Absurd Ads

[sir archely]

Well, normally i just complain about advertising in absnot. However, as i sit here and watch tv while i eat, i can't help but notice how absurd commercials are. It's really kinda scary how much they are trying to manipulate people, and when you take a step back for a second, how crazy they can be.

Second, i may be helping these people advertise here, but i'm hoping that it's negative. I know, there's not bad ad, and name recognition and all that, but half the time i can't remember the specific brand anyhow, so ~shrug~

I'll just post up any ads i see that i find mind-boggling in one way or another, and i encourage you all to do the same.

The ad i just saw was for some cleaning solution or other. What they did was say "FACT:" blah blah blah. "FACT:" blah blah blah. Of course, once they say it's a fact, it becomes more believable to the viewer, and they are putting more stock in it. There's no back up, nothing presented to why the viewer should believe what they're saying. They end the commercial with the slogan of something to the effect of "FACT: you need <whatever> to live" Well, not that extreme, obviously, but i do believe they actually mentioned life. It was amazing.

[Tatum]

The commercial I can't stand is the one where the kid gives his dog a lick of peanut butter and then we have to sit there for the duration of the commercial listening to this stupid dog lick. UGH! What is that suppose to motivate me to do? Run out and get a glass of milk? (at least I think its a milk commercial) Well it doesn't, it actually just makes me want to shoot the dog...and the kid for giving it peanut butter. I always have to wonder what kind of brainless idiot comes up with commercials like these..and, even worse, what brainless idiot approves them for air.

The Carl's Jr. commercials are in the same vein. I don't care how attractive the person in the commercial is, I still don't want to see (or hear) them slosh food around in their mouth. It does not make me want to buy a cheeseburger, it just makes me want to slap the girl and tell her to wipe the blob of ketchup off her lip for godsake!

[sir archely]

well, i saw an ad last night for Hummers. it starts out with a game of asteroids. then a small outline of what i guess is supposed to be a hummer comes on, and the little ship can't destroy it. then it cuts to a shot of a hummer racing down a road really fast. i don't get it at all. What the hell does asteroids have to do with hummers? they didn't even explain it. so the hummer is tought because they showed it not getting exploded on an asteroids screen? bah? whatever, it was really dumb.

[Cloric the Cleric]

The commercials that I simply *cannot* stand are these new Arby's commercials. That stupid oven mitt is jumping up and down on my last nerve. I have almost totally quit going to Arby's just because when I think of a Roast Beef sandwich, I think of how much that oven mitt annoys me.

[LaughingTurtle]

Plus when you go to eat there the damn mitt is everywhere....on the tray covers, the drinks, the posters...ahhhhh!

Any fitness commerical get's on my nerves, whether it's for a gym or gym equipment, etc. They need to show regular joes doing the stuff, or overweight people, not some buff body builder or model. Fah!

[Anita Blake]

well, i saw an ad last night for Hummers. it starts out with a game of asteroids. then a small outline of what i guess is supposed to be a hummer comes on, and the little ship can't destroy it. then it cuts to a shot of a hummer racing down a road really fast. i don't get it at all. What the hell does asteroids have to do with hummers? they didn't even explain it. so the hummer is tought because they showed it not getting exploded on an asteroids screen? bah? whatever, it was really dumb.


my guess is it's trying to cash in on the coolness of retro-video games. old Atari games are the NEW THING! didn't you know? give you the idea that if you buy a hummer, you're cool and hip and young, and probably even concerned about the environment :rolleyes:, or at least with playing fun old atari games.


the one commercial i hate is the Off commercial where they mention that it will repel mosquitos "that contain the West Nile Virus". they mention the west nile virus like, 3 times in a 30 second spot. Selling with fear much? commercials that appeal to you sense of being cool, and such, that, i understand, but i HATE commercials that try to make you afraid.

[sir archely]

do chex mix commercials creep anyone else out?

EDIT: I nearly forgot!

i saw this coke, no diet coke commercial, and the slogan was something like "do what feels good." or something. so what this reminded me of was the simpsons episode where bart's philosophy of "i do what i feel like" (approximately) becomes the model for the entire town of springfield. of course, disaster ensues. i just thought it funny that coke picked a slogan that the simpsons had already torn apart. heh.

[sir archely]

hmm...ads i've seen that use selfishness to try to promote their product:

twix
trix
lucky charms

[satan]

[QUOTE]
the one commercial i hate is the Off commercial where they mention that it will repel mosquitos "that contain the West Nile Virus". [QUOTE]

AHHH i know i saw that one the other day and it drove me insane.. some people are so dumb

[sir archely]

will someone please tell advertising people that break-dancing doesn't sell things? and that it doesn't tell me anything about the product? i'm getting damn sick of that.

[sir archely]

heh, i love how, in the preview for league of extraordinary gentlemen, as it mentions peta wilson, it instantly cuts to a boob shot. gee, i wonder what that's for. :rolleyes: :dozey:

[sir archely]

I just have to put this up...

i saw a commercial for miller light the other day, where they tell you a bunch of 'amazing' things, and then tell you as the last 'amazing' thing that miller light has half the carbs. i think. it could have been some other beer. anyway, the point is, in the fine print at the bottom, it says something like:
[i]Based on 12 oz can of miller light with 3.2 carbs vs. 12 oz can of coors light with 5.0 carbs.[i]

Now, besides the fact that they are only comparing themselves to one of their competitors, can anyone tell me how the hell half of five is 3.2?

Maybe i'm wrong, maybe i read the fine print incorrectly, but man.

[Amos]

pfft. I hate all &^%$&* ads. There's a trend here in WA for big stores/companies to note in their commercials that they have "huge buying power resulting in lower prices" and I'm like man I don't give a *&^% if you have enough buying power to buy fort *&^%$# knox and sell gold bars at a dime a dozen and I get p!ssed off and start ranting at the tv... So anyway I hate ads. Few things make me angry these days but commercials do so I don't listen to commercial radio and I almost never watch tv (until next week when I get foxtel and I can watch discovery channel all day. yay! :D )

[Mesaana]

arrr there is this one super aggrivating/confusing ad for Trident Gum up here... I think it is cherry trident, that mysteriously keeps one breath fresh and cool... (now remember I ALWAYS catch the last half of this commercial but..) but the formula follows as such, sexy girl, sexy guy... I guess he see's her and tries to catch her before she gets into a subway car but alas he is too slow...sexy chick noticing that "oops!!! some random guy almost pulled me off the subway for god knows what... but you know what... he's sexy so what the hell..." SHE pops a piece of CHERRY gum in her mouth, and with her new... err minty/cherry fresh breath she blows on the subway car window (making frost) and then writes her backwards for mr. sexy to get. Now here's where things get ever worse... as the car drives away, you'd expect mr. sexy to rehas his stalking attempts and take that sucker down faster than Princesss Di lovers on Marvel.... what does he do... NOTHING!!! he watches 3 OTHER GUYS take down the number.... and just turns to them shrugging... I mean what the hey!! was 555-1709 that hard a number to remember... do you NOT have a pen in that HUGE single strap backpack you have??? Why do you feel the need to shrug at her other NEW would be stalkers.... GAH!!! hehe as my friend Andrew descrives the end of this commercial... "look at the idiot... dude's like shrugging cause he's all like 'awwww guess i'm outta luck cause they'll be harrassing well before I get a chance to... oh well I guess I'll go home and Pull It...' I mean damn..."

and it's with that ending sentiment that I will laugh :)

[QuirkyTemplate]

Man, I saw this billboard that had some snide dude standing there with the words "Are we the number one car dealer?" in the background. I was like, man, how the heck should I know if your the number one car dealer, what? What?!

