Nogurt

Have you noticed the abundance of yogurt commercials on, say, the DIY Network or Bravo? And how it's always some women yammering on about how they prefer eating a key lime-flavored yogurt to actual, delicious key lime-flavored pie? Then I believe this video will speak to you.

Would you like to know who the yogurt eater in the Schmichaels household is? Hint: it's not the chick.

Comments

[Kathryn Marshall]

"Yogurt! Yogurt! I hate Yogurt! Even with Strawberries!"
Sorry, couldn't resist the SpaceBalls reference. I go through periods where I cannot stand the sight, taste or smell of yogurt (or salads). Luckily for my TV, I'm currently in my "yogurt can come within 500 feet of me" stage but if those mood swings were determined solely by how much I like the yogurt commercials? Whoo boy. I can't decide which ones I hate more: the "two girls discuss how random crap is as good as Yoplait" commercials; Jamie Lee Curtis discusses digestive problems; any of the yogurt commercials mentioning digestive activities; or the commercials focusing on how yogurt is a diet staple. I think I hate them all equally for different reasons (like the one where Ms. Grey Hoodie is arguing with her tailor about taking her clothes in. I want to slap them both, then show the commercial to my 80-year-old Italian tailor so he can slap them both silly too).

I'm beginning to think that maybe I wouldn't be so cranky all the time if I invested in a Tivo and skipped through commercials. It's not enough to just channel-surf when they come on now. I want to actively stick it to the commercial-makers.

[Kyle]

Ha! That was excellent. I will admit, I am a yogurt-eating woman -- mostly store-brand plain in the quart-size container, which I eat plain, or with fruit, or mix with garlic and spices and things and use as a sauce for savory stuff. But those commercials are over the top. It's yogurt! It's not dessert, it's a healthy, usually enjoyable staple food. I also must confess that for some disturbing reason I find those Yoplait girls more cute and adorable than annoying, in spite of their yogurt obsession. And I do enjoy an occasional key lime custard style.

[Auntie Maim]

I would rather eat yogurt that tastes like yogurt than yogurt that's loaded up with added sweeteners (natural or artificial) and trying to be dessert. But I do eat a lot of yogurt (it helps with my eczema), and try to get my guy to do the same (it should be better than milk for his lactose intolerance). The yogurt-as-dessert marketing trend (You're tricking yourself into eating something "healthy"! So you're still not addressing the key issue of indulging too often in "unhealthy" foods, just covering it up with artificial key lime flavor and corn syrup!) is still less alarming than the gum-as-snack trend. I think it's Extra that has started describing its gum as a 5-calorie snack: a snack is something you swallow that has nutritive value, not a wad of resin that 5 calories dribble out of over the 10 minutes you chew it.

[amanda]

So funny -- both the commercials mentioned here, the 5-calorie gum and the yogurt lady at the tailor, made me yell at the television. First of all, gum has calories? Screw that. No stupid gum for me. Second of all, woman cannot live on gum and yogurt alone!

I have become a yogurt eater -- Nancy's plain all doctored up with granola, almonds, dried cranberry and honey. Yum. At work I have some individual yogurts, Rachel's brand. The capitalization of women bonding over their dismorphic attitudes toward their healthy bodies is tiresome.