Stupid Commercials

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Zed

Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 08:47 pm Click here to edit this post
Oooooops...meant to say something as dull as banking seem droll!!!


**one too many cocktails at the festivites tonight!!**

Weinermr

Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 10:45 pm Click here to edit this post
DULL?????????? DID YOU SAY DULL????????????????

Kathi25

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 06:16 am Click here to edit this post
The ones that I hate are no longer played, however I remember them after all these years. It was from Kleenex and the slogan was 'who knows you better than we do?' I remember yelling at the screen, everybody does, my mom, dad, sisters, heck even the mailman knows me better than you do. LOL

Urgrace

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 09:51 pm Click here to edit this post
Kathi, I'm with you. The one I hated for years and years was... "My husband. Some hotshot! He uses ____" commercial where the dry-cleaners wife was saying that her husband used some laundry detergent that anyone could buy at the store! I cannot now remember the name of the product, because I made myself forget, for the commercial drove me up the wall!

Kayewer

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 10:12 am Click here to edit this post
For some reason Urgrace, I think the product was Calgon. The husband ran a Chinese laundry and he told a female customer he used an "ancient Chinese secret."

Highlander, thanx for the reminder of the back-to-school Staples ad. One of my faves too.

Crazydog, do you remember the other two recent commercials the ad agencies changed because they were wrong or gross, besides the car ad, which I agree was awful:

-Wisconsin Cheese Board's ad featuring Mighty Mouse ignoring an alien attack while he ate cheese in a restaurant (later ads had him offering cheese to the alien ship)

-Quilted Northern bath tissue, because the women were using knitting needles to quilt the toilet paper (you'll see in some older spots that one of the characters now has the knitting needles in her hair)

My fave right now is the Visa Checkcard spot with the father and little girl buying two bunnies and ending up with a few hundred because it took so long to verify Daddy's check. I especially like when the cashier puts the rabbit to his ear instead of the phone.

Mssilhouette

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 11:34 am Click here to edit this post
Okay the Staples commercial for Back To School is my favorite too! The faces of those kids is hillarious! And the announcer after the strains of "Its the most wonderful time of the year..." fades he says. "They're going baaaacckkkk...!"

My other favorite (that's now been overdone) is the Circuit City commerical with the guy and his girlfriend outside the store. She's telling him "Okay we're just going in to get one thing, right" and he says "Yeah sure" They get through the doors and he gets a glazed look on his face as he stares at all the electronics. She has that 'Oh no'look. In a flash he tears down the isle knocking over a man with packages.

Then at the end they come out and he's carrying a ton of packages. He says "I think that went well"

The pizza one with the cheesy bread makes me laugh every time.

Ahh the gap commericals are getting annoying I liked it better when they did the famous dance scenes. By the way they are selling something in those commericals. SWEATERS! "Give a little bit"...Obviously give something but make sure its a freaking expensive gap sweater.

Whoami

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 11:45 am Click here to edit this post
MsSil, the Circuit City commercial is a dead ringer for my sister and her husband. I went with them once to Office Max, and never again! He got that glazed look, and she got instantly livid. To make matters worse, we were there to shop for my birthday present. I finally had to tell them I'd pick it out later. There was no way I was gonna shop around with her spitting flames.

Crazydog

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 12:07 pm Click here to edit this post
As long as this is both a "stupid" and "favorite" commercials thread, some of my favorite commercials of all time I think were the ones for Philips Milk of Magnesia (LOL I say they were my favorite and can't even be sure of the product).

In any case, they were the ones with the 40ish black woman whose main purpose in life seemed to be to advertise to the world that her husband (Raymond?) or daughter was constipated. I loved those commercials, they made me laugh hysterically every time. I always cringed for the husband or daughter. Who among us has not been embarrassed by our loved ones?

If anyone could post specifics of these commercials, please do! I remember there were several versions... in one I thought she won an award or something and went up to the podium and told everyone how her husband was constipated, in another I thought her daughter was going to the prom or something when she was asked the dreaded question. LOL it was a long time ago so I can't remember the details!

Wink

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 12:47 pm Click here to edit this post
Not to be sappy but since favourites are being mentioned I love the Miller Brewing "I'll be Home for Christmas", even tho I'm Canadian and we all know that Canadian beer rules.

