Here’s a fun Friday Flashback. How many of my readers remember this classic 2006 Century 21 TV commercial?
“Suzanne Researched This” became a big inside joke among those who didn’t buy the hype at the peak of the bubble. This commercial was so egregious that even Slate wrote an article headlined “The Nastiest Wife on Television.”
About a year after this ad aired, I happened to catch a radio show segment that was basically the real world “rest of the story.” Suzanne Researched This: Part 2
Well, we bought a house two years ago, and ever since we bought the house it’s always been “we bought it because you wanted it,” and every time we have financial struggles, it’s my fault because we bought a house that he said we shouldn’t buy, so… that’s… I guess the stresses of the house are getting more intense because our interest is going up so it’s been sort of like the past month I’ve been hearing him talk a lot about that.
Here’s the full audio of the cringe-worthy Dr. Laura call:
On a related note, this 2006 “Real Financial Heroes” video is a pretty great skewering of homebuying mania. For context, it’s a parody of a series of Budweiser ads from the time called “Real American Heroes” that used the same style and music.
“Top Ramen tastes a lot better when you eat it off a granite countertop.” Classic.
Thanks Tim, that was lots of fun….
that song is now in my head.
Top Rammen Yummm!
Now if I can gobble all my cheap Rammen down and not get a stroke.
New Research Links Ramen Noodles To Heart Disease, Stroke and Metabolic Syndrome
http://preventdisease.com/news/14/082114_Research-Links-Ramen-Noodles-Heart-Disease-Stroke-Metabolic-Syndrome.shtml
RE: softwarengineer @ 2 –
Top Ramen contains MSG, which is what is used to make mice obese so they can be studied. Stop eating
Top Ramen and MSG. They are bad.
Big fan of the Suzanne commercial though. That poor fat b@st@rd never had a chance getting double teamed by 2 illogical people that just so happen to be women.
RE: Erik @ 4 – He’s now a bitter Snohomish meth head.
RE: Erik @ 3 –
Yes Erik
Like all noodles and pasta….made from white flour primarily [nutritional equivalent to saw dust].
Enjoy that giant bowl of Pho…..or big plate of spaghetti with hardly any meat….did anyone say diabetes?
RE: Blurtman @ 5 –
Yes but now he’s thin so win for him right?
RE: boater @ 7 – Ramen for him.
RE: Blurtman @ 8 – Maybe that’s what Yellen ate before her speech yesterday.
I remember that commercial too…
It didn’t put me off getting a house. Ya gotta live somewhere.
For getting married though, it was part of a vaccine to prevent that scourge.
And some people have been fighting for an equal right to buy into that bit of misery?
Well, if they’re not clever enough to know better, let ’em have it good and hard.
It’s never a good idea to make any discretionary purchase you cannot afford.
And yes, so long as rentals (or even more modest and affordable homes for sale) exist, buying a particular home is most certainly a discretionary purchase.