Most hated commercial? (Part 6)

[Vyse]

Speaking of "As Seen On TV" products, here's the Freedom Tray, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xwnpRmFhoY) and I kinda wish Billy Mays was still alive. Because the Freedom Tray is horrible.

[WolfGran]

I'm getting sick of those Transformers 2 toy commercials that are almost always shown on Nick and CN. I guess their trying to milk all the money they can get by making useless kids toys based on several months-old movies. Then again, who isn't?

"I...am OPTIMUS PRIME."

I'm sorry, Optimus Prime, but I think you overstayed your welcome.

[Joker Apprentice]

I'm getting sick of those Transformers 2 toy commercials that are almost always shown on Nick and CN. I guess their trying to milk all the money they can get by making useless kids toys based on several months-old movies. Then again, who isn't?

"I...am OPTIMUS PRIME."

I'm sorry, Optimus Prime, but I think you overstayed your welcome.

Yeah. With a movie as supermature as Transformers, I'm surprised they never made a commercial for a Happy Meal out of the Sweeney Todd movie.

Ronald: Here at McDonald's, we don't just serve burgers...we serve people!!
Little Girl: (Fearfully stares at screen after taking a bite of her Big Mac)

[Blackstar]

"I...am OPTIMUS PRIME."

But you're not Peter Cullen. He would want money for that spot. :D

[LinkG07]

"I like my comfy sweater! I like my comfy sweater! How cute are these boots? How cute are these-?"

http://indoor-oak.org/lj/robotnik2.jpg

SHUT UP! ALL OF YOU!!

[Nel]

These Palm Pixie commercials' background music sounds like some kind of wacko chipmunk ecstasy music. O_o

[Michael24]

That tire commercial by Michelin where the road is filled with cute little bunnies, some of which are disturbingly flattened on the road yet still alive as a car barrels down toward them. It's just creepy. :eek:

[TenPoundHammer]

i really hate the best buy christmas ad with the cashiers. it has them flickering the lights of the checkout lanes to the tone of 'carol of the bells'. to me just a really cornball ad(much like alot of retail store christmas ads) and always gets on my nerves when i see it.

I actually like that ad because it's just so simple and it's an interesting visual. And I really like "Carol of the Bells."


May all Gap commercials burn in Hell. Especially this new one with the little girls doing their cheer. That is the most ear-grating thing I've heard this week.

Does anyone expect the girls to break into "This UNGH is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S…"

One more ad that annoys me, even though mom likes it. The DVR one: "Happy Pony's on. And I'm not missing Happy Pony."

And then Toys "Backwards R" Us. Where kids are a big deeeeal. The way she says "deal" is just so phony and forced.

Finally, the Amazon Kindle ad with the stop motion ad and the silly song about faded maps and shiny things. That chick just looks creepy in the magician's outfit with the fake 'stache.

Also, someone mentioned the Slap Chop Rap. I think that's hilarious, myself, even if I've never seen it on TV.

[Rho]

The one for some new book called "Witch and Wizard".

There aren't even going to be any more Harry Potter books, so why say "now you can stop waiting for the next Harry Potter book"? It's foolish.

[Michael24]

One more ad that annoys me, even though mom likes it. The DVR one: "Happy Pony's on. And I'm not missing Happy Pony."
That's among the few current commercials I actually like. :)


Finally, the Amazon Kindle ad with the stop motion ad and the silly song about faded maps and shiny things. That chick just looks creepy in the magician's outfit with the fake 'stache.
Agreed. The song is so annoying.

[TenPoundHammer]

Agreed. The song is so annoying.

And what the heck is the ad FOR? The ad sure doesn't tell you outside the vague "Amazon Kindle" at the end. How hard is it to make the ad blatantly tell you what the product is for?!

[Vyse]

Okay, DirecTV, like the cable companies, will run ads plugging their wares to their subscribers, like what will be on pay-per-view or when the new season of Friday Night Lights airs. They also run an ad for their "friend referral" program, where both you and a friend will each get $100 if you convinced your buddy to get DirecTV and the bud called a special number and mentions your account id. With that little bit of background info out of the way, let me explain the ad they use to promote said "limited time offer" for the past 8 months or so.

In the ad, a guy is planning this party and has invited his friends over, all the while a narrator is saying, "You value your friends. So does DirecTV." At this point, a friend comes by and his head is transformed into the head of Ben Franklin as he appears on the hundred-dollar bill. Narrator says, "Bob's worth a hundred." After that, 3 more friends show up, and they too have their heads morphed. Narrator continues, "So are Carrie, Anne, and Sue." The end of the ad has the guy making a toast to a group of people, all with animated Ben Franklin heads.

So, yeah. Does that convince you to switch to DirecTV? It doesn't convince me to even attempt to sell you the service.

[Starbro]

The Christmas Nintendo Wii commercial where the hopelessly square dad is talking to the audience about how great it'll be when all his relatives come over, and they spend the entire ad telling him how much he sucks. Granted, the dad's a total L7, but all of the snipes and attacks on the guy just come off as unwarranted and unfunny, especially right in front of his wife and kids. You're guests in the guy's house, show some respect.

I don't like any ad, show or movie which depicts an innocent character just getting dumped on by everybody.

[thatjailyn]

May all Gap commercials burn in Hell. Especially this new one with the little girls doing their cheer. That is the most ear-grating thing I've heard this week.


Seconded. (Actually, I'm not the second person to reference this commercial, but you know what I mean.) I cringe whenever it comes on.

[Rho]

That obnoxious PSA-type ad airing on Nick featuring Spongebob, telling people to not "be a jerk" during the holiday season, but apparently you can be a jerk during any other time.

Plus, part of it showed someone with a full cart going to an express lane at a store being dropped into a pit through a trap door, then peed on by a cat (or a dog, I couldn't tell)
...People do make mistakes, they might not have seen the "10 items or less" right away. If anything, dropping them into a trap door and covering them in animal urine is what's really being a jerk.

Not to mention the song is annoying.

[Sailor V]

The Christmas Nintendo Wii commercial where the hopelessly square dad is talking to the audience about how great it'll be when all his relatives come over, and they spend the entire ad telling him how much he sucks. Granted, the dad's a total L7, but all of the snipes and attacks on the guy just come off as unwarranted and unfunny, especially right in front of his wife and kids. You're guests in the guy's house, show some respect.

I don't like any ad, show or movie which depicts an innocent character just getting dumped on by everybody. I second that commercial, too! I was watching "Once Upon A Christmas" on ABC Family and then this commercial came on; I had to change the channel because of what you said.

[Michael24]

"This is Angela. Angela's always downloading interesting tidbits off the Internet."

"Did you hear about the man who's turning into a tree?"

"This woman, she fell in love with the Eiffel Tower, and married it."

Ugh! This commercial really annoys me, although this "Angela" girl is hot! :D

[Dark Fact]

It's been a long long time since I've been a part of these threads (namely, not since Part 2) so it took me a couple of days just to read through everything again.

But I have a few perps that I feel need sharing:

Geico - The theme is now the relationship between the gecko and his boss. While they were eye rolling at first, now I find the commercials more and more annoying every time I see them. The commercial is obviously trying to go for a humourous approach to the whole gimmick but I find these ads no more funnier than a Dilbert strip, which is to say not very funny.

Progressive Insurance - What is with that girl anyway? I think she's way too enthusiastic. I don't mind some enthusiasm but too much of it is annoying.

Best Buy - These ads aired a lot in Canada so I don't know if any of you folks from the U.S. heard about them but here is the pitch:

A mother or father or sometimes the whole couple would walk up to a random Best Buy employee and ask for something that their kids would love for Christmas. However, unlike other requests, the mother and/or father would just imitate their kids' spazzes such as "OHMYGOD! YOU'RETHEBEST!" or "ICAN'TBELIEVEYOUGOTMETHIS!THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!" to where the employee would react by saying "YESYESTHISISWHATIALWAYSWANTED!" or some crap like that.

Let me say that this particular gimmick of Best Buy ads during the Christmas season had been done for the past 3 years in a row. It's unbelievably stupid and completely out of character for both the parents and employee to be acting like that. If I saw that in an actual Best Buy store, I would get the hell out of Dodge City.

[Rho]

...Oh god, the annoying Netflix ad is back.
If you don't know what it is, it's an ad where a kid and his dad are going door-to-door selling peanut brittle, and some creepy guy at one house invites them in to watch a movie, and the dad's just completely fine with it.
If I had a kid and I was taking him door-to-door selling stuff for school or something, and saw that guy, I'd take the kid and get out of there.

[Michael24]

The Comcast commercials with Shaquille O'Neal. Ugh.


Progressive Insurance - What is with that girl anyway? I think she's way too enthusiastic. I don't mind some enthusiasm but too much of it is annoying.
Yes! Flo has annoyed me since day one. One of the worst commercial "pitchman" I've ever seen. I cannot stand her and have to mute or turn the channel every time I hear a commercial starting. Fortunately, I'm usually quick enough that I don't have to hear her annoying voice.


Best Buy - These ads aired a lot in Canada so I don't know if any of you folks from the U.S. heard about them but here is the pitch:
I haven't seen that particular one you described, but the other Christmas ads where the employees sing their recommendations to customers as Christmas Carols are beyond annoying. I've never really been bothered by a Best Buy commercial before, but these Christmas ones I can't stand.

[ToonFaithful]

Yeah that girl from the progressive ads is annoying. Why won't they play the old progressive ad when this dude is singing a fast song and it just ends...oh yeah those free credit report ads are getting annoying. I honestly liked the first one but when they started making more of em it was horrible....the J.D. Wrentworth ads are annoying also. "877-CASH NOW" more like "877 BE QUIET"

[Max Steel]

I agree that the progressive ads are annoying the only one I like though is the newest one where the guy is carrying the pocketbook

[Peter Paltridge]

Internet example: Every time I load a page that has the Microsoft Sync ad on it -- the one that has a robot running -- the entire page always slows down until the animation stops. I HATE THIS AD.

[ToonFaithful]

Oh god, I hate the Palm Pre ads.

I don't know what it is, but she just creeps me out.
Agreed, I remember last summer I was creeped out by it.

[Michael24]

The Miller Lite commercial with the constant "clink"ing of glasses.

The NyQuil ads with people asleep in bed, mouths gaping, snoring loudly or otherwise making annoying, strange noises. (One guy even gets a disgusting close-up as he's drooling through his beard! :ack: )

[cnfan91]

The Miller Lite commercial with the constant "clink"ing of glasses.

Yeah the "clink"ing glass commercial has gotten annoying.

I'm also annoyed by all the Scientology commercials. I don't have a problem with them promoting Scientology even though I'm a Christian but I'm just annoyed by all the stupid commercials about it......

"Its music and sensation and touchdowns and chocolate.
Its spirituality and inspiration and money and traffic jams.
Its disaster and heroism and paper clips and knowing when to breathe."

Here's the commercial I'm talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1RaKWS6jb4

[Blackstar]

The commercial for Walmart's after Christmas sale with the 2 dads digging through their garbage.

Dad #1: What're you looking for?
Dad #2: The comb for a Disney Rapunzel doll.

I wouldn't mind this commercial so much except for the fact that it always comes on about 4 times in a single half hour! We get it already!

[Starbro]

The commercial for Walmart's after Christmas sale with the 2 dads digging through their garbage.

Dad #1: What're you looking for?
Dad #2: The comb for a Disney Rapunzel doll.

I wouldn't mind this commercial so much except for the fact that it always comes on about 4 times in a single half hour! We get it already!

Not only is that spot played ad nausea, but I've seen it so many times that now I find myself wondering where did the 2nd dad even get a Disney Rapunzel doll? The movie's not even out yet. Does he have a time machine in his garage and he went to a Wal-Mart in the future?

[veemonjosh]

Not only is that spot played ad nausea, but I've seen it so many times that now I find myself wondering where did the 2nd dad even get a Disney Rapunzel doll? The movie's not even out yet.

Actually, he says a Rapunzel Barbie doll, which has been out for quite some time.

[Starbro]

Actually, he says a Rapunzel Barbie doll, which has been out for quite some time.

Ah, OK, that makes more sense.

I can't believe I missed that detail, considering how many frelling times I've seen that commercial this past weekend alone.

[Kitschensyngk]

The MacSpeech commercials.

No real reason, actually. I just don't like chin puppets.

[Michael24]

Those AT&T commercials with Luke Wilson, especially the one where he starts naming off a list of cities.

EDIT: Okay, I am officially sick of the Papa John commercials, and in particular, Papa John himself, or whatever his real name is. The new one with him cruising to a neighborhood in his repurchased teenage car gets on my nerves.

[Nel]

If I ever hear the term "double pits to chesty" ever again, it'll be too soon.

[ryandcow]

The low blows AT&t puts in their commercials are ridiculous, like the most apps, that obviously includes the 100 million app store apple apps. And we cover 300,000,000 Americans, when that many don't even have cell phones, or we have the most popular smartphone, when you'd be nothing w/ out the iPhone.

