Episode 86: Bean Before ( a beautiful lady steps into an elevator.) (Part 3)

"Take Beano before and there will be no gas." Where's the whoopie cushion? This sequence is available on YouTube. I found it while researching the "Suntain Lotion vs. Sunburn Cream" advertisment that is the foundation of Episode 80.

If you need more Beno Before (you start your day) here is Part Two.

Part One is "That ship has sailed."

Looking for bad grammar in advertising is a 'gas.'

Episode 81: Beano Before Part 2 - That ship has sailed

The great thing regarding researching these grammatical goof-ups is that I can find a lot of classic commercials on YouTube. Here is another "Beano Before" spot that has the Beano Before tagline cruising for the shore, just like the Costa Concordia.

Beano Before or gas reliever after

"Take Beano before and there will be no gas."

How about: "Beano helps clear the air."

You can read my first column on this subject - "That ship has saied." - here.

Episode 80: Beano (Part 1): Edit before (you film) or Have me find your grammar problems me after (it airs on television)

The ad asks a question, and I use that phrase loosely, which is better suntan lotion before or sunburn cream after? The ad promotes the concept "Beano Before" and their will be no gas. Beano before what? Obviously you are supposed to take the Beano tablet before you eat your be meal. The subject is implied.

The question of "suntan lotion before or sunburn cream" after is also terrible.  Most of the time people don't think that they will burn from being out in the sun for a short period of time. Sometimes gas sneaks up on you.

A tablet of prevention or a glassful of cure.

Why not a picture of a balloon busting? How about a glass that produces gas, a glass that produces gas with a Beano Tablet in it, and a third where you have to poor in the gas reliever after the gas is formed?

I have two more classic Beano ads to follow.