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The two most irritating ads on right now: 1) The car ad where it's a little girl in the driver's seat, fidgeting around while her dad lectures her, until he gives her the keys and she's actually a teenager (a 20-something teenager) and she drives off. The dad in this drives me crazy; he seems really overprotective and controlling, and reminds me too much of my dad and brings up memories of troubles I've had with him. Inspiring thoughts of familial problems is not a good way to sell cars. 2) The Thrive tablet ad, where the guy picks up a tablet box, and suddenly the camera starts swinging around him in a wild 360 degree spin, while singers and cheerleaders come out and he's doused with champagne and celebrated, and the tagline is "The tablet done right." Let's ignore that this ad's spinning actually makes me a little dizzy, and concentrate on the fact that it's complete garbage. Most of the bad ads in this thread at least address their product in some fashion, showing you the item in question or telling you what it does or how it looks or what it tastes like. This one doesn't give you the courtesy; you get 25 seconds of pointless spinning while random people in matching outfits laud some doofus for picking up a box, a brief shot of the tablet, and the tagline. Even the reviled and pretentious iPad and Kindle ads at least display or talk about what the loving thing does. Toshiba instead decided that "PEOPLE WILL LOVE YOU IF YOU BUY OUR THING! IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT DOES! LOOK AT THIS rear end in a top hat, THESE PEOPLE loving ADORE HIM!" was a better way to hock their crap. And if you can't even be bothered to show how great your loving product is, you have some brass balls to claim it's the best version on the market. What does "done right" even mean here? Are the competing tablets made of twigs and mud? Do they immediately burst into flames the first time they're turned on? Where do you get off being so goddam smug?
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# ? Jul 23, 2011 10:45 |
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OfDeathandTaverns posted:this ad might be worse than that Victoria's Secret ad from a few years ago that had a limerick that rhymed air with air. I don't think you get the joke. The line of ads have phrases that they take literally. There's another based on "the pen is mightier than the sword" and "dogs chase cats". Sanschel posted:The two most irritating ads on right now: I think you're reaching. The ad is probably pretty rooted in reality, where the dad still sees his daughter as his "little girl" and it's difficult to accept she's growing up. He gave her the keys and told her to be safe, there was no overprotective or controlling aspects besides a father sending his daughter on one of her first driving trips alone. And the second ad a ton of companies don't actually sell how good their product is but a general "we're the best" or even a wacky zany scenerio. If you're against this ad you probably are against 80% of the ads out today.
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# ? Jul 23, 2011 15:37 |
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Oraculum Animi posted:If you're against this ad you probably are against 80% of the ads out today. This thread exists for a reason, ya know.
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# ? Jul 23, 2011 17:11 |
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Who thought this was a good idea? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpMHf7iL-P4 This jingle plays relentlessly during the local news here in Oklahoma.
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# ? Jul 23, 2011 19:45 |
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raditts posted:I just saw this on TV, and I definitely did not see the end coming. That's actually kind of funny. What channel/timezone did you see that on? I can't imagine them ever playing it around here, people would be up in arms.
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# ? Jul 23, 2011 20:47 |
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100 Years in Iraq posted:That's actually kind of funny. What channel/timezone did you see that on? I can't imagine them ever playing it around here, people would be up in arms. I saw it last night during the Soup, that 10pm and E! so a pretty safe time.
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# ? Jul 23, 2011 22:59 |
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New favorite commercial (that will never air on TV here in the US): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvgYAwDORo4
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# ? Jul 23, 2011 23:40 |
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Gonz posted:New favorite commercial (that will never air on TV here in the US): Edit: Nvm, didn't see spoof.
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# ? Jul 23, 2011 23:45 |
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Sanschel posted:The two most irritating ads on right now: I'm pretty sure they didn't take your personal abusive upbringing, and the way you could somehow associate it here, in mind when they were making the commercial.
