After These Messages Podcast
Hosts Andrew and Vieves talk TV commercials with their listeners, the Ad Council, in this weekly podcast. As the slogan says, they've got "hot takes on commercial breaks." Find them at afterthesemessagesshow@gmail.com
Episodes
July 1, 2025 • 54 mins
Filled with remorse for their dereliction of duty, Andrew and Vieves make up for having skipped the Ad Council with an “Oops, All Ad Council” episode that asks, “Just who IS your favorite Martian?” and “Did anyone ever consider a Fruit Roll-Up prophylactic?”
Here are the commercials we talk about on today's show:
Detroit Institute of Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXbKwP6-x9s
Amtrak Summer Train-tacular
https://www.youtub...
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June 25, 2025 • 87 mins
Risk-taking, permanence, regret, pain -- the ancient art of tattooing has it all when it comes to the metaphors marketers love to employ. It’s the one where Andrew tries to name all the Friends.
Here are links to the ads we talked about on this week’s show:
Uber Eats - Jelly Roll
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/67Ll/uber-eats-super-bowl-2024-teaser-tattoos-featuring-jelly-roll
Amazon One Medical - Festival Tattoo
https://www.ispot.t...
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June 17, 2025 • 66 mins
From hep cats to with-it moms, Andrew and Vieves look at commercials that ride the line between cool and cringe to sell everything from cosmetics to credit cards. Plus, a vintage museum ad is still killing it, and what even IS technology?
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Temptations - Cool cat limo
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/fDwA/temptations-cat-treats-cats-lose-their-cool-dont-know-her
Temptations - ...
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June 10, 2025 • 76 mins
As long as they keep making pop songs, advertisers will keep writing parodies of them to sell laundry detergent, margarine and cheese bits. Andrew and Vieves look at some recent entries. Plus, an Ad Councillor tantalizes Andrew with a possible submission for the possible ghost files.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Downy Rinse & Refresh - I rinse it out
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/f2DR/downy-rinse-an...
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June 3, 2025 • 84 mins
Andrew and Vieves consider ads that mine the universal frustration of customer service calls for fun and profit. Plus, the Ad Council takes pity on Andrew and Vieves, but still fails to deliver on a spectral idea.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Nauzene - Nausea Hotline
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/TXpi/nauzene-relief-hotline-nauseous
PayDay - Salty Sweet
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AjZV/payday-salty-co...
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May 27, 2025 • 69 mins
Andrew and Vieves consider commercials that rely on typos - and the ensuing hilarity - to sell everything from diet soda to dating apps. Plus, the Ad Council does NOT come through.
Here are links to the ads we talked about on this week’s show:
Diet Coke - Typo
https://youtu.be/CtTNIkB3axg?si=0FeeP07uOm6xKH9m
WebFlow - We Have A Typo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJTN0g4Bx0I
Truth (Anti-Tobacco Campaign): Typo
https://www.you...
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May 20, 2025 • 74 mins
A vintage videotape yields a bumper crop of L.A.based commercials, PSAs and promos that have Andrew and Vieves feeling nostalgic for the City of Angels. Plus, a Chicago Bulls great is either shilling for sandwiches or auditioning for the adult film industry. Jury’s still out.
Here are links to the ads we talked about on this week’s show:
Allstate: Mayhem Is The Voice Inside Your Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXPAy43My4w ...
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May 13, 2025 • 84 mins
A slew of ads set at weddings has Vieves and Andrew considering the many, many tropes used to sell everything from candy to car insurance. Plus, Andrew discovers the pizza has no limit, and a long time Ad Councilor breaks his silence.
Here are the commercials we talked about on today's show:
Delsym - Wedding Cough Crisis
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/f03O/delsym-wedding-cough-crisis
Ricola - Wedding speech
https://www.ispot.tv/ad...
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May 6, 2025 • 58 mins
Andrew resurrects a classic 80s game show to test Vieves’ recall abilities when it comes to their favorite ads. Plus, an Ad Councillor shares the secret commercial language embedded in her domestic life.
Here are links to the ads we talked about on this week’s show:
Skittles: “Contract The Rainbow”
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wUh4/skittles-contract-the-rainbow
Attorney Scott Hoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WKTXzU0pE
Prog...
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April 29, 2025 • 68 mins
Beloved actor and least annoying denizen of the Marvel Universe Paul Rudd reprises a commercial classic, prompting a Vieves Takeover, only to be interrupted by Andrew bearing new fast food tidings. Plus, the Ad Council is delightful as always.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Super Nintendo (ft. Paul Rudd) (1991)
https://youtu.be/xYhGL5y4DPQ?si=DXIyunSw5tsndXsc
Nintendo Switch 2 (ft. Paul Rudd) ...
