How to save Christiano Rolando, SRK, Schumacher and the Advertising Industry from going broke......

So Christiano Ronaldo got himself a million bucks for a Castrol commercial for doing what he does best, making the ball dance to his tune. But I simply don't understand what the advert itself is trying to say. Is it that super bikes running on Castrol oil play footie like him, or if I need that kind of a hairstyle I should ride a bike running on Castrol, or he has a twin who is a races in the MotoGP. I simply concluded that the advert was a complete waste of time, money, resources and talent. And then it dawned on me.......a method to salvage this disaster.

Whenever many of the superstars promote stuff, say like drinking a particular brand of cola, they do it in non-designer, non-branded goods. Would it not make much better sense that while endorsing the cola he simultaneously endorse footwear, glasses, ear-rings, belt, shirt, handkerchief, key ring, toothpick, wristband, itch-cream, forks and knives???? Think about the time and money saved. I'd love to see an all in one advert as such so I don't have to watch 40 other different ads.

This supermarket of ads, with say Shah Rukh Khan for example, wearing shoes, trying to negotiate a pothole (sponsored by the Mumbai Municipality) in his latest car which has in the back seat pens, watches, headbands, a change of shoes, new trousers, milk powder, jam for diabetics, salt, soda, dark glasses, movie posters, socks, two cricket bats, a two-wheeler, a cola drink, a credit card, and a poster from an NGO urging everybody to turn vegetarian lying beside one from the Meat Society explaining why it is important to have meat at least four times a week.

Soon our television screens will be full of such shows. And between a Ronaldo show and a SRK show we might get a short movie break. A movie like Silence of the Lambs would help viewers relax and prepare for a Schumacher show. Remember, you read it here first.

Link List :

1. Cristiano Ronaldo and his Castrol Power1 commercial from YouTube.