Luvs Diaper ad .... Baby Sh*tting Contest

A whole crowd of people here (and elsewhere) hating a "scatological" piece of entertainment as much as I would? I must be dreaming!

Tiz wrote: the cartoon parents are loading the video to facebook.

I think those are more babies.

MrTim wrote: Director:  "Okay Baby #3, give us a BIG poop!  Whoa!  We need Haz-Mat on the set, NOW!"

If they had another baby wearing diapers that weren't Luvs, and then that baby had a blowout (disqualifying him/her), that would have made the commercial for me.

Tiz wrote: It's "cute" because babies are pooping in their diapers. What if they showed grandpa filling his Depends in a commercial?

They did... sorta: OOPS I Crapped My Pants.

I agree, this commercial is disgusting and stupid. Yes, we all know that babies poo and wet themselves, but this is false advertising as a baby doesn't poop THAT much.

I have raised four children, and was a fully involved father.  That is, I believed there was no such thing as "woman's work."  Yeah, diapers too.  Lots of 'em.  No problem.

I think there must be some kind of secret contest to see how gross of a commercial the executives at Luvs can foist on us viewers--whoever can make the last viewer toss his lunch wins.

 That's it. That's exactly what must have happened.

That's one of life's mysteries, as well as how Wizards of Waverly Place is still running, and how they make their specials sound "actiony" even though they're predictable and lousily written. Hell, I can already guess Alex and co. will win together in a cop-out ending.

HatyMcHater wrote: JuiceHead wrote: I can just see the process playing out.  The scene: Not very bright bunch of 20-something advertising execs just out of school (and diapers themselves!) brainstorming on deadline.  Laptops, empty Chinese food cartons and coffee cups litter the conference table, bags under eyes.  Suddenly one of them comes up with not very bright idea for new Luvs campaign, instantly (and desperately) all present in the room believe it to be brilliant! Art Department crew called in immediately, work through night putting together slick presentation for next morning's big meeting.  Execs cab over to Proctor & Gamble HQ  first thing in the morning & pitch it to not very bright, 20-something Luvs Advertising Committee group.  Animated "American Idol" style sh!tting contest proposal a big hit!  Heavy back-slapping, promotions all around, many self-congratulatory drinks accompany concept-to-completion "victory" for Luvs blockbuster campaign of the new advertising season. Public reaction tanks.  Execs puzzled! So funny, and probably scarily close to the truth!

Thanks.  I have these inspired moments of clarity from time to time.

OK, so there's nothing dainty about a baby soiling his or her diapers. Despite that, it should remain impossible to use "babies" and "blowing a##" in the same sentence to describe anything on television!

robodog wrote: Yeah, that's what I want to see while I'm eating dinner. A bunch of ugly cartoon babies sh*tting themselves. You can't even escape it on the internet. I was on Amazon.com the other day and I was confronted with another of these twisted Cabbage Patch Kid rejects filling it's diaper with excrement and smiling proudly. I've never wanted to punch a cartoon character so much in my life. Well maybe once. That Chuck E Cheese rat deserves a busted nose as well.

Absolutely repulsive. As if having the infant who can take the biggest sh*t in their diaper is something to be proud of? Hell, if I was the parent of that kid, I would probably shoot myself.

Why in the hell is this supposed to be considered cute, endearing or humorous in any way? I think it's completely repugnant and something that I never want to see again.

The thing I find most disturbing is how the animated cartoon infants huff and puff before they fill their diapers. That's f**king gross, I don't care who you are.

Do diapers really need to be advertised? People who need diapers will purchase them regardless of how much the company panders to them or advertises. There are lots of things that really don't need to be advertised, including most hygiene products, but also including diapers. If people need these products, they will purchase them. They do not need to be convinced of their need for these products.

Zach6848 wrote: Why in the hell is this supposed to be considered cute, endearing or humorous in any way?

I speculated earlier that it must have been conceived by a bunch of 20-something ad execs who thought they were really clever, presenting what they figured was very cute potty humor to a bunch of 20-something corporate execs at P&G, and all of them sitting around a big conference room table patting themselves on the back and soiling themselves thinking how very clever they all are.

Pax Americana wrote: Grant wrote: A whole crowd of people here (and elsewhere) hating a "scatological" piece of entertainment as much as I would? I must be dreaming! Some strange sociological implications.  There used to be an old joke (I mean VERY old) about how a Frenchman's sense of humor was in the bedroom, a Brit's sense of humor was in the drawing room, and a Germans sense of humor was in the bathroom.  (You should read Martin Luther's writings.. he was absolutely obsessed with scat).