Charlene forwarded me this link to a flash advertisement sequence for Reversa. If you load the Reversa website at seemoresideeffects.ca you can “Step into the Living Room.”
Select a product (I selected the UV Anti Spot Lightening Cream which is the first box on the left and then clicked “See more Side Effects”)
Wrinkly suit blonde lady gets up, and then a sullen chef walks in (WTF?).
Here is where I ask: Hot or Creepy?
Click “Make Bread.” Sullen chef kneads bread. Mantitty jiggles. He spanks the loaf of bread and does a half-assed job of accurately kneading it.
Charlene says, “I’ve never seen the product on store shelves, and I’m not sure what skin cream has to do with a half-naked guy kneading bread, but hey.”
Now, if I looked at everything BUT his face, because he was sneering and kind of smarmy looking in a “Yeah I know I’m hot” way, he was hot. But include the face? Creepy.
Another person I showed it to? Desperate to find out who that guy is so she can wallpaper her phone with his mantitty.
So I ask you – Mr. Bread Kneading Chef Mantitty: hot or creepy?
Edited to add: I checked out “Pastry Making” with sullen shirtless chef mantitty? I had to run away while the other woman nearly ran away with my monitor so she could be alone with it. In my mind? OMG CREEPY RUN RUN!
I loved the gardener. He was hilarious. Even his sexy looks looked like he was trying to not laugh.
Okay, definitely creepy in the bread-making, he looked like he was trying not to laugh in the pastry-making one, and not gonna lie…he kind of turned me on in the oyster eating one.
I thought duck guy and fireman guy were pretty cute… It’s more funny than creepy but I did have my sound off so I missed all the moaning!
Amusing, not creepy…but didn’t make me want to turn on the A/C or buy their products.
For some reason, I kept flashing back to Not Another Teen Movie (I swear I didn’t pay money to see that movie!)
And you have to wonder what’s going on in the heads of the slashies (actor/model). I would like to think there’s more to them than just man-titty.
The Gardener’s face when he’s washing windows – Too funny! Car washing was hot. The chef just makes me think, ‘What an major A-hole.’
Oh, and Jane, you’re not the only one who was grossed out by the shirt drying.
More funny than anything else. I was never one for male strippers so I find it a bit creepy. And a bit offensive, I’m 33 and I’ll still be offended in 2 yrs!
Neither creepy nor hot. Just funny in an appalled-laughter kind of way. And I actually found myself really insulted, too. Huh.
SO hot. (OK, maybe with just a sprinkle of ickiness.)
The chef guy almost made me pee my pants – he’s got that whole Olivier Martinez thing going on.
I’m only in my twenties. But I’ve always been kind of lecherous. Always.
Ok, I couldn’t finish watching the guy kneeding bread – uncomfortable.
The gardener a little boring,
The guy with the ducks, washing the car, and especially washing the glass (that was interesting) was very hot.
And creepy.
Like that’s a bad thing.
I wonder if it’s an age thing. I wouldn’t have been at all interesting when I was 25.
The only thing these guys make me think of is my brother, who loves doing stripper-dancing to gross his sisters out. So, a combination of eye-rolling and creepy.
Not hot. Not creepy. Both-hands-over-the-mouth funny, though.
I can just imagine the director: “Take 17. Okay, Biff, think sexy. Smoldering look at the camera. Pucker your lips a little. Now SPANK that dough! Ah, dammit, CUT! Can you TRY to keep a straight face this time?”
Nowhere near as “ewwwww” as the Brawny paper towel commercial with the lumberjack molesting the puppy.
*larger99* Pffftt. He wishes.
Luckily the chef has a shaved chest. Hairs in food gross me out
Mantitty hairnet!
Okay, I laughed my ass off watching every single one of the side effects. What was weird was that my kids busted in the room and wouldn’t leave and watched all the men with me and laughed their asses off too! I felt soooooo dirty watching a hot man rub whipped cream on himself with my 2 kids roaring in the background. And now, my son is reading this post and laughing his ass off again. Soooo dirtyyy!!!!
Just a warning: I’m in my 40s, and this made me very cranky.
Guess I’ll have to watch the other videos, because the two chef ones I watched definitely had that unpleasant stripper vibe for me.
