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> to screen and offer opinions about "1/2 hour television segments
> (including programs and commercials)" -- apparently to try to weed out
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I don't know if it is the same outfit, but I received a similar offer a
few years ago. We happened to not have anything to do that evening, so
we did it as a lark.
It became *VERY* obvious *VERY* quickly that the focus was on the
commercials, and the program was just there as a filler. I mean, when
the questionnaire was 20 questions, of which *none* were on the program
and the rest (ie, all) were on the products for which they were giving
away free samples, the program itself was an obvious one-joke loser,
and there were 3-4 different commercials per product, it didn't take
a rocket scientist to figure out what the sponsors were interested in.
But it was moderately interesting to see what kinds of things are being
thought up by the big brains on Madison Avenue (ie, if you think the ads
that get on the air are poor, try some of the stuff which is rejected by
the focus groups: embarrassingly bad), and we got some free stuff which
we found useful, so all in all it was ok.
-- Ken Moreau
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| Don't bother, my boyfriend and I were free on a Tuesday night and
decided to check it out. As mentioned in reply #1 its focus was
on the commercials. It was about two hours long and exceedingly
boring. The shows were a joke. All of the questions were on your
impresssions of the products that were in the preview shows. And
get this even the preview pilot shows had more commercials that
shows now on TV. They did not even offer any coffee or soft drinks
and there were no free samples at all. There were a couple of door
prizes but that only went to two people whose names were drawn from
a hat. I would say even if you had the choice of going to one of
these previews,or getting a bikini wax the time is better spent
and probably less painful getting the wax.
Give the tickets to someone you are not too fond of, its a real
get even scenerio....If you get my drift.
Donna
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