Just saw that one this morning. That one is incredibly stupid. The others are stupid and somewhat offensive. I might have never seen these if I didn’t watch Headline News in the morning when I’m on the road.
Around here we have Dr. Brad Bradshaw MD/JD/LC (yes, his real name and his real alphabet soup). His commercials are annoying and I cannot watch them. They start out with him in scrubs in an OR, then as he walks off-camera, he reappears in a suit in his law office and goes on about how he can get you the money you deserve. What really makes it annoying is that he seems to sponsor anything and everything that can be seen as good or community-oriented, but of course makes sure his name and practice is plastered all over it.
I am not fond of the husband and wife with her “dream home” where they purchased all the cabinets and such for cheap at “Direct Buy”. Every time I see that commercial I yearn to destroy their dining room table with an ax.
Those were great. “That singles weekend in Tijuana…freaky deaky!”
“Slow down ladies…there’s enough Larry for everyone, huhuhuhuhuhuh!”
I hate most commercials, but the one that annoys me the most these days is the Bowflex (exercise/bodybuilder machines) commercials with the 49 year old baldheaded guy who’s “living his dream”, playing in a rock band. Like only ripped bodybuiders can play music now. Good thing Leslie West of Mountain appeared when he did, he’d never make the cut today.
And in case you might have missed the main talking points in this commercial, they’re repeated numerous times - he’s 49 years old, he’s “living his dream” (playing in a rock band), and yes, he has a “real” Bowflex body, and you can only get a body like his from using a genuine Bowflex machine.
If he isn’t, he’s in ur emailz stealin ur spam.
Oh. Oh, that’s horrible. That’s horribly, horribly sleazy.
Burger King is at it again. I just saw a commercial where people in the future don’t recognize a knife and fork in a museum(?) display because they are no longer needed to eat breakfast. Since everyone only eats BK breakfast wraps the concept that eggs and bacon were once served separately on a plate is a source of great wonder to them. What makes it even worse is that the person who explains to them what the knife and fork are doesn’t even know which end of the knife to hold. :rolleyes:
And to top it off, the commercial ends with King3000 floating in on a cloud to bring more breakfast wraps to them.
Autons float on clouds?
That god damn Dunkin’ Donuts commercial:
My mouth caaaaaan’t foooorm these words
Is it French?
Is it Italian?
Must be Fritalian.
My skin is crawling just thinking of that stupid song. Dunkin’ Donuts is appealing to the lowest common denominator that apparently can’t read.
Argh, there’s a GE commercial with the WORST rendition of Have You Ever Seen the Rain? that I have ever heard. The woman enunciates every. word. of. the. song. in this little breathy singing voice. It’s actually kind of a cool commercial, but the song ruins it.
It’s the one called Ecomagination Clouds.
That’s not even the worst part! The commercial is for lattes. You know, good ol’ fashioned lattes. That’s the fucking alternative to the “Fritalian” drinks. Lattes. Yes, I’m emphasizing that a lot, because it makes me so irrationally angry. Guess what, you stupid fucknuggets? Latte is not French, Italian, Spanish, English, or anything else for coffee.
Their newest commercial is very self-referential:
It has two of the cavemen watching TV, and they’re apparently discussion the show, “Cavemen.”
“So, a show about … us.”
“Yeah, but what’s with the makeup? Why didn’t they just hire real cavemen?”
“Well, at least their diction was good. You could actually understand them.”
“At least they didn’t say, ‘It’s so easy…’”
“At least there was that.”
It might have been funnier if the show HADN’T ALREADY BEEN CANCELED!
Y’all need TiVo desperately.
The Campbell’s commercial for the microwavable soup, That a-hole slurping the soup, moaning and groaning as he sucks it down and, when he finishes, he has it all over his face. Hmmm, don’t think there is anything sexual here, is there?
I also can’t stand the fibromyalgia commercial. “My muscles, so tender to the touch.” Ugh.
Actually, I hate all of the disease and medical commercials. During one 30 minute TV show, we counted commercials to help us if we were diabetic, fat, insomniacs, had restless legs, acid reflux, thinning hair, depression, bipolar disorder, diarrhea, fibromyalgia, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, headaches, and couldn’t get boners. Mankind is screwed if this is the average TV viewer.
Nah. Just the average Boomer. They are Legion…
Yesterday I saw, for the first time, a Bud Light commercial in which this guy is apparently traveling on a business trip or something. You follow him from the time he arrives at the airport 'til he gets to his hotel. During his trip, everything that could possibly go wrong, does (cab driver drives off with the guy’s wallet in the back seat, his luggage never arrives, etc.). He says “Dude!” everytime something bad happens to him (and it’s as annoying as it sounds).
At the end of the commercial, he gets to his hotel, opens up his mini-fridge, pulls out a Bud Light and says, “Dude!”
I was totally confused for a minute. “Well, yeah, the Bud Light is just one more bad thing to happen to him on his trip, but why would… ohhhhhhh, it’s supposed to be a good thing.”
The one for the insurance company (progressive i think) with the guy at a check out counter (buying insurance) with a remarkably ugly woman who is just ANNOYING.
“Wow, I say it louder.”
I just want to slap her until she can't say anything, including "please stop slapping me" louder.I hate any commercial that involves food on people. The sight makes me want to puke! For instance, the Orange Underground commercials are turning me away from Cheetos, which is a shame because they taste great. I saw a particularly disgusting one yesterday where one guy had a Cheeto mustache and the other had a Cheeto beard.
I told my husband, “You know, if someone wanted to find a way to sell a shitload more Cheetos, they’d invent a way to keep that orange shit from coming off.”
A similar one here is from the water district, against pollution. Good cause, stupid ad. (It’s on the radio.) Boss tells two guys the company is in trouble and he’s going to fire them unless they come up with money saving plans. The first guy says reducing water pollution will just build up the whole economy. Too bad the company will be under long before there is any impact. The second guy says something stupid about staffing the mailroom with chimps. Boss loves the first gut, fires the second. The voice acting sucks also.
ON TV, there is a new ad about how diesel is so expensive, so you can buy a replacement fuel for 46 cents a gallon. I haven’t checked it out, but it can’t be good.
A long running ad, for AccountTemps, has boss telling obnoxious incompetent accountant to hire Bob from AccountTemps, since none of his full time accountants seem to know how to add. I’d hate to work for them - you go into an office and all the full timers feel insulted and think you’re going to take away their jobs.
And as for Nutrisystems - ever notice how the before pictures in the print ads are poorly let pictures of the women with no makeup, frowzy clothes, and hair that hasn’t been brushed for a week? It looks like 90% of the improvement comes from the photographer.