Which TV ad do you hate most?

[spooky3]

I cringe every time the Playtex bra ad comes on. It's supposed to portray the kinds of things real women say about their bras, such as "finding a good bra is like finding a good man" or something like that. That's not even the dopey-est thing the writers make these actors say. One of them says her bra is "yummy" and another one sounds like she's missing most of her IQ cells when she says in a lecturing tone, "first of all, they're not all the same." Then we have another genius thanking Playtex at the end. Right--they are paying you to thank them for making profits.

I have never heard women sitting around in their underwear chatting about bras (or men rhapsodizing about jockey shorts), and I seriously doubt any woman would compare a man to a bra or that any man would appreciate that comparison. Who watches this and wants to rush out and buy their product or even gets a warm and fuzzy feeling about it?

Ok, which ads are worse than this?

[Fox Mulder]

1. That stupid fucking car ad that has the guy singing "Rock Me Gently"

with the animals.

I absolutely fucking hate it.

Oh, and all the ads that came from the Super Bowl this year. Absolute crap.

Edited to add the Dunkin Donuts commercials with the people complaining that they have to order drinks in a different language. :eyes:

[petronius]

8. I would like the animal ad if the wolf swallowed the bird,

and then proceeded to maul the driver - I'd laugh every time...

[Fox Mulder]

11. That would be awesome.

[geardaddy]

76. Agreed.

Or if the squirrel ran up the driver's leg and caused a bloody accident.

[terrya]

59. Oh, I hate that ad.

Could that ad get any more cutesy? :puke:

[Tikki]

2. Any commercial where people destroy usable items....

so that they can buy some replacement. Just buy something new already.


Tikki

[Catshrink]

3. The boner ads -- all of them.

[Initech]

16. YES!

I dont need to hear about other peoples' sex lives while I'm trying to eat, damn it.

[demmiblue]

70. Agreed!

Especially now that they are aired in prime-time!

As an aside, I have recently been receiving these types of e-mails in my bulk e-mail folder. They are too funny! One of the most recent went along the lines of: "I have a bazooka in my pocket..." OK, that is appealing!

[SCantiGOP]

74. my favorite part

see a doctor if you experience any vision or hearing loss --- like you're not going to run to the doctor anyway if that happens? pure stupidity.

[WinkyDink]

4. Cialis. Cree-py. Plus, any ad with violence.

[Common Sense Party]

55. I don't know. Some are funny.

This is an Argentine ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onmcaQSbU88

[suninvited]

5. There was this cell phone ad

that was advertising text messaging I guess and ended up with a bunch of young idiots racing through a store, knocking down displays and frightening innocent shoppers that made my skin crawl !!!

Thank goodness they finally stopped airing it. At least I havent seen it in a very long while. I usually am not bothered by such things, but that one got to me.

[graywarrior]

6. Dennis Fucking Hopper

and that fucking investment ad. Fuck you, Dennis.

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. Sell out city, man!

[stuntcat]

65. oo! yeah

:puke:

[youthere]

7. Any ad with Billy May schlepping the latest crap product...

the AXE commercial where the guy doesn't have time to take a shower before the chick comes up for a booty call so he sprays himself with the stuff and supposedly the stank cracks and peels off him like broken porcelain. Seriously creepy.

and OHMYGOD the "Smilin'Bob" commercials.
I also hate those Nasonex commercials with the latino bee...or pretty much any of those commercials pushing the latest "wonder drug". "Ask your doctor if ___________ is right for you!" Bang.

[Fox Mulder]

9. About those "wonder drug" commercials...

Do you ever notice that a lot of the time the side effects of the drugs sound worse than the disease they're supposed to be treating?

[youthere]

10. Nearly ALWAYS.

[GigiMommy]

62. Ditto!!!!

I agree with the Billy May ads, the AXE ad and the creepy "Smiling Bob" ads.

[NightWatcher]

12. Head On, put directly on your forehead.....

I also hate the radio ads on progressive radio. Nothing but get rich quick schemes and credit fixing companies

[Xipe Totec]

25. ...

