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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:45 PM
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Name the television commercial that you absolutely HATE!!!
My candidate is "TAKE ME FISHING." They show it constantly, with a bunch of losers whining "Take me fishing....because I'll be dead tomorrow!" "Take me fishing....because I want to toss you over the side, call it an accident and collect the inheritance!" I DESPISE that commercial, with the sad music and the idiotic people. I thought fishing was supposed to be fun.... :shrug: It makes me want to outlaw fishing!

They oughta have Fredo Corleone do one of the spots. Now THAT would be funny!

What's YOUR least-liked commercial???
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:46 PM
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1. I don't like the Skittles sheep-boy ad
Or the creepy Burger King ones. :scared:
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:48 PM
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5. That Skittles sheep-boy one is very peculiar, isn't it?
:scared:
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:47 PM
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2. The Pepto Bismol production number.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:49 PM
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6. Be more specific...
Is it the last gal... You know, the D-word one?

Kills me every time.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:54 PM
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17. I found that one a bit discombobulating....
Where's the GOP family values crew, when a whole line up of people are grabbing their asses during the 'family viewing time?'
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:47 PM
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3. ANY prescription drug ad.
The worst are those "instant hard-on pill" ads.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:54 PM
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16. I like the "Dr. Frankenheimer's Boner Juice" one. n/t
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:48 PM
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4. The Lamasil peeling toenail one
Makes me almost scream if I accidentally see that part of it.

Sadly, Fredo is no longer with us. The actor who played him, John Cazale passed away about twenty years ago.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:58 PM
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52. Ewww! That one grosses me out too
I also hate the one with the woman serving french fries to a man through the ages (for Wendy's). Very sexist.
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NoodleBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:50 PM
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7. that Firestone commercial
I hate jingles, and that combines lame late 70's rock sounds with one.

I really fucking hate jingles. and any commercial that tries to be funny, or original. seriously people... I'd be much more apt to buy a product if they advertised it without trying any frills.
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vikegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:51 PM
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8. I've mentioned this one before...
The BowFlew ones, where there's a woman in a bathing suit sashaying around and saying, "I can't believe I'm a fifty-year-old grandmother wearing a bikini." And she's with some twenty-something guy who's leering at her. Euw!
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vikegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:54 PM
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14. Oh! Also, those Overstock.com ones
ugh.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:03 PM
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24. All about the O, all about the GOLD?
Golddigging putana!!! I agree, most offensive, makes women look like greedy consumer pigs. Overstock.com is a big GOP funder, though, so it isn't surprising!
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vikegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:18 PM
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32. But all about the GOLD...
....is only sometimes, on occasion :wtf: :P
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:22 PM
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33. That's GOP code for
"Hey, you pudgy Newt lookalike, I'll only put out if you give me JEWELS!!!"
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vikegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:26 PM
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38. LOL!!
pudgy Newt lookalike! :rofl:
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:51 PM
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9. The AOL SPAM food tray slop one.
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:51 PM
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10. Enzite Bob
Bob needs to visit Mr Wu's pig farm

:puke:
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sparky_in_ma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:56 PM
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20. Second that one!
I don't give a damn how happy his partner is.
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:52 PM
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11. Also every single commercial that uses classic rock
Especially the fucking hummer ad using Happy Jack.

They sold my childhood.
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:06 PM
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26. Don't forget Zep cashing checks from Cadillac...
What a total letdown.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:52 PM
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12. Yes.
All of them.
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Melodybe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:53 PM
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13. Any commercial that implies women will fuck anything bears, snowmen,
toasters, old ugly guys, etc, etc, etc simply because they wear colonge or drink beer.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:06 PM
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27. Hahahahaha!!
And the women are always better looking than the men.

There are counter ads on the same theme, though, where the fat loser ignores the beautiful woman to grab for the beer...alcoholism as a lifestyle choice!
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DistressedAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:10 PM
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29. Unless They Star Ann Coulter. In Which Case It May Be True!
At least a right wing bear!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:27 PM
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39. Like that Reagan ad I mentioned
Announcer: "There's a BEEEEAAAAAAAAR in the woods......"

Coulter: "Oh joy! Date night! What will I wear????"
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:54 PM
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15. Anything that deals with erectile dysfunction...
especially that one where the couple ends up in the bathtub outside on a deck... :wtf: I don't hate it...so much as I am baffled by it. Am I missing out on some sort of symbolism? Why outdoor bathtubs???
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:56 PM
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19. And why SEPARATE bathtubs???
21st Century Lucy and Ricky beds, mayhaps?
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:23 PM
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35. I would understand if it was the same tub...
they would be getting a little freaky. but separate tubs prevent that from happening...it boggles the mind I tell ya!
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DistressedAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:55 PM
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18. Hands down all time, Swiftboat Vets For Douchebag!
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:59 PM
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22. If we're talking political...
The "Wolf Ad" was the stupidest, most inane, idiotic, meaningless,
pointless, worthless, political ad ever made.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:08 PM
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28. A rip off of the Reagan BEAR ad
Everytime that Reagan ad came on, my late father father would chime in with "Do bears shit in the woods?" in the same dire tone as the announcer. It was the one good laugh we got during that election cycle!
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:22 PM
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34. yeah, it was like something from WeeblsStuff.com
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:58 PM
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21. aside from the election stuff -- that one showing MLK speaking ...
... and they've edited out the crowd around him ... it would have been just bearable if it were making an important public service statement, but to have it turn out to be some telecom company ad?
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:00 PM
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23. "The Caribbean?" "How about Mexico?" "HAWAII!!!!"
What an obnoxious couple to get stuck on a plane to Hawaii next to.
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rsdsharp Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:10 PM
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30. AOL!
No asshole, ACTUALLY the tuna is MINE! You get to pay for the ham sandwich with all the shit you poured on it while trying to be cute.

I have to think people are LEAVING AOL as a result of that thing, but it's still in vitually every stopset. :banghead:
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:12 PM
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31. Welcome to DU!!!!
And uh, the tuna is indeed mine.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:24 PM
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36. That annoying "Wheeeeeeeeee!" at the end is a real stomach turner! nt
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:53 PM
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51. yeah, I hate that one!
Those people need to go to Hawaii and never come back.
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jackelope72 Donating Member (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:05 PM
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25. Old Navy Christmas Carolers.
I still have nightmares about that little boy holding the sign.

There are also, in the area where I live, these commercials for a local car dealership which feature this Godfather-like guy who calls himself -- get this -- "The Car Fairy". I don't know where the hell they came up with "The Car Fairy", but it's got to be one of the worst series of commercials ever made.

I also hate the new couple they have doing the "Sonic" commercials. The two buddies in the car had kind of grown on me, but now they've been replaced by this weird nerdy couple: "Why do they call it a Ranchero Salad?" "Well, it was originally called a 'Ranch Hero' salad. This farm hand rescued a maiden from a burning barn, and the villagers offered the salad as a tribute. And then they burst into song and dance!" WTF???
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:26 PM
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37. Couple on a row boat with a leak and she stops it with a tampon. eom
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:10 PM
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42. That one is pretty bad alright.
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:31 PM
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40. Mazda
zoom zoom kid has GOT TO GO!!!!!
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Dave Sund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 05:36 PM
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41. BEEPBEEP.com
Fucking ANNOYING as all fucking hell. I don't know if it's just a Kansas City thing or if they are forcing everyone in the entire country to endure that incessant jingle, but the person who made that jingle should be arrested for indecency.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:14 PM
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43. the toe fungus commercial
every time I see that cartooned infection lift up the toe nail I cringe. As soon as I see it pop up on the TV, I have to look away. :puke:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:17 PM
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44. The AOL broadband tuna sandwich
spam filter one
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:34 PM
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45. Hey, I know the people that put the Take Me Fishing campaign together!
Like it or not, it's working well.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:45 PM
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48. Tell them it sets my teeth on edge!!!
Way too whiney, like a funeral dirge, and sorry, when that dorky kid says fishing is better than any video game, I've heard shouts of "bullshit!" from young gamers in my vicinity!!!

How can they tell that it is working? Do you have to call the Take Me Fishing hotline everytime you grab your pole? (Uh, oh, that didn't come out quite right....!).:evilgrin: :silly:
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:47 PM
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49. They can tell it's working with the marketing tools stuff
Spot surveys, phone surveys, etc. That's not stuff I know anything about though, so I can't explain it.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:36 PM
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46. The guy running with the plunger...
..and brown liquid coming out from under the bathroom door...but then it's not there because he has that wonderful toilet you never have to plunge again.

I.hate.that.commercial

and,

Oh yeah, takemefishing.com looks and sounds like a Peta campaign waiting to happen!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:50 PM
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50. That running guy lives in a pretty fancy house
Nice floors, high ceilings, fancy staircase. And the fucker can't afford to buy more than one plunger? He has to haul ass all the way downstairs, grab the thing from under the kitchen sink, and run back up, only to see the spreading water creeping from under the door.

Hell, I have one in every bathroom, and a shortie under the sink, just in case! What I learn from that commercial: that guy is stupid. He should flush halfway through if he is gonna be laying down massive logs. That guy is cheap, too, for not buying a plunger for every bathroom, or at least every floor of his house!
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PBR me Donating Member (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:38 PM
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47. ditech.com & enzyte - i hate those ads
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