Entry #6: Verizon Wishes
How many of you guys want a new phone? I know I do, and it’s a good thing I have Verizon! In Verizon’s new commercial, Wishes , they’re trying to influence viewer’s to transfer to their company by using humor to communicate their outstanding offers and deals. To begin, the commercial starts with an anxious father stealing his daughter’s birthday wish. How rude, but kind of funny because it’s something my dad would do. His wish was for a new iPhone 15 Pro. Then, Jason Bateman, the Verizon guy, pulls him aside to explain what Verizon has to offer. Knowing that the father has a busted up phone, Jason explains that Verizon takes any type of beat up phone and exchanges it for an iPhone 15 Pro. But, wait. Where’s the funny part? The funny part is when Jason begins saying, “Instead of stealing birthday wishes…” This is funny, because we were all thinking about the fact he did that to his own daughter! To continue, the father the...