>stumbles off (with power)<

[edit: mes, you cracked me up with that trident gum bit, very funny :) ]

[sir archely]

What idiot, piece of of crap, useless excuse for a person is going to use their walkie-talkie cell phone to talk to someone who's a grand total of 4 inches away from them?

[Buck]

Does anyone know that commercial for the new tampons in the smaller plastic wrap thing. And the guy thinks it sugar??!?!!

On behalf of men everywhere... we are dense...but not THAT dense!!

[sir archely]

Also, i find the Ford F-150 commercials amusing.

"This truck wasn't built in a factory."

Then where was it built, dumbass?

I also like the 'quiet-steel' demo where they show you that yes, even sirens can't disturb your driving experience. It's that quiet.

[Anita Blake]

LOL!!! I hate that commercial buck... i mean... sugar and tampons? they don't even come in the same shaped package. ~shakes head~ so stupid!!!

[Jennifer]

I can't think of any commercials I really hate at the moment, but I do know what commercials I love: Just about any ESPN commercial. The SportsCenter ones are classics (YATZEE!!!) and then you have the Mascot commercials and Office Linebacker. Good stuff. :D

[Dregs]

Theres an ad for an anti dandruff shampoo, its been dubbed in Australian accents, which sh*ts me no end, but some guy in a lab coat says "scientists have shown that <brand> contains <active ingredient>" SO what they are saying that some guy has proved that the shampoo contains something they've put in already. Good use of a three year degree.

[Amelia]

The Carl's Jr. commercials are in the same vein. I don't care how attractive the person in the commercial is, I still don't want to see (or hear) them slosh food around in their mouth. It does not make me want to buy a cheeseburger, it just makes me want to slap the girl and tell her to wipe the blob of ketchup off her lip for godsake!

**Gives Tats a big bear hug**

I feel the exact same way, I will not eat at Carls Jr. cause I hate their commercials. I hate to hear people chew so those commericals make me want to throw up. I dont think thats what they are trying to get me to do. I should write the company.

oh and Bucky.....thanks for restoring my faith in the male population!
**toussels Buckys hair**

[sir archely]

Theres an ad for an anti dandruff shampoo, its been dubbed in Australian accents, which sh*ts me no end, but some guy in a lab coat says "scientists have shown that <brand> contains <active ingredient>" SO what they are saying that some guy has proved that the shampoo contains something they've put in already. Good use of a three year degree.
LOL, that's awesome. And by awesome i mean one of the dumbest things i've heard....lately.

[~KA3AK~]

What about all those new KFC adds that claim that thier chicken is healthy food. something like

- John, you look great, what have you been doing?
- Eating chicken.

[sir archely]

heh, when there was (is?) that big push for eating salad's at fast food places because it's 'healthy', the sandwiches actually had less fat in them than the some of the salads.

[~KA3AK~]

Yea I heard about that. Actually plain salads are lower on cholestirol, but since people add all those drissings and other stuff to make them taste better they turn out to have more fat. Meh, so-called "healthy alternatives" is just another way of fast food places to make money of the famous american stupidity.

[QuirkyTemplate]

LOL, that's awesome. And by awesome i mean one of the dumbest things i've heard....lately.

maybe it's just because I just got off work, but I literally LOLed at that. Yes, a lot of times people go "LOL" but they don't really mean it. They didn't actually laugh out loud. This time, however, I did. But it wasn't an RWL, which would have been simply amazing. Now, I wouldn't tell you this if I didn't think it was important. So there.

[jabbernaut]

I ask you, what self-respecting Italian in their right mind would take their relatives just flown in from Sicily to the Olive Garden??


Ah, commercials... what better way to have your intelligence insulted?


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[Amelia]

I ask you, what self-respecting Italian in their right mind would take their relatives just flown in from Sicily to the Olive Garden??


Ah, commercials... what better way to have your intelligence insulted?


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People who go to the Olive Garden are not self-respecting Italians. I should know I used to work there. Cant eat there still.

[Jennifer]

Olive Garden is the Denny's of Italian food. I think that should be their new ad campaign.

[Malcor Sylverwood]

I still like their breadsticks... :p

-Malcor "mmm...breadsticks" Sylverwood

[Mesaana]

Olive Garden is the Denny's of Italian food. I think that should be their new ad campaign.

You know what... it's been a long time goal of mine to eat at Denny's. Cause I've never seen one and never had any of their meals.. can anyone tell me what it is like??

Also for absurd ads, has anyone seen the one for Italpasta?? Where it starts off on a beach.... then shows some sexy girls, then shows a bunch of volleyball players... and then AT THE END... it's Italpasta, a taste like no other...

WTF???? Volleyball=taste like no other????? Maybe it's me missing something, but my highly repressed memories of the game are less than savoury so to speak... and sexy girls and pasta!! I'm sure it's a great combo... but?? umm?? what does one have to do with the other??? Silly pasta people :)

[Jennifer]

You know what... it's been a long time goal of mine to eat at Denny's. Cause I've never seen one and never had any of their meals.. can anyone tell me what it is like??


It's not horrible, it's just very generic food. The best time to eat at Denny's is at 4 a.m. after you've been out partying all night. Not that I've ever done that. :halo:

[Dregs]

It's not horrible, it's just very generic food. The best time to eat at Denny's is at 4 a.m. after you've been out partying all night. Not that I've ever done that. :halo:


My first real meal in America was at Denny's. Christmas Morning breakfast. ;)

[Jennifer]

LOL, see? :D

Speaking of first meals in foreign countries, the first thing I had to eat and drink in Thailand was a can of Pringles and a Heineken. Hey, it was the middle of the night and the only thing open were gas stations.

Back to ads...what's up with the real estate company ad where everyone all of the sudden starts doing the tango? I mean, who knows how to tango these days?

[Apoc]

You lot won't get this ad, its a brittish ad for cancer research and omg does it make you want toooo :cry: . The ad isn't bad, its just so bloody depressing and sad that it puts everyone into total silence for a couple of minutes, turning us happy watchers into depressed cryers.

