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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-01-2003, 02:29 AM:

I hate all car/truck comercials. They are all 100% exactly the same.

I hate any commercial that uses licensed music (old songs, etc.... Leave them be!)

I hate ANY commercial with the "normal speed-->super duper fast zippy speed-->slow to normal speed" type of videography that they use over and over. I hate that. It's a fad. Mostly vehicle commercials use it.

Jake Jabs (American Furniture Warehouse--Colorado only I believe). I hate him and his stupid family that lives in the store and runs around slashing the prices behind his dumbass back. Ha ha! I bet he gets cozy with all those animals during lonely nights as well.

Rocky's Autos (Colorado Only). I would be embarrassed to go there much less actually purchase something there. Sure, the dumb wench in the commercials is kind of cute, but the cop is an idiot. If he tried to arrest me I'd kick his ass.

Famous Footwear commercials with the horrible god awful music they've been playing lately. I always mute them.

Best Buy commercials where the Best Buy employee talks to the customers about features or whatever and suddenly the customer is fantasizing... and the Best Buy employee is in the customer's fantasy! What's worse is that they return to reality back in the store, and the Best Buy employee seems to remember being in the customer's fantasy!

Any other commercials for anything.

Posted by Kyle Watkins (Member # 986) on 08-01-2003, 02:54 AM:

All geico. They are so stupid.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-01-2003, 04:04 AM:

All car commercials that show the cars speeding, reckless driving, high-speed cornering, sliding sideways, etc, and then put a disclaimer saying "Closed course, do not attempt". What a bunch of SH!T! No wonder there are sooo many wrecks and dead teeny-boppers & 20-somethings. I guess these commercials fall under the STUPID PEOPLE posts.

I agree with the "oldies" song ones…YUK!!!!!! Thank GOD for the MUTE button!

Many others....

>>> Phil

Posted by Ron Lacheur (Member # 1126) on 08-01-2003, 04:12 AM:

All commericals in general.

Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 08-01-2003, 04:31 AM:

tv commercials in theaters.

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 08-01-2003, 08:12 AM:

SubWay fast food joints with Jerrod, the former large person.

Currently, they are forcing chicken subs on us. Cluck cluck.

All auto ads. EXCEPT the Mitsubishi series with the calm music that ran last fall.

Geico, and ALL of the other insurance commercials

Gutter Guard

Lawyers

Patent drugs. Ask your doctor.

Dont get me started. I love my mute button.

Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 08-01-2003, 09:04 AM:

In our viewing market, it seems like there is a Ford car/truck commercial at every commercial break in the evening and late news cast. All three major networks, all running the exact same commercial at exactly the same time. The one that signals it's time for bed... the new Ford commercial with the old Journey song. My wife doesn't even know who Journey is! [Roll Eyes]

We also have "Mattress King" (a guy dressed up in a hollowed out mattress wearing a crown... and shouting the whole time.

I also hate almost ALL political ads. The closer they get to election day, the worse they get.

Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 08-01-2003, 09:16 AM:

99.9% of all commercials suck---especially car commercials.

Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 08-01-2003, 10:11 AM:

Speaking of Jerrod did anyone else think that he looked a little more "chunky" in his last commercial (the chicken one)? They had him sitting down behind a table but if you look at his neck, you can see quite a bit of weight there.

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 08-01-2003, 10:47 AM:

Jordan's Furniture. This is a local furniture retailer which has a long history of having annoying (and pervasive) television commercials. They are also big cinema screen advertisers, and their ads are on many movie screens around here, too.

Also: any ads for electric companies, water companies, gas companies, cable companies, phone companies (for local service) or any other industry where there is a monopoly (or near-monopoly) on service within a given area. In that case, advertising is essentially pointless (since anyone who wants the service already buys it from the sole supplier) and serves only to increase costs to consumers. Yes, I know that there is some limited competition for local phone service, electric power, etc., but I'm talking about the ads placed by the dominant supplier in the area, not upstart competitors.

Related topic (should this be a separate thread?): what radio commercials do you hate? My current pet peeve is commercials for any automobile glass replacement service (locally, that includes Giant Glass, et al.). Those ads are usually lame to begin with and tend to run for months on end.

Posted by Don Sneed (Member # 955) on 08-01-2003, 06:34 PM:

I hate the DELL commercials, "The Interns" They Suck!!!...If I ran Dell, I fired these clucks especially that Adam!!! bring back the "Dude you're getting a Dell" guy.... he was funny...

