{"id":890,"date":"2011-09-05T09:13:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T13:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=890"},"modified":"2011-09-05T09:13:52","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T13:13:52","slug":"tooth-be-told-did-bayer-touch-up-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/09\/tooth-be-told-did-bayer-touch-up-ad.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tooth&#8217; Be Told, Did Bayer Touch Up Ad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It would be better if I noticed more important things.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps I shouldn&#8217;t even blog about this &#8230; but here goes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bayer<\/strong> recently began airing an ad for a new extra strength formula product supposed to provide relief within minutes off ingestion.<\/p>\n<p>The company uses the product developer, or head of the team, <strong>Dr. Eric First<\/strong> in the ad.<\/p>\n<p>He speaks well and appears comfortable on air, but he had one glaring problem.<\/p>\n<p>First had discolored, and even in some cases, missing teeth.<\/p>\n<p>I feel bad about mentioning it, because while my mouth looks OK it has always been a bit of a war zone for my unfortunate dentist(s).<\/p>\n<p>First things first, however, on an ad today it appeared First&#8217;s mouth had been &#8220;touched up&#8221; to make it appear he has a full set of teeth.<\/p>\n<p>It makes me wonder how Bayer went through the &#8220;trouble&#8221; of making the ad without noticing First&#8217;s, ahem, challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Should the company stick with using cute ads, like the one below?<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TED2fYRoSuk&#038;feature=related\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TED2fYRoSuk&amp;feature=related<\/a>\n<p>Should Bayer just have let it go, or were they right to go back to try to fix First&#8217;s mouth for the ad?<\/p>\n<p>The spot was for pain relief, after all, not dentistry.<\/p>\n<p>Or is it wrong of me to notice such surface things, anyway?<\/p>\n<p>I am open to a ripping here &#8230; or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>FOR A LOOK AT THE SPORTS OF THE DAY CHECK OUT:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.heapsgoodstuff.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would be better if I noticed more important things. 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