Its starts with a little kid doing up his tie, looking in the mirror, then his mother appears and says "don't forget your lunch." she then vanishes. It goes through a couple more of these situations-girls weddingday her dad appears etc

Its all about "We don't have a Magic mirror, so please give us money so we can research cancer"

Argh, I know its not absurd but it annoys me no end- why does it have to be so damn sad? :cry:

[Amelia]

I hate the Victoria Secret commercials. They are targeting the wrong demographic. I say who buys bras? women. As a woman, Im not inclined to go shopping at a place whose ads have scantily clad supermodels gyrating on TV in a bra and panty set. I used to have this argument with my ex. He said he would buy a bra there for me and I say "What is my bra size?" He didnt know then he figured it out and then he felt pretty smug about finding out then I asked him "When have you bought me a bra?" The answer was never until months later he did so then my retort was "Did you buy it at Victorias Secret?" which the answer was NO. I won that argument. WOOHOO!

[LaughingTurtle]

Actually...they're targeting to exactly the right demographic....who/why do you think women buy those undergarments for? Well...unless you normally go around with those frilly/see through/expensive bra's/panties everyday just cause you like them that much, then I'm of course wrong...but I'd have to say I think there's an underlying factor. If a woman buys them, it's usually for a "reason" and that reason is the said demographic. ;)

[Dregs]

Actually...they're targeting to exactly the right demographic....who/why do you think women buy those undergarments for? Well...unless you normally go around with those frilly/see through/expensive bra's/panties everyday just cause you like them that much, then I'm of course wrong...but I'd have to say I think there's an underlying factor. If a woman buys them, it's usually for a "reason" and that reason is the said demographic. ;)

"I'm a white male aged between 25-40. Everybody listens to me!"
Homer Simpson.

[sir archely]

hehehe....

"women will like what i tell them to like."

-H. Simpson

[sir archely]

Another group of commercials that i find funny/idiotic are the ones that say something like, "hey, don't let anyone tell you what to buy" or "buy what you like" or "follow your own beat" etc....

and then at the end of the commercial they tell you that doing so means buying their product. good one. "be an individual! buy our product like everyone else!" :dozey:

[Malcor Sylverwood]

I'm not sure if this is absurd or not...but was very odd.

I just saw a commercial for Hardee's thickburger. The commercial starts out saying that the thickburger was not voted the #1 burger in KC. Then it basically said that they were happy to be voted third behind the Westport Flea Market and Winsteads (local kc places).

Just seemed odd to point that out to the entire market... ~shrugs~

-Malcor "Wendy's" Sylverwood

[sir archely]

I'm sure after the superbowl we'll have ammo enough for this thread...

But the first one that caught my eye was the Dodge ad with the guy with a monkey on his back. Except it wasn't a monkey. Smooooth. :rolleyes:

[LaughingTurtle]

heh i think you're overestimating the average intelligence of the audience arch ;) they see ooo car....and hairy animal = monkey

no real good commerical's I've seen so far

[sir archely]

hey, i'm not making any statements about the intelligence of the audience, i'm positive that a good chunk of them won't know the difference. but that doesn't make it any more correct. :p

i also like the dodge commercial with the guy towing a cop car. i mean, it's a dangerous, snowy road, and you're towing a cop car. quick, floor it!

[LaughingTurtle]

meh was prolly cheaper to get a chimp :D

well as far as the worst ad...had to be the stupid toilet paper one with the quarterback fondling the center...ugh, so wrong on so many levels.

[Amelia]

Im really liking the Quizno Sub commericals. At first I was disturbed by them but now they have grown on me and they make me laugh. I was describing them to my co-workers and I started to bust a gut laughing so hard. Heeheehee!

[Arianna]

i think Quizno's was trying to get in on the new flash animation craze that is going on...deffinately wierd..i cant decide if i like the ad or not

[Amelia]

It grew on me. The ads are actually working, business has picked up and they are singing the song.

[sir archely]

oy. quizno's ads = some of the worst ads ever.

[Amelia]

You dont like the sponge monkeys bad singing?

**push arch into the pull**

[satan]

oy. quizno's ads = some of the worst ads ever.

like the frightening singing peices of chicken? ~Shudder~

[Amelia]

which ad had singing chickens?

[prophetic_joe]

omg i can't believe someone likes the quizno's commercials they are so annoying i have to change the channel everytime they come on. they almost give me luxon hyper-rage

[Vivacia]

Those THINGS on the Quizno's commercials give me the wiggins BAD. I can't figure out what the hell they are. They look like my hamster after he'd been dead for a day, but with fangs. I change the channel as quickly as possible when the commercial comes on and I will probably never eat at Quizno's again.

~shudders at the thought of nasty, evil singing bat/hamster things~

[QuirkyTemplate]

so I was watching cartoons one day when this power ranger commercial came on. The guys voice went "Part dinosaur, part power ranger, all -- POWER RANGER!" and it cut to the action figures duking it out. I couldn't help but bust out laughing. I mean, I know kids don't catch everything, but come on. I doubt anyone will miss this one.

Dinosaur + Power Ranger = Power Ranger??

I mean ... I mean ...

bah. guess you had to see it.

[jabbernaut]

Dinosaur + Power Ranger = Power Ranger??

LOL!! :D

Hey, maybe it's the same concept as "a negative times a positive equals a negative" ;) hehe

[Amelia]

Those THINGS on the Quizno's commercials give me the wiggins BAD. I can't figure out what the hell they are. They look like my hamster after he'd been dead for a day, but with fangs. I change the channel as quickly as possible when the commercial comes on and I will probably never eat at Quizno's again.

~shudders at the thought of nasty, evil singing bat/hamster things~

they are called spongemonkeys and they guy who made the commerical has a website that has them singing about all sorts of things and then one of the Quisnos head honcho people got an email clip of the spongemonkey singing and thought "We need that for our next commercial!"

Cmon! The one in the back is wearing a pirate hat! You gotta love it!

[Kindred]

they are called spongemonkeys and they guy who made the commerical has a website that has them singing about all sorts of things and then one of the Quisnos head honcho people got an email clip of the spongemonkey singing and thought "We need that for our next commercial!"

Cmon! The one in the back is wearing a pirate hat! You gotta love it!


Sponge monkeys?!? They look like dead mice to me! Very freaky. Doesn't exactly make me hungry for subs....

[sir archely]

this thread should be getting a lot of use with elections in november...

anyway, just saw an ad for GWB...or... more like, against Kerry, and amongst the other numerous accusations of being a terrible person, this line came out, filled with scorn. (i'm paraphrasing here, since i'm not listening to it right now...)


After Sept. 11, John Kerry favored waiting to act until after receiving UN approval.

wtf? yeah, heaven forbid the united states actually abides by international agreements for once.
(note: i'm not trying to get all political here, i'm sure kerry will (or probably already has) run equally stupid ads. i just haven't seen them yet.)

the ad on right after that was for some minivan with a tv in it. the dad fails to build a treehouse, so the family instead decides to watch a movie in the minivan. yeah... good one. nothing like killing your battery watching a movie on a 3"x4" screen with the car parked in your DRIVEWAY.

