Archive through July 31, 2003
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Archive through July 31, 2003
Kimmo | Friday, July 18, 2003 - 01:31 pm     Aw, I like the Kotex ads Haven't seen the Bactine one... Oh, the Golden Grahams ad is awful! The one with the parents taking their kid home from college-- Ugh. We had Golden Grahams at my college dorm! Why couldn't he buy his own when he was off at college experiencing freedom? Why push him out of the car? Like he doesn't know his way home? They're just Golden Grahams! I know we're probably supposed to go, "But see, it's funny because they're all so stupid!" But why would you want stupid characters endorsing your product, or make fun of stupid people to sell something? Oh well.... The voiceover guy also has a very creepy voice. The Toaster Strudel-- Why doesn't that kid just throw his passe' poptarts away, instead of causing an avalanche in his locker? They're so uncool, you'd think he would toss them first thing. |
Whoami | Friday, July 18, 2003 - 02:03 pm     I hate that furniture polish one where "Mark marks everything." And the mom is just standing there with a loving, "isn't he adorable" look on her face while she patiently waits for him to stop scribbling on the furniture so she can use that wonderful polish, and follow along after him all over the house and clean up his "adorableness." Very good point Kimmo. Why didn't that kid just throw those uncool PopTarts away? |
Not1worry | Friday, July 18, 2003 - 03:30 pm     I personally love PopTarts and am offended that anyone would stuff them in a locker! Hate that commercial too. |
Vali | Friday, July 18, 2003 - 04:12 pm     I am laughing out loud at these posts. I have to include the commericals I hate most: Toyota commercials. I swear, they are dragging out a new annoying jingle every 2 weeks this summer. The first was something like, "Summer's in, it's no sin, it's that time again..." and the current one is "T-shirt, cutoffs, and a pair of thongs, We've been having fun all summer long." And they show them like every 10 minutes. Seriously. The horrible tunes get stuck in my head all day. I think Toyota is constantly trying to improve upon one of its first annoying jingles, the classic "Oh what a feeling". Argh! |
Vali | Friday, July 18, 2003 - 04:17 pm     And I just have to add that the older gentleman guarding the door at my local Wal-Mart not only glares at me suspciously when I walk in, but practically salivates at the chance to look through my purchases on the way out. And if the cashiers forgets to deactivate a security tag and the alarm goes off, well, I'll be spending a few hours trying to prove I'm not a criminal. |
Donut | Friday, July 18, 2003 - 08:27 pm     talking of car jingles getting on your nerve, i have a pet peeve of the Suzuki one..."Saaaahhzewkaaaay" in that whiny voice with that fake rock and roll accent at the end...drives me up a wall every time... Mick Jagger she ain't.. |
Kimmo | Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 03:29 am     The fake accents! Whenever there is a local alternative rock festival advertised on TV, it is voiced by a guy with an obviously fake accent that can't decide whether it is Australian or British-- Really makes me sick (like the lady in the Luvs ads), totally grating! If people doing the fake accents could do them convincingly, so they're not fake-- That would be fine! Or is it some badge of "originality" to strive to maintain an obviously fake British accent? Maybe I'm biased, my husband and his best friend like saying things in pretend British accents every 6 months and that drives me up the wall... But I also get vexed when I watch British sitcoms with "American" characters (like the guy on "My Hero") with these really fake accents. But then, maybe that is just to emphasize how unattractive American accents are.... But I digress! |
Tabbyking | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 09:26 am     i used to love the one about the rx for meridia, i think it was. as someone mentioned in an earlier post, the list of side-effects was astounding and funny. "may cause stomach pain, bloating, gas, an oily discharge or the immediate and uncontrollable need to to evacuate your bowels". what the hell is an oily discharge? i'd park the pill-taker in the side driveway, next to my husband's pick up truck. maybe sand the driveway... |
Tabbyking | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 01:10 pm     okay, and there is a current one and i'll be dipped if i even know what it's advertising. it was just on about 5 minutes ago, during a trading spaces episode. a man goes up the ladder and across the diving board and executes a perfect dive into the pool. then he swims underwater to the side of the pool, comes up and spits out a mouthful of water. and there is a kid behind him wearing floaties, calling out, "mom? mommy! i don't have to go potty anymore!" it makes me laugh, but i'll be danged if i can remember what it's advertising! |
Jedisan | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 01:29 pm     LOL Tabby. I think it is an ad for soap. "Think you're clean? Think again" or something like that. |
Mak1 | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 01:56 pm     Vali, the Toyota jingles are driving me mad!!! Yes, they are on every 10 minutes....but I know that's just my perception, because that "T-shirts, cutoffs, and a pair of thongs" gets stuck in my head for hours! Arrrgggghhhhh! |
Tabbyking | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 02:00 pm     you got a pair of thongs stuck in your head? you aren't wearing them properly! |
Vali | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 02:52 pm     LOL Tabby... And, Mak, what I always think of when they say 'thongs' is the kind of thongs people on Paradise Hotel would wear, for example. We don't call them thongs in the northeast...at least I never called them that, so it took me a minute to figure out what they really meant. I guess "T-shirt, cutoffs, and a pair of flip-flops" just doesn't have the same ring to it. My prediction: there will be a new annoying Toyota jingle out within two weeks. And I will hate it immediately. |
