Comments on: Humanizing a Company http://www.centernetworks.com/geico-commercial Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Curt Grymala http://www.centernetworks.com/geico-commercial#comment-27162 Curt Grymala Tue, 19 May 2009 11:23:06 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15692#comment-27162 My apologies. It's Kaplan University, not University of Phoenix. My apologies. It’s Kaplan University, not University of Phoenix.

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.centernetworks.com/geico-commercial#comment-26983 Allen Stern Tue, 19 May 2009 02:39:06 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15692#comment-26983 Yes - you are right - she did say cook! Sorry about that... I haven't seen the Phoenix commercial you note but did see one where the students call themselves Phoenix (what's the plural lol). Yes – you are right – she did say cook! Sorry about that… I haven’t seen the Phoenix commercial you note but did see one where the students call themselves Phoenix (what’s the plural lol).

]]> By: Curt Grymala http://www.centernetworks.com/geico-commercial#comment-26979 Curt Grymala Tue, 19 May 2009 02:28:39 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15692#comment-26979 Correction - the lady in the KFC commercial never referred to herself as a "chef," she referred to herself as a "cook." I know that, because I remember thinking "what's so special about the fact that KFC has a cook in every kitchen... Shouldn't every restaurant have a cook? Otherwise, how does the food get cooked?" Your post also made me think of the University of Phoenix commercials that try to get across the message that learning doesn't have to happen in a classroom. There's one commercial that features a "professor" telling his class that he and the university have failed them by trying to teach them in traditional classroom settings. The problem is, the "professor" is James Avery (Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel Air). It loses a lot of it's impact (at least, for me) when they use a well-known actor to play the part of one of their professors. Correction – the lady in the KFC commercial never referred to herself as a “chef,” she referred to herself as a “cook.” I know that, because I remember thinking “what’s so special about the fact that KFC has a cook in every kitchen… Shouldn’t every restaurant have a cook? Otherwise, how does the food get cooked?”

Your post also made me think of the University of Phoenix commercials that try to get across the message that learning doesn’t have to happen in a classroom. There’s one commercial that features a “professor” telling his class that he and the university have failed them by trying to teach them in traditional classroom settings. The problem is, the “professor” is James Avery (Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel Air). It loses a lot of it’s impact (at least, for me) when they use a well-known actor to play the part of one of their professors.

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