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April 22, 2025 • 57 mins
Andrew quizzes Vieves on the various attempts by fast food chains to encroach on the market share of their competitors with menu innovations ranging from merely unappetizing to actively revolting. Plus, last week’s show sends the Ad Councilors on a walk down memory lane.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
(WARNING: Links could spoil the quiz if you’re playing along)
Pizza Hut P’Zollo
https://www.isp...
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April 16, 2025 • 83 mins
Andrew’s passion for archival VHS content takes center stage as he and Vieves unearth rare 90s commercial gems including a Jim Varney performance that somehow isn’t Ernest P. Worrell and a deeply unpleasant Sega ad that will haunt their dreams. And as always, Jerry Maguire gets a shout out.
Here are links to the ads we talked about on this week’s show:
Cerritos Auto Square Commercial (ft. Jim Varney) - Beauty Shop
https://you...
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April 9, 2025 • 82 mins
Guest producer Bobby sends Vieves and Andrew on a journey through time for products ranging from financial planning to food delivery. Plus, a cool thing happened to Utah once.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
PNC Bank: Time Machine
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/fUS4/pnc-financial-services-time-machine
PNC Bank: Time Machine (Insta Version)
https://www.instagram.com/pncbank/reel/DEh8Frfs0vD/
Doritos: ...
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March 30, 2025 • 68 mins
Vieves finds herself being driven slowly mad by a handful of terrible ads in heavy rotation, which means it’s time for another round of Adcollades and Admonishments. Plus, a hotel-booking site ad launches a conversation about what constitutes a “normal” amount of luxury.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Modern Nose Clinic - SERIOUS head pressure
https://youtu.be/AXHthfPDbC8?si=NgYSaO6AcjNBb7cf
S...
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March 25, 2025 • 70 mins
Andrew is back at it with the digitizing of old VHS tapes, which inspires a show about commercials that create fake award shows to sell diapers, soda, phone plans and a surprising amount of cereal. Plus, it’s a banner day for Andrew in the getting-things-right department. Sort of.
Here are links to the ads we talked about on this week’s show:
Huggies Diaper Awards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmm3PrdHlpk
AT&T Awards Show
ht...
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March 18, 2025 • 70 mins
An unusually grim joke in a car ad inspires Vieves and Andrew to look at commercials for everything from chocolate bars to travel sites with a decidedly macabre bent. Plus, Andrew’s face blindness strikes again, and an Ad Councilor sends out an SOS to prove he’s not crazy.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Fiat 500L - Road Trip
https://youtu.be/NeepHgYQb6w?si=Z_d1wMSC476Y6Lm8
Mini Countryman - Fe...
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March 11, 2025 • 68 mins
Andrew and Vieves take a break from fast-talking pitchmen and slow things down with ads that deploy slow-motion to make the sale. Plus, the Ad Council is really on fire this week with an inside peak at motorcycle marketing and parody ads galore.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Carlton Draught - Slow Motion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNz2Qzpo5AA
Thatchers Cider - Time Stops
https://www.youtube...
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March 4, 2025 • 66 mins
Andrew and Vieves look at ads that dare to ask what actually is the meaning of life, and how much insurance, religion, wealth management and toilet paper does it take to fill the void? Plus, one local lawyer has a big reaction to… something? And a vintage doll commercial rolls all the bad ideas into one.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Progressive - Existential Crisis
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w5K4/p...
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February 25, 2025 • 64 mins
A crafty Ad Councillor puts Genevieve and Andrew to the test with a quiz about commercials and the YouTubers who comment on them. Plus, a sharp-eyed (sharp-eared?) listener notices a pattern in State Farm commercials. And Andrew is newly awed by a cruel commercial that he grew up with.
Clearasil - Pizza Face
https://youtu.be/gt9EUORoeyc?si=fEBGbKrzP0N-Rm2a
QUIZ:
1) "BRING THOSE BACK"
A) Pringles Ridges
B) McDonald's Snack Wr...
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February 16, 2025 • 46 mins
Andrew and Vieves dip into the proverbial mailbag as the Ad Councilors respond to last week’s epic Bowlies show and share some classic commercials ranging from processed cheese food to personal injury lawyers.
Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week’s show:
Nerds - New Orleans Second Line (ft. Shaboozey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwcZ2dxPUo0
Michelob Ultra - The Hustle (ft. Catherine O’Hara & Willem Dafoe...
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