[femmocrat]

29. The ad with the guy saying how much he hates the Head On commercials, is even worse, IMO!

Could they find anyone with a more irritating voice?

[FVZA_Colonel]

53. The shoe ones are even fucking worse.

I just don't understand how anyone could have thought those were a good idea.

[bigwillq]

13. Most of them.

I hate commericals. Always change the channel when one comes on.

[suninvited]

14. I forgot about this one !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrpZnF9dEsM


Pause it and read the fine print at the end.

APR of 99.25%

Poor Gary Coleman, he has hit rock bottom !!

[Initech]

15. Eharmony

God, their spokesman creeps me the fuck out. He looks like he's dosed up to the eyeballs on anti depressants. :scared:

[spooky3]

19. he's the Rethug founder of it, I think

does that explain anything?

[suninvited]

21. Maybe it explains why they sent me an email that said:

Sorry, We have no matches for you at this time.

Do they hate liberals so much they cant even accept their applications? Didnt they realized if they hooked up the liberals that they were rejecting they might make a dollar or two?

[spooky3]

32. I'd say that's a badge of honor.

You might want to check out the Wikipedia entry for eharmony.

[suninvited]

43. I just did.....thank you very much for clearing that up

good lord???!!!!??

How does that company stay in business?

[geardaddy]

77. Have you seen the Chemistry ads

showing why people were rejected by e-Harmony. Those are good.

[OmahaBlueDog]

38. I keep trying to con my wife into taking the 29 dimensions test

I guarantee it will say we are completely incompatible.

Note: My wife and I will have been married for 20 years this August; prior to that, we went through 4 years of monogamous, cross-continent, long distance romance.

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Carl's Jr.

*chomp* *slurp* *smack* *plop*



*puke*

[Initech]

30. Yeah, the Carl's Jr. ads are really irritating.

They shouldn't let people with food fetishes do restaurant ads.

[reyd reid reed]

82. Those go beyond irritating and straight into the

'disgusting' category. And, as a result, I haven't eaten at Carl's Jr. in years. Not since they started that sickening ad campaign.

[RubyDuby in GA]

18. Nutrisystem - any of them but especially the one with the woman:

Look at me I'm a size 2!

That's right you cow. What were you before? An 8?

Bitch.

[youthere]

20. Oh gawd yes...I especially hate the one that says "My husband calls me his trophy wife!"

And that food looks like vomit.

[AwakeAtLast]

22. You have great judgement.

It tastes like vomit. :puke:

[trof]

69. And 'Looka meee! I'm a tew!'

:puke:

[SOteric]

23. "The Risks and Benefits of Celebrex"

Which goes on for almost a full two minutes playing the same vapid 15 note refrain in the background while someone drones on in a somnolent voice. The voice alone makes me feel as though someone is attempting to hypnotise me. But that incessant, vapid refrain is the part that makes it unbearable.

[ironflange]

24. lysol

where they spray everything in sight so as to keep the kids from getting sick

it used to be fun to play in the mud

[Gidney N Cloyd]

26. The Xerox ad with the broken mute button.

"You're shocked? We're shocked that you even get it, pal!"

[femmocrat]

27. All of those idiotic Di-Tech ads.

Especially the one about the "il-loooozh-un-ist"!! I practically knock the furniture over to get to the remote when that one comes on.

And lately, those ads with the people mouthing lyrics, "More, more, more".... one is to "Rebel Yell". I don't know what they are for, because I hit the mute as soon as they come on.

:banghead:

[FVZA_Colonel]

52. It's so easy to tell that they were trying so hard

to be "quirky" and "hip" with those. And they failed so, so miserably.

[Mugu]

28. Don't know.

I have TIVO so I don't have to watch commercials.

Regards, Mugu

[spooky3]

31. Lucky you. There are some pretty good (bad) nominations here!

[Mugu]

35. Agreed, but I can watch a one hour program in 42 minutes.

What else do I have to say?

Regards, Mugu

[Maraya1969]

50. Do you fast forward them or is there a setting I haven't heard about?

I TIVO a lot of things just to watch them back and speed through the commercials. But then I see how frigging many of them there are and I get pissed. It's different if you watch them at slow speed, you don't realize just how many they are using to fill 3 or so minutes.

[TommyO]

58. You can enable a 30 second skip feature

Point your TiVo remote at your TiVo and use the following sequence:

Select-Play-Select-3-0-Select

You'll hear three confirming "bongs", you can now skip 30 seconds ahead using the small right arrow button below the fast forward button.

[TreasonousBastard]

34. Very few bother me, except...

that sorry-ass useless piece of shit who keeps slurping his soup. In the elevator, at meetings...

I hate him. I want to rip out his eyes so he can watch himself die from the palm of my hand.

[OmahaBlueDog]

36. The President of the United States Saturn Ad

It had a loud, kind of techno overlay of hail to the chief. Thank God the promotion ends tomorrow.

I have to confess, I kind of like the Playtex bra ad. I like just about any ad with women in their underwear. That's how life gets when you're a male over 40.

[spooky3]

67. finally - the target market speaks! :-)

but did you run out to buy your wife a Playtex bra?

And congratulations on your marital success, unaided by the Repugs at eharmony!

[Zavulon]

37. WE HAVE A SAVINGS OF $350 - A SAVINGS OF $350!

If you haven't seen it, just consider yourself blessed and move on.

[Zavulon]

39. Wait, I retract my previous post. It's the guys in the garage band singing "Viva Viagra." (NT)

[Zavulon]

41. Wait, I retract my previous post. It's the Geico ad with Joan Rivers. (NT)

[Zavulon]

42. Wait, I retract my previous post. It's the guy who sings for freecreditreport.com.

The restaurant scene in the pirate costume or the one where he drives off the lot in the dented, used subcompact - equally annoying. Actually, I'd have to go with the subcompact one because of the way the asshole bobs his head at the end of it.

[VenusRising]

47. I muted that awful subcompact commercial just tonight.

It's :puke: worthy.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

78. Yep, the Fix-A-Flat Five, as I call them!!

:evilgrin: Grosss.

[Inchworm]

40. WOW!

yea, I say it louder!

I feel your pain :D

:hi:

[Fleshdancer]

44. "Let's make a Jack Sandwich!"

In what universe should group sex be used as an advertising tactic to sell hamburgers???

:wtf:

[amitten]

80. No shit...that one is gross. n/t

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

45. "Vivuuuuh Viagara!"

That freaks me out, no matter what version it is.

And, of course, Robert Wagner's predatory loan shark commercial for the reverse mortgages. "Hello, friends..." Makes me want to crawl!!!

I also didn't like the Lipitor commercial they just pulled, with Dr. Jarvik. I thought that seemed a little fishy, and lo and behold, I was right. They axed it for misrepresentation...he's a longtime researcher, but has never actually practiced medicine.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

46. Willy pills

Why do those couples take those cast iron bath tubs everywhere. They sit in them in vineyards, top of mountains, on the beach. What's all that about? How come in real life you never see people with boners hauling bath tubs around?

[Lil Missy]

48. "If you have an erection that lasts more than 4 hours, seek medical attention."

Jesus Christ!

And I am also sick of the ones that if you take this drug, you could experience diarrhea, severe vomiting, HBP, fainting, or psychotic episodes, or an urge to go postal or suicidal. :wtf:

[Awsi Dooger]

49. The one with the talking baby

That's an automatic instant click. I have no idea what product it's pushing but it doesn't matter. When I see a talking baby or dancing baby or similar it screams to me the company doesn't threaten originality or creativity so I have no use for them.

It's similar to any movie or TV show with a guy being hit in the crotch, by a football or whatever. If you default to that pathetic cliche you have no business writing a script.

