commercials that annoy

[Bella_Vixen]

"There's nothing diet about it"? To quote Mitch Hedburg: " Then you are doing something wrong."

I LOVE Mitch Hedburg.

[Jester]

I forgot one type of commercial that not only annoys me, but downright pisses me off. Specifically, those fucking diet pill commercials. "Don't exercise, don't eat smarter, just take our pill!" Motherfucking idiots. Pardon my language, but I SO hate those people. What a fucking joke.

One commercial I LOVE is the Sprint commercial (I think it's Sprint) where the one guys is brewing beer and the other guy is selling the beer for him. "Well, you sure can brew it." "The question is, can you sell it?" And then later.... "Am I going to fast for you?" Classic.

[ditchdj]

What's MUCH worse than seeing all these idiotic commercials mentined on TV?????















Having them shoved down your throat in a THEATER after paying (now it's) over TEN DOLLARS a ticket!!!!!

Of course, me being the few and proud that have the BALLS to put my money where my mouth is, I won't go to the theater because of it. In fact, I stopped back when theater tickets were 8 dollars a piece!

[BethB]

alot of the infomercials wear on my nerves. Like the one-touch automatic can opener thing and it shows a woman who cannot open with a manual can opener and all contents hit the floor. I've been using a manual forever and have yet to see a can of tomatoes decorate the floor. though, i will admit it would be handy for those with arthritis and such. but the snuggie has got to go by way of the dinosaurs. It's a backwards robe and it only comes in 3 colors. I don't think so. If I wanted I could sew one up and it would be purple, have penguins on it, Hello Kitty, the Denver Broncos, whatever I wanted. why be limited! But thats IF I wanted.

[Bella_Vixen]

I remembered another one that gets on my last nerve.

The AT&T commercials, where the phone's owner is telling you about something or other that got ruined/messed up because their phone didn't have any bars.

The first couple were great (Dad looking for his daughter at the local makeout spot; and dude stuck in Brussels with the techno twins), but for the most part, they SUCK.


Now I'm also hating on the Cingular commercials with the mom obsessed with keeping her rollover minutes.

[hecubus]

Now I'm also hating on the Cingular commercials with the mom obsessed with keeping her rollover minutes.

I know what you mean. That woman is so bloody strident. When she shrieks, the hair on the back of my neck stands up.

[Cat]

There was this Hallmark commercial, about an elderly couple separted by war. They send each other the same V-day card. Sweet. A wonderful love story.

But the music is the background is "Water Is Wide." Almost every version of this song (That I have heard) is about having being betrayed. Totally the opposite ogf what they were trying to convey. Minor annoyance, but it irked me, hahaha

[Jester]

There's another one I hate that I forgot to mention.

It is not a particular company, but a particular product that many companies sell and advertise, all in a very bad way.

Specifically I'm referring to those fucking diet pills. "Don't exercise, don't change your diet, don't bother trying to lose weight in a healthy way....just take our miracle pill!" Yeah, well, to those idiots who are trying to sell the idea that their pill will make people look like models or athletes, I toss out a hearty "fuck you!"

[protege]

The commercials which annoyed me the most were the ones for accident/injury lawyers, mainly because of they always seemed to feature bad/cheesy acting.

Around here, we have Edgar Snyder or Berger & Green. All of their commercials suck...but the B&G ones suck ass. Not only do they have some idiot reading off cue cards, but there's usually some poor-quality auto accident footage yanked directly off one of those "Scariest" shows from TruTV. Trust me, asshole...I've seen enough accidents, that you don't have to show the same clip over and over. We all know that if your vehicle flips over/burns/hits a tree/etc that you're going to get fucked up. Don't insult our intelligence, OK?

[SG15Z]

Add to my list:

*that Dr. Pepper commercial...the one with the Cheers theme song
*...I forget...but it pisses me off everytime it's on

Ah yes. I remember when me and <cousin> saw that for the first time and webt We're big fans (and consumers) of DP, so we were kinda dissapointed. "Nothing diet about it"? Then what is Diet DP?

[Racket_Man]

my real haters are:

first a generalized catageory rant

any commercial that implies that ANY worker is sub-intelligent or is a stoner or looser or incompetent or a slacker or a robot with no life or feelings or brains or aspirations. just an invitation for abuse as we all can astest to.

now more specific to me
the Dominos commercials (not that I work for them) over the last year.

the you've got 30 minutes ones -- first the guy in the short short bathrobe is really creepy and I had to bleach my eyes after seeing that one the first time

the you've got 30 minutes in general ---- they have evoked the specter of the 30 minute delivery guarrantee Dominos had in the 80's and early 90's. even though I do not work for them my pizza place was swamped with the "Well why do I have to wait sooooooo long for my delivery????? Dominos will deliver in 30 minutes!!!!111 " No they will not they STILL DO NOT HAVE A 30 MINUTE delivery guarrantee and neither do we

again a Dominos commercial from last summer during the Batman Dark Knight Gotham pizza phase. Pizza drivers car gets destroyed while delivering and "Jokers" henchman try and steal the pizza outta the car. sorry that one just burns me up. I get disrespected enough without someone thinking it is cool to fuck with the delivery guy's car

[Bella_Vixen]

The beepbeep.com commercial.

Get that damn jingle OUT of my head!

There's a hair cutting place in Appleton, I think, that caters to men.

Seriously, I swear to God, that it is actually a brothel.

If you've seen the commercials, you KNOW what I'm talking about.

[RetailWorkhorse]

ANY Commercial that implies that just because I have a dead-end job and don't go to college that I'm a piece of SHIT and STUPID.

Ya know what?! I DON'T WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE! I do NOT do well in a class-room setting. Nor do I learn by people talking AT me. Deal with it!






And I swear to the Fuzzy Slobbering Dog in the Sky, if I get ONE MORE FUCKING CUSTOMER telling me I need to go to college I am taking a MACHETE to their tiny little pea-sized brains.

And I will eat it with a nice Chianti and faffa beans.

[Racket_Man]

The beepbeep.com commercial.

Get that damn jingle OUT of my head!

There's a hair cutting place in Appleton, I think, that caters to men.

Seriously, I swear to God, that it is actually a brothel.

If you've seen the commercials, you KNOW what I'm talking about.

I hear the radio version all the time. sports on big screen TVs video games, all female crew, etc. more like a sports bar and I am surprised they DO NOT serve beer and such


now I hate you. LOL I have tried to get that beepbeep thing outta my head and you go and put it back in ahhhhhahhhahahahahahahah

[BookstoreEscapee]

Commercials for Mohegan Sun (it's a casino in Connecticut). They take a perfectly decent song and then RUIN IT!!!