>This Motrin Mom is Still MAD AS HELL
>Part two of My First Frenemy is coming soon, I PROMISE. Really, really soon. And the ending is definitely worth waiting for.
However, I needed to tell you about something first that, like the dastardly Motrin ad, is affecting millions of moms here and maybe even in Russia and basically ruining their lives.
Wait. Do you all of you know about the Motrin ad? Here it is. Motrin recently posted the ad on its website and set off a firestorm of controversy among the Mommies of the Internetz, who Twittered about it in droves and posted videos on YouTube, saying, essentially, MOTRIN U R TOTALLY SUCK. I could understand their outrage. I mean, I saw that commercial and felt like Motrin had basically attacked me with nunchucks. And then bitch slapped me. And then kicked me really hard in the head. Motrin, oh Motrin, how could you, you dirty, filthy, whore of a painkiller?
However, Motrin apologized and so the Mom-rage is once again, unfocused. And LO, PEOPLE I HAVE FOUND A NEW TARGET. Watch MY video below, and then let’s all band together to get SOMETHING for our PAIN and SUFFERING (but not MOTRIN, mkay?)
>Wow. I had read about the Motrin controversy, but I admit I never got to the YouTube until your link. Wow. It is hard to believe that made it to the air. Wow.Love the Happy meal toy video. We don’t have that particular toy, but there have been enough toys with issues from Happy meals that I agree, free french fries for the moms of the world!
>Okay, I watched the Motrin ad and have no idea why you didn’t like it. Carrying weight strapped to your body can cause muscle strain and pain. That’s pretty straight forward. Was it the comment about being an “official mom?” Really, what’s the problem with that ad and why such a strong reaction?(Please don’t kick me too hard.)
>ROTFLMAO!!!
>That is AWESOME!
>Lindsay, all I can say is ….HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!I love your sense of humor, truly. I laughed the entire video – I love your sarcastic wit, probably because I’m the same way!The Motrin ad – I just watched the video for the first time and I have this to say …Why do we feel it’s necessary to channel our frustrations/anger/guilt into one silly thing? Though not exactly tasteful, and their attempt to be cool/flip/hip definitely fell flat, I didn’t find the ad nearly as offensive as the reaction has warranted. Perhaps I’m missing something?But what do I know, I don’t make mountains out of molehills.Write From Karen
>I just love you.
>Totally, totally with you! Although, we haven’t be “cursed” with that specific toy…yet! We do have the stupid giraffe (2 actually) that repeatedly say the following…”I like really need a doctor! What we gonna do? Ow Ow Ow!”And all you have to do is look at them to set them off. I tried throwing them in the trash…my daughter threw away a tissue, set it off and dug it out wondering why it was in there in the first place. Plan B: a hammer!
>Oh my GOD – I love you! This is hilarious. (We have the roaring lion one. Annoying, but not as bad as the Move It critter.)
>LOL..okay, I get it…like network TV, as a popular show builds toward a season-ending climax, they drag out the suspense with…commercial breaks ;)You’re a hoot.
>We have the hippo from McD. We have never seen the movie. However, it repeats some phrase in a really deep voice.My son is deathly AFRAID of the hippo and whines whenever you bring it out.I am so totally suing.
>And Karen, what DO you make mountains out of if not molehills? Perhaps you just use moles… little dead moles overdosed on motrin… wearing slings to carry their mole babies around…
>oops last anony was me –gertie
>The annoying part of the Motrin ad was the flip way she talked about being a mom, like it was a fashion thing, and how she really sounded like some girl hanging out at the mall..not someone that suffers pain and sleep deprivation from taking care of a baby. THe messege was to relieve pain- yes- but it could have been presented so, so differently- it just looked so- exactly what it was, a voice over actor “playing” mom.
>Yeah, it was annoying, but it wasn’t THAT annoying!
>Love it! I see a future for you in acting, Lindsay…We have this annoying little Simpsons toy from BK. It says “Stop in the name of squeamishness.” I think I deserve something BIG for that one. Definitely more than fries. Oh, and a side of motrin would be fine. Or make mine Xaxax… 😉
>Er, that’d be Xanax… see? I need it that badly!!
