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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#36 Foreign Exchange
12/07/2016 Duration: 01h16minGenevieve and Andrew round up some of the most bizarre foreign ads that star your favorite (and least favorite) Hollywood actors. Also, why is Leonardo DiCaprio so angry at his friends?
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#35 Coffee Is For Hosers
06/07/2016 Duration: 01h05minGenevieve and Andrew check out TV commercials aimed at Canadians. Plus, an Abe Simpson wannabe weighs-in on some of his favorite and least-favorite ads.
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#34 Drug Dealers
29/06/2016 Duration: 01h17minGenevieve and Andrew delve into the side-effect-filled world of pharmaceutical advertising. Plus, Democrats and Republicans alike are using the same technique in ads targeting Donald Trump.
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#33 No One Asked For That
22/06/2016 Duration: 01h05minGenevieve and Andrew discuss commercials that brag about their products' needless innovations, from crazy razor blades to beer cans that change color. Plus, Maya Rudolf asks, "Do you know what's in your hoo-ha?"
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#32 We Can Hear You Now
15/06/2016 Duration: 47minThe "Can You Hear Me Now Guy" changes teams and twists the knife. Plus, the Ad Council schools us on talking camels and the origin of humblebrags.
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#31 You Got To Start Somewhere
08/06/2016 Duration: 59minGenevieve and Andrew look back at old commercials featuring stars before they were famous. Plus, a sweet taste of the purest Bruce Willis on the market.
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#30 Workin' It
01/06/2016 Duration: 01h17minAndrew and Genevieve look at commercials set in the workplace, from cubicle farms to construction sites. Plus, "Get It Right, Dummies!" -- a segment dedicated to some of the most infuriating ad copy on television.
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#29 Homo Suburbanus
25/05/2016 Duration: 50minGenevieve and Andrew look at a batch of commercials aimed directly at the suburban audience. Plus, glowing toilet bowl seats, a vibrating fishing lure, and the best potato chip quiz ever podcasted.
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#28 Cinemadvertising
18/05/2016 Duration: 01h03minGenevieve and Andrew discuss the fake TV commercials that appear in films. Plus, Paging Dr. Spaceman: How Chris Parnell is taking over the commercial airwaves.
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#27 Chees & Jees Part 2: It's Quizness Time
11/05/2016 Duration: 01h14minIt's the return of "Chees and Jees" - the best and worst commercials currently on the air. Plus, when American ad slogans get translated, it's sometimes problematic. Genevieve quizzes Andrew on some lost-in-translation slogans.
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#26 Why So Serious?
04/05/2016 Duration: 01h11minAir Raid's Aaron Roden joins us to talk about scary commercials that shouldn't be so scary and his obsession with gum commercials from the 1980s.
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#25 Pleeaase Mom?!
27/04/2016 Duration: 01h14minGrapes of Radder Nick Ahlers joins us for a walk down memory lane. We discuss the toy commercials from our youth that had us begging our parents to spoil us.
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#24 Master of Puppets
20/04/2016 Duration: 01h10minAndrew and Genevieve are humbled in the presence of an actual expert: commercial and film director, Cat Solen, who joins them this week to talk about her spots for Adult Swim and what it's like to be known as the "puppet lady."
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#23 I Made You A Mixtape
13/04/2016 Duration: 01h02minGenevieve and Andrew made each other very special mixtapes to show each other how they truly feel (about TV commercials). Plus, an iconic ad campaign gets a new voice...but no one seems to notice.
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#22 Battle Of The Spokes-Critters
06/04/2016 Duration: 01h11minIn this very special episode of After These Messages, it's a battle royale between the biggest names in advertising mascots. Who will win, who will die? Plus, Genevieve and Andrew reluctantly give credit to the ad industry for some pretty good April Fool's Day campaigns.
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#21 Taxin' & Relaxin'
30/03/2016 Duration: 53minGenevieve and Andrew get ready for tax season with a look at the ubiquitous Turbo Tax and H&R Block commercials. Plus, the truly fascinating history of the real Colonel Sanders. And Andrew is shocked by some ads he saw during "Murder, She Wrote."
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#20 It's Raining On My Face
23/03/2016 Duration: 56minGenevieve and Andrew cry their way through an episode dedicated to the commercials that make us feel the most feels. Plus, one of the best coffee commercials lost to history.
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#19 The Most Interesting Emails In The World
16/03/2016 Duration: 01h01minAndrew and Genevieve say adios to The Most Interesting Man In The World, then they hand the show over to the Ad Council and to hear what listeners have to say about the ads they love and hate.
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#18 Chees and Jees
09/03/2016 Duration: 52minGenevieve and Andrew review the commercials that make them smile and the commercials that make them throw shoes at the television.
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#17 Rock, Paper, Scissors
02/03/2016 Duration: 56minAndrew and Genevieve take a look at the commercials that debuted during the Oscars broadcast on Sunday, including an amazing Kohl's campaign that blew them away. Plus, insider information on "the worst local commercial ever."