[Anita Blake]

lol, i've been reading about that. a lot of what GWB seems to be saying "against" kerry seems like the kind of stuff you'd actually applaud him for. wants to 'weaken' the patriot act? umm. since that's the act that basically removes pretty much all the freedoms americans know and love, i'd think that'd be a big + on kerry's report card. but then, what do i know :rolleyes:

commercials.... yeah.... ~reposts the link to the amazing nutrigrain commercial~ hehehe


http://turnpikefilms.com/spots/nutrigrain.cgi

edit: lol, here's a vaguely amusing and almost disturbing nintendo commercial :D

save the pinata! (http://turnpikefilms.com/spots/pinata.html)

[Amelia]

Im liking the new 6 Flags commercial. There is a town where everybody works and noboby plays then one day a 6 Flags bus pulls in and this old man who can barely walk gets out and he is short and bald with these glasses in huge black frames and hes dressed in a tuxedo and then music comes blaring out of the bus and the man startes to dance and man can he dance and he has this huge wide smile on his face! Love the old dancing man!!!

[sir archely]

i heard a mcdonald's ad on the radio one morning, and it was something about this person hearing the voices in their head telling them to go to mcdonald's. and then, when the current theme song "i'm lovin' it" came on, my mind couldn't help but mentally replacing "lovin'" with "losin'". and then i laughed. cause, see, it was amusing to me.

[sir archely]

i guess most of the commercials i'm exposed to now are of the radio variety...

in any case, with spring showing up around here, a lot of them are for yardwork stuff. one was for some sort of grass enhancer/feeder/fertilizer/whatever that you put on your lawn and it helps. or something. in it, the guy describes crab grass as "truly evil" and that's a direct quote. ~sigh~

[Arianna]

argh! with easter season, every year, without fail, comes that super annoying toys r us commerical with the faux rabbits singing 'here comes peter cottentail' in the squealiest of voices. the most obnoxious thing in the world, it drives me insane.

and lol @ arch, "i'm losin' it" that's just beautiful.

[Amelia]

Oh I love that commercial! It makes me laugh! Then I start singing it like them and my cat looks at me wierd. heeheehee

[sir archely]

rezzin' this thread cause...

the other day i saw the ultimate low... a commercial advertising for an upcoming commercial. it was something like "during the next show you'll get to see ellen's new commercial!" or something. i don't know what it was on during though, after that the tv has to be turned off.

[jUstIn]

the trunk monkey!!!

i forgot about this one for a bit! this lady gets pulled over by a cop, and her trunk monkey jumps out and offers a fistfull of cash to the officer.. the cop replies"is this your monkey mam?" ~pans back to monkey who is holding out doghnuts now~ ~shows monkey riding away in cop car~

its hilarious, and its a local car dealer comercial, so noone will ever see it!
sorry!

[sir archely]

~pets thread~

anyway:

1. Why is jared still on tv?

2. um... i had another but i forgot. so i guess just imagine a really stupid car commercial and then imagine that i'm complaining about it being stupid.

[jUstIn]

well, i just saw another local car dealer add, where a dude was dropping watermellons on a car from a crane, and another where he was beating a truck up with a sledge hammer. ~nods~ he claimed to be doing this for the sake of "good tv"

[Amelia]

The new Old Navy ads are annoying me, its stupid songs with people who cant sing well and theres is that damn kid at the end who is holding an old navy sign and says something Im assuming its suppose to be cute but its annoying and i just want to take that sign and bash it into the kids head.

Thank you.

I would like to thank your support! I was a little worried i was too violent specially since it was a kid but I guess I should have known! :D Thanks!

[navahli]

The new Old Navy ads are annoying me, its stupid songs with people who cant sing well and theres is that damn kid at the end who is holding an old navy sign and says something Im assuming its suppose to be cute but its annoying and i just want to take that sign and bash it into the kids head.

Thank you.

I would like to thank your support! I was a little worried i was too violent specially since it was a kid but I guess I should have known! :D Thanks!
I agree completely!! I cant stand those commercials and they're always on, no matter what channel your watching...I think they are out to get us by driving us totally and throughly insane. and I also think the kid needs to be put out of his misery(or our misery) with either the sign or strangling him with the leg warmers or a scarf...now maybe I'm being too violent

[Amelia]

Viv offered to hold the kid while I bashed the kids head in with the sign. I think he should die by sign bashing not strangulation. Its more prohpetic to die by sign smashing. Then we could make some stupid cutesy remark like "DIE" or something.

[navahli]

My sis is one for always coming up with creative ways of killing and then hiding the bodies. I think the sign is a good idea, but can we change the sign to say something cute beofre we hit him over the head with it??

[green-ninjalo]

...but can we change the sign to say something cute beofre we hit him over the head with it??


Something like "LOOK REALLY CLOSE RIGHT HERE!", and when he is, speed into the sign with a street sweeper...

*thwack*
*thump*
*sucking noise*

Killing and disposing in one clean sweep... litterally!

[navahli]

My son. I am so proud.

[Amelia]

It should say "Surgeon General Warning: Appearing in Old Navy ads can cause death"

Then Viv can hold him, Navalhi can strangle him with a scarf or leg warmers and then I can thwack him with the sign.

[Vivacia]

I vote for leg warmers. I want to know whose insane idea it was to bring back those monstrosities. Bad fashion is bad fashion. No matter how many decades seperate their return.

[Jennifer]

Okay I don't know if anyone has posted about this one yet, but I absolutely hate those Bod men's body spray commercials. "Great bod, hot bod, hard bod..." and so on. I mean, men aren't pieces of meat. Can't we go back to the old fashioned way of exploiting women's bodies for advertising? Sheesh. :rolleyes:

Okay, that last bit was total sarcasm. But I really do hate those Bod commericals.

[Amelia]

but the bodies are sooo nice to look at.

[Arianna]

i agree jen....eek, exploitation of the human body to sell products (excluding lingere) are... a bit odd.

[Jennifer]

I find it amusing that Coors beer is the official beer sponsor of the NFL yet they can't advertise during the Super Bowl because Anheuser Busch has a contract to be the only beer advertiser during the big game.

Also, that Geico commercial that make fun of Old Navy. Heh.

[Amelia]

Also, that Geico commercial that make fun of Old Navy. Heh.

I KNOW!!! When I first saw it Im thinking "this is the stupiest old navy ad EVER" then it went on to be Geico! Have to give them props for that. They really should have the bear thwaking the kid with an old navy sign.

[Buck]

I really hope this year's Super Bowl ads are better than the last couple years.


:(

[Amelia]

the commercials are the best thing about the superbowl!

[Jennifer]

Haha...I just saw a really funny commercial by Budweiser that they were going to put in the Superbowl but it apparently got banned by the ad-nazis. It tells you what really happened with Janet's costume last year. If you want to see it then go to budweiser.com, enter in a birthday that puts you older than 21 (if you're underage, but I didn't tell you that :ninja: ), click on Entertainment, then TV Commercials. It's under the title "Wardrobe Malfunction." Enjoy. :D

[ChronoDmin]

Haha...I just saw a really funny commercial by Budweiser that they were going to put in the Superbowl but it apparently got banned by the ad-nazis. It tells you what really happened with Janet's costume last year. If you want to see it then go to budweiser.com, enter in a birthday that puts you older than 21 (if you're underage, but I didn't tell you that :ninja: ), click on Entertainment, then TV Commercials. It's under the title "Wardrobe Malfunction." Enjoy. :D

Evil florists, I knew it!!! :devil:

[LurkingPlaya]

The commercials for this year's Super Bowl were kinda lackluster if ya ask me.

