TESTIFY!!!
I hate any commercial that tries to play the guilt trip angle. Especially the ones about little kiddies. Like the damn baby supplies commercial:
Expecting mother: “More Balmex. Do you guys know something I don’t?”
Friends: “Balmex clears up diaper rash, yada yada yada . . .”
C’mon. Your kid couldn’t care less what the hell you put on his/her ass.
Give me a break . . .
Okay, this thread is winding down but…
All wrapped with a bow just for you SN.
Let me also go on record as also loathing the Pepsi girl. When I first saw the title of this thread I just knew that I’d find many soulmates who hate this dreadful ad. It’s gotten so that I don’t mind being late to the movies and missing the opening credits just so I don’t have to see that horror and the horse she rides in on.
Invariably in a crowded theater, someone giggles at the girl’s “and no smoking” line. I hold down the urge to rise from my seat and demand that the guilty party step forward so that everyone else in the moviehouse can see the type of person whose support keeps this awful spot running over and over and over.
Other ads I don’t think have been mentioned:
Ads where you can’t tell what the medical product actually does. You know the ones. Scene 1: Grandpa looks longingly at the happy kids, but he can’t even make it upstairs to get the camera. Scene 2: Grandpa is out jumping around and playing with the kids. What did he take, a fountain of youth pill? Uppers? Is the medicine only for older people? Was it his heart? Is Grandma smiling for more than one reason? I can’t tell and the small print goes by so fast I can’t read it. Ask doc.
Then there are the ads where the big contract is up for grabs. Who wins out? Certainly not the “suits” sitting in the boardroom looking concerned. No, it’s the crazy partying kids. Good thing they all know about computers. ARRGHH!! As a store manager I have to deal with kids like this all the time. Reality Message that should legally be required to run in these ads:
“These people are actors. Do not try this. Being a f***-up in life will not get you a high paying job.”
Oh, oh, oh—I just remembered another one. I don’t even know what it’s for, all I can recall is some woman saying, “Sis, what’s this I found in your medicine cabinet?”
Now, in the entire history of the English language, has ANYONE ever called their sister “Sis?!”
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yes, i do it.
REALLY? Do you tease her mercilessly about things you find in her medicine cabinet, too? I think someone’s been filming you for use in TV commercials . . .
I used to be curious about the drug commercials that gave no indication of what the drug did until I noticed something. Not only do they not indicate anything the drug does, they also don’t have the mile-long side-effects disclaimer that commercials that DO talk about what the drug does have. So I suspect that’s part of the legal obligations - as long as they make no claims for the drug, they don’t have to list side effects. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Ex-Lax!!
What gets me is how cheerful the actress sounds about her discovery.
“Wow, laxatives! Time to pinch a loaf!”
I’ll tell you what I really hate having to watch are those ads that show people eating some type of messy foods(like BBQ,or something) and you gotta look at them getting sauce all over their face,its especially gross when little kids do it.
And that Pepsi girl,I know others have mentioned her before but I just gotta add my own complaint to that.
Any Ad about a drug where the announcer lists all of the really gross side effects:“bloating,nausea,bladder infection,loose stools…etc” GAWD!! I hate listening to that.
One more thing I want to say WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE THAT CAL WORTHINGTON GUY TO PLEASE,PLEASE RETIRE!!! I can never reach my remote to switch channels fast enough when that car dealership ad comes on.
R3nergy8
I haven’t read the whole thread to ensure that these haven’t been posted yet, but they’re UK so there’s a fair chance they haven’t been.
The commercial for some kind of high-tech product called (or made by) “Genie”, in which the narrator speaks in a loud, piercing whisper for the entire commercial. Drives me crazy and I make the effort to mute the tv every time.
This commercial on Channel 5 (where 99% of commercials are regarding loans and lawsuits) for one of these “no win, no fee” lawfirms. Accident Injury Helpline or something? Anyway, in it one so-called clients says, “I was asleep in the car, and when I woke up I discovered there’d been an accident. …I received £9000.” I’m thinking… if you could sleep through an accident, how freakin’ injured could you possibly be??? Pisses me off every time.
In general terms, any commercial that my husband lingers over while channel-flipping because “it’s a good one.” Grr. 
Oh God, that Taco Hell commercial. I was just about to start a thread on that one. May God strike dead whoever authorized giving them the rights to “We Will Rock You”, which is by far the most commercially abused song ever.
Whenever that commercial comes on, I have no choice but to close my eyes and stick my fingers in my ears and sing “MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB LITTLE LAMB LITTLE LAMB” over and over until 30 seconds have passed. Just to preserve my sanity.
My stepmother feels the same way about those Carl’s Jr. commercials with the loud chewing sounds. That’s a pet peeve of hers.
