Which commercials especially annoy you?

[tmyers09]

We've all been there. Watching television, when that one commercial comes on, that just makes you want to scream and put your foot through the TV. Which ones do it for you?

Me? I'll have to go with the many Extenze commercials. Oh GOD are those unbearable. "A pill? That can make a man larger?" These commercials are especially abundant when watching Comedy Central late at night - that and the nonstop Girls Gone Wild ads. (Seriously, how long does it take to find the "Hottest Girl in America"? Apparently a year and a half or more) Then around four in the morning, the infomercials start. And what is it? A half-hour Extenze spot, of course! Every time I see that stupid race car and the woman in the race car driver's uniform, I scramble for the remote.

[bamacrat]

1. The AHRQ ones.

You know the annoying ass people who ask a million questions continually interrupting their waiter or cellphone salesman over and over, but then have no questions for their doctor. They always air back to back.

[tmyers09]

19. More that I hate: car/jewelry commercials in November/December

You know the ones. Person gives their loved one some diamond necklace or a BMW, there's a loving embrace, some feel-good moment. What it's really saying is, "Buy you loved ones a car or diamonds, or else they won't love you and you will be a piece of shit."

[Chan790]

22. I agree with your hatred of jewelry commercials...

but the message is supposed to be: Buy jewelry or fancy car and get well-laid. If they could slap some porno music and naked bodies grinding into a daytime BMW commercial, they would.

[EndersDame]

2. subways 5 dollar foot longs, freecreditreport.com band

[Louisiana1976]

11. I also can't stand freecreditreport.com ads.

[RebelOne]

42. I love the freecreditreport.com ads

because that singer is just too, too cute.

[murielm99]

3. That investment commercial with the smart mouthed baby.

[jobycom]

4. Definitely in the top ten of annoying. nt

[tmyers09]

7. The Shankopotamus one?

Those definitely annoy me, if only because you have to be 18 to sign up for the site, rendering the whole campaign useless. (Although I do enjoy when the one baby sings 'Broken Wings', but that may just be because I love 80's songs.)

Speaking of 80's songs, do you guys think Rockwell gets paid royalties for the Geico commercials? ('Somebody's Watching Me' singer)

[peekaloo]

25. the *ahem* NY Post had this story (royalties)

I still think of that song as Michael Jackson's.

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/no_royalties_for_royalty_kB2SPhC4m7tW2O7sMJAE2H

[Zomby Woof]

46. Yes!

He needs to be spiked in the end zone already. Talking babies have never been, nor ever will be, "cute" or endearing in ANY form.

Cloying little shitstain. Stuff him in Flo's mouth (she of the excrecable Progressive Insurance ads) and launch them in a Cialis bathtub into the sun.

[redwitch]

60. LOL

They could take smilin' Bob with them!

[jakefrep]

47. +1 Definitely.

[ashling]

75. I love those

I can't stand the money you would be saving with Gieco or

Free Credit Report . com because of that really sexist one that the bring back every now & then

Extenz

The swiffer ones with the singing mop

5 dollar footlong

Diamond commercials - He went to jarred, etc.

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. Or Your Mattress is FREEEEEEeeeeee!

I wish he would sit, and sleep... Every minute I'm awake.

[jobycom]

6. Tie between Coors commercials or most car commercials.

Coors runs the most offensively stupid commercials ever. They have a frozen train coming out of nowhere, they have the NFL coach commercials where poor scriptwriting is made worse by stupid clips of NFL press conferences... Every Coors commercial is insulting in some unique and often sexist way.

Car commercials that don't say anything about the car but instead show the cars doing some impossible thing annoy me. I don't want to see cars climbing walls or opening imaginary sky paths over traffic or flying through the desert like a missile after a dramatic military-sounding countdown. If you want to sell me a car, talk about what the car can do or does or why it's better than some other car.

Those are my big ones. Talking babies are next in line.

[Throd]

54. I'm old enough to remember when car commercials would actually tell you about the car's features.

Now it is all just hyping some lifestyle the target market aspires to.

