hjmugillecuty February 3, 2015 Share February 3, 2015 My favorite was the Avocado commercial that was the first ever draft. The polar bear in the sombrero sold it for me. 4 Link to comment
xls February 5, 2015 Share February 5, 2015 Thanks, Lola. I'd actually heard about the real call, but hadn't seen this yet. The 911 was really on the ball to pick up on this, what with all the people calling in to report they got the wrong order at mickey D's and such nonsense. 2 Link to comment
riley702 February 6, 2015 Share February 6, 2015 The deadly serious, kinda scared voice is a clue this isn't some drunk college student or loud and belligerent crazy person. 2 Link to comment
Bastet February 6, 2015 Share February 6, 2015 I hope the tape of that call gets played in training sessions for 911 operators, because I think he handled it wonderfully -- they probably get FAR more crank calls than they do distress calls disguised as food orders, but he doesn't automatically write her off. He repeats that she has called 911 a couple of times and asks if she has an emergency or not. When she says yes, he immediately knows the score and asks the relevant questions. And all credit to her, too, because that was brilliant. Getting the address out there right away, asking how long it will be ... giving everything they need without ever saying something suspicious, and getting off quickly. 4 Link to comment
CarpeDiem54 February 6, 2015 Share February 6, 2015 I hope the tape of that call gets played in training sessions for 911 operators, because I think he handled it wonderfully -- they probably get FAR more crank calls than they do distress calls disguised as food orders, but he doesn't automatically write her off. He repeats that she has called 911 a couple of times and asks if she has an emergency or not. When she says yes, he immediately knows the score and asks the relevant questions. And all credit to her, too, because that was brilliant. Getting the address out there right away, asking how long it will be ... giving everything they need without ever saying something suspicious, and getting off quickly. We had a very tragic case here last year. A woman called 911 and told them her husband was acting crazy, had a gun and there were children in the house. The 911 operator screwed around for 12 fucking minutes before dispatching the cops. Oh, and she got to hear the husband shoot his wife to death. Link to comment
Rick Kitchen February 6, 2015 Share February 6, 2015 And then there's the 911 operator who told the girl to "stop whining" after she called to report that her father had been hit by a car while trying to change a tire on the side of the highway. Her father died while she was trying to find a 911 operator who would help her. https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/911-operator-in-hot-seat-after-telling-teen-caller-110169994772.html 1 Link to comment
captain1 February 12, 2015 Share February 12, 2015 I'll be glad when the ad for the "big hunk of love" bear or whatever it's called is gone. I would NOT be happy if my hubby spent $100 for a damn four foot tall teddy bear (and it isn't even a particularly cute bear - they couldn't even be bothered to put a red bow on it or anything)! And the undertone of "just buy the little woman this ugly ass bear and you are guaranteed to get laid." Just. Go. Away. 3 Link to comment
Haleth February 12, 2015 Share February 12, 2015 I saw the Cadbury Easter bunny tryouts commercial yesterday. Yay! It's almost spring! 6 Link to comment
Trini February 12, 2015 Share February 12, 2015 I saw the Cadbury Easter bunny tryouts commercial yesterday. Yay! It's almost spring! We haven't even passed Valentine's Day yet! TOO SOON. That