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Commercials that make you cringe

#64
I hate most commercials, but the Dell laptop one with that " I am green today" song in the background makes me want to hurl. That song jsut grates my nerves like nails on a chalkboard and I had to watch the same ****ing comercial 500 times before I got to here the next line of the song. Surprise! She was "orange today" and the following lyrics were just as ridiculous.

Let's keep the freecreditreport.com songs coming corporate America!

Oh yeah, and lay off of Billy Mays! He may shout a lot, but one late night while schmammered I bought some of that Mighty Putty and it works like a charm. I stuck some of it to the top of a heavy glass bottle and hung it from a string 4 months ago and it's still hanging there today.
 
#69
Atoz said:
The Progressive Auto Insurance commercials with that horribly obnixious "Flo" character.

Yes... I know that some TBers get "...an erection lasting more than four hours" over her, though I don't understand why. :confused:
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I think bassists, generally being the unknown guy in the band, have an affliction for oversized tricked out name tags. Does that explain it?
 
#71
MatticusMania said:
I think bassists, generally being the unknown guy in the band, have an affliction for oversized tricked out name tags. Does that explain it?
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I have a major crush on Flo. Part of it might be the big tricked out name tag, but I just love her upbeat cheery personality. (and I know there is no discount for agreeing with her)

To mix a couple of commercial metaphors - I had an ongoing argument with daughter about whether or not Flo used a "bump it" in her hair. My daughter said nobody really uses a bump it - but she has finally given in, and now agrees that Flo uses a bump it.
 
#73
The ones that currently make me leap for the mute button are:
Freecreditreport.com.
Ads for horror movies. They're just too awful.
The Samuel Adams beer commercials. Like the beer, hate the George Thorogood song.
Any ad for a comedy show that will feature Larry The Cable Guy, Lisa Lampanelli, Katt Williams or Dane Cook.

But most especially:
Any ad that wants me to think there's something insufficient about Little Elvis. He's just fine, and he's none of your business. I do have a question though; while that stuff is making the veal viper bigger and harder, what is it doing to your other organs? I won't be finding out.
 
#77
The activia commercials with Jamie Lee Curtis. They even have a little one word song that annoys me to no end, and its about yogurt that makes you crap. Although we must all admit that every single one of these miserable commercials has worked extremely well. You all remember them and the product being sold. Can't beat marketing no matter how you try.
 
#79
Still on the AFN commercials. A week with this crap and you guys will be begging for any of these commercials.


Although right now, I'm in Sendai, and there are no english commercials at all so, the TV is dark....
 
#80
For any English people out there - the ICS adverts drive me insane. I don't know whether they're still on, but I absolutely hate them.

Also any adverts that try to convince you to sue someone because you were too stupid to know which kind of ladder to use.





Completely the opposite are the new Compare The Market adverts, with the meerkat. Make me laugh every time.
 

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