Not to mention, unless they’ve done some serious recipe reworking since the 70s (last time I tasted it), the stuff is anything BUT “delicious”.
Generally speaking I do agree that those Truth Ads are rather annoying. However, I really enjoy the singing cowboy ad featuring a dude with an artifical voice box singing, “you don’t always die from tobacco”, or something like that.
Marc
I saw one last night that beat almost every stupid ad I’ve ever seen.
A large golem made entirely of people is trudging down the street. As it walks by cafes and sidewalks, more people are attracted to it like magnets. Eventually it makes its way to a bar and says “BEER!” Then one lone voice from the bottom says “Actually, I think I’ll have a Miller Lite.” And the golem dissolves, and all the people end up at the bar, drinking Miller Lite.
If this commercial was supposed to show that Miller Lite is not the beer that everyone else drinks, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to show EVERYONE WHO WAS IN THE GIANT GROUP DRINKING MILLER LITE AFTER THE ONE GUY SAID HE WANTED ONE.
That’s great! It reminds me of Steve Martin’s non-conformist oath from *A Wild and Crazy Guy * (LP):
“Let’s all take the non-comformist oath”
“I promise to be different” (echoed by crowd)
“I promise to be unique” (echoed by crowd)
“I promise not to repeat things other people say” (crowd begins to echo then laughs…)
I like the new Aflac goat. Okay, so he isn’t supposed to represent Aflac but the other guys who don’t do as good a job but I still like him and I think a goat in the office is much more useful than a duck. And the duck sounds like Gilbert Gottfried and there is only so much of him a person can take.
I also hate those Ovaltine commercials. I think the product isn’t the only thing that hasn’t changed since the 70’s. I always replace the commercials in my head with Frau Blucher offering Dr. Frankenstein some Ovaltine.
The Empire Carpet commercials: Everyone thinks that guy is creepy so why don’t the advertisers realize this? Replacing him with a cartoon doesn’t help, it’s the voice! Gah! No matter how good their flooring deals sound I just do not want creepy carpet man in my home. Even Gilbert Gottfried would be better.
and, lastly…
“I promise not to depreciate non-taxable items brought forth from the previous tax year…” (crowd tries to echo but of course just starts laughing)
Steve to crowd: “GOOD!”
Beats me. I’m still trying to figure out how they got the fucking bathtubs on top of the mountain in the first place!
Unless the Cialis allowed him to tow them up there with his…never mind.
Who has seen the new All-Bran ads with the construction worker? As far as imagery goes, it beats the guy throwing the football through the tire all to hell!
This guy walks through the site talking about how the All-Bran helps with his “regularity” problem…and the whole time there are shots in the background of girders being pushed through holes, barrels falling off a platform, and for the finale, a dumptruck dumping a load of bricks! Words cannot adequately describe the :eek: reaction from watching it!
That hot dog commercial with the arm that protrudes from the guy’s stomach and grabs the food. “Hunger get what hunger want!” grunts the voiceover. It’s disgusting and elicits no desire for hot dogs whatsoever. In fact, it should be marketed as a diet aid, because it really kills my appetite!
I just saw the Viagra Jam commercial. They’re a bunch of regular dudes who love to grab their instruments, head out to the barn and sing a rockin’ tune about erectile dysfunction.
I guess I should feel fortunate that the commercial ended when it did. God knows what other horrendous songs they have in their repertoire.
"Havin’ my baby…"
It’s the most logical possibility.
Yeah, the Viva Viagra commercial.
I don’t know if it was timed specifically to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Elvis’ death, but all I can think of when hearin’ it is the (Viva) Las Vegas era fat pill-poppin’ King, zombified, lurching back from the grave, with a gianormous stiffy stretching out his crusty jumpsuit.
No thanks, Honey.