Synopsis
A weekly podcast where we talk about the best part of watching television: The commercials! Andrew, Genevieve and their guests discuss the ads they love, the ads they hate, and the ads that they love to hate (we're looking at you, Movantik.) afterthesemessagesshow@gmail.com
Episodes
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#56 Sir, Yes Sir!
30/11/2016 Duration: 01h14minGenevieve and Andrew brush up on their military lingo and take a look at commercials aimed at soldiers and/or "Navy People".
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#55 Commercial Court
23/11/2016 Duration: 54minAndrew and Genevieve issue rulings on the commercials that the Ad Council brings before the court. Plus they find one product that Andrew can't be objective about.
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#54 Adpocalypse Now
16/11/2016 Duration: 55minAndrew and Genevieve deal with their feelings about the election the only way they know how: by examining commercials that feature the end of the world. (Pro tip: keep listening past the Michael Phelps bit - it gets better.) Plus, they continue to litigate the short-lived pronunciation issue.
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#53 Chees & Jees Part 4: It's A Hard Jee
09/11/2016 Duration: 01h03minChees and Jees are back for fourths as Andrew and Genevieve review the commercials they love and the commercials they hate.
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#52 Veggie Shaming
02/11/2016 Duration: 45minAndrew and Genevieve examine commercials that hate on vegetarians. Plus, the best political ad of 2016 comes from a county commissioner race in Texas.
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#51 Shut Up And Take My Money
26/10/2016 Duration: 01h07minAndrew and Genevieve look at commercials that actually worked on themselves and the Ad Council. Plus Dos Equis wants to have their beer and drink it too. And Genevieve gets to do her favorite thing in the whole world.
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#50 Origin Stories
19/10/2016 Duration: 01h01minAndrew and Genevieve look at commercials based on companies' origin stories and investigate who's dealing straight dope and who's full of it. Plus, a commercial editor says modern ad wizards are doing it wrong.
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#49 Failure Is An Option
12/10/2016 Duration: 01h16minFrom Zima to Zune, Andrew and Genevieve look at the ad campaigns that couldn't save the doomed products of yesteryear. Plus, it's another Commercials! In! The news! And don't forget: tune in for our first (last?) Facebook Live show on Saturday, October 15 at 1pm PST/4 pm EST.
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#48 Crushing It
05/10/2016 Duration: 01h19minAndrew and Genevieve discuss the pitchmen and pitchladies that make them blush. Listeners also weigh in on their biggest commercial crushes. Plus, Genevieve has some misgivings about a supposed effort to diversify ad agencies. And they announce the date and time of the upcoming Facebook live show! (Saturday October 15 at 1:00 pm PST.)
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#47 Pigskin Pitchmen
28/09/2016 Duration: 01h26minAndrew and Genevieve review NFL players' commercial performances and grade them on their acting. Plus, they announce a new Facebook home for the Ad Council. https://www.facebook.com/groups/AfterTheseMessages/
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#46 Ad Counseling
21/09/2016 Duration: 01h01minThe Ad Council takes over this episode of ATM to talk about amazing toilets, the danger of blasting caps, and realistic commercials for women's products. And - yes - that damned Vlasic stork.
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#45 Shop 40
14/09/2016 Duration: 54minAndrew and Genevieve look at ads that use pop songs so well, the music becomes inseparable from the product. There's also some discussion of Chic Jeans.
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#44 Commercial Breakdown
07/09/2016 Duration: 01h17minThis week, Andrew and Genevieve kick it old school by watching a block of television and unpacking all the commercial breaks therein. Plus, an update on that promise of Idiocracy election ads.
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#43 Slogan's Heroes
31/08/2016 Duration: 01h17minBenjamin Ahr Harrison of The Greatest Generation podcast joins the show to talk about some of the worst commercial slogans of all time. And we answer the age old question, "Why use a stork to advertise pickles?"
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#42 Chees and Jees Part Threes: Even Cheesier
24/08/2016 Duration: 01h31minTBTL's Luke Burbank joins Genevieve and Andrew to judge the best and worst commercials currently on TV (and other TV-like devices.)
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#41 The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Olympics Commercials
16/08/2016 Duration: 01h40sGenevieve and Andrew examine this year's batch of Olympics-related commercials and find a dearth of creativity. So Andrew writes his own. Plus, the folks at Wild Turkey got more than they bargained for when they asked Matthew McConaughey to be their spokesman.
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#40 Slow Your Pre-Roll
10/08/2016 Duration: 01h05minGenevieve and Andrew take a moment to celebrate some of the best commercials that you can't skip on Hulu, YouTube, and your Scrabble game. Plus, a Cheetos quiz and a very guilt-inducing ad.
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39 Use as Misdirected
03/08/2016 Duration: 57minGenevieve and Andrew look at commercials that tell viewers to use products in unconventional ways. Also, Andrew has a joke he likes....see if you can spot it!
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#38 Campaignful
27/07/2016 Duration: 01h04sGenevieve and Andrew discuss some of their favorite and least favorite ad campaigns. Several of them involve cured meats.
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#37 Don't Change Horses In Midstream
20/07/2016 Duration: 01h15minAndrew and Genevieve look at fake political ads from TV and movies. Plus, what happens when fictional shows start making real campaign commercials?