Commercials that make you wanna throw a !@#$ing brick through your television!

[Jack Zodiac]

http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/the-ads/

Pick any of 'em. Although the "Dog" and "Sent" ones are hilarious, especially "Sent" because it warns of the dangers of evil marijuana and the Internet!

[Cayman]

The Southland Tales banner that was flashing above CBR until recently made me wanna throw a !@#$ing brick through my computer screen.

[Jack Zodiac]

I keep refreshing it but I can't seem to catch it.

Here's one. Those motherfucking Garmin commercials. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0X1peEgTqw) Just hearing that jingle drives me into a blind rage. Thirty seconds later, there's shit broken all over the living room.

[hellokittykat]

The acting is stellar, I mean, Oscar-worthy stellar!

[rick]

I keep refreshing it but I can't seem to catch it.

Here's one. Those motherfucking Garmin commercials. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0X1peEgTqw) Just hearing that jingle drives me into a blind rage. Thirty seconds later, there's shit broken all over the living room.


Really?

I have only seen it the one time, but I kind of liked how weird it was.

[Jack Zodiac]

The acting is stellar, I mean, Oscar-worthy stellar!

I like how in the "Sent" commercial, they went through painstaking efforts to remind us that the little girl was Latina. "Hey, chica! Que pasa?" Pffffffffft!

[Jack Zodiac]

Really?

I have only seen it the one time, but I kind of liked how weird it was.

I don't mind weird commercials. One of my favorites is that fucked up Skittles commercial with the guy with the prehensile beard, but holy hell is that Garmin jingle... mind-numbing. I think it stems from my deep-seeded hatred of Christmas carolers, though.

I'll figgy pudding you, ya' bastards! :mad: Get off my porch!

[hellokittykat]

I like how in the "Sent" commercial, they went through painstaking efforts to remind us that the little girl was Latina. "Hey, chica! Que pasa?" Pffffffffft!

Yeah that was a bit overdone. I also liked how they got all artsy with the choppy camera work.:D

[Jack Zodiac]

But my favorite will always be the one with the talking dog. C'mon guys! You're trying to turn people off of doing drugs! If my dog talked to me when I was high, I'd never stop smoking pot!

[hellokittykat]

I don't watch much television but this one drove me nuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYX_zhlTDr8

[Jack Zodiac]

I don't watch much television but this one drove me nuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYX_zhlTDr8

Yeah, that's one fucked up commercial, but it's not one of those ads that irritates me so much as it confuses and, in a twisted, unusual way, entertains me. Like this Skittles commercial. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ZUJNgwlfY)

[hellokittykat]

Yeah, that's one fucked up commercial, but it's not one of those ads that irritates me so much as it confuses and, in a twisted, unusual way, entertains me. Like this Skittles commercial. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ZUJNgwlfY)


What the hell does a prehensile beard have to do with candy anyway? Freaky! I'm going to have nightmares now!:eek:

[Cam63]

" Steel, Steel, Steel Supplies ! " from Wagga.

If I ever meet the sheila who does the voiceover, she's gettin' a throat punch.

[Cam63]

I don't watch much television but this one drove me nuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYX_zhlTDr8

OK... That little shit gets five minutes in a funnelweb den.

[hellokittykat]

OK... That little shit gets five minutes in a funnelweb den.

Seems fair to me.:)

[Jack Zodiac]

What the hell does a prehensile beard have to do with candy anyway? Freaky! I'm going to have nightmares now!:eek:

Why is every anti-drug ad about some dipshit teenager who'd probably be a fuck up in life without drugs anyway? :p At least the prehensile beard is entertaining... in a disturbing way.

[CutterMike]

Two words: Head On.

[TomStillwell]

Any jewelry commercial where the guy like does the most romantic thing possible to give his girl a ring or whatever.

Yeah, that guy doesn't exist.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

The Southland Tales banner that was flashing above CBR until recently made me wanna throw a !@#$ing brick through my computer screen.

In this vein, a couple of years ago, there used to be an animated ad on DC's official message board for a toy of the Batman Begins tumbler. With sound. With no mute or 'close.' And that played over & over on a loop, no less (even reloading the page often did dicksquat).

That ad drove me & the rest of the board bugfuck for weeks.

[kipster]

I hate that yogurt commercial where they tell you to send in the lids to fight against breast cancer. It's a great cause, but when they show the girl licking the lid and talking about breast cancer, it just give me the creeps.

[Jack Zodiac]

Any jewelry commercial where the guy like does the most romantic thing possible to give his girl a ring or whatever.

Yeah, that guy doesn't exist.

Yeah, where's the commercial where the guy drops his girl's diamond ring in her pint of beer and goes, "'Ey! Happy fuckin' anniversary!"? Horseshit!


I hate that yogurt commercial where they tell you to send in the lids to fight against breast cancer. It's a great cause, but when they show the girl licking the lid and talking about breast cancer, it just give me the creeps.

Sexiest cancer ever? I haven't seen it yet, myself.

[Cam63]

The Yoplait ads from the '80s through to the '90s with the gendarme.

Every...fuckin'...one'a...'em.

[Johnny_Luck]

The Southland Tales banner that was flashing above CBR until recently made me wanna throw a !@#$ing brick through my computer screen.

Can I ask why? I mean you get to see Mandy Moores face over and over again and shes awesome, hot, and talented at acting and singing, what moore do you want?

Plus it ads for a movie with the rock so its gonna be good.



Any jewelry commercial where the guy like does the most romantic thing possible to give his girl a ring or whatever.

Yeah, that guy doesn't exist.

Yeah that guy does, there just not the kind of guys most girls end up with cause no matter how many times ya say you want nice over naughty, the nice are 99.9 percent of the time overlooked.

Which often leads to stupid conversations between females on why it didn't work out and why men all suck, even if its not all men just the type of men most girls go for first.

I love the Coolers commercials during football

[Alan Lynch]

Any advert which calls a singer/band "The most talked about singer/band of the year!" when they clearly aren't. And it's usually either Zane Lowe or Jo Wiley saying it. Don't they remember saying the same thing in about February? Which is too fucking early to make that claim anyway. Gah.

[The Confessor]

Any advert which calls a singer/band "The most talked about singer/band of the year!" when they clearly aren't. And it's usually either Zane Lowe or Jo Wiley saying it.

Jo Wiley needs to be publicly burned at the stake.

Harsh but fair. :)

[KevinTBrown]

Any jewelry commercial where the guy like does the most romantic thing possible to give his girl a ring or whatever.

Yeah, that guy doesn't exist.

Yes I do. :D

I did it for our first Valentine's being married.

My wife never got a "real" engagement and wedding ring, just a simple band. So I surprised her with a diamond ring. I went all out and did dinner, hand candles on the table, etc. Had it all ready for her when she got home from work. (There are some perks to getting home 90 minutes before she does....)

And I had the ring box sitting in the middle of her plate when I placed it in front of her.

[Shisho]

Whoever came up with "Have a Happy Period" needs to be drug out into the street and beaten with a tire iron. I've been known to shout very ugly things at the television when those commercials come on, the nicest of which is "get fucked." :evilangry

[the4thpip]

The glossy ads that GlaxoSmithKline, Phizer or whichever pharmaceutical company that produces AIDS meds placed, that showed supposedly HIV+ studs enjoying free climbing, surfing etc. While it's true that HIV has become less of a death sentence, that kind of trivialization is likely to make people think they don't need to practice safer sex anymore.

[sunshinegirl]

Any jewelry commercial where the guy like does the most romantic thing possible to give his girl a ring or whatever.

Yeah, that guy doesn't exist.

yea he does. I married him. :D

I have lotsa stories about his romantical side, but I'll keep 'em to myself.

[Rattlehead]

Those completely irritating and banal tom-tom go commericals. That whistling haunts me in my sleep.

[Cayman]

The glossy ads that GlaxoSmithKline, Phizer or whichever pharmaceutical company that produces AIDS meds placed, that showed supposedly HIV+ studs enjoying free climbing, surfing etc. While it's true that HIV has become less of a death sentence, that kind of trivialization is likely to make people think they don't need to practice safer sex anymore.

Yeah, a lot of those look like an ad for some vacation resort or something.

[sunshinegirl]

Yeah, where's the commercial where the guy drops his girl's diamond ring in her pint of beer and goes, "'Ey! Happy fuckin' anniversary!"? Horseshit!
.

eh, that works, too.

[DarkCrisis]

PC/Windows vs Mac commercials.

I seriously wish Microsoft would come back with their own commericals.

Something like the PC/Windows guy rolling around in a stack of cash while laughing at the Mac guy.

[LewisH]

a remote control, a kitchen, a bathroom, or a DVR can avoid commercials if they want to. So what's to be upset about?

[Cayman]

a remote control, a kitchen, a bathroom, or a DVR can avoid commercials if they want to. So what's to be upset about?

Who wants to construct a Rube Goldberg device like that?

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

a remote control, a kitchen, a bathroom, or a DVR can avoid commercials if they want to. So what's to be upset about?

Please don't become the Diana_Fan of the commercial thread, dude.

[Dr Ray Palmer]

Two words: Head On.

Damn, you beat me to it!

"HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD."

Wait, are you saying I'm supposed to put it on my forehead?

Then they started running the commercials where they were making fun of how annoying their commercials are, but the woman they put in THAT ad ("Head On, I hate your commercials ... but I love your product!") is even more annoying than the original commercials. I think more than Head On, she needs a comb and scissors applied directly to her fucked-up hair.

[David O Burcham]

Each and every "Truth" anti-smoking commercial.

I quit smoking five years ago, but every time I see a "whudafxup" p.s.a. I want to run out and buy a pack of Winstons... just so I can light up and blow smoke in that annoying fx's face.

[Shisho]

Each and every "Truth" anti-smoking commercial.

I quit smoking five years ago, but every time I see a "whudafxup" p.s.a. I want to run out and buy a pack of Winstons... just so I can light up and blow smoke in that annoying fx's face.

I don't even smoke, and those commercials cheese me off. Those commercials make me want to take up smoking out of spite.

[Rattlehead]

Each and every "Truth" anti-smoking commercial.

I quit smoking five years ago, but every time I see a "whudafxup" p.s.a. I want to run out and buy a pack of Winstons... just so I can light up and blow smoke in that annoying fx's face.

You and I both. I especially hate how they've snuck their way onto certain DVDs. People who smoke know it's bad for them, so shut up, ummkay.

[HomerJay]

KIDZ BOP.
Need I say more?

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

KIDZ BOP.
Need I say more?

No, you need not.

[Super Sonic]

http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/the-ads/

Pick any of 'em. Although the "Dog" and "Sent" ones are hilarious, especially "Sent" because it warns of the dangers of evil marijuana and the Internet!

The dog one would have been better if the dog was an abusive ass.

"YOU! You and your f*cking junkie friends going off and smoking your wacky backy, ooooh look at me, I do weed, maybe Craig will pork me now, not likely you cheap whore!!!!"
"I'll be outside, cuz it stinks in here, stinks of ugly failure!!!"

[rick]

I don't even smoke, and those commercials cheese me off. Those commercials make me want to take up smoking out of spite.


Which actually sort of makes perfect sense because those "Truth" commericals are actually created by the Tobacco industry themselves as part of that whole settlement from the late 90's.

[rick]

The dog one would have been better if the dog was an abusive ass.

"YOU! You and your f*cking junkie friends going off and smoking your wacky backy, ooooh look at me, I do weed, maybe Craig will pork me now, not likely you cheap whore!!!!"
"I'll be outside, cuz it stinks in here, stinks of ugly failure!!!"


Of course if this girl hears her dog talking to her, then the acid she's on is doing a whole lot more harm the the weed ever could have.

[the4thpip]

Which actually sort of makes perfect sense because those "Truth" commericals are actually created by the Tobacco industry themselves as part of that whole settlement from the late 90's.

I thought those were the "Tobacco is wacko... If you're a teen!" ads. Which to me read like: "You wanna feel like an adult? Smoke!"

[Jared H.]

The Charmin commercials with the bears. They are having far too much fun wiping themselves.

[ducklord]

But my favorite will always be the one with the talking dog. C'mon guys! You're trying to turn people off of doing drugs! If my dog talked to me when I was high, I'd never stop smoking pot!

Over the last decade or so I've become convinced that there are at least a couple of highly-placed ad men contracted by the government who are intentionally putting out "stupid" anti-drug ads in an effort to make the War on Drugs (more specifically, the War on Pot) look silly. The Talking Dog ad is Exhibit A. The "Pot Funds Terrorists" campaign is Exhibit B. It's difficult to believe that slick, well-funded propaganda campaigns could be sooooOOOOooo transparently ridiculous without a highly-placed prankster (or ten) working his/her ass off to convince the government that "no, really, the kids'll eat this stuff up!"

Or maybe they really are just that stupid. Oa knows the last few years have been a charming testament to THAT sentiment...

Grrrrrr,
Mike

[MartinRedmond]

The Cry of The Pickles one is really irritating, so are all the Apple ones. Call me an indie snob, but I dislike musicians making songs to sell product all like OOOOOHHH YEAHHHH BUY AN IITTUNE OMG YEAH BUY BUY PRODUCT THIS HAS BEEN SUNG BY ME BUY MY RECORDS BUY THIS BUY THAT etc

[Michael P]

All of them, really.

[Flamebird]

I agree with a lot of these, especially the "truth" and above the influence crap.


But two that really set my teeth on edge, right now, is the three wankers talking about "raisin bran crunch" and the vacuum cleaner ad that sounds like squeeky toys.

[Mysterio]

Every year, without fail, the Lexus "December to Remember" ads drive me bonkers! The annoying music, the stupid voiceover guy... and the damn big bows! Where the hell do you find these big bows and who would ever put them on a damn car?!

[Dreadstar]

I watch a lot of football. There's one commercial that you see at LEAST 4 or 5 times during every broadcast. The Dr. Pepper commercial where the Lineman scores and goes into the extended end-zone dance to ELP's Karn Evil 9.

It's not that it's so *bad*, it's that you see it EVERY DAMNED HALF HOUR.

I want to kill someone every time I see it now.

[Mysterio]

I watch a lot of football.

And in that same vein... ANY Chevy commercial that has "This Is Our Country" by John Mellencamp in it. UGH!!!

[Jared H.]

That commercial for Pizza Hut with the kid eating the stuffed crust pizza crust first while the dad looks on in a frustrated manner.

We once watched a show where that commercial showed up every break. I kept ad-libbing the thoughts of the father when he shook his head. Stuff like "damn, I regret that condom breaking."

[Black Atom]

Any jewelry commercial where the guy like does the most romantic thing possible to give his girl a ring or whatever.

Yeah, that guy doesn't exist.

I hate those, too, but just because they're manipulative as hell. I remember one commercial where this dude and his girlfriend are on vacation in Rome or something and the guy's in the courtyard screaming "I love this woman!" and the woman tries to shut him up as all the locals give odd looks to the weirdo Americans. Then, he surprises her with a diamond ring and she shouts "I love this man!"

Oh, what? A second ago you were embarrassed by this poor bastard who flew you all the way to Rome to propose and proudly proclaims his love for you but suddenly he slaps two months salary on in your palm and you start singing a different tune. Fuck you, whore.

[JeffreyWKramer]

I'm rather a fan of the LAW AND ORDER shows, and when I bother with TV, I often watch those, either the new ones or the near-constant reruns on USA Network. Unfortunately, a lot of USA's programming is... well, it's frankly moronic and downright awful. Even more unfortunately, they play the same lame commercials for the same awful shit over and over. Seeing one commercial for something as downright retarded as DR. STEVE-O or the movie ELF (which is awful even by the low standard of Will Farrell movies) is bad enough, but seeing the same damn commercial for the same stupidity two or three times in the same hour is simply too much.

Those are bad enough that paid political ads for even the most awful candidate seem like a respite in comparison.

[Schornforce]

I'm usually bothered by the lack of creativity in so many commercials. In the past few years, there's like maybe three I remember and enjoy.

I hate that stupid Oreo pizza beard thing.

I originally thought the Geico cavemen were amusing, but that quickly got old and stupid.

I also hate the recent Family Guy Subway ads which just have Peter going through the Subway schpiel. No gag or twist to it, just blatant 'buy this because a cartoon told you to' idiocy.

I vaguely remember commercials actually making some degree of sense and portraying whatever they were trying to sell in a humorous, positive, or at least not-totally-irritating way. Bah!

Great. Now I sound like I should be a crotchety old man sitting on a porch shooing kids off my property...

...with a shotgun.

[livin_target]

They're gonna taste great... (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TSc5g9m8ywI&feature=related)

[Jack Zodiac]

Holy hell, that was cringe-worthy. It's been years and years and years since I saw kid-directed commercials for shit like toys and cereal, but every so often I'll catch 'em early in the day on Cartoon Network or something and they'll blow my mind.

[Jack Zodiac]

Those completely irritating and banal tom-tom go commericals. That whistling haunts me in my sleep.

Yes, that's a theme that digs its way into your brain alright.


PC/Windows vs Mac commercials.

I think I hate them even more than I should because everyone I know who owns a Mac acts like it's the greatest fucking thing ever, then only use it to burn fuckin' music or something. Congratulations on the super expensive CD burner! And I like the guy from "The Daily Show" who plays the PC guy, and kind of hate the dbag from "Waiting" and "Accepted" that plays the Mac guy.


Each and every "Truth" anti-smoking commercial.

I quit smoking five years ago, but every time I see a "whudafxup" p.s.a. I want to run out and buy a pack of Winstons... just so I can light up and blow smoke in that annoying fx's face.

So I'm not the only one? Good.

Y'know, I get it, smoking's bad for you, but y'know what? Who the fuck doesn't know that anymore? If you're inhaling burning tar and nicotine, you know it's fucking up your insides, or you're crooked in the fucking skull, and if that's the case, you aren't getting those Truth or Debunkify ads anyway. All of their stupid ass stunts and ads, you think they could put that money to better use, like... cancer research? They're government funded, mandatory commercials, but seriously, why the needless extremes?

A thirty second spot of some guy on a white screen going, "Hey, smokers! Just wanted to remind you that you're fucking up your lungs. In case you forgot." would be more effective that dressing up like a muppet and making some lukewarm point about selling smokes to tots.

[Jared H.]

So I'm not the only one? Good.

Y'know, I get it, smoking's bad for you, but y'know what? Who the fuck doesn't know that anymore? If you're inhaling burning tar and nicotine, you know it's fucking up your insides, or you're crooked in the fucking skull, and if that's the case, you aren't getting those Truth or Debunkify ads anyway. All of their stupid ass stunts and ads, you think they could put that money to better use, like... cancer research? They're government funded, mandatory commercials, but seriously, why the needless extremes?

A thirty second spot of some guy on a white screen going, "Hey, smokers! Just wanted to remind you that you're fucking up your lungs. In case you forgot." would be more effective that dressing up like a muppet and making some lukewarm point about selling smokes to tots.


I think the goal of the Truth ads is not to stop people from smoking, but rather to bring down the corporations that produce tobacco entirely.

The fact that they somehow got government money to do it pisses me off.

[hellokittykat]

I originally thought the Geico cavemen were amusing, but that quickly got old and stupid.

Oh yeah I forgot about them. They drove that idea right into the ground!


They're gonna taste great... (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TSc5g9m8ywI&feature=related)

I didn't even get through 15 seconds of the clip. That was horrible!:(

[Jack Zodiac]

I think the goal of the Truth ads is not to stop people from smoking, but rather to bring down the corporations that produce tobacco entirely.

The fact that they somehow got government money to do it pisses me off.

Ha! That ain't happenin'. You know how horrible that'd be for our economy? Like it or not, the killing yourself racket is one of the biggest trades in the world.

[adam_warlock_2099]

Each and every "Truth" anti-smoking commercial.

I quit smoking five years ago, but every time I see a "whudafxup" p.s.a. I want to run out and buy a pack of Winstons... just so I can light up and blow smoke in that annoying fx's face.


I don't even smoke, and those commercials cheese me off. Those commercials make me want to take up smoking out of spite.


You and I both. I especially hate how they've snuck their way onto certain DVDs. People who smoke know it's bad for them, so shut up, ummkay.


Yes, that's a theme that digs its way into your brain alright.



I think I hate them even more than I should because everyone I know who owns a Mac acts like it's the greatest fucking thing ever, then only use it to burn fuckin' music or something. Congratulations on the super expensive CD burner! And I like the guy from "The Daily Show" who plays the PC guy, and kind of hate the dbag from "Waiting" and "Accepted" that plays the Mac guy.



So I'm not the only one? Good.

Y'know, I get it, smoking's bad for you, but y'know what? Who the fuck doesn't know that anymore? If you're inhaling burning tar and nicotine, you know it's fucking up your insides, or you're crooked in the fucking skull, and if that's the case, you aren't getting those Truth or Debunkify ads anyway. All of their stupid ass stunts and ads, you think they could put that money to better use, like... cancer research? They're government funded, mandatory commercials, but seriously, why the needless extremes?

