Usually I’m sitting around forwarding straight through commercials when I DVR some of my favorite shows. But there are a few, ingeniously interesting commercials I stop for. One of them is from E*Trade, who have put out a series of commercials featuring a baby with the lightning quick Type A personality of a financial investor. I suppose the message is to put forth the simplicity of the system, but the charm the little tyke exudes (with the help of some mouth-moving geeky technology) is unmistakable. Without the special effects this would probably not be as charming- another great way to see how far commercials and tech have come in the past few years.
So without further ado, here’s some of my favorites from the E*Trade commercial line: