Yeah, that’s the one. I can’t even stand that “Where fish is…” tag line. I keep thinking “Well, what’s your last name? Sticks?”
The latest ad they’ve done is by far the worst. It’s supposed to be a parody of that crazy-ass Australian guy; the one who plays with vipers and crocs?
It’s some twit with a snorkle around his head, doing a very stupid accent. It’s simply not funny.
No, even worse; I’ve taken shots to the head that were more amusing.
And I agree with that girl you’re talking about. Soundwaves is a great place to go for music. And yes, their ads suck the pipe too.
davidb: Craftmatic commercials – they’re so lame, you have to be fascinated by them. I love their “Limited time offer” bit: those commercials have been running for at least three years.
The obvious pseudo-folksy commercials, often locally made, that practically snap their suspenders, shout, and clout you on the shoulder. Car dealerships are infamous for this. The “aw, shucks, good ol’ boys” approach is as phony as it is patronizing.
My other hated commericals are the soooo self
conscious, brittle, trendy ones. (See Dave Barry’s splendid rants about the “Infiniti Snot”.) At least car commericals have backed off this a little bit. And am I the only one who loathes Calvin Klein pastiche of sophisticaton and taste?
Happily refuting the belief that annoyance equals memory, my absolute most loathed commerical is for cookware–mercifully, I don’t remember the name of it. They show unattractive (in behavior) people, utterly repellent looking food and the most grating, inappropriate musical sound track I’ve ever heard. Until they flashed the name of the cookware I assumed they were hawking Rolaids or Tums.
here in PA we are builing a baseball stadium. Pretty much everyone wants its name to be “Roberto Clemente Stadium” but of course we sold and its “PNC Park”. so to avoid public wrath, had I been in charge of PNC bank, I’d have named the stadium “PNC’s Roberto Clemente Stadium.” It would appease everyone! Curses! I need power!
No, Veb, you’re not the only one who hates those pseudo-sophisticated sleazy CK commercials. Ick. Their softcore porn magazine ads are even worse.
The most disgusting ad running currently, though, is the car ad where the bear cub barfs – extremely graphically – in the guy’s face. It makes me queasy just to think about it. Way to sell cars, guys!
The commercial for the “get better bear”–it’s basically a throat lozange lollipop for kids. But the ad starts with, “What should you do the next time your child has a sore throat? LICK IT!” Eeeewwwww! I don’t want to lick a kid’s throat!
The stupid, stupid, STUPID ad for Coke with the extreme close-up of a girl’s mouth. She pours a Coke, goes to drink it, is tickled by the fizz, giggles, then takes a drink. What the hell? I think it’s supposed to be sexy, but it just looks lame to me.
I used to think the world was against me. Now I know better. Some of the smaller countries are neutral.
Satan. I’m happy with Wrigley Field (Named after the same guy who owns the gum, but not as an advertising ploy). He just owned the team and built the stadium, fair to me. Comiskey Park (same as above, minus the gum part). Soldier Field (love them war vets). And the United Center…oh wait…damn, 3 out of 4 ain’t bad.
I hated (and wrote a thread about it) the Tostitos fiesta bowl. they tried to hand Fullmer the bag of chips before the trophy, and showered everyone with chip, and not confetti. I, for the rest of my living days, will never buy Tostitos, but unfoutunately, they make a million food products under a million different brands, so its hopeless.
Also, in a somewhat classy act, considering the influence of the mighty dollar in sports, is the naming of the Rose Bowl. It was the last to take on a sponsor, and when it did it was called The Rose Bowl presented by AT&T. I’m not sure who to priase, but its a step in the right direction.
I don’t know about you but I make it a point not to ever, even under PAIN OF DEATH to buy from those I feel are “Annoy-vertising”. And yes, I have a list of products or companies with advertizing so irritating I would sooner insert a tampon with a rusty chainsaw than buy their products:
Mentos
Old Navy
Dodge
Covergirl
Dexatrim
Budwiser
McDonalds
So sorry if I misspelled the names. I have more but I think that’s enough. I don’t want to give these assholes anymore advertizing with my angry post than I already have!
Surely, someone else out here has found an advertizing campaign so irritating that it turned them AWAY from the product. If these ads work on you then all I can say are those immortal two words: SEEK THERAPY!
Byz, I follow you with the first two, but the rest? Now they don’t exactly have the greatest advertising, but its not the intentional annoy-the-shit-out-of-you-until-you-spend-half-your-day-bitching-about-them type advertising. Some of those are down right innoccuous. Easily ignored.
I have a question about a particular ad: you know those recent Tampax ads that feature stuff like women dancing in the rain, and the Grambling State dance team, that end with the tagline, “Tampax was there”?
The tagline makes me wonder: are they intended to be some kind of “Where’s Waldo?” thing? I can’t spot that darn Tampax anywhere.
Oh man, Omnicient, I totally agree! I went to the 1996 Fiesta Bowl where it first got Frito-Lay’s moniker. Some news guy counted 90 “Tostitos” plastered around every square inch of the stadium (although I swear it looked triple that).
A friend of mine worked for a newspaper here in Nebraska and they were told in the press pack not to mention “Fiesta Bowl” without the “Tostitos” preceding it.
“It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument” - William McAdoo