OT: TV Commercials
We all know and love Denise, but it seems that she's slowly and unfortunately fading away from the airwaves. I've noticed another commercial that's been airing quite frequently across all channels, one involving a mother driving her kids to lacrosse practice in her Lexus GX. I had to comment on the fact that she's all done up, complete with the oversized designer bag and heels. Quite a ridiculous get-up for the kids' practice I'd say.
What are some other annoying/terrible commercials out there?
January 26th, 2010 at 10:37 AM ^
It's not going anywhere despite how much I complain, but I really hate the whole "testimonial" advertisement genre with actors pretending they're real people plugging products.
January 26th, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
Not ashamed to admit, but I saw a Skinemax actor re-purposed as a spokesman for one of those debt relief ads.
January 26th, 2010 at 10:47 AM ^
Ridiculous product and advertisement...
January 26th, 2010 at 10:52 AM ^
for feminine products... women should have a pay per view channel for that stuff... :)
January 26th, 2010 at 11:00 AM ^
My wife wants to know who she's hooking up with at the soccer game?
She took one look at her boots and said
"you CAN'T walk the sidelines in FUCK-ME heels!"
Probably good advice for football as well.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:04 AM ^
The Olive Garden comes up with these attempts at heart-warming little vignettes about the joys of getting together with family, etc. They are all awful.
Some awesome commercials that I really wish would come back: the Slowski turtles (comcast).
January 26th, 2010 at 11:22 AM ^
Those Olive Garden commercials are the worst.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:24 AM ^
Hey! Every time my uncle Visuvio comes over from Sicily I take him to The Olive Garden to show him a home cooked I-talian meal!
January 26th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
The Slowski's pop up on my TV every once in a while. I always found it interesting that Comcast puts out such poor quality commercials (non-HD, poor sound, etc.) on their OWN service.
January 26th, 2010 at 1:15 PM ^
Doug over at Hey Jenny Slater has run a few really funny features re-wording those spots. Check 'em out in the archives at www.heyjennyslater.blogspot.com (and generally a good blog overall).
Here's a link to the posts he's tagged doing this: http://heyjennyslater.blogspot.com/search/label/olive%20garden%20confid…
January 26th, 2010 at 1:27 PM ^
..they are trying to imitate Wendy's old "Where's the Beef" commercial and make their shitty catch phrase a part of American lexicon. Fuck them and the horses they rode in on. They have pretty much ensured that I will go to Office Depot for my office supplies.
January 26th, 2010 at 2:45 PM ^
My wife thinks I'm callous for degrading those over done piles of crap.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:52 PM ^
Someone says an ordinary comment like "hey, could you pass the bread sticks?" and the whole fucking table erupts in laughter. WTF?
January 26th, 2010 at 11:08 AM ^
Has anyone seen the commercials for the Shake Weight? It's a bunch of women holding a cylander-shaped weight vertically and shaking it up and down. A man definitely created this thing:
https://www.shakeweight.com/
January 26th, 2010 at 11:12 AM ^
My wife couldn't believe that was a real commercial when we first saw it. Nothing subtle about that commercial. Check out the shake weight parodies on you tube for a good laugh.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:14 AM ^
EDIT: intended to reply to .ghost.'s comment.
You do the math, I'm doing the Alfredo.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:15 AM ^
Those E-Trade commercials with the toddlers are hilarious. The new one where the kid shows his suprise face was awesome. It reminded me of the scene in Office Space where the guy showed his "O face". I cried laughing when I went back and watched that movie.
January 26th, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^
but "shankopotumus" still is number one, IMHO.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:39 AM ^
I don't know if it was Jared or Kay, but the one with the navigation system that locks the doors on the driver is horrendously annoying.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
Jared and Kay should get together and go fuck themselves.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^
What's in the box? Oh Jake, you shouldn't have...
January 26th, 2010 at 12:21 PM ^
ALL jewelry commercials should be illegal. There are few things I hate more than those commercials.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
I know it's not just me, but the Jane Seymour open heart design looks like a cobra about to strike, or just a pair of boobs and a butt.
January 26th, 2010 at 4:39 PM ^
she's on all fours, coming toward me. Wow! I did not see that before.
January 26th, 2010 at 4:39 PM ^
too much enthusiasm, there.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:54 PM ^
I call them the "69 Balls."
