Yet another "commercials that annoy the hell out of us" thread

I think ALL Geico ads are annoying.

Also...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd8ppk0UCx8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTiA2ImJyrA


This one is annoying but funny. (warning...screaming kid)

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

 

Here is my latest rant on annoying commercials -

WTF is the deal with the commercials on Bravo and Oprah channels with the guy or gal that sounds like they are shouting through a megaphone? I was watching a House marathon yesterday afternoon on the Oprah channel and every commercial break contained at least one commercial where some gal was shouting about some other lame show on Oprah. Her voice was processed to sound like it was coming through a megaphone.

When I say megaphone - I mean the voice sound you would hear on old episodes of police shows - like the original Hawaii Five-O where McGarrett would be saying "You're surrounded. Come out with your hands up!"

Anyway, these commercials guarantee I'll switch he channel and not come back until they are over.

 

E*TRADE talking baby commercials bug the hell out of me!

Also, any commercials with talking animals.

 

If it was up to me, a P'ed off Tony the tiger would come out of retirement and eat those flim-flaming babies!

 

There's an Xfinity?? ad about wireless service where the teenage girl is downloading something and the dad is amazed this can be done wirelessly. Keeps asking where's the cable. Wife and daughter tell him he doesn't need one. He keeps making this "oooohhh!" sounds like he's discovering gold, and comes across like an idiot repeatedly.

Not giving a good name to dads. In my house, I'm the technology wizard. My wife wouldn't be able to get an email without me. But I guess that didn't score well in the market analysis.

Yeah, they do nothing for me but my wife loves them. "How cute!!" Guess they want more women to sign up for eTrade. In all seriousness, babies and dogs consistently yield the best marketing results among consumers.

 

The one (think it's AT&T) where all the idiots in it are glued to their phones, and a couple of smart arses with a certain provider say "yeah, that was so XX seconds ago" and so on.

A sad commentary on modern life. Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVVQGgbKk0

I hate them all, and I am sure it's been mentioned. Just venting.

 

I'm all for public service spots that remind people of the things that are bad (or good) in life. But there's a current anti-smoking spot showing people literally dying in their beds, gasping for breath... and I can't bear to watch it. Two seconds in, I change the channel. I ain't-a gonna watch that, especially when I know it's not an actor -- it's a real person actually going through their death throes.

We get it, we get it: smoking is bad. I've never smoked and don't intend to start. Stop beating me over the head with it.

 

BUT 9 OUT OF 10 DOCTORS USED TO TELL US TO SMOKE PALL MALLS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO MUCH BETTER FOR OUR HEALTH THAN THE OTHER TOP 3 BRANDS !!!!!! That wasnt true ?

 

William Tallman? He played Hamilton Berger - the prosecuting attorney - right?

Here is some trivia that I never knew from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Burger

Burger was portrayed (in the long-running original Perry Mason television series) by actor William Talman, who was replaced briefly after he was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and indecent exposure. Talman returned to the show after all charges against him were dropped.

 

This is also the formula for many shows today. Particularly the Disney shows. The dad is ignorant, and needs to be corrected by the all-knowing children. Not sure when the transformation occurred, but I remember Ward Cleaver, Andy Taylor, Howard Cunningham, etc. being quite sharp. Fast forward, Tim Taylor was a buffoon, most any other family related sitcom will use the same tired formula.

 

In going completely against the topic of this thread, I must mention 1 series of commercials that make me chuckle. The commercial for directv showing the bad things that happen when you have cable tv. The guy gets beat up by thugs because he wars an eye patch. Another has someone hoarding stray animals, another had a grandbaby with a dog collar....all because of cable tv.

 

That damn pig in the GEICO commercials. I can't hit the mute button fast enough. And now they have THREE!

 

I think it all goes back to The Honeymooners. Doofus Dad always coming up with some wacky scheme and the tolerant wife setting him straight. We've seen it ever since in everything from The Flintstones > Munsters> Roseanne > Family Guy/Simpsons etc etc.

As for the OP, most annoying to me are all the ads during dinnertime for drugs to ask our doctor about, complete with the litany of medical warning legalese.

 

I {obviously) agree with you.

 

The hypocrisy of the current Esurance ads taking the "high road" and mocking cutesy characters from other companies. Like whatever happened to Erin Esurance. Or "The Saver" and the over aged woman in pigtails?

Add to that a connection with Allstate, one of the worst insurers out there, and

 

The one that ends up with "Don't buy cable".

It has something like "You'll grow a beard and take in stray animals".

I thought it was clever at first, now it grates on my nerves.

 

William Talman ("Hamilton Burger"). Yeah, I remember those spots, too, and those also stopped me from ever wanting to smoke. He wasn't on his death bed -- he was leaning against a desk, wearing a suit, and saying, "I'm in the biggest fight of my life right now, bigger than any courtroom battle I ever had on TV," or words to that effect. Sad spot, but he was a brave guy to say that on camera.

But seeing people gasping, with tubes up their noses, and machines pumping and wheezing... Naaaa, I'm out of the room. Same thing with those magazine ads for the poor children in foreign countries born with cleft palates. I have great sympathy for charities, especially nowadays when people aren't giving as much as they used to, but visually-repellant ads like that drive me away.

 

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... Weeeeeeeeeee......!

Yeah, those bug the hell out of me!

Also the Aflac duck commercials bug me too, especially when Gilbert Gottfried used to be the voice.

 

Post #94 - sorry I did not look that far back.

 

I don't remember the commercials, but thanks to both of you for jogging my memory - I used to love that guy in Perry Mason as a kid, watching that show with the family.

 

Any of the Geico commercials. Kill me now.

 

After 911 call 411 pain and ask for Gary, that one has me pushing the button for a different station every time