Advertising Takes a Turn for the Weird.
So.
I wake up to the radio in the morning.
This morning, I was dragged up from the happy depths of sleep by an advertisement for the Booth Eye Care and Laser Center. This is not unusual, as Booth advertises like CRAZY in this town. What was unusual is that they had latched onto Harry Potter as a gimmick. I shit you not. Quoth advertiser-lady:
"I was watching the new Harry Potter movie this weekend, and I noticed that Harry has a heck of a time keeping those darn glasses on! Every time he gets into a conflict, the first thing that happens is they get knocked off, broken, or both. Harry - and you - need to come to the Booth Eye Care and Laser Center. Dr. Booth may not have a Chamber of Secrets, but he does have a suite of seven new lasers...."
All I can imagine is that their advertising department didn't really think what they were writing. It was okay until that last bit - but in my opinion, the Eye Care center NOT having a Chamber of Secrets is a GOOD THING. Of course, it leads to the question: How weird would the ads be, if he did have one? A number of possibilities come to mind...
"Defeat our basilisk and get one eye corrected FREE!"
"Fawkes' Healing Tears worked for me, and it will work for you!"
"Ten minutes with Tom Riddle, and you won't need your vision again - ever!"
"After our surgery, you too will be able to kill your enemies with a look!"
"Dr. Fawkes can handle YOUR eyes the way he handled this basilis..... er.... um..... cut? DAMMIT, Fawkes, we lose more patients that way...."
"Hi, I'm Tom Riddle, dark wizard and Booth Eye Care patient. I liked their work so much, I spared the company."
I wake up to the radio in the morning.
This morning, I was dragged up from the happy depths of sleep by an advertisement for the Booth Eye Care and Laser Center. This is not unusual, as Booth advertises like CRAZY in this town. What was unusual is that they had latched onto Harry Potter as a gimmick. I shit you not. Quoth advertiser-lady:
"I was watching the new Harry Potter movie this weekend, and I noticed that Harry has a heck of a time keeping those darn glasses on! Every time he gets into a conflict, the first thing that happens is they get knocked off, broken, or both. Harry - and you - need to come to the Booth Eye Care and Laser Center. Dr. Booth may not have a Chamber of Secrets, but he does have a suite of seven new lasers...."
All I can imagine is that their advertising department didn't really think what they were writing. It was okay until that last bit - but in my opinion, the Eye Care center NOT having a Chamber of Secrets is a GOOD THING. Of course, it leads to the question: How weird would the ads be, if he did have one? A number of possibilities come to mind...
"Defeat our basilisk and get one eye corrected FREE!"
"Fawkes' Healing Tears worked for me, and it will work for you!"
"Ten minutes with Tom Riddle, and you won't need your vision again - ever!"
"After our surgery, you too will be able to kill your enemies with a look!"
"Dr. Fawkes can handle YOUR eyes the way he handled this basilis..... er.... um..... cut? DAMMIT, Fawkes, we lose more patients that way...."
"Hi, I'm Tom Riddle, dark wizard and Booth Eye Care patient. I liked their work so much, I spared the company."