January 26th, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
the commercials with the stack of money with eyes on it. I don't even know what the hell the commercial is for because it's so annoying that I block them out.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
However, they have earned so much goodwill with their awesome caveman series that I have to cut them a little slack on the money stack commercials.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^
I freaking hate those damn caveman commercials. The very, very first one was kinda funny, after that, shoot me. I really can't even stand them to the point where I'll change the channel or mute it. If I'm a party I'll leave the room or plug my ears or something. Really, I really really hate those commercials - stupidest most annoying commercials ever. I think what makes it worse is that there are people who actually think they are funny!
IME of course :)
January 26th, 2010 at 2:00 PM ^
What? I like the caveman commercials. Well, the bowling one isn't too cool. But I like the one where the caveman guy is in the airport and sees the poster and tries to act like he doesn't care and isn't offended only he totally is.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:53 AM ^
Any Sam Bernstein Law Firm commercials.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
Is it just me or does the rest of Sam's family look like they're retarded?
January 26th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
They could have been cast in "The Hills Have Eyes", and nobody would know otherwise.
Edit: obviously, I'm joking.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:27 PM ^
One of the sons is blind. The daughter appears to have a mild lazy eye.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
Richard and he's also an associate professor at Michigan and I took Political Science with him last semester...has to be one of the best and most respected professors at Michigan.
January 26th, 2010 at 1:02 PM ^
He may be a great professor, but he's also the one who spear-headed the lawsuit against the university for the athletic facilities to have more handicapped accessibility.
I have nothing against those who are handicapped, but the whole charade was a waste of time and money as far as I'm concerned.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:32 PM ^
Uh... one of his kids is blind. I'd look retarded too if I'd never seen my face.
January 26th, 2010 at 1:58 PM ^
I met them all at once. They burst into the ER waiting room and asked me if I was an accident victim. Of course I responded "Who the hell ARE you guys?"
To which they responded (all at once) "Legion is my name...there are many of us"
troo story.
January 26th, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
All of them have faces better suited for radio.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:00 PM ^
The Pizza Hut commercials where they trick "unsuspecting" customers into believing they are being served dinner at a gourmet restaurant only to be "surprised" by the wait staff, who exclaim "ITS PIZZA HUT!"
The commercial itself is only slightly annoying. The insulting part is their claim: real people on hidden cameras.
Uhm, actors are real people. And just because the cameras are hidden does not mean the actors do not know cameras are there.
Technically Pizza Hut is not lying to me, but they are doing their best to deceive me.
January 26th, 2010 at 2:53 PM ^
They had one where they supposedly blind folded the family, drove them around like they're going to a restaurant and then snuck them back into their own house - that's right, their own fucking house - and then served them Pizza Hut delivery. They wisked the blindfolds off and the family feigned shitting themselves because they couldn't believe it was Pizza Hut delivery. Truly one of the most pathetic assaults on the public's intelligence I've ever witnessed.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:00 PM ^
I will cheerfully admit that some suck less than others.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:07 PM ^
The site had out takes from the baby commercials and they're quite funny. I think they're up on youtube as well. The one where the black baby turns around and looks at the mom's ass and says "Oh..my...goodness!" made me laugh quite hard.
January 26th, 2010 at 2:02 PM ^
Never seen those....but the shankopotamus golf one is funny enough without needing outtakes.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:34 PM ^
The Empire Carpet commercials. They were out a couple years back and recently I saw it again, the same exact one. Also At&t and Verizon constantly going back and forth about their maps is quite annoying.
The Miller lite and bud light commercials are pretty funny and it seems theres is always some new variety to them.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:07 PM ^
One eight hundred . . Five eight eight . . two three hundred . . .
EMPIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRE!
January 26th, 2010 at 12:42 PM ^
Go Shave Barbasol. That one is terrific, made specifically for OSU fans.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
What does the chick who has to smell the guy's pits on the dirtbike jump Axe commercial put on her resume?
Armpit-Smelling Reporter - Axe Body Spray commercial 2010
January 26th, 2010 at 2:25 PM ^
When Freecreditreport.com comes on, I can't grab the remote quick enough to mute it or change the channel. Doesn't matter if they're pirates or in some car. I can't stand hearing that guy sing.
A distant 2nd would be for that insurance co with the tranny looking chick who says, "Discount!!" after everything.
January 26th, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
Isn't she the one Homer shot in the face with his makeup gun?
