The current super mudslinging going on in Texas. Can we please get a viable third party candidate?
Those old Pizza Pocket ads where somebody invariably poked the pizza pocket and got covered in disgusting and presumably scalding hot goo. Turned me off Pizza Pockets for years, until my roommate made me eat one (well, not really, but it was the only thing in the house) and I discovered they were actually pretty good.
I haven’t seen one of those ads in a long time. Coincidence? I think not.
Then that ad REALLY worked. Seeing as it was for 7-UP, they’ll be thrilled to know you won’t drink one of their competitors again.
EWWWWW! I’ll have a crab juice.
Any drug commercial. They show happy people running on beaches at sunset, flying kites, waterskiing, etc… Telling me how great this small pill called ZanF-inTastic is, and how it will dramatically improve my life if only I’ll ask my doctor if it’s right for me. I don’t know what the drug does, or what it is for, but I am positive that I need it so I can be happy and run on beaches too.
Then they list side effects like, headaches, cramps, brittle bones, baldness, lockjaw, memory loss, nosebleeds, stroke, heart attack, impotence, and possibly even death. Now I put it on the list of drugs to never ever take if the doc gives them to me because now I hate the beach.
But I still kinda wonder if ZanF-inTastic is right for me.
I haven’t eaten Raisin Bran Crunch (which used to be my favorite cereal) since I saw that disturbing commercial in which the guy puts his cereal in a blender and DRINKS it.
That’s just not right.
The other one where the guy is out of milk and goes out into the pasture to get fresh milk from a cow is just as disturbing, but by the time that one came out I was already completely turned off of Raisin Bran Crunch anyway.
I must concur on Old Navy.
I also find the Carl’s Junior commercials where the people eat their hamburgers and it drips grease and sauce all over their clothes and the floor to be revolting. It’s thoroughly unappitizing.
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Saw one that made me gasp yesterday. On the side of a tram here in Melbourne (a favourite place for cheap ads) ran the sign…
IF 60% OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS TRAM WEREN’T OBESE, IT’D BE GOING FASTER
Methinks, a Public Health warning? Nay, it was an ad for a ‘new’ low-fat meal at Nando’s Chicken Bar in the city.
Sure. That’s going to get the punters FLOCKING in. :rolleyes:
John Sharp, a lt. governor candidate in Texas, has an ad where he blathers that when it comes to paying for college, the rich can afford it and the poor have a government safety net, leaving the middle class to get squeezed. His genius idea is to reconfigure lottery revenue to make sure every student with a B+ average could go to college. A nice idea, but:
You mean the same government safety net that’s so bloody effective in helping the poor with rent and food and such?
Given the state’s responsibility to educate children, dontcha think that money might be better invested in, say, alleviating the teacher shortage and keeping facilities up-to-date? If you’re going to send everyone to college, you might want to make sure they can read first.
Ever heard of grade inflation, Johnny?
Even in the current crop of mudslinging ads, this is the only one that made me vow not to vote for a candidate.
There was a neat little car advert that showed a car in a supermarket parking lot and a shopping cart moving unattended towards it. Out of the blue some guy tackles the cart.
Great advert. I haven’t a clue what car they were selling.
Any TRUTH ad makes me want to light up a ciggy, and i don’t smoke!!
Any drug commercial commercial which features:
- Homey, all-American Norman Rockwell type people.
- A basket full of puppies
- Folks doing Tae-Chi in the park.
- Golden Retrievers.
- Women on cliffs wearing huge, silken gowns which ripple in the wind in slow-motion.
- A basket full of Golden Retriever puppies.
- Lively grandfolks and their adroable grandkids and fishing rods.
- Golden Retrievers on cliffs wearing silk gowns which ripple in the breeze in slow-motion.
…or any combination of the above, followed by the caveat:
[Insert drug name] has a low insidence of side-effects. Nausea, vomiting, and bloody stool are uncommon effects – and similar to sugar pill. Do not take [insert drug name] if nursing, pregnant, planning to get pregnant, or just exceptionally fertile. Ask your doctor if [Insert drug name] is right for you.
I bloody know right now that it isn’t right for me, thanks.
I love these ads because they’re not just the same old crap. Davis is standing up and announcing that he does have beliefs and he will stand by them. He’s also running ads proudly announcing his stance on abortion and other divisive subjects. Seems to me like he’s saying, this is where I stand, if you agree, vote for me, and if you don’t, don’t. From where I stand it’s a welcome change from the typical mudslinging.
Not that I’m voting for the creep. But that’s another thread.
Aside from that, Ogre said it all.
Hey, Inky-,
What about commercials with a basket of golden retriever puppies wearing ripply silk gowns on a cliff covered in picturesque flowers, practicing tae-chi, drinking trendy capuccinos, cell-phones in their paws, with close-ups of each puppy saying something along the lines of:
“I won’t let heartburn get me down.”
“I will be free from the heartbreak of bloody stool.”
“I am really just a dog wrapped in a silk gown.”
“I am willing to bet you don’t know what pharmaceutical we’re selling…”
Hell, it doesn’t even make sense to me… 1,000 early apologies…
I don’t miss TV, after 6 months.