Posted by Ron Lacheur (Member # 1126) on 08-01-2003, 06:41 PM:

I haven't seen him on since he got busted with pot.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-01-2003, 07:04 PM:

There is a body shop around here that has the owners' KIDS pitching for them. "My dad can fix your car up real good." It's so cutesy it makes you [puke]

.

I hate fast food and restaurant commercials where they show the food and it looks NOTHING like the [bs]

you get in the restaurant.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-01-2003, 08:17 PM:

I love and hate Carls Jr ads. I like them because they do a great job making fun of many sit down restaurants. That's always good. I hate them because of the sound effects that play when someone bites into a burger. Nasty. Actually I hate ALL commercials that force the sound of someone eating upon us. I HATE the Carls Jr "Don't Bother Me, I'm Eating" ads. They show sloppy burgers dripping all over the place combined the aforementioned nasty sound effects. It really does not do wonders for my appetite. I have never eaten at Carls Jr because their ads turn me off.

Posted by Betsie Beadling (Member # 591) on 08-01-2003, 08:21 PM:

Commercials I cant stand are Call ATT with that Carrot Top Comdey Guy, Empire Carpet their stupid jingle is Stuck in my head, and the Room Store their also stupid jingle is
stuck in my head as well. [thumbsdown]

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 08-01-2003, 10:05 PM:

Haha! I remember Empire Carpet from when I lived in Chicago.

"Five-Eight-Eight, Two-Three-Hundred, EMPIRE!"

I hate Meow-Mix. Thought it was cool at first, but "Meow Meow Meow Meow" is getting old. They should make the cat(s) do funnier things.

Any commercials during Daytime TV. Especially on CBS where the only commercials are for "People who have trouble breathing and are on Medicare." or "How you can have affordable life insurance for just pennies a day." or some other joint-back-arthritis-wrinkle-ointment-cream! I just end up taping the Price Is Right and watching it later to bypass the nonsense.

=TMP=

Posted by Scott Balko (Member # 438) on 08-01-2003, 10:37 PM:

Ever notice that a lot of commercials on at mid-day are lawyers that focus on the out of work or professional welfare recipients with all the "Have you been injured or laid up because of dog bites or SOMEONE ELSES neglect? We can get money for you." These assholes are why our insurances are through the roof and you can hardly say a word to anyone without worrying if they'll read something into it and sue you. I HATE those ads. [fu]

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 08-01-2003, 10:41 PM:

I really HATE all pharmaceutical commercials. There should be a 100% total ban on all prescription drug commercials on TV. I also don't think they should be allowed to advertise in magazines. This is one reason why f**king health costs are so high in this country (the biggest culprits are malpractice attorneys and insurance companies).

I totally depise those Valtrex commercials. This shit is herpes medicine. But the people they show in the ads are sexy models that ride bikes in the park, do rock climbing and other pretty-people baloney. The message I get from the ad is, "you have the burn, but take Valtrex so you can be sexy and spread the burn to other people."

Sometimes I check out the business news on CNN when I get home from work. Lately they've been airing these commercials for Lamisil. That's a drug to treat toenail fungus. Yeah, like I really want to see some CGI cartoon little monster scratching away at the skin under some guy's big toenail. Totally ruins my appetite! F**king gross!

We need a ban on tampon and panty liner commercials. C'mon. I might be eating a plate of spaghetti while watching a TV show. And then a damned Tampax ad appears. Suddenly the red sauce on my Vermicelli doesn't seem so great. Why don't those guys come up with something besides blue water to pour on a panty liner? We know the stuff it traps isn't blue!

The "Invention Submission Corporation" commercials are shit. They have crappy CGI cartoon cave guys making fire or carving a wheel made of rock. Pure cheese in quality. On top of that, the company is run by a bunch of f**king criminals. Do a web search on "Invention Submission" and you have a number of links detailing their scams and investigations conducted against them by the FTC.

The Viagara commercials involving the race car are crap. I don't want to see Viagara commercials anyway since 48% of my e-mail is Viagara related spam (the other 48% is for spam for enlarging one's member). Promoting a Viagara race car is stupid. Something that goes real fast with a Viagara logo on it may subliminally cause premature ejaculation. It goes fast and it's over fast!

