Those blue guys drive me nuts.
All Geico commercials - though the one with the gecko making a press announcement because people looking for Geico are mistakenly calling him is very reminiscent of a running joke in ‘Fallout 2’.
The ravioli commercials (Chef Boy-ar-Dee?) with the sloppy teenager with sauce all over his mouth - “Beefy”. Grossed out even the neighbor’s kids (did they finally recognize themselves - maybe some good did come of that commercial).
Stupendous man, I have rented a few videotapes recently that did have ads in them (usually for car companies). At least I can (and do) fast-forward past them. As for commercials I hate, those Domino Pizza ads with Bad Andy are completely incomprehensible to me. What on earth is their goal with these commercials? Are they implying that every Domino Pizza place has an insane monkey in it that the staff are fighting with every day to put out pizzas? Very, very weird.
You did? Blast their oily hides!
I suddenly remembered one of the stupidest things on tv now. The SUBWAY ads with that shadow puppet. Talk about unimaginative. ANd that voice they chose for it is so damned annoying. Who is that? Gilbert Godfried (sp)?
There is a commercial that comes on late night TV for some loan company that bugs the crap out of me. It is just this guy talking in a low monotone voice but practically yelling the word cash every 10 seconds or so. So when you are have asleep dazed on the couch all you here is
“blah blah blah blah blah CASH blah blah blah blah CASH blah blah blah CASHblah blah blah b;ah blah CASH”
…and this one’s national.
I HATE hate hate hate Baxter the cat, his roly-poly owner, his friends and associates, and the entire Meow Mix corporation.
But I do like Bad Andy, so I guess I’m still evil 
Bad Andy bites donkey butt repeatedly. No point to it! Sad, sad, sad!
I agree with the complaint about the Giant Food commercials. Come to our store and be hassled by an obnoxious gay teenager. His voice is like nails on a blackboard and his whole persona makes Kathy Lee seem likable and understated.
I can’t stand Shampoo commercials, they’re so freaking ridiculous.
“It moistens your hair” - so does water
“It will give life to your hair” - this would be somewhat ackward
Fruit extracts ?? if I wanted to smell like an orange or a kiwi i would gladly rub one in my hair.
and finally I’ve always wondered are there really people out there sitting quietly thinking “You know what, i wish my hair would be more shiny.”
Hearing aid commercials on television disturb me.
I haven’t seen that particular commercial (thank God), but I can make some guesses about who is behind it.
First of all, they’re likely calling it a “hearing instrument” because they are legally prohibited from calling it a hearing aid. There are some companies out there that are making devices that look very, very similar to small hearing aids, but avoid calling them “hearing aids” since some states prohibit the sale of hearing aids through the mail. Therefore, they just call them hearing instruments and skirt the law. Needless to say, since these devices aren’t custom fit to that person’s hearing loss, the likelihood of it being a successful product isn’t all that great.
As someone born severely-to-profoundly deaf, I’ve worn hearing aids since I was 18 months old. Bottom line…the best hearing aid manufacturers don’t advertise on TV. They advertise to the audiologists. All those Beltone and Miracle Ear commercials are really commercials for hearing aid dealer franchises, not manufacturers.
They never show a woman giving a MAN a piece of jewelry as a present, do they?!!
I especially hate that diamond commercial with the man bringing his girlfriend out to the middle of nowhere in the snow, lights up the tree and gives her a diamond. Give me a break!!
Message: “She will love you if you give her diamonds.” No wonder men can be so screwed up…they think all they have to do is buy us diamonds!!
I hate that one Old Navy commercial with that ugly chick. It’s like… why?
Whaddya mean, all we have to do? You make it sound like buying diamonds is a simple thing! 
This brought to mind something I read about in a work of fiction that I always wondered why no one has implemented.
Is there a universal remote out there that has a commercial button that will do something like switch to another channel, or my preference, simply mute the television for 60 seconds for each time it’s pressed (or maybe 30 second intervals).
There would be too much outcry if this was built into TVs themselves, but it would seem to be a moderately easy feature to build into a universal remote. Could work for TV or Radio.
For commercials… Old navy… and the damn battery commercials that are going to have children holding batterys in front of themselves as protection before long.
-Doug
Palandine, you are so right. Hefty fines ought to be levied against whoever came up with the “meow meow meow meow” Meow Mix song, which may be the most annoying jingle ever. And the way that guy cries “Baxter!” just makes my skin crawl.
Can we do print ads, too? In my Sunset magazine there’s an ad for oatmeal (of all unromantic, prosaic foods) showing a sexy, tousled guy, lounging in bed, munching oatmeal. So if I make oatmeal, this man will come over and get in bed with me? Don’t get me wrong, it’s a pleasant ad to look at. Not subtle, though. You have to wonder how stupid these ad agencies think we are.
The Gecko now has his own series of Geico commercials. My personal favorite is the one where he tries to change his name to “Komodo Dragon.”
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Is it “Songbird”? I’ve seen that advertised in the local papers. Looks like a hearing aid, but that phrase never appears in the ad.
If you’re talking their previous ad campaign with people like Sherman Helmsley and Barbara Eden, I’ll agree with you. Those were bizzare and annoying.
If, however, you’re talking about the current “Item of the Week” campaign starring Megan Mulally (from “Will & Grace”), then I’ll disagree. The commercials are still in those heinous Old Navy advertising colors (c’mon, people, blue and orange only look good if you’re playing for or coaching the Chicago Bears), but they’re not as bizzare now. And hey, I like looking at Megaqn Mulally. Sue me.
There’s a really offensive lawyer commercial on the Rochester station our Fox comes from for Jim “The Hammer” Shapiro… “I may be an S.O.B., but I’m YOUR S.O.B.”. Maybe this one just gets to me because lawyers can’t do this sort of thing in Canada so I’m not used to it. I also hate any ads aimed at mothers which try to sell products on the basis that their teenager and his/her friends will think they’re cool (i.e. Sunny Delight or Pizza Pockets).
Then there are the Canadian ads I hate because I have to watch them during the Superbowl. I mean I understand the logic behind simulcasts and all but come on. The US viewers are watching some multi-million dollar Nike production while I sit in Halifax learning about Permacrete and their various foundation repair techniques. Sheesh. Still… that red dot sale has to take the cake.