*shakes a fist at Janet Jackson*

[Tatum]

Hmm, I don't know if this one has been mentioned before but I really feel the need to take an entire can of pepper spray to the idiots that dance around in that "Brush Ups" ad. You know the one where everyone is dancing around and using those horrible paper things you put on your finger to scrub your teeth. GAH! I hate that.

[LurkingPlaya]

*sends pepper spray to accomplish goals*

[jabbernaut]

*pays for postage*

I despise that commercial as well.

[Tatum]

FREE PEPPER SPRAY? YES!!!

*hoses down a local Ashley Simpson concert*

[sir archely]

the one that's got me lately is the cough syrup one where the lady spills it all over her kid. then she turns to the viewer and says, "what now? do i give him more or wait?" i mean, c'mon. give him more or wait? it's all over his freaking shirt. what a conundrum!

[Amelia]

Im hating the Butterfinger Crunch commercial, where the guy is trying to propose to his girlfriend at a basketball game via the big screen but shes soooo into her candy bar that she wont look up until he yells " look at screen" and she does but it changes into a plastic surgery ad and she gets all pissed. stupid, stupid, stupid. Oh and shes eating the candy bar and moaning. Ummmm I only moan for chocolate in private not in a public setting!!!!


RIP
ZIP
BRUSH
AHHH!

[Vivacia]

If she does as good as job on him as she does that candy bar it's no wonder he wants to marry the big-nosed freak. ;)

[sir archely]

have to revive this thread, only because of mes' post on the first page of it about the gum commercials. and i've seen like 10 different gum commercials since then based on the same theme.

i ask you, the people of the quill, have any of you, ever, in your lifetime, been wandering about town and all of a sudden had a spontaneous make-out session with some random passer by just because they pop a piece of gum in their mouth? Has this ever happened in the history of human race?

dentyne ice: good for tonsil hockey with anonymous stalkers.

[Anita Blake]

oh, that happens to me all the time! it doesn't happen to you? Weird.


as for ridiculous commercials, almost every time i've gone to a movie lately, i've been subjected to the ridiculous coke commercial, where a snooty actress won't leave her trailer until she gets a diet coke, so a PA is sent running around a film studio to find one, ruining shots, making things explode, and basically being an overdone action hero for a can of diet coke.

ugh. i hate that commercial! One time, my boyfriend got so mad that he left the theatre as soon as it came on because he just couldn't stand to watch it again.

[Buck]

I think you and your bf need to just maybe ... relax.

:p

[sir archely]

I think you and your bf need to just maybe ... relax.

:p
yes... they could do that... sure...

or, they could go on a campaign of violence and heartbreak. but mostly violence, as they build weapons out of left over guitar strings and mixed paint in order to eliminate all those who were responsible for such a monstrosity of advertising. During which they find themselves swept up as the figurehead leaders for a movement to take back the sidewalk from the nefarious sidewalk chalk artists. Anita patents the catch phrase "Hoses, Up!" and makes millions as it catches on among teens aged 12-14 who continuously text it to each other. Eventually, this crashes the entire cell phone network and the world is plunged into a spiral of catastrophic technology failure as one technology after another breaks down. in this post-technological world we quillers form a vigilante band righting wrongs and helping out the little people.

yeah, or they could do that. plus, i realized i just said "monstrosity of advertising" as if there are any alternatives. plus, i just quoted myself in the same post i wrote it. i'm pretty sure i win.

[Buck]

Yea, that's a TKO if I have ever seen one.

*bows to the victor and leaps out a window*

[Amelia]

i ask you, the people of the quill, have any of you, ever, in your lifetime, been wandering about town and all of a sudden had a spontaneous make-out session with some random passer by just because they pop a piece of gum in their mouth? Has this ever happened in the history of human race?



No that hasnt happened to me but when a not so so looking man walked by me wearing ax body spray at a supermarket, I had the uncontrollable urge to yell "A bow chicka bow-wow!" and swivel my hips suggestively to him.

Im now not allowed in the store or be within 25 feet of it.

[Anita Blake]

yes... they could do that... sure...

or, they could go on a campaign of violence and heartbreak. but mostly violence, as they build weapons out of left over guitar strings and mixed paint in order to eliminate all those who were responsible for such a monstrosity of advertising. During which they find themselves swept up as the figurehead leaders for a movement to take back the sidewalk from the nefarious sidewalk chalk artists. Anita patents the catch phrase "Hoses, Up!" and makes millions as it catches on among teens aged 12-14 who continuously text it to each other. Eventually, this crashes the entire cell phone network and the world is plunged into a spiral of catastrophic technology failure as one technology after another breaks down. in this post-technological world we quillers form a vigilante band righting wrongs and helping out the little people.



~takes out notepad~

..."invent catchphrase...... kids text it.... networks crash.... apocalypse begins... form band of vigilantes..."

got it!

ah, it's good to have a plan in life!

Buck, your suggestion was just silly! Relax?! That's like, one step, and doesn't bring about the end of technology. I hardly call that planning for the future.... :D

[Buck]

Ok, how about this:


Apply for government funding to put up LCD screens with speakers all over your hometown. This would be a short term boon to the people of your city, so you could be heralded by the masses. Make the only catch be that you get to decide what is played the first day. Have all the screens play this ad over and over again,

THEN, sit back and relax and let your Machiavellian machinations do all the rioting, pillaging, generic witch burning for you.


happy? :p

[Amelia]

oooooh Play Pee-Wees Playhouse! Especially the episode with the giant underpants!!!

[sir archely]

... your Machiavellian machinations do all the rioting, pillaging, generic witch burning for you...

you know, this is a bit of a side threadjack, but i was reading or hearing something recently talking about Machiavelli and how regardless of the fact that the prince is his most recognized work, and the term "machiavellian" has all of these connotations still in modern usage, more and more scholars are coming to believe that the prince was written in sort of satire, as it doesn't jive with the rest of his writings and even his life.

it's sort of an interesting (and sad) story if you look at it this way. his satire was so bad, or so subtle, that nearly 500 years later the poor guy is remembered, and widely, for exactly what he was trying to poke fun at.

perhaps this sad state is more widely known than i had thought, but i was certainly intrigued by it, as when the prince was first presented to me, it was certainly not in a, "this is satire" sort of way.

[Amelia]

I like to read the Ad Report Card on Slate Magazine online. I usually agree with him.

[Buck]

you know, this is a bit of a side threadjack, but i was reading or hearing something recently talking about Machiavelli and how regardless of the fact that the prince is his most recognized work, and the term "machiavellian" has all of these connotations still in modern usage, more and more scholars are coming to believe that the prince was written in sort of satire, as it doesn't jive with the rest of his writings and even his life.

it's sort of an interesting (and sad) story if you look at it this way. his satire was so bad, or so subtle, that nearly 500 years later the poor guy is remembered, and widely, for exactly what he was trying to poke fun at.

perhaps this sad state is more widely known than i had thought, but i was certainly intrigued by it, as when the prince was first presented to me, it was certainly not in a, "this is satire" sort of way.



