The ad is mostly pitching their doodad as a way to listen to TV for old people who don’t want to admit they’re going deaf and get a hearing aid. But then they sneak in the shot of the grouchy wife surreptitiously listening to the neighbors across the street as she pretends to check the mail.
I hate the commercials for this product – I’d like to give the woman a good smack for being so ugly to her husband. But I think SeeDubya’s concern is misplaced. Sure, some people will buy the product for this purpose, but they’ll stop using it in short order, because – unless they are junior high aged girls – they’ll be too bored to keep it up.
