OR how about that German car maker who always shows it’s wuncermachines splashing water on the poor peasants, er pedestrians. Makes you wanna go for the Old brick in the windshield, eh?
Well, I’ll second (or third, or whatever):
- William Shatner’s Priceline ads
- The Pepsi girl, esp. the new one with her “mentoring” Faith Hill
- The commercials with Adam Corolla for 1-800-collect, or whatever it is
And I’m adding:
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Those stupid psychic ads–I forget the company (with the hefty black woman who wears way too much iridescent eyeshadow). It shows “psychics” doing tarot card readings. What I can’t fathom is they’ve put out a new commercial with just one “psychic” star in it (the others were different girls), dressed more professionally and in a darker, more mysterioius, supposedly more plausible locale. They may have the same woman–but she is using THE EXACT SAME SCRIPT as the old commercial! Same people call in, she has the same responses, but more “sincere” this time. Or something. I dunno, if you’re going to bother doing a new commercial, and you want to make your product look credible, shouldn’t you bother with NEW DIALOGUE?
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The McDonald’s radio commercials featuring “Taste Buds” clamoring for the discount days. By far, some of the stupidest ads I’ve heard in years.
Teaching: The ultimate birth control method.
Dude, that is freakin’ profound!
(To tune of "Money for Nothin’)
I want my, I want my, I want my stupid fad!
“That’s impossible! Cartman doesn’t know a rainforest from a Pop-Tart!”
“Yes I do! Pop-Tarts are frosted!”
OK, I am sick to death of all these post-“Babe the Talking Pig” ads featuring real animals with animated mouths. Dammit, if I see one more pet food or kitty litter commercial with a talking cat or a talking dog, I am gonna go ballistic! I cannot be held responsible for my potential actions in the pet products aisle of my local supermarket!!!
(The Taco Bell ads are the only ones in this genre that are at all tolerable, and those only because there’s a little fuckin’ humor involved, not just some lame ad agency relying on “cuteness” appeal.)
Did anyone else notice that the car commercial(I don’t remember what sort of car it was for) that had the german car expert person(Dieter) in it trying to figure out what sort of car he was in?
Near the end of the commercial he motions of screen and asks “whats this” and the driver tells him it’s the ejection button. Of course at the bottom of the screen they display the useful little message “ejector button not standard”
My question though, is the terminology used…“not standard”. Does this mean that one can pay extra and have an ejector button? I would certainly pay extra for an ejector button…
Profanity is the crutch of the inarticulate mother-fucker.
Using BLUE fluid to represent bodily fluids.
Any commercial that uses BLUE FLUID to represent ANY bodily fluid to me is just BEYOND weird. Like, hey, if you are leaking blue than get your ass to a doctor NOW!
Best!
Byz
Voted most sex obsessed. (Yeah, blow me smart ass!)
Just thought I’d throw in my thoughts here…
Most of you are posting commericals that either you hate, or are just totally lame. As lame as these commercials are, they are surving a purpose. They cause you to remember them. The commerical can totally suck balls, and you’d remember it, and the product. It just like those damned jingles on the radio that get STUCK in your freakin head for all of eternity until you go for a lobotomy to remove them.
Crafty advertising, or just bastards in the advertising department who like to fill our heads with useless annoying CRAP?
Sorry if this post sounds like a rant, but it’s freakin late, and I’m dead tired 
Dion
“Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.”
Merlyn NY,
You’re right, those crappy ads definitely get lodged in your brain. The thing is, if the ad agencies are intentionally tossing annoying ads to the public as a way of getting product recognition, I think that they are getting a negative effect for their clients.
It follows a pattern for me of:
- See shitty commercial
- Recognize product or service
- Avoid using product or service.
“It’s only common sense,
There are no accidents 'round here.”
I really dislike that pompous git billed as a chief engineer for Nissan pontificating on the philosophy of building a Sentra. Sheesh!
Tinker
Oh, god, the psychic commercials.
Here’s what I don’t get: In some of these ads, people call in and the psychics tell them that their car broke down last week, or their dog’s name is Ralphie, or their husband proposed marriage in Bali.