My rxn overall was not positive. Cosmetics as sexual aid? Not exactly subtle, and pretty insulting to women, no matter what age you are. And talk about aiming low: are they actually implying that any woman over 35 needs anti-aging cosmetics, and as a sexual aid? Outrageous.
If any woman was in any way involved in concepting this, I’d be amazed. It’s just so male-centric I can’t believe that it tested well with any women, much less older women. It’s all about how sexy the guys are, nothing about how sexy you are. The woman at the beginning is completely passive, then she disappears. Every time I push a button I make some woman moan? That’s…more than a little disturbing. Is it supposed to be me moaning? WTF? Why aren’t I making a man moan? And why is the voiceover a woman? Why not a sexy male voice? At least then I’d feel like he was talking to me. Why not have a couple in the videos? The whole campaign feels like a man’s idea of what is sexy or what older women find sexy.
I could just picture the guy in the chef videos thinking how much those old bitches were digging his action. If you left the room, this guy would still be doing his little whip cream dance because he’s just so into how hot he thinks he is. Physically, he was hot, but his attitude was just so offputting.
But what do I know, I didn’t really look through all of the videos, so maybe I missed the ones where the guys showed a sense of humor and engaged the viewer at all. Ugh. Maybe I’m just not into this idea that sexy woman=younger looking.
capcha was rather82
As in, I’d rather see an intelligent, hot, older guy talking about how he loves older women who are confident in their skin and don’t give a damn about wrinkles. But that wouldn’t sell anti-aging crap, now would it?
Megalith, that was an outrageously awesome cranky. Nice.
I go with hot, creepy and hilarious. Which is kind of fun, in small doses.
Aw, thanks, lovelysalome.
And you guys were right. I looked at the chef clips this morning, but I went back just now and checked out some of the other clips. I had to mute the sound this time because I’m at work. (heh) The fireman and the last guy were both much less skeevy than the chef. You could tell they were thinking what a big joke it was. Much more endearing. Without the smarmy voiceover, they were almost capable of distracting me from the irritating subtext…
hiding your age=sexy. Grr.
The chef was smarmy as hell, but the other three were funny. The creepiest thing about it was the porntastic voice-overs.
Of course, I was supposed to be offended.
Having gone back and seen all the videos, not just Spanky Chef, I hereby revise my opinion. Sort of.
The fireman looked a bit like he was having fun—it’s a good bet enjoyed himself during the filming. I think I saw him genuinely grin once or twice. The chef was an assault on my eyeballs. Overall, the plumber was probably my favorite, because of the thing with the rubber ducks. You knew it wasn’t serious. Gardener, just plain silly. If I looked out my window and saw that guy mowing my lawn in the altogether, I’d phone the police.
Okay, I’ll admit I avoided the baker, and went straight for the fireman. He looked like a little kid who’s just discovered something he knows is both outrageously funny, and very, very naughty. And he’s daring you to laugh.
I agree with everybody else, creepy porn-voice lady is DAMN creepy!
My hubby watched these with me and he still left his coffee cup on the desk this morning – no where even near the kitchen!!!
Gotta go back and see that fireman once I get the little one off to summer camp…
Liked the fireman the best, he was cute and not smarmy like the other guys, plus he can work with animals not just inanimate object.
Great for a laugh
Hilarious! The last time I saw a less convincing carwash Jessica Simpson was wearing denim cutoffs.
And the dishwashing! Yep, didn’t quite THAT sexual reference!
ASS DUCKIES! Doesn’t get better than that.
So NOT hot. I was wavering between extremely creepy (the chef… creepville.. what’s with that little slap? way too porno, especially with the voice over)
and hysterically funny… lawnmower man made me laugh… and bathtub boy because his ass must be huge…
yeah, none too subtle…
I have to say, though, I immediately passed it on to two friends. So there you go. It caught my attention and that’s what they want.
the chef was hot and made me squeal, but when he got trussed up for the plumber, he got stupid. The mowing the lawn was awesome! I laughed so hard. XD However, the reciting the poem I knew was going to be terrible. =w=;; He doesn’t know how to capture his audience with his voice.
The Fireman man me giggle. :3
Hilarious – I kept thinking Duece Bigalo, male gigalo. Crackup.
