If you were the king or queen of television, what commercials would you remove from the air?

Choices from yours truly include but are not limited to the following five:

1.) The freecreditreport.com singing guy commercials, especially the one when he and his "posse" are driving a blue subcompact. Leaving aside how much I hate the songs, I'll say this: I'm not a violent guy at all, but when I see that guy do that head-bob at the end of the blue car commercial, I want to slap the shit out of him on general principle.

2.) The Six Flags commercials which feature the Asian guy screaming at us. I don't necessarily want to slap him, but I would happily super-glue his mouth shut.

3.) The Enterprise rent-a-car commercial in which the soccer mom rents a car to get her kids to a game, and one of them says "nice save, mom!".

4.) Any Indiana Jones commercial. Christ, I HATE the theme music to that movie, and those of you who saw my Indiana Jones thread from yesterday know I have no interest in seeing the movie.

5.) The Progressive commercials featuring that 20-or-30-something brunette - you know, the one who yells "We have a savings of $350, A SAVINGS OF $350!"

You?

All of them.

Even though the company has been CONVICTED of fraudulent claims it STILL airs from time to time..
Oh and any of those scummy "Girls Gone Wild" commercials.

The chart, the hand gestures, etc.

Plus, my bird tries to whistle along.

Okay, it is so stupid, I find it funny.

Of all those kind of commercials, it gets the message across without being offensive or tacky.

Guess it could be just as funny if I had a date over....

Ashton's acting a little too smug for my taste.

"Oh, look at me, I'm so sexy. All women want to take naughty pictures of themselves on my camera because I'm so sexy. Did I mention I'm Ashton Kucher? I'm so sexy!"

Flo:




Amy Winehouse:




Okay, let me rephrase that. Flo is Amy Winehouse's sober twin.

2.The pharmaceutical ads.

Ye gods, that guy is annoying. x(

jesus.

You made me laugh on that one.

There is a commercial that Sarah McLaughlin does about animals that really is for a good cause, but it kills me every time I see it, so I would have to say that one. And there is a Pedigree one too that kills me!

it's got animated fungus monsters.

They gross me out, too.

Khash.

guys are back of the house drinking from red cups and one loser starts signing a Billy Idol song. Lame,lame, lame! Also the same company where a guy and gal are cooks and the guy asks for coffee. Who ever thought of these commercials should be fired pronto.

red cup fake singing guy reaches out and touches the other guy on the arm. Makes me cringe.

There's another one just like it, I believe it takes place in a restaurant kitchen.

:puke:

They are so lame.

showing people eating a five dollar bill. :wtf:

aaaaaaAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!!

With the annoying yodeling-esqe music.

If the offer of a free laptop isn't enough to make you skeptical, the actors wooden performances remove all doubt.

Both the one with the broke mute button and the one with the guy singing the operatic 'ha-ha-ha' because either he's happy he got a printer or his officemates gave him a printer so they could shut him out of the printer room. Neither one makes any sense and they run them during all the Sunday morning political shows.

Whoever made that needs to be killed.

I second those damn Progressive commercials.

(That was a marketing slogan for the Helen Keller Museum, BTW).

And, yes, I hate those ads. Especially knowing that in my dealing with BCBS (or any health insurer for that matter) my voice is never heard. Instead I'm first directed through a million and one automated switchboard options, put on hold for 20 minutes, redirected to another million and one switchboard options, and then put on hold for another 20 minutes.

:eyes:

I decided to buy a Mac a year or so ago (not at all based on those commercials) and thought about telling the guy at the Mac store that i was buying the computer in spite of those commercials. But I figured it wasn't worth bothering the dude with something he has no control over.

I'd also remove any commercials for erectile drugs where they have the "four hour erection" disclaimer at the end. Just not something I feel like thinking about!

Cialis... "Don't put your love-makig on hold, pop a couple of Cialis' and enjoy the unexpected 4-hour erection"

When will these end? especially the ones that remind diabetics that their peckers shouldn't be working as well.

The group should be known as

"The Fix - a - Flat Five" :evilgrin:


AGGGHHHH!

