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Keep That Blue Robe Far Away From Me

January 13, 2012 by WendyB

Commercials that I love have included Mayhem for Allstate, Eminem for Chrysler and Brisk, Little Richard for Geico, the Android Smartphone crown jewels ad, and the recent Mob Wives promo. Despite my devotion to Family Guy, I wasn’t crazy about the Wheat Thins commercial I just saw that simply copies the show’s famous “Cool Whip” routine — that’s so lazy!

Family Guy characters don’t do a lot of ads, so I hate to see them doing a boring one. The promos for Eminem’s Relapse album a couple of years ago were much funnier: “Are you a gay baby?”

But the ad that I really dislike is for the antidepressant Abilify. In the commercial, “depression” is represented by a blue robe that looks like the skin of Cookie Monster.

The robe of depression.

Cookie Monster.

After the depressed lady takes the medication, she’s no longer wearing the Cookie Monster robe, but the robe doesn’t take the rejection well, so it stalks her. Here it is sulking nearby while she hangs out with her family.

Get a restraining order, lady! (Click to see full commercial.)

Who wants to take a drug that lifts your depression but then lets it lurk an arm’s length away from you? I feel like it’s just waiting … waiting to fling itself around the lady again. It’s as sad as seeing Cookie Monster in rehab!

Family Guy Cookie Monster In Rehab

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Get me a happier Abilify commercial, stat!

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  1. Cameron says

    January 13, 2012 at 12:39 am

    I remember having to transcribe those adverts and make photoboards out of the videos… good times. Transcribing the fine print was always a pain. Yeah.

    That said, it can be worse. BEHOLD!!! The Volt Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvwTMZNWGuk

  2. sulky kitten says

    January 13, 2012 at 4:23 am

    It’s the eyes on it that keep jumping around…burn it lady!

  3. Christine says

    January 13, 2012 at 5:44 am

    And they wonder why people with depression won’t seek treatment. After the long list of warnings, that damn blue robe is still hanging around. “If you don’t take your Abilify you’ll be wearing me soon again”.

    I’m with you! Get this ad off TV.

  4. Christine says

    January 13, 2012 at 5:46 am

    Ack, just realized you already said what I thought. Really need better reading glasses!

  5. Patti @ NotDeadYet Style says

    January 13, 2012 at 8:11 am

    LOL! I call it the blue bathrobe of death.

    • WendyB says

      January 13, 2012 at 3:45 pm

      Imagine wearing it while staring at the blue screen of death on your computer. Serious suicide risk there.

  6. Elizabeth says

    January 13, 2012 at 9:55 am

    I think you touched on the real dynamic of medicating depression. It just gets pushed aside, never really gone. Always lurking. Thanks for saying what we all thought.

  7. Lara says

    January 13, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    I saw the Wheat Thins ad last night too! Hilarious. I hate the Abilify commercial. I think there’s an air of legal liability in there… like it won’t cure you completely so don’t get your hopes up. Geesh.

    • WendyB says

      January 13, 2012 at 3:44 pm

      That’s EXACTLY what this ad says to me…”don’t get your hopes up.” That’s not a very cheering message!

  8. Kari. says

    January 15, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    wow .. I haven’t seen that abilify commercial. It just seems creepy. Way creepy.

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