[langden alger]

the ads for 'the spy next door' movie are really getting on my nerves. i really hate the quick spot where they have the little girl saying 'mommy that man can fly!' it doesn't even sound like a real little girl saying it. more like some adult actor dubbing in the voice.

[Kitschensyngk]

Can switching to Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance?

Are their commercials obnoxiously overplayed to the point where you would rather drill through your skull with a corkscrew than see it on TV again?

[Michael24]

The two new Miller Lite commercials. In the first one, the girlfriend ridiculously asks her boyfriend if she and his dog were hanging on the side of a cliff and he could only save one, which one would he save. Seriously, nobody should ever be stupid enough to ask a question like that to their significant other, man or woman.

And the other one where the girl says "I love you," but the guy (of course) has all kinds of trouble returning the sentiment unless he drinks more beer. Man, if every body believed commercials, people would think every guy in the world is just a thoughtless moron.


Can switching to Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance?

Are their commercials obnoxiously overplayed to the point where you would rather drill through your skull with a corkscrew than see it on TV again?
I like the one with Charlie Daniels, but the Waltons one and the Elmer Fudd one are annoying because of their length.

[ryandcow]

I thank the lord every day the money with the googly eyes is gone.

[Michael24]

Metro PCS's "Tech & Talk" ads have to go away. I've only just seen them tonight, but after about a dozen times in the last hour, I'm already completely sick of them. :mad:

[Eleanor Hugbees]

Metro PCS's "Tech & Talk" ads have to go away. I've only just seen them tonight, but after about a dozen times in the last hour, I'm already completely sick of them. :mad:

I was just about to mention that. The commercial just doesn't rub me the right way.

[Dark Fact]

Has anyone noticed that they've ditched the Wendy animations from the Wendy's fast food commercials? I liked those and thought they helped relate the character to the fast food franchise effectively. Now, the commercials just have a bunch of overexcited people getting overexcited over low priced food. It's just lame! :mad:

[Rusakov]

The at&t rollover minutes commercials with the uptight mother annoys the living heck out of me. Imagine my happiness when someone made this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA0MSlqKga4).

[Michael24]

I was just about to mention that. The commercial just doesn't rub me the right way.
If it hadn't run so frequently last night, I might have found it mildly amusing. But I decided to count, and in the span of about 90 minutes I saw it about a dozen times, virtually once every single commercial break. :eek:


The at&t rollover minutes commercials with the uptight mother annoys the living heck out of me. Imagine my happiness when someone made this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA0MSlqKga4).
That was funny, but I've always felt bad for the mother in those commercials. Her family is so obviously dumb I'm surprised she doesn't just bail out on them. LOL!

[blazecat]

Those obnoxious ASPCA commercials. They're so melodramatic and ridiculously overplayed.

[Michael24]

"When you say 'that's so gay,' do you really know what you're saying? Shut up." There's just something about the way they're trying to get their message across, it seems almost like a preachy sort of way, that rubs me the wrong way.


Those obnoxious ASPCA commercials. They're so melodramatic and ridiculously overplayed.
I don't mind them raising awareness for such terrible things and certainly applaud their efforts, but they're always just badly-timed. It's the last thing I want to see during a commercial break while watching Seinfeld or something. It's just an instant mood killer and I have to change the channel.

[NewcomerDC]

"When you say 'that's so gay,' do you really know what you're saying? Shut up." There's just something about the way they're trying to get their message across, it seems almost like a preachy sort of way, that rubs me the wrong way.
Yeah, I remember bringing up this commercial on this thread not too long ago. I think so anyway. This commercial does, however, brought us Hillary Duff after being away from TV for so long.

[Nexonius]

Yeah, those are the Ad Council commercials. It's best to avoid Ad Council commercials.

[AJW73]

I don't know if these commercials run in your areas, but There's an anti-smoking PSA where they show what happens to the smokers body with really graphic images, for example, they show a brain being sliced with blood oozing out of it. :ack: UGH! We get it, okay? We know smoking is bad, you don't need to get all graphic about it!

[Michael24]

Yeah, I remember bringing up this commercial on this thread not too long ago. I think so anyway. This commercial does, however, brought us Hillary Duff after being away from TV for so long.
Yeah, I liked seeing her. :D But then when I saw the rest of the commercial, I just kinda rolled my eyes. (And there's one with Wanda Sykes, too. If there's anything that guarantees a fast channel change, it's an appearance by Wanda Sykes! :ack: ) I didn't realize they'd been around awhile, though. I only just started seeing them about a week or two ago.


I don't know if these commercials run in your areas, but There's an anti-smoking PSA where they show what happens to the smokers body with really graphic images, for example, they show a brain being sliced with blood oozing out of it. :ack: UGH! We get it, okay? We know smoking is bad, you don't need to get all graphic about it!
Yikes! Haven't seen that one, but pretty much every anti-smoking commercial I've ever seen has been so exaggerated and over-the-top that they almost make me want to go out and start smoking just for spite. :D

[Rick Jones]

I don't know if these commercials run in your areas, but There's an anti-smoking PSA where they show what happens to the smokers body with really graphic images, for example, they show a brain being sliced with blood oozing out of it. :ack: UGH! We get it, okay? We know smoking is bad, you don't need to get all graphic about it!
Those types of commercials are the worst. Why do I have to suffer through this because someone else had the bright idea to smoke ?

[Kitschensyngk]

The latest Esurance ad bothers me.

It's a ripoff of those old Folger's coffee ads where they secretly switch the coffee that some people are drinking, only in here, Erin tells us they switched one man's car insurance provider to Esurance and lets us see what happens when he finds out how much money he's been saved. The man reacts by yelling "ALL RIGHT!! WHOO! YES!!!" and dancing around his living room.

Two things: one, he seriously needs to calm down. I know he's saved some money, but you don't exactly see Ewoks dancing over it. And two, if I were him, I'd be more concerned about who switched his insurance company behind his back. WITHOUT HIS KNOWING.

[Knightmare]

My most hated commercial is this recent Special K one, it features a mom playing with her daughter and the phone rings and the mom gets up but finds that she is stuck in the chair and this voice comes over saying "Put on a little weight over the Holidays" First off the woman playing the mom was sitting in a little child's chair of course it was going to be a tight fit and most grown up probably wouldn't have been able to fit in it at all and secondly the woman playing the mom wasn't overweight or fat in any way, shape or form. This just sends out a bad message to me for women and young ladies out there and men as well.

The commercial isn't funny or anything, it just feels wrong to me.

[Dracula_Marth]

Kidz Bop 17: Not only does it have "Papparazi", "Party in the USA", "I gotta Feeling", and other songs I don't like, but apparently, they made "Kidz Bop: Beatles Edition". Let that sink in for a minute.

Happy's Pizza: Not sure if anyone has heard of Happy's Pizza, but those that do know why it's here. All their campaigns are annoying.

[JD08]

Kidz Bop 17: Not only does it have "Papparazi", "Party in the USA", "I gotta Feeling", and other songs I don't like, but apparently, they made "Kidz Bop: Beatles Edition". Let that sink in for a minute.
Any Kidz Bop is annoying :sweat:. And these are just getting pointless why would they remake Party in the Usa it's already a Miley Cyrus song it's already kiddie and Beatles music although not kiddie is nothing bad for kids to listen to.

[langden alger]

the 'don't even talk to me until i've had my coffee' Mcdonalds ad....i love how he walks up to the counter and doesn't like that the counter person talked to him.:shrug: maybe he's so spaced he thought he was walking into a mime Mcdonalds??

[Peter Paltridge]

"I'm an annoying unfunny idiot who appears in every ad and won't go away, and Windows 7 was my idea!"

[Nel]

"I'm an annoying unfunny idiot who appears in every ad and won't go away, and Windows 7 was my idea!"

What always gets me in those ads are that there's a two-second cut to a beautiful version of the person talking, but in two of those commercials I found the "regular" women cuter than their "beautiful" stand-ins.

[Rick Jones]

Hmm, I seem to always catch the ones with the guys.

[Dracula_Marth]

Any Kidz Bop is annoying :sweat:. And these are just getting pointless why would they remake Party in the Usa it's already a Miley Cyrus song it's already kiddie and Beatles music although not kiddie is nothing bad for kids to listen to.


Regarding the Beatles one, remember how bad the kids on the albums sound? Now imagine classic Beatles songs as sung by them.

[ryandcow]

The Domino's one where they admit their pizza is awful, and say they made it better. My brother loves domino's and he ordered a pie since that commercial aired. It looked and tasted exactly the same. Also the laugh at the end is very creepy.

[JD08]

Regarding the Beatles one, remember how bad the kids on the albums sound? Now imagine classic Beatles songs as sung by them.
Yeah I know, I just meant that parents might as well let their kids listen to the original stuff it isn't offensive or racy whatsoever.

[Eleanor Hugbees]

What always gets me in those ads are that there's a two-second cut to a beautiful version of the person talking, but in two of those commercials I found the "regular" women cuter than their "beautiful" stand-ins.

The dramatization gag actually made me giggle because it's poking fun at having absurdly good looking models for regular products.

Although, it did get old seeing it every five minutes.

[Dark Fact]

It's a ripoff of those old Folger's coffee ads where they secretly switch the coffee that some people are drinking, only in here, Erin tells us they switched one man's car insurance provider to Esurance and lets us see what happens when he finds out how much money he's been saved. The man reacts by yelling "ALL RIGHT!! WHOO! YES!!!" and dancing around his living room.

Two things: one, he seriously needs to calm down. I know he's saved some money, but you don't exactly see Ewoks dancing over it. And two, if I were him, I'd be more concerned about who switched his insurance company behind his back. WITHOUT HIS KNOWING.
I see that commercial all the time on A & E. It's not that bad. Besides, it's a cartoon so the point is moot. People would rather oggle at Erin Essurance anyway.

The Domino's one where they admit their pizza is awful, and say they made it better. My brother loves domino's and he ordered a pie since that commercial aired. It looked and tasted exactly the same. Also the laugh at the end is very creepy.
I saw that one too. Sorry, but if Dominos wants me to eat their overpriced pies, maybe they should consider resurrecting the Noid.

[Kitschensyngk]

"What's a thirteen-letter phrase for marriage proposal?"

Hmm, let me think. "SHUT THE HELL UP". Well, it's thirteen letters, but I don't think it fits the clue.

[Michael24]

"Are you sure this is HD?"

Only because it leads into freakin' Shaquille O'Neal pitching the benefits of HD. Ugh.


"What's a thirteen-letter phrase for marriage proposal?"

Hmm, let me think. "SHUT THE HELL UP". Well, it's thirteen letters, but I don't think it fits the clue.
Just when I thought the Jared commercials had hit a lull, they're back!! :eek:

[Vyse]

Hey, KGB! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL_BP8Jk4JQ) You too, Education Connection (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYS5NtRXlZQ). Guess what? Your songs suck and are driving me insane. I can't think without hearing your jingles. I rather listen to Gweneth Paltrow sing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_HaoZ73wWg) than see your ads again.

AAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

[TnAdct1]

One recent ad that peeves me is one for Dish Network that compares all the celebrity endorsement that DirecTV had in the last year (and the cost of its service) to the total lack of celebrity endorsements that the "cheaper" Dish Network has.

Long story short: the ad makes it appear that DirecTV is charging you more in order to afford the celebrity endorsements that appear in their ads, and that's an all-out lie IMO. Besides, their ads depict cable as their rivals, not Dish Network. So, there's no reason for Dish Network to attack the "celebrity endorsements" that their rival has if those ads don't even target Dish Network as a rival.

[The Penguin]

Just when I thought the Jared commercials had hit a lull, they're back!! :eek:They were around at Christmas and now they are back for Valentine's Day. ;)

[Starbro]

Hey, KGB! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL_BP8Jk4JQ) You too, Education Connection (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYS5NtRXlZQ). Guess what? Your songs suck and are driving me insane. I can't think without hearing your jingles. I rather listen to Gweneth Paltrow sing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_HaoZ73wWg) than see your ads again.

AAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

In KGB's defense, this is their first (and to date, only) musical ad. I can tolerate the KGB spot; it's a cute concept overall, my only beef with that spot is how mannish and unattractive the lady executive behind the desk is. If I had the technological expertise, I'd digitally remove that lady from the ad.

The "Everything Women" KGB spot is OK in small doses, provided that KGB keeps it as a novelty and doesn't get into the habit of showing people singing in their ads. We don't need another campaign like the recent Dunkin' Donuts commercials.

The only KGB commercial that I really didn't like was the one where 2 slacker/Goth dudes are complaining about their school's "stupid" mascot and ask if there's a mascot stupider than an aardvark. That one doesn't work for me because a) it's an opinion question, not a factual question, and b) the ending doesn't make sense. Why does the spot end with the boll weevil mascot attacking the aardvark mascot? The aardvark wasn't the one who called the boll weevil stupid, it was the 2 guys. It would have been funnier if it ended with both mascots attacking the 2 dudes.

[Rick Jones]

Right now, that Power Rangers Mix'n'Morph ad is really getting my nerves out of wack. It's a short spot but just long enough to annoy the heck out of me.

[Dark Fact]

In all honesty, I really really wish Outdoor Life Network would find some decent ad sponsors rather than rely upon dumb infomercials all the time (although I do admit that the Slap Chop ads are decently entertaining).

However, today's post is partly about that. The real beef I have is for one of their infomercials involving a company called Emery Cat which deals with selling cat grooming accessories for pet owners. Now, I'm all for proper pet care and everything but the ad practically shows cats crying out in pain whenever their nails are trying to be clipped by their owners using regular nail clippers. As someone who finds animals suffering in pain to be terribly revolting and disturbing, I can't for the life of me stand this ad. Now, I understand that they're trying to promote a no-pain clipper, but these cats having to endure pain from a regular clipper for the sake of a better clipper practically turns my stomach. If you want to promote a better product, FINE! But I don't need to see animals getting hurt for the sake of it so please LAY OFF the creatures who don't know what is happening to them!

[Fool's Gil]

Who wants to switch their savings to gold? I sure don't right now, I didn't 20 minutes ago, and I don't want to 20 minutes from now! Those gold commercials come on every commercial break on CNN.

[Vyse]

Who wants to switch their savings to gold? I sure don't right now, I didn't 20 minutes ago, and I don't want to 20 minutes from now! Those gold commercials come on every commercial break on CNN.I think those gold ads are common on news networks, because they are on Fox News every time my dad turns it on in the living room.

I considered doing a parody of those ads with World Of Warcraft one time. Because if there's one demographic who knows about the importance of gold, it's WoW and fantasy players.

[Mesousa]

I will never know why Bing has so many people with those stupid commercials with people that sound like they're on energy drinks.

Speaking of energy drinks, the 5-Hour Energy commercials are seriously boring. Nothing stupid or bad, just really boring. They make it sound like it's for sleep.

[Michael24]

Speaking of energy drinks, the 5-Hour Energy commercials are seriously boring. Nothing stupid or bad, just really boring. They make it sound like it's for sleep.
They used to never bother me, but some of the newer ones do. There's one where a guy's talking about how effective 5-Hour Energy is, yet he's so monotone and sounds in desperate need of sleep. LOL!

Oh yeah, and that annoying commercial (for a paper towel brand I think?) where everybody in the office is speaking in whispers is back. Now that's an out-right annoying commercial.

[Dark Fact]

Who wants to switch their savings to gold? I sure don't right now, I didn't 20 minutes ago, and I don't want to 20 minutes from now! Those gold commercials come on every commercial break on CNN.
Because of the downside of the economy, gold is a proven investment that helps protect against any economic fluctuation.

It still doesn't make the commercials any less obnoxious. Hell, even my city's weekend radio talk show program had been devoting a whole hour to a couple of "wise guys" who insist that gold is a necessary and immediate investment.

Look, I get the picture! GOLD IS GOOD! But, no matter what, you can't just rely upon a pitchman's opinion or commercials, you need to have some good economic sense as well. Who knows? Maybe gold may no longer be a sure thing down the line. It pays to do your research.

[Rho]

I will never know why Bing has so many people with those stupid commercials with people that sound like they're on energy drinks.

Speaking of energy drinks, the 5-Hour Energy commercials are seriously boring. Nothing stupid or bad, just really boring. They make it sound like it's for sleep.
It is, kind of.
I tried some of it once, within a couple hours I felt like crap and out of energy.
Caffeinated beverages actually work better than it. And they taste better.


Anyway, to those who hated the BK ads with the dumb parents... they're totally gone now. It's now weird-looking animations.

[ToonFaithful]

Anyway, to those who hated the BK ads with the dumb parents... they're totally gone now. It's now weird-looking animations.
Good. I noticed that when I saw a Spectacular Spider-Man BK ad. First off, I was mad because they didn't show any clips from the show but then I noticed that the parents weren't there anymore. The last BK parent ad is Hoodwinked 2. R.I.P.

[Mesousa]

It is, kind of.
I tried some of it once, within a couple hours I felt like crap and out of energy.
Caffeinated beverages actually work better than it. And they taste better.

So...5-Hour Energy is actually pretty bad, huh?

[MasterofRoku]

That new Gormitti commercial on CN.

I don't hate it, but I find it stupid that they show 3 out of the 4 Lords of nature from the tv show. The one missing is Female LON, and she's replaced by a regular male air tribe character.

[Michael24]

The male-bashing Miller Lite commercials need to stop, and whoever came up with them needs to be fired. The latest one is an online dating service-looking ad featuring a guy with a girl on his arm, talking about when they first met, how much fun they have, and that he's found the love of his life. The girl thinks he's talking about her, but then he reveals he's talking about his Miller Lite, and the girl storms off in disgust. I wish I could have joined her. It's getting more than just a little ridiculous with these kinds of ads now. And besides, it's Miller Lite! I can't imagine any guy in their right mind choosing a can of toilet water over a beautiful, loving woman.

[Mesousa]

"I got these tiny hands."

WE.

GET.

IT.

[Kitschensyngk]

I do not like "The Five Buck Box"
I would not watch it with a fox
I would not watch it on a train
I would not watch it on a plane
I would not watch it on a boat
I would not watch it with a goat
I would not watch it here or there
I would not watch it ANYWHERE!
I do not like "The Five Buck Box"
'Cause that commercial does not...rocks.

[Master Toon]

@ Mesousa - The return of the tiny hands guy is annoying. The double cheeseburger is tasty and all but it's not that big. If anything it'll make that guy's hands look bigger. lol.

@ Kitschensyngk - I like the mood and look of that commercial but what's-his-face is doing some terrible rhyming. Or perhaps it's his accent. If the rhyming was better it'd probably be one of my favorite commercials.

[Vyse]

@ Kitschensyngk - I like the mood and look of that commercial but what's-his-face is doing some terrible rhyming. Or perhaps it's his accent. If the rhyming was better it'd probably be one of my favorite commercials.It may be Charles Barkley's Alabama accent. The ad is still better than anything Burger King puts out, though.

[KJ Styles]

The worst commercials of all time BY FAR are the Truth.com commercials against smoking. I mean seriously? I don't smoke, but if I did I couldn't imagine those horrible commercials convincing me to quit.

[Michael24]

As if I didn't have enough reason to dislike Charles Barkley already, those new Taco Bell ads are just awful. (And I like Taco Bell, too.)

[KJ Styles]

As if I didn't have enough reason to dislike Charles Barkley already, those new Taco Bell ads are just awful. (And I like Taco Bell, too.)

I'll admit that the commercial is pretty hokey, but it's nowhere near the worst of all time, and Chuck is awesome! Inside The NBA is one of the best sports shows on the air and Chuck is the reason for that.

[Michael24]

Yes, I actually have seen worse that I wouldn't want to subject myself to again, but the lame (even though it's gotta be intentional) rapping and the presence of Barkley just instantly make me hate them. Worst of all time? Probably not. One of the worst I'm seeing at the moment? Definitely. Definitely "reach for the mute button as quick as you can" bad for me, right up there with the obnoxious Progressive.com girl and the Comcast ads with Shaquille O'Neal.

[KJ Styles]

Yes, I actually have seen worse that I wouldn't want to subject myself to again, but the lame (even though it's gotta be intentional) rapping and the presence of Barkley just instantly make me hate them. Worst of all time? Probably not. One of the worst I'm seeing at the moment? Definitely. Definitely "reach for the mute button as quick as you can" bad for me, right up there with the obnoxious Progressive.com girl and the Comcast ads with Shaquille O'Neal.

Meh, I don't even consider what Chuck was doing "rapping" because it had no flow to it. That wasn't even the worst Super Bowl commercial.

[Rick Jones]

I don't get why they have Sir Charles in a commercial that's not funny. Everyone in the commercial seem to be just sleepwalking through their lines.

Does anyone else remember those deodorant ads he did in the 90s ("Because anything less would be uncivilized")? I loved those, dunno why.

[Master Toon]

The worst commercials of all time BY FAR are the Truth.com commercials against smoking. I mean seriously? I don't smoke, but if I did I couldn't imagine those horrible commercials convincing me to quit.

Lol. I liked the first wave of Truth commercials but the latter ones are terrible. The same goes for the Geico cavemen commercials.


Yes, I actually have seen worse that I wouldn't want to subject myself to again, but the lame (even though it's gotta be intentional) rapping and the presence of Barkley just instantly make me hate them. Worst of all time? Probably not. One of the worst I'm seeing at the moment? Definitely. Definitely "reach for the mute button as quick as you can" bad for me, right up there with the obnoxious Progressive.com girl and the Comcast ads with Shaquille O'Neal.

I'm with KJ Styles on this one. That was not the "dreaded rap music(jk I like rap)". I think you're letting your bias against Charles Barkley cloud your judgment on the commercial.

Off topic: We really shouldn't love or hate celebrities/athletes (if we don't know them personally) because we have no idea what kind of person they are in real life. The ones you love could be jerks and end up hurting your feelings and the ones you hate could end up being the kindest people you've met.

[Michael24]

Oh no. That damn Dell "Lollipop" commercial is back. Why? Why!?


I'm with KJ Styles on this one. That was not the "dreaded rap music(jk I like rap)". I think you're letting your bias against Charles Barkley cloud your judgment on the commercial.
It's a commercial with Charles Barkley where he's doing something annoying. Therefore, I don't like it. I'm surprised how a simple comment has lead to something like this. If everybody's gonna be called out on what commercials they don't like, then what's the point of this thread?


Off topic: We really shouldn't love or hate celebrities/athletes (if we don't know them personally) because we have no idea what kind of person they are in real life. The ones you love could be jerks and end up hurting your feelings and the ones you hate could end up being the kindest people you've met.
I guess that makes some sense, but in any event, there's simply some celebrities I like seeing and others I don't. :shrug:

I guess I'll have to take a break from this thread until things drop off.

[Kitschensyngk]

This is Bob. Bob's been using Enzyte for natural male enhancement, and now airport security stop him at the metal detector and get him to strip down to his socks so they can all admire his newly enlarged penis.

[Mesousa]

Oh God, Truth's back.

What's next, you're gonna tell us that World War II caused more people to smoke?

[Vyse]

Moments ago, while watching The Colbert Report, I saw a commercial for Svedka Vodka. It proclaimed itself as "The #1 Vodka of 2033" and promoted itself with a futuristic ad with what appeared to me as modern-day tools doing the robot on green screen. I felt confused and stupidfied. High production values does not equal a good ad. The ad is not on YouTube, but is on Svedka's website.

[Rho]

Nobody has mentioned that new Orbit Gum ad yet? Huh.

It was kind of amusing the first time, but when I see it every other commercial break... not so much.

It just sounds like a couple of little kids arguing. Especially the "cootie queen" part. (which I presume is meant to replace "slut", since I doubt they could say that in a commercial for gum)

[Starbro]

Nobody has mentioned that new Orbit Gum ad yet? Huh.

It was kind of amusing the first time, but when I see it every other commercial break... not so much.

It just sounds like a couple of little kids arguing. Especially the "cootie queen" part. (which I presume is meant to replace "slut", since I doubt they could say that in a commercial for gum)

That's the whole point of the commercial; they're using childlike terms in place of profanity. And Orbit gum wasn't the first to do this premise. There was a sketch on MTV's The State which followed the exact same formula: the cast enacted a hardcore dramatic play, but they substituted the curse words with childish euphemisms.

[blazecat]

The commercial where the pizza guy talks about how they've improved their pizza since customers have been complaining about it. Well I ordered it recently, and not only did it taste the same, but there was less cheese on it.
Some service you are :shrug:

[Mesousa]

That one couple randomly making out in a conference for a commercial of...some sort of hotel company.

Uh, that's supposed to be funny?

[Nel]

Brawny, please stop ruining "Lean On Me". Thank you.

[Generator James]

Dish Network: Who needs a company that doesn't charge you $200 just to install & doesn't have an extremely low customer satisfaction rating, when you have US?!

[Zorak Masaki]

This is Bob. Bob's been using Enzyte for natural male enhancement, and now airport security stop him at the metal detector and get him to strip down to his socks so they can all admire his newly enlarged penis.

Fun fact: the voiceover guy is Megatron himself, David Kaye (there should be a scene in transformers 3 where megatron destroys a tv with one of those ads playing on it). And can someone tell me why theyre STILL playing that snickers blogging commercial (heck, blogs arent all that popular anymore, now its all about tweeting) ?

[HellCat]

Fun fact: the voiceover guy is Megatron himself, David Kaye (there should be a scene in transformers 3 where megatron destroys a tv with one of those ads playing on it). And can someone tell me why theyre STILL playing that snickers blogging commercial (heck, blogs arent all that popular anymore, now its all about tweeting) ?

Kaye himself already made fun of them in a Botcon voice actor play:

Beast Wars Megatron, grabbing Sari's key: "Ah yesss, I've just had a big boost of confidence!"

[Kitschensyngk]

"If me and [your dog] Buster were hanging off a cliff, and you could only save one of us, which would you save?"

WHAT KIND OF GIRLFRIEND WOULD ASK A QUESTION LIKE THAT? It's bad enough that the guys in Miller Lite commercials would rather marry their beer than the hot girl sitting next to them, but seriously now.

[Master Toon]

Fun fact: the voiceover guy is Megatron himself, David Kaye (there should be a scene in transformers 3 where megatron destroys a tv with one of those ads playing on it). And can someone tell me why theyre STILL playing that snickers blogging commercial (heck, blogs arent all that popular anymore, now its all about tweeting) ?

True, blogs aren't the hot thing anymore but most Tweeters are tweeting in order to promote their blogs.

[Starbro]

"If me and [your dog] Buster were hanging off a cliff, and you could only save one of us, which would you save?"

WHAT KIND OF GIRLFRIEND WOULD ASK A QUESTION LIKE THAT? It's bad enough that the guys in Miller Lite commercials would rather marry their beer than the hot girl sitting next to them, but seriously now.

Idly, one has to wonder who's being the bigger jerks in those ads: the men for putting their beer on a higher pedestal than their women, or the women for expecting their boyfriends' entire universes to revolve solely around them.

[Psychopulse]

Fun fact: the voiceover guy is Megatron himself, David Kaye (there should be a scene in transformers 3 where megatron destroys a tv with one of those ads playing on it). And can someone tell me why theyre STILL playing that snickers blogging commercial (heck, blogs arent all that popular anymore, now its all about tweeting) ?

I thought that blogging ad was Twix...

Anyway, as usual, Geico commercials are stupid and annoying. For the most part, they're latest bit is where a guy says "Can Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance?" Then it follows up with stupid stuff that's actually true like, for instance...

"Does Elmer Fudd have trouble with the letter R?" or...
"Did the Waltons take way too long to say good night?"

Actually, any Geico commercials are crappy. All of them.

[launchpad20]

Anyway, as usual, Geico commercials are stupid and annoying. For the most part, they're latest bit is where a guy says "Can Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance?" Then it follows up with stupid stuff that's actually true like, for instance...

"Does Elmer Fudd have trouble with the letter R?" or...
"Did the Waltons take way too long to say good night?"

Actually, any Geico commercials are crappy. All of them.
I, too hate Geico commercials with a hot passion. :mad: Which is why i made this Flash cartoon, and banner to mock them.:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp-7ydGLCak

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j110/launchpad25/geico.jpg

[Kitschensyngk]

I hate commercials for satellite TV.

Which one?

ALL OF THEM.

They are annoyingly persistent, and have been ever since we got digital cable six and a half years ago.

That's SIX AND A HALF YEARS of people telling me that satellite is cheaper than cable, regardless of the fact that it must cost a bundle to set one of those dishes up.

The current worst offender has to be the DirecTV one where they make it look like your TV shuts off your cable of its own accord to give you a sales pitch.

[JD08]

I hate Geico commercials, they are getting annoying. Making an app where you can watch the them was just blah!

[TKnHappyNess]

Anyone who watches the CW4Kids block on Saturday would know about these ones. Those annoying Skecher commercials that air twice in a row. Also one that actually has to do with their programming are the Ninja Tribunal eps. They had the whole Unrestored/Restored thing as a spoof to Star Wars.

[Martin Juneau]

I think the Slap Chop is a true, i mean a true example of ad's who makes the producers hateful. Not only he's look a sneaker, but ironically, the guy from this ad was arrested months ago for beat her wife.

It showed a lot of ad's on every channels in Canada. It's hard to rid of these because they are cheap to air and produce.

[Starbro]

Those Buffalo Wings bar and grill commercials. Yeah, let's lie to the public by staging fake weather conditions and deliberately tamper with sporting events, risking getting caught, fined, suspended and/or fired just because a few bar patrons don't want to leave.

There are about a dozen 24-hour sports channels, people. If 1 game ends, just switch to something else. Sheesh.

[Generator James]

Those Broadview commercials. Wait a minute a guy some girl was talking to & was a pretty nice guy all the sudden breaks into her house? May I ask why?:confused::shrug:

[Nel]

Those Broadview commercials. Wait a minute a guy some girl was talking to & was a pretty nice guy all the sudden breaks into her house? May I ask why?:confused::shrug:

The nice guy left. It was her ex-boyfriend who was waiting in the car outside.

[Generator James]

The nice guy left. It was her ex-boyfriend who was waiting in the car outside.
Oh sorry, I must've been thinking about that SNL short.:sweat:

[Mesousa]

Sketchers, I thought you died, go the hell away, I mean, who would want to buy "Luminators"? They look like crap.

[Generator James]

Sketchers, I thought you died, go the hell away, I mean, who would want to buy "Luminators"? They look like crap.
And right when "ZigTech"'s coming out from Reebok. That's just dumb marketing.:shrug:

[Rick Jones]

The nice guy left. It was her ex-boyfriend who was waiting in the car outside.
All of those BroadView ads tend to be very similar. There is another one where a girl was having a housewarming party or something and she's saying goodbye to this guy she just met that neither she or her friends knew before, and two seconds after everybody else is out of the house, the guy is breaking in through the other side of the house. These guys are all just insanely bold. I wonder if a guy is psychotic enough to do all of these things while looking into your eyes, why would the alarm system be that much of a deterrent ?

[Dark Fact]

More perpetrators:

-ANY Las Vegas travel ads. Stupid and taking the whole "What goes in Vegas stays in Vegas" as a viable marketing gimmick is just asinine. It's really not a line to be proud of.
-AXE Body Wash. No. I'm sorry but no. AXE, please give it up. These campaigns don't attract ladies like flies to you when you use this body wash. Your viewers are smarter than that. Find a better way to market your crap.

[Mesousa]

Castrol GTX, how long are you gonna do the "it's only funny to someone else" joke? How long have you been milking it? Why not do new commercials?

[Master Toon]

I think the Slap Chop is a true, i mean a true example of ad's who makes the producers hateful. Not only he's look a sneaker, but ironically, the guy from this ad was arrested months ago for beat her wife.

It showed a lot of ad's on every channels in Canada. It's hard to rid of these because they are cheap to air and produce.

It wasn't his wife he beat up. lol.


Those Buffalo Wings bar and grill commercials. Yeah, let's lie to the public by staging fake weather conditions and deliberately tamper with sporting events, risking getting caught, fined, suspended and/or fired just because a few bar patrons don't want to leave.

There are about a dozen 24-hour sports channels, people. If 1 game ends, just switch to something else. Sheesh.

I found the one where the coach blinds one of the players funny but then the commercials started getting on my nerves. Isn't there one where the bartender tells someone that it's bad outside? But can't the person just look out a window?


Sketchers, I thought you died, go the hell away, I mean, who would want to buy "Luminators"? They look like crap.

I'd want them if I were a kid. I always liked the glowing light up shoes even though I knew they'd eventually die out after awhile.


All of those BroadView ads tend to be very similar. There is another one where a girl was having a housewarming party or something and she's saying goodbye to this guy she just met that neither she or her friends knew before, and two seconds after everybody else is out of the house, the guy is breaking in through the other side of the house. These guys are all just insanely bold. I wonder if a guy is psychotic enough to do all of these things while looking into your eyes, why would the alarm system be that much of a deterrent ?

*babbles and points at Rick Jones* That's what I always say! They're bold enough to break into people's houses in broad daylight yet an alarm scares them?




-ANY Las Vegas travel ads. Stupid and taking the whole "What goes in Vegas stays in Vegas" as a viable marketing gimmick is just asinine. It's really not a line to be proud of.

It's not like they have to push that on us. People have been saying stuff like that forever. We get it. Vegas is the place to commit every possible sin and it doesn't follow you once you leave.

[JAG]

Those Swiffer "you'll dump your old mop" commercials are starting to irritate me. The concept was mildly amusing the first time, but it's gone on long enough. The new ones, with the "Who's That Lady?" song, are probably the worst yet. And they're on every five freaking minutes.

[Generator James]

A "Dora The Explorer" Census commercial?
The Awesome One:Really? Really?

[Dark Fact]

It's not like they have to push that on us. People have been saying stuff like that forever. We get it. Vegas is the place to commit every possible sin and it doesn't follow you once you leave.
The one ad they showed was the guy getting into heaven and the gatekeepers unable to find the guy's sin history in his official life records during the time he spent in Las Vegas. I'm sorry, Las Vegas having the power to keep sins away from heaven itself? Give me a break.

[Kitschensyngk]

Remember my rant on the last page about how much I hate ads for satellite TV? Well, here's another one...

Until recently, my only two complaints with BBC America were their editing for commercials and their overabundance of Gordon Ramsay.

Now they've started running an ad for their BBC Earth series of nature documentaries which doubles as an ad for--you guessed it--DirecTV.

It starts out with "brought to you by DirecTV we have all these HD channels you gotta get DirecTV call 555-DirecTV today", then they cut to an interview with one of BBC Earth's producers about how they use HD technology to make their documentaries, then the voiceover interrupts with "brought to you by DirecTV we have all these HD channels you gotta get DirecTV call 555-DirecTV today", then they cut back to the interview, and then the voiceover interrupts AGAIN with "brought to you by DirecTV we have all these HD channels you gotta get DirecTV call 555-DirecTV today". The word "DirecTV" is literally used a total of NINE TIMES throughout the entire promo.

Then after the promo we get a commercial for--guess what--DIREC-FRICKIN-TV!!!!

No matter what channel I'm watching, I see these ads EVERYWHERE. You can't escape them. And they make me want to get satellite TV even LESS. Our cable company will probably pick up BBC America HD sometime anyway, so what's the friggin point?

[Mesousa]

Those Joseph A. Bank commercials.

SECOND SUIT, $99 DOLLARS! Then it's said again, 5 times!

[Master Toon]

I know it must have been mentioned earlier but watching those "Most Interesting Man in the World" commercials is the equivalent of watching a boring documentary on tree bark while eating unsalted, unsweetened vegetables in a humid, beige room with no furniture, windows or pictures.

[Kitschensyngk]

And the award for Most Obnoxious Character in a Commercial Aired in the Last Month goes to...

Staples, for that guy who keeps pointing at random objects on the shelves and screaming
WOW! THAT'S A LOW PRICE!

[Rho]

but ironically, the guy from this ad was arrested months ago for beat her wife.

The woman was a hooker, not Vince's wife. I personally think it was self-defense in his case, since she did technically assault him first.

Anyway.. I can't help but find the recent kids McDonalds commercials kind of creepy. Ronald seems a bit too enthusiastic about playing with those kids.


There's also an ad for some acne medication that depicts a teenager camping in some sort of Rite Aid or Walgreens-esque store for acne medication that I just find annoying.

[Master Toon]

- The "Your Child Can Read" commercials make me sick. It was fine at first but they keep airing every darn commercial break (depending on what channels you watch). And that part with Charlotte's Web gets on my nerves the most.

- Flo from the Progressive commercials is getting a bit stale. I used to find her funny and a bit hot (don't judge me) but now not so much.

- Last but not least those dumb Direct TV commercials that try to make cable look bad but fail to actually do so. "We have more useless features than cable and you won't have access to any of it during a light drizzle let alone a thunderstorm".


Anyway.. I can't help but find the recent kids McDonalds commercials kind of creepy. Ronald seems a bit too enthusiastic about playing with those kids.

Nah, he's always been that way.



There's also an ad for some acne medication that depicts a teenager camping in some sort of Rite Aid or Walgreens-esque store for acne medication that I just find annoying.

Same here.

[DarkGojira]

The word "DirecTV" is literally used a total of NINE TIMES throughout the entire promo.


Those Joseph A. Bank commercials.

SECOND SUIT, $99 DOLLARS! Then it's said again, 5 times!

*Sighs* Oh, boy. All of this is now starting to make HEAD-ON, APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD sound so heavenly.

[Michael24]

"Wow! That's a low price!"

...

"Wow! That's a low price!"

Yeah, dude. I heard you the first time.

[Blackstar]

"Your boss is an intimidating man. His daughter is lovely..."

...And if you try to make a play for her when she's clearly just trolling for her latest victim, you're a moron. Not only would dating his boss' daughter mean the guy would have to deal with his ogre of a boss outside of his job, but if they have a fight, she can always say "Fire him, Daddy! Fire him!". If the guy in that commercial is really that stupid, he deserves whatever he gets.

[Kitschensyngk]

Those Joseph A. Bank commercials.

SECOND SUIT, $99 DOLLARS! Then it's said again, 5 times!

By a voice-over who speaks to us as if we're all four years old.

[Nel]

"Your boss is an intimidating man. His daughter is lovely..."

...And if you try to make a play for her when she's clearly just trolling for her latest victim, you're a moron. Not only would dating his boss' daughter mean the guy would have to deal with his ogre of a boss outside of his job, but if they have a fight, she can always say "Fire him, Daddy! Fire him!". If the guy in that commercial is really that stupid, he deserves whatever he gets.

But... but she's so hot! :p

The "WOW, THAT'S A LOW PRICE!" ads need to diiiiie. And any FreeScore commercial.

[ryandcow]

By a voice-over who speaks to us as if we're all four years old.
At least it was bearable when he hilariously yelled "only at JOSEPH A BANK!!!!!" at the end Billy Mays style, now it is just horrible.

[Rho]

- The "Your Child Can Read" commercials make me sick. It was fine at first but they keep airing every darn commercial break (depending on what channels you watch). And that part with Charlotte's Web gets on my nerves the most.

This.

It seems to mostly air on Nicktoons.. They really need to make a shorter version of that.

Also, I'm confused as to how pulling an axe out of someone's hand is not nice.

[ToonFaithful]

This.

It seems to mostly air on Nicktoons.. They really need to make a shorter version of that.

Also, I'm confused as to how pulling an axe out of someone's hand is not nice.
The Charlotte's Web part made me lol.

[Master Toon]

Another one I don't exactly hate but it's so poorly done is the Wells Fargo commercial. Apparently a husband and wife are looking for a house and they found one next to the wife's sister. But then they lost it to another couple. During the commercial the husband is making hints about how it would've been horrible living next to his sister-in-law and how they dodge a bullet yet the wife never gives him a strange or angry look nor does the tone of her voice change. It's like his little quips didn't bother her. One can say that she just didn't let her husband's quips bother her but it would've been funnier had she reacted.


This.

It seems to mostly air on Nicktoons.. They really need to make a shorter version of that.

Also, I'm confused as to how pulling an axe out of someone's hand is not nice.

Especially when said person was about to slaughter a pig that the main character had grown fond of. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

[ToonFaithful]

The "Wow! That's a low price!" commercial is another annoying commercial. Especially when the lady turns the computer power off then he said it again while reading it off a newspaper/magazine.

[Vyse]

There are two songs that drive me insane. One's for a tv ad, the other's a radio ad:

-the tv ad song? The Education Connection song. You know what I'm talking about if you watched a lot of [adult swim]. With the car hop girl singing about her crap situation and that you can "Get Connected. For Free. With Education Connection." I don't care if you like the song or that the woman is "cute". That song is terrible and she has a terrible voice. It's worse than the Spongebob/Mix-A-Lot combi that made me boycott Burger King (boycott's still ongoing btw). The Education Connection song makes me want to drink all five bottles of Coors Light that are in the fridge, just to get the song out of my head. And, if that doesn't work since it's Coors Light I'm talking about and not some hard alcohol, I'll get the hard alcohol.

-the radio ad song you have to guess. It's a hard rock song. The product/service it's used for you would not normally be considered for a hard rock song to promote special deals. It's a bad example of extreme advertising (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/extreme-advertising) gone real IMO. You know what? Here's a little bit of the script, or the gist of it:

Announcer - blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Now that's a little bit of payback.

Song - NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE PAYBACK!

Announcer - blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Song - NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE PAYBACK!

Announcer - blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Song - NOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE PAAYBAAAAACK-

Announcer - We're the place that gives you payback!

Song - PAYBACK
PAYBACK
PAYBACK
PAYBACK!


You know what it's for? A ****** car wash. And the reduced prices aren't that special.

[xmendude]

The Scketchers (SP??) Commercials!! :ack:
They can get so annoying!!

[Master Toon]

The new JG Wentworth commercial is horrible and late. It's orrible because it's mixed with realing singing and subbed over singing from the last commercial. Very tacky IMO. It's late because... it's late! Look at the timeline between each commercial. Many people are over that song by now. I hope they don't think it's an attention grabber and do more of these.

[Rho]

There's a commercial that doesn't air often, but when it does, there's a red mark on my face from facepalming for a while.

A device that you place an egg in....THAT CRACKS THE EGG FOR YOU.

...It is not hard at all to crack an egg. A four year old could do it.
And IIRC, it costs over $20.

[TenPoundHammer]

The Shoedini. I didn't think it was possible to make something more useless than the Snuggie, but ..wow. I guess it's okay for disabled, old people, but the ad was stupid. I hate it when they exaggerate people spazing out on everyday tasks.

Agreed. I am a total spaz and back in 2003, it annoyed the heck out of me how Klutzy Kitchen Kook can't manage to pour the pasta through a colander without spilling 80% of it in the sink. ("And now your family's got hunger pangs!" really drove that ad from annoying to the 9001st level of annoying.)


There's a commercial that doesn't air often, but when it does, there's a red mark on my face from facepalming for a while.

A device that you place an egg in....THAT CRACKS THE EGG FOR YOU.

And again they show KluKiKo trying to crack the egg and having the yolk fall to the counter BECAUSE HE'S HOLDING THE EGG TEN FREAKING FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE BOWL. I know a guy who has stumps for arms, and he could crack eggs more efficiently than KluKiKo.

One that annoys me is a cable ad that's a pastiche of To Tell the Truth from the 1970s. What bugs me is that they put so much detail into re-creating the set, but play fast and loose with the rules of the game. TTTT was nothing like that at all, rules-wise.

Casting yet another vote for the Progressive Insurance lady too. Never was funny, never was cute.

[Peter Paltridge]

We have a new winner for Worst Currently Running Ad. It had to happen: just like Toyota, BP has started running apologetic ads begging Americans their forgiveness. That's the kind of thing you want to do AFTER you've fixed the problem.

As annoying as other ads can get, they're nothing compared to the mere presence of BP.

[Michael24]

"This is Frank. Frank can be a real baby sometimes." Even though I use their service, Comcast has some of the worst or just plain annoying commercials, and they run all the time.

I enjoy watching Travel Channel, but they run the same ads for their shows so many times every commercial break it's just obnoxious. Annoying personalities like Andrew Zimmern, Adam Richman, and now this new clown Bert Kreischer, advertised relentlessly in the same one or two ads.

And Flo from Progessive continues to somehow get even more annoying. Riding a motorcycle and yelling? Ugh. I keep hoping she'll wipe out.

[Ooze33]

I don't even remember what the ad was for (Skittles I think), but the one with the old man and the guy in the tube sock commercial has gotten really irritating! Yeah that Your Baby Can Read thing is irritating to. Hearing that little girl read A Christmas Carol over and over and over and over.....:eek:

[launchpad20]

I'd like to add E!'s '20th Anniversary' ads on the list of hated commercials. They're so smug, and full of themselves bragging about all the scandals, and tabloid news as though it was something they're 'proud of', and will gladly brag about it with no sense of shame. Yes, E!, we know that youngsters rule the pop culture landscape, but they don't always have a sold grasp on reality like someone who's older, and more experienced. (CoughLindsayLohanCough) :mad:

[KJ Styles]

The worst current commercial (and a contender for worst of all time) is easily that Old Spice body wash commercial with that half naked dude screaming and punching phony objects talking about "BLOCKS ODOR FOR 16 HOURS!!!!" It's annoying as all hell!!!

[langden alger]

I don't even remember what the ad was for (Skittles I think), but the one with the old man and the guy in the tube sock commercial has gotten really irritating! Yeah that Your Baby Can Read thing is irritating to. Hearing that little girl read A Christmas Carol over and over and over and over.....:eek:

Yeah, the My baby can read ads come off to me as kind of pompous. I wouldn't want to be around those kind of parents that are bragging that they're baby is halfway through War and Peace. I guess nowadays we're wasting time letting our babies just be babies. why not have theme ready for a college by the time they're eight. Not saying it's wrong to teach kids at a young age, but it all just seems kind of excessive.

'It's my spot!! quit parking in my spot!! I'm Principal Wilson!!'....it was funnny the first couple times, but it's getting to where i dread turning on ABC kids or Cartoon Network. can't thses melt down guys just film a different ad already.

[Rusakov]

No mention of the Kidz Bop commercials? The CDs featuring kids that can't sing at all and are wrecking popular songs?

Their commercials consist of a bunch of kids badly lip syncing to music while jumping around obnoxiously. 'Nuff said.



The worst current commercial (and a contender for worst of all time) is easily that Old Spice body wash commercial with that half naked dude screaming and punching phony objects talking about "BLOCKS ODOR FOR 16 HOURS!!!!" It's annoying as all hell!!!

Ah yes the Old Spice commercials. What I've seen is a half naked muscley guy dancing around like an idiot and screaming at the camera. It's painful even when I fast forward the DVR trhough it.

[Michael24]

Old Spice had a good thing going (finally) with their Bruce Campbell ads. They should have hung onto him as long as they could.


No mention of the Kidz Bop commercials? The CDs featuring kids that can't sing at all and are wrecking popular songs?
I rather listen to some of the Kidz Bop versions than the originals. :D

[Rick Jones]

The puppets from the Zappos commercials creep me out.

[The Nameless]

The puppets from the Zappos commercials creep me out.

Seconded. The red-headed one seems especially lifeless to me.

I also cannot stand the Staples ads. "WOW! That's a low price!". Shut up.

And the recent Weber ads. "Didn't know, couldn't see. What was around, the corner for me" sounds like the jingle for a local college who only advertises during Maury Povich, not a grill.

[launchpad20]

I also cannot stand the Staples ads. "WOW! That's a low price!". Shut up.I know. I would love to punch that guy in the face for his incessant screaming! :mad:

[Mesousa]

Those Old Spice commercials always give me a laugh.

The John Hancock commercials mostly annoy me for how fast the other preon is typing. It looks inhumanly possible.

[Kouji Tamino]

The worst current commercial (and a contender for worst of all time) is easily that Old Spice body wash commercial with that half naked dude screaming and punching phony objects talking about "BLOCKS ODOR FOR 16 HOURS!!!!" It's annoying as all hell!!!



Ah yes the Old Spice commercials. What I've seen is a half naked muscley guy dancing around like an idiot and screaming at the camera. It's painful even when I fast forward the DVR trhough it.

How dare you defy the awesomeness that is Terry Crews! :mad:

:p But seriously, I rather like those commercials myself for how over-the-top and bizarre they are.


Yeah, the My baby can read ads come off to me as kind of pompous. I wouldn't want to be around those kind of parents that are bragging that they're baby is halfway through War and Peace. I guess nowadays we're wasting time letting our babies just be babies. why not have theme ready for a college by the time they're eight. Not saying it's wrong to teach kids at a young age, but it all just seems kind of excessive.



I didn't even know what a hippopotamus or chimpanzee even were at 2-years-old!

[The Huntsman]

I dislike the new Esurance ads, if only because it seems like they have taken a page right out of Cartoon Network’s playbook. After using animated spots featuring Erin for so long, they’ve gone live-action.


Swigart, added, "We're excited about our new creative direction. The live-action spots are certainly a departure from our early days, but we see this as an opportunity to stand out in our competitive category once again."I think that’s kind of ironic because the animation made it stand out. Now it’s nothing special.

[ryandcow]

Those NY lottery Sweet Million comercials w/ baby animals are so annoying. The animals would not attract your sterotypical lottery buyers. Just sweet old ladies. It is literally 30 seconds of watching baby animals sleep, the first time I was like aww look at the puppy, but that faded fast. Don't even get me started on the radio version.

[Mesousa]

(from a mint Skittles commercial)
"Go, tube sock."

Just let me see Hayate the Combat Butler already, Crunchyroll.

(the opening starts, and it then gets interrupted by the same commercial, as it plays over and over agian)

Thanks for killing the OP, guys, really. Your commercial is now hated. :shrug:

[Bloody Marquis]

I hate those PSP commercials with that Marcus kid. Maybe it's because he's played by the guy from Bobb'e Says, maybe it's because he reminds me of someone who bullied the hell out of me back in middle school, but I just can't stand him.

[Starbro]

I hate those PSP commercials with that Marcus kid. Maybe it's because he's played by the guy from Bobb'e Says, maybe it's because he reminds me of someone who bullied the hell out of me back in middle school, but I just can't stand him.

Bobb'e Thompson just turned being obnoxious into his shtick; the mouthy black kid who smarts off to adults. He's basically Gary Coleman minus the likability.

The one of those PSP spots which bugs me is the one where the kid whines to 'Marcus' that his big brother keeps stealing his PSP, and asks "What do I do?" Why doesn't he just tell his mom? She's right behind them puttering in the background. And then 'Marcus' suggests that the kid start making time with his brother's girlfriend, even though she's 15 or 16 and he's like 10.

[langden alger]

I really hate the new Taco Bell ad with the two hot night club girls using bacon to attract guys....If they look like Janet Reno the ad would be a little funnier maybe.;) I'd go after them if they had hunks of Limberger cheese in they're purse.

[Blackstar]

I dislike those Corona ads with the couple at the beach. It would have been OK if they had left it at the 1st spot, but the 2 sequels to it made me not able to stand that woman. Why must the man be thought of as a creep and routinely be punished for looking at other women while his girlfriend is sitting right next to him, but when the woman does the same thing, it's OK and she receives no come uppance at all? There's a name for that: double standard.

[NewcomerDC]

The one of those PSP spots which bugs me is the one where the kid whines to 'Marcus' that his big brother keeps stealing his PSP, and asks "What do I do?" Why doesn't he just tell his mom? She's right behind them puttering in the background. And then 'Marcus' suggests that the kid start making time with his brother's girlfriend, even though she's 15 or 16 and he's like 10.
This just proves that cougars are into seeking their prey. All kidding aside, it's just like what you would see on Disney Channel: an attractive young woman playing coy with a young boy's feelings. He might like her, like her even though he probably won't have any idea about what love truly means and the young woman's the babysitter. Scratch that: the attractive, smoking-hot babysitter: someone the kid wishes he could have in his life even though he's not of age to be in a physical or emotional relationship with her.

Note: As of now, I've never seen the commercial so I'm guessing that she's attractive because that's what some young boys have on their minds the first time they meet one.

[Nexonius]

Bobb'e Thompson just turned being obnoxious into his shtick; the mouthy black kid who smarts off to adults. He's basically Gary Coleman minus the likability.

The one of those PSP spots which bugs me is the one where the kid whines to 'Marcus' that his big brother keeps stealing his PSP, and asks "What do I do?" Why doesn't he just tell his mom? She's right behind them puttering in the background. And then 'Marcus' suggests that the kid start making time with his brother's girlfriend, even though she's 15 or 16 and he's like 10.

They got rid of the Kevin Butler ads? I liked those.

[Starbro]

They got rid of the Kevin Butler ads? I liked those.

I don't think Sony's done with Kevin Butler yet. He was present at Sony's E3 presentation this year, so I don't think he's been retired.

[Michael24]

That WalMart guy pitching their ice cream grates on my nerve. "This is my ice cream dance." "Ooooh, peanut butter." I fear they will only continue to use him in more ads. As if I need another reason to dislike WalMart.

Flo from Progressive really really really needs to be fired from whatever barren-looking store she works in. One of the most overbearing obnoxious pitch persons I've ever seen. :mad:


I dislike those Corona ads with the couple at the beach. It would have been OK if they had left it at the 1st spot, but the 2 sequels to it made me not able to stand that woman. Why must the man be thought of as a creep and routinely be punished for looking at other women while his girlfriend is sitting right next to him, but when the woman does the same thing, it's OK and she receives no come uppance at all? There's a name for that: double standard.
Yeah, I hate that lady. It seems like practically every beer commercial, despite targeting men, portrays them as either clueless morons or idiotic/inconsiderate jerks.

[NewcomerDC]

This counts for all of the videos on thatguywiththeglasses.com but we have a new flaw and new contestant for Worse Commercial: that stupid ad for USA Network's newest show Covert Affairs. I can't even click on it and back on the video to start any of the episodes. Truly, Blip has known about this trick and had found a way to get back at us for it. Well played, Blip.tv, well played.

[langden alger]

"I replace your ancestors with fruit by the foot."

seriously, the fruit by the foot pilgrim lady is just creepy.

[xmendude]

A car commercial.
It starts with a lady singing in an opera and then a door opens and an animated dude starts singing and by the end he has a tear in his eye.
And then they advertise the car.
Terrible not to mention annoying!!

[langden alger]

A car commercial.
It starts with a lady singing in an opera and then a door opens and an animated dude starts singing and by the end he has a tear in his eye.
And then they advertise the car.
Terrible not to mention annoying!!

Those are the 'Mr. Oppurtunity' ads. voiced by it sounds like Rob Paulsen....latley he's been appearing in mostly the radio spots, but i guess they're bringing him back to tv. I guess he's ranking up there with Progressive's Flow the saleslady for the mascots that everyone wants to throw off a cliff.

[NewcomerDC]

Those are the 'Mr. Oppurtunity' ads. voiced by it sounds like Rob Paulsen....latley he's been appearing in mostly the radio spots, but i guess they're bringing him back to tv. I guess he's ranking up there with Progressive's Flow the saleslady for the mascots that everyone wants to throw off a cliff.
I thought Mr. Opportunity was retired but what made Honda think of bringing him back?

[Michael24]

Yeah, I normally love the Mr. Opportunity ads just for the chance to occasionally hear Rob Paulsen. But I . . . do not like opera music. (And I don't think that's Paulsen actually singing anyway, just speaking at the end.)

[launchpad20]

I'm honestly creeped out by KIA 'Hip Hop Hamster' car commercial. Do they really have to look like giant hamsters in hip hop attire. This kind of commercial would be less creepy if it was animated in 2D, or in cartoony looking CGI instead of looking like a 'radioactive hamsters' in a cheesey horror movie. Then of course, there's Volvo, and Burger King's 'Eclipse' spots. You know by now I have many serious issues with 'Twilight' in general, but these ads in particular, are lame, insulting, and pointless.

[Michael24]

The very very first KIA hamster commercial I liked. I don't know what song they used, but it was a funny little commercial. But then they changed the song and it threw off the whole commercial because the new music didn't match with the hamsters' rhythm. And now it's just awful with the "You can get with this, or you can get with that" song. And why does everything these days have to be "gangsta?"

[Wounded_Dragon]

In general, any beer commercial where people act like the stupidest of the stupid all for some beer that could be found in any grocery store any day of the week.

[Blipsy]

Remember that "Zoo Pals" commercial from a few years ago that featured that annoying song? I never thought I'd see it again, but unfortunately, it's baaaaack...

[Ooze33]

It's a Pillow! It's a Pet! It's a PILLOW PET!

Seriously this commercial is irritating, lasts for over a minute most of the time, and that magical noise they play when the pet becomes a pillow grates on my nerves.


They got rid of the Kevin Butler ads? I liked those.

Nope they haven't. Marcus advertises PSP and Butler advertises PS3.

[Bunai]

And why does everything these days have to be "gangsta?" why associate hip hop fashion with being "gangsta?" . There was no gangster activity happening in that commercial.

[NewcomerDC]

why associate hip hop fashion with being "gangsta?" . There was no gangster activity happening in that commercial.
Because that's what's in this season and because it's so fly.

[Vyse]

Dear SAB Miller:

Your recent Miller Lite ads make my blood boil. Like I need to have a hot bartender criticize my potential beer purchase if it's not Miller Lite. The host of your Antiques Roadshow-clone needs to be punched in the nether-region. And, I can't believe you are insane enough to trademark "Taste Protector Lid" for your 12-oz cans of Lite, when they look exactly like every single wide-mouth can I encountered that doesn't have a vent. From now on, until your advertising improves - like a repeat of the sexist-but-entertaining "Great Taste. Less Filling" catfight - consider yourself on the same BANNED list I put Burger King on for the Sir Mix-A-Lot/Spongebob abomination. This applies to not just Miller Lite, but all your beers including the 31 brands of beer (http://www.sabmiller.com/index.asp?pageid=223) you make in North America. The High Life/ESPN Radio tie-in ads with Mike And Mike in them are annoying, too.

Vyse The Tetrisdork

PS: Molsen Coors, your ads don't annoy me yet, but your overuse of "Cold Activation Windows" on your packs of Coors and Coors Light - especially on the 12-pack cans where you not only labeled the handle as a window, but also had an additional window on the side of the same package - is right up there with Taste Protector LidTM

[Kitschensyngk]

That Burger King ad where this group are eating and the old lady in a Team Jacob shirt snatches a Twilight Eclipse kids' meal toy from their table and runs off triumphantly is not entertaining in the slightest.

As a matter of fact, it is creepy.

It reminds me that out there are women in their forties who swoon over Edward and Jacob, and it makes me detest the franchise even more.

[Spaceman]

That Burger King ad where this group are eating and the old lady in a Team Jacob shirt snatches a Twilight Eclipse kids' meal toy from their table and runs off triumphantly is not entertaining in the slightest.

As a matter of fact, it is creepy.

Unfortunately, that was shortened from the original masterpiece. There was a second old lady in Team Edward t-shirt who runs in and steals one of the toys from the first old lady; cop sirens are heard at the end when the second old lady runs offscreen. There weren't any sirens when the first old lady ran in. The second old lady, just so you know, is black.

[launchpad20]

Because that's what's in this season and because it's so fly.Or to be politically correct? :sweat:
That Burger King ad where this group are eating and the old lady in a Team Jacob shirt snatches a Twilight Eclipse kids' meal toy from their table and runs off triumphantly is not entertaining in the slightest. As a matter of fact, it is creepy. It reminds me that out there are women in their forties who swoon over Edward and Jacob, and it makes me detest the franchise even more.Same here. And you thought The Burger King was creepy. :sad:

[veemonjosh]

The Red Robin commercial where some tourist gets a British guard to budge by forcing him to finish the Red Robin jingle.

That...doesn't even make sense. As far as I'm aware, they don't even have Red Robin resturants in the UK!

[Kevin the Geek]

That WalMart guy pitching their ice cream grates on my nerve. "This is my ice cream dance." "Ooooh, peanut butter." I fear they will only continue to use him in more ads. As if I need another reason to dislike WalMart.
The guy that you're talking about is named Mr. Rollback, and he has appeared in other Wal-Mart ads, including one for Super Mario Galaxy 2.

I don't know about you, but I think that he's a pretty cool guy. :D

[NewcomerDC]

I know I've been hating anything advertising The Last Airbender. Even after it's first week with many negative reviews, the film's still trying to be marketed as a great summer flick.

[langden alger]

Your recent Miller Lite ads make my blood boil. Like I need to have a hot bartender criticize my potential beer purchase if it's not Miller Lite. The host of your Antiques Roadshow-clone needs to be punched in the nether-region.


How could i forget about that awful ad....:mad: the poor guy who had his antique broken should have kicked the crap out of that idiot. I can't stand it when they think they're ad will be hilarious if someone's being an inconsiderate a-hole to some innnocent person. I've prob. said it a million times, but the comedy is in the obnoxious jerk getting hit with the pie.

[NewcomerDC]

I'll add in the Degrassi: The Boiling Point commercials. Yes, we get it. It's about to get real with the same characters portraying those that we've seen in previous seasons in plots that we've seen before over and over again. I'll see what's supposed to be so "real" about the episode series but still, Teen Nick, this is overkill.

[AhmedtheHead]

The Optimum commercial with the annoying next door neighbor. I wouldn't have let him get away with those antics.

[Michael24]

Awhile back, I officially became sick of the Swiffer ads.

"Who's that ladyyyy... Sexy lady..."

Ugh! Enough already! When all you hear is just one or two lines from a song's chorus over and over and over and over, it really just kills the song for me. At least get a different one already. I never want to hear that song again. :mad:

And I was almost glad to finally start seeing new Allstate commercials without obnoxious Dennis "My Voice Can Rumble Your TV To Pieces" Haysbert, and they find someone just as annoying...

"I'm a random wind storm." "I'm the puppy that ate your backseat." "I'm a teenage girl." "I'm the key... against your side door."

You're also annoying. Give me the cheerful guy from State Farm any day.

[Nitemayer]

I despise DirecTV. That idiotic commercial that acts like it just cut-off something you were watching makes my skin crawl. Then that voice tries to act all savvy. Let's count the ways this commercial can be annoying.
1. Being a commercial. (what a horrible sin!!)
2. Trying to impersonate the thing someone was watching (I suppose there are scenarios in which one could be fooled, but still...)
2a. The odds of someone viewing a program similar to the one second blurb right before the TV "cuts out" are incredibly slim. IF they found the commercial clever, they would only think so once. It could not possibly be half as amusing second time around.
2b. Let's say a person actually is viewing something similar to the blurb. Wouldn't that person be more annoyed than amused? It's like having a show interrupted by the regularlly scheduled commercials at the halfway point and then some! Who would want that.
3. Pompous smug voice-actor. (Someone's definitely trying too hard.)
4. Downright pointless if someone actually owns DirecTV and sees it. (That can happen, right?)

This commercial reminds me of those stupid radio ads that try and pretend like they're the DJ host person only to have some random person "call in" and blatantly advertise more. Prime example and repeat offender: Tire Discounters.



Oddly enough, those Progressive commercials with Flo never fail to make me smile (even if only on the inside).

Except for that one featuring Brian Stepanek. Owe Mai Gawd, someone please tell me how that guy manages to make everything he touches 90% less funny.

[Michael24]

I liked the previous DirecTV campaign where the ads looked like you were watching a movie, but then the actor would start talking to you. Those were pretty creative, and I liked that the original actors came back to do them.

But yeah, I hate the new ones for this very reason . . .


3. Pompous smug voice-actor. (Someone's definitely trying too hard.)
None other than Thomas Hayden Church (aka Sandman from Spider-Man 3). A guy I can't stand these days. I liked him back in the '90s on Wings, but outside of that I've always found him to be overbearing, unfunny and -- like you said -- smug.

[Philmister978]

None other than Thomas Hayden Church (aka Sandman from Spider-Man 3). A guy I can't stand these days. I liked him back in the '90s on Wings, but outside of that I've always found him to be overbearing, unfunny and -- like you said -- smug.

Ah, I see. Granted I'm not the guy you were commenting to earlier, but still.

Anyways, there's this horrible Huggies commercial advertising their denim diapers. And there's this one line that says "I poo... IN BLUE". Dear god, why would anyone buy their diapers after that line? Especially if it's a limited time one too.

Commercials in front of TGWTG videos also suck.

And for the longest time. I was frightened out of my mind about the Energizer Bunny. I'm not nowadays but that t hing was the thing nightmares were made of when I was five/six.

Swiffer's ads are annoying and dumb too. I mean, why on Earth do you even bother watching two inanimate objects (That are apparently alive in these spots) get it on to an incredibly annoying song? Seriously, the expressions the people make are disturbing and I always never got why they never left before the objects (and example would be a sponge mop and a pink swirl bowling ball) started to get rather close.

[Zorak Masaki]

Why are they STILL airing those Just For Men hair color commercials, paticularly the one with Emmitt Smith in a nursing home?

[Michael24]

Geico strikes out again with their new "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" commercial. Please, make these stop! Hell, give me the cavemen any day.

And the FreeCreditScore.com band audition commercials . . . Man, all the bands just suck, but the worst is the one with the awful female singer. They should have just stuck with the original band.

[Maenos]

I have quickly grown tired of the new Quiznos commercials with that squeaky voiced kitten.

Its not cute at all. It looks poorly put together and the kitten's voice is grating.

[Viper]

Here are some recent commercials that I find simply annoying/unfunny:

1. York Peppermint Patties: in the commercial, it looks like the woman's eyes are gonna pop out of her head while she stuffs her face. Unenjoyable.:ack:

2. Butterfinger: in the latest commrcial, one guy whacks the other with his Ipod to get his Butterfinger back. If THAT'S supposed to be funny, why aren't I laughing?:(

3. Manwich: the 2 newest commercials feature a boy in a Manwich costume. Totally stupid.:( The school play commercial WAS a little better, but not by much.:sad:

4. Fruit Roll-Ups/Fruit-By-The-Foot: what they do in the new commercials is completely dumb!:yawn: I also find seeing a teen boy shake hands with another boy's hand made out of Fruit-By-The-Foot absolutely disgusting!!!:ack:

5. Kraft Macaroni & Cheese: the new commercials are stupid, including the African-American boy saying how his dad likes cheese so much.:yawn: I miss Cheesasaurus-Rex already!!!:crying::crying::crying:

6. Milky Way Caramel: seeing a group of swimmers dive into a pool filled with caramel is 100% stupid!!!:yawn:

7. Esurance: the new live-action commercials are 100% unfunny!!!:( I want my Erin Esurance back, pronto!!! I LOVED HER!!!!!:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

Television is really going downhill.:(

[Blipsy]

I hate the new Geico commercial with the pig going "WHEEE!" all the way home. It would be kind of funny, or at least bearable, if his voice wasn't so annoying!

[Blackstar]

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese: the new commercials are stupid, including the African-American boy saying how his dad likes cheese so much.http://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/redface.gif I miss Cheesasaurus-Rex already!!!http://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/crying.gifhttp://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/crying.gifhttp://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/crying.gif

For the record, Kraft didn't retire Cheesasaurus Rex. if they had, the writers wouldn't have the kids referencing the character in the commercials. Rex is still present on the small boxes of Kraft macaroni & cheese which are aimed predominately at children. These ads are for a larger quantity of mac & cheese that adults would buy for themselves and for their families. Those are the ones in the big bags that don't have Rex pictured on the container.

Those ads with the annoyed kids are pretty innocuous, overall. The best ones to me are the 2 with the girl because she's the best actress out of all of them. The white boy and the black boy aren't as convincing in their roles, especially the black boy, who's delivery is so deadpan that he almost looks half asleep.


Esurance: the new live-action commercials are 100% unfunny!!!http://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif I want my Erin Esurance back, pronto!!! I LOVED HER!!!!!http://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/crying.gifhttp://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/crying.gifhttp://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/crying.gifhttp://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/crying.gifhttp://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/crying.gifI have to agree. These live action The Office-style hijinks just aren't doing it for me. I imagine that the Esurance ad writers must have felt that they were running out of things to do with Erin (Erin stopped doing special agent stuff a while ago, and in the last crop of commercials, Erin didn't do much but stand around looking cartoon hot), but these bland live action spots that you could see anywhere else isn't the way to go. The animated spots were at least distinctive. At least we still get to see pictures of Erin scattered about in various places in the office.

[DjJuice5]

And for the longest time. I was frightened out of my mind about the Energizer Bunny. I'm not nowadays but that t hing was the thing nightmares were made of when I was five/six.

.

Holy crap i thought I was the only one :sweat:. Looking back I thought I was such a dork for ever being scared of that thing.

Anyways, I don't like the obnoxious teenick ringtone commericals, especially the one with the flatluent elephant, argh.

[Peter Paltridge]

I have to agree. These live action The Office-style hijinks just aren't doing it for me. I imagine that the Esurance ad writers must have felt that they were running out of things to do with Erin (Erin stopped doing special agent stuff a while ago, and in the last crop of commercials, Erin didn't do much but stand around looking cartoon hot), but these bland live action spots that you could see anywhere else isn't the way to go. The animated spots were at least distinctive. At least we still get to see pictures of Erin scattered about in various places in the office.
No, it has nothing to do with the writers. The writers write what they're told to. A campaign lasts as long as the people paying for it want it to last, not until the writers "run out of ideas." They don't care about the writers -- they just throw them out and get new ones if that happens.

You know what really killed Erin? Flo killed Erin. Progressive has been immensely successful and Esurance doesn't feel Erin is competitive enough now. They don't want Erin anymore, they want another Flo.

The pictures in the office are what's known as a "phase-out" where they gradually drop a character instead of dump it cold turkey. I loved Erin's ads, they were the best Flash-based animation I'd ever seen, and I despise Flo for what she has done.

[Michael24]

KFC's new commercial with they're annoying little "That's so s-o, g-double o-d good" jingle.

So your new slogan is "That's so so good good?" :confused:

Doesn't help that it runs all the time. In the fifteen minutes since posting this, I've seen it 5-6 times on the same channel. Argh!!

[CatChancey]

Mr. Opportunity. Also, that ice tea one where the woman has a tan line on her lip from where she's had a straw all summer.

Also, any ad where men are portrayed as foolish men-children and their wives are icy-hearted control freak harpies. Oh wait– that's, like, every commercial ever. Never mind.

[launchpad20]

I liked the previous DirecTV campaign where the ads looked like you were watching a movie, but then the actor would start talking to you. Those were pretty creative, and I liked that the original actors came back to do them.
But yeah, I hate the new ones for this very reason . . .Some of those were pretty bad. Like the one with Jessica Simpson reprising her role as Daisy Duke from that awful 'Dukes Of Hazzard' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsjGMDJNOMg) movie. :shame: And let's not forget the 'controversy' they had using 'dead actors'. :sad:

None other than Thomas Hayden Church (aka Sandman from Spider-Man 3). A guy I can't stand these days. I liked him back in the '90s on Wings, but outside of that I've always found him to be overbearing, unfunny and -- like you said -- smug.Wow. I'm shocked. :eek:

Geico strikes out again with their new "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" commercial. Please, make these stop! Hell, give me the cavemen any day.I would never buy insurance from that annoying Gecko, or The Cavemen! :mad: If I ever get a car of my own one of these days, I'm getting my insurance from The General (http://www.thegeneral.com/).
You know what really killed Erin? Flo killed Erin. Progressive has been immensely successful and Esurance doesn't feel Erin is competitive enough now. They don't want Erin anymore, they want another Flo.I could understand how most of you have a thing for Erin Esurence. She basically looked like a 'super spy' anime character. :sweat: Plus, her commercials didn't look that bad animation wise. Not great, but not bad.

[Michael24]

Some of those were pretty bad. Like the one with Jessica Simpson reprising her role as Daisy Duke from that awful 'Dukes Of Hazzard' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsjGMDJNOMg) movie. :shame: And let's not forget the 'controversy' they had using 'dead actors'. :sad:
Wow. I'm shocked. :eek:

Yeah, I remember some people raising a fuss over the one recreating a scene from Tommy Boy with Chris Farley, but it was David Spade who came back to do the ad. It didn't bother me. It was really no different from still airing the movie after Farley's death. I didn't see what the big deal was. It's not like they digitally recreated him.

[Bloody Marquis]

I'm getting sick of these commercials for that Vampires Suck movie. It's always the same jokes over and over in those ads ("No, Jacob's the best!"). And what's worse is that channels like AS and Comedy Central show them at least twice every bloody break. Can't I watch Futurama or Boondocks in peace without having to be reminded that this film exists?

[RMZXKallen]

I'm really getting sick of the two minute "Your Baby Can Read" commercials on Nicktoons (When I would try to watch Primetime, it stops showing up after the Primetime block repeat.) Mainly when they have the kids read segments of a book or when they try to be all scientific breakthrough about that garbage.

Also, those commercials claiming that CNN Money has been reporting Foreclosures at $1,000. With the line "All others may call tomorrow". Which is obviously garbage, and the stupid thing repeats a good two-three times a day. Which is way more than enough.

A few honorable mentions are the Cheese Blasted Mac And Cheese (With the woman saying Time to eat and the house being flooded with cheese.)

The Reeses Puff's commercials with that stupid Rap song.

And those SunSetter Awning ads with bad Lip Sync and acting like you already bought the thing (And you're going to love yours, too.)

Commercials didn't always be so annoying, but lately they've been becoming frustratingly headache inducing.:shrug:

[GatorMan92]

All the Geico commercials.

[partysmores999]

I'm really getting sick of the two minute "Your Baby Can Read" commercials on Nicktoons (When I would try to watch Primetime, it stops showing up after the Primetime block repeat.) Mainly when they have the kids read segments of a book or when they try to be all scientific breakthrough about that garbage.

You're not the only one. And after one little girl reads a part of Charlette's Web where the daughter grabs an ax:

"That's not a nice."

Neither are you for making us listen to you reading Charlette's Web every commercial break because you're SO AMAZING!!!111!!!!

Seriously, now they're trying to make a show on during paid programming on how these kids are SO AMAZING!!!111!!!!

Seriously, kids. You should be focusing on getting out of diapers; not trying to get into reading War and Peace at 6.

[Starbro]

Those Hanes commercials with Michael Jordan continually being roped into conversations with that tool on an airplane are getting annoying now. It would funny if MJ just lost it in one of them and sucker-punched the guy just to get him to shut up.

And what's with Jordan's mustache in those ads?

[Nexonius]

Those Hanes commercials with Michael Jordan continually being roped into conversations with that tool on an airplane are getting annoying now. It would funny if MJ just lost it in one of them and sucker-punched the guy just to get him to shut up.

And what's with Jordan's mustache in those ads?


It's very Hitler-ish, don't you think? :shrug:

[NewcomerDC]

For those wondering about what happened to Erin Esurance and why the commercials for Esurance haven't been doing so well, it's because an article on bnet.com mentioned that it was the company who made the decision to use the trademarked character less and less. The reason: lewd fan art of her was found all across the Internet.

As for one of the hated commercials I can think of, it'll be the new one from Office Depot if I'm not mistaken. In it there's a mother who goes to the store for school supply shopping and arriving back with two movers, both male and muscle-bound, being her "new children" since her two sons are moving away from home to their dorms. I can't even remember if it was trying to convey a message about being nice to your mother or something else but it was just silly.

[Blackstar]

For those wondering about what happened to Erin Esurance and why the commercials for Esurance haven't been doing so well, it's because an article on bnet.com mentioned that it was the company who made the decision to use the trademarked character less and less. The reason: lewd fan art of her was found all across the Internet.


If Esurance thinks that removing Erin from the ads is going to stop the naughty fan art from coming, then they're mistaken. Nudie pictures of Kim Possible can still be found on the internet, and that series ended 3 years ago.

[Mesousa]

If Esurance thinks that removing Erin from the ads is going to stop the naughty fan art from coming, then they're mistaken. Nudie pictures of Kim Possible can still be found on the internet, and that series ended 3 years ago.

Someone should remind them of such a thing as Rule 34.

[Peter Paltridge]

For those wondering about what happened to Erin Esurance and why the commercials for Esurance haven't been doing so well, it's because an article on bnet.com mentioned that it was the company who made the decision to use the trademarked character less and less. The reason: lewd fan art of her was found all across the Internet.
THAT'S the reason? That's actually....pretty funny.

It is a concern if someone's looking for an insurance company and finds porn instead, but I can't see it cutting into their profits THAT much.


Also, any ad where men are portrayed as foolish men-children and their wives are icy-hearted control freak harpies. Oh wait– that's, like, every commercial ever. Never mind.
LOL, well-said.

[Philmister978]

No, it has nothing to do with the writers. The writers write what they're told to. A campaign lasts as long as the people paying for it want it to last, not until the writers "run out of ideas." They don't care about the writers -- they just throw them out and get new ones if that happens.

You know what really killed Erin? Flo killed Erin. Progressive has been immensely successful and Esurance doesn't feel Erin is competitive enough now. They don't want Erin anymore, they want another Flo.

The pictures in the office are what's known as a "phase-out" where they gradually drop a character instead of dump it cold turkey. I loved Erin's ads, they were the best Flash-based animation I'd ever seen, and I despise Flo for what she has done.

Oh god, thanks for bringing up another ad campaign that I hate so much (Flo, not Erin)


I'm getting sick of these commercials for that Vampires Suck movie. It's always the same jokes over and over in those ads ("No, Jacob's the best!"). And what's worse is that channels like AS and Comedy Central show them at least twice every bloody break. Can't I watch Futurama or Boondocks in peace without having to be reminded that this film exists?

Thank god I don't watch TV as much any more. And let's not forget those fake praises that are also in those ads. :shrug:


You're not the only one. And after one little girl reads a part of Charlette's Web where the daughter grabs an ax:

"That's not a nice."

Neither are you for making us listen to you reading Charlette's Web every commercial break because you're SO AMAZING!!!111!!!!

Seriously, now they're trying to make a show on during paid programming on how these kids are SO AMAZING!!!111!!!!

Seriously, kids. You should be focusing on getting out of diapers; not trying to get into reading War and Peace at 6.

Wow, I can see the ad now: "Order now and teach your child the proper Engrish language".

And agreed about the last sentence.


For those wondering about what happened to Erin Esurance and why the commercials for Esurance haven't been doing so well, it's because an article on bnet.com mentioned that it was the company who made the decision to use the trademarked character less and less. The reason: lewd fan art of her was found all across the Internet.

As for one of the hated commercials I can think of, it'll be the new one from Office Depot if I'm not mistaken. In it there's a mother who goes to the store for school supply shopping and arriving back with two movers, both male and muscle-bound, being her "new children" since her two sons are moving away from home to their dorms. I can't even remember if it was trying to convey a message about being nice to your mother or something else but it was just silly.

And thanks for making me bring up what may be the worst ad campaign in my own life time.

It's for Staples (an office supplies store, not the little metal bits that hold paper together). They play a snippet from "The most wonderful time of the year" (a Christmas song no less) and then an announcer (who I swear is just doing it for the money) cheerfuly tells the audience that school's starting up (not too far from the truth actually, but that's beside the point). And just talks about how Staples is better then other stores when it comes to back to school stuff pricing (it's also kinda true, but Wal-Mart, Zellers and drug stores are better in terms of prices at times). It makes the parents way to overexcited and makes sure they don't at all have any other expressions (Trust me, there's actually lots of tension, worriment and at times sadness when it comes to parents in real life).

The radio ad that's making its round isn't too bad, but it also shows off the same flaws (the parent having no other expression, the Chirstmas song, the announcer only doing the ad for a paycheck). Heck the only one I can have sympathy towards is the child VO, at least he (or she, I can't tell) can emote (barely, but can still emote).


Someone should remind them of such a thing as Rule 34.

Dear God, I'd rather not talk about that.

[The Nameless]

Rule 34 must be a pretty powerful force if it can put a stop to an entire ad campaign.

Still, you don't see Warner Bros. editing Minerva Mink out of Animaniacs.

[Lonestarr]

"Pack up your troubles in your ol' kid bag and smile, smile, smile..."

It wouldn't be so bad if the commercial didn't air one hundred times a day!

[Eddy]

Wait... Rule 34 made Esurance stop using Erin? That's actually pretty awesome.

I miss Erin though. They need to bring her back to the ads and back to doing awesome things like being a spy. The new ads are terrible.

[Philmister978]

"Pack up your troubles in your ol' kid bag and smile, smile, smile..."

It wouldn't be so bad if the commercial didn't air one hundred times a day!

Well, you're not alone.


Wait... Rule 34 made Esurance stop using Erin? That's actually pretty awesome.

I miss Erin though. They need to bring her back to the ads and back to doing awesome things like being a spy. The new ads are terrible.

Agreed.

[Michael24]

The Calvin Klein "X" commercial, where the models are constantly bleeped while talking about their underwear to make it sound like they're talking dirty. Saw it at the movie theater yesterday. Ugh.

[Kitschensyngk]

Ha ha ha ha! The new Axe shower gel commercials are funny because they're talking about balls, and by balls they mean testicles!

:mad:

[Philmister978]

Ha ha ha ha! The new Axe shower gel commercials are funny because they're talking about balls, and by balls they mean testicles!

:mad:

Yeah, because TV wants to make us Vomit.

[Sarcasmmode] Nice going TV advertisers.[/Sarcammode]

[Starbro]

The Sprint commercial where some blond lady keeps dropping these not-so-subtle hints that she's dumping her boyfriend while he's there with her at the restaurant, only under the guise of showing off her cool phone apps ("You just texted me that you're breaking up with me?", "Look, I've recently changed my status on Facebook to single',", and the guy just sits there befuddled while his now ex-girlfriend just sits there throwing 'Dear John' apps at him all the while grinning like an idiot.

Cut the BS, lady. If you want to break up with the guy, just tell him to his face. Don't try to do it subliminally by pretending to show off your phone features. And wipe that stupid look off your face. She looks like she's waiting for him to go outside so he'll notice that she also keyed his car.

And dude, take a hint, already. This lady has done everything short of hiring a barbershop quartet to come in to the restaurant and sing to you that you're being dumped. Just get up, walk away and stick her with the check.

[ryandcow]

"Pack up your troubles in your ol' kid bag and smile, smile, smile..."

It wouldn't be so bad if the commercial didn't air one hundred times a day!

And if every kid except for the high school guy on the busstuck in the door and the Asian chick at the end has no need for a laptop.

I despise the Nutrigrain splitscreen comercials that show the lady eating NG for breakfast and then they since they eat something else in the other screen they eat un healthy all day while the NG eater eats not only healthy but is much happier. Yea that's the power of nutrigrain. Right.

Even worse is the AT&T splitscreen, which was clearly ripped from nutrigrain, where the chick is downloading something on AT&T and not ATT on the other screen and because she downloads it one second faster she drops he ballet shoes faster which causes her to meet a talent scout who picks them up for her then he scouts her four some ballet, where in the other screen she's an unhappy waitress. It's absolutely ridiculous.

[Zorak Masaki]

The Mucinex commercials. You know, the ones that imply that your own mucus are sentinent beings who go to work, marry, procreate, live in houses, etc. Note to advertisers: not everything has to be a living thing!

[Tobias]

And the winner is... the newest Fruit Gushers commercial in which we see a boy is born with a Fruit Gusher for a right eye, then proceeds to squirt blue juice whenever he blinks in what has to be the MOST STOMACH TURNING COMMERCIAL OF ALL TIME.

[Freezer Waffles]

And the winner is... the newest Fruit Gushers commercial in which we see a boy is born with a Fruit Gusher for a right eye, then proceeds to squirt blue juice whenever he blinks in what has to be the MOST STOMACH TURNING COMMERCIAL OF ALL TIME.
And the song, you can't forget about that annoying song.

[veemonjosh]

Not so much "hated", but an irritating nitpick:

If you've seen the recent McDonald's commercials, their new slogan is "This is the Box It Comes In", showing the red box with a yellow smile.

They've shown this box in commercials for years now, and only once have I ever actually SEEN one of those boxes in real life. Often when I order Mighty Kids Meals (yes, I still do), the food comes in a cheap paper bag with (usually) generic designs on the outside, and on special occasions there might be a cardboard box with some toy-specific designs.

But literally, ONLY ONCE has that box ever been what "it comes in" (and I wasn't even the one to get it). It's just really irritating that their new slogan is almost a total lie.

On the subject of fast food commercials, I'm really starting to hate the current Burger King kids meal ad with the kids talking to an owl like it's a person. The kids clearly can't separate that new CGI owl movie from reality.

[Tay the Cat]

I'm really getting sick of the two minute "Your Baby Can Read" commercials on Nicktoons (When I would try to watch Primetime, it stops showing up after the Primetime block repeat.) Mainly when they have the kids read segments of a book or when they try to be all scientific breakthrough about that garbage.

There's also the fact that, truthfully, if your baby can read, your baby probably has hyperlexia, which is most often a sign of something like autism or a related disorder.

[PunkPhantom]

And the winner is... the newest Fruit Gushers commercial in which we see a boy is born with a Fruit Gusher for a right eye, then proceeds to squirt blue juice whenever he blinks in what has to be the MOST STOMACH TURNING COMMERCIAL OF ALL TIME.
THIS.

That was a truly messed up commercial. Especially when the kid is a toddler and he's on the seesaw with his dad. Then the kid falls off the seesaw and Gusher juice just starts pouring from his eye in the place of blood.:eek::ack::sad:

[Peter Paltridge]

Not so much "hated", but an irritating nitpick:

If you've seen the recent McDonald's commercials, their new slogan is "This is the Box It Comes In", showing the red box with a yellow smile.
Haven't watched much commercial TV over the summer. Is that replacing "I'm Lovin' It" or is it just a kids' thing?

If that's their new slogan company-wide, you're right, it makes no sense. They quit using boxes in the early 90's.

[Tobias]

THIS.

That was a truly messed up commercial. Especially when the kid is a toddler and he's on the seesaw with his dad. Then the kid falls off the seesaw and Gusher juice just starts pouring from his eye in the place of blood.:eek::ack::sad:

While that was gross, what I found truly disgusting was squirting juice into other people's mouths. I realize it's fruit gusher juice, but the fact that it's coming from this kid's eye means that people are actually drinking his bodily fluid.

[Michael24]

Yikes! I haven't seen this Fruit Gushers commercial, but it sounds like it's right up there on the Gross-Out Scale with that deodorant ad where the guy's sweat problem is so bad it literally sprays out from his arm pits like a fire hose. That commercial was just . . . gross. :ack:

[veemonjosh]

If that's their new slogan company-wide, you're right, it makes no sense. They quit using boxes in the early 90's.

No...they still use boxes at many locations (at least, on the east coast). It's just that they're almost never the red boxes seen in the commercials.

[Tobias]

"Pack up your troubles in your ol' kid bag and smile, smile, smile..."

It wouldn't be so bad if the commercial didn't air one hundred times a day!

What I really hate is that song gets stuck in your head if you hear it enough.

[Mesousa]

Fruit Gushers, if you get a lawsuit, you deserve it.

[Rho]

I'm really getting sick of the two minute "Your Baby Can Read" commercials on Nicktoons (When I would try to watch Primetime, it stops showing up after the Primetime block repeat.) Mainly when they have the kids read segments of a book or when they try to be all scientific breakthrough about that garbage.

Not to mention how weird it is when it comes on during a break while Invader ZIM or DBZ Kai are on.

[Philmister978]

Yikes! I haven't seen this Fruit Gushers commercial, but it sounds like it's right up there on the Gross-Out Scale with that deodorant ad where the guy's sweat problem is so bad it literally sprays out from his arm pits like a fire hose. That commercial was just . . . gross. :ack:

I haven't either. And from the looks of it, I don't want to either.

[Tobias]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3CcKvU4NXg

Be warned: Once you watch it, you can't UNwatch it.

[Mesousa]

I just saw that freaking commercial.

Why, in God's name is it a minute long?!

[PunkPhantom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3CcKvU4NXg

Be warned: Once you watch it, you can't UNwatch it.
OH GOD, why did I watch it again?!:eek:

I caught something I didn't catch before. Not only was the toddler bleeding Gusher juice but the dad was...eating it.:sad::(:crying::eek::ack::sweat::shrug::confused:

As Timmy Turner once said "No amount of therapy will make this moment OK...":crying:

[RMZXKallen]

While on the topic of Gushers, I don't like the one with the "Gusher that didn't gush". Mainly because its split into two parts (With a commercial between.) And they have to call in a BOMB SQUAD, complete with "Defusing Robot" that looks like a young boy (not in the creepy way, thankfully.).

Then cut to some random woman and her child (Not the one who had the non-gushing gusher.) watching the Robot "Eat" the gusher (Instead of, you know, taking cover from the horror of sticky orange fruit flavored fluid). thus spurting out the aforementioned orange juice. The woman grabs the head of her obviously teenage child saying "Thank you robot Child." And then it ends.

I find it to be painfully stupid.

[JShaggy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3CcKvU4NXg

Be warned: Once you watch it, you can't UNwatch it.
Whoever's idea it was to make that needs to go get his or her head examined. Seriously.

This is why I'm afraid to put stuff in my own eyes.

[Philmister978]

Thanks for the Warning Tobias, but I'm staying clear this time.