Enjoy the old Folgers Coffee TV commercial below—but try to watch it WITHOUT cringing—or throwing something at your screen!
It is extremely entertaining-but only because we shake our collective heads in DISBELIEF that anyone could actually conceive of a scenario where a wife would allow that cretin of a husband to judge her based on the quality of her coffee—and then she sits idly by while he insults her efforts to PLEASE him. To top it off, his insults actually prompt her to seek out help!
Of course, it’s Folgers Instant Coffee to the rescue! And, as expected, the situation resolves itself to everyone’s satisfaction-as the coffee is now tasty, the husband now satisfied-and the wife is happy because her husband is. Maybe there are men out there that dream of a return to those days, but I am not one of them.
Let’s watch the video, then contemplate how things might play out in 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMvQ-WWbWfc
Here’s how that scene would likely roll out today:
a) Husband insults wife’s coffee
b) Rolling pin to the head, delivered by wife
c) Husband, recovering enough to remember his next line, unfavorably compares the coffee at home to that which “the girls” make at work
d) Frying pan to the head, this time delivered with more force
e) Wife still investigates Folgers Coffee after ambulance arrives to take husband to the hospital
f) Wife notices the improvement in taste-and her satisfaction comes from not only having tastier coffee, but also in knowing that her husband is unlikely to insult her in the future.
g) Husband agrees that Folgers Instant Coffee is delicious and decides not to press charges
Another happy household—and another satisfied Folgers customer!
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