>Hysterical Lindsay!
>Several years ago, we collected the entire Lord of the Rings set from Burger King. It was, like, a mission. We still use the phrases some of those toys said to this day, in their funny accents and everything. And then we all crack up. It’s like an inside joke.
>Hahahaha!!! Oh too funny!MOVE IT!!!
>I’m not sure why everyone is so mad about the Motrin ad. Carrying my little one in the sling made my back hurt like Hell. I was a fricking Motrin junkie! The Motrin ad did not bother me.However, I am on board with you and your fury against the McDonald’s toys. Not only does my 7 year old son tell me to “move it, move it,” my husband has started in. Oh, heads will roll if I ever find out who designed those damn toys!Kristina
>The Motrin ad rang really true and was funny to boot. Mom’s flipping out over this need take a perspective check and figure out what they are really upset about, because it can’t really be this ad- I mean, really?
>yeah, I wasn’t sure if I didn’t get the anger over the motrin ad because I’m not a mom – so maybe I am just clueless… but when I watched it I thought, “Really? That’s what they’re so mad about?” hmmm. Okay then. I thought your issue is much more pressing. Especially since I can’t get that tune out of my head now. thanks. a ton. 😉
>I think the ad was just disgusting. It’s not that carrying/wearing your baby doesn’t cause pain…of course it does. But that flip, condescending voice. Yuck.
>I think myabe as a peace offering, they should cater your next cheeseburger party for free. yeah, that’s it.
>Love it,and nice glasses!!!
>Ahahahaha… that was hysterical!
>Driving down the road yesterday I kept hearing a VOICE. It was really starting to freak me out until I remembered that fugly hippo from McDonalds. I pulled over on the side of the road and dug that hunk of irritating crap out from under the seat and chucked that (bleeping) piece of crap into the woods. (I know littering bad but woman driving around hearing voices and yelling and them to shut the f up is worse, just ask the people who thought I was cussing them out at the stop light.)
>You should be in control of what yours kids say.
>That. Is. Awesome. We have the Moto-Moto kid’s meal toy and I think I’m slowly losing my mind. All it says is, “Wow- I know I’m every hippo’s dream” Aaaarrrrhhhhhh!
>Seriously, how bored does one have to be to find that commercial offensive? I don’t get it…But then, I don’t have television. Gee, I must really be missing out.What I could do without though is all those erectile disfunction and male enhancement commercials on the radio. I know they are bad on tv too. I hate those! Seriously, why do they bother to bleep out the word ‘bitch’ or ‘damn’ from songs, yet find it perfectly ok to advertise to the world about male penis problems?
>I didn’t really get the Motrin ad controversy, but I thought maybe it was because my kids aren’t babies anymore so I’m sort of out of the loop. To me it was more like a joke that fell flat, but not an offensive one.On the other hand, your video was hilarious.
>run the toy through the dishwasher. it always works for me.
>Even my husband thought your video was funny yesterday when he watched it. And then I tried to explain the whole motrin outrage thing and he thought it was funnier without the back story. And the glasses are FABULOUS. 🙂
>Do you ever stumble upon a blogger in blogland and wonder how it is you’ve gone your whole blogging career not knowing that blogger existed??That’s how I feel right now. I love you. And I want to have your babies.
>Wow, right on! Forget McDonald’s, I think we should go after Dreamworks. My daughter has been singing that annoying jingle since she saw it on tv too. Arghhh. It’s usually followed by a lot of giggling because she of course thinks it’s hilarious. Ug.
>LMAO! That’s fabulous. People seriously need something to make a stink over and it’s nearly always something so STUPID that someone got their panties in a wad over and then hyped up their friends and OMG we’ve all gone crazy. LOL. I am with everyone else and must have missed something with the motrin add. I have 3 kids did the “wearing” thing a bit and don’t see that as offensive at all…but then again I DO have a sense of humor soooooo…..
>My daughter has not stopped saying Move it Move it since the first Madagascar. I don’t really see what the big deal is about the Motrin ad. Is that the point? You rock Lindsay.
