http://www.oatmealforwomen.com
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I was preteen when Three Dog Night were popular and I can tell you, my sister loved them. She is on the verge of senior citizenship now, and the drug they advertise is, after all, for arthritis. Makes sense; even though I despise it.
BTW, at least they had the decency not to use the original and they did change the arrangement some.
No one has yet talked about ANY ad for Nike? Sheesh!
I despise the Gatorade ads, “Is it in you?” that show athletes sweating neon colors in buckets, guaranteed to put me off my feed.
The ones I really hate right now are those United Airlines ads; you know, “Why I love my job?” First of all–I’m betting they are all actors, they all seem to me that they are straight out of Central Casting. And worse yet, the airlines are laying off people by the thousands; yet these commercials are airing incessantly on the news programs and now in the World Series, which have to be the most expensive times to buy commercial time (I know the news programs are). If it were one or two commercials per game, I could forgive them, but there they are at every freaking break–sometimes twice! Southwest Airlines says it is still making money and has pledged not to lay people off; apparently they have trimmed their budget by not airing lots of commercials–I used to love their “Need to get away?” commercials. Gotta give 'em credit for that.
Any Gap ad is the worst, for that matter, any clothing advertised on TV, except maybe Buddy Lee for Lee jeans.
I have to agree with most of the ones mentioned so far, except I love the Jack in the Box commercials, especially the one where he gives us a tour of his house, with a JitB counter in the kitchen and Kato Kaelin as the poolboy. Sheer genius, and they work, 'cause I eat there a couple of times a month just because I love the ads (and sourdough Jacks).
I hate any ad that takes old songs out of context; have they no shame whatsoever? (Oops, of course they don’t.) Musicians, please renew your copyrights, please? Maybe we can start a fund to protect the copyrights!
I think the Aldara commercial for genital warts medicine is a hoot!
A woman in a gown, traipsing through the woods…a white horse, also traipsing through the woods…somehow this is all connected with genital warts. Funny.
Then the people on the herpes commercial have more fun than I ever had. It’s not fair! That kind of fun used to be reserved for people in Pepsi commercials. How I used to ache to have as much fun as they did. Never have, though.
I missed the singing belly buttons, but I’m sure I would agree with the general concensus. I hate the “Urge to Herbal,” but I kinda like the Mountain Dew ads and love the AFLAC duck.
I hate ALL ADS for feminine products. 'Nuff said.
I despise that commercial where the couple comes in to her apartment and you know they’re just going to hop right in the sack. He grabs a couple of beers while she heads to the bedroom, only to discover her roommate is home. At first the guy is disappointed, then he looks at a picture of the two girls, decides to vie for a threesome, and grabs a third beer. This ad makes men look like nothing but rutting animals, if you ask me. DISGUSTING. (blecchh!)
The last on my list–for now anyway!-- is one that played a few months back for Whataburger, in which they’re touting the authenticity of their taquitos. They have this young Hispanic woman saying that she likes them “just like her grandmother used to make–eggs con pappas.” :rolleyes: PICK A LANGUAGE, LADY! OY!
Everyone seems to like Jack-in-the-box ads, but what about the truly ridiculous one with a football game, carnivores vs. rice cakes (or something), which includes the line “the carnivore cheerleaders put their backfields in motion”…
(shudder)
Oh jeez. . .
The singing bellybuttons make me cry.
Any commercial for toilet paper, especially the one with the bears (and now the ducks). I mean, if you actually think about them for a moment, they’re really icky.
All the non-smoking commercials. “It’s my choice not to smoke.” Never mind how many people die from lung cancer every year… one good one though, is the one with the big bro and the little bro. They do fun stuff and little bro really looks up to big bro. Then big bro takes a ciggie from someone, and then he sees his little bro just looking at him… maybe that’s an anti-drug commercial, I dunno.
One that always annoyed me was the one for some random ISP where the dude Reaches the end of the Internet. All I can think is, that’s an inordinate amount of pornography.
All car commercials, except for the Get up, get up, put your body in motion one, just because that song is so incredibly awesome.
Okay, TNN must have called a prison and asked for all of the sex offenders so they could utter the name “Pamela Anderson” for their Baywatch ad. They go on about what the show has to offer, beaches, bikinis, [doped-up freak voice] “Pamela Anderson” etc, etc, “Pamela Anderson” etc, etc. [shudder]
DeBeers diamond commercials, too smarmy for words. Chances are good that i will have to go out and buy my own diamond.
All commercials for pads and tampons, why do they always show the products soaking up mass quantities of thin blue liquid?
Venus Razors, like a ten dollar razor will improve my selfesteem.