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# ? Jul 24, 2011 00:03 |
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The new Pepsi commercial is already annoying me and I've only seen it twice so far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5pJ5a7EYVw
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# ? Jul 24, 2011 00:37 |
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Sporadic posted:The new Pepsi commercial is already annoying me and I've only seen it twice so far. There is no way that is real. Or Pepsi's ad people are stuck in the 90s. It seems so old, the music, the animation, the "humor". Just seem so dated. Here is Old Navy's latest pile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajto189g0Og It's got terrible music, excruciating vocals, bad lines, and a corny as hell joke. However, it looks like it came out this year.
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# ? Jul 24, 2011 00:46 |
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Sporadic posted:The new Pepsi commercial is already annoying me and I've only seen it twice so far. I don't think this commercial is any more terrible than most commercials but it bugs me that it's that dark during summer in the arctic.
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# ? Jul 24, 2011 01:16 |
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Oraculum Animi posted:I think you're reaching. The ad is probably pretty rooted in reality, where the dad still sees his daughter as his "little girl" and it's difficult to accept she's growing up. He gave her the keys and told her to be safe, there was no overprotective or controlling aspects besides a father sending his daughter on one of her first driving trips alone. Besides, the little girl is cute:
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# ? Jul 24, 2011 14:58 |
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Just caught a WellTabs commercial. Feeling down? Are you depressed? Take WellTabs and feel better. Are you NOT feeling down or depressed? Take WellTabs and feel your best. Call now for a free sample! Um, yeah. "First one's free", eh? But wait, "Well Tabs are the only product available with Positive Mood Technology!"
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# ? Jul 24, 2011 15:48 |
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That loving AT&T "guy who screws up the flash mob" commercial.
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# ? Jul 25, 2011 04:18 |
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Does any one else hate the new old spice guy?
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 06:07 |
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Cup of Hemlock posted:That loving AT&T "guy who screws up the flash mob" commercial. Who the gently caress sends time sensitive critical info like that in a god drat pdf?
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 06:19 |
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J33uk posted:Who the gently caress sends time sensitive critical info like that in a god drat pdf? Who the gently caress participates in flash mobs anymore?
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 06:21 |
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Mister Kingdom posted:But wait, "Well Tabs are the only product available with Positive Mood Technology!" Bullshit. What about Arby's, huh, snake oil company?!
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 06:29 |
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Tunnelman posted:Who the gently caress participates in flash mobs anymore?
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 07:43 |
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Sanschel posted:The two most irritating ads on right now: You just know she's going off to pick up her scumbag boyfriend and blow him in Daddy's car.
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 12:03 |
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Darth Freddy posted:Does any one else hate the new old spice guy? He's not as good but I do have to laugh at it being Fabio.
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 12:37 |
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The biggest problem with the little girl car commercial is that you can hear the car running for the whole commercial, but she doesn't get the keys and start it up till the end.
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 13:47 |
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I really did not like Direct TV's That's The TRUTH TRUTH commercials, and nothing will ever top the russian guy, but I don't mind the current one with the football loving businessman and his 50 yard line wall. And his silver football. And a gold football too!
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 14:39 |
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Alberto Basalm posted:I really did not like Direct TV's That's The TRUTH TRUTH commercials, and nothing will ever top the russian guy, but I don't mind the current one with the football loving businessman and his 50 yard line wall. And his silver football. And a gold football too! I don't like this commercial. It's like they were trying to make an "old spice guy" style commercial but instead of being cool he is just annoying. It is easy to ignore though, which is one of the best qualities a commercial can have. The Moon Monster fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Jul 30, 2011 |
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DJExile posted:He's not as good but I do have to laugh at it being Fabio. It's my understanding that the whole "Fabio is the new Old Spice guy" is a shadow campaign. They're encouraging people to RAAAGGGEEE until the old Old Spice guy makes a (already fully developed and probably filmed) "come back." Watch the Fabio ad(s) again, and the faux-rivalry becomes really obvious. That is why they are ads I hate.