>Oh my holy hell! LMAO!You are my hero.
>McDonald’s happy meal toys totally suck since Disney left. I’m so happy My Little Pony is next
>I really don’t understand why anyone is upset about the Motrin commercial. That said, Lindsey – your video is really funny. That toy has got to go!After viewing the Motrin ad on You Tube, there is a link for an identical commercial for fake boobs that is really funny.
>BTW, Lindsay…after a day with kids in traffic doing the “move it move it”, I reckon you’d need SOMETHING for the pain (aka, Motrin, Ibuprofin, Tylenol, a shooter of margaritas, something).You have convinced me to avoid my local McDs like the plague, so’s I don’t have a run-in with an annoying toy that I am forced to stomp the snarf out of, probably convincing legions of kids that I’m a big meanie or somethin’…
>hahaha. soo funny. to answer a question about what made me mad about the ad…the “official mom” comment. sooo if i don’t ‘babywear’ i’m not a ‘official mom’ hmm…
>I think unofficial moms are hawt.
>Hahah! Loved the video. That reminded me of a coworker of mine. We used to work together at my home office. My then a-year-old son would be playing with his toys which played songs and nursery rhymes in the living room. We could hear the songs from the office. He later told me that in the afternoon commute and sometimes all evening and night, he would hum the songs he heard all day long and could not get them out of his head. He finally quit our company. 🙂 (Not only because of that of course :P)
>Moms of the world unite! Not because of the stupid Motrin ad or the annoying McD toys, but because Lindsay has not coughed up the end of the Frenemy story. Let’s march on Nashville!
>Yesterday I looked in Happy Meal box with trepidation. I had taken the Happy Meal to school for my son's lunch. He was happy with the food, but overjoyed with the toy. I unwrapped good ole King Julian before I realized that the lunch ladies/monitors would have a fit if I let my son turn it on. Our monitors are all about "be quiet" and "stop talking" and "silence." I can just see them walking my son to timeout…"we've got to move it, move it." I managed to stop my son and his friends from turning it on. I had to promise to give it to him after school.I got a little obsessed years ago when Burger King offered Teletubbies toys. I made numerous trips thru the drivethrough. I was worse with the Cars cars…I visited different McDonald's in nearby towns to trade for Cars we did not have. I even bid on a missing Car on ebay. Seriously I needed A&E Intervention to step in.
>Ahahahahahahha…I love you – really.
>wow, that is hysterical. Thanks for the good laugh, really. :)We are the proud owners of the penguin from McDonalds, that only says “Just smile and wave, boys”. My 4 year old has been repeating that phrase for 3 days now. I feel your pain.
>"Because of the Playlands"hahahahahaa! Oh my – I laughed – you know, I probably wouldn't have made it through college w/o playlands for my daughter, while I did homework.Anyway, you are just adorable & I heart you – but I fully expected a Southern accent?
>I never could see the Motrin ad, but this ‘controversy’ makes me think of the Brooke Shields Rutan commercial. I am surprised that there has been no protest of its light-hearted reference to “German Engineering” and deliberately having babies. Maybe it wasn’t an outlandish idea in The Producers that the public would not find “Springtime for Hitler” abhorrent.
>How about free for life tiny little soft serve ice cream cones? You cracked me up! came over from Mama Kat’s to see the rage against the machine!
>Do you have the ZEBRA?????My kids run around saying, “Holla at ya boy!”It’s their response to everything. So, like any good parent when they ask for something I just tell them to “Holla at their boy!”It hysterical.Okay. Maybe you need to be there.
>Oh man, that’s so funny! Love this…sorry your kids won’t stop singing that. And I love your glasses!found you through mama kat!
>Got here from Mama Kat’s place. great video! You got talent, girl.
>Sort out loud funny. Thanks for the laugh!
>That was so completely hilarious. I loved it.
>You had me laughing outloud over here. That was so hilarious. Thanks for that.
