Does anyone else find the Zocdoc commercials annoying?
Okay, whole new rant:
Commercials with inappropriate props (or wardrobes or cars,anything that screams “This is not real life!”).
There’s a pregnancy test ad that does a good job of showing a range of women… much more “real” than other ads with nothing but glowing women SO happy that the stick has given them hope for a nest of rugrats.
So I’m glad they have a “Please, not yet” businesswoman and a “We’ve been trying so long” woman (with a wedding ring on).
And a college student with a voiceover that’s basically “Oh, God, this can’t be happening!”
What takes me right out of the scene is the big felt banner on the wall behind her. Already dubious; what cool kid hangs up 1950s style ‘school spirit’ banners? But even worse, in 500 point type, it says “STATE”.
Can you get any more “Stock Photo”-ish?*
I art directed commercials back in the day, and I’d’ve had an angry boss pointing this out to me, and disappointed clients as well, especially as we delayed the shoot to fix the set.
Oh, and the Hopeful Woman is sitting on her IKEA bed with her Crate & Barrel duvet… and there’s a massive glass bowl of water on the bedside table. No fish in it, no reason for it… except maybe to get knocked to the floor in the middle of the night.
*Ironically, it interrupted a show where a student has a flag on her wall with a big N… pretty sure it’s the University of Nebraska. Were the PreggerStick People afraid that any letter they put on the banner would mean a lawsuit from any college that starts with the letter?
I always wanted a STATE pennant.
A friend had a sweatshirt that just said COLLEGE.
Like Belushi wore in Animal House.
My friend wore it whilst teaching students, many of whom were too young to get the joke.
I had a t shirt that said CATATONIC STATE.
Yeah, everybody seems to drive a fucking '68 Ford Bronco or FJ40 Landcruiser. Always in perfect condition.
And the car you drove to school had a problematic transmission.
Not sure if this has been mentioned in the thread already, but Liberty Mutual Insurance commercials in general can burn in hell. They’re so annoying and awkward. The only LMI commercial I kinda liked was the “Liberty Biberty” one. You know the one.
Good one! There is a toothpaste commercial where the speaker (not a real dentist, I suspect) is sitting in the most sterile and cold-looking room with the most fake-looking, generic computer and monitor in the background. I mean, they couldn’t just find a cheap real monitor for the shoot? I guess cardboard is cheaper.
Is this the one where the camera tilts sideways a bit more each time the dentist describes increasingly awful mouth conditions that can result from not using this toothpaste?
Fast food commercials don’t know how gravity and loose food works. There’s always somebody holding a prop sub sandwich vertically with one hand. Or holding a big sloppy burger with one hand.
The new Dixie ad will show a dumbass carrying a paper plate full of sloppy joes over to his girlfriend, and having it tip into her lap because he’s holding it by the edge.
So many choices this festive season. Amazon has a commercial where a young boy is enthralled with a snow globe. Dad watches sadly until he gets on Amazon and buys a paper shredder ?! He then uses huge fans to blow confetti paper all around a hot green house…wow so magical. Stupid idea should have been left in the 3am dump file.
I had a Wottsamatta U sweat shirt.
Promo for some Science Channel show.
Lady Moonshiner: I put glass marbles at the bottom of the pot. It helps keep down scorching.
Man Moonshiner: The only time I played with marbles was in school. . . (beat) And I didn’t spend a lot of time in school.
Dude, that is not the epic burn you seem to think it is. You’d know that if you had spent more time in school.
I wouldn’t be surprised if that was an unaltered clip from the show. I tried watching “Moonshiners” once; the combination of dull & inane prompted me to find something else before the first commercial.
Lincoln continues to insult viewers with its “sanctuary” themed holiday commercials. In past years we had Mom catching a glimpse of the festivities in the house and immediately retreating to the sanctuary of her Lincoln.
I haven’t been able to find a video of this commercial yet but it features a dimly lit lineup of great Lincolns from the past. Including a Presidential limo from the 1960s.
I had one similar to this.
I’m hating the Rakuten ad with Santa believing in it. He asks the question, “How does it work,” and leaves it unanswered. “Just good business sense” is not answer.
It’s NOT fucking pronounced “Amazin”!