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Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
wow 56 takes! no wonder it came out so perfectly.

Stormie
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03-01-2007

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stormie a private message Print Post    
I hate the Victoria Secrets commercials and won't buy their products. I tend not to watch shows that advertise them, but it's not across the board since Lost is one of them--just gives me a chance to tell people I know why I can't stand that company.

I didn't pay them any mind really, until maybe a year or so ago when they had an ad of a woman crawling on the floor towards a camera, then her head up--suggestive much. This company, IMHO, objectifies women--here they are trying to sell a product to women, by objectifying women? That commercial was the last straw for me. And I'm not much better with the current ad campaign.

Women are sexual beings, no product makes a woman feel sexy, or be sexy, that comes from within. Using a product to "enhance" that quality, is something different. This is underwear, just underwear and I don't need this brand to buy this type of product. If this is the best they can do, then the quality of the product must be very low.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 6:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Latest commercial I hate is the Toviaz commercial. It shows an older lady watching her daughter try on wedding gowns. The speak-over is her saying how she has these bladder problems, and on what was one of the most important day of her daughter's life, she got so uncomfortable she had to choose her bladder's needs over her daughter's. Then she gets up and slips out of the room. They then show the daughter looking at the empty seat where "Mom" had been sitting, and having this look of dissapointment and abandonment or whatever.

Geeze people, what's wrong with, "um, I'll be right back. Gotta run to the loo." or whatever. Like its gonna really kill ya to say that, and your daughter should understand it will take just a few minutes to pee and you can come back and see her in her wedding gown.

Seems like trying on wedding gowns, while important, isn't one of the most important day of a daughter's life. And you're not abandoning her if you have to slip away and pee for a few minutes. Geeze!

Of course the commercial shows her later at the wedding getting ready and proudly going with her daughter to the church/alter or whatever presumadly having taken the drug so she doesn't have to pee right in the middle of the ceremony.

Mak1
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08-11-2002

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 3:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I hate that one too, Wargod, for the same reason!

Holly
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07-22-2001

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 3:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
I always grimace at the viagra (and the other boner stuff) commercials. They're just so lame and there's always something slightly sleazy about them, IMO. There has to be a more clever way to handle incontinence and impotence than what they're coming up with. This maudlin, cheesy, sleazy approach just doesn't cut it.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
LOL at "...the other boner stuff"!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 7:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
The ad of the guy in a car watching a dashboard hula dancer while he's chowing down a Carl's Jr cheeseburger is enough to gag a maggot.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 4:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
I'm right with you all on the tremendous annoyance factor of the personal-biz commercials. My 92-year-old grandmother says you can't even watch television in mixed company these days (and I add, nor can you watch TV with kids or your parents in the room!!) because of all the ads for things you'd rather not discuss--or have discussed--in front of other people.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
New Old Spice commercial--as good as the last one, and with the same Mustafa Whatshisname from the last one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLTIowBF0kE&feature=player_embedded

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
The chocolate and strawberry flavored KY Jelly restoring sex to a marriage are a bit much.

Also, the car insurance ad where the guy says "Guys, I just gagged" makes me gag.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc, I can't stand to see the KY commercial when I'm alone, much less when my 11-yo DD or 13-yo DS is in the room!

Tishala, I have seen the new Old Spice commercial and I enjoyed it. Knowing how the first commercial was filmed in one long shot and the mechanics behind it, I am fascinated with the way the new one is engineered. Very cool the way the hot tub full of water breaks away, leaving him seated on a motorcycle.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I like the Geico commercial with the little pig crying "Weeeeeeeeeee" all the way home from school.

The piglet seems so happy it makes me smile.

At the end he has a deep voice.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Agreed, Dogdoc. I've only seen it once, but chuckle just thinking about it.

Couchtomato
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09-09-2008

Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Couchtomato a private message Print Post    
Dh & I were just talking about this little piggy commercial during dinner. We think it's cute too!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
There's a commercial where the Daddy is giving orders to a little girl behind the wheel of a car. He's telling her to put her phone in her purse and not text, to stay off the highway..etc.. Then the camera moves away and goes back and she's a teenage girl. She reassures him that she will do all those things. He sees her as his little girl, but she's a big girl. I love this commercial! I can so relate!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 3:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Found it! It's a Subaru commercial:

http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/107-homepage-news/26920-new-subaru-ad-promotes-brands-safety-captures-first-time-out-driving-moment.html

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I like that one too Twig. The little girl looks so cute sitting behind the wheel.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 7:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
I love the Dish Network commercial with the Eastern European character Gregor Trotsky Chagall. "Opulence, I haz it! But I also like savings the monies."

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

Too funny! At the beginning, don't miss the dogs sitting at the table playing poker.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Monday, September 13, 2010 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIutgtzwhAc