No Women in Viva Viagra Ad!

In a departure from previous Viagra ads and most other erectile dysfunction DTC ads I've seen, there are NO women in the Viva Viagra ad shown for the first time on TV last night.

See "Viva Viagra Ad is No Cure for Morte Sales".

It's just a bunch of good old (well, not so old) guys in what looks like an abandoned roadhouse having some fun with their instruments -- not that there's anything wrong with that!

At the end of the ad, they all SEEM to go their separate ways -- home to their "honey's" I suppose.

This curious fact was also noted on the All Things Witham Blog, which is "focused" on "The Withams of Glen Allen, Virginia---Jesus, "24" (the best TV show in history), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Radio, Advertising and Creativity, Scrapbooking, Sleep Apnea, 80s music, CCM, pro wrestling, Yu-Gi-Oh, piano lessons, Full House, theology, sports, blogging, and whatever else is on our warped minds....."

Which had this to say:

....and I thought late night infomercials, ah, QVC......

....in my childhood, the Mike Douglas or Merv Griffin Show......

But NOW, my friends, I have found the ultimate dumping ground for washed up male musicians.

Viva Viagra!!!

Yes, there's now a commercial with the back-up musicians to the back-up musicians to the ones who once claimed they played in the band who toured with, oh, I don't know, John Davidson maybe? And they're sitting around, gettin' all excited about the prospect of Pfizer walking in with free samples, cuz they're comin' home to the lady!! Whoo hoo.

What they've not been told is there are no impending females within miles, putting a damper on their "pre-game" fight song.

This commercial isn't "questionable", "tasteless", "controversial", et al.....

It's sad. Just pathetically sad.

Need to ask wifey if she heard any geezers singing it on the streets of Vegas the other week......

Good to know that I wasn't the only one to notice the lack of females in this curious ad!