[FVZA_Colonel]

51. Smilin' Bob!

Though, given that the Enzyte guy has been convicted of fraud, we probably won't be seeing those much any more.

[CreekDog]

54. Freecreditreport.com

:banghead:

[pstokely]

56. Cheap Cheesy local ads

"Midwest Hemroid Treatment Center, Don't Suffer in Silence"

[alphafemale]

57. Those ones where the "SUN" is a suburban white guy. Peddling some breakfast skillet slop.

Every one of those grate on me.

[spooky3]

66. that one also sickens me

It's a stupid concept, and the food looks disgusting.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

60. A bunch of old white guys are happy

that they can take a leak. So they can ride bicycles in the middle of nowhere.

Actually, any time I want some abuse, I can tell my doctor about some drug I saw on TV. She goes nuts, muttering about "where did you get your medical degree".
:rofl:

[distantearlywarning]

61. There was a pizza commercial out there for a while that made me nuts

I can't remember who the company was. Or maybe it was an ad for fried chicken or something equally bad.

Anyway, it had this woman coming home with her kids to find that her husband had ordered pizza. The husband was totally self-congratulatory about the fact that he managed to get dinner on the table *all by himself* (because dialing the phone is so hard, right?) and the wife was fawning all over him for it.

Basically it contained every stupid stereotype about men and women in existence, all crammed into 2.5 minutes worth of commercial. Not to mention that it suggested that pizza or fried chicken or whatever it was was actually a reasonable substitute for a home-cooked meal.

[Sentath]

63. Sonic 'drive ins'

any and all. I'm actually boycotting them till they're over .. and maybe after that.

(it was the only one I hadn't seen mentioned yet

[Rob H.]

64. Those were the first ones I thought of

I'd like to know what management nitwit at Sonic thought those were a good idea. I can see it now: "Hey, these ads aren't just annoying, they're incredibly annoying! People will be coming to us in droves!" Yeah? Guess again, genius.

[demmiblue]

68. Enzyte?

I am not sure of the name, but it is a half-hour infomercial on male enhancement. WOW! I really don't know what to say about it... too mind boggling! Before that, it was the "Girls Gone Wild" infomercials (which I would have said, but I don't see those anymore). And, yes, I wake up that early!

[scarpa43]

71. Verizon wireless

The one where the "can you hear me now" guy's wife is going into labor and he needs help getting to the hospital.

He is being helped to the street when a cab pulls up, there is a Verizon lady driving the car.

So has Verizon gotten into the taxi business?
Did the Verizon lady steal the cab?
Why does she need to wear a hardhat in the cab?

Everytime that commercial comes on I start bitching to my wife about it.

[Mendocino]

72. The Mucinex and Toenail Fungus

animated creatures. Just what I want to see while eating.

[Westegg]

73. "He comes when I call..."

...That's the first line of an insanely obnoxious local NYC ad for a car-service. It's an homage/rip-off of "Sex and the City," and it's aired constantly in the morning for the last WAY too many goddamn years. You New Yorkers who watch "NY1" (a local 24-hour news station) know exactly what I'm talking about.

"Sometimes... he just takes me home at night."
"Oooo, girl!"

It's crazy! I can recite this fucking monster in my sleep. This is taking up space in my memory I need for other, important things!

Needless to say, when I need a car-service, this is the place I DON'T call.

[gbate]

75. "I'm a new soul in this very strange world.."

That horrible singer and that annoying song that goes with the Apple laptop.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

79. The latest two with beatle songs.

One of them is Hello Goodbye and the other one, I can't remember which song it is.

[reyd reid reed]

81. The Always commercial...

"Have a happy period. Always."

Makes me wanna smack someone. Another one that I loathe is an IHOP one where the cop puts whipped topping on the kid's traffic ticket. Because everything's better with topping.

Pu-leeeze.

[Maccagirl]

83. If I see Wilford Brimley wheezing through one more

di-a-bee-tus commercial I'm gonna blow!