Ive never read it, only heard of it. It was spoken of with much reverence by some really douche' elitist fcktards colleagues of mine, whispering about it and all. It really made my blood boil, but most of my loathing was targeted at these people, not Machiavelli, for worshiping it like some satanic bible. I had no idea it was a satire, and I wonder if these people know (doubt it).

I doubt it would change anything, many a times in literature -- interpretation wins out over intent. I used to get into this type of argument with teachers in high school and college all the time, and all I would get back is a :dozey: type look and usually a C type grade for being the stubborn rebel in the class-- heh.'


Machiavelli gains a couple kudo points from me. I had no idea it was a satire, now that I do, I may just around to reading it.

[ChronoDmin]

I did not know this thread existed... (show pay more attention when i wandering round the Quill..

Wendy's new line of commercial... creep me out.. particualy this one

& wtf is with kicking the trees?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeEPoRkGM_c

[Amelia]

I think the kicking the trees and running and falling into a big bottomless hole (another wendy commerical) is that we are stupid for eating at some fast food restaurants that give us crap to eat while at wendys we can get crap that tastes better.

Wish Dave the founder of Wendys was still alive, I liked him.

[sir archely]

there's an ad on tv right now that's for some drug that helps with restless leg syndrome. which is seriously annoying, i have minor RLS off and on, and have for a long time, and it sucks, but it's not life threatening or anything close to that.

but the ad lists side effects like, increased gambling urges, urges to drink alcohol, all this crazy stuff. weirdest side effects ever.

[AquaFizz]

I heard that the other day while watching TV with my mum!

She actually looked at me and said, "What the F-ck?"
Which only made things funnier.

Have you seen the one with the guy in the security line at the airport? He starts chewing a piece of gum and the lights dim and this rediculous music plays and he starts dancing and it seems like he's about to start stripping. ..It's really not that absurd.

It just disturbs me because of his striking resemblance to my cousin.

[sir archely]

some broken ads for this holiday season:

the iphone ad that says "can you afford this?" in a questioning tone. in context, it's presumably to highlight the internet function of the phone and the ability to track the market. but it just sounds funny.

another one is the Lowe's commercial where the guy can't find anything in Lowe's for his wife, and ends up getting her a gift card. So, you don't want anything at Lowe's, how about money to spend.... at Lowe's! WTF?


i've also seen at least a few commericals (toyota springs to mind) where the general idea is to destroy your perfectly OK functioning product in order to get a brand new one you don't need. ~sigh~

[Amelia]

I saw the Lowe's one and I agree. It makes no sense.

[night faerie]

i've also seen at least a few commericals (toyota springs to mind) where the general idea is to destroy your perfectly OK functioning product in order to get a brand new one you don't need. ~sigh~

I know that one drives chrono nuts as well. Idiots.


We love the one where the girl gets the pony but her friends get new phones. It just cracks us up... but why would her parents get her a pony at her age? It's weird.

[Malcor Sylverwood]

http://tinyurl.com/2x7722

[Amelia]

We love the one where the girl gets the pony but her friends get new phones. It just cracks us up... but why would her parents get her a pony at her age? It's weird.

i still ask for one.

[sir archely]

there's a commercial on right now for a KFC grilled wrap. i find it amusing that the lines "grilled" onto their wrap don't at all match up with the actual lines of their "grill." the thing even goes through a little animation of grilling, and still has wrong lines on it.

[Amelia]

I finally saw the commerical Arch and I saw that the lines didnt match either and I went "ooooooh! Thats what he was talking about!"

Carls Jr is at it again........people eating very noisey and its still disgusting and gross and makes me feel ill. I dont think Carls Jr wants that, does it?

ADD ON: I went to the Carls Jr website and wrote them a note about my displeasure of their icky ads this is what I said:
Can you please change your ads or at least take away the sound effects? I really hate your commericals and for that reason do not go there. I find it disgusting to listen to people eat their Carls Jr. items. Its noisy and it makes me feel ill. Do you really want me to feel that way? Is that the effect you want, to make somebody who went to your restuarants to not go there because everytime I see the Carls Jr sign I think of your gross ads and feel ill and drive right on by and go to another restaurant? If it is, great job if not, then pleae, please PLEASE change your ads.

I doubt they will do anything besides laugh at my last name cause I picture 21 year old guys running the place, but we shall see.

[Anita Blake]

hahah! that's so awesome, amelia. We don't have Carls Jr here, but I remember seeing their ads a long time ago, where some incredibly hot, cleavagey chick would take a giant bite and then gross sauce would plop all over her shirt (or some big fat guy doing the same thing) and it was like "haha, this food is messy! that's the greatest thing ever!". I thought to myself: gross. How totally disgusting. And every time I went to the US after that, and saw a Carls Jr. all I could think about was "if I eat there, I will stain my clothes and become disgusting." So yeah... I guess they're marketing to the demographic of people who like gross stuff. ~shrugs~ Now, if they'd just put some kind of poison in their food, a whole legion of disgusting people would be gone! huzzah!

[Amelia]

I havent gotten a response except the automatic....we received your email thing. I dont think I will hear from the frat boys who run the place but I had to get it off my chest!

[Mesaana]

Is Carl's Jr. the one with the chili burger thing? That is UBER disgusting and kinda all over the place. Cause if so I am completely with your on your assessment of it being too gross for TV. Like the one where the girl is trying to tell the guy he has something on his face and it is ALL over! (it kinda creeps me out)

On that note, every and all Pizza Pocket commercials should be banned. I thought they had learned from their digusting pizza pocket all over the car window days but apparently not. Apparently we have to grill those suckers over an open fire and then poke them with a stick and have em explode in a gross display of goey cheese and sauce that has no doubt given the poker 3rd degree burns. Why having molten hot food exploding all over you like some schiezer film gone wrong makes one want to eat a product I will never know! But there it is....

My verdict... Ban Pizza Pocket ads.

However endorse Pizza Bites! They are yummy and delicious and when eaten not TOO soon will not irreversibly burn the inside of your mouth.

[Amelia]

Is Carl's Jr. the one with the chili burger thing? That is UBER disgusting and kinda all over the place. Cause if so I am completely with your on your assessment of it being too gross for TV. Like the one where the girl is trying to tell the guy he has something on his face and it is ALL over! (it kinda creeps me out)




YES! Thats exactly what Im talking about! So Anita, Mess and I against frat boys!!!

[Kalle al'Tear]

I am with you three on that one.. those ads are so disgusting.. I turn the channel if I see it start.. I can't stand to even watch the 60 seconds that its on.

[sir archely]

the commercials that are grossing me out more than anything right now are the "big cheese" meal things. maybe from Papa John's? I'm not entirely sure about the place that has 'em, but the ads consist of kids basically acting like assholes to be the big cheese in order to get the 'big cheese' meal.

i mean, i like cheese as much as the next guy. probably more so, i am born/raised in wisconsin for pete's sake. but damn, the "big cheese" meal sounds absolutely disgusting. nothing like a big ball of half-melted, rubbery, processed white cheese-like substance to base your meal around. :sick:

[Arianna]

i've never even HEARD of Carls Jr. but now i'm kind of glad that i haven't :umm:

[Amelia]

Arianna, it also goes by Hardees.

