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Show 8 The Daily Utah Chronicle Wednesday, 20. May 1998 nail down; does his amiable oafishness align him with the likes of Gerald Ford, Have you seen news happen? Call The Daily Utah Chronicle and tell us about it: 581-70- or should we read mm by Kevin Trent Bergeson cials It happened to Snoopy, now a peddler of life insurance. It happened to Attorney Panel Uni on . Parlor Society For More Info, Call Elizabeth: 272-57- 47 manhood (though it does recall Beatrix Potter and the ghosts). Yet that same handbag, with its stun- poster child for tulips, wind power, Dutch Boy paint, or even the movement. One can ning ability to contain outsize objects, could also make Tinky Winky an icon for technology. Like as a even picture Laa-La- a double-batterfor spokeswoman ies; look out, pink bunny! large orange ball presents commercial possibilities or shall we as well. Will we say inevitabilities soon see a large number 76 (or in Utah, Mary Poppins' carpetbag packed with household furniture, Tinky Wmky's the name hardly evokes swaggering - Pac-Ma- n 96) appear roving scavenger whose career (like Mrs. Brady's) is probably doomed to degenerate into a series of ad spots for on her favorite plaything? fittingly named, given his - various cleaning agents and implements. Yet the Noo-Nothe Dipsy long aerial suitable for checking motor oil levels is also certain to endorse a wide spectrum of products. His funky dance moves and unique look are perfect for Benneton or Gap commercials, quicker-picker-uppe- r, - of time before the while bis large black-and-whi- n amazing accessory makes a great visual or MPEG-4-. metaphor for PK-Zi- p Last and least is the Noo-Nothat 's - those four fuzzy friends full of happy hugs and smiles, go the way of their predecessors and become mere playthings in the hands of Madison Avenue vampires. There remains only to guess which commercial campaigns will suck the life from which respective w presumably Dutch, given vowel sequences and name's odd her blond-all-ovlook could be a her Laa-Laa- Teletubbies, Sponsored by the Pre-LaStudent mentalists and certain University of locker-roopatrons with his Utah effeminate demeanor, strutting around in a tutu with his shiny red handbag in the crook of his arm. Tinky Winky -- marijuana-deaiminalizatio- panoply of products. So it's just a matter ifflm - pushes Pepsi, Scary purveys Polaroid, and together the five tacidy endorse Tory politics. Even Curious George, who studies say is the most trusted figure among young children, has lent his name to a A pro-choic- many other a natural for this year's Nike campaign, too: "I Can Show Educational Videos On My Abdomen." Laa-la- a Cookie Monster, the dairy council's latest poster boy, for whom the letter C is no longer good enough. And it happened to various Simpsons, who now promote various candy bars. It happened to Bill Cosby, now better known for Pudding Pops than for comedy. It happened to the Spice Girls: Posh aerial coat-hang- e as a subde yet resonant statement? One thing's for certain: he's sure to draw the wrath of religious funda- Gatorade, Doing the and doing things. She's SURRR-RR-GE-in- Dew, It's a law of our age: all childhood icons end up doing celebrity endorsements. 41 - slugging his whose narrow can accommodate surprisingly large and flexi-sno- unwieldy items, will lose no in these commercial engagements, having had none to begin with. It is the four Teleubbies for whom we will weep, when we see their glad spontaneity forced into a cruel mold of commercial self-respe- spotted-cow-patte- hat makes him a natural for plugging Gateway 2000. boys by depicting young people engaging in hazardous sports. A maniac on her little scooter, which naturally has no cow Perhaps Dipsy's will the even attract headgear gaze of the "got milk?" people (who after all have already got Cookie Monster in their commercial clutches), for what washes down Tubby toast better than a few swigs of the white stuff? Tinky Winky, the Tubbies' seems the type who could do expediency. Like childhood songs wrested into TV jingles, or beloved storybook characters pressed into service to corporate campaigns, the Tubbies' tragic loss of dignity will cast a poignant shadow across the sunny vales of Teletubbyland. brakes, Po the adrenaline junkie is sure to be seen in a number of such commer political campaigns as well as commercial products. Yet his politics are hard to "Big hug!" and "Eh-oh!- " again and again. g Tubbies. So let's give it a go, Tubby by Tubby. 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