Commericials you F'n HATE

All the ED commercials annoy me. Levitra. Levitra. Levitra. What a stupid name. And then the blah blah blah blah blah blah side effects. Oh, thank you very much.

And please no "I don't feel so fresh" commercials when I'm trying to have lunch...

I don't think they're quite as bad now, but those "male enhancement" commercials were pretty bad at one time. I especially hated the one where the woman was almost giggling as she was telling how much the little pill, you know, hehehehe, helped her guy, *grins shyly but knowingly* be, uh, strong in the, hehehe, bedroom. What, are the people who need these pills in junior high?

Edit to add: I was typing my reply as maestro was posting. I guess great minds . . . never mind. ;-)

The obnoxious women in the deodorant commercials ... Reasons to put up your arms or something?



Heinous.

No doubt Jim Croce is spinning in his grave, not because you don't know the song so much as because the title is used in a commercial (titles aren't generally protectable by IP, so there's nothing to stop their mention). Even the comments to that video mention the commercial (warning, very foul, fowl language in those comments!).

There are two reasons I don't watch television: The commercials, and what they show between the commercials.

Any commercial that starts with, "BILLY MAYS HERE!"

Holy crap, someone run him over with a bus...please?

Any ED commercial and those "sublymonal" Sprite commercials. The one where the guy's eye turns into a mouth was the worst.

That f'ing ridiculous commercial with a bunch of middle aged men who all look like accountants hanging out in someone's garage playing "Viva Viagara" and talking and laughing about how great Viagara is and how hot their wives are now that they use it is the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Commercials like that are the reason I have a DVR and don't bother watching anything live anymore.

I happen to like the "smilin' Bob" commercials because they so push the envelope. They take suggestive and through it out the window.

But one commercial that bugged the crap out of me was one for a cereal called Cracklin' Oatbran. Let me set the stage:

Man enters kitchen. He pours cereal into bowl, tips the box so every last piece falls out. Starts eating. Wife walks in and grabs the box next to the chomping, munching, cud-chewing husband. She tips the box and one piece, the one that defiently held on for dear life before the swine made his breakfast, falls out. Wife looks at husband and asks the dumbest question in the world, "Did you eat all of the Cracklin' Oatbran?""

He turns, cheek bulging, milk dripping from his lip and says through a massive bite still crumbling in his mouth, "No."

I don't know who was swimming on the dumbest end of the gene pool here, the wife for asking such a stupid question, the husband trying to lie about it, or the ad execs who thought that it was a clever idea. Every time it came on I'd want to out my foot throutgh the tv screen. Fortunately I had the sense to change the channels.

I hate pretty much all commercials that aren't movie trailers or do not feature Peyton Manning.

My DVR is one of my top five prized-possessions. And it's easily replaceable, so I don't even need to run back in for it during a fire. DVR and insurance, man, that's all you need in life.

I like Smilin' Bob, too. He's the hit of the neighborhood. All the women want to sit on his lap. I want to be Smilin' Bob.

There aren't that many commercials that really bother me except locally. There's one here where the slogan is, "If you haven't been to Bilt-Rite lately, You have to get to Bilt-Rite today!" and they say it over and over and over again in the commercial, like I'm deaf or didn't hear it or something. Alright already! Stop! In the name of all that's Holy, please stop!

Although there's one for a paving company that's kind of cute. It's not your fault, it's your asphalt.

ones that have women in them who purr and coo while they speak,
making it seem like they don't have any brains.

The ED one where the couples always happen upon these bathtubs and just have to climb in. I'm sorry - but when was the last time you stumbled across two old, claw-footed tubs on the beach, in the woods, behind the art museum, and wanted to get in them???

And that Secret commercial - "I'm innocent! And fresh!" ARGH! Why won't the taxi run her over or the cop shoot her?

Those three idiots from the Raisin Bran Crunch commercials. It's freaking CEREAL--there's just no REASON for them to be so obsessed. I hates them forever.

Also, I'd like to knock Honda's Mister Opportunity out.

The ones that are really annoying me right now are the ones with the mops trying to romance their way back into the house. I had happily erased "Baby, Come Back" from my mind--but now to have it playing in an endless loop is just beyond my ability to tolerate.

Y'know, if marketing people really want to do focus groups, what they need to do is play a TV show and then clock which commercials get auto-muted on first glance/word/note instead of just playing the commercial for the people. Then, maybe, they might get a clue what's really annoying.

jgold said:

Also, I'd like to knock Honda's Mister Opportunity out.

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Yes! I love my Honda, but that guy's an auto-mute.

I also hate the Geico dancin' cavemen commercials. The cavemen were funny at first... now? meh.

Jersey Chick said:

I also hate the Geico dancin' cavemen commercials. The cavemen were funny at first... now? meh.

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I can laugh at all the caveman commercials, though they couldn't possibly make that poor actor look more like an idiot than those dancing commercials.

The Geico commercials that get me are the stupid talking lizard--and particularly that Steve Irwin wannabe tracking him. Gah!

Oh, the Viva Viagra commercials drive me nuts. What the heck? All these guys on Viagra sitting around in bars or backrooms singing about Viva Viagra and not a woman in sight? What the heck I say again.

jgold said:

Those three idiots from the Raisin Bran Crunch commercials. It's freaking CEREAL--there's just no REASON for them to be so obsessed. I hates them forever.

Also, I'd like to knock Honda's Mister Opportunity out.

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I actually heard him and some "wannabee mister opportunity" on the RADIO. At least I bought my Honda used, and not from a new-Honda dealer.

Jersey Chick said:

I also hate the Geico dancin' cavemen commercials. The cavemen were funny at first... now? meh.

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I thought Peter Frampton [I was getting my oil changed, and I think I was reading a book when that commercial came on] was hilarious. There he is, 'classic rocker' w/big hits in 1975, adjusting his microphone while the announcer talks, and he's got a Marshall double stack behind him, as if a Fender Champ wouldn't be plenty loud enough. It was a hoot.

Pike said:

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Fortunately I had the sense to change the channels.

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Geez, it that the only option thesedays? They don't still make TV's with OFF buttons?

If I had to watch TV I'd go crazy too.

Wait a minute, I used to watch TV...

I'm so happy that Head On hasn't aired any commercials lately.

Apply directly to the trash can.

DeleyanLee said:

The Geico commercials that get me are the stupid talking lizard--and particularly that Steve Irwin wannabe tracking him. Gah!

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David Attenborough. And I like that commercial. lol

But Chaos is right. the Head On commercial? Makes me want to break my tv.

Anything with
Bob the D**khead and his stepford wife
Wilford Brimley? Brumley? whatever, he just gives me the creeps and not much does
JG Wentworth (Are you a sucker? Call me today!)
Scott Trade (those horrific lies of what he did as a child)
Rap (just makes me angry, music is one of the few things for which my mood is alterable)
whatever the commercial is for something techy where the baby barfs at the end
Head On et al. All that screaming gives me a headache
lawyers/class action suits (Have you ever breathed? You should sue someone!)
a few others, they are all a hit pause and count to 20 then press view

Oh, the lawyer ones! I HATE those - hate 'em with a passion that borders on psychotic!


(confession - I like the talking baby trading stocks... )