As a Phillies fan, I had to endure this commercial at least once per break throughout the entire playoffs. They even put it on the radio broadcasts, so it was truly inescapable. By the middle of the World Series, I was ready to lose my mind when this commercial came on; I was even dreaming about it.
Such annoying, brainwashing commercials have the exact opposite effect on me that they’re supposed to: I actually want to boycot the products to spite the companies. I guess everyone isn’t like that, though, or else they wouldn’t make commercials like that.
I hate this commercial, because it always wakes me up in the ungodliest hours of the morning. I often keep the TV on at night, for reasons I have no idea, and I always have some vague consciousness that it’s on, even when I’m dead asleep. It really sucks being awakened at 2:30 in the morning to images of abused animals and this maudlin song. Of course, at this point, I am angry at Sarah McLachlan and, and for some reason, the animals, for waking me up. I sit and stew for a few minutes and then go back to sleep.
The windows commercial features the so-called “comedians”, Cannon and Ball, the only comedy duo I know of with two straight men (i.e. not funny). The guy in the red cape, who I think is an ex-wrestler, has made other commercials for the same company, equally bizarre. The only example of this I can find is a remix of the advert, but it does show how strange the guy is.
A few months ago I had a salesman from the company knock on my door trying to sell me some windows. I told him I would never buy anything from a company which employs such idiots for its advertising. :-
Just wanted to add that I also hate the Sonic’s commercials. They’re uncomfortably corny at best and at worst I feel dirty if I watch the whole thing. What kind of people think that watching two guys play horribly bad puns on the food they just bought is good advertising for their fast food chain?
“Saaaaved by zeeeeeero!” And they* start* the commercial with that. I hear it all day on the radio and then hear it practically every commercial break.
I like the Sonic commercials, too. And I think the wife in the husband/wife Sonic commercials is kinda hot. So, yes, they make me feel dirty, too.
A commercial I just saw last night that I found INCREDIBLY CREEPY was one for AT&T that was promoting their phones with full qwerty keypads for texting. The entire commercial was closeups of people using their thumbs to write text messages and THE THUMBS HAD CGI FACES IN PLACE OF THE NAILS! And they talked to each other! Totally creepy. Trust me.
The ad for those “mini pizza roll-up” things, whatever they’re called. The woman takes them out of the oven, places them on the counter, the kids hang BURSTS through the wall to grab them…and the woman chuckles.
Dunno why I found that so irritating, but it bugs me to no end. The kid just punched a hole through the wall! And she’s just mildly amused? Gah! Bugs me, bugs me, bugs me.
I know I already commented on this commercial, but I feel it’s so bad that I have to add more. Shortly after doing submitting my post I read this about it in the Bill Simmons’ most recent article:
Are you kidding? I LOVE that guy! And I love the company for using him, and for using him with his head mike…they have managed to completely re-create the experience of giong to a home show and watching him do it in person. Because I know like I know my name that the guy in that commercial is a real home-show sales guy. They have a rhythm that you just can’t fake. He’s perfect.
I hate those IBM “green” commercials with those joyless corporate hacks and the cartoon animals popping up. Are there actually middle management types who watch these ads and find them humorous?
This one, because what they talk about makes no sense! If your identity is stolen, you don’t have to pay back the debt! Marrying some girl who lies about her debt and now they have to live in her parents’ basement?
It’s annualcreditreport.com, people. The rest are just trying to sell you something you don’t need (which, I suppose, is the purpose of many commercials anyway.)
She reminds me of Juliette Lewis. I want her to hurt me.
I was just assigned a new advisor who looks alarmingly like Billy Mays. Same solid build, pale-white-guy complexion, dark cropped hair and beard. Fortunately he is soft-spoken and doesn’t try to sell you KABOOM!, Fixit!, or a Big City Slider Maker when you visit his office.
I hate those commercials where Brooke Shields rails against people who are having babies just to get German engineering. WTF? Makes no sense and is pretty annoying.
The Wal-Mart ones where the mom is 1) so proud of her role in helping her son achieve in school by shopping at Wal-Mart 2) so proud of her role in helping her daughter make friends in school by shopping at Wal-Mart. I hate these commercials individually, and double in tandem. The antediluvian gender roles are thick as molasses.