Mind you I had to watch them all.
Final verdict – I liked the plumber and firemen best 🙂
The porno voice over was a bit too much for me, but I suppose they chose a woman’s voice because the target audience is women and this way we’re all in the mantitty “together”. I normally laugh with my friend though, no moaning…
I’d probably moan if I ever saw a man wash dishes in real life though.
SOOO funny! I showed all my friends and we want to buy the products JUST for the unique marketing strategy.
But ya, I vote scary. Scary FUNNY!
This is the funniest thing I have seen all day. I think I woke up the baby next door laughing. Oh my goodness. It wasn’t creepy to me, and it only got a little sexy with the oysters (until I noticed the enourmous pepper grinder), but it was all over hilarious.
I think I’m going back to watch them again. The car washer guy throws his wet shirt at you! What could be more sexy than a guy flinging a dirty, sudsy shirt at your cute white suit.
Does the fireman remind anyone else of george clooney? And now that I think of it, the chef looks a bit like antonio banderes(sp?).
It reminded me of an oldish French Canadian movie called “Le Déclin de l’Empire Américain” (I think they translated it to The Fall/Decline of the American Empire…?). There’s a scene in which the Gay Character talks about the firmness of young boys’ butts while he’s kneading dough. I thought it ranked high on the Eeww Scale, just as high as the half-naked chef does. And he was dressed.
I second the mantitty hairnet.
Clearly the key to avoiding the creepy is to watch with the sound off. I watched them at work so I couldn’t have the volume up and I just found them mostly hilarious.
On second viewing I’ve decided it’s better in French. Especially when you don’t speak French.
Creepy. I also vote for no sound, but it’s still creepy! Something about a guy who thinks he’s God’s gift, I guess.
The whipped cream segment was so oogy it hurt my eyeballs… I couldn’t watch it all. I think he made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. Overall, I just wanted to smack the smirk off of chef guy’s face. But I have to admit, I kinda got off on the pearl eating.
And the washing dishes guy. mmm. Washing the car was hilarious! Note the placement of the hose… and in the last shot the way the foam shoots, then he just stands there covered in it. dayam.
I didn’t get Fireman guy, but at least he wasn’t smarmy like chef guy – Oh, and did you see the way Fireman guy was standing there petting the pussy (cat) in the first shot? 😀 Niiice.
Lawn guy? Hot. Funny is always hot.
I just watched him eat an oyster again.
Soooo hilarious!
The Master Chef? Had the cold, dead eyes of a serial killer.
*snerk* My father is a baker and my brother a fireman, so those two categories are now so hella not sexy it’s not funny. But those little videos? Hilarious! I was rolling during the bread scene—I mean, honestly, spanking the dough? Can you get a little more obvious?
These are targeted at the women who want to play Mrs. Robinson once they’re past 35. Only women like me who actually would do a Demi (I’m 33 but I’d take me some barely past jailbait if I could get it, oh, yeah, and train him up but good) aren’t as attracted to it because we know they’re wannabes. If I really wanted some youthful, shaved mantitty like that, I’d put on my push-up and go fetch some, and it wouldn’t be in the kitchen molesting helpless pastry dough. There are far better uses for mantitty than bread making. And if it ever pulled rubber duckies out of its ass, I’d throw him out. They don’t make antibiotics strong enough to tempt me!
I also wouldn’t want anti-wrinkle cream. Attitude, not smooth skin, gets you what you want.
(and mille pardons—I do believe I’m ovulating. You wouldn’t believe the things I’m trying so very hard not to daydream about at work today!)
OMFG! That was hilarious!
The breadmaking lesson came close to being sexy, but that is only because it reminded me of Stuart Townsend in his Will & Grace episode.
Other than that, no, not sexy, the guy was too self aware, but it wasn’t creepy either.
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I posted before I read everyone else’s comments.
I got the impression that the woman’s voice was supposed to be the viewer telling the guy what to do. And I agree that this was definately a man’s idea of what a woman finds sexy.
I also went back and watched them both in French and with the sound off. They were even funnier in French and a bit hotter with the sound off.
But I still think a guy absorbed in his task and not trying to be sexy is incredibly sexy.