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Jun 8
2009
08:17 PM ET
Ally Bank's 'Would you like a pony?' ad: Love it!
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No wonder the U.S. economy is in the toilet and we can’t create citizens that can compete on the global landscape…
Child abuse? Really? I call it “life lesson.” Jeezuz… the U.S. is such a nanny state. You people would put guard rails on tissue paper if you thought it might “spare their innocent noses.”
Stop hoisting your fear of life on children. Stop hiding behind the kids the fear and anger you have for those who try to take advantage of you and grow some balls.
These commercials are brilliant and the kids wonderful. They aren’t going to be scarred and end up institutions—which is more than I can say for some of you.
Future Golden Globe winner the little brunette that is..
The dark haired one is really the daughter of: WORF from Star Trek TNG.
She is really KLINGON! Look at her LOL!
i think the girl that did not get the pony deserves an award for her honest expression of disapointment.the commercial was excellent
This ad makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!! Discrimination …well DUHHHH! When the dark haired girl makes the comment to the MAN that “you didn’t say we could have a REAL pony,” his answer to her is “Well you didn’t ask!” Well I didn’t hear the blonde haired girl ASK either! So why is SHE so special?I’ll give it to the kids, they were great! But that ad should be viewed as racially insensitive and the agency should have known better. ALLY Bank does not have to worry about me becoming a customer. I’m sure their lending practices are very much in tune to this particular commercial.
This ad is an outrage! It is blatantly playing on the hurt feelings of children at the complete mercy of manipulative adults. Ally is never going to get any business from me. How this ad could be sanctioned by any business is amazing. Using children to get your message across… of what? manipulation? deceipt? Interesting that the blonde gets the real pony and the African American little girl is left with the plastic facsimile while looking at the mean white guy with eyes that show real hurt and degradation. Does anyone else think this is a disgrace?
I hate these ads. I will never buy anything from this company. This is child abuse. As soon as they come on I switch channels. Can they not get their point across without this abuser being mean to kids? Sick!
I feel very sorry for the little girl. I will never use Ally because of their ads! Get a real writer and leave the children out of it.