I got a response back! Color me suprised. Here is what it said:

Dear Ms. Downer: Thank you for taking the time to share your comments with us. It is never our intention to offend anyone and we regret that you were displeased with our advertising promotion. Rest assured, your feedback is important to us and is taken to the highest levels within the organization for review. Thank you again for taking the time to contact us. Sincerely, KellyCarl's Jr. Guest ResponseOn the Web at www.carlsjr.com

so basically nothing will be done about it. I might write back in a months time reiterating my complaint.

[Kalle al'Tear]

well I'll help you out Amelia I'll write them an email to about how they gross me out with their advertising and that I wont go to their restaurants.

[Arianna]

hardees... sounds a little bit more familiar. *vows to research this*

[ChronoDmin]

milk does a bo......... GAHHHH!!!! my eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj1-ZZRajDU&autoplay=1

[Anita Blake]

oh man, that was awesome! that might be the most teethtacular milk ad in history!

[Mesaana]

Did that milk ad just say he wants to spread his white goodness in your hair?? o.O

If so I am vaguely (if not more) disturbed.

Though him levitating while playing the milk guitar was pretty sweet.

[Amelia]

There is an ad on TV that bothers me! Its a woman at the grocery store and shes coughing and sneezing and you see germs coming out of her mouth and its neon green and its on her hands so everything she touches turns neon green (apples, the grocery cart, bread) and when she is in the checkout line she is coughing (and shes not really covering her mouth its a fist a couple of inches away from her mouth) and everybody is giving her these icky looks and of course she is oblivious to it and she uses her credit card to pay so the credit card machine now has neon green on it and as she is leaving the store she is pushing her cart back to the other grocery carts and she notices a man coughing into his sleeve and then a light bulb pops in her head and she offers the man her neon green grocery cart and he takes it......NOW HE HAS HER ICKY GERMS! then the show her at home taking the stuff out of her bags which now has neon green on everything and her son comes in goes to grab an apple but the mom says "Hey, wash your hands and the apple, you dont know if there are germs on it!" well of course there are.....FROM HER! and she doesnt wash her hands at all! When you grow up you cough into your hand but then you go wash them!!!!! You blow your nose into a tissue...then you wash your hands!

Of course now they say, sneeze or cough into your sleeve which i suppose is a good idea but I cant stand this commerical, cause the woman has contaminated the whole damn grocery store and thinks she isnt and contaminates her house and thinks she has good parenting skills just because she tells her child to wash his hands and apple. Yeah, your protecting him from you! Daff woman!

[Tipiman]

WOW!! That really DOES bother you, Amelia! I had to check if this was the absurd ad page or the rant page - hee hee

[Amelia]

absurd ads make me rant.

[Apoc]

one of the most disturbing ads i've ever seen...seriously...wtf?!

it's for orangina? what!!!???? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3RJugOtP40)

warning, will likely shock and disturb you for life!

[Eyreplenh]

Well, it was french...

Anyway, while a little bear on deer softcore action never hurt anyone, I'm having some trouble labelling it. Is that perverted, or merely a little bit kinky? :p

[Apoc]

i'm sure furry fetishists love it...but as an advertisment for orangina? nah man, that's just soo wrong in my mind...~awaits an andrex beastility vid or a dendraphiliac head and shoulders ad~ :sick:

[jabbernaut]

I was only slightly creeped out by it until the octupus-ladything showed up. :quirk:

After that, it was time to book therapy.




PS - Did they have to make it 3-and-a-half times longer than any commercial ever should be? By one minute I was pleading for it to end!

[Arianna]

I finally saw the commerical Arch and I saw that the lines didnt match either and I went "ooooooh! Thats what he was talking about!"

Carls Jr is at it again........people eating very noisey and its still disgusting and gross and makes me feel ill. I dont think Carls Jr wants that, does it?

ADD ON: I went to the Carls Jr website and wrote them a note about my displeasure of their icky ads this is what I said:
Can you please change your ads or at least take away the sound effects? I really hate your commericals and for that reason do not go there. I find it disgusting to listen to people eat their Carls Jr. items. Its noisy and it makes me feel ill. Do you really want me to feel that way? Is that the effect you want, to make somebody who went to your restuarants to not go there because everytime I see the Carls Jr sign I think of your gross ads and feel ill and drive right on by and go to another restaurant? If it is, great job if not, then pleae, please PLEASE change your ads.

I doubt they will do anything besides laugh at my last name cause I picture 21 year old guys running the place, but we shall see.
i was just driving around AZ the other day and i saw a carls Jr while in a car crowded with other (normal) people...

ME: "oh, carls Jr... now i get it." *laughs loudly*
everyone else: :eyebrow:

edit: wow, orangina. that is disturbing but also pretty neat.

[Vivacia]

one of the most disturbing ads i've ever seen...seriously...wtf?!

it's for orangina? what!!!???? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3RJugOtP40)

warning, will likely shock and disturb you for life!

WHY didn't I listen to your warning? I'm both disturbed and slightly aroused. I think I'll get the name of Jabb's therapist. ~shudders~

[Anita Blake]

OK. Quick question here, what the hell does Orangina rhyme with? Because if it rhymes with what i think it rhymes with, then that commercial almost makes sense. But if it rhymes with Tina, then WTF?!

[Amelia]

OK. Quick question here, what the hell does Orangina rhyme with? Because if it rhymes with what i think it rhymes with, then that commercial almost makes sense. But if it rhymes with Tina, then WTF?!

It rhymes with tina. I remember this comedy group, think they were called the Bert Fershners, and they did a skit with orangina and the lady who worked the soda fountain made it sound like a female body part and the guy who wanted a drink was getting skivved out and tried to correct her but he thought he was pronouncing like a female body part.....it was funny.

I have never seen orangina...is it good?

[Amelia]

I hate the Secret Deoderant commerical with the chick who keeps putting her arms up in the air for stupid reasons just because her secret keeps her smelling fresh. God, kill me now!

[Anita Blake]

ha! I haven't seen that, but if she's wearing vanilla chai Secret, I don't blame her! it smells like cookies! Every now and then I"ll catch a whiff on myself and be like "mmm! I smell delicious!"

[Amelia]

I saw a commercial today and it let me down. It showed several scenes, with a person standing there and they would close their eyes, smile and click their heels 3 times.....so now its got my interest because its referencing the shoes so Im think maybe Halmark or some other store is going to sell the shoes, causing me to have a fit in my living room causing Yule to think Im even more of a wacknut because if some store is selling the shoes I will be there in 5 minutes!

But no, they are selling Pillsbury Cresent Rolls! CANNED CRESCENT ROLLS! because cresent rolls are home.

Stupid Pillsbury getting my hopes up. Im going to bake that dough boy!

