There’s an offensive McDonald’s commercial I almost forgot about:
At a party, a blindfolded man is swinging a stick, trying to hit a piñata. Someone brings a big supply of food from McDonalds and gets too close to the person with the stick, who socks him with it. The partygoers scramble for the food like kids after toys/candy from the piñata. The poor soul who got smacked with the stick is forgotten. :mad:
I honestly can’t tell if this is an awesome or awful commercial, but there’s a recent one for True North’s Nut Snack. As a whole, it’s not a terrible commercial, but at the end the voiceover says “an extraordinary nut snack.” Due to the emphasis he places on the last two words, it doesn’t sound like nut snack but nutsack. I’m still trying to figure out if that was intentional or not…
I think she’s very attractive. Plus for some reason she just seems like she would be a blast to date. I don’t find her annoying at all.
Then again, I was just thinking today as I was watching a re-run of Friends that Janice is totally hot and I love hearing her machine gun laugh.
I think the dumb goofy act is what happens when a fun smart young person has to give 120% to a shit corporate job in order to eat, and that Flo is probably dynamite in the rack.
Another offensive commercial is the one from T-Mobile in which a young woman drives out into the desert, pulls off the road, and takes a chainsaw to one of a number of utility poles running alongside the highway. TIMBER!! I hate to think what this conveys to impressionable kids who watch: Is this what T-Mobile is all about–destroying other people’s property, or cutting communication by non-cell phone users?
Huh. Maybe they’re doing it wrong and you should’ve gone for the all natural stuff, 'cuz I’m pretty sure that’s not supposed to happen with a colonoscopy…
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I wonder that every time I see that commercial. I’m just kind of surprised they didn’t get more “creative” with the design.
I may have to fucking kick the fucking history channel in the fucking screen. What is wrong with me that I like the content but find the commercials so horrible and insulting?
(Reminds me of “collector plates” that some company used to hawk ages ago. They would offer this month’s gold-rimmed, mass-produced bit of schlock, and then invite you to subscribe to Plate World, their own glossy magazine calculated to drum up collector value in this kitch.)
This one came on tonight and they’ve changed it! Now it just says “snack” not “nut snack”. I wonder if they got complaints.
Sounds like a mondegreen.
What skeeves me out about that commercial is that his body just looks strange. I haven’t quite placed what it is, but something about his chest and abs just looks off for someone that is supposed to be in such great shape.
There’s one that’s been running for Coors Light where a guy makes an excuse to spend the afternoon with the guys by saying Joe (or whoever) really needs to “vent” (the use of the word vent being deliberate and referring to the construction of the new can, or whatever). The guy feigns concern for his friend and the woman encourages him to go; when she calls later to see how everyone is the men are still “venting” (i.e., watching football).
What woman with two brain cells to huddle together for warmth is going to fall for that? I would say that the guy is insulting her intelligence but she doesn’t seem to have any. Ditzy bitch, duplicitous boyfriend…yeah, that makes me want to buy your product when I could drink my own urine for free.
No offense, but I think you’re blowing that way out of proportion. It’s the same kind of attitude that causes all those stupid “do not attempt” disclaimers on any ad that shows any sort of unusual event that could cause any kind of injury, no matter how unreasonable it is to do IRL. All of the sudden, even the slightest bit of whimsy or fantasy or exaggeration for comic effect has to be disclaimed out of its ass for fear of lawsuits by stupid people.
I’m all for doing things “for the children,” but there comes a point where you really have to stop and think about what you’re doing and saying in the cause’s name.
Not to mention, apparently said moron is a harpy and won’t allow her husband/lover to go out with the guys just because he wants to. Why yes - lying, idiocy, and waspishness will make me ever so eager to buy your product!
And I really don’t think you should belittle your urine by comparing it to Coors Light. I’m sure your urine is tastier and less toxic.
I have a new most-hated commercial…I only heard this one last night, but it’s apparently been out for a while.
It’s a new version of the FreeCreditReport.com ads…only this time, they use the tired old hip-hop trope, “F-to-the-R-to the-E-to-the-E…” God, I hate that! I hate that when it’s used in a legitimate hip-hop song and I hate it when it’s used in teen-speak and I hate it in this commercial. Gaaaah…
You and me both. Gawd, what I would give to smack that guy upside the head repeatedly.
The commercial where a group of people have just complete what was apparently a successful business lunch and the one guy pulls out his credit card to pay for the meal, and the other two give each other “the look,” because his credit card has a picture of kittens on it, and therefore he must be unreliable and unprofessional. Deal’s off!
Same credit card, same obnoxious premise: a man is trying to catch a plane and the ticket agent gives him a skeptical look about the flight being for business (as if it’s any of her concern) when he tries to pay with a credit card with a picture of kittens on it.
I’ve only seen the commercial once, but I think it was for a new premium version of Tide detergent, one that won’t fade your clothes like regular Tide does. Now, for a company that purports to be all about fabric care, if they know how to make a better detergent, shouldn’t that become the standard grade of detergent? If regular Tide is bad for my clothes, stop selling it!
Nothing like fear mongering. There are other security companies that make effective commercials without threatening rape.
Furthermore, the women in the commercials are so stupid. They answer the phone and tell the Brinks guy that “yeah I think I’m ok,” when they have no idea if the rapist is still in the house. They just assume the alarm scared them away. It never shows the more likely scenario of the rapist charging her with a knife and forcing her to shut off the alarm.
If it’s a commercial for the detergent intended for dark clothing, that’s because a lot of commercial laundry detergents have optical brighteners in them. That’s great for many colors and for light clothing. Not so great for your black shirt or deep blue jeans. The “for dark colors” detergents lack the optical brighteners.