Glade, Mr Muscle and other Dubbed Adverts

I need some assistance. After watching the latest Mr Muscle advert run once more, I have begun to lose faith in the British public.

I have not been able to locate the UK version, but this one fits the bill just as well:



I am not going to even begin to critically analyse this travesty, not even going to start to question the thought process that went into it, but will address the lack of respect we are being shown by all the companies involved in putting it on our screens. The fact that this is a foreign version of the advert we see on UK screens emphasises the point, going to YouTube will reveal the other nationalities it has been dubbed into, making it clear that this very brief spot has been intended to work around the globe.

S.C. Johnson, an American firm, and worth vast sums of money, own the brand Mr Muscle, as well as another offender, Glade:



Again, analysis of this spot defies logic, let alone taste, but it shows a lazy approach that has been becoming ever more prevalent, and will only get worse if we as consumers respond to it - producing one advert and then simply dubbing in languages to fit the nation. Considering they want our money, you would expect at least some interest in the individual cultures they are planning to sell to.

Perhaps a new business breaking into a multi-cultural market could be excused for such an approach, but this is a firm that has been dominating supermarket shelves for decades.

I am not proposing a mass boycott of S.C. Johnson products, but trying to engender some concern over these embarrassing advertising campaigns. Please comment on this article, and leave some suggestions of other badly dubbed adverts.