Episode 66: Nutrasystem keeps you feeling fuller (than what)

I started watching commericials and getting annoyed with the grammar earlier this year. One of the first commercials that got 'under my skin' was the Nutrasystem commercial with Terry Bradshaw saying "I ordered me" Nutrasystem.

You have probably seen another ad for Nutrasystem, this one with the mom walking out of the pool in her bikini. The voiceover for that spot says that "Nutrasystem  keeps you feeling fuller, longer." Fuller and longer than what?

Fuller and longer are comparative words. A better use of these comparative words would be:

• Nutrasystem keeps you feeling satisfied for long periods of time.
• Nutrasystem keeps you feeling fuller than a soup diet.
• Nutrasystem keeps you feeling fuller than a fast food lunch. Is any of this true? 

If Nutrasystem keeps you feeling satisfied better than a normal meal, or another weight loss meal program, then say so.

I ordered me a grammar book

I think that Terry Bradshaw is fun as a commentator and that he was awesome as a quarterback. The boy needs grammar lessons for his Nutrasystem commercial. This is another commercial that makes me think "What were the advertisers thinking when they created this spot?"

Terry needed to shed some pounds. He ordered the system. All he had to say was "I picked up the phone and ordered Nutrasystem." Unless he was buying a gift for someone else, and what a dangerous gift that could be, he was ordering it for his own personal use. All he had to say was "I ordered Nutrasystem."  He doesn't need to say "myself" or "me." It is similar to saying "In my personal opinion...." If not your opinion than whose?  Is it an impersonal opinion?

This commercial is a Grama's Grammar two-fer. He says that you can look "purdy like me." It would have been better if he were to have said "as handsome as I do." Is he handsome? That is up for the viewers to decide.

If he were to buy a grammar handbook  he could probably speak as  grammatically correct as my mother does.