Commercials you Hate
 

Anyone living in the United States has probably seen the Burger King (or is it McDonalds?) commercial "Spongebob Nopants".

It has this guy in a bathtub and his wife cleaning something? And then the daughter comes in and asks when they can go to [insert correct fast food] and the mother says "as soon as your father is finished." Then the guy says "hey honey, who am I? <<puts sponge on his head and stands up from bath>> Spongebob, Nopants."

That commercial makes me angry. I'm actually quite surprised it can be aired in the US.

The one I never understood was the burger king commercial with the statue at the window.

Makes you angry? Because . . . it's an insult to Spongebob, or what? The first time I saw that, it was without sound, and I thought he was being a chicken finger fry thing.

Your just pissed because they did it on TV befor you had a chance to do it your self !!!

Fucking AFN commercials.

I swear, AFN is just plain idiotic. Like, they honest-to-god have a commercial about wearing the right shoes for the sport you're playing - like dont wear fucking flippers to play basketball. Honest to god, that's an example they show.

On the flipside, I love the adidas commerical with the two guys at the mall. Kevin Garnett (NBA player) comes and signs the shoe of one guy and the forehead of the other.
"Hey girl, KG just signed my face!"
"Oh no, not my shoe, my shoe!"

the cavemen commercials, as I believe I've stated before

The Geico "so easy a caveman can do it" commercials? Love or hate? Cause I find them funny. :p

yeah. don't like 'em.

I actually like those.

I can't stand Subway commericals. I want to kill Jared.

don't like commercials that are too loud with too many flashing lights.

hmm. That's pretty much all of them.

"Guys, Cindy's here, we got back together!"

"Hey, CAN YOU GIVE US A MINUTE??"

Hahahahhahaah hilarious Geico caveman commericial.

I loved those! Especially the one where he is in the airport and sees a poster for it. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H02iwWCrXew

Woo-hoo, woo hoo hoo hoo! Woo-hoo, woo hoo hoo!

I don't like those Cadillac commercials that play Led Zeppelin. That's just . . . wrong

Boring commercials that try to innundate you with a lot of information. These are typically for OTC antacids or vitamins or skin creams. I want my commercials funny and peppy and zippy and feeding my need for bright shiny objects and humor.

I do not like the one that I seem to see at least once daily where the guy draws his digestive tract in his mashed potatoes, drops a lima bean in the trough, and then explains colonoscopy and good rectal health to his female friends at the diner. And that one for the NSAID, where the lady in the marathon gets referred to by the name of the medication as though it's a nickname. I won't buy the product because I despise the ad so much. Okay, and also because I get free Motrin from a friend who works for McNeil. I haven't bought OTC pain meds in the last five years or so.

It's a pea, not a lima bean. He says it's a polyp and then eats it! This "this is my body, take and eat" stuff makes me cringe.

ooh, yeah, the prescription drug ones bug me. They have to put so many disclaimers on them, it's like, Oh--take this and you'll be fine. Except for the possibility of stroke, heart attack, and DEATH!

Yeah, makes me want to run out and buy that stuff, so'nuf

All those deodorant and body-spray ads for guys. First of all because they're generally pretty degrading to women, but mostly because the idea that being surrounded by a cloud of fumes is going to turn their target market of ungainly teenage boys into a gang of suave ladykillers is so ridiculous.

I'm also not a fan of the cavemen.

Mr. Barky VonSchnauzer.

I wanna hurt that guy. And that know-it-all Orkin Man.

A recent good one and fairly new one is where a basketball player is stretching his calf on the ground. Some random guy with a towel on his knee walks up and explains his muscle tension and goes about massaging his leg. The player says "Oh you trainers are so good to me" with which the "trainer" says "Trainer? I'm actually not a trainer. But I did save a lot of money on my car insurance." The player is like O_____O
Hah!

I love this one:

Happy FUN BALL!
-only $14.95-


Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.
Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
Happy Fun Ball Contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.


Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:
Itching
Vertigo
Dizziness
Tingling in extremities
Loss of balance or coordination
Slurred speech
Temporary blindness
Profuse sweating
Heart palpitations

If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration...

Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.

Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

The new Aflac commercial with the goat. I don't know why but I laugh out loud every time I see that!

Yes, this is a commercials you hate thread, but I thought it silly to start a new thread titled commercials you love, especially with the strict rules and regulations governing thread-starting. ;)

I'm reviving thread, 'cause there are a few commercials I'd like to comment on:

Beyonce in a commercial for cable upgrades, dancing and glittering, la la la I'm a beatiful, sexy woman--upgrade your cable! WTF?

The Hyundai commercial that has the choir singing, "Duh, duh, duh . . . " is pretty funny.

there are more, but that's all I can think of right now.

One commercial I really hate which I don't know if you would get are the ones for 'motha' energy drinks. They have quite scarey looking creatures in them and I don't think they're suitable for G viewing times.

Actually, I did make a comment about that to the TV ratings place. I've noticed they're not on anymore. I'm wondering if other people complained too.

I agree, don't they have enough money without selling out, or do you think it was just to be able to hear their song on TV?