New Yorkers who watch NY-1 News in the morning know exactly what I'm talking about.

I hate commericals.

...self-satisfied smirk drives me insane.

Ohhhh...you mean those things I fast-forward through on my TiVo?

I'm proud to say that the only one of those commercials I've ever seen is the freecreditreport.com one. And if you've only seen it once or twice, it's not so bad.

that are even mildly deceptive.

Yes, I'd ban political ads, so that politicians would actually have to campaign IN PERSON and meet the voters and couldn't rely on slandering their opponents.

That stuff is supposed to come from a doctor's diagnosis of your maladies, not the other way around.

Patients telling a doctor that they need X drug because they saw it on TV should be a red flag.

If yes, they're it.

...fucking pigs covering their faces in food because they never learned how to eat properly. It's like watching feeding time in the barnyard. I never want to be within ten miles of any place that serves such wasteful, disgusting, unnecessary food.

And any anti-tobacco ads that feature smug teenagers telling us to "stand up and speak out against tobacco"

And any anti-tobacco ads that feature smug teenagers telling us to "stand up and speak out against tobacco"

the commercial is bad enough, but the horn honking loudly during the commercial makes it a crime. :banghead:

:banghead: You just can't mute that crap fast enough. :banghead:

"IT'S MY MONEY.....AND I WANT IT NOW!!!!!"

While leaning out windows. Yeah, okay. :eyes:

:D

Eight Seven Seven, Three Nine Three, Four Four Four EIGHHHT!

Have no clue what product is being hawked, but good god that song is annoying.

Raarrrarrghh!

Alright listen, you're the creepiest, scariest undead... thing there is.

Argh?

But I'm afraid you're going to give the kids nightmares, so we're going to have to block you.

Waaaargh...

So that's it. Tell the zombies their blocked too.

Argh.

The Wholesome burns my retinas and my soul.

Or is that the Hokey.

Meh.

Seriously, Comedy Central shows that commercial during every break after 7 pm. It's completely nauseating.

Truly the pinnacle of any civilized society.

about running them at all hours and during every type of programming.

Then again, maybe that's why they're still on.

I hate, hate, HATE these commercials:



But even with how terrible they are,
the old coffee ads from the 60's were
the WORST. They CRUCIFIED women for
their housekeeping "skills".

To THIS DAY, my mother thinks that she
can NOT "make a decent cup of coffee"....

WTF???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaPHMqBxxHU&feature=related

Lame. Really lame. :eyes:

:pals:

I agree, though - they are sooooo lame!

Now how did I miss that? :blush:

I posted this before but didn't get much response.

My 6 y/o comes in and says "F-R-E-E, that spells 'free'."

I think to myself, "Wow! she's really good at spelling words other than her Kindergarten sight words."

Then she finishes, "credit report dot com baby!"


:yoiks:

annoying sound effects and/or someone from the dealership playing a silly role.

God damn those are annoying.

My parents are so lucky.

Head-on. Apply directly to the forehead.
Head-on. Apply directly to the forehead.
Head-on. Apply directly to the forehead.
Head-on. Apply directly to the forehead.
Head-on. Apply directly to the forehead.
Head-on. Apply directly to the forehead.

:grr:

interested in hearing about some stranger's erection "lasting 4 hours or more." Get the hell off my tv.

...that's why I have a DVR, after all! :)

That has to go.

#2 All those dick drug commercials :puke:

#3 those assinine GEICO caveman commercials

#4 the moronic Avis (pouting car, he's seeing Avis again) commercial

#5 the Travelocity Roaming gnome, and that dumbass Mexico cliffdiving spot!! AGH!!!

The other losers: Ditech, ANYTHING With BILLY MAYS SCREAMING. HeadOn, RenewOn, etc. RBS commercial with the old guy and the young girl golfing, old guy gets beat and throws clubs in pond. Really mature. :eyes:

Commercials I LOVE:

Smith & Wollensky, If Steak were a Religion: I LOVE the music

Those hokey GoBoating commercials

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And, of course, no more of Big Pharma's drug pushing, no more disgusting AXE ads, and no more Girls Gone Wild shite.