I just want to grab these people and shake them and yell “MORONS! You’re paying them 3.99 a minute and they’re telling you things that you already know!!!”
stoli
Well, blessed is just about everyone with a vested interest in the status quo,
as far as I can tell.
Pay attention, we don’t remember half of what these things are advertising. Crap like Pepsi is so much a part of everyday life that advertising it is pointless. Who doesn’t know about Pepsi? They are “SURVING” no purpose other than to annoy us.
Wise up and learn to spell.
“That’s impossible! Cartman doesn’t know a rainforest from a Pop-Tart!”
“Yes I do! Pop-Tarts are frosted!”
I intensely dislike the Budweiser/Anhauser Busch commercials where the grandson of Adolphus Busch <pause> always talks in <pause> short phrases and <pause> pauses at awkward <pause> moments for effect. What <pause> effect he is trying to <pause> achieve is beyond me. <pause>
Thank you.
inconceivable? i don’t think that word means what you think it does
I bet you’re the kind of schmuck that scans the message boards for typos, because your idiotic rant makes no sense whatsoever. When you say “We don’t remember half of what these things are advertising,” do you speak for us all? From what I see on this subject so far, a vast majority of the people remember both the commercial AND the product.
Secondly, your Pepsi comment… Hey, you should go tell the CEO of Pepsi that he can save money by NOT advertising his product because it is pointless. I’m sure he’ll have security escort you right out the door. Did you think that up yourself of did you have the help of some narcotic? Advertising is what brings attention to a product. Do you think Pepsi shells out a million dollars to advertise during the superbowl just because they have TOO much money and need to spend it somewhere?
Oh, and by the way, cram my typo high up your ass.
Have a nice day,
Merlyn
“Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.”
Ah, everyone lighten the hell up.
BTW, has anyone noticed that no one has mentioned “O-- N—” yet? Could it be that their capris pants and cargo shorts ads aren’t as offensive as washed up B-list celebrities, scruffy dogs, and old hags in oversized glasses?
I actually kinda wish I could have a pair of those capris pants, but I don’t think they’d look as good on me as they do on the girl in the ad or Mary Tyler Moore.
“I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy
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Actually, I was saddened to learn that the “Old Hag with Glasses and her dog” was terminated as spokesperson for O.N. Now replacing her is Lisa Ling <is that her name> from The View.
Just when you thought things coudln’t get worse.
They should have gotten Jackie Chan… now THERE would be an interesting commerical 
Merlyn
“Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.”
Oh Merlyn, did you forget where you’re posting? Welcome to the “pit” dumbass! ::SMOOCH::
I knew exactly where I’m posting my friend. I’ve been in Flaming Fourmus long before this one was around. BUT, usually one posts about something that pisses them off. Flaming a person, just based on a typo and not his point of view is just lame, IMHO.
But hey, whatever floats your boat… Who am I to judge???
Merlyn
“Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.”
Flaming “fourmus”? I suppose that’s a typo too? You either can’t spell, or can’t proofread, or just don’t care. (You’re also mixing your tenses in the first sentence.) My beef with you was that #1) We were having a grand old time in our pit thread, and you tried to turn it into a “Great Debate” which is another forum. #2) You chose your second post ever to make sweeping generalizations about me, when all you had to do was read some of my 1000+ posts to know anything about me or how I’m regarded on the board. This is as stupid as the people who come in and say “What makes OpalCat think she knows anything about webpages?” or “What’s the big deal with Wally?” You don’t show up your first day on a new job and start acting like you run the place (or do you?) You get to know people and the lay of the land and try to be sociable. THEN when everyone is your pal you can feel free to spout off as much as you like. Heh heh heh. 
“That’s impossible! Cartman doesn’t know a rainforest from a Pop-Tart!”
“Yes I do! Pop-Tarts are frosted!”
Its sad the only commercials I see are all the same…since I am a night owl. I’m SO TIRED of the chics singing: “Hot girrrrrrrrrrrls…pick up the phone…hot girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrllls…pick up the phone–dial 1900-###-####, or 1900-HOT-HOTT”. okay, i’ve made my peace lol
Like a rock…
I don’t have time for mustard.