Cinnamongirl

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 03:27 pm Click here to edit this post
And I thought the Gap commercial guys were Dwight Yoakum, Robbie Robertson, Paul Reznick (goo goo dolls) and Shaggy. hmmmmm gets people talking about it. I'm curious who the 3rd and 4th girl are though. Anyone know?

And Canadian beer does rule, I agree!!

Mssilhouette

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 04:05 pm Click here to edit this post
Okay I snatched this from the gap.com website in their pressroom area.
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An all female ensemble spot features Sheryl Crow, India.Arie, Lisa (ed:"Left Eye") Lopes (ed: from TLC) and Liz Phair, while an all male grouping highlights Dwight Yoakam, John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, Robbie Robertson and Shaggy. A third spot combines the talents of Seal, Alanis Morissette and Macy Gray.
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Wink

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 04:10 pm Click here to edit this post
Does Shaggy look like Rick James or am I blind?

Mssilhouette

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 05:09 pm Click here to edit this post
I think you're blind Wink. LOL

Sunshinemiss

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 06:30 pm Click here to edit this post
My current fav (left over from last year) is the one, might be OfficeMax, with the robot in love with the fax machine, ("weeping, weeping") that is then enamored of the power surge extension cord. Hilarious.

Pet Peeve? Any cute commercial played so much that you soon hate it.

All-time favorite, any of the old Levi's commercials from the late 70's, early 80's, with the dancing Levi's tags and the oh-so catchy jingles (lee-a-hee-a-he-vi's, oh-ho, lee-a-he-a-he-vi's,) I am still singing it in my head some 25 years later, there's effective advertising for you.

Babyruth

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 08:08 pm Click here to edit this post
Ok, does anyone remember the McDonald's ads where they took the song "Carolina in the Morning" and changed the lyrics to sell their Egg McMuffins?
"Nothing could be finer than to have an EggMcMuffin in the mooornin. Eggs, Canadian bacon, cheese and muffin are the makin of your mooornin', Remember when you wake up late and don't want to fuss, have an Egg McMuffin and the coffee's on us!"

Ok, there was another campaign where if you walked into a McDonald's and could recite the ingredients of a BigMac in three seconds or less, you got one free. I DID THAT!! I was raking in the free Macs, lemme tell ya'!
"Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesoninonsonasesameseedbun!"

Angelnikki

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 08:44 pm Click here to edit this post
that cool Babyruth, I have mastered that really fast also but i never got any FREE MACS???????? Whats up with that?? Maybe im not old enough cause i dont remember those commercials.:(

The commercial that annoys me is that Tempo commercial when the mom and kids are in the station wagon and she runs over a bump and the boy in the back has a chocolate ice cream cone and it bumps into his nose. The mom bends down, looks under her seat then runs into a junkyard and runs into all kinds of trouble. Well, then like a stupid announcer says something about Tempo which is some kind of cloth kleenex looking thing and about how thick and durable it is. It is starting to get on my nerves

Abbynormal

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 10:58 pm Click here to edit this post
My #1 all time favorite commercial right now is the York Peppermint pattie one with the little old man who says, "When I bite into a york peppermint pattie, I get the sensation....well, I'm just glad I get a sensation!" The first time I saw that I about fell out. He is the cutest little old man I've ever seen, and they couldn't have cast that part any better.

Twiggyish

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 06:48 am Click here to edit this post
We had that Big Mac ingredient memorized, too! My brother could even say it backwards.

There is a current commercial, with a wireless telephone company and the static on the phone causes confusion. The store Santa who ordered his costume and the static was bad so they (the costume shop) sent him a panda suit. (should be Santa suit) It shows him trying to get to the Christmas stage in his Panda costume saying, "I'm Panda Claus" At which point, he falls on his face, because the costume is so bulky..LOL It's stupid, but funny.

Dahli

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 11:29 am Click here to edit this post
LOL Twiggy - isn't that Sprint wireless...? I think they had a couple of others earlier which absolutely cracked me up, one of which had the kids covered in flour (? ) cuz they called home to tell someone to shower them, but instead they floured them - aw shucks I dont' think that's exactly right, but it made me laugh out loud!

