The possible existence of which being something I intend to spend the rest of my morning trying to forget.
Look, I’m going to put you down as “longshoreman”, but if you keep up with the program, I’m confident you can get down to “yoga instructor” or maybe even “telemarketer”.
Gawd I hate this fucking MWII commercial.
It’s full of douchy people who think playing a video game makes you a bad ass
It’s loud and since it’s base on “sound off” it’s doubly annoying
It’s a minute and a half!
They play it all the damn time
[Carol Anne voice]
She’s back.
You are spot on. Annoying as hell.
I’ve started having to mute ALL the political ads, even for my side!
Ha. My sister had never seen Martha. She was appropriately annoyed.
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?! MARTHA?! WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!
(Yes, yes, I’ve seen the commercial. I just thought it would be funny to channel Ben Affleck.)
Only 480 more hours …
… but sometimes they buy the ads by the week, so you’ve got the loser’s commercials blaring at you after it’s too late for them.
(whiney voice) But I already voted (/whiney voice). And stop flooding my email!
ETA: Who else continues reading a post in whatever voice if the poster doesn’t (/) close it?
The Qatar tourism commercials with the “adorable” little fuzzy World Cup mascots bring just one thing to my mind - the horrific human rights abuses heaped on the poor migrant workers Qatar brought in to build the stadiums and infrastructure, which cost more than a few workers their lives.
And while I like Jon Hamm and Ellie Kemper as a dashing Mr. and Mrs. Claus, I can’t like Fox Sports using them to promote their coverage of the Qatar World Cup. I mean, the reason the World Cup is being held over the winter holidays is because it’s too damn hot in Qatar to play soccer in the summer, and it must have taken some massive Middle Eastern oil bribe money to FIFA to have the event held there in the first place.
How does Jon Hamm have time to do that, when he’s so busy stalking Flo from Progressive?
As a side-note, I am so out-of-it, I had no idea Jon Hamm is a real actor, and not just some made-up personality for the Flo commercials.
But I agree with @Uncle_Jocko the Qatar commercials and the “Gerry the Canada Goose” Emirates Airlines commercials seem to be glossing-over some extensive cultural gaps for Americans.
I’ve been pondering the two Jake from State Farm commercials they’re bombarding us with lately. Which is worse?
State Farm TV Spot, 'Food Truck' - iSpot.tv, or State Farm TV Spot, 'Shrimp Tails' - iSpot.tv
I think it’s the empanada one, because although the women in both commercials are complete idiots, the empanada bitch steals his food!
These always make me sad because the original Jake from State Farm commercial was just perfect.
Hamm was the star of Mad Men. He’s been called “Sexiest Man Alive” a few times.
To the extent that there is a joke in those commercials, that’s it. He’s a famous sex symbol, but Flo remembers him only as some guy she once sold insurance to.
There is a thread around here about popular series’ that you have not seen. I need to add Mad Men to that one. Like I said, I’m out-of-it.
And thank you for explaining the joke!
Anything with Flo I mute.
She did remember he was a struggling actor, so he made some sort of non-insurance impression on her.
Yes but she called him Tom Hamm.
In my defense, you can’t always skip commercials!
Two commercials getting me all het up recently. One is a car commercial that plays just a snipped of the chorus of a song I really like. This commercial comes on 3 or 4 times a show, sometimes twice in a row and now I kinda hate Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere. And for what? I don’t even remember what car the commercial is advertising.
And then there’s the KFC commercial where son and grandson are scarfing down KFC in front of grandma and then have the nerve to ask her if she’s all right. NO, she’s not! Why didn’t you get her any chicken? I would not blame abuelita for going postal on their asses.