Thanks to this post, I have been able to avert my eyes quickly whenever the commercial comes on. Og willing, I shall never see it in full. 
I’ve been watching a bunch of Hulu lately, and I hate the Adam and Eve ad. I’ve tried to change my ad preferences, but apparently people who watch what I do order “adult toys” a lot.
Couldn’t they get her a dress that actually fits? And that isn’t even the worst thing about the ad.
Ad? There is an Adam and Eve infomercial on in the middle of the night on some cable station. Featuring a kind of down-home pleasant young woman extolling the virtues of grotesque big purple rabbits or whatever they’re called. Back when ‘Talk Sex’ (a phone-in talk show with Sue Johannsen was on), there was a followup infomercial with two women selling things - and giving them reviews as well, as to how they worked!
There’s a Ford SUV ad showing a woman parallel parking a mud-spattered vehicle, backing into and pushing trash cans, then hopping out with her yoga mat and going on her way.
What the heck are they trying to say with that ad?? “The SUV for the entitled bitch”??
I have a visceral reaction to that pizza commercial because due to my being raised on Long Island, the vowel sound she uses in “pan” grates on my nerves. It’s another Mary, Marry, Merry thing. For me pan should match Mary. The singer matches pan with marry. Like nails on a chalkboard to me.
So, all those mooks are going to drive around no tailgates or what?
And are they gonna leave a pile on that hill? Seems like an environmental hazard to me.
That tiny chair is for your new house? Don’t you mean your kid’s new doll house?
No, apparently there is some sort of trade-in program where you can bring in your old tailgate and exchange it for the super-duper one.
mmm
Linky?
I’m from The Bronx and raised my children in Brooklyn and I do not hear this ‘pan’ difference in pronunciation at all.
Boy, I sure wish I had written that stupid song.
DUPIXENT is an eczema drug. This is the commercial with the lady washing her hands and there’s ants all over them.
Serious question: do sufferers often feel like ants are crawling all over their eczema?
I wish NO ONE had written that stupid song.
I think I complained about this last year, but:
Every single Valentine’s Day commercial that follows some variation of:
“You’ve finally found that special someone. That person who completes you. That person who understands you and loves you for who you are. That person who will be bitterly disappointed if you don’t pony up a diamond the size of a plover’s egg, or possibly a plover.”
or “What better time than Valentine’s Day to buy your sweetie an engagement ring? After all, prices will never be higher, and restaurants will never be more packed and the gesture will never be more cliched.”
Also, I’m getting peeved at advertisers who are trying desperately to get their stupid spokesperson/animal/robot to be the next Geico Gecko. Specifically, I’m annoyed by the phone company with the idiot robot. But guys, when your spokescritter is more interesting than your product, you may have a problem.
“I’m a Zi-Fan for Zi-cam!”
Disgusting. All I can think is, “You greased up your face for that?!”
The one that currently grinds my gears is the Peloton advert, if you are a club type cyclist then one look at the advert will piss you off so much.
The product itself is a hi-tech exercise bike that costs around $3000, then you pay around $50 per month to access the training programs online.For that sort of money you can buy a fairly reasonable bicycle - but that’s not the criticism.
Firstly, the company arrogantly tried to copyright the word ‘peloton’ which has been in use in racing cyclists ever since cyclists went for massed start races. Next, a peloton can only exist if there are a group of riders in a bunch - this is because the concept of drafting and teamwork are utterly crucial in cycle racing - but the product show individuals in their own boxes riding their machines, so there is no possibility of drafting or teamwork.
Lastly, if it really purports to be an alternative to cycling, then the annoying coach woman is bouncing around in the saddle in a way that is completely counterproductive and likely will be painful to her over a period of time.
In addition, there is an internet meme on many of the various cyclists forums and Facebook cycling groups that notes that the individuals who actually use these machines are incredibly highly aspirational role models - young and beautiful people living in very expensive and spartanly furnished apartments.
Just to add that if you really want virtual cycling and racing there are quite a few other options with a lot more credibility with better coaching advice and programs and costing rather less than the Peloton product
result is that a number of parody adverts are now doing the rounds
Those ads just scream rich hipster fad to me. People with too much money to spend who spent more time picking out expensive cycling shorts than actually riding the bike.
90% of their budget must go into marketing.