Magnum Mania!

I was watching the tv the other night and during the commercials heard the MPI theme song being played, BUT it was for a Maybelline product called FALSIES mascara! There is a helicopter and a motorcycle in the commercial, but no red sportscar..... I wondered what ad exec. thought this one up! I love hearing the song, don't get me wrong, but I think there is a better fit such a special song.

What products/services etc. does everyone think it would fit better with?

I think it would be a great 'Visit Hawaii" commercial theme song.

I just saw the commercial. Pretty much wanted throw up in my mouth.

I think the theme fits with nothing else. Only one image for me, and that's the original show.

I loved it when the Dave Clark Five told Glad Garbage bags to get stuffed (pun intended) and couldn't use their song. Alas along came Michael Jackson and Pepsi commercials.... the rest is history, even Zeppelin music sells Cadillacs.

The Magnum PI theme flogging makeup sucks.

If they felt the need to use a retro television theme song, why didn't they use the Charlie's Angels theme song? That commercial has the look and feel of 'Charlie's Angels 3.0'.

EXACTLY!!!!
That is a great fit!!!!

J.J. Walters wrote:If they felt the need to use a retro television theme song, why didn't they use the Charlie's Angels theme song? That commercial has the look and feel of 'Charlie's Angels 3.0'.

True, the Magnum theme song certainly doesn't fit the commercial at all.

You guys are way off base. They wanted a song that reflects action, adventure, and excitement. MPI theme fits that to a "T".

"Charlie's Angels" them...why I oughta...!

Good point Coops!

But is mascera really exciting and adventurous?

nope - wait a minute - it is exciting puting mascara on without sticking that brush into one of my eyes (which happens nearly every time) or having little black dots somewhere in my face where they def. don`t belong - so yes, very exciting

Hi

Frankly I found that completely nobody to use this theme song for a publicity
of mascara ! They should have chosen the other thing.
The theme song of MPI have nothing to do with the make-up !

Kenji,

See this thread from last month:

Mascara Commercial first mention

golf

Hi Golf,

Thanks for the additional comments from your July thread.
You get top billing on this one.
Sorry if I offended you - didn't see yours.......I guess I was still in shock about the commercial which still puzzles me!
Does anyone know someone from Maybelline, who could help us understand why they picked this song (other than it's very catchy)?

Back to the garden.

Kenji

No offense taken, I just thought it had already been discussed, so I was surprised a new thread was started. No big deal.

golf

I have the tv on in the background and have heard that commercial 4 or 5 times in the last hour.

*Checks to see what channel tv is on*

What a surprise, the Soap channel...... CLICK!