What the heck is this? It's retarded, that's what it is.

[NikPreviousAcct]

Just a little background: KATU is the call-letter designation of one of my local channels (ABC). Whenever you watch the news, they're always telling how you can go to their website and check out some stories in more detail, or see videos, or get links to other websites that correspond to things in their broadcast. Cool.

I'm sitting here watching Leno but it's a commercial. What commercial? One for cars.com advertising how they're so great at matching people up with the cars they're looking for. That's all well and good. At the end of the commercial, the narrator/announcer says something to the effect of "Find us at cars.com!" ... followed by a split second of silence, then you hear another completely different voice say "Find the cars.com website on KATU.com and thanks for watching the top rated news show!"

...

find... cars DOT COM by going to KATU... dot com?

Wow... what can I say? This is just sad. Really really sad.

 

[Hyperblaze]

They have run out of things to say at this late hour?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

The local station tacked on their own line to the end of the commercial to help promote their site -their totally unrelated site.

 

[Hyperblaze]

you gotta remind yourself, how many folks are actually awake at this time?

Not counting the ones who are on night shift of course

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Who cares how many people are up this late? Editing commercials from other companies just to promote your own is just lame. :thumbsdown:

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Besides, are people really that stupid that they can't figure out how to get to cars DOT COM but can somehow manage to get to katu DOT COM and click on the cars DOT COM link!?

 

[Hyperblaze]

those who go visit the other site deserve it

if they are really that brain dead