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Wargod

Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 08:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Owl, that one cracks me up everytime I see it! I'm kinda liking the car commercial...can't remember the car, but the commercial goes something like..."what do you think about when you don't have to think about your car?" And theres three guys in the car discussing whats put on your drivers liscense for hair color if your bald. The first two guys finally decide N/A, then the third guy says, "maybe they go by eyebrow color?" Hehe.

Twinkie

Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 11:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Does anyone know the song playing during the commercial for the Lincoln SUV? Its kind of a jazz/blues band......no lyrics.

Twinkie

Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 11:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Also, I'm sooooo happy to see the happy dancing guy back for the Joe Boxer shorts for the new Christmas season!

Twinkie

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 12:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
BTW, on the Lincoln commercial they sometimes show the band playing in an upstairs loft/room. Looks like NYC. Really good music!

Pcakes2

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 12:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was watching the new Gap commercials ...you know...the Stripe ones that are run a million times, on every network...the one where they are singing "Love Train"...anyway, I just noticed the girl who used to be on Boston Public is in it.

Sia

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 12:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Twinkie, I'm happy to see the Joe Boxer shorts guy, but I hate the bevy of bimbos he has dancing with him!!! <==Green with envy!!

Twinkie

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 03:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Sia! I agree!!! He is just the cutest!!!

Denecee

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 04:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love that Jack-in-the-box commercial with the three guys sitting at the table. One of the guys is wearing a "Jack" hat. "They think I'm Jack...because of the hat." I love it.

Jbean

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 04:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
pcakes!!!! you are still around? soooo good to see you here!

i love the mountain dew commercial where these two guys are driving a golf cart, and down below some people are actually playing golf. they drive off a cliff right into the game and turn the golf cart over. makes me lol every time. i think they only play it at the movies, though.

Sia

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 08:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The Mountain Dew commercial in which the young man head-butts a RAM repeatedly, wins the conflict, tosses back a Mountain Dew soda and then tells his watching buddies that he feels "Not baa-aa-aa-aad" cracks me up, too!

Babyruth

Friday, November 29, 2002 - 11:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Does anybody know who is the fun music group doing the Marshall Field's TV holiday commercials?
They're terrific! I tried to find out by looking it up with Google, but got nowhere.

Zeno39

Saturday, November 30, 2002 - 03:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My very favorite is the Geico commercial with the gecko. He is so adorable, especially driving his red convertible with rock music playing on the radio. I can't stand loud commercials with the screaming and rapping!

Melfie1222

Saturday, November 30, 2002 - 07:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Zeno, another cute Geico commercial is the one where the gecko and pretty lady star in a series of romantic scenes. The part where they are twirling around hand in hand in a meadow and the lady mouths "I love you" to the gecko, that makes me laugh.

Speaking of loud and annoying commercials there is one for some toy called Bobble Boys, maybe by Fisher Price, I can't stand it.

Zeno39

Saturday, November 30, 2002 - 09:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Melfie, I've seen that commercial, and it's cute too. Geico came up with a winner with this idea. Local car commercials bug me too, with their screaming voices. You have to turn the sound down when those come on. They go to the extreme. I won't buy a product if I have been screamed at through the tv. That is a complete turnoff.

Hippyt

Sunday, December 01, 2002 - 07:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The Taco Bell dog shows up,'oh,great a talking lizard.'

Mygetaway

Monday, December 02, 2002 - 01:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyone know who Vern Fonk is?? He's a local insurance agent who specializes in people who have a hard time getting insurance. I hate his commercials. In the last one he had a split screen where he played Forrest Gump, The Rainman, and the Sling Blade guy.. He also did Sunny Colby Cook or whatever her name was (the mattress lady.) This time he has an Eminem look a like and he's rapping. The guy seems like a total nut job, and I don't think I'd buy insurance from him. You can tell when they do a close up of his eyes...LOL

"Don't forget to honk when you drive by Vern Fonk.."
Wow.. this was weird.. As I was reading the preview of this post he just had a new commercial on with his family for Christmas. He still seems really weird, but his "wife" looks familiar.

Bananaclip

Monday, December 02, 2002 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I hate the hair color commercials with those blonde twins who sing. In the latest ones they even try to dance.

Calamity

Monday, December 02, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like the Kodak commercial with the woman who emails pictures of the shelter dogs waiting to be adopted.

Sia

Monday, December 02, 2002 - 05:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Calamity, that is a cute commercial, but I've wondered about it: is she a shelter worker, or just a volunteer or someone who just came in to try and make dog love-connections? Don't know why that question has hounded me, but it has!!

Heyltslori

Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 06:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Is it just me or does anyone else find those Herbal Essessence shampoo commercials where the women are having a "truly organic experience" in poor taste? There is a new one with a blonde (I think she used to be on Ally McBeal) and it just seems way over the top.

Cablejockey

Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 06:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I find them annoying too. It seems as if the directers of this commercial watched way too many porn movies. Any more moaning and groaning on these ads, and they will gave to stick an X rating on them. Or, all women in North America will forgo men and spemd all their time washimg their hair!!

Car54

Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 07:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I hate hate hate that guy on the Kaboom cleaner commercial...he sells a bunch of crap on different commercials... and he is always yelling at the camera. I fall asleep watching TV and wake up with him shouting KABOOM! and it always scares me.

Fruitbat

Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 07:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Meg Ryans scene in When Harry Met Sally inspired some lousy spin offs.

Fruitbat

Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 07:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I love the car commercial whose line is "the long road to maturity" It shows two men, the driver breaking just as his passenger goes to take a sip of coffee.

Kirsty Alley's Pier One commercials have to be the worst, worse than Dell and that is a strong statement.

Weinermr

Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 07:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Way way way too many J.C. Penney commercials this season. I can only imagine what their advertising budget is.

And what drives me even more crazy, is that the women who keeps repeating the name of the company over and over again, says J.C. Panney, instead of J.C. Penney.