Having the TV on today made me start to think again about commercials that really drive me crazy. I don't know who writes these things, but I'll never buy from the places, and apparently that isn't getting through to the advertisers and companies. So here are the ones that really get to me:
Quiznos singing hamster whatever the heck they are things. If there was a Quiznos around here, I wouldn't eat there. Old Navy. I will never buy anything from Old Navy. Thier campy ads drive me up the wall. I change the channel. Any and all local advertising. I am all for supporting local business, but the ads around here are horrible and could be shot better by 6th graders with cam corders. AT&T. I have fantasies about beating Carrot Top with a pay phone.
Thats all I can think of right now. Which ones make you guys nuts?
The Enzyte commercials are really tickin me off. Fitness made simpe. How can you not hate those commercials? All commercials for home fitness equipment. Nuff said.
All of the above! Plus there are a few radio commericla I can't stand, but they are most likely local, so I will only bring up one of them. The Shane Company, which is a jeweler here, has commercials where the owner of the company described what's going on "at the Shane Company." The problem is that the guy sounds like his voicebox was replaced with a kazoo. He's probably surrounded by Yes Men who are too scared to admit his voice is horrible for radio.
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ryan.hess Member
Posts: 20784 From: Orlando, FL Registered: Dec 2002
All of the above! Plus there are a few radio commericla I can't stand, but they are most likely local, so I will only bring up one of them. The Shane Company, which is a jeweler here, has commercials where the owner of the company described what's going on "at the Shane Company." The problem is that the guy sounds like his voicebox was replaced with a kazoo. He's probably surrounded by Yes Men who are too scared to admit his voice is horrible for radio.
Hey, Tom Shane is my friend in the diamond business, lay off!
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RACE Member
Posts: 4845 From: Des Moines IA Registered: Dec 2002
Why the hell is everyone in the bladder control comercials happy?? They announce they have a bladder control problem while smiling and being happy. Now i'll admit that letting gas go makes me laugh but if it was followed by more i certainly wouldn't laugh at all!
What's with that comercial where all they do is play oriental music too?? I don't even remember what it's about because i turn the channel immediately when i see it start!
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raven28690 Member
Posts: 123 From: Valdese,NC,USA Registered: Feb 2004
getting annoyed with ditech and the guy that keeps saying lost another loan to ditech. it also seems that most companies commercials have nothing to do with what it is advertising (like the jean's or perfumes commercials).
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Erik Member
Posts: 5628 From: Des Moines, Iowa Registered: Jul 2002
I hate any drug commercial ..ask your doctor ask your docter ask your doctor. Since 1999 they have become the most annoying sickening ad out there. Damn drug pushers!
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Flamberge Member
Posts: 4268 From: Terra Sancta, TX Registered: Oct 2001
Those Genital Herpes commercials.....wth!? Theres a guy on a motorcycle smilling etc and then its like..."I dont let herpes slow me down...blah blah blah" Its just sooo funny....I wouldnt be cheesy like that if I had herpes...but I guess we're all different
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achawkins Member
Posts: 1891 From: Greenville S.C. Registered: Jun 2003
"If you only want to loose 5 or 10 lbs. then this diet pill is not for you" Hate that one.
Ohh, and that cell phone commercial where that bendy girl is trying to get better reception by contorting her body all wierd like. Then the cop goes "tie chi?", "no, bad cell phone". ..blah..blah..blah "Now that is a crime."
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Pyric Member
Posts: 951 From: Raleigh, NC, USA Registered: Nov 2001
The Gieco commercials are getting REAL old. I have some good news... I just spent a lot of money on a DVR SO I'LL NEVER HAVE TO SEE YOUR COMMERCIAL AGAIN!
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trailboss Member
Posts: 2069 From: Gilbert, Arizona Registered: Feb 2003
It's not so much the commercials themselves, it's when they play the same commercial twice in a row (or even three times) in one commercial break. Then it just gets rediculous when the same commercial is played every break for a two hour show. Advertising people.....LISTEN UP!... constant repetition annoys....it does NOT sell !!!!!!!!
On top of that, feminine hygiene commercials used to be tackful and understated with vague references to the needs of the ladies out there. Now they have actresses passing tampons in class like notes and informing the male teacher when caught that they have enough for everyone (the girls at least). How many tampons does a girl carry to class 15-20?????? 'Nuff said!
A few are entertaining for a while. I could def live without them all. Most annoying are ones with ringing cellphones...............Ive stopped doing something to answer the phone more than a few times
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TM_Fiero Member
Posts: 1077 From: Brookville, PA Registered: Jun 2002
No, actually the theatre I go to doesn't show those. Those never bothered me though. The ones I'm talking about are the same ones you see on TV. The one they seem to play the most in the theatre here is for Comcast Cable.
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Bazooka Member
Posts: 1301 From: Chicago, IL. Registered: Mar 2001
We used to have a commercial at the Drive-In Theatres of the dancing hot dog that would jump into a split bun. After watching that before every movie, the people would cheer whenever it came on. A year later they stopped showing the dog & bun because of sexual connotations.
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Posts: 3089 From: Myerstown, PA Registered: Mar 2003
We used to have a commercial at the Drive-In Theatres of the dancing hot dog that would jump into a split bun. After watching that before every movie, the people would cheer whenever it came on. A year later they stopped showing the dog & bun because of sexual connotations.
Man nobody can have any fun anymore.I think thats why i enjoy pissing off uptight people so much.
I hate any food commercial at two in the morning when they are closed.
Medication ads. The dislciamers are so long they make it sound like you could practically die from taking allergy medicine so why not just stick out whatever you got?
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drunkenscotsman Member
Posts: 227 From: Cheektowaga NY US Registered: Mar 2004
i pretty much hate every commercial buttt the one that sticks out the most is the commercials with sally struthers(sp?) big fat tubby butt herself and talking bout the starving children and that we can support them for mere pennies a day!!......sorry you fat tubby broad maybe you should give those kids half what u eat feed the entire nation!
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I'm getting really tired (bad pun! ) of the Sleep Number and Tempurpedic bed commercials. They act like using a regular mattress that costs a third of the price of their bed is like sleeping on plywood.
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My7Fieros Member
Posts: 3357 From: Germantown, TN Registered: Jun 2000
That stupid a$$ diamond commercial with the man and the woman standing outside (in a downtown area)...the man yells "I..LOVE..THIS...WOMAN!!!!!!!!!", and the woman acts all embarrased. Then, the man takes out a diamond.....uh huh, all of a sudden the woman that seemed borderlined annoyed gets happy, then WHISPERS in his ear, i love this man. Gotta buy the b1tch a freeggin' diamond to please her, eh?
Aside from that one, I'd have to say local ambulance-chasing attourneys.....you know the ones, they're everywhere. Where they'll have some moron on there saying: " I wuz drivin' down da skreet, when all of a sudden sumbody hits me from buhind....it made my neck be hurtin. But (blah blah blah) lawfirm gots me fo hundred thousand dollas fo my injries".
Not only are commercials annoying, they are so vague any more. Half the time, at least for the medical ones, they don't even tell you what the medicine does.
If I understand the commercial correctly, according to Mike Ditka, if I take Levitra, I can play Pro Football
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Fastback 86 Member
Posts: 7849 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Sep 2003
) of the Sleep Number and Tempurpedic bed commercials. They act like using a regular mattress that costs a third of the price of their bed is like sleeping on plywood.