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 08-01-2003, 10:55 PM:

I don't even know about any of the ad campaigns during the last 5 or so years, thanks to the proliferation of onscreen logos during the shows I've shut out TV altogether. I wrote a few sponsors asking them to pull their advertising until that crap comes to an end.
I just got a DVD recorder and I'm making discs of all the really old commercials I have on tape though!
NO-BODY DEMANDS MORE FROM A DATSUN (BOOM! BOOM!) THAN DATSUN! WE ARRRRRRE DRIVEN! (Hang tough, Datsun!)
I'm the marvelous magical Burger King! I can do most anything!

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-02-2003, 03:55 PM:

Joe, I was going to start a post on this very topic, but since I'm a little late chiming in, there's not much I can add. Everything I hate in TV commercials has already been covered very well in these posts.

On a related topic, I will add (without starting an entirely new thread) that I can't stand disclaimers in radio ads these days. The ones where they put :15 of copy into :05 of air time? All I hear is: "Bluh-luh-luh, bluh-luh-luh-luh. Bluh-luh, Luh-luh-luh, blu-luh-luh-luh-luh!" A couple of seconds I can tolerate, but after 4 or 5 seconds of that nonsense, it grates extrememly fast and extrememly deep! It's ultimately annoying and a huge tune out factor. (If it goes for very long, I HAVE to switch stations... can't STAND it!)

Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 08-02-2003, 09:28 PM:

Any commercial for computers featuring Intel processors. You know when you hear a bad song on the radio and your mind keeps "playing" it ad nauseum?...well, that short, stupid Intel "soundmark" has that effect on me.

Thank goodness for "mute" buttons!

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 08-03-2003, 04:47 PM:

Most Britney Spears Pepsi commericials. You can't tell me she's selling soda up there.

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 08-04-2003, 06:18 AM:

I only watch Super Bowl commercials.

Posted by Mike Williams (Member # 1140) on 08-04-2003, 11:49 AM:

I hate to say it but I think ALL of the WWWAAAAASSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPP (Budweiser) commercials are way past their prime. They were funnier when they first came out. Now they are old.

Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 08-04-2003, 07:05 PM:

ALL TV commercials! They are why children are getting ADHD/ADD like never before.

I had to go into the hospital 2 weeks ago. The night I went in I was stuck in the emergency room for 6 hours with TV going non-stop. Just one hour with all that [bs]

is enough to make you go postal.

I unplugged my cable 5 years ago last month because I was paying $45/month and only using it 2 hours a week. I finally took the TV in my place to the recycling center [Big Grin]

last March.

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 08-05-2003, 01:40 PM:

$45 a month for cable?? I was getting it for FREE last year and still couldn't find anything to watch on it!! The only reason I even have an antenna hooked up now is for the auto-clock-set signal, and in case there's another terrorist attack or something.

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-05-2003, 09:10 PM:

Oops, just came up with some.

"Can ya hear me now?" "Can ya hear me now?" HATE that one, sounds like the phone's NOT working when I hear him saying that incessantly. And the other cell phone ads, with the guy who's "only here to HELP" individuals solve the world's ills, which are all caused by noisy cell phone reception! Go to hell!

Yes, Don! Dell's ads purely GRATE on me. Those moronic kids are so damned obnoxious!

Local ads, especially corny ones, I can tolerate. Primarily because they're non-professional. (Except those Jordan's ads, Scott! Somehow, I don't trust old men with pony tails... they give me the impression they're involved in illicit activities.) But it's entertaining to see how many different hot girls the guy from "Cherry Hill Triplex" can parade on camera - ones that just 'happened' to walk in off the street and buy a car, incidentally - to make his ads sell.

National agency ads, by and large, rub me the wrong way. They have a tendency to be too "clever" and smug.

One exception: the "Osteo Bi-Flex" ad with Frankenstein. They show a clip from the Karloff movie, with the monster grimacing and growling. A thoughtful, bemused voice begins, "That used to be me, when I had joint pain." Then they show him playing tennis, in yoga class, gardening, and playing the banjo for a group of kids. That's so hilarious!
[Smile]

EDIT: Oh, cool! It's online. Frankenstein ad

Posted by Jean-Michel Grin (Member # 1360) on 08-06-2003, 05:28 PM:

Trust me, Swiss commercials on TV really sucks ! [puke]

But they are shorts, no more than 20 seconds for each.

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 08-06-2003, 08:50 PM:

I wish I had GEICO Insurance,so I could call them up and cancel it.

Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 08-06-2003, 11:17 PM:

I haven't seen any of those WASSSUPPPPP commercials in ages, are they still run?

Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 08-06-2003, 11:25 PM:

That commercial where a guy who sounds exactly like Ned Flanders sings "Thank you for hearing me" over and over.

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 08-06-2003, 11:32 PM:

The worst commercial I've ever seen was that one where they raced the truck against a lotus esprit, and about half way through the race track becomes off road. What was the point of that? That's like putting a rocket scientist and a plumber together and see who fixes the drain faster.

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 08-07-2003, 01:13 AM:

Preparation "H" commercials that seem to happen around dinner time. Very tasty.

What is it...a golden drop of Retsin for fresh breath? [Big Grin]

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 08-07-2003, 02:08 PM:

Saw one this morning while eating breakfast...
It was various shots of women in their panties with someone "singing" a song: "Ba-dum-ba-dum-dum-da-da!"
I thought, "Oh cool! A leingire commercial!" The women were actually not that bad looking.

Then it came up on the screen: "For those of us with BLADDER CONTROL PROBLEMS..." [puke]

After that, the women got less attractive, and the commercial ended with a pregnant woman walking by in her underwear. No one wants to see that shit that early in the morning. [Mad]

Another thing I recently found irritating since my friend pointed it out is this trend of "Dual Commercials." You see a bunch of kids walking around a big city text-messaging each other on some cool new phones with flip-out keyboards and the brand prominently displayed. They all agree to... go to FOOT LOCKER and check out the latest REEBOK shoes!! Okay, so what are we supposed to be buying here?

=TMP=

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 08-07-2003, 07:47 PM:

I say we all chip in and pay for some anger-management therapy for Joe. He sure does seem to be a HATER!!!!

I hate those commercials for the damp toilet paper...the one with lots of asses wiggling on-screen.

Okay...so I use baby wipes (sometimes) but the folks in the store might actually think I have a kid or something. If I go around buying adult ass-wipe products then they'll know....

They'll know EVERYTHING, dammit!

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-07-2003, 08:03 PM:

Manny, thanks for that bit of info about your ass, Errrr, personal life...

It's really MUCH more than we want to know.... [evil]

>>> Phil

Posted by Mike Williams (Member # 1140) on 08-08-2003, 05:38 AM:

Can you hear me now?..........Good. [Roll Eyes]

Verizon Wireless commercials. Even if I am in a different room and those commercials come on I want to change the channel.

Posted by Don Bruechert (Member # 1538) on 08-08-2003, 08:44 AM:

I pretty much dislike any commercials that interrupt what I am watching. If I am forced to watch something I really want to see on some form of network TV then I will usually try to tape it so I can fast forward the commercials later. A hidden advange of this is the time gain you get from watching a 1-hour program in 40 minutes!

Have them at the beginning and the end of the program and leave me the hell alone while I'm watching - it's especially annoying when they supersaturate the audio signal on the commercials and you have the audio turned up to hear the program. Then the commercial comes on and rips your head off - It's just like viewing trailers!!

Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 08-08-2003, 10:27 AM:

All I can say is... Thank GOD for TiVO!

Posted by William Leland III (Member # 1400) on 08-08-2003, 04:17 PM:

I keep my PS2 on and play a game while commercials are on, or have a M*A*S*H tape in the VCR.

The best commercial is the Budweiser with the hawk flying down on people stealing Budlights. [Big Grin]

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 08-08-2003, 04:34 PM:

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I pretty much dislike any commercials that interrupt what I am watching. If I am forced to watch something I really want to see on some form of network TV then I will usually try to tape it so I can fast forward the commercials later. A hidden advange of this is the time gain you get from watching a 1-hour program in 40 minutes!

No kidding, you never let me watch TV when you're around unless its a movie channel! [Mad]

AFLAC! Nuff' said.

I also hate those damn Jordan's furniture commercials...all they do is spoof other commercials that pissed me off the first time around! [puke]

Then I had to run the damn things when I was working!!!! Ahhhh, luckily I moved away from those.. HAHA SCOTT & SEAN! [Smile]

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 08-08-2003, 05:48 PM:

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I pretty much dislike any commercials that interrupt what I am watching. If I am forced to watch something I really want to see on some form of network TV then I will usually try to tape it so I can fast forward the commercials later. A hidden advange of this is the time gain you get from watching a 1-hour program in 40 minutes!
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Yeah, but what about the onscreen logos staring you down through the whole show?? [Mad]

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-08-2003, 09:18 PM:

OMG! There's a new Osteo Bi-Flex Frankenstein spot that just started running! He's so cool!
[Big Grin]