Thread: What's with the Nasonex Commercials?

Have any of you caught the "Nasonex" commercials on TV? "Nasonex" is some sort of prescrption allergy medication. The commercials feature an animated bumble bee that....get this....speaks English, but with a heavy Spanish accent.

Huh???

You don't know how many times I wanted to puke over that commercial.

My husband, who suffers from severe allergies with symptoms that can darned near incapcitate him at times, has to use Nasonex and he has a different take on what that ad is conveying.

He's always looked at it as the bee with the accent being a metaphor for the misery being spread by the Latino invasion.

Just another POV, of course, but a reminder that perhaps some are spreading their message in most subtle ways

I thought that had been brought up here before - and IIRC, the voice actor is none other than Antonio Banderas (a Spaniard, not Central/South American).

Originally Posted by PhredE

I thought that had been brought up here before - and IIRC, the voice actor is none other than Antonio Banderas (a Spaniard, not Central/South American).

I like Antonio Banderas. Him and Melanie Griffith hosted a fund-raiser for the victims of terrorism in Spain, which earned them a fatwa from ETA.

Pretty cool for Hollywood, which has the collective IQ of dung heap usually.

It's just a bumblebee. That accent doesn't bother me anymore than heavy British accents. For some reason, advertisers think "heavy accents" sell products better. I hate listening to them and use the "Mute" button when they come on.

I wouldn't be surprised if the next commercial shows the same bumble bee speaking in spanish complete with english subtitles. Ahh, it never ends................

Shapka:

Pretty cool for Hollywood, which has the collective IQ of dung heap usually.

... on a hot humid day.

Actually, I think they were just capitalizing on Banderes' popularity in portraying the voice of the cartoon character "Puss -In-Boots" from the movie Shrek 2. He was really very funny in it. I believe they started airing this commercial not long after Shrek 2 came out.

I don't think it's any big deal.