Thanks for the link. I’d no idea who he was, nor that he was indeed as repugnant in real life as he is in the commercial.
the one where joe/jill brain-dead-person-on-the-street is asked what they’d do with an extra three hundred dollars. the chick at the end that goes on about her salsa lessons makes me want to throw something at the screen. or do mayhem on her just for saying the word ‘salsa.’ unbelievably irritating!
billy mayes in any way, shape, or form. i will happily assist whoever it was on an earlier post wanting to do mayhem on him with great glee and delight.
any ad having anything to do with male enhancement products. if i hear even a few notes of that incredibly insulting music on that one particularly incredibly insulting commercial, i plow through anything in my way to get to the mute on the remote.
those pepto ads. i hate the product anyway. always have. and with the addition of those insulting, obnoxious ads, i’d like to remove the fingernails of whomever thought said ad was a good idea.
without anesthetic.
slowly.
About Head-On:
Zoo York has now “spoofed” the Head-On commercial, with a one that says:
Zoo York: apply directly to your footwear
Zoo York: apply directly to your footwear
…And so on. I don’t know what crack team they have working for Zoo York, but I have some serious doubts that ripping off what could possibly be the most annoying commercial ever is a a good idea. That’s what it is, too: ripping off. A “spoof” more implies mockery or humor of some sort; not to be found in this commercial, though.
Fortunately, I’ve seen the commercial only twice so far. Then again, I haven’t been watching a whole lot of TV, either.
…Then again, upon some further thought, I am just now the first person to mention “Zoo York” in this thread.
Sure, but all she needs to do is hook up with a guy with good credit, bring him down with her, and then end up living in his parents’ basement.
Circle of life, bro!
-Joe
I’m surprised no one has mentioned the Diet soda (Dr. Pepper?) ads where they show various people trying to “drink” crap food such as doughnuts and candy through a straw. Apparently we’re supposed to connect that the diet soda tastes as delicious as a doughnut…with zero calories!
It makes me, a person with a prominent sweet tooth, want to barf.
Speaking of Christmas commercials, I hate the one with the whiney little kid who screams at his dad for eating all the cookies left for Santa and basically wheedling his dad into making a whole new batch.
I don’t care how quickly I can make those damn cookies. After he went to bed, I’d wait for an hour or so and then tiptoe up to his room and begin scratching at his door while moaning plaintively.
“Tiiiiimmmmmyyyyy. It’s Santa Clause, Timmy. Your daddy ate all the cookies again . . . Open the dooooorrrr, Timmy. Santa’s hungry!”
Reason 527,326 I will never have kids.
Yes, yes, that does make me happy. It’s a good start to congress looking into the larger issue of prescription drug advertising, and whether or not it needs more regulating. Unfortunately, more regulations will, in all likelihood, equal crappier commercials! :smack:
Oh, and I liked the pregnancy test one too. I’ve heard an alternate version that says, “the most sophisticated piece of technology you will ever hmpft on.” That was really lame. You can show a stream of urine but can’t say the word pee?
Still, arthritis or lymphoma? I’d still stay with the psoriasis, thank you. I’ve seen the effects of chemo on my wife and the effects of my late MIL’s arthritis on her and I’d rather be “all stove up”.
My real beef is that the sunny announcer makes lymphoma sound like “excessive nasal discharge” or “may cause excessive nose hair growth”. It’s nothing so trivial.
It appears no one has commented on that STUPID AOL ad with “don’t taze me, dude”? What the fricking h is that? That commercial gets me so mad, I change radio stations. Ah…the power of radio!
FYI: I suspect there’s nothing FREE about free credit report.com. (How would they stay in business?) Also, that radio ad for a FREE credit line where “you’re not legally responsible for the payments”. Huh? I can only assume they’re playing-up the angle that it is not a secured loan, such as a mortgage is a secured loan? And then, there’s various Rx ads claiming their pharmacists give such great service, theyll call you when they don’t see you come in for awhile, etc. I think one implies (by the visual) they’ll even come to your house to check on you! …And, don’t even get me started about GEICO!
Hardly any of the Comcast commercials bothers me. I actually like the one in the office (“How’s it going, Frank?”). The one I can’t stand, though, is the one with the unibrow people. “I have one and it’s fantastic.” “Everybody should have one.” It turns out they’re advertising Comcast’s On Demand service, which can be accessed by entering channel 1 on the remote.
Hope they never go to England, then. “Look, it’s Fag Elizabeth the Second! Where’s the camera?”
One of the worst for me is that stupid Lionel bank one. The commercial is fucking irritating. My nephew things it’s the best thing he’s ever seen. So, he chants along with the alien children in the commercial. I’ve threatened his life if he ever does it again because I change the channel and he still chants for about 10 minutes. I hate kids.
Another one is the Christian music CD’s. There are about 50 of these fucking commercials and they all play the same fucking songs, sung by different people. What? Are there only 10 Christian music songs? Do all the artists HAVE to sing the same fucking ones over and over? Dammit all to hell! WRITE SOME NEW GOD DAMN SONGS! GAH! These irritating commercials have been playing for YEARS. I used to only see them during Adult Swim. Now though, I see them on all channels, at all friggen times.
And lastly, WebMD. Thank you for making my nephews’ hypochondria even more annoying than it was before.
The Geico commercials where they have a has-been entertainer help an ordinary customer tell his story. The first one was mildly amusing, but now they are wearing thin.
The Comcast Bitch. 'nuff said.
According to the Enbrel prescribing information, three patients out of 4509 patients receiving the drug developed lymphoma in one phase of testing, and in another, nine out of 5723 developed lymphoma. This is higher than would be expected, but they’re not sure if the drug is responsible for the lymphoma or if these patients would have gotten it anyway. Because people got lymphoma while receiving the drug, the manufacturer still has to list it as an adverse effect, no matter what the cause.
But, like any treatment, it comes down to risk vs. benefit. If I had a disease that caused significant pain and loss of quality of life, I’d weigh that against the smallish risk of lymphoma.
Robin
True. To sign up for the "free" credit report, you have to give them a credit card number. After the free trial period ends, the automatically bill you "for your convenience."
Your credit score is not part of the free trial period (they imply that it is). To sign up is easy, just goe to the webpage. To cut off the service a bit harder. You have to dig through the site to find the 800 number to call, be put on hold for an half hour (no exaggeration here), and then given a hard sell from an operator who's job is to keep you from canceling the service.
Yeesh. awful. Can’t you even rent? And it doesn’t help matters that they cast an actress with a cute butt. 
I have to admit, though, that one day a few weeks ago I found myself singing aloud:
Freeeeee credit report dot com
They coulda seen this comin’ at me like an atom bomb
They monitor your credit and send you e-mail alerts
So you don’t end up sellin’ fish to tourists in T shirts
So -1, +1.
I can understand the ones that feature the line stopping when someone writes a check. It’s the one where the line stops for someone to pay with CASH that drives me batty. In what universe is using a debit card faster than paying with cash?