Most irritating TV commercial you've ever seen

I have no use for commericals in general, but the ones I really, really dislike are the Old Navy ads.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about those. I HATE THOSE. That "Green Acres" one really made me sick, and the one with the Fran Dressler look alike is SO ANNOYING!!

 

Oblio, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but it really is Fran Drescher!
They always seem to have at least one "real" celebrity.

 

That's a look alike?? I will have to take another look - I am pretty sure that IS Fran Dressler.

 

Ok, it's her. I never thought she was so down and out that she'd be doing OLD NAVY spots. I thought she was a clone.

Either way, they are STILL ANNOYING!!

 

Holy crap, that was funny. I could have sworn though that was SNL with Will Ferrell. Clenched teeth, grunts & all!

 

That is Fran Drescher. I don't even have an Old Navy in this area but I think it's no different than other clothing store, but in this case, you are just paying for the Old Navy brand name.

 

Yeah, that was an SNL bit. One of the best ones from the past several years. One guy started crying.

Dan C

 

Umm, that was me crying. That was one of the best commmercial parodies I've ever seen. Right up there with Mad tv's Nicole Sullivan doing Brittney's Oops, I Did It Again.

 

I hate that damn commercial where Garth Brooks is pretending to be a good father. He says something about signing report cards instead of autographs.

He is such a fraud.

Anyone ever hear the story of the dying girl in Missouri that tried to meet him through the "Make a Wish" foundation??? He turned her down.

What an ass.

Rott in hell, Garth.

 

The commercial advertising a razor when a circle saw cut a car in half is stupid as well.

 

I also hate the Garth Dr Pepper commercial where everyone is standing around holding their mouths open and bobbing their heads.

Garth reminds me of a parakeet with his "husky" torso and his bobbing head.

I don't drink Dr. Pepper any more.

 

Who's the drummer with Bun E. Carlos in the Target commercial? Anybody know her name or what band she's in?

 

I've got one!

That commercial for the spaghetti cooker pot that has the straining lid on top of it. They make the typical housewife look like the typical village idiot. But oh, man, this pot is just terrific! You can cook your spaghetti and drain it in the same pot! Ooooooooh, aaaaah!

This thing must be for the chuck-heads that never heard of a collander!!! If you can't handle a collander, then get out of the kitchen!

 

Like the perfect stainless steel collander, and I do mean heavy-duty, my wife found that someone had tossed out when they were moving next door today.

 

I only caught a glance of the commercial, but I think it's the drummer from the Donnas.

 

No kidding. Reminds me of wedding gifts--clueless what to do with it? Throw it out! I could actually get a pasta insert for my larger Calphalon pot if I wanted...but the collander has worked just as well.

 

Torrance Castellano, or "Donna C." of The Donnas.

 

I can't stand the Blue Cross commercials with the empty hospitals. Imagine a life where no one gets sick. Like the only reason people go to the emergency room is for a cold.
Drives me nuts. To me it comes across as , imagine a life where the only health care is rationed out by us.

 

That's so cheesy! Cheap, shot-on-video and completely amateurish. The underfunded PBS affiliate I worked for years ago could've done better! I love how pissed off her hungry family looks sitting at the table waiting for stupid mom to stop futzing around with the food.

Reminds me of the old Ronco ads. "Oh those runny eggs!" "Hey good lookin' we'll be back to pick you up later!" (thanks Mr. Microphone)

Dan C

 

Which reminds me of the one with Chef Tony and his amazing knife set. We see a woman exasperated over having to use her "ordinary" knives, looking heavenward as though she's praying to the patron saints of cutlery before she STABS at a tomato (rather than trying to just slice the thing like any rational person would do), recoiling in horror as she narrowly misses cutting off her thumb (surprisingly, she does have opposable thumbs!), while the tomato bounces off of the cutting board.

Honestly, if you're that bad with a regular knife, you can't be trusted with a set of sharper ones!

 

Last night I saw a commercial which should really freak out some people out. The commercial begins with a guy thumbing through a box of LPs. He comes across one that obviously strikes his fancy, and he takes it. This is all done in close-up. He is then shown stepping into his garage, where he immediately and unceremoniously dumps his vinyl in the trash on the way to his tool bench. He picks up a saw blade and slips it into the old LP cover as the on screen text reads "Record covers are great for storing your saw blades." Then an announcer proclaims "We've got lots of other ideas. Call us or come visit our website." This was from the Home Depot wannabe Osh.

 

Pretty much any FORD or DODGE commercial. Yuch.

Especially when FORD killed these three songs by overplaying the commercials:

Journey - Any way you want it

Queen - We will rock you

The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

I promised myself I would never by a Ford or a Dodge for the fact that they spend so much money on race-to-the-bottom advertising. Why don't they take some of that advertising money and use it for Research and Development.