What commercials grind your gears?

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by throbbin tower, Apr 15, 2013.

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  1. Iceblossom

    Iceblossom Member

    I have a couple of commercials where I instantly change channels, but fortunately for me, I am not remembering them off hand. But I have a couple of complaints -- the long Humane Society ads. We get all of our pets as someone else's problems... that goes for the two dogs, the two cats, the bearded dragon, the rosy tarantula, and the gecko. The only living beings in the house that were truly chosen are my hubby :) and his Sonoran Gopher Snake. All others were rescues (including me I suppose). But the Humane Society ads drive my hubby almost to the point of tears and they last SOOOO long, so even when we switch to another show, in checking in we still get sad pictures. I know... it is supposed to motivate us, but we are already motivated by 30 years of pet ownership of always taking in rescues. We spay/neuter do all we can, we donate pet food for the elderly project out here, but we can't stop stupid in this world.

    The other thing that annoys my husband more than me or commercials touting/spoiling what will happen in the next episode while we are watching the current episode. Plus the shows (Discovery is probably the worst) where the first 5 minutes of the show is previewing what we will be seeing in the next 50 minutes.

    Finally, west coast tire chain Les Schwab currently has an ad about a "kit-ten" that is trapped in a car. The obvious self-conscious enunciation of the Ts is so annoying and the hubby and I have started doing it as a joke any time we have a tt word. I know, I was in performing arts and English as well, we have to be careful not to "we swish you a merry Christmas" and all that, but when they say kit-ten 27 times, I'd be glad to hear a kiden by accident.
     
  2. misterdecibel

    misterdecibel Bulbous Also Tapered

    Even worse than that are the ones where they preview the next segment before every commercial break. Then after the commercial break they show a summary of all that has come so far.
     
  3. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

    Location:
    Mainline Florida
    Yeah that State Farm ad with the two women in the store deciding what to buy with their discount. That ad really sucks and they have been playing it over and over and over.....
     
  4. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

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    Mainline Florida
    I want the woman that says she doesn't wear underwear to prove it. :D Yes I am a dirty old man.
     
  5. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

    Location:
    Mainline Florida
    And speaking of going commando.....the toilet tissue ad about being such good toilet paper you'll want to go commando. Yeah....right......
     
  6. Pretty much any Mountain Dew commercial or Taco Bell. Make me want to bash my head against a hard surface.
     
  7. musicfan37

    musicfan37 Senior Member



    This ones kinda funny.
     
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  8. bababooey

    bababooey Forum Resident

    Location:
    Houston, TX USA
    The "what are you wearing Jake from State Farm" pretty much sucks.
     
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  9. PlushFieldHarpy

    PlushFieldHarpy Forum Resident

    Location:
    Indiana
    I'm currently hating the one that advertises a pneumonia vaccine in "just one pill". And it shows the guy do ONE pushup, then walk off like he's a bad#SS, and the woman do ONE yoga position and then drop it and saunter off in slow-mo. So lazy. If someone wants to be lazy, then great. But nothing comes easy in life. I hate most of the designer pharmaceutical commercials.
     
  10. geo50000

    geo50000 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Canon City, CO.
    ARBY'S....WE HAVE THE MEATS!!!!!
    (followed by what sounds like the 1st note of "Double Barrel" by Dave & Ansil Collins.)
     
  11. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

    Location:
    Mainline Florida
    And most of the time they are advertising a fish or chicken sandwich. WTF????
     
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  12. geo50000

    geo50000 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Canon City, CO.
    Corona Light - "Cha Cha Cha"
    Idiotic noises with a totally off-key "singer".
    This isn't the commercial, but they use this 'song'.
     
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  13. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

    Location:
    Mainline Florida
    The mattress commercial where the guy walks into the bedroom and says to his wife....I'm getting the band back together.
     
  14. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

    Location:
    Mainline Florida
    Another one I just saw a couple of minutes ago.....the one with the woman running around with a huge bottle of (I guess) champagne and is spraying everyone with it. What the hell are they advertising??? :shrug:
     
  15. sparkydog

    sparkydog Forum Resident

    Location:
    Kentucky
    The T-Mobile "framily" ads were WTF enough... now we have the new pink-splashed ads with bearded and tattooed morons screaming and posturing like this douche:

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  16. OldSoul

    OldSoul Don't you hear the wind blowin'?

    Location:
    NYC
    The Coneheads version is funny.
     
  17. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

    Location:
    Mainline Florida
    They need to take those advertising dollars and spend them to improve their network. If you are not in a major city, the statements they make about their network speed and reliability are all lies.
     
  18. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

    Location:
    Mainline Florida
    The first few times......then it gets old.
     
  19. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

    Location:
    Mainline Florida
    I have decided that it is the narrators voice that really bugs me about these commercials. QUIT YELLING AT ME DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!
     
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  20. MikaelaArsenault

    MikaelaArsenault Forum Resident

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    New Hampshire
  21. RickH

    RickH Connoisseur of deep album cuts

    Location:
    Raleigh, NC
    Them G.D. ads about toenail fungus, friggin' gross. And any ad that has the line, "Ask your Dr. if..."
     
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  22. chodad

    chodad Hodad

    Location:
    USA
    The anti-smoking ads. People talking through their neck and other gross outs. Nobody wants to see that.
     
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  23. townsend

    townsend Senior Member

    Location:
    Ridgway, CO
    All the British Petroleum commercials trying to win back the public after ruining the Gulf of Mexico, its U.S. coast, and its economy, not to mention the unnecessary deaths of eleven oil rig workers.
     
  24. I agree they're disgusting, but if they convince one person to quit smoking, then I'm in favor of showing them.
     
  25. Coricama

    Coricama Classic Rocker

    Location:
    Marietta, GA
    I watch pretty much everything on delay so I can skip the ads. It's probably increased my lifespan by 5 years.
     
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