The Zappos puppets, definitely. Plus the current Kia “rap” radio commercial. Yeah, I’m so hip I’m going to buy a Kia. And then I’m going to have lunch with Katy Perry and Ke$ha. In my Kia. And they play it on the oldies station!
Oh, I’m so proud of the restraint I showed in that other thread. I wanted to join you in shouting down those iphone commercials so badly, but I didn’t want to shit on the other posters choice. (no offense to you for being so bold.)
But yes, yes, yes, I hate those commercials with the passion of a Roman army. It’s not the fact that they are so unnatural…it’s the fact that they really believe that they have NAILED natural. You can tell these motherfuckers think they have their finger on the button of earnest and hip and honest and vulnerable Americans, by god, and they are going to show us exactly who we are. Ugh.
The frosted mini-wheats commercials where apparently the beginning of the school year is exactly like New Year’s Eve. Swear to god, if I hear “full and focused with my fiber” one more time, I’m going to throw something at my TV.
Really, any ad that shows kids being excited to start school just seems so phony to me. I much prefer this ad, which is not only more honest in terms of how kids (and parents) feel about back-to-school, but also because the holiday tune is used so brilliantly.
The Kia commercial with the rapping hamsters. Makes me want to punch a random hamster in the face! No, your ugly box car is not cooler than all of the other ugly box cars.
That hot dog commercial where they suggest changing the name to Queen Elizabeef’s! My brain automatically shortens it to Queefs, and I’m really not wanting those hot dogs at that point.
That one pisses me off because, after the first few times I saw it, I started noticing a big-ass disclaimer about how the product technically doesn’t give you a SUGAR crash. It looks like the misleading jerks got a phone call from the government requesting a little clarification.
But it’s also kind of amusing because MY 2:30 feeling is “It’s almost time for me to go to work.”
The Geico with the guy with the J. Pederman voice asking rhetorical questions: “Can Geico really save you money…?” . It actually makes me want to change my insurance company.
Yeah, count me in with the Kia Rap hamsters haters. I hate most of the Geico commercials. I detest the insurance guy who is supposed the “worlds best spokesperson”. (Not sure which company he works for.)
My all time most hated ad was that frigging Dell commercial. “Lolly pop lolly pop, oh lolly lolly lolly lolly pop!” It was on every channel like seventy times a day! I always wondered why the guy in the beginning was snapping up his overalls as he was standing up. There is no reason for him to have his overalls undone in the middle of a factory! But thankfully I think they finally killed it.