I like the Free Credit Report singer.
I have to change the channel when the Planters monobrow chick comes on. For some inexplicable reason, she makes me queasy.
Ever since the commercial where they cheerfully smashed up a Tiffany lamp with a sledgehammer, I’ve decided I’ll never set foot in a Ruby Tuesday again.
I’ve just remembered another set of commercials: they’re all for some kind of toddler food, and they feature the mother in front of the camera trying to talk while the little ankle-biters keep interrupting with some jarring squeals or other noise. Every time she’s interrupted, the mother starts her little speech at the beginning, regardless of where she was interrupted. And the mother always has this goofy, vacant smile plastered on her face. Grrr.
"The world calls us ‘small business owners’ "
“But in reality there’s nothing small about us”
If you’re such an idiot that you don’t understand a thing about how adjectives and modifiers work, I don’t think you’re going to be owning your own business for long.
Hughes.net finally got rid of that obnoxious witch in the green that opened their ads;“Don’t believe it!”. The new one in blue is much nicer.
Yes! I haven’t seen it in a while, but Comcast used to have one with a mother calling her grade-school age son’s school (from which he’s been expelled) and begging them to take him back. In the meantime, he’s in the background vacuuming fish out of an aquarium and setting the curtains on fire. It’s made clear in the comercial that she’s not calling because she’s concerned about his education or whatever, she just doesn’t want to deal with him anymore. How about you try actually parenting your child, instead of desperately trying to foist him off on someone else! Grrr. :mad:
I like Flo too, but agree that the “tricked out name tag” one is silly. And I like the E-Trade baby. Also hate the redheaded HughesNet woman, but my husband thinks she could do porn. ::shrug:: The Vonage ad is almost as bad, mostly because it’s on all the time.
Most of my hate is reserved for hotels.com and the guys blowing bubbles in the guy’s bath. For one thing, a hotel bathroom that nice (fancy tiled tub) is probably gonna have a jacuzzi. For another thing, would you want two strangers watching you take a bath? And why would those guys care if the guy gives the hotel a good review? It won’t make their paychecks any bigger.
As for Sally Field and Boniva, you’re supposed to stay upright (sit or stand, don’t lay down) and not eat or drink for at least 30 minutes after taking it. It’s really no big deal to do that once a week. I think once a month would be harder to remember.
I’m hating the Long John Silver’s ads where people are drenched as they eat their burgers.
My husband loves the Sony ad where the guy says he doesn’t like sports and the chicken comes over the table at him. He laughs every single time!
My first response to that commercial was “So…if I use their service, they’ll blow me in a tub?” I’m still not convinced that wasn’t the real intent of the ad.
I like the E-Trade baby, too.
I hate those damned “I’m a Mac” ads.
I am not a violent man. I never was a bully in school.
But I really want to give Macboy a wedgie and then stuff him in a locker.
Every time I open a browser window, and that goddamn smiley face ad appears hollering, loudly and obnoxiously and nerve-gratingly, “Helloooooooooooooo!? Helloooooo, heeeeeeee-lloooooooooooooooo!!?” I get this inexplicable eye twitch. Can’t figure out why.
spasm
Yeah…I hope not, too.
I switched from once a week to once a month. I put a reminder in my calendar. The reason it’s easier is because not only do you have to sit or stand for an hour (with the 1/mo version), but you have to take it on an empty stomach…with WATER! That means I can’t have coffee until the sitting/standing period is over. I’d much rather do that just once a month. I know…I’m a wimp.
Wait – they’re blowing bubbles??? I only see that one while I’m working out at the Y, and there’s no sound, only CC. It looks like they’re drinking his bathwater through straws!
… I try to blot it out of my mind, usually. Because, ick.
I like the tricked-out nametag one. Because I’m the kind of nerd who would be so excited about my new, custom name tag that I had to inject it into conversations with strangers. I’d also go to the trouble to find and design and buy a tricked-out nametag.
Actually I think the point of that commercial is that certain cards are less BUSINESSLIKE than others. It’s like not wearing clogs when you’re trying to sell annuities.
Any commercial where some kind of food object careens downwards at terminal velocity and spawns a tsunami of condiment from the impact crater/mayonnaise.
I watch a lot of things on Hulu, and one of the ads they show over and over and over and … is this woman who can’t manage her incredibly hectic life which involves getting one son to band, one son to football, and a daughter to ballet. Best Buy will sell her an electronic gadget to help!
There’s something about that ad that just makes me burn with hatred like Satan with IBS.
This one. This is what I came to post. It’s just so disgusting!!!
The other one I hate is the Activia one with Jamie Lee Curtis (I think) interviewing someone about their digestive problems. I mean really- would YOU talk to Jamie Lee Curtis about your digestive tract?
There’s a Gillette Fusion Power Stealth Turbo Bastard™ ad currently playing on TV here - it’s apparently targeted at users of another Gillette product - Mach 3 Turbo. It consists of footage of three prominent sportsmen pelting a hapless would-be shaver with balls, to discourage him from shaving with the Mach 3.
What I learned from this commercial:
-Gillette thinks the Mach 3 product range is shit, but still sells it.
-Sportsmen are fucking wankers.
-Something about blades.
ETA: Here’s the ad:
I know. Jamie Lee Curtis and gas? Nuh uh.
Just saw another dumb one for fast food. People are watching TV and there’s this doofus in a van full of electronics and he’s breaking into their TV programming – not to take over the world or show us some porn, like any self-respecting saboteur would do – but to talk about tacos. Who’s coming up with this stuff? Trump’s apprentices would do better.
Just when I thought I had nothing more to add to the thread…
I hate those Glade commercials. Not content with having a pleasantly fragrant home and being a gracious host, she tries to affect some kind of elitist air and is a little bit of an ass to her friends. Then she further irritates me at the end by whispering to me “… and, yes, it’s Glade.” I know! We all saw you using it!