[AquaFizz]

mmm...I bet he'll be tasty!

[sir archely]

i can't remember if i (or anyone else) have mentioned these commercials before, and i'm too lazy too look. In any event, i am continually weirded out by the charmin toilet paper commercials with the bears. i think they're just getting worse anyway. the newest has a couple bears playing football and the little one bends over to snap the ball and the large one notices little bits of tp all over its ass. they're always doing gross stuff with toilet paper on these commercials. why is it okay for them to do this in cartoon bear form?

[Buck]

Why do I have a sudden flash back to an 80's commercial about a girl asking her mom if she douches?


I've seen some very revealing and edgy advertising in europe, US is rather watered down. If a cartoon bear with a piece of toilet paper stuck to its ass offends you, I suggest you keep the TV off when on the other side of the atlantic :quirk:

[sir archely]

it's not that it offends me really, it's more like, what the hell? in what world does a talking bright red cartoon bear with toilet paper bits stuck to its ass while it plays football sell anything. oh right, this one.

[Buck]

Hehehe, the edgy euro commercials can be just as perplexing.

Classic example, is an ice cream commercial that played frequently the last time I was in greece. The whole commercial basically boiled down to a hot topless model (yes, boobs on tv) who slowly walked out the ocean all the while a symphony played in the background.

Context? The icecream was called Symphony. Did it motivate anyone to go out and get that icecream? I'd think it's pretty safe to say no, but I'm pretty damn sure every Tom, Dick and Harry ... or should I say... every Aristotle, Basili, and Kosta in your average greek hick town stfu and glued their eyes to the set whenever the commercial played.

[Amelia]

it's not that it offends me really, it's more like, what the hell? in what world does a talking bright red cartoon bear with toilet paper bits stuck to its ass while it plays football sell anything. oh right, this one.

Im a little weirded out by all the charmin, bear commercials, yeah I know its all a joke about what a bear does in the woods but, ummm its a little icky.

[Kalle al'Tear]

oh I hate that one too. Watching the mamma bear take a broom to wipe stuck toilet paper off her youngin's bum isn't something I want to watch.

[Amelia]

and the two bears running towards the porta potties!

[sir archely]

a new favorite hated ad, the cell phone ads (at&t maybe?) with the people as their own phone messages or whatever, and they are all in bad situations where better reception would have saved them. these are all pretty horrible, but the one where the news reporter is now in the blast zone and the commercial ends with him possibly getting blown up, that's pretty awful.

[Amelia]

a new favorite hated ad, the cell phone ads (at&t maybe?) with the people as their own phone messages or whatever, and they are all in bad situations where better reception would have saved them. these are all pretty horrible, but the one where the news reporter is now in the blast zone and the commercial ends with him possibly getting blown up, that's pretty awful.


Some of them are horrible but I did like the one where the Michael Phelps fan didnt get the message that Michael Phelps was just blocks away. I found that one amusing.

[AquaFizz]

..sort of thought the blown up one was pretty funny. Guess I'm sick like that.

I think the snowman one is lame.

[sir archely]

i haven't seen the michael phelps one, that doesn't sound too bad. at least the person isn't going to die because they didn't see him, right?

[Tipiman]

I agree with AquaFizz - I liked the blown up one, not cuz the guy gets blown up, but it actually tries to show that better coverage MIGHT be worth investing in (plus I am sick like that). The snowman one? Come on! Too many PEOPLE have cell phones. Let's not give them to inanimate objects too. I never figured out the attraction to Phelps, so I couldn't see why anyone cared if they missed him, oh well, my bad!

[Kalle al'Tear]

I also laugh at the blown up reporter one. The one that annoys me is the one where the guy doesn't get the word that your supposed to thaw out the turkey before deep frying it or it will explode. umm isn't that common sense?? I thought you were to thaw out turkey no matter how its cooked.. in the oven, deep fried.. either way.

[Amelia]

I never figured out the attraction to Phelps, so I couldn't see why anyone cared if they missed him, oh well, my bad!

All you need to do is put a bag over his head.


I love the Progessive Ads with the weird quirky chick who now has wrote a song with the new years eve noise maker.

[Tipiman]

The new one that I find rather repulsive is one that describes your auto insurance as stinky and depicts that with a guy in sweats at a work out who apparently has both bad breath and poor hygiene and seems to be proud of it.

[AquaFizz]

All you need to do is put a bag over his head.

And a sock in his mouth. :D

[Eyreplenh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVblWq3tDwY

So... I was in switzerland for a few days, and we saw a soccer match on saturday, and in the break I got a really good reminder why I'm glad I'm not exposed to continental television often. Shite... Those two buggers came back to haunt me in the small hours!

[Amelia]

one that doesnt sit well with me is the new gatorade ad that spoofs Monty Python and the Holy Grail.......it isnt funny. They tried but the failed at it.

[Amelia]

im on cbs.com alot when I work overnights and they keep showing a nextel ad about what would happen if the people who work behind the camera for films were wedding planners, im tired of it but there is one part that still makes me chuckle is when the bride who sees it raining asking "why is it raining?" and the chick with the bride, barks into her nextel "Lose the rain" and immediatly the rain stops and the sun shines and then they show the guy turning off the rain and he mutters "no rain, no rainbows!"

That part always cracks me up! The rest of it annoys me.

[AquaFizz]

I like the other version of that.

The one about if Delivery People Ran the World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN8qorQLz2M) and they chase down the kid that's skipping. It amuses me greatly.

[Apoc]

There is a big drive over here by the army to get new recruits and its advertising campaign tagline is..."start THINKING soldier"...which to me is just fucking stupid as soldiers aren't supposed to think.

[Amelia]

I like the other version of that.

The one about if Delivery People Ran the World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN8qorQLz2M) and they chase down the kid that's skipping. It amuses me greatly.


that one was amusing too, and the one lady found a freshman in a locker.

[sir archely]

no idea if this is old hat or what but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc

I just saw this on a daily show rerun. WTF?

[AquaFizz]

I think that's the thing a guy from Marvel was tweeting about the other day.

its so icky!

Ugh! Boy toys are always so...boyish.

~throws barbies at the next poster~

[Buck]

no idea if this is old hat or what but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc

I just saw this on a daily show rerun. WTF?

You think that's horrendous? Go look up the AV club's clip on it. I won't even dare link it here.:umm:

[sir archely]

This is a joke, right? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWoVT2cGoN0)

Prescription treatment for "inadequate lashes"? Wow. Common side-effects include being a dumbass.

[Amelia]

Im liking the norton ads with a raw chicken being your harddrive and the 80's heavy metal band, Dokken being a computer virus.

Protect your chicken from Dokken.

[Amelia]

I hate the new Ketel One vodka ads their tag line is "gentlemen, this is vodka" and it shows tuxedo clad men and not one women.

I LOVE vodka, this is my alcohol of choice, and it bothers me when a company excludes women. Now if it was say a jock strap company then yeah I understand if no women were in their ad campaign but everybody can drink and does drink vodka so why exclude a group of your customers.

I have never drank Ketel One and now I will make sure I never do.