What the Hell are the New Halls Ad’s Suppose to Be?

I’m not sure how it’s like out for the rest of the country known Matt is Bloggingico, but here in New York I’ve been seeing a lot of these new Halls Cough Drops advertisements in the Newspapers and subway (seen above).  To me, it’s like a car accident; it’s terrible but I can’t look away. What the hell are these things suppose to be? Are these touched-up photographs of actual people? Or are they computer animated characterizations? And why are they dressed like they are from the 1970′s? What does that have to do with cough drops?

Also, all of them have big noses that are red? Why is the nose so prominent? And Halls doesn’t help against runny noses so the fact their noses are red is stupid. If the company is trying to show they are fighting a sore throat (since it is their purpose), then show the people holding onto their throat like it’s bothering them. And don’t get me started on those little adages  (i.e., “Fight on Brave Soul”)…they are just extremely irritating. Like I just said, Halls are for sore throats, who is staying home from work or school because their throat is sore? If Halls was a fever reducer than I would understand, but a sore throat? Shut up.

As you can read, I can’t stand these ads. I will not be using Halls anytime this winter regardless of whether I get a cold, strep throat, seasonal flu or swine flu. I’ll stick to Switzerland’s best neutral cough drop, Ricola. They keep it simple; two Swiss men on a mountain, one blowing a horn and the shouting “Ricola.” Now these guys know how to sell cough drops: “take this product and you will be able to play your favorite instrument in high altitudes and yell random company names.” Why thank you Ricola, I think I will (plays a dijerido on top of the Chryslyer building and shouts “Snapple”).

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