The enzyte commercials are packed with phallic references..

and not just the obvious ones. They are literally everywhere you look. In their own way, they are quite brilliant. They've also achieved what some considered impossible, they have put a respectable sheen on quack penile enlargement fraud.

[rasputin1952]

8. I noticed it the other day as well...and the Burger King commercials...

all about "meat"...:eyes:

As far as Enzyte goes....I always wanted to start a deal about "male enhancemnet"...get people to send me $14.95, and I send them a brick w/some string...:evilgrin:

[Skidmore]

9. Glad someone else has seen it too.

I thought I was imagining it at first.

[whistle]

14. Brick and some string?

[eShirl]

13. huh. I thought they were for a "dietary supplement"

intended to help reduce ED w/o a prescription.
But that was just my own assumption, based on nothing.

edit: whoops, meant as a reply to the post that it's supposed to be a penis enlargement pill

[soup]

15. How can they keep showing them?

"Smiling Bob" Not Smiling Anymore

Erectile Dysfunction "Cure" Must Pay $2.5 Million

March 2, 2006

The makers of the erectile dysfunction product popularized by the "Smiling Bob" ads will pay $2.5 million and provide consumers restitution to settle a multi-state enforcement action that alleges the defendants made unsubstantiated claims about dietary supplements' effectiveness and automatically billed consumers for products they never requested.

"Smiling Bob may have been happy, but many customers were not," said California Attorney General Bill Lockyer.

"The defendants violated consumer protection laws that rest on a simple principle: businesses must deal with people fairly and honestly. This settlement will prevent further violations and compensate consumers harmed by the defendants' practices."
>snip<

The Attorneys General allege the defendants, in their advertisements, made claims about the effectiveness of their products that were not supported by reliable, competent scientific evidence.

The defendants made such unsubstantiated claims about more than 10 of their products, including Enzyte, the erectile dysfunction pill used by Smiling Bob. The defendants' ads claimed Enzyte would improve male sexual function and performance and give them firmer, fuller-feeling erections.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/03/smiling_bob.html

and the ads are still running?!