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 15:45 |
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MillionsV posted:It's my understanding that the whole "Fabio is the new Old Spice guy" is a shadow campaign. They're encouraging people to RAAAGGGEEE until the old Old Spice guy makes a (already fully developed and probably filmed) "come back." However, it has led to Isaiah Mustafa (EDIT: Both of them, oh god hahaha) posting a ton of new responses to tweets on their Youtube page
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 16:13 |
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Darth Freddy posted:Does any one else hate the new old spice guy? I'm not sure why anyone wants to put Fabio on television anymore, his face looks like loving silly putty. Tunnelman posted:Who the gently caress participates in flash mobs anymore? http://www.fox.com/mobbed/ raditts fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Jul 28, 2011 |
# ? Jul 28, 2011 19:34 |
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Any Papa Gino's commercial with a doorbell in it. It sounds exactly like my doorbell and it sends my dog into loving hysterics every time it comes on. She's fine with most TV doorbells but that's the only one that sounds exactly like the one that means OMG INTRUDERS MUST BARK gently caress gently caress JESUS.
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 19:59 |
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Alberto Basalm posted:I really did not like Direct TV's That's The TRUTH TRUTH commercials, and nothing will ever top the russian guy, but I don't mind the current one with the football loving businessman and his 50 yard line wall. And his silver football. And a gold football too! Their new one with the "Whale" is also god-awful. It seems like it was written for Ken Jeong but since he's too popular now its just some other short Asian man talking with a high pitched voice.
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 20:08 |
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muscles like this? posted:Their new one with the "Whale" is also god-awful. It seems like it was written for Ken Jeong but since he's too popular now its just some other short Asian man talking with a high pitched voice. I believe that asian man is Dat Phan. A horrible, horrible comedian where his whole gimmick was sounding like his extremely asian parents
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 23:03 |
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GutBomb posted:Any Papa Gino's commercial with a doorbell in it. It sounds exactly like my doorbell and it sends my dog into loving hysterics every time it comes on. She's fine with most TV doorbells but that's the only one that sounds exactly like the one that means OMG INTRUDERS MUST BARK gently caress gently caress JESUS. My dogs, who have never lived with a doorbell in their entire lives, bark at this commercial non-stop.
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# ? Jul 28, 2011 23:59 |
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I think there is also a 70's version of this, but its basically an endless stream(provided you keep clicking on the next highest number,(i'm up to 240) of commercials from the 80's. Sure, I'm probably crazy for being entranced by this, but the level of crazy needed to have both recorded all this and then transferred to computer and then thus to youtube represents a serious obsession. An obsession that none of us on something awful will ever smell like due to personal hygiene neglect that this kind of dedication implies. http://www.youtube.com/user/80sCommercialVault
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# ? Jul 30, 2011 05:52 |
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Clamknuckle posted:You just know she's going off to pick up her scumbag boyfriend and blow him in Daddy's car. I hope the seats weren't leather.
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# ? Jul 30, 2011 05:53 |
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FetusSlapper posted:I think there is also a 70's version of this, but its basically an endless stream(provided you keep clicking on the next highest number,(i'm up to 240) of commercials from the 80's. Those are remarkably good transfers, too. The tapes those were on must not have been touched since the 80s.
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# ? Jul 30, 2011 15:06 |
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Heh did anyone else notice the directtv stockbroker guy had a house arrest ankle bracelet on?
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# ? Jul 30, 2011 16:23 |
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This kind of goes back to the woman screaming about the cell phone spider. Fred Meyer is the Pacific Northwest branch of Kroger, and they are doing these horrible commercials, super low budget, featuring "price blasters." I've seen three or four different variations, but they all make some loving annoying sound right at the start of the commercial. One is a UFO making an alarm type sound. Why make a commercial that seems to set out to make people wanna change the channel?
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# ? Jul 30, 2011 18:04 |
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All of the commercials with this smug rear end in a top hat piss me off [img]http://i.imgur.com/b9jz3.jpg[/url][/img]
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# ? Jul 30, 2011 19:33 |
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The new Always Sunny in Philadelphia commercials are really funny. I can't find them on youtube, but if you can find them somewhere, don't skip them. They are really well done.
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# ? Jul 30, 2011 19:38 |
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Shut the front door? No, I want to shut my TV off every time that stupid family eats some Oreo fudge creme cookies and exclaims a silly phrase that sounds like it could be slightly naughty but really isn't. They can go Franklin Delano themselves.
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