Archive through November 14, 2002
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Archive through November 14, 2002
Zachsmom | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 02:00 pm     HeyItsLori...I really am not a violent person..but that commercial just sets me off!! |
Heyltslori | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 02:12 pm     Vixen... ROFL This thread is cracking me up today. The first time I saw that commercial I screamed and freaked out too! |
Hippyt | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 02:56 pm     Whoami,I'm so glad you asked about that commercial. I didn't get it either! |
Calamity | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 03:28 pm     I love Target ads, especially the holiday ones. They all have a retro-cool vibe that somehow doesn't seem forced. (And that cute blond in the "Bits and Pieces" ad always makes me sigh. I actually watched it on the Internet a couple times.) I like the Volkswagon "Pink Moon" ad and that old car one with the couple driving down a New Orleans street and everything is in time to the music. Think the song was "Jung at Heart" or something like that? Yeah, songs do get to me . I'm a pushover for animal ads and any sort of public service message that spotlights the environment. I loathe that Suburu Outback ad that pretends it's the eco-friendly SUV. *Cough* *Gag* No such thing. Oh, and I have no idea what it's for but it's something about "That's why you're the mom" and there's an adorable little kid in a elephant costume. That's pretty cute. |
Queenfish | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 07:10 pm     I hate that Sonic commercial where the kids are talking into a fan. Then at the end a woman is talking into the fan, saying, "I'm getting hungry". It's just like fingernails on a chalk board to me. |
Lumbele | Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:32 am     For a long time now I had tuning commercials out down to a fine art - until I poked my head into this thread. What have you people done to me?!!?!?LOL The Huggies commercials get a chuckle out of me, the 'leak' ones. And our provincial phone company has a hilarious series going that is great, but you just 'gotta be there' to get the humour. |
Pcakes2 | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:37 am     A little more about the Chevy commercials. It seems Chevy's new tag line is "We'll be there". Their new commercials are showing "the music of Chevy"....as in Don McLean's American Pie..."drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry", Prince's Little Red Corvette, Elton John's Crocodile Rock..."had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own", and the Becah Boys classic "409". Here's a little blurb from chevy about their campaign: "Telling the story of Chevy in American pop music is like telling the story of pop music itself. Chevy is one of the most enduring images used in music." They are also asking people to vote for their favorite song of the ones listed above. |
Dahli | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 09:59 am     The thing I don't get about that Sony commercial is the guy is sitting right beside the woman he's making the video about (presumably) she is also crying... why wouldn't he be hugging her...??? |
Cassie | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 05:16 pm     Commercials on tv here are sooooo lame. The more I see, the more insulted I get. Has anyone seen a show (on FX, I think) called "Commercials Banned in the US"? They are tv ads from all over the world, and even the ones from the smallest, satellite Eastern-Bloc countries like Latvia and Lithuania blows our dumb, lame-ass attempts at "humor" off the screen. They say that a sense of humor correlates with IQ. If that's true then advertisers in the US believe our average level of intelligence equates to grade 2 or 3 level. Has anyone seen the latest McDonald's ad with Donald Trump. He's having a convo with a big, furry purple thing that answers him by clicking its big, plastic eyes. (Bear in mind, he's talking economics with this oversized, stuffed "thing" so it's obviously not geared to the kiddies.) He winds up with his arm around its shoulders, gazing at Manhatten through the Trump Penthouse window, saying, "Together we can take the world!" ?!?!? I've seen some lame, inane commercials but this one takes the cake. And Kelly Rippa's ad for flavored water was so bad that I think they pulled it after a couple of weeks. Thankfully! 99% of commercials here are embarrassingly stupid. |
Max | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 10:08 pm     I haven't read this entire thread, so maybe someone covered this, but here goes anyway. I always wondered why the M&M's folks make such a big deal about 'green.' The commercial I particularly never "got" was the one where the parents discovered their boy's room was full of green M&M's and posters and stuff. The tag line was "There's something about the green ones." So, today I picked up a copy of a book called " Clean Yor Clothes with Cheez Whiz" (don't ask my where it came from 'cause I don't remember) and found this passage about M&M's: "Green M&M's are considered to be an aphrodisiac. At wedding showers, guests often present the future bride with a bag of M&M's with all the green candies carefully removed and placed in a second bag specifically reserved for the wedding night. An M&M/Mars brochure states: 'Although many consumers ask us about the special qualities of green M&M's Chocolate Candies, we cannot explain any extraordinary powers attributed to this color, either scientifically or medically.'" I've never heard of this wedding tradition, has anyone else? Anyway, now I understand those commercials.  |
Kaili | Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 04:22 am     Haven't heard the wedding tradition, but I have heard about the green M&Ms.... What a sales technique...kinda funny in a way. |
Mamaanja | Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 07:07 am     I've only seen this one once, so maybe they pulled it since it's sooo disgusting. The commercial for panty liners made especially for thong underwear! Complete with a little computer simulation of how the panty liner fits in the underwear. Nice. Real Nice. Those are just two items I prefer not to think about, let alone see put together for me on my television!! |
Pcakes2 | Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 07:47 am     The furry purple thing is Grimace...he's a classic McDonalds character. (along with Mayor McCheese and the Hamburglar) It's about time Grimace finally got the recognition he deserves! As for Donald Trump...what was he thinking?! Green M&Ms...never heard of the wedding tradition, but new about the green one's being "special" since I was about 12!-LOL |
Wargod | Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 02:34 pm     Local commercial....hope thats ok....I hate it so much I have to talk about it. It's a Firestone commercial (tires? I think.) A couple goes in and tells the clerk they need help. The woman is VERY pregnant. The clerk wants to know if she's in labor, and the woman says yes, she's laboring hard. The clerk is happy that they are talking about the car. There is then the sound of splashing water, and the woman says her water just broke. The husband says, Oh no, we have to get her to the hospital! And the clerk says, Don't worry, with Firestone we can get you there quicker. Everytime I see this stupid commercial I have the urge to throw something hard and heavy at the TV. I hate it, hate it, hate it!!!! Ok, I'm done venting, LOL. |
Meggieprice | Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 03:02 pm     Calamity- fell in love with the song "Pink Moon" due to VW- so much in love with it that my bridesmaids walked in to it this past December when I got married! My son and I love the ad for Dupont carpets where the mouse, cat, and dog, team up to trip their human when he walks in with his big ol' tv snack and they have polished it off by the time he gets back to clean it up. We can watch it over and over. |
Hippyt | Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 07:41 pm     I like that Dupont carpet ad too,Meggie. My new favorite commercial is the new Sprint PCS commercial with the 'monkey with a cold.' Monkey blows his nose,monkey looks so ill! It cracks me up! |
Djgirl5235 | Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 09:12 am     I absolutely LOVE the Telus commercials with the two spider monkeys - they crack me up every time... Those and the dreaded Blockbuster ads with the rabbit & the gerbil - I laugh to tears everytime I see them!!! The ones that I hate - too many to mention, although there are these new commercials that are on right now that I swear I'm trying to block from my mind and can't come up with them right now - I'll make a mental note tonight and come here tomorrow, because they are just SO bad!!! |
Calamity | Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 07:42 am     Hi Meggieprice, yeah, "Pink Moon" is a gorgeous song. I first heard it when that Nick Drake compilation album was released in the mid-90's. I remember the first time I saw the VW ad I got absolutely giddy ! I think my favorite tune by him is "Northern Sky" though. And congratulations on your marriage! Sounds like it was beautiful. I think that carpet ad is so funny, too. And isn't that the same dog that was in the Polaroid ad (he snaps a picture of the trouble-making cat)? |
Pcakes2 | Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 07:03 am     Has anyone seen the commercial with Mark McGuire? The one where he's being best buddies with some guy and they play basketball and have a pillow fight...this is all done to the theme from Courtship of Eddie's Father....People let me tell ya 'bout my best friend. |
Queenfish | Sunday, October 27, 2002 - 11:42 am     Hey Pcakes2 Another "Chevy" song to add to your list is"Chevy Van". It was an early 70's tune but I don't remember who recorded it. It went, "Like a princess she was laying there, moonbeams shinning through her hair, she woke up and took me by the hand. She's gonna Love me in my Chevy Van and that's allright with me." |
Draheid | Sunday, October 27, 2002 - 12:40 pm     Queenfish: The song was titled "Chevy Van" performed by Sammy Johns in 1975. The lyrics were written by Sammy Kershaw. You can find the lyrics by CLICKING HERE |
Calamity | Monday, October 28, 2002 - 08:20 am     Saw the Dupont cat/dog/mouse commercial this weekend and it's not the same dog as from the Polaroid ad so that answers my own question. |
Melfie1222 | Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 08:15 pm     Harley Earl is....... one of the detectives on Miami Vice. |
Pcakes2 | Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 07:23 am     My new favorite commercial is the Charlie Sheen/Martin Sheen Visa Check Card. Charlie goes into the store, and by the time he finally gets his transaction completed the clerk says "you don't look like this"...it then shows Martin Sheen (In the same clothes Charlie was wearing), and he responds..."I did when I came in". |
Theowl | Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 08:01 am     Hi PCakes!! My hubby was telling me about that one, but I haven't seen it yet. My new favorite is the misunderstood phone call where she asked her hubby to bring home a movie, something old. He thought she said A monkey with a cold!! I just LOVE that little guy and his little sniffles and coughs. I really do laugh everytime I see it. |
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