Most Annoying Commercial of the College Football Season: Nelly or Pitbull?

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Most Annoying Commercial of the College Football Season: Nelly or Pitbull?

Throughout the college football season, we've sat through far too many commercials during frustratingly long TV timeouts. Some have been funny, some meaningless, some mildly annoying, and some have been so mind-boggling, terrifyingly annoying that it should be considered a crime to play those commercials on televison. When I think of that last category, two commercials come to mind: the Nelly promo song for ESPN or the Pitbull Dr. Pepper commercial. 

If you have repressed your memories of those commercials, you are not only exceedingly lucky but I'm also about to ruin your day. Tough luck. At this time, I'd like to say that if you choose to watch the videos below, your ears will be raped. Also a disclaimer, if you choose to proceed, neither MGoBlog, Brian, the mods, nor I are responsible for the medical fees when your ears start bleeding. You have been warned.

 

 

Nelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv22fRtA63M

 

Nelly, you haven't put a song out worth listening to for a long, long time now. Do you seriously need the cash so badly that you have to create terrible music for ESPN? Just go pull a Lindsay Lohan and find the lady version of Hugh Hefner. As an aside, Lindsay, why couldn't you pose for Playboy when you were hot and not rotting from all your meth and cocaine use?

 

 

Pitbull

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J10aEpRRtww

 

Seriously, Pitbull, who parties under a damn overpass? And partying and dancing with Dr. Pepper in hand? WTF? Is this 8th grade again?  Who gets dressed up to go to a club, goes to an underpass instead, and drinks Dr. Pepper instead of alcohol? What kind of party is that? You know what would happen if someone tried that? The cops would come and arrest everyone for public intoxication, only to realize that no one was drunk except for that weird homeless guy, and then arrest everyone for subjecting their ears to Pitbull. How does he not understand that releasing the same song with the same beat over and over and over again is not making music? The only good thing about that video is the hot women.

 

Come on! (I had to find some way to link to an Arrested Development video.)

 

Anyways, fellow MGoBloggers, what do you think was the worst commercial of this otherwise great college football season? It can be one of the above or it can be one not mentioned. Let everyone know down below.

Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.

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January 9th, 2012 at 2:54 PM | Nelly (Score:1 Normal)
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Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.

January 9th, 2012 at 2:55 PM | Pitbull (Score:1 Trolling)
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Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.

January 9th, 2012 at 2:57 PM | Pitbull, and it's not even (Score:2 Normal)
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Pitbull, and it's not even close, IMO. It makes me sad that I like Dr. Pepper, because I don't want them to see their bottom line and assume their advertising and marketing is good, but OTOH I'm not going to stop drinking it.

Go Blue!

January 9th, 2012 at 3:44 PM | Yes, thank you. (Score:2)
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It's no contest for me. Pitbull has always just annoyed me and I've seen that commercial so many times now that I want him to overdose on Dr. Pepper. The Nelly commercial/song/promo by ESPN isn't that bad to me and the few times I have seen it only lasted what seemed like a few seconds in a transition to commercials. In conclusion, Pit Bull sucks.

I can only continue to reference the fact that I live in an onion factory.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:51 PM | You mean to say you're not (Score:2 Normal)
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You mean to say you're not having a good time, a real good time?

Whenever I go to the club I request a full can of Dr. Pepper.  Just to make sure I'm having a real good time.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day. 

January 9th, 2012 at 2:58 PM | How dare you? (Score:5 Normal)
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That Pitbull commercial belongs in a HOF of some sort. It guarantees a real good time.

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

January 9th, 2012 at 3:57 PM | I couldn't agree more. my (Score:3 Normal)
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I couldn't agree more. my house actually has the 30 seconds of that song on our party playlist. it's impossible not to have a real good time when that song plays

EVER HEARD A BABY CRY AT NIGHT?
HOW ABOUT AN OWL?
HOOT HOOT
January 9th, 2012 at 2:59 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:-1 Offtopic)
January 9th, 2012 at 2:59 PM | I'm pretty sure I don't know (Score:0 Overrated)
January 9th, 2012 at 3:12 PM | Hey (Score:1 Normal)
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Hey look! It's "guy who wants to indirectly show you that he listens to better music than you by pointing out the fact that he doesn't know who a mainstream musician is"! 

Recruit Files: Robert Foster

January 9th, 2012 at 3:14 PM | Yeah, not knowing that (Score:1)
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Yeah, not knowing that commercial means you haven't watched a single ESPN bowl game.