The Mercury Insurance ads- We've been with them for ten years, and it never occured to me that the agent might be an alien:eyebrow:

Face it - they are playing music that appeals to the generation they are marketing to - us. Reality is that we are getting older and this is just the beginning. Remember the old people your parents liked who were doing the "celebrity endorsements" when you were a kid. Those will soon be people that are +/- 10 years your age. Your tv heros, villians, hotties the people you loved to hate and so on will be hocking their wares and pushing life insurance, beds and all kinds of products.

I want to grow up and be like those guys who are The Crystal Method, who must be making a fucking fortune off their music in commercials, movies, & tv shows like CSI.

The blaring sob about fast & reckless driving for teenagers

This is correct. I want to be Fatboy ("Funk Soul Brother") Slim.

Any IBM commercial implying that servers "fix themselves" and that little work, if any, needs to be done to keep them running.

On the work topic, I'll add all the PDA commercials that imply that people would just love to be connected to the office around the clock so they can answer e-mails 24 hours a day. Aren't you just dieing for a blackberry so that you can become a multitasker so amazing that your boss will wonder "just how many of you there are"?

Commercials you Hate
 

Commercials? What commercials?....With Tivo and 3X fast forward I rarely see commercials. I can't watch live Tv any longer..Just let Tivo get a half hour ahead and ff to the good spots. Watch an hour show in 40 minutes. Speed viewing at it's finest.;)

However. the new Keystone ads are pretty funny.

Any car commercial that I do see is usually irritating.

Sometimes the drug ads are worth watching, just for the long list of side effects, which are usually worse than the ailment they are supposed to treat.:D

So do I. They're actually quite brilliant, and a lot better than that damn sitcom.

Those damn PSAs from Truth.com. Fortunately, they're not being aired much anymore. Of course, I did recently see one on The N.

I don't even smoke, yet I find them extremely annoying.

I love those commercials. They are no-bullshit & straight in your face.

One of the few, buddy. Every frakkin' stunt they do is waaaay over the top.

But don't you like that they call out every freakin cigarette company on all the lies & BS they've been spouting?

What I don't like is that THEY'RE doing what is the sole responisibity of any caring parent.

Things you need to know:

- It's funded by Philip Morris partly as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement, in which big tobacco companies paid $206 Billion for all the BS they spouted; this campaign is one thing being paid for by tobacco;

and
You see what they did there? Tobacco can't be advertised on television -- it's illegal. But anti-tobacco ads featuring militant media-created youngsters striking back against smoking, that's fair game. So only the kids who hate the ad or are disillusioned and disenchanted with big media messages, will consider smoking. I.e., most of them.

It's almost like tobacco noticed that the anti-drug ads failed whatsoever to stop teen drug usage, and said, hey, let's get a piece of that action. It doesn't matter if they say we suck and we kill everyone and that we're deeply evil. The culture is all about the evil now; just being on the agenda we get 20%.

I, too, am one of the few.

Vonage commercials - that sound is so annoying

Damn. That's bloody brilliant in a deviously evil kind of way. Gotta admire the cunning. Bastards.

Zoom Zoom boy commercials from Subaru drive me insane. I also can't stand any Pizza Hut commerical.

I do LOVE infomercials. They suck me in for hours to the point of temptation where I pick up the phone to dial away for some piece of garbage and then I quickly snap back to reality.

Now that is messed up.

I love infomercials too! They're so cheesy, that they're delicious! :frog:

(couldn't find that licky tounge smiley, so the frog will do)

I was watching ION earlier, and up came one of those ads by the Mormons trying to push one of their 'holy books' on the viewer.

Why is it that they are the only religion that feels they have to advertise on TV.

:headshake To each his/her/it's own I s'pose, but they're are far better things on TV. :p

OK how bout the Captain Morgans commercials? My favis the two guys that come out of the bar obviously toasted - order a pizza, TO GO, and get a ride home with the delivery guy. Very creative.

I despise all commercials for impotency medication, feminine products, antidepressants, medicine to make you pee and poop more or less than you currently do, and especially the Head On commercials. Apply directly to my ass!

I like the Taco Bell commercials where the lady has the bacon taco-whatever in her purse. Using the aroma of bacon to attract the male of the species!

OH! The new free credit report.com commercials...with the singing guys. I love those! :D

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpB19...eature=related

oh, yeah, they're great! :D

I like those creditreport ones too.

I hate the "high speed internet" ones. The people talking really deep and slow. The scaffolding guys. The train/subway guys. Annoying!

Almost as bad as dude talking about using Cialis because he can wait "until Sally is ready." My 'roommate' wants to meet Sally.

uhg. the ED ones are worse than tampon commercials!

I love the one about the Pest control system that you plug into your electric outlet and it emits pest-repelling frquencies. In one of the testimonials, the guy says: "...and the best thing about it? It's the number one product of it's kind on the market."

And this is just a regular joe blow, giving his opinion in his own words?! "It's the number one product of it's kind on the market." ha ha ha

I'm not sure why, but my son absolutely loathes any commercials from Sylvan Learning Center.

The talking stain just never stops being funny to me...

"honey, have you seen the Utility bill?"

"no, dear, what about it?"

" well it's much lower than this time last year."

a home despot ad about 'green' appliances.

the utility bill

it's insulting for some reason.

Are you outside of PECO country?