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Dumb commercials on TV
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Little Hawk Date: 03 Sep 09 - 08:36 PM There is a very easy way to get rid of the ads themselves. Rip the guts out of your television and turn it into a plantholder or just drop it off a high place and watch it go "BOOM". Do the same with your radio...or just tune it to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's national radio show which is publicly financed and thus HAS no commercials. Problem solved. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Cobble Date: 03 Sep 09 - 04:11 PM Stupid family going to find out what the sale is all about. RIGHT. Cobble. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 02 Sep 09 - 05:06 PM ""Surely, it would be far more efficient to have a thread for *sensible* commercials on TV."" What a good idea Joe F. It would be the fastest slide off the list in the history of Mudcat, with NO posts whatever. Pity it's not THAT easy to get rid of the ads themselves. Don T. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 01 Sep 09 - 09:36 PM The Purex 3-in-1 dryer sheets commercial. It stars this red headed woman who talks about the wonderful things this dryer sheet does. At the end she says "now if it could just fold." She says this as she has the deer in the headlights look. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 01 Sep 09 - 09:31 PM It probably would Joe |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Joe_F Date: 01 Sep 09 - 08:50 PM Surely, it would be far more efficient to have a thread for *sensible* commercials on TV. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Bill D Date: 01 Sep 09 - 08:32 PM Tonight...guy with baseball glove, tossing ball to kid. Announcer says:"Many things get passed along from Father to Son....like Aqua-Velva shaving lotion!" Transition? Nawwwww... |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 01 Sep 09 - 08:07 PM May have been mentioned before, but too much up above. The insurance commercial about the guy who has a 20-year-old car, and his insurance is also 20 years old. Anyone with any sense long ago cut back to accident and liability coverage, which works out about the same with all insurers, and dropped coverage on the car itself. The commercial also implies that the guy should get a new car, but if a vehicle is properly maintained and in good condition, the guy is well-ahead of the game. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Sep 09 - 01:43 PM I never see any of them. I've heard rumours about the "Grey Power" car insurance one, though. People seem to hate it. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 01 Sep 09 - 11:41 AM Scraping around beneath the barrel brings up what is arguably the worst irritant since the evolution of poison ivy. The sponsor ads for British Cop Soap "The Bill", starring an overacting halfwit who should never have left his day job. He makes a complete hash of trying to be a comic US SWAT team member, combating, dirt and grime with a range of cleaning products. A village somewhere is advertising for a new, better qualified, village idiot. They can't possibly be wanting this one back. If I ever find out which advertising agency came up with that crap, I'll recommend them for the Guinness Book of World records.....and early euthanasia! Don T. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Ebbie Date: 01 Sep 09 - 12:22 AM I just remembered one that makes me reach for the remote every time. It's one of those 'uplifting' ones where the man is waiting for his lady love outdoors on the deck and when she comes - em |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 31 Aug 09 - 10:33 PM My most hated are those that have a doorbell or phone ringing. They even fool my dogs. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 31 Aug 09 - 09:11 PM On a sale of 1 to 10 Stringsinger. 1 being ok. 10 being turn of the freaking tv. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Stringsinger Date: 31 Aug 09 - 04:05 PM there was one I liked. Was it Sprint? "What if life were like a movie set?" "No rain, no rainbow",.........."Stunt-groom"......."Jackpot"...........I thought it was funny. How do you measure dumb? |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: SINSULL Date: 31 Aug 09 - 08:41 AM My favorite VW commercial: Ever wonder how the snow plow driver gets to work? With a VW plowing its way through the snow. My latest "Most Hated Commercial" is that stupid bitch with her spoiled brat kids who refuse to use old "minutes" on their cell ohones. Take the damn cell phones away and let them pay for their own phones and their own minutes. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Peace Date: 30 Aug 09 - 11:09 PM I think most any of them are stupid. I no longer have a TV, but commercials I have seen over the years make no sense to me at all. Of course, they didn't make any sens 50 years ago either, imo. The last witty one I remember was a Volkswagen commercial: Buy one, it makes your house look bigger. That was when the Beetle was a few years in existence. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Ebbie Date: 30 Aug 09 - 10:59 PM Isn't buying car insurance a blast! giggle, giggle That one is one of my 'off putters', too, Bill D. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Bill D Date: 30 Aug 09 - 10:55 PM My latest vote for tedious commercial is that weird woman selling vehicle insurance in the 'white', vaguely 'office' setting. She makes cutesy, inane comments while sappy 'customers' pretend to be finding exactly what they want. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 30 Aug 09 - 10:42 PM The Bing.com commercials are seriously stupid. They are just people saying random things that are completely beside the point. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: robomatic Date: 01 Jul 09 - 01:41 PM I have fond memories of 12 of us arrayed around the floor of my college room-mates' microbus, coasting down the twisty bit of Lombard Street yelling "no brakes!". |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 01 Jul 09 - 01:22 PM I really don't like the volkswagen commercials with the talking hippy bus. No offense to anyone who has ever owned one. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: robomatic Date: 30 Jun 09 - 01:30 PM Some commercials are cleverer than others, and then there's the whole 'meta' commercial thing, being the manner and method of the commercial being displayed. I think GEICO is rather clever, they have at least three (no, make that four, no it's really five) major themes and they 'tend' not to overplay any one of them. 1) The GEICO gecko connection. The best of these were before the gecko had a voice, it was simply an appearance of the lizard, the most memorable being a shot of a dog looking out a car window, this was a really nice dog and clearly its attention was riveted as we found out by a lizard sitting on a convertible car seat next to it. 2) The testimonial of a normal person made obviously and with great fanfare by a genuine semi-celebrity (one time it was Joan Rivers). 3) A semi-dramatic event where one of the characters says out of the blue "I just saved a lot on my car insurance" 4) The "fine young cavemen" commercials. 5) The money-fold with big eyes that follows someone around who could be saving a lot of money on their car insurance. In fact, GEICO can't be that cheap because they're spending so bloody much on pretty good commercials. VOLKSWAGEN has generally good clever, not overdone commercials. I even like the "I'm a PC" commercials in response to the really well-done "I'm a MAC -and I'm a PC" commercials where the truly funny guy is an increasingly well known humorist playing of course the PC. The one's I can't stand. Anything with a talking baby or someone who shouts. Anything which tells you to talk to your doctor then follows this by an auctioneer's gabble of warning symptoms. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Mr Happy Date: 30 Jun 09 - 10:14 AM Ad fo Co-Op food on British TV selling 'outdoor reared sausages'!! |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 29 Jun 09 - 07:59 PM he died of heart disease Sharon |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Mooh Date: 29 Jun 09 - 10:21 AM Oh, I get that loud and clear Don, just reaffirming the position, and making my point about hockey games. Funny, we don't have much of that mountain of crap. There are however, way too many musical instruments, books and magazines around. Those autoharp and baritone ukulele commercials are the worst! Peace, Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 29 Jun 09 - 10:01 AM That's the whole point Mooh. Advertising isn't about supplying what WE need, we'll go out and buy that anyway. Advertising is all about shifting the mountain of crap products nobody WANTS. Don T. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Mooh Date: 29 Jun 09 - 07:29 AM Mute. Music. News. Refrigerator. Books. Magazines. Prayer. Sex. Anything is better than ads. Some beer ads are amusing the first time, but rarely the second time. The commercial breaks during hockey games are dumb on several levels, and they disturb the flow of play...not to mention those stupid board ads. No way I'm representative of the target audience. What's advertised aren't things I want or need. Peace, Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Bill D Date: 29 Jun 09 - 06:47 AM Ah, but he couldn't match Ron Popiel! But folks...you are missing the most gawd-awful, tedious, insulting to the intelligence, dishonest, misleading, annoying commercials running today (in the US). "Freecreditreport.com" Stupid kid playing bad music too fast & too loud to sell you something already available for free! ("But", you say..."it says FREEcreditreport...") It also says in the fine print...'applies with enrollment in Triple Advantage'. Right...look here |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: SharonA Date: 29 Jun 09 - 04:43 AM Hey, theman, I don't think you need to apologize. Billy Mays himself poked fun at his style of product-pitching. I'm sure he would have laughed if he had read the send-up that you and RangerSteve wrote, and he might even have acted it out on video. There are several clips on YouTube of him having fun with his image -- ordering food at a McDonald's drive-through; wreaking havoc in an office by misusing the products he pitched; parodying Shakespeare on Jay Leno's show, etc. He was a nice guy who didn't take himself too seriously... which may have been his downfall: he laughed off the blow to his head, joking about how hard it was, instead of seeking medical attention. RIP, Billy Mays -- you were loud, you were proud, and your smile was the biggest special bonus you offered. We'll miss you! |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: GRex Date: 29 Jun 09 - 04:20 AM Try recording your favourite programs and then zap the adverts during replay. Much more enjoyable that way. GRex |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Amergin Date: 28 Jun 09 - 11:42 PM why? he was annoying. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 28 Jun 09 - 11:22 PM I nw regret making fun of Billy Mays. R.I.P |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 10 Jun 09 - 10:44 PM I WILL COOK YOU EGGS, FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE OF 19.99 AND I WILL ALSO THROW IN SOME BACON ABSOLUTELY FREE. JUST PAY SHIPPING AND HANDLING!!! I would sneak out in the middle of the night and put myself up for adoption if he were my father. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: RangerSteve Date: 10 Jun 09 - 04:17 PM YEAH, I AGREE. BILLY MAYS IS ANNOYING. HE'S WAY TOO EXCITED ABOUT ALL HIS PRODUCTS. Can you imagine having him for a father? HEY KIDS, IT'S TIME TO GET UP. IT'S A GREAT DAY OUTSIDE. AND YOU'LL PROBABLY LEARN ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS IN SCHOOL TODAY! BUT FIRST, HOW ABOUT BREAKFAST? WE'RE HAVING EGGS! AND, IF YOU GET UP NOW, I'LL INCLUDE ABSOLUTELY FREE, ANOTHER EGG. SOUND GOOD? HOW ABOUT IF I THROW IN, ABSOLUTELY FREE, THREE SLICES OF BACON? AND, IF YOU EAT IT WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR, I'LL MAKE YOU LUNCH!!!!AND NOT JUST ANY LUNCH, BUT A LUNCH LIKE NO OTHER LUNCH EVER MADE!!!!! And then one morning, I'd have to kill him. Or myself. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 10 Jun 09 - 12:49 PM I cant stand all the Billy Mays and Vince commercials. They are just too annoying. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Ebbie Date: 10 Jun 09 - 11:48 AM One I haven't seen lately always had me doing a double take. The dog wakes the man; he wants to go out. Grroaning, the man takes a shower. And then they go on a run. Who showers before jogging? |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: SINSULL Date: 10 Jun 09 - 08:19 AM Quizno's finally got rid of the moron who, with a mouth stuffed with greasy crap, says "Prime Rib, da kink of meats". Now they have the voice of Hal from 2001 Space Odyssey controlling a numbnuts sandwich maker. "Give it to me, now". I keep hoping he will entice the sandwich maker into the oven and... |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Mr Red Date: 10 Jun 09 - 07:33 AM There was an article in the New Scientist last week about pundits but it applies to Adverts just as much. We believe people who state with conviction and don't haver. "Probably" and 60% is not yer average fare in ads. They lie all the time and need to be challenged. One ad for Lynx (man) perfume - that'a all it is whatever you call it - claimed that women don't like men who sweat. Now all the reports of scientific research I ever came across say just the opposite - traces of "man sweat" make park benches and T-shits etc preferred by most women. Now it the ad had said "women say they don't like man sweat" it might have been true, but it didn't. FWIW the same is true for woman sweat on men according to similar research. It is all about staleness and amount. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: RangerSteve Date: 10 Jun 09 - 04:53 AM There's an ad for a septic tank cleaner that "unlike other cleaners, you can pour it down any drain, any time, day or night". I don't get it. Are there septic tank cleaners that won't work on a 24hour basis? If I use one at the wrong time, what happens? Will it be rejected and splash me in my face? Will it explode? And how does it know that it's not the proper time to be used? |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: maire-aine Date: 10 Jun 09 - 12:04 AM The cable TV and the telephone-cable-internet commercials the ones that irritate me the most. They are an insult to the viewer's intelligence. Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: theman Date: 09 Jun 09 - 05:47 PM What gets me is the Burger King commercials where the dad and his kids are playing with the toys and the dad always does something that looks funny ,but in reality it just makes him look dumb. It's just so pathetic. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Charley Noble Date: 19 Jul 07 - 09:10 PM I have to agree with Becca above that the "Head on!" commercials are the most obnoxious. But now I know their product name... Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Donuel Date: 19 Jul 07 - 07:40 PM From: Donuel - PM Date: 18 Jul 07 - 10:17 AM The Steve Irwin talking action figure NOW available at Toys R US. Krikey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post - Top - Forum Home - Printer Friendly - Translate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: cookster - PM Date: 18 Jul 07 - 10:30 AM That's rude _____________________________ The commercial is currently on Nickolodeon and family channel. (I suspect they were ready to go prior to his death and they waited a period of time before unloading them) |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Richard Bridge Date: 19 Jul 07 - 06:09 PM There are or have been some ads for some little Japanese jukebox cars (not sure which) that have WONDERFUL music soundtracks - one was a modern version of Billy Fury's "Wondrous Place" and there have been several others. One was so good I tried to trace the ad agents to find out what the track was - but they never replied. Someone is using the Classics IV classic track "Spooky" at present(ish) too. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: JennyO Date: 19 Jul 07 - 09:48 AM GUEST,petr, your post reminded me of a commercial we have for some brand of high speed internet connection, where the father and son have gone to a neighbour's place to use the internet because they don't have it. The neighbour puts on his kilt and picks up his bagpipes and starts playing. Father and son are muttering to each other that they really MUST get the internet on VERY soon. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: cookster Date: 18 Jul 07 - 05:43 PM I like the tic-tac commercial when they juggle tic-tacs on their tounge. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: GUEST,petr Date: 18 Jul 07 - 05:15 PM regarding the pancakes - have you tried Palacinkas? flour eggs milk sugar. Like crepes.. put some jam, or maple syrup and roll them up and eat.. you wont want to go to pancakes after that.. - the commercials that bug me - are ones where the power is out (an add for power generator) and some guy is singing and playing spoons to entertain his guests.. and a similar one which I think was about having cableor highspeed internet for kids whose parents sit around and play guitars.. (so the kids have something to do other than homemade entertainment) NOw youd think - that its far better to make your own music then relying on mindless tv or internet.. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: cookster Date: 18 Jul 07 - 10:30 AM That's rude. |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: Donuel Date: 18 Jul 07 - 10:17 AM The Steve Irwin talking action figure NOW available at Toys R US. Krikey |
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Subject: RE: Dumb commercials on TV From: fat B****rd Date: 18 Jul 07 - 10:09 AM Speaking of "Make people shit and get rich" (c. Milligan) type adverts, how come it's only women who get constipated or bloated ?. |
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