Eliot's Travels

TV commercials here are pretty interesting. The TV stations must be required to tell you when the advertising starts with a "reclame" screen. They have fewer commercials than US TV, but they last longer (over 5 minutes). On Animal Planet, the commercials consist mainly of animal and wildlife charitable organizations - WWF, humane society, Save the vogels (birds), the orangutans, etc and TimeLife CD sets. The best two are Body&Soul and Sternstunden der Volksmusik. Pretty humorous to watch. I spent 3 hours watching Animal Planet in the middle of the night this week trying to capture the Volksmusik one on video.

On commercial TV, there is a weird commercial with women's breasts popping out (well just one side) while doing everyday things - playing the violin, waitressing, walking down the street, doing aerobics. I can't figure out if it is a lingerie add or a public advertisement on breast cancer. The pink ribbon appears at the end of the ad. It's quite explicit and not something you'd see on US TV.

Late at night there are advertisements that you might see on an XXX channel in the US. They are pretty explicit.