Jun 21 2006
Folgers commercial: “…you can sleep when you are dead…”
Ok, I am not about to start making some moralistic point here. Rest your minds at ease.
It’s just a TV commercial for coffee. And that really is one of the lines, "Get up, get out of bed, you can sleep when you are dead…" as only some golden hued sadistic happy happy joy joy morning loving zombies can sing it.
I gotta tell ya, it is one of the creepiest commercials I have ever seen. This is hell for the night owl/non-morning person.
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/2971/
Or go to the Folgers site http://toleratemornings.com/ and have a look around.
And enjoy that morning cup of coffee….
And if tonight my soul may find her peace
in sleep, and sink in good oblivion,
and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower
then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.
~D.H. Lawrence
The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
~Mark Helprin, Memoir from Antproof Case, 1995
Seen also at The Daily Brief and The Anchoress
7 Responses to “Folgers commercial: “…you can sleep when you are dead…””
"It’s just a TV commercial for coffee"
You see, there’s your problem right there… You’re watching TV… I prescribe the "Elvis" treatment:
Get yourself a S&W .357… Solid steel cast… In the sacred name of Elvis… Let ‘er blast…
Stop being a lab rat in the great experiment! KILL YOUR TV
well, for the sake of argument, I saw this commercial on the web.
OMG What is happening to our perspective? Kinna makes me wanna hurt people…………..
Creepy? Maybe so, but I giggled through the whole thing!
I haven’t seen the commercial, but the ’sleep when I’m dead’ is a oft-repeated phrase. Creepy commercials are the ones with the Burger King dude watching you thru the window of your house when you get up in the morning.
Just add coffee and stir right?
Just dont sing happy songs in the morning until after at least 3 cups.