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

January 9th, 2012 at 3:14 PM | Nelly biography/background. (Score:2 Informative)
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Nelly gets to stompin' in his arr foce ones, then he keeps rollin' and gets two purrs because he needs two purrs.

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January 9th, 2012 at 3:58 PM | Who's Pitbull? (Score:3 Funny)
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Seriously, I had never heard of him before these commercials.  And who named him after the dog? This guy?

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

January 9th, 2012 at 3:00 PM | Pitbull is the WORST. (Score:4 Normal)
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Pitbull is the WORST.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:00 PM | Let's have a real good time (Score:5 Normal)
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Now it's time for a one of a kind. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time. Let's have a real good time.

/transcription of Pitbull Ad. But seriously. I just transcribed it.

"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"

January 9th, 2012 at 3:03 PM | A la veintitrés (Score:4 Normal)
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Nope. Where's the English/Spanish back and forth? You've lost all the subtleties of the song.

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

January 9th, 2012 at 3:06 PM | Also, not t be a stickler, (Score:1)
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Also, not t be a stickler, but you forgot that "now it's time for a one of a kind party."

I hate myself for knowing that.  On the other hand, I now know what that jiberish in the middle of the song was.  And I still hate myself.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:40 PM | Missed "Party" (Score:3 Normal)
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Oh well. At least there isn't a bud light commercial with Pitbull where it appears the commercial is "Bud Light makes girls look bette WHAAAAAAA?"

/couldn't find full version, but it's more of the same

"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"

January 9th, 2012 at 3:53 PM | Oh, come on..like Bud Light has ANY other uses. (Score:1)
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That's EXACTLY what it does.

And this is the best of all the commercials, because it actually has hot women in it.

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

January 9th, 2012 at 3:49 PM | Eyyyy.... (Score:2)
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January 9th, 2012 at 3:04 PM | How can this be a song? (Score:1)
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How can this be a song? Seriously? Wow...Pittbull for real takes it. You suck!

'Try growing up in Texas a Michigan WOLVERINE'.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:25 PM | Yeah but that's almost better (Score:2)
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Yeah but that's almost better then ryhming "this" with "this" in four consecutive lines, then "night" with "life" in the next two.  Good work Nelly, way to make that money.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:02 PM | Most Annoying? (Score:1)
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ALL OF THEM.

Nobody home...

January 9th, 2012 at 3:17 PM | Mute Button (Score:1)
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The mute button is my friend!

Larry

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January 9th, 2012 at 3:04 PM | Pitbull of the two. Worst of (Score:3 Normal)
reshp1
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Pitbull of the two. Worst of all is the ATT 4G commercials, particularly the one of the two office girls. I ended up using the "C" word in front of my wife because of that one.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:06 PM | Agreed on the ATT (Score:5 Normal)
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Why do all phone companies today think that the best advertising is showing how using their product turns you into a giant douchebag?

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

January 9th, 2012 at 3:46 PM | Seconded (Score:2)
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Inifiniti is doing this too... ads comparing the G series to the 3 series. Where both drivers are just douchebags, they throw snow at each other, cut each other off, and in one instance the inifiniti driver makes a giant snowball that destroys the BMW. I don't get it at all. Your neighbor drives a BMW? get your kid to pelt him with snowballs!

"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"

January 9th, 2012 at 4:04 PM | My dad has a saying: "Our (Score:3 Normal)
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My dad has a saying: "Our customers are idiots!  If you're an idiot, you can be one of our customers too!"  It's truly astounding how many commercials fit that profile.

And yes, the HTC commercial with the two smug, extremely slappable bitch-women is the worst of the whole football season.  At least the Dr Pepper commercial is mutable.  I still have to look at the horrible smug faces of those awful people even with the sound off.

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January 9th, 2012 at 3:07 PM | What about Dr. Pepper 10, not (Score:4 Normal)
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What about Dr. Pepper 10, not for women?

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January 9th, 2012 at 3:08 PM | Not that bad, just way over (Score:2 Normal)
reshp1
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Not that bad, just way over played. Not IZOD/Weezer over played, but pretty bad.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:18 PM | Whoa. Weezer hate will not be (Score:5 Normal)
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Whoa. Weezer hate will not be tolerated.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:39 PM | "This is the dawning of a (Score:1)
reshp1
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"This is the dawning of a brave new...." *goes into convulsions*

January 9th, 2012 at 6:25 PM | "Not that bad"? A marketing (Score:2)
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"Not that bad"?

A marketing campaign that immediately alienates an entire gender and then proceeds to alienate anyone in the remaining gender who has a triple digit I.Q.?

