There are so many dumbfuck or annoying ads out there it’s hard to know where to start.
Internet ads: OBAMA SIGNS HOUSING BILL! THOUSANDS IN AID AVAILABLE! or OBAMA TELLS MOMS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL: GOVERNMENT AID AVAILABLE! or OBAMA SIGNS ITALIAN FOOD PROMOTION ACT: FREE PIZZA AVAILABLE! Blah, blah blah. Complete with dancing silhouettes or pulsating happy faces. They ran the exact same ads before the inauguration with Bush’s name. Yes, the government has been busily aiding everyone from A to Z, but why is this shitball internet company involved? No, I haven’t clicked on the ad, so I don’t know the whole story.
Those phone company ads with the four dorks who always get dissed by “Chad”. They started out OK, but went downhill when they replaced that really freaky looking guy in the yellow shirt with a normal-looking guy who they tried to make freaky by putting a big curly wig on him. The latest one where yellow-shirt-dork starts using the scare quotes and talking about how he smells like sour cream is torture and they only show it 53 times a day.
The phone ad where the stupid dad pours about 12 pounds of ice cream sprinkles all over the counter. Stupid and wasteful.
“There’s strong, and then there’s Army strong.” Recruiting the future defenders of our nation should not sound like a deodorant commercial.
Quizno’s ad where a foot-long sub sexually penetrates the toaster oven. I like me some Quizno’s, but that is just totally unnecessary.
Man, I’ve been watching too much TV. Blame the NBA playoffs.
I hate hate hate any of the Burger King ads - that guy in the king costume is creepy and weird - but I particularly hated the square butt ones. Who is their right mind thought that was a good idea??
I also hate the ads for Everett College (which may be local) where people whine about how awful their lives are due to their own stupid choices, and then going to Everett made everything great. The whining is just too much, I actually mute the TV.
Activia, with “Bifidus Regularis” :rolleyes: - a hoked-up name invented by Dannon for Bifidobacterium animalis, the bacterium found in its yogurt.
And how does the cameraman know to turn his camera toward the moderately cute chick in the background just before she chirps in with “I took it (one “takes” yogurt?), and I’m lovin’ life!” as she gestures toward her intestines.
I don’t like the Musinex commericals. I don’t have a problem with getting rid of phlegm and mucus, and I like me a good decongestant as well as the next guy. But, in the ads, the mucus is just some poor schlub with a family and friends. I feel bad for the guy. I don’t want to take the drug if it means I’m evicting a family from my chest.
Color me callous, but anything that begins with, “I remember my Fibromyaglia…” makes me gut laugh for at least 30 seconds. Probably just because ALL of the pill commercials have to keep showing beaches, waves crashing, flowering plants, enjoying a book on a couch, etc.
Although, Sally Field is still cute.
Let’s also not forget “877-Cash Now! 877-Cash Now! 877-Cash Now!”
Over and over and over… “I am fuck-ing stu-pid and I need cash now! Call JG Fuckwad! 877-Cash Now! 877-Cash Now!”
I actually kind of like this one. Commercials try to go over the top all the time but this one succeeds IMO.
The Burger King commercials are a special brand of shitty ever since they started with the guy in the King costume.
“Coors. The Banquet Beer.” I know this is an age-old tagline for Coors. But I’ve never been served beer at a banquet, and based on the other stuff you get at banquets, it’d probably be from a black-and-white can labeled simply BEER. I don’t associate banquets with quality fare. And what’s with the magical label that turns blue when it’s cold? Can’t people just touch the motherfuckin’ bottle to see if it’s cold, or would that entail too much physical effort?
“Dude, is the beer cold yet?”
“I don’t know!! The label is turned away from me!! Now we’ll never know when it’s OK to drink!”
“Don’t worry - I’ve got a pyrometer I bought just for this very predicament”.
And for completeness, I know others have weighed in on this at length, but let me say that I would love to do full-contact naked aerobics with Progressive Flo if given the chance. You know she’s an absolute freak.
I stridently believe that they should make all ED commercials (Viagra, Cialis, etc… ) with women I think I might require some assistance getting in the mood for. I understand medical needs and all, but really, pretty much any of the women iin those ads would just have to wave at me the right way and Little Bus Guy would be all over it.
Stupid, yes. Especially the reaction shot from the milquetoast behind the counter. Wasteful? It’s a bunch of sprinkles. Even when fulfilling their purpose, it’s just adding bits of color and texture to a dessert. I don’t even think I could get irked over it if I had to clean it up.
That’s why it’s called Erectile Dysfunction. Your approach doesn’t really make much sense
Not to mention the ads which had the Marine battling demonic space monsters. Yep, if we get invaded by the Spawn of Cthulu I’ll be sure to sign right up. Otherwise…
I don’t know if anybody has seen those adds for Everest college commercials where it’s night time and this black guy is urging you to get your degree because it’s so easy. But he comes on a little strong. At the end he goes “Why are you making it complicated? It’s easy!” and then walks away all pissed off.
I wish I could find a video on-line but all I can find are these parodies. They are pretty funny though.
And get a load of the label. Note the grating obviousness of the down-arrow. Stay classy, Dannon, and thank you for making me forevermore associate Jamie Lee Curtis with “regularity.” :rolleyes:
