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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Paul on February 07, 2009, 05:27:35 AM
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While reading, and agreeing with, GASlicks comments about the cereal commercial I realized that there were others on tv that are just as annoying or ridiculous. One that I find personally annoying right now shows a variety of people who hold up signs with the amount they owe the IRS. They then hold up a sign to show the greatly reduced amount they had to pay thanks to the assistance of a slick law firm. This commercial drives me nuts. While none of us likes to pay taxes I find it personally insulting that someone who owes the government $2 million in taxes and only pays $100,000 is robbing me, the honest taxpayer. What is you least favorite or annoying commercial and why?
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The one that bugs me the most right now is the one where a lady has lung cancer from smoking cigarettes. I don't smoke but both my wife and I think it's one of the most gross commercials that is out there and everytime it comes on we cringe. I guess, MSNBC had a discussion on it the other day as people from all over are complaining about it..... :-\
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While reading, and agreeing with, GASlicks comments about the cereal commercial I realized that there were others on tv that are just as annoying or ridiculous. One that I find personally annoying right now shows a variety of people who hold up signs with the amount they owe the IRS. They then hold up a sign to show the greatly reduced amount they had to pay thanks to the assistance of a slick law firm. This commercial drives me nuts. While none of us likes to pay taxes I find it personally insulting that someone who owes the government $2 million in taxes and only pays $100,000 is robbing me, the honest taxpayer. What is you least favorite or annoying commercial and why?
Hey isn't one of those people head of the Treasury Department now???
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Most of the recent Burger King ads have been really annoying. And the new Geico ads with a stack of money with eyes make no sense whatsoever.
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One I can't stand is a local attorney commercial. Lady walks in her home and her husband is sitting on a couch, leg up in a cast. She asks what happened and he tells her he got hurt at work. She then proceeds to tell him they need to call "such and such attorneys." No mention if maybe HE did something STUPID to lead to his injury. Just dollar bills in her eyes as she's probably thinking of a way she can pay for the new hardwood floors she has been wanting.
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Paul, I agree with you, WE only paid 100,000 on our taxes....please, they have no clue! LOL
There is a commerical in question right now that comes to mind. Seems like it should be one of those late night commericals but it is finding its way on air earlier and earlier everytime I see it.
Its the BOB commerical, This is BOB he is happy. Well there may come times where my kids see it and Logan will ask, who is Bob? And what does he take medicine for? Cheesiest damn commerical I have ever seen.
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I hate the Loreal ads: 'Because you're worth it' and the ads for anti wrinkle cream with twenty year old girls saying they don't have any wrinkles because they use oil of olay :/O
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Paul, I agree with you, WE only paid 100,000 on our taxes....please, they have no clue! LOL
There is a commerical in question right now that comes to mind. Seems like it should be one of those late night commericals but it is finding its way on air earlier and earlier everytime I see it.
Its the BOB commerical, This is BOB he is happy. Well there may come times where my kids see it and Logan will ask, who is Bob? And what does he take medicine for? Cheesiest damn commerical I have ever seen.
Good points Paul, and I agree on this one too Tim, very uncomfortable when your watching with mixed company or family.
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While reading, and agreeing with, GASlicks comments about the cereal commercial I realized that there were others on tv that are just as annoying or ridiculous. One that I find personally annoying right now shows a variety of people who hold up signs with the amount they owe the IRS. They then hold up a sign to show the greatly reduced amount they had to pay thanks to the assistance of a slick law firm. This commercial drives me nuts. While none of us likes to pay taxes I find it personally insulting that someone who owes the government $2 million in taxes and only pays $100,000 is robbing me, the honest taxpayer. What is you least favorite or annoying commercial and why?
Hey isn't one of those people head of the Treasury Department now???
ZING!
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Double ZING, Peripheral... sends a great message -- do as I say, not as I do. All of those Viagra type commercials drive me insane -- 'If an erection last longer than 4 hours...' Ugh! That just doesn't need to be on TV. I think we all know by now that if you have those kinds of problems, you can get help. We don't need to see it on TV during prime time family shows.
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the viagra commercials are really annoying in my opinion. not just because of the subject matter but because how perky and annoying the commercials are. and the theme songs drives me crazy! vivaaaa viagra!!
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I don't know if anybody remembers some of the early Ragu commercials from back in the 60s. Some of these were so annoying that they kept people from getting to sleep. This was the result of studies done by ad firms where they found that the most annoying commercial was many times the most effective.
What they deduced was that if a person walked down the spagetti sauce aisle in their local grocery store and was having some difficulty deciding what sauce to get that the annoyance response when viewing the commercial would cause the person to remember the name of that specific product highlighted in the commercial over any of the others on the shelf. Ragu's sales went through the roof after this research was implemented.
Today, of the ones that I find annoying which is most of them, the "he went to Jared" commercials really pi$$ me off. The idea behind them, I think, is to get women thinking that they wish hubby was such a nice guy as the male model in the commercial. Now they're pi$$ed at their husband/boyfriend etc because he hasn't gone to Jared YET! And he's nowhere near as good looking. At the same time men have been conditioned to think that "uh-oh, my wife has seen the Jared commercial, I guess I better get my a$$ to Jared". And it's easy for these ad guys because they have a whole nation of consumers ready to believe that Jared is the answer to most of life's problems.
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Double ZING, Peripheral... sends a great message -- do as I say, not as I do. All of those Viagra type commercials drive me insane -- 'If an erection last longer than 4 hours...' Ugh! That just doesn't need to be on TV. I think we all know by now that if you have those kinds of problems, you can get help. We don't need to see it on TV during prime time family shows.
That one annoys the heck outta me too
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Most of the pharmaceutical commercials are annoying, not to mention the ones for feminine hygiene products, and remedies for curing diarrhea, vomiting, mucous, etc. You know, the ones that always come on when you're eating something.
The Travelocity Roaming Gnome is another one that I absolutely detest. >:(
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Most of the pharmaceutical commercials are annoying, not to mention the ones for feminine hygiene products, and remedies for curing diarrhea, vomiting, mucous, etc. You know, the ones that always come on when you're eating something.
The Travelocity Roaming Gnome is another one that I absolutely detest. >:(
lmao..........turn off the damn tv when you are eating. ;D ;D
For me, the commercials I hate are the ones where they have to get ladies who are dressed inappropriately to sell their products. I am a straight guy but because of religious reasons I do not like such crap.
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I can't stand "Five dollar foot longs!" by Subway.... PLEASE TAKE THOSE AWAY!!!
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Regarding the medicine commercials, how about the fact that over the half the commercial or so it seems is all the side effects the medicine could have on someone who takes it. Why take the crap to start with? Watch Jeff Foxworthy disortate on this very subject
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Ijs50k5oc
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Regarding the medicine commercials, how about the fact that over the half the commercial or so it seems is all the side effects the medicine could have on someone who takes it. Why take the crap to start with? Watch Jeff Foxworthy disortate on this very subject
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Ijs50k5oc
Exactly. The cure sounds worse than the disease in some of these cases.
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GIECO should get a NEWadvertising agency ! the caveman were driving me nuts! i came up with a ad for industrial stregnth spot/stain remover called "CUSS" when Shout wont get it out...CUSS it out ! it works every time ! just think about it , when uor moms couldnt get arm/hammer or something similair to get a stain out, WHAT did they do ? CUSS'd it out ! :*))
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I can't stand "Five dollar foot longs!" by Subway.... PLEASE TAKE THOSE AWAY!!!
My thoughts.
1. Subway: Commercials are bad, concept is great. One of my best friends is a territorial manager for Subway...his nickname is Footlong...gotten a lot of milage from that. He said their sales are way up because of the ad campaign.
2. Geico: Love the cavemen. The one where the guy is on the people mover in the airport, sees a billboard for "Even a Caveman can do it"....walks against the people mover, stares at the billboard, gets disgusted, and the people mover whisks him away...not a word said...hysterical. One of my all time favorite commercials.
3. Tax relief companies: HATE THAT WHOLE INDUSTRY. There was one recently where some spokesperson said (and I quote): "It's probably not your fault that you accumulated so much credit card debt....wha wha wha....WHAT ???? :Xo! Personal responsbility is clearly a thing of the past these days. The responsibility of the individual is just as important (if not moreso) as the success of the individual. Nowadays, that definition is clearly being challenged by the direction of the country.
4. Viagra: Hey, if I had an erection that lasted longer than four hours, the last person I'd be calling is my doctor. O0
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4. Viagra: Hey, if I had an erection that lasted longer than four hours, the last person I'd be calling is my doctor. O0
Unless she is hot, willing and available! >:D
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There's one for a carpet cleaning company that turns my stomach...not sure if it's a regional commercial or a national one. Features a kid screaming to his mom to check out the family dog's "new trick." Then it pans to a big ol' Golden Retriever sitting and "scooting" his backside with his front legs extended across the living room's off-white carpeting, he mom lets out a scream. I hate it and wonder how they found talent (the dog) that could do this trick on command. Sorry, that carpet needs to be torn out and trashed. No steam machine's gonna work on that deal.
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There's one for a carpet cleaning company that turns my stomach...not sure if it's a regional commercial or a national one. Features a kid screaming to his mom to check out the family dog's "new trick." Then it pans to a big ol' Golden Retriever sitting and "scooting" his backside with his front legs extended across the living room's off-white carpeting, he mom lets out a scream. I hate it and wonder how they found talent (the dog) that could do this trick on command. Sorry, that carpet needs to be torn out and trashed. No steam machine's gonna work on that deal.
You must not have a dog. ;D
I know the commercial you're talking about, though.
Let's add to the list all the freecreditreport.com ads.
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There's one for a carpet cleaning company that turns my stomach...not sure if it's a regional commercial or a national one. Features a kid screaming to his mom to check out the family dog's "new trick." Then it pans to a big ol' Golden Retriever sitting and "scooting" his backside with his front legs extended across the living room's off-white carpeting, he mom lets out a scream. I hate it and wonder how they found talent (the dog) that could do this trick on command. Sorry, that carpet needs to be torn out and trashed. No steam machine's gonna work on that deal.
You must not have a dog. ;D
I know the commercial you're talking about, though.
Let's add to the list all the freecreditreport.com ads.
are the freecreditreport.com ones the one where that annoying guy keeps singing about how he lost all his money from getting into an accident? lol
AHHHH i change the channel whenever that commercial comes on lol. especially the one where hes a waiter in a crab shack and hes singing and that old ladies tapping her toe and bobbing her head to the beat lol.
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are the freecreditreport.com ones the one where that annoying guy keeps singing about how he lost all his money from getting into an accident? lol
AHHHH i change the channel whenever that commercial comes on lol. especially the one where hes a waiter in a crab shack and hes singing and that old ladies tapping her toe and bobbing her head to the beat lol.
Yeah, those are the ones. In the latest version, they're working at a Renaissance Fair.
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are the freecreditreport.com ones the one where that annoying guy keeps singing about how he lost all his money from getting into an accident? lol
AHHHH i change the channel whenever that commercial comes on lol. especially the one where hes a waiter in a crab shack and hes singing and that old ladies tapping her toe and bobbing her head to the beat lol.
Yeah, those are the ones. In the latest version, they're working at a Renaissance Fair.
My wife laughs at me because i can sing the whole crab shack commercial by heart. haha i guess the advertisements are working. :/O
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I know this is a thread about bad commercials but there is one on that I just love. I love the Miller Beer campaign where the black truck driver takes away all the Miller. I especially love the one where he goes into the luxury suite at the baseball game. :*))
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I know this is a thread about bad commercials but there is one on that I just love. I love the Miller Beer campaign where the black truck driver takes away all the Miller. I especially love the one where he goes into the luxury suite at the baseball game. :*))
Ditto, truly one of the best. And isn't he sly besides?
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I hate those Geico commercials with the money with eyes. I don't get it. I must be missing something
Obviously I hate the cereal commercial. I also can't stand those sleezy lawyer commercials: "Injured. Need cash now!?" blah, blah blah
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hey paul: i might have 2 go with those SUBWAY commercials. >:(
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