Almost all anti-tobacco advertising is paid for by Big Tobacco. It’s part of that big settlement with the state attorneys general from a few years back.
The American Legacy Foundation, which produces all that truth stuff, was created as part of that. It isn’t like Big Tobacco has creative control or something; the ALF is an independent trust.
So yeah, they manage to be that annoying all by themselves.
The Chase commercials where the wife says, “Okay, honey, we do need a new TV,” and the husband lights up and then the music blares, “I WANT IT ALL, I WANT IT ALL, AND I WANT IT NOW.”
The slogan is “Chase what matters.”
Yeah. Cuz a new flatscreen you buy on credit is what matters.
I do love the Taco Bell commercials with the talking 9’s, though. “I don’t have an ego, I just love how awesome I am!”
hehe. First time I’ve tried that.
I very much appreciate the FFVI Kefka quote!
Rha ha ha ha ha! Rha ha ha ha ha! 
Nice job. It worked on me. :smack:
What annoys me most about that ad is the idea of someone heading to the store to buy a big-ticket item like that with no idea of what he wants or what can afford to spend, so he has to use his cell phone to check his credit balance while he’s in the store.
This is the exact commercial I was going to mention. It’s bad enough hearing fucking car alarms every day in real life, and now they’re being used to sell cars.
There’s one playing for some joint-health thingie where the woman is walking along on a nice day, and the voice-over says “I feel so good today, I think I’ll adopt a puppy!” as she’s walking by an adopt-a-thon.
Yeah, because really, it’s a GOOD idea to adopt a pet on a whim. Twat.
Yes, that one! I haven’t seen it in awhile, but I swear that it’ll get a chuckle out me for a while to come. And yeah, the rest of them pretty much sucked.
I also love that Visa commercial with the dude in the t-shirt with the (I assume) beer and the valley girl voice-over. “It lifts and separates!” Very nicely done, then they kinda went downhill from there. Well, except for the one with the Black woman. Hers was good, too, but the t-shirt guy cracked me up.
In real life, Little Glen tried this very thing 30 years ago, but was lying on the groud with two missing teeth before he even had a chance to demand the bully’s shoes.
Then he got his Dad to sue the bully…
pathetic dweeb
No, silly, you grind the puppy and mix with bicarbonate of soda, then smear resulting paste on aching joints.
Excellent rheumatism therapy.
The worst one of these “stupid man” commercials I’ve seen recently is for Windex. The [lazy-ass, of course] man is sleeping in his living-room chair while his wife cleans. She cleans the windows with the magic product, which is so fucking amazing (buy it NOW!!), a great deal more light is let into the room. The buffoon-ish man wakes up due to the light and looks around, says “not my house…not my house!” [I’m not kidding] and runs out in a panic, running into the glass. Yes, that’s right, he’s so confused by the extra light that he doesn’t recognize his own living room.
Ugh.
(On top of that, there is some voiceover that makes it even worse, but I can’t find a link to the commercial online - trust me, it’s ridiculous.)
I’m sure Freddie is rolling in his grave. :eek:
Heh. Noooooooooooo thank you. There’s something about that guy that bothers me. Maybe it’s cause he’s a lawyer…I dunno. 
So like, did the MDJD Guy do that on purpose - like get his MD and then run off to Law School for get his JD? Cause that kinda seems like overkill to me…What’s his story, anyway?
Sadly, yes.
AGH! A commercial JUST came on I forgot about - that obnoxious little “AND WE WANNA SEE YA IN A KIA” bastard child. Ugh. I’d like to see him - in the TRUNK of a KIA, wrapped in an area rug that’s secured with duct tape. BAH.
The new NutriSystem commericals are really getting on my nerves. They have two main themes. First off, they keep saying that you can once again have your “real body” or even become “the real you” again; implying that you can’t be beautiful if you aren’t thin, and if you aren’t beautiful, you don’t even count as a fucking person. Fuck you, NutriSystem! There are already plenty of people out there who want to lose weight without you deliberately magnifying people’s insecurities to drum up more business. You’re the reason that so many women forget how beautiful they are and develop eating disorders.
And of course, you have to mention every six seconds that your diet plan includes chocolate. You may as well say “Don’t worry, you fat fucks, we’ve taken into account the fact that you can’t resist eating sweets every day. We’ll let you eat chocolate, so this is a plan you can actually stick to for once.”. Fuck you! You’re just trying to generate repeat customers. Reassure them that they won’t have to change their eating habits so that once they lose the weight and go off your plan, they’ll just gain it right back and sign up again. If you’re going to use such a sleazy business model, at least don’t be so fucking obvious about it.
Oh, and your food looks like it tastes awful.
The Comcast commercials that say “Would you rather <insert physical pain and humiliation here> or give up your Comcast for a month?” And the mom and the kids scream in protest, and the next cut shows the dad being tortured by giant fire ants or something. Ugh.
Oh, good. I’ll start scanning Craigslist now for puppies, so I’ll be prepared for when winter returns and bungs me up.
:eek:
I heard an ad for Washington Mutual on my way into work this morning.
Some one singing “You can feel the WAMU in you”
I think not.
I haven’t seen those - but it is a rare Comcast commercial that I don’t hate. It seems they design them to annoy me.
There’s one where the boss asks for ideas to increase productivity. Everyone gives stupid answers except the woman who recommends we get Comcast internet. I guess I don’t hate that one so much as find it really stupid.
I saw those ads when I was in the States last month and think they’re brilliant. In fact, I even got a chance to tell the boss at work that I didn’t have an ego, I just loved how awesome I am. 
I also love the Toyota ads I saw with the guy getting locked in the car with starving badgers while butlers fire cannons off outside to demonstrate how quiet it is inside the Camry- great ad, and the whole “Live the dream for less coin” campaign is a lot better than the “Oh What A Feeling” crap they’ve been using here.
The Australian State & Federal Governments haven’t really got the hang of Public Service Announcements, either. There’s just something about their ads that make you say “Oh look, the Government is stating the blatantly obvious/something no-one cares about/trying to justify something unpopular they’ve done that everyone hates” and turn the channel…