Sheen sucks and I will never by a Fiat.

Seen this commercial a bunch of times - never realized it was for a car - or had Sheen in it....

It seems to me that the Venn diagram of people who admire Charlie Sheen and people who'd drive a Fiat would just be two separate circles.

Not a fan of that car or commercial, but there are other commercials I dislike much more.

For one, the Luvs Diaper Commercial. I think babies are cute and all, but this commercial is just gross. Do parents even get a kick out of these babies loading up their diapers? Ewww....

I also wasn't a fan of the AT&T Unlimited Messaging commercial that should have just been called My Wife is a Total... well, you know.

I'm also going to go ahead and mention the old HeadOn commercials. Even though I haven't seen them anymore, they still haunt me to this day.

Lastly, my boyfriend hates the Education Connection commercials/girl. Or maybe he is secretly in love with her and trying to hide it. I'm not completely sure...

Commercials help me to remember why I don't have cable. Or a digital converter. Sure, I am WAY behind on every current TV show, have never watched Jersey Shore or The Real Housewives of anywhere (and who's wives are these because from what I do see in magazines, they all have perfect hair and wear evening gowns whereas the housewives I know are busy convincing their kids to stop dancing nakid on the kitchen table and are happy when they get to take a shower without an audience)
But I agree with you. It seems as though we like to exploit nay, encourage bad behavior from our celebrities. Charlie Sheen is a naughty fellow. And seems to revel in it.

Personally I think Sheen was 100% correct when he said he was winning! most men that says other wise are either jealous or trying not to get their Wives/SO's mad at them.

The same people who cooked up this ad also created the car name that sounds like "iBarf"...

I expect that ad will air repeatedly during this new FX show.

I would find it less insulting if they didn't use such crappy CG. I mean, cars are fairly simple compared to just about anything else.

The ad is funny and memorable. Someone should consider obtaining a life and/or sense of humor.

DonWilliams wrote:The ad is funny and memorable. Someone should consider obtaining a life and/or sense of humor.

heh

All commercials are offensive.
EOM

What struck me most was how old Charlie looks in the ad. Come to think of it, Betty White or Abe Vagoda stepping out of the car would have been just as relevant. Maybe they were busy.

abitterwoman wrote:
Lastly, my boyfriend hates the Education Connection commercials/girl. Or maybe he is secretly in love with her and trying to hide it. I'm not completely sure...

This ad makes me see red and I cannot figure out exactly why. It's just so...AWFUL.

Fiat: It's like a Mini but people care about it even less. Charlie Sheen should make another Hot Shots before he gets too... never mind.

As a proud owner of a Fiat this ad makes me go "meh." Charlie Sheen is a bad person, but not as bad of a person as (award winning) Chris Brown. The unwashed masses will never be able to separate an actor from his character. He'll always be Ricky Vaughn from Major League to a lot of people, the lovable bad boy.

MWPollard wrote:The same people who cooked up this ad also created the car name that sounds like "iBarf"...

No modern advertising agency came up with Abarth. Karl Abarth named his company after himself in 1949.

Sterlic wrote:It seems to me that the Venn diagram of people who admire Charlie Sheen and people who'd drive a Fiat would just be two separate circles.

Funny, seems to me that the two circles would overlap pretty closely with the circle for "d-bags".

[edit] Apparently woot-bot doesn't like the term d-bags...

Fiats are cool! Instead of parallel parking, just stick it in your back pocket!

Charlie Sheen is unhinged, but I am also relatively sure that he's intentionally trolling everybody. It appears to be working...

winning.

SailorSpoon wrote:No modern advertising agency came up with Abarth. Karl Abarth named his company after himself in 1949.

Thank you for clearing this up so I didn't have to. Abarth was around 50 years before i-anything. Not that I want to buy this car...

I'm with you - Not sure why Fiat would want any association with that winner. Pull that crap immediately and double up on the Catrinel Menghia latte commercial (unedited thank you).

FIAT is a European car company. The rules are different over there. They're trying the European approach here. It's what they know. Calm down.

I think (according to their marketing info) I am in their target market demographic. I had looked into Fiat last year when needing to buy a new car, and figured they would be on my shortlist (which they were). Sadly, though I am in the right age, I must be in the wrong IQ level, because I will not spend money with a company that chooses to spend their advertising money like they did here. Has this made my purchasing different? Yes, and often not easier, but just as I cannot spend with companies that use child labor, I also cannot spend where my money will be wasted (like this example).
Um...about that, Woot.....

I'm another one of those folks who finds being behind on the TV zeitgeist well worth not dealing with commercials.

Charlie is a funny and talented man who has a couple of problems. How it that worse than all those musicians, actors or athletes who do the same or worse?
I hope he can get his act together while he thumbs his nose at all the stiff necks who think he is "just awful."

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Wouldn't it be cooler for you to actually BUY space for advertising like everyone else?
Just sayin.'

motospyder wrote:Charlie is a funny and talented man who has a couple of problems.

Much in the same way that executives who run companies straight into the ground simply experience a couple of setbacks?

This commercial was once voted the most hated ad on television. It was for a women's roll-on deodorant called "tickle" and featured 30 seconds of young women giggling. I give you 1977:

http://youtu.be/zt8_wmxtXiY

And here we are still talking about the FIAT Abarth and Charlie Sheen. Love it or hate it, it was effective. It is one of those you won't forget. Will the commercial make you buy a FIAT?
That remains to be seen.