J.E.T.
All of the jeweler commercials. To rip-off “Family Guy”
“Buy her a diamond, cuz hey, she’ll pretty much have to.”
I actually like the Carl’s Jr commercials. I guess you could say they “work” on me, because after I see one, I always want a Superstar…
I haven’t read the entire thread, so forgive me if this one has been mentioned: The Mc Donald’s (or is it BK? I don’t even know) where the mom and son are on the roller coaster going, “Whoooooaaaaaa!!!” And underneath are little subtitles about going to get a burger after they get off the ride. That commercial drives me insane.
I also can’t stand that, “You’ve got a control jones” commercial…not that there is anything specifically wrong with it, they just play it over and over and over, and if I hear the phrase “control jones” one more time, I’m gonna have to kill someone.
I just saw the Levi’s commercial with the guy howling out “Karma Chameleon”. I just lost my will to live.
Guilty confession: I like that one because the mom is kind of sexy and when she screams it looks like she’s having a really big orgasm
If you ever happen to catch Patton Oswald’s HBO stand-up special, he does an absolutely hilarious impression of Carvel. I thought my stomach was going to burst, I was laughing so hard.
As others have mentioned, nothing is as bad as local commercials. A couple from SW Louisiana:
Hampton Mitsubishi - Traditional screaming car salesman with a twist. He POUNDS on the cars as he’s screaming. I mean he really beats the hell out of those suckers! Beyond horrible…
Big Bob’s Mattress Outlet - Screaming, yelling, and a vomit-inducing shot of three really ugly little kids reminding you in unison to shop at Big Bob’s. I wonder how the rest of Bob’s family feels about him using his kids as shameless props to hawk cruddy mattresses.
Law Offices of Morris Bart - Unintentionally hilarious commercials featuring Morris (whose chin has a bigger crack in it than my butt, I think) and some of his clients. One said:
“I was in a motorcycle accident. Hurt my head, even my jaw! Morris Bart got me $223,000!”
Funny, funny stuff. “Hurt my head, even my jaw” has sort of become a catch phrase among my friends. These people really seem to be celebrating their injuries! Amazing…
OK. I hate to do this to you all…
But, since nobody has mentioned these yet … I must add to the list. If you have ever seen these, you will not appreciate being reminded of them here.
[list=1][li]Ray Charles: MMM-Mmm. Five Arby’s roas’beef SAMSH’SS FOR $5.55.[/li]I never thought I’d cringe at hearing Ray Charles, until I heard him CRAM 3 syllables into 1. ARGHH!
[li]Ben Stein, in his usual monotone drawl: “Get Cle-e-e-eer Eyezzzz forr yourrrrrr eyezzzzzzz.”[/li]
[li]The infomercial for cookware featuring the hyperactive, breathless, in-your-face, little, Brittish a**hole, and the same, supposedly naive, blond supporting actress that is in every infomercial.[/li][her, totally amazed] “…You mean no soaking, or scrubbing? … We’d all like to have a set of those, wouldn’t we folx?”
[him, bounding right up in her face, as if he’s selling it directly to her] "BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! WHAT IF I TOLD YOU YOU COULD HAVE THE ENTIRE SET, ALL THE PIECES YOU SEE HEAH, AND THE BLAHBLAHBLAH, AS WELL AS THE BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH-ETC…ALL FOR THE INCREDIBLY LOW PRICE OF NOT $69.95, NOT $59.95, NOT $49.95…BUT $THUHTY-NINE-NINTAY-FIVE?"[/list=1]
A quick comment about a couple of earlier mentions:
Miss Cleo: Has anyone else noticed that when she gets a couple lines deep into her ‘reading’, her accent magically fades almost entirely away, then comes back thick as ever for the spiel. It’s so blatantly forced, it’s sickening.
What’s the logical reaction to that line? How about “What the HELL are you doing snooping around in my medicine cabinet?”
[hijack] -a cure for snoopers: a handful of marbles in the medicine cabinet. When the door is opened, they fall into the sink with an embarrassing CRASH![/hijack]
Can I use that for a sig?
In the UK, there seems to be an increase (2 in particular) in commercials which think noisy, discordant, rock music is a good way to sell rather irrelevant products, such as Nescafe coffee.
Other than that, the main trend in the UK this year has been the lack of new commercials, and a lot of old ones from 2000 returning after their Christmas break.
Bboy: Clear Eyes has an ingredient to moisturize. Wow.
The commercials that drive me the most crazy are on the radio. They’re for some wireless company, maybe AT&T, and all of their commercials talk about this guy, the shepherd. Now this shepherd dude is all over, and he never goes anywhere without his wireless phone. They’ve been milking this concept for over a year and at least a half dozen different campaigns. And I’m sick of it!