Gemma120in2002 | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 03:13 pm     I hate the commercials that use disgusting situations to describe how absolutely delicious their product is. Quizno's had commercials like that. The most repulsive one involved a woman dressed in a business suit walking down the street talking to a man who was also in a business suit. They passed a public trash can and she saw that someone had thrown away a partially eaten Quizno's sandwich. She stopped talking, reached into the garbage and grabbed the sandwich and gobbled it down! (GAGGGGG!) The man with her looked at her in horror as she was doing this. Then they cut to their line: "Quizno's, it's just that good!" I was in the process of eating my lunch and watching TV the first time I saw that commercial. I lost my appetite and I immediately went to the computer and shot off an e-mail about the commercial. They defended the commercial by saying that they were using outrageous humor to sell the product because obviously nobody would DO that. I responded by appologizing for my stupidity. They MEANT to associate their food with something disgusting and repulsive. They don't care if someone associates LOSING his or her lunch with the name Quizno's, as long as they get a few people who are obviously more intelligent than I am to laugh at their joke. Funny, that advertizing campaign didn't last very long. I wonder how many other people wrote. |
Tabbyking | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 03:46 pm     i wrote to tampax about them ruining things such as 'woodstock' and other notable happenings with their 'tampax was there' ads. i must not have been the only one, because they pulled the ads pretty quickly. i was half expecting to see a montage of photos from the hoards of visitors to jfk's body lying in state and seeing the words flash across my screen "tampax was there". we all know at any given time, at any given event, a percentage of the female population is menstruating, but let's be a little more refined. i am absolutely convinced a man came up with those tampax commercials... i suggested something more subtle, such as a houseguest realizing she needed something and finding a box of tampax placed neatly inside the guest bathroom cabinet. just a little flash of the box... in a nicely appointed bathroom. and knowing that starting her period hadn't ruined the visit or whatever. |
Mak1 | Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 05:39 pm     Gemma, that does sound disgusting. That would make me not want to go anywhere near Quizno's! Yeah, Tabby, not just a thong....but a pair! It's really quite painful. I haven't heard flip-flops called thongs since I was a little kid, Vali. And I was thinking the same thing about the next Toyota ad. They even seem louder than all the other ads, don't they? And how about those drug ads where the list of possible side effects is the longest part of the ad, and those are so dire that you would rather take your chances than ever try that! My hubby and I frequently laugh at them, but Tabby, the one you just posted is absolutely hilarious. (Well, maybe not to the poor person who has to take it and develops the dreaded and previously unheard-of oily discharge!) |
Sia | Monday, July 21, 2003 - 12:01 am     That sounds like the list of side-effects for Xenical, a weight-loss pill available by prescription only: "may cause dizziness, dry mouth, nervousness, twitching, bloating, intestinal cramping, explosive diarrhea, vomiting, hideous stench to follow the user like a black cloud. . ." It's a very punishing drug. |
Jhonise | Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 06:38 pm     I hate, hate, hate the commercials for McDonalds McGriddles sandwiches. Especially the one with the old lady who fights five or six Ninjas. |
Not1worry | Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 06:51 pm     I hate the Toyota commerical where the old couple buying a Toyota act all nice and sweet and thankful to the salesman. "We hope our grandchildren grow up just like you!", gag. Then they speed out of the lot and the old lady yells something about thanks for the steal, sucker and they laugh like old maniacs. I really hate it, but it would not surprise me to find that the old lady who yelled works as a greeter at Walmart. |
Sherbabe | Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 08:27 pm     The blockbuster commercial that they are airing way too much. The one with the hamsters in a cage. I have to either turn the channel or turn down the sound. I am definitely not SOLD on this commercial. |
Ddr1135 | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 06:32 am     I love the HBO commercial for the Sunday Night shows. Clips of all the actors like they are singing this song "I'm Coming Home". Has anyone else seen this one? |
Sia | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 09:11 am     I haven't seen that, Ddr--probably because I don't have cable, LOL!! It sounds nice, though. |
Twinkie | Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 04:39 am     The Joe Boxer happy dancing guy is back! YAAAAA I just saw him on an ad for back to school clothes. He just makes me happy every time I see him! |
Mags | Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 07:40 am     me too, Twinkie.  |
Kimmo | Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 01:57 pm     Annoying ad...Maybe it's too obvious! Has anyone mentioned the guy who is straining to manfully swish the Listerine around in his mouth for 30 seconds? I can't stand the faces he makes-- "I look so goofy, hey, and I know you have felt the same way when swishing Listerine!" If they have to show him struggling, what about the watering eyes and red face that I have experienced when forcing myself to use Listerine?! Am I alone? I guess my point is that the guy swishing is already making the Listerine quite unappealing. So why not just show the REAL effects of swishing Listerine, which are just as (or maybe less) unappealing? |
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