A thirty second spot of some guy on a white screen going, "Hey, smokers! Just wanted to remind you that you're fucking up your lungs. In case you forgot." would be more effective that dressing up like a muppet and making some lukewarm point about selling smokes to tots.

I suddenly don't feel so lonely in this massive universe.

I like how my can of Copenhagen says "This is not a safe alternative to cigarettes." :D Ya think? Ohh I get you think I am a stupid redneck just because I dip snuff. :D Dicks!

[Jared H.]

Ha! That ain't happenin'. You know how horrible that'd be for our economy? Like it or not, the killing yourself racket is one of the biggest trades in the world.

Believe me, I know. But that won't stop them from trying.

[hellokittykat]

Believe me, I know. But that won't stop them from trying.

Yeah, I'm pretty much guaranteed job security.:o

[GozertheGozarian]

Truth ads are made by the tobacco companies. Why would they want to kill their own businesses?

[Jack Zodiac]

Oh! And this piece of shit commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWnUmpQhiOw&feature=related) and any piece of shit commercial like it from that piece of shit company.

[Michael P]

I hate those, too, but just because they're manipulative as hell. I remember one commercial where this dude and his girlfriend are on vacation in Rome or something and the guy's in the courtyard screaming "I love this woman!" and the woman tries to shut him up as all the locals give odd looks to the weirdo Americans. Then, he surprises her with a diamond ring and she shouts "I love this man!"


I'm ashamed to know this, but she actually whispers it.

[Black Atom]

I'm ashamed to know this, but she actually whispers it.

Even worse.

Those diamond commercials seem really manipulative. Why not just say "Want her to love you? Hope you have money!" I think one of those companies has a slogan that basically boils down to that anyway.

[Jack Zodiac]

Even worse.

Those diamond commercials seem really manipulative. Why not just say "Want her to love you? Hope you have money!" I think one of those companies has a slogan that basically boils down to that anyway.

Or this... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHV3oH5jjI)

[hellokittykat]

Or this... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHV3oH5jjI)

Or like Ron White said "Diamonds...That'll shut 'er up."

[Jack Zodiac]

I think that cartoon parody commercial is evidence to the contrary. :p

[hellokittykat]

I think that cartoon parody commercial is evidence to the contrary. :p

Wait, That was a parody? But the actors were so believable! I mean, I really thought that she would pretty much have to!

[Jack Zodiac]

They're some crafty commercials!

[CutterMike]

Damn, you beat me to it!

"HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD."

Wait, are you saying I'm supposed to put it on my forehead?

Then they started running the commercials where they were making fun of how annoying their commercials are, but the woman they put in THAT ad ("Head On, I hate your commercials ... but I love your product!") is even more annoying than the original commercials. I think more than Head On, she needs a comb and scissors applied directly to her fucked-up hair.

ATTENTION AMERICAN ADVERTISERS:
You want me to buy your product? Here's the secret: Tell me what it is, tell me what it does, tell me what in the world I, personally, would get out of having it do what it does, and then shutthefuckup. Pissing me off is NOT the way to get into my wallet.

The Head On ads get to step one and stop.

[Black Atom]

Or this... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SHV3oH5jjI)

Awe. Some.

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

Do I only pick one? Most commercials do drive me insane for the most part.

1) "It's all about balance" beer commercials in Canada. Watching fat tubby guys saying there has to be a balance between sex and beer made me want to field goal my television.

2) "Buying this car can save your soul" - I forget who did this but I wanted to punch them. Hard.

3) Presidential Campaign Commercials - Probably the most dishonest things I've ever seen on tv.

and finally (I could go on forever)

4) Lawyer representation commercials - I swear they all look like gnomes from the sixth dimension. I'm not sure this qualifies as a piss me off moreso as I'm scared of evil gnomes from sixth dimension. But I digress.

Mr_Pants

[DaeJi]

Those fucking Alltel commerials with that asshole Chad. I've seen seen a person I wished rape on soooooo badly.

[Aggie]

the herpes couple...<shudder>

and that goddamn burger king commercial w/ that stupid king and those lame ass burger people...:mad:

[rick]

I think the goal of the Truth ads is not to stop people from smoking, but rather to bring down the corporations that produce tobacco entirely.

The fact that they somehow got government money to do it pisses me off.


They don't get government money.

As I posted earlier in the thread, The Truth commercials are funded by the Tobacco Industry as part of the settlement the companies signed back in the 1990’s.

The Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheTruth.com) site was the easiest place to find the info.

[Cam63]

ATTENTION AMERICAN ADVERTISERS:
You want me to buy your product? Here's the secret: Tell me what it is, tell me what it does, tell me what in the world I, personally, would get out of having it do what it does, and then shutthefuckup. Pissing me off is NOT the way to get into my wallet.

Nah, they'll never go for that.

[Alan Lynch]

They're gonna taste great... (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TSc5g9m8ywI&feature=related)
I remember the rumour going around that the kid in those adverts had died. It was sadly disproven.

[JKCarrier]

"HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD."

Wait, are you saying I'm supposed to put it on my forehead?

I'm just waiting for them to team up with the Viagra people:

"HARD ON! Apply directly to wiener!" :eek:

[the4thpip]

Ha! That ain't happenin'. You know how horrible that'd be for our economy? Like it or not, the killing yourself racket is one of the biggest trades in the world.

Actually, smoking has been shown again and again to do more damage than good for the economy. If cigarettes were to cover the cost that smoking-related diseases and littering actually cause, a pack would have to cost something like 40 bucks. And that is not even accounting for forest fires and other fires.

[Dr Ray Palmer]

http://www.thekeylime.com/images/SnakeON.jpg

It never ceases to amaze me, the kinds of things one can find with a Google image search.

[LewisH]

to make you aware of a product than to actually convince you to buy it.
They know from research and marketing studies the kinds of products people will need and the kinds of messages that result in viewers remembering the NAME of the product and that's all they are really trying to do.

An annoying commercial is actually quite effective as it does embed itself in your brain. Sure it may make some potential consumers deliberately avoid the product in question but it is also proven that when a customer is at the store
and has a choice they are more likely to choose a product they recognize than one they have never heard of.

re being the "diana_fan" of the commercial thread. I think I can be annoying enough in my own right but thanks for the comparison. I've always rather enjoyed diana_fan's posts even I don't always completely agree with them.

[CutterMike]

An annoying commercial is actually quite effective as it does embed itself in your brain. Sure it may make some potential consumers deliberately avoid the product in question but it is also proven that when a customer is at the store
and has a choice they are more likely to choose a product they recognize than one they have never heard of.

True enough, but a WELL-DONE ad can have the same effect - it's just easier for hack "creatives" to make annoying ads.

Examples:
During the '76 Summer Olympics, Seiko ran an ad for their digital wristwatches exactly TWICE - once during the opening ceremonies and once during the closing. Not ONLY do I remember that the ad was for Seiko digital wristwatches, but I believe that I could recite the entire story and voice-over verbatim, because it was brilliant, quirky, creative, and funny as hell.

Back in the '60s, Jerry della Famina (I believe) created a radio advert for the CBS-owned radio stations which involved the great Paul Frees as a reporter describing the draining of Lake Erie, its refilling with thousands of freight cars-full of vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream, with the 8th Air Force flying in to drop the 20-ton maraschino cherry - with full sound FX in the background - and ending with the tag line: "Lets see them do THAT on television!" Now, I'm not an advertising buyer and had nothing to sell, but that ad made me want to go out and buy air-time on CBS radio anyway!

Unfortunately, the fact is that the job of advertising is NOT to sell the client's products; it's to sell the CLIENT the AGENCY'S products, and the easiest way to do that is to sell those clients on something of which they're already convinced - that their product is so good that it sells itself. Thus, the mindless repetition of the product's name or slogan, hoping to do with a hammer what they can't do with information.

(In the interests of full disclosure, I should admit that that part of my job involves creating print advertisements and posters, in which I use the hammer to pound the information in. There's a difference. *A-HENH*!)

[Michael P]

Bill Hicks said all anyone ever needs to know about the marketing and advertising industries.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Bill Hicks said all anyone ever needs to know about the marketing and advertising industries.

Was it that he loved them all as much as was humanly possible and wanted to shower them with praises & presents for evers & evers?

[Jack Zodiac]

It was more to the effect of, "once you star in a commercial, you've reached the creative bottom, and should wear a big sign on your chest that says "corporate shill."

Bill was awesome.

[Michael P]

It was more to the effect of, "once you star in a commercial, you've reached the creative bottom, and should wear a big sign on your chest that says "corporate shill."

Bill was awesome.

I was thinking more of his advice to people in the marketing and advertising industries, actually.