>This makes me think of how one time, we sat down at McDonald’s and found a Happy Meal toy someone had left behind.Our first reaction was, “Dude, score!” Then I began squeezing it a few times to hear its sound, and by the time we were done eating, it got left behind again.I wonder how long it lived at that table?
>ALL my dear children sing is “Move it Move it.” It’s been driving me fucking crazy. Playland will keep me from boycotting, but I’ll take a stand with you some other way. TP the bathroom? Massive order at the drive thru then drive off? Hmmmmm… there must be something. We DESERVE something.
>Blame my gender or my lack of children, or call me obtuse if you must…but I don’t see the Motrin ad as being all that different from other ads that toe the line between “cheeky” and “obnoxious.” I sense a subtle (though clearly unsuccessful) attempt to express sympathy for the suffering that caring mothers go through to nurture their children…but of course since it’s being used to sell a product, I’m not exactly wiping a tear away at their generosity of spirit.In fact, it sounds a lot like something YOU’d write–that flippant tone disguising a serious point…wait…I see it now…you DID write it…and this post is just part of a greater marketing scheme cooked up to sell Motrin and build your readership. They call it synergy, I think. The apology (clearly planned in advance as part of the campaign) is a nice realistic touch. Because nothing sells like controversy these days.Hah. Sorry to have to blow the whistle on you. But some of us refuse to swallow everything shoved at us by the capitalist machinery we call free enterprise.BTW, have I mentioned how much I like to move it, move it?
>We ended up with a few of those toys today. With every happy meal, the mom’s should get a gift too. EARPLUGS.
>Hahaha that video is hilarious. I didn’t get lucky enough to get that toy. Although tonight at a friend’s house I kept hearing that and I now know where it was coming from. 😉 We got the stupid hippo…and not much better.
>Oh how funny!!! Love this. I found you on MamaKats Losin It and glad I stopped by.
>You are just too funny….My sister is a lawyer should i put a phone call in for a mass lawsuit against the “golden `Arches??found you thru Mama Kat
>okay I have to agree and disagree. I lurve your blog, in fact I read it religiously. However, I didn’t find the motrin ad offensive. (she ducks!) BUT I 100% agree about that damn mcdonald’s toy. My 2 1/2 year old won’t put it down. We have to hide it. Where no light or movement exist to make it activate. My 10 year old keeps digging it out and giving it back. She thinks she’s “funny”. Yeah, I got your funny. Oh, sorry. I digress. I heart you and I need chicken nugget coupons so if you know when they’ll be coming I would love to know…going to hide the damn toy. Again.
>I hate that effing toy. Really, really hate it.And I never got to see the infamous Motrin ad before today. I don’t know why they didn’t “get” that it would be offensive (“official” mom?). Yikes. But, they did apologize.
>I’m visiting from Mama Kat Is Losing It. I’m not a mom but I can totally see your point of view on that song….I like the song and the movie but if you hear it too much it gets old pretty quick….so French Fries and Double Quarter Pounders with Cheese all around!
>not offended by the motrin ad (motrin or ibuprofen if we must get generic is the only think non-scrip i can take for pain that works)..i've never strapped my kids onto me either. but i agree w the others when they say it does put strain (kinda like when kids have to carry all their books in their bkpks..that's why they make em w wheels now) just don't hurt me too much making the backpack analogy LOLanyways, your video is very funny. i took my girls to the airport on sunday for their visit w their dad in vegas & they got the hippo. they were constantly making that thing say 'you know that's right' i had to tell them to stop! lol
>p.s. came by way of mama’s losin it via sits
>I should not have been sipping my coffee as I watched your video! Thats the second time in 3 days I have laughed and spit coffee on my laptop.This was HILARIOUS!!!
>Hilarious video! Way to send up the Motrin thing, which I have been calling “a tempest in a B-Cup”…Har!:^) Anna
>Your video is hilarious! I’m so glad my youngest is 13!!!
>So stinking funny! I’m on that bandwagon, sister!! 🙂
>ok too funny – we just got a monkey from McDonalds that keeps laughing at me when I walk by – very creepy
>lmao! I HATE those toys too, I’ve already tossed them in the garbage