About the battery energizer advert..please respond ..

[Nomilynn]

Also, on the site

http://www.energizer.com/advertising/default.asp

the "mom" add shows the basket of eggs.

[micki76]

Originally posted by Nomilynn
Has the commercial been changed/recalled? I just saw it for the first time. The mom stops a food fight, stops a girl from jumping on the couch, then goes to the dryer. She opens the door and pulls out a basket of (broken) eggs. Then she goes into the kitchen and an orange cat is running in front of her, but it was not in the dryer. Perhaps energizer listened? Does anyone know?

That's the one I saw to Naomi.

Personally it looks more like an ad for birth control to me. But that's a whole other subject!

[aly]

I think they did change it because it definately used to be a cat!

[carole]

WOW!! if they did that was mighty fast, and I would be thrilled, but surely they would send one of us an email saying so, seems a bit too good to be true, but let us hope you are right and it has been changed, we can all raise our arms in VICTORY if this is the case.

[QueenScoopalot]

If it's true..I think Thank You letters/emails are due!

[swimma253]

I emailed them.

[leslie]

i went to the original url yesterday and thought it looked like eggs but my eyes are bad so assumed it was a basket of kittens and sent them an email chastising them! Are they eggs? It's too small and fast for me to see! Do you think the Humane Society said "NO more?" given the feed back? I would think they were privey to feed back since they were included in original filming? Well yee ha either way! Or is this a trick- there's one version for us and a different (with cat) on television?

[micki76]

Originally posted by leslie
Or is this a trick- there's one version for us and a different (with cat) on television?

No, I saw it on TV.

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by micki76
No, I saw it on TV.

me too.

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

I have forwarded the links to these threads, plus an explanation, to Barbara at Snopes.com, and requested that she look into it for us. IF Energizer DID change the ad, I would certainly want to know, so that I can send them a "Thank You" and make sure I buy their products in future.

(Barbara also looked into the "Swiffer" rumour and published the results here , so hopefully Snopes can clear this up for us too!!

[carole]

Great stuff, I would really like to know myself,for certain, as I would also like to send a thank you email, and notify the Television show I emailed.

[leslie]

Yes, inquiring minds want to know! thanks for going to snopes and let us know!

[talia22]

YES they did change the ad! i am so happy it is now eggs! the first version he is putting a full grown cat in the dryer ...there is no mistaking it!

[Tina]

I just seen the commerical on VH1 and it has not been changed. It still showed the cat almost being put in the dryer.

[Maresche]

I think it has changed on some networks but not others. I have seen the old version (with cat) many times on TNT and USA, but I have not new the version yet (with eggs).

Looks like a half-*ssed job of fixing the problem to me.