"Are you a man that likes garbage "B" action movies?... Then you'll love this product! If not?... Fuck off!"

I say it's a toss up between the Nelly and Pitull songs. Both make me want to throw something at the tv. It's only going to get worse... I don't see the likes of Immortal Technique getting any air time in the future.

"When you call me, you call me the champ... Of the world" *sigh*

January 9th, 2012 at 3:08 PM | I really don't get that one.  (Score:3 Normal)
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I really don't get that one.  I wonder who's paying the idiots who come up with this stuff.  I will deliberately avoid EVER drinking that stuff just because of this stupid ad campaign.

January 9th, 2012 at 4:18 PM | /Serious mode It's because (Score:3 Normal)
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/Serious mode

It's because the main consumers of diet soft drinks are women according to their market research team.  They found that men shy away from diet drinks as they are not "macho enough".  So, they decided to create an ad that is completely obvious (so obvious that it's a joke) in it's attempt to capture more of a male market.

By being so obviously sexist, it's generated a huge amount of attention, even among women.  Supposedly 40% of their new consumer base is now women.

/end serious mode

Catch phrase!!!

January 9th, 2012 at 3:05 PM | "be on the five in field minutes...." (Score:0 Overrated)
January 9th, 2012 at 3:06 PM | Most ads are annoying (Score:1)
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I am sure I am in the minority here but I have always liked Nelly.  Pitbull on the other hand is not my style.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:09 PM | I, embarrassingly enough, (Score:2)
reshp1
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I, embarrassingly enough, admit liking the Nelly song. At least during the first week of bowls before I got sick of it

January 9th, 2012 at 3:08 PM | BW3 (Score:5 Normal)
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blackout entire town so one dude can drink and eat chicken. also, sprinkler guy ruining one team's season so a bunch of adults can continue drinking beer and eating chicken.

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January 9th, 2012 at 3:11 PM | On that topic, I've never (Score:1 Normal)
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On that topic, I've never heard anyone say "the only thing that could make this game better is overtime". No, if M is down by eight with four seconds left, I'm hoping we score, get the two and ND fumbles the return and we win it on special teams. You'll never hear a fan say that the game would be better with overtime.

Go Blue!

January 9th, 2012 at 3:21 PM | I was under the assumption he (Score:3 Normal)
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I was under the assumption he wasn't a fan of either team, he just didn't want the football to end. As in, if the game kept going, he had a good reason to go home to his wife a little later. So I get what he means.

January 9th, 2012 at 3:28 PM | Upon further review, I think (Score:3 Funny)
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Upon further review, I think you're wrong on both counts here. He's wearing the same jersey as one of the teams, and is sitting with a woman at the bar (although maybe that's some sort of scandal of its own...). Please now excuse me as I try to figure out what went so horribly wrong in my life that I'm sitting here dissecting BWW's terrible commercials, and exposing the rest of the board to this embed.

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January 9th, 2012 at 4:44 PM | I would assume that (Score:3 Normal)
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someone with the morals to cheat on his wife would not have a problem being in a sports bar after the sports have ended and therefore would not have any need to plead for the sprinkler guy to cause overtime.

my other beef with this game is that the endzone clearly reads "DETROIT" while the little graphic on the screen reads Detroit then St. Louis. everyone knows that in graphic form, the home team is always the second team shown. i am not sure how they did not catch this and change it.

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January 9th, 2012 at 3:11 PM | I also dislike those (Score:1)
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I also dislike those commercials. If I was watching that game I would be pissed. It can't be the worst, though, because it is redeemed by the soothing sounds of a Gus Johnson play-by-play.

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

January 9th, 2012 at 3:44 PM | Right, but the sprinkler one (Score:4 Normal)
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Right, but the sprinkler one has Gus Johnson in it.

January 9th, 2012 at 5:58 PM | Since when are we talking (Score:1)
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Since when are we talking about John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox?

 

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January 9th, 2012 at 9:26 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:1)
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I enjoy it because it makes me think of Pete Carroll as a janitor

January 9th, 2012 at 3:09 PM | Could there be anything (Score:5 Normal)
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Could there be anything blander and more shamefully soulless than those Pitbull lyrics? If he spent more than 30 seconds coming up with that song, he spent too much time. He might as well have "Let's go and do some stuff, let's go and do some stuff."

January 9th, 2012 at 6:30 PM | You've never heard that (Score:2)
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You've never heard that Soulja Boy?

January 9th, 2012 at 9:49 PM | Superman that (Score:2 Normal)
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Superman that hoe!!

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