I just saw one of CareerBuilder.com’s new ad which I thought was funny, titled “Self-Help Yourself.” What caught my eye is that the only speaking character in the commercial stars an Asian-American adult male, “Larry,” who hates his job:
Wherever Larry walks, he sees an image of himself telling himself to find a new job or others enjoying their job. I can’t seem to recall any commercial staring an individual Asian American male on U.S. television – can you?
For those of you who are old enough to remember, we’ve come a long way, since the Calgon detergent’s “Ancient Chinese Secret” days:
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7 Comments to “CareerBuilder.com “Self-Help Yourself” Commercial”
burt wrote:
Sure:
Posted on 14-Feb-08 at 10:04 pm | Permalink
burt wrote:
Amp’d mobile commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z14fYGAGEI0
Posted on 14-Feb-08 at 10:05 pm | Permalink
Ben wrote:
Funny!
But this remains the best ad for a job search site, ever, though it does not contain any Asians:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJB0CzlzSwY
Posted on 15-Feb-08 at 7:31 am | Permalink
Jesse! wrote:
Love it!
Posted on 20-Feb-08 at 3:17 pm | Permalink
wangerlai wrote:
Who is the actor?
Posted on 21-Sep-08 at 3:33 pm | Permalink
8Asians.com » Ex-Power Ranger Patricia Ja Lee in Tostitos Commercial wrote:
[...] in national television brand advertising campaigns, so when I do, I blog about it: take the CareerBuilder.com, Wells Fargo and General Electric commercials, for [...]
Posted on 06-May-09 at 6:57 pm | Permalink
8Asians.com » All-American Asian Family in Target Ad wrote:
[...] Art in an eHarmony ad, an Asian American couple on a date in a Wells Fargo commercial, or Larry in an ad for CareerBuilder.com and having nothing to do with being Asian or [...]
Posted on 05-Oct-09 at 5:22 pm | Permalink
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