Deodorant, because you are a pathetic subhuman if you even have a trace of a smell.
Hair Dyes and coloring kits, nobody would notice if i dyed my hair.
Lunchables and premade tinned pastry, FEH!
Eureka Whirlwind Vacuum Cleaner. The one where that blonde woman that goes on to say that “No one has to worry about any allergy in my house anymore!” Great! Have a peanut! :rolleyes:
The new ads for NOVA English Schools.
A 40-ish guy is standing in the middle of a giant courtroom facing a tribunal of people in black robes and Eyes Wide Shut masks, all demanding to know why he won’t take a class. Every objection he raises is shouted down by the tribunal giving reasons why he has to study English just like everyone else. At the end, he is convinced and is dragged from the courtroom laughing like a maniac, shackled to a pair of sheep.
So many comments, so little time.
How about the commercial for 1.800.FLOWERS.COM where this woman sends her brother exactly that birthday gift that every man wants…A “cake” made of fresh cut flowers! For those who haven’t seen this, it’s nothing more than a bunch of flowers arranged in the shape of a cake. It’s very tasty looking, but there’s NO CAKE!!
Apart from this being about the stupidest gift imaginable, except possibly within the context of a romantic relationship, doesn’t this woman, who has presumably known her brother 20-odd years, have any better gift idea?
Any commercial in which the narrator (if that’s the proper term) whispers. Examples I can think of are a commercial for some Polaroid thing (can’t remember what exactly) and those Skittles commercials where “taste the rainbow” is whispered. I don’t know why, but the whispering just really irritates me.
there’s another genital herpes ad - is it valtrex or something like that - where the girl is whining how the older medicine had to be taken for a full week, and she just didn’t have time! (any surprize she got herpes to begin with?) now there is this great new medicine that she only has to take for five days! She’s cruising around Lake Tahoe or someplace on a speedboat with some guy who, I suspect, does not know about her particular problem. What makes it even better (worse?) is that they show it at every commercial break, sometimes twice in a single break - every night, over and over again. By the way, I see it on Channel 9 in NY, during the show “Blind Date” I guess they know their market.
I totally agree with both of these–mercy, I hate them both. Especially the “eggs con pappas” one–that just sounds plain steeyupid.
There’s this one for a line of leather clothing at Target, if I remember correctly, that drives me crazy. During every lull in the speaking, you hear an woman singing, “Speedy motorcycle!” Is this a clip from a song I’ve never heard? If so, then I hope I never do hear it because it sounds really dorky!
I don’t like the telephone commercials with Toby Keith either–because he is in them. If he’s not a huge male chauvinist, then most of his songs make him look like one. Every time the commercials end with, “How do ya like me now,” I answer, “NOT AT ALL!!” (I do get a kick out of Terry Bradshaw, though. ;))
Haven’t seen that one, please advise as to what sort of programs it is on. Although it sounds too creepy for words–is it for real?
Laurel
Number one (with a bullet for Jamie Lee Curtis!) right now are the whole series of Voicestream wireless commercials. They’re just mean and sick, IMO. First, they showed the girl with the octopus covering her face, whose friends get to arguing about -wasting their precious cell phone minutes-to place a call to 911. Hello?! The girl would be dead by then! Next, they show the couple in the car when the tide comes in, washing all over the car. Um, hello, why are you arguing about cell phone minutes when you could drown and be dead?! That’s just stupid, and it grates on my nerves to have Jamie Lee come on and tell us how Voicesteam has no time limits, blah blah… Who cares! Stop being mean in the ads!
Second are the many ads for prescription drugs; I have a huge problem with them. They’re practically begging people to make medical diagnosis on themselves (hello all hypochondriacs!), plus they barely skim over the various and sundry side effects! And what is up with that commercial for the antidepressant, the one that shows the little round blob?! Good grief… couldn’t they have at least done a better job with the graphics on that?! Argh!
I too am sick of both the Aflac duck and the Geico gecko… an order of Peking duck, please! 
And let’s not forget all the “personal product” ads… do we -really- need to have as many of them as they show, especially during meal times?!
Whew… thanks for letting me blow off a bit of steam, especially about Voicestream. 
tarragon
I want to kidnap Buddy Lee
I would then tie him to a tree
He would be beaten unmercifully
If I would kidnap Buddy Lee
Saw this monstrosity only once and it left me with mouth agape. Everyone I asked denied seeing it. I began to think I dreamt it, possibly under the influence of a bad can of Beenie Weenies or high fever.
Vioxx has the best theme song ever used for awful commercials.
Carrot Top collect call ads, especially the double-decker one .–real bad
The singing belly-button ad.–The boy’s reaction basically sums it up.