They're hard to miss. Those Comcast high speed cable internet commercials with the turtle family named the Slowskys. The turtles are slow and want their world to be slow including their internet service, so of course, they have DSL. Why the Slowskys don't use AOL dial up is beyond me. It's even slower than DSL. Hell, they can have my old 2600 baud rate modem if they like it really slow. I guess Comcast feels that they compete more with Verizon more than anyone else.
The problem with the Slowskys, aside from the fact that I see the commercials 3 times in a half hour program, is that they're quite cranky- even for reptiles. I like the anti-hero as much as the next fellow but the Slowskys' antics are quite unbecoming. Carol is a passive aggressive and Bill is flat out nasty at times. He even berated the postal service worker who delivered his mail. You'd think Bill would have an affinity for the mailman since he likes things slow.
I'm also amazed that the anti-defamation league hasn't gotten involved. Considering that the turtles name end in "sky" it's not a far fetched leap to think they are Polish. Calling Pollacks "slow" is quite offensive to many Americans of eastern European decent as they have battled this notion ever since the it's been said it takes three of them to change a light bulb. The ink on the patent from Edison was hardly dry when that joke came about and yet here we are in 2008 still battling prejudices and stereotypes in the media. Next thing you know Comcast will have a Kangaroo family named the Goldbergs who will be putting all their loose change in their pouches because they saved money by using the Comcast triple play deal.
Well Bill and Carol Slowsky, I hope you are fast when it comes to leaving my TV screen.
3 comments:
Slowsk(y), Polish? Sorry fail. Try Jewish.
I think you read way too far into the commerical. I don't think Comcast was implying that anyone was Polish and or slow for being Polish. It was a cute name picked out for turtles who are, I don't know, SLOW.
It's just a few months shy from being a whole decade since the last person left a comment! Xfinity has recently started using the persona "Bill Slowsky, Jr." on Twitter, and lemme just tell you, it's an absolute shitshow. They are completely inept when it comes to internet trends. You just know the people behind the account are all old hack frauds who have nothing better to do other than shill their awful product. About your Polish theory, I believe that yes, Xfinity created horrifically offensive caricatures of the greatest bunch of people on the planet! I know nothing of Polish culture, but I'm sure they're all much better compared to the bigoted ad execs at Xfinity. Anyways, the people behind the Twitter account don't even understand concepts as simple as sarcasm! They're complete idiots! What else is there to say?? The people managing your "high speed" internet are the same people who can't even get through to a 13 y/o on social media. Very ironic that they chose the tortoise as their mascot. -TS
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