[jobycom]

56. I blame Crocodile Dundee

Remember the mystique he created for the Outback? He did talk about the car's features, but that ad campaign almost single handedly brought Subaru back in the American market.

[AllenVanAllen]

8. Car comercials.

All of them.

[kentauros]

9. Definitely car/truck commercials.

"Professional driver on a closed course. Do not attempt."

Then why advertise it that way?!

I do sometimes enjoy viewing those massively overbuilt dickup truck ads where they want to show you how tough their truck is in "real world" situations and looking closely for where they make edits in the video. That's because their "tough truck" couldn't handle even a professional driver on a closed course as it just begins to go out of control or their four-wheel turning radius isn't as good as planned and they hit something solid. Yeah. Real world. Sure.

[Louisiana1976]

10. Prescription drug commercials.

1. Because first they tell you how good the med is going to be for whatever it's for, then list a whole bunch of scary side-effects, and

2. Because of how much the advertising adds to the cost of the meds.

[quakerboy]

12. If It didnt work, could we...

Yes. As a matter of fact, if it were a placebo sugar pill, you could afford to send out a hell of a lot of free samples. Thanks for asking.

Theres a local billboard for a heating product that states "warm your home... Not your wallet". Because a bad heater would warm my wallet how? I keep it in my home. It heats or not relative to the warmth status of my home. Thanks.

"And your not embarassed to say"... Cause so so many men would be shy about bragging about an increase in penis size. Yup, thats how things are. Boys dont like to talk about how big their dicks are, particularly if they are bigger now. Thanks for clearing that up for me, and showing this man in all his bravery.

I hate the logically flawed ones. Those are the annoying ones to me.

[Tabasco_Dave]

13. Mac v. PC ads

Not all PC users wear business suits and ties.:eyes:

[Chan790]

23. I dunno...

the latest ones amuse me...it seems that now that Win7 has come out that Apple has nothing substantive to criticize so their criticisms are "Everything good about Win7 is borrowed." and "If you're going to change OSs, why not buy a Mac?" Gee, I don't know...because 90% of the software currently on the PC market is inter-compatible between XP/Vista/Win7 (virtually none of it is compatible with Mac...so changing to Mac means buying all new software.) and who cares about who had an idea first...it's all about implementation.

[SoxFan]

32. Those ads have to be counterproductive

Apparently, Apple's target audience is smug, self-satisfied, 23 year old pricks. Maybe I hang around too many 40 year old guys, but we all identify with the PC guy.

[SeattleGirl]

14. The boner commercials

I swear, I see those things 5-6 times a night minimum!

:banghead:

[pokercat999]

73. Exactly WHAT do you see 5 or 6 times a night?.....nt

[wickerwoman]

15. Geico caveman

Get out of my brain! A desperately unfunny "gag" dragged on for five damn years like your obnoxious uncle who calls at 8am to tell you knock knock jokes.

[DainBramaged]

16. "Free" credit report

horrible and deceptive to boot.

[spoony]

17. The family with the rollover minutes chips

They just beat that horse to death with too many of them.

[tmyers09]

18. Not to mention, it makes no sense.

"Unlimited calling to 10 numbers, but you keep the minutes you don't use."

If there is minutes that you don't use, then it's not really unlimited, now is it? Unlimited means as many minutes as you use for one rate. SO why would there be minutes left over? There wouldn't be, you're just trying to make yourself stand out from the crowd.

[petronius]

69. True, but the mom is a cutie. And I bet she could be tempted to unleash all

that irritation and frustration in a seriously wild Vegas weekend... ;)

[BarbaRosa]

20. The dipstick add.

I've have never had such an urge to shove something where it wouldn't normally go.

[Odin2005]

57. Oh, quit thinkin' with yer dipstick, Jimmy!

:rofl:

[TZ]

21. "He went to Jared"!

:puke:

[Chan790]

24. I hate those...

message: "Your value as a human being will be measured by where you buy an overpriced rock set in overpriced gold." Engagement rings are a scam.

I told my ex when we were dating that she could have anything she wanted...except jewelry, to commemorate that occasion. She said "But I want to show off the ring." I said "You can totally show off an Aston Martin." I was willing to go that far to avoid buying crappy jewelry.

[ipfilter]

26. The Verizon dude is so overdone.

I'm sick of seeing his little smirk. All wireless carrier ads are irritating.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Radio commercial for 1-800-Mercedes. Worst earworm ever.

It has this female singing something like, "Want a Mercedes, buy a Mercedes, 1-800-Mercedes...", over and over again, with this really awful synth music in the background.

Going off your Extense commercial, another radio ad with some guy talking about male enhancement. And he says something like, "When I was in medical school, I listened to my four female roommates talk about their boyfriends' size." At which time I'm thinking, "Okay, so you have four female roommates and none of them are apparently interested in you, and all they wanted to talk about is the size of other guys. Nice, loser." Then, he goes on at the end, "Due to a recent story on Fox News, demand for my product has skyrocketed!" And I'm wondering, a) Fox News apparently has nothing better to do than to talk about male enhancement products, and b) what Fox News show was it on? My guess is O'Reilly, but I wouldn't put it past Hannity. I wouldn't put my money on Glenn Beck, though.....

[schmuls]

28. Haven't seen these in a while, but those margarine commercials

where the hands are talking in these sugary sweet voices to each other about how wonderful the margarine is or something.

[Chan790]

29. Talking pothole.

I hate that commercial.

[TZ]

30. I actually think thats kind of funny...

Oh well...:)

[Misskittycat]

41. I think the pothole commercial is very funny.

[ipfilter]

37. I keep thinking Kelly Pickler is the voice of that pothole.

[jmm]

31. The Extenze for women commercial

Any man who actually believes the commercial when it tells him his partner will love it when he buys Extenze for women for her deserves the rude awakening he certainly will get.

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[jmm]

36. I like this commercial!

:thumbsup:

[Bertha Venation]

34. no commercials, but all of the ads on DU

[SoxFan]

35. Oh, where to begin!

The talking baby at the computer. Little bastard makes me think Herod may have had a point.

The FreeCreditReport.com chowderheads.

Whichever hard-on pill has the bath tubs in foolish locations.

Captain Morgan. They make the best case for teetotaling I've ever seen.

"The Difference Is Drinkability". Glad we cleared that up.

A local/regional one: Bob's Discount Furniture. Bob is an egomaniac who insists on appearing in all of his ads. Unfortunately, he is as charismatic as a sinus infection. Worse, he now has animated versions of himself in Patriots and Celtics uniforms popping up during sports telecasts.

Pharmaceutical ads where the side effects are tragicomically awesome. "Side effects may include constipation, ithing, the heartbreak of psoriasis, bleeding from the ears, spontaneaous human combustion, gas with oily discharge, and the heebie-jeebies. Ask your doctor if Xyrxtxs is right for you".

[Chan790]

40. I love Bob's commercials.

They are so cheesy though.

Bob Kaufman's great. He's a completely self-made multi-millionaire who sells a great product cheap and gives back to his communities to the tune of $1M+/year, most of that directed to blood drives and charities targeted to sick kids.

Yeah, his commercials are a little lame...he's just continuing to do what worked for him when he was starting out (cheap commercials broadcast heavily) and had two stores in central CT. (The second one was down the street from my HS.) I've bought every piece of furniture I've ever owned from the guy. I'll probably drive up from MD to buy the next set I buy too.

I wish they'd get away from "Clay Bob" though...talking sofas and Live Bob conversing was the peak of this campaign.

[CBHagman]

48. Local commercials we have hated.

In the Buffalo area, there was the elf for Hills Department Store. My former housemate and I used to warn each other of elf sightings in the fall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Qjzwd7NAw&NR=1

[Chan790]

59. That's part of what makes the Bob's commercials particularly execrable...

It's not a local company...it's the 5th largest retailer of furniture in the US and while they're a regional company...that region stretches from the Canadian border to Philadelphia along the I-95 corridor. It'd be like if Macy's or Filene's was running Hill's commercials.

[azmouse]

38. The face lift commercial with the 70 yo woman.

It is being shown at least 5 times an hour in the evening. The woman's voice just sets my teeth on edge.

[OhioChick]

39. Free Credit Report

:banghead:

[Initech]

51. +1

Dear god I want to punch that guy in the face.

[OhioChick]

52. This dude?

:D

[Initech]

61. Yes!

The restaurant-working, basement-living, Pinto-driving dumbass. God I hate those commercials so very very much.

[hamsterjill]

43. Extenze, too.

Can they even say "penis"? No....they always say "that certain part of the male body".

Good grief. If they are talking about sex already, they should at least use proper terms.

The Time Warner ads are a close second for me. Especially the recent one about "dirty ball". And that one seemed to be on every channel 20 times a day!

[rurallib]

44. That Progressive Insurance ad with the super smiley girl.

can't get to the remote fast enough.

[Zomby Woof]

45. Middle-aged white Republicans worried about their dicks

Because nothing in civilization is MORE IMPORTANT than the erections of these parasites.

[graywarrior]

49. The cartoon people in those investment ads....dear god, they suck

And the talking babies ad....I don't even know what they're selling.

[murielm99]

53. That's the other one I was thinking about!

The animation is creepy and scary. I can't even look at the screen.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

62. Cartoons should be funny.

Somebody drop an anvil on one of their heads, why don't they?

[Roland99]

71. OMG! Those "Cartoon" people freak me out!!

Why can't they just use oh, I dunno...



REAL PEOPLE?!?!?!?

[PassingFair]

72. The *ucking BEARS with the toilet paper dingleberries....

Vulgar.

[Initech]

50. That e*trade commercial with the talking babies.

:argh:

[Odin2005]

55. Boner pill commercials.

EEEEEWWWWW!!! :puke:

[woo me with science]

58. Special K cereal,

where the anorexic woman needs to skip breakfast to lose weight.

There is also a newer Special K commercial where a woman in a grey sweatsuit looks like she is starving, down to the dark circles under the eyes, but still needs to lose weight.

Also the Clorox ads that guilt mothers into sterilizing everything, even though we now have good evidence that the rise in asthma and respiratory problems in kids is related to environments that are TOO clean and prevent them from building effective immune systems.

[Deep13]

63. The ones that yell. ...

...The ones that use rude, imperative language when I would not tolerate such in-your-face urging from anyone else in the house. Ones that answer questions I didn't ask. Ones that interrupt programs I'm watching.

[doc03]

64. Any Billy Mays commercial, boner pills

and number one is those two sleazy looking dudes that do the colon cleanser infomercial. We have a local guy that advertises tires, Wildfire scooters, remote car starters, etc. that is even more obnoxious then all of those combined.

[brendan120678]

65. This is limited to those in the northeast, but...

I really can't stand any of the Bob's Discount Furniture commercials.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

66. Viagra

and all the similar ones, and now we are getting female enjoyment creams. Please stop.

[Mad_Dem_X]

67. All of them.

I rarely watch TV anymore, and that is one reason why. They're all stupid.

[old mark]

68. Any commercial using the word "Jackpot!", any of the Flo car insurance ads,

the entire "Smiling Bob" enlarge your dick series, and Billy Mays speaking from the grave.

I tend to mute first, switch channels soon after.

mark

[mddem9850]

70. Subways

[pokercat999]

74. I hate most commercials, that's why I try to only watch DVR.

One commercial I have seen a couple of times that made me smile was the little dog worrying over his bone in the Travelers Insurance commercial.

I hate the lawyer commercials.

All drug commercials especially the "get a four hour woody" commercial.

[Awsi Dooger]

76. Anything with talking babies

If you resort to a talking baby I want no part of anything you're pitching because it screams you don't have a shred of creative ability.

Same thing with movies or TV shows that rely on an object hitting a guy in the crotch to try to generate a laugh. Let's see, the next one of those scenes will be number 48,083,712,993,471 in entertainment annals. It earns an automatic click or departure.