Mssilhouette

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 12:27 pm Click here to edit this post
Its a Sprint one and the Mom called to ask the babysitter "How are the kids?" and she thought she said "Flour the kids"

And the the sitter is with the Sprint guy and the mom in the living room. The Mom says "Why would I say flour the kids?"

The babysitter replies, "Yeah but if I didn't flour them you'd come home and ask me why I didn't I flour them?"

The mom has a 'what the heck' look and says "Am I even here?!"

It's very funny. The one with Charro is good too.

Grooch

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 12:36 pm Click here to edit this post
I like the Nascar one. I don't remember what driver it is, but he is sitting there at the dinner table (romantically set) w/ his wife and the Sprint guy. And he has his crew sitting there in the living room looking on.

And the driver says, "I said crew, not dinner for two."

Dahli

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 01:23 pm Click here to edit this post
oooh thanks Miss S! that's it that's it - funny funny stuff...plus the one with the husband and wife talking really loud, I think that is one of the best campaigns I've seen.

Sunshinemiss

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 02:31 pm Click here to edit this post
The Big Mac commerical at Mcdonalds was circa 1974 or 75, begause I was working at McD's then= it was my first job and I was all of 14, and we gave away a TON of Big Mac's, I dont think they thought people would take it seriously but boy howdy did they ever! They pulled the giveaway commercial after a week, but kept the jingle. It was HELL for that week though. Teenage nightmares of Big Mac jingles lasted for quite awhile.

Moondance

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 03:02 pm Click here to edit this post
G... I love the Sprint commercials!... I love the one where the asst coach got Captain and Teneil(sp?) not a back up for McNeil(football) and they show the Captain and Teneil sing in practice while some of the players dance to 'do it to me one more time'.... too much!!!:)

Discoinferno

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 04:36 pm Click here to edit this post
Angel, I love how the Tempo commercial has a disclaimer saying, "Do not attempt. Always drive safely" on it.

Grooch

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 05:31 pm Click here to edit this post
Moon, I love the Captain and Tenille one also.

That reminds me of the commercial at the football game and the stadium is playing the 70's song "Loving you is easy cause your beautiful" It is a riot looking at everyones faces.

The part w/ the guy w/ the debit card at the music store is dumb though.

Maybe the PA system should have played that song when the Browns fans went bananas. It would have stopped them in their tracks.

Twiggyish

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 06:45 pm Click here to edit this post
Yes it is Sprint .. All those are a riot! I laugh at all of them.

Grooch, that one is funny, too..LOL

Twiggyish

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 06:47 pm Click here to edit this post
Also, regarding the beer bottle throwing.. they should ban bottles at games. Maybe they can serve in plastic cups. A cup is a lot less dangerous if thrown. (just my opinion)
I remember going to games years ago before beer was permitted and they seemed a lot less violent.

Phrf

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 06:54 pm Click here to edit this post
Twiggyish
I just wanted to add that the "bottled beer" at the Superdome is actually in plastic bottles. Not that that excuses this kind of idiot behavior. But at least not dealing with glass.

Sbw

Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 02:49 pm Click here to edit this post
Staples ad (and I don't even have any kids), York peppermint patty, the horses playing football (a couple of years ago) and the Viagra commercial with the Nascar driver. (Yep I have a warped sense of humor.)

Weinermr

Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 02:51 pm Click here to edit this post
Join the club.

Twiggyish

Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 02:54 pm Click here to edit this post
LOL SBW the Viagra one!

Braveheart61901

Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 08:31 pm Click here to edit this post
Coca-Cola has an animated commercial out showing Santa in the house and finding a Coke that the kids left for him. The kids hear him and peek into the living room. Santa sees them and opens his arms and the kids run into his arms.

It has a really old-fashioned look to it, ca. '50's and brings back a lot of good, magical Christmas memories!

Whoami

Wednesday, December 26, 2001 - 09:43 pm Click here to edit this post
Christian Children's Fund advertises that "Last night 32,000 Children died. And will again tonight."

Ummm, how many times does a child (or anyone) die? This statement is so inept, it really distracts from the heartstrings they are trying to pull.