Commercials You Hate, circa March 2010

Is there a way to find which products were shipped by truck, car, donkey, magic carpet, or something NOT FREIGHT RAIL so I can preferentially avoid the last to punish them for buying obnoxious commercials every five minutes?

Ones that repeat the words over and over, I shout out “Shut Up” and Progressive Insurance with that dumb woman always pitching the insurance with silly gadgets and an annoying voice that is almost hysterical.

Are you referring to CSX? Exactly why would they need to advertise, anyway? I would think that if you own a business that has rail facilities that you would already be aware of it.

These, and the one with the mom relaxing all day in the minivan before she will open up her frigid cootch.

I swear, these ads make Sienna drivers look so bad I think they were made by a competitor. These are doing more then the recall issues to kill the Toyota brand. :slight_smile:

Well, like I said, I hit the mute button. I must never have gotten that far into it.

Why stop there? Any Geico commercial is enough to make ya puke.

Any Geico commercial or Progressive commercial with Flo. I have an irrational hatred of gekkos, cavemen, talking potholes and cashiers named Flo dressed in white with a strange hairstyle and burning red lipstick. I mute and/or change the channel immediately.

The commercial theme I currently hate is the Swiffer (I think it’s Swiffer) series with the mop and broom falling in love after meeting in the closet. :rolleyes:

I also hate the Burger King “king” breaking into McDonalds for the sausage muffin sandwich.

Subway commercials that still feature Jared. I haven’t purchased a subway anything because of that ad campaign. Fuck you, Jared!

While I agree with you in spirit (would have been awesome to see the guy get his revenge) you realize that chicks essentially rule the world with the awesome power of ta-tas and poonanny, right? It’s not a good reproductive strategy to humiliate the hot chick, no matter how well deserved it might be.

Indeed – the stupidity of it just makes their incessant drumbeat even more annoying.

Does anybody know the name of the earworm tune a woman sings in the new Kia commercial? I couldn’t tell you which car model it is. The song drones on to a refrain that is always: Do do do do do do do do do duh do do do do do do. I can’t get that stupid thing out of my head. It was originally played on the radio briefly in ? maybe the late '90s (not sure) Thanks for your time!

Marvin Windows and Doors. They run a commercial during the Today Show. Filthy rich, childless yuppies sitting in their McMansion planning a big elaborate glass window, with arches “just like the ones we saw in Italy”, looking out over a vast piazza. Wonder how many piazzas they’re selling these days. I hate that couple with a dull, bitter hate.

OMG Mucinex bugs the crap out of me! Also, the whole analogy of mucus being these cartoon green blobs doesn’t really hold together. I remember one version of the commercial where mucus checks into a Mucinex hotel. Umm… why? It’s like a Jew checking into Nazi-oven Motel.

Well thanks a lot, but everyone knows that Mr. Mucus is actually Fred Phelps.

I am developing a loathing for the flower sellers whose ad shows Mom getting stupid talkative flowers in a box which she shoves down the garbage disposal, because she wants flowers in a vase. Talk about spoiled.

And if an asteroid hits the Rightnows family and they never watch another stupid DVD, that’s fine with me.

That annoying Pepsi commercial I mentioned before seems to be on more channels now than it used to be. GRRRR

Also annoying, this new commercial for Alieve with people standing around the painkiller aisle in the grocery store getting all shocked that if they take 2 tylenol 4 times a day for 10 days OMG THAT’S EIGHTY PILLS!!!~!~!!!1111```11111111111!!!

Maybe they’re trying to sell stock…

If they have to advertise, wouldn’t that make you want to not buy stock?

The FreeCreditReport.com commercials finally seem to have bit the dust-they’ve been replaced by a much more staid (read: no singing idiot in a pirate costume or the like) series of ads for a “new” website (note that the ads are so boring that I cannot recall the URL) which is nonetheless run by Triple Advantage anyway (same disclaimer at the end). Go figure.

I’m visiting me Mum in England this week, and there’s an ad for an insurance company (gocompare) with a pseudo-Italian opera singer.

Meet Gio Compario

You may thank me later…

<twangy country music>
Late last night I woke up sweatin’ in mah bed
That danged air conditioner it was completely daid
So I called Morris-Jenkins and they very kindly said
You’ll have cool air in your home tonight!

The Taco Bell commercials where guys ask for the cashier who gave them the special deal on something, which isn’t so special. Derrrrr, Derrrr, dumb guys…derrrrr.