late nights and life insurance

for those who didn't already know.. i'm a certified M*A*S*H addict! every night 11 to 1 will find me with my feet up, sitting back, eyes glazed, with the occasional chuckle at hawkeye and bj's antics & witticisms!

the one thing that really gets me though are the irritating commercial breaks. and not just the ads, its the common thread running through all the ads at that time.. each and every ad is old-age and medical oriented!! today i saw three separate life insurance ads, the regular idiot who promotes the needle-less insulin shot, two lawyer ads for mesothelioma and vioxx complaints, an ad for how to pay for your funeral costs, one ad for a powerchair that can be covered by medicare, retirement holiday cruises, and two more slimming programs..

ok, i need a break. i'm gonna get me some fruit cocktail with whipped cream on top! funny story here.. the only times we get cool-whip and fruit cocktail from the gas station convenience store, the counter guy knows what we're upto ;-)).. so yesterday i picked up a tub of cool-whip and two bottles of mike's hard lemonade.. and the counter guy's eyes go agog, and he stammers.. "damn! i know you dope-trip with the fruit & the whipped cream, but what are you making with cool-whip and mike's?! nooo.. no way?!" and i have to laugh and tell the bloke that its for different trips!!

so yeah, back to the ads! who do they think watches M*A*S*H at night anyways? do they really think old and sick people will be up till 1 watching a show about a bunch of drunk prankster surgeons stitching up G.I.'s and innocent koreans during the war?! i totally understand the niche the ad people are aiming for.. but wrong timing!! yeesh!! besides, i have a very strong suspicion that the only people watching M*A*S*H these days are stoned grad students feeling too mellow (and old!!) to paint the town red from wednesday to monday every week!