Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for May 19, 2021

And no button that says “Skip This Ditty in 5…4…”

Does anyone really, after seeing a commercial, ask their doctor if this drug is right for them?

…or the pharmaceutical companies.

Yahoo is now doing that too!!!

Ask your doctor will be followed by two “You may have a claim” and one Ex-lax because now your full of it.

Hell has, in fact, frozen over.

There are places in America where you have to watch a 30-second ad before you can pump gas. https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/jrr7b7/this_gas_pump_plays_an_ad_before_actually_pumping/

Soon: https://boingboing.net/2021/05/18/when-ford-can-make-whole-cars-again-they-may-feature-in-car-advertising.html

When I bought my truck I told the dealer that for $100 a month that they could advertise by keeping the tag frame and sticker on the back or that they could just take it off before I drove away. Tight wads.

The biggest drug pushers in America are the Pharma ads…disgusting….like it’s the drug of the month club…

Why do so many of the ads feature people moving in slow motion?

Don’t give the YouTube advertising people more ideas! ;)

I can put up with the 5 second spots that precede a music video. I don’t like the spots that interrupt longer interviews.

Just call it General Pharmaceuticals Theater.

Does anyone else listen to all the “don’t take this drug if..” or “may cause ….” parts of the drug ads?

Sonata? Is that a new drug? I haven’t heard of that one.

How much do you get paid for coming up with new drug names? Zimbi, Bizaldi. I might could do that job!

The trick for skipping embedded ads seems to have quit working on YouTube.

Just YouTube ? Where aren’t they advertised ?

anyone else thinking Teamocil? https://arresteddevelopment.fandom.com/wiki/Teamocil

My favorite disclaimer about all medicines: “Do not take (insert name) if you are allergic to it”…Duh!

Next up, the ballad of possible side effects. It runs on and on.

We pause this performance of Wagner’s “Rings of the Nibelungen” to bring you a word from our sponsor: Jarod’s

It could be called Sonatex. A drug that will help you with your movements.

I want to see on tv ads for Heroin, along with the side effects. It might have less side effects than most of the other drugs they advertise.

does he have to croon the disclaimers, too…?

Just a couple more useless lines until we get back to the show!

“Sponsored by YouTube”? Looks like it’s sponsored by a drug company.

If my doctor isn’t aware of certain drugs… he’s not my doctor anymore!

“Ask your bartender if this beer is right for you.”