AC/DC qua composers and AC/DC’s publishers essentially constitute a single entity with common interests, although they might be formally organized as multiple legal entities. In the modern world, a publisher and a composer is usually the same person.
Not quite WTF but more What The Heck - Hallmark commercial with a loving mom plopping a Hallmark stuffed toy into the sleeping arms of her kid, and later, tiptoe-ing in to add, of course, a Hallmark card. For Valentines Day? Not that it’s not kind of sweet, but it’s something a doting grandma might do on the kid’s birthday. Yes, I grew up in a dysfunctional barn where my mom would be more apt to yell, “I told you twice to get your ass out of bed or you’ll be late for school”, rather than wake up with a gift and card next to my pillow from said loving mom.
Do billboards count? I drove past one today for a local restaurant chain. Their latest campaign’s been a bit odd- either they don’t realize what they’re saying or someone has a very strange sense of humor- but the newest one is all kinds of WTF:
“We’re like a cult, but with BETTER KOOL-AID.” Accompanied by an image of a margarita.
So their biggest allure is the lack of cyanide?
This is one of the local Vegas ambulance chasers who advertises all the time. HURT YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU’RE A TARD? SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY type stuff.
This ad ran during the superbowl in one of the local time segments.
What the hell is the message there? Is he trying to gain cool cred by ironically acknowledging his scummy nature?
Some dental chain. Wistful, tinkling music. Cute young boy hesitantly approaches his mom and just spits it out: “Mom?..can I…get …braces?” Mom: “Of COURSE you can!” Ugh. I dunno. Something rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it’s the presentation. (A more true to life answer: “Do you think we’re made out of money??? We already had to get braces on your sister’s teeth, and your father is working two jobs just to keep a roof over our heads”.)
I think this is awesome.
If billboards count…
I often pass a billboard that prominently displays the Budweiser logo, an attractive young woman, and the giant text, “ME TONIGHT? It’s the pickup line that always works.”
Huh?
Then, you notice the much smaller text underneath the main part of the billboard. The billboard faces you from across the opposite side of the interstate, and the speed limit there is 70. By the time you’re at a point where the small print is legible, you have time to read one, maybe two words before you pass the sign. Over the course of about two weeks, reading one word a day, I finally pieced together the message.
It’s a PSA extolling the virtues of being a designated driver. She’s doing the “picking up” tonight.
I’m all for encouraging people to be designated drivers, but the hell? Poor execution there, guys. … Unless… they cynically want to take credit for a “designated driver” PSA while really just sending out another beer=sex message.
Oh. Never mind.
In my house, the computers and the TV are all in the basement, which means everyone gets to hear everyone else’s games/channels/movies. Littlest Bro’s the sports fan, so we often have to listen to ESPN. So back in December, there were the usual annoying Christmas commercials. And then there was the Lexus commercial, which seemed to be hyping the gift of… rectums? Each time it would come on, we’d all sort of jump in our seats and say “Did you hear that?”
Eventually, someone figured out that they were talking about giving the gift of asphalt. But still
a) if there’s ever a time when proper dictation is important, this is it, and
b) call me jaded, but “the gift of asphalt” isn’t exactly getting me excited.
So you’re saying that women are easily deceived and can’t help but offer themselves to pretty much any guy if they fall for some sort of scam? I am offended by your lack of respect for women.
Some orange juice commercial where the narrator is talking to a tree full of oranges and telling them of the great juice they’ll become. And, should anyone try to freeze or concentrate them, they should cry for help.
My first thought was “Show me on the tennis ball where the bad man touched you.”
I’m guessing it’s the same demographic as the people who buy the $7.99 electric nose hair razors.
I thought of this thread last night when I saw that McDonald’s commercial with the two odd people doing some sort of synchronized table thumping. WTF indeed.
That couple reminds me of the Swans (Parker Posey & Michael Hitchcock) from Best in Show.
Mom gives off a flirting vibe towards the end. Ick.
Kikkoman Soy Sauce commercial.
I’ve been pretty annoyed with the Turbo Tax “GPS” commercials this year. Right, so they both provide directions so they are exactly the same. Thanks, but I think I’ll skip your lame attempt to associate your product with a technology that boomed three years ago. H&R Block for me.
VW commercial. 2 dead guys. @_@
That commercial is eyerollingly stupid. this scene from Benny and Joon is cute
Yes, I know Chaplin did it first. Still.
The whole Foster Farms ad campaign has always weirded me out. So they want to be taken home, killed and eaten? I think these are regional to the west coast.
I’m not sure that fan-made ads for Minecraft count, but this one definitely brings the WTF?!
