Comments on: CitiBank Identity Theft Commercials

By: NeroBlack2200

NeroBlack2200 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:13:48 +0000

Pool cleaning lady is the best one. That laugh and her expression are golden.

By: DJYMA

DJYMA — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:02:10 +0000

You know whomever came up with these commercials, should be the head of an advertising company right now! This and the two Geico squirrels were pure genius! A lot of commercials are just so pointless and annoying; where as with these, you find yourself switching the channels just in hopes of catching a glimpse of them.

By: lovelygrapes

lovelygrapes — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:46:48 +0000

I LOVE the guy in the living room. I think I used to have the whole thing memorized right after it came out. I also love the black guy lifting weights. “Unbreak my HEART, say you love me again!…” There is no way I would be able to do any of those without busting out laughing. Oh wow. Some of the best commercials ever made.

By: playthatbasshoney

playthatbasshoney — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:33:16 +0000

this is hilarious!! best comercials ever! my friends and i quote them all the time

By: randominuyasha

randominuyasha — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:49:51 +0000

hey, is there any way you could share where you downloaded these from? I always get a laugh from them and want to show my friends via ipod

By: PrinceofLight2000

PrinceofLight2000 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:51:35 +0000

I actually got them from a friend. I’m not sure how he got them but I’m not too concerned about that. Having them is good enough for me, lol. I’m sure if you really wanted to you could get them off YouTube somehow.

By: kellynw145

kellynw145 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:04:26 +0000

1:49 guy in the backround flips off camera

By: creativecritic

creativecritic — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:37:07 +0000

If an old lady gets her identity stolen, she doesnt take on the attacker roll, she doesn’t know em, rather, the attacker takes on the roll of the victim. These spots are 100% backwards. The creators reversed the “joke” not the concept. And to better sell the backwards concept, they actually created stereo-types to mock…a loser couple owning a motel, an African American hair dresser, stagnant old people…are these the theifs? No, they are the victims…so why are they acting like the crooks?

By: PrinceofLight2000

PrinceofLight2000 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:32:23 +0000

You understand that the entire joke is based off of the fact that the identity thief has control over the victim’s finances, right? The joke itself is found in hyperbole based on how the identity thief has control over the person’s financial life. So the writers decided to hyperbole that by making the thief completely in control of the victim (with funny dialogue and voice acting to supplement the humor of the concept)

By: creativecritic

creativecritic — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:50:28 +0000

But they don’t show the “completely in control of the victim” The victims seem normal. They just talk funny with the identity of the thief, which makes no sense. Your point is well stated about controlling finances and I concur, but this concept is a cop out. And the reason they did it this way is because the thief, stereo-typically, would look the same in each commercial. So an inexperienced art director sold citibank on this flip flop and assured them it was “brilliant”. It’s broke.