There’s always been stupid, inane commercials, but am I wrong or are these TRYING to be annoying?
Sonic commercials where the two guys are perpetually pulling up to competition drive-ups and desperately trying to be sarcastically funny about said competition.
Carls Jr. commercials with the 'Wanna get a restaurant burger…without the restaurant?" Or the other ones where they are picking cheese off of paper and a whole lotta smacking and licking sounds are amplified while the announcer says, “Leave me alone, I’m hungry.”
What the F?! People!
I know they are just commercials, but you want to yell at the Sonic assholes, “Go to friggin Sonic then! Get a life on your way there!”
And to the the Carls Jr. shit, “Yeah, right!! I’d rather eat in your anticeptic plastic interior sitting on your plastic swivel chairs listening to your plastic teenage workers than go to some ‘restaurant’!!!”
Again, What the F?!
The newest one bothers me no end. The Carls Jr. one where the dude is eating his burger and the kid is staring at him through the window. WHEN THE FUCK DID THAT EVER HAPPEN TO ANYONE?
And you 1-800 telephone call collect 9871234 save a buck whatever commericals!
You can’t get away from this rant either!
To film one of those it must take at least half a day, right?
CAN’T YOU COME UP WITH ANY BETTER JOKES IN ALL THAT TIME!!!
Ok, I’m turning off the television and backing away slowly.
I was almost certain this would be about the McDonald’s commercials. Luckily for me my fast food joint of choice, Jack in the Box, always has funny, clever commercials.
This has actually happened to me a few times, but only at iHop. In any case, I think you’re over reacting, and here’s why:
Shut the fuck up and getchyo black ass to McDonalds!
Remember that raise you got? McDonalds!
Remember the birth of your children? McDonalds!
Remember your first lay? McDonalds!
Remember that movie, “Do The Right Thing”? McDonalds!
Remember the surrender of nazi Germany?! McDonalds!!
Remember the ressurection of our sweet lord and savior, Jesus Christ?! Denny’s! Shit, I mean McDonalds!
A black couple go to a Burger King for their first date. The guy thinks he is really making points an orders the same thing as the girl. She thinks, “Is there an echo in here?”. The message is that they both love BK but while he thinks he is great, she is thinking of dumping him after they eat.
Being white, maybe I don’t understand certain ethnic groups and their dating rituals but what the hell? Burger King on a first date? These are not 14 year old kids, they look like young 20 somethings. Damn, can’t even get her a Grand Slam from Denny’s ya cheap bastard?
exactly who are they aiming the mcfuckingdonlads lovinG it ads at anyhoo. 7 year olds? Nobody acts like that, fucking stupid live in a bubble ad execs that come up with this shit.
One day, a huge monster will descend and eat mcdonalds. And then spit it out when he discovers the foul arsehole like taste of the burgers and employees.
I know this, because I drew a picture of it the other day.
Not particularly. They strike me as some 50 year old white guy’s impression of what black kids do…“Well, they play basketball, don’t they? And what else…Hmmm. Oh! Let’s incorporate graffiti in another spot!” Like Dr. Evil saying, “I’m with it. I’m hip.”
Not fast food, but Ditech commercials are quite annnoying, and depict situations that are too unrealistic to happen in real life, but not bizzare enough to be funny.
“Our rates are very competitive … I’ll just open this window to let in some light. AAARGH!” Our protagonist, the slimy mortgage broker, sees a huge Ditech billboard looming outside the window, apparently a suprise because he never opens the shade.
The happy, perky couple travelling around the country in their RV to spread the good news about Prilosec OTC can be irritating as well… Unrealistic enough to make you think “Dear lord …”, but not so really funny. Just … oh, maybe postmodern. They’re trying to be funny, but they aren’t, yet the commercial seems funny in an irritating sort of way because it isn’t, yet it tries so hard. Yeah, Prilosec OTC … postmodern.
What is it with fast food commercials and African-Americans, anyhow? Do people in fast food restaurants that are staffed and patronized entirely by blacks always order in rap, or break out into dance, anywhere? Usually, when I go to a fast food restaurant in the inner city, the employees seem sullen and sad.
I hate that McDonald’s commercial with the goddamn McGriddle. The guy walks around, and these people gape at him because he’s eating a breakfast sandwich. Then some random guy sits down next to him and smells his food. Then a freakin’ tourist starts snapping away on his camera because this asshole’s got a damn breakfast sandwich!
I don’t even know what the hell the words to their little jingle are, but I recall that it has absolutely no rythm and it’s dumb. So there.
Not to totally let the dumb commercials off the hook, but I was recently made aware of why such commercials exist. The big reason, of course, is an attempt to tap into a demographic. It rarely matters if you do it in a good or bad way, so long as you do it in a -memorable- way. Sure, the commercials are stupid, but they make you remember them.
At a ‘meta-advertising’ level, fast food is amazingly difficult to market. On television, all you can sell is a look- you can’t really show the audience how your burger tastes, and, let’s face facts, one burger generally looks almost exactly like another, so just showing pictures of the burger does nothing. Most marketers will go with the ‘sizzle not the steak’ approach, which means showing why the product will change your life / make you part of the in crowd / give you a more exciting sex life / cure cancer / whatever. It’s annoying as -hell-, but there really aren’t better ways to do it. A totally honest commercial would be nice, sure; “Our burgers taste good, and aren’t that bad for you.” would be supreme for an ad agency.
But show me one fast food place where either part of that statement is true.
What about the new McDonald’s commercial where the four guys sit around playing the high stakes game of French Fry Poker?
The entire concept is idiotic AND I have that stupid song stuck in my head… you do what you can to take home the friiiieeeessss. Which, I guess, is the point.
I can ignore the McDonalds crap, but what instantly sends me into a murderous rage is the fucking Arby’s oven mitt. I mean jesus christ people, my 3 year old nephew could have come up with this shit. What were these ad execs thinking?? I don’t care where I am, if that commercial comes on I either grab the remote to change the channel or get up and leave. Then I get on my soap box for 5 or 10 minutes and make everyone around me as angry as I am. Then I feel better.
Gah, I’m literally shaking with anger just thinking about it. I haven’t been to Arby’s since that commercial started. Maybe I should thank them for improving my diet.
Looking back, you might get a rather skewed view of me from this rant. Really I’m a reasonable person. Really.
My SO can’t stand this one. When it comes on, he makes an odd gargling noise and dives for the remote. Me, I’m not so bothered by it but his reaction is priceless.
I hate that damned Arby’s mitt as well. “Will it never ENNNNNNNND??” indeed. I’d like to stick it in the oven and set it to “CLEAN.” Those things WILL scorch and burn at a high enough temperature. The “Hamburger Helper” glove was never that annoying, was it?
You can say that again! Companies that put out dumb commercials can count on the Internet community to provide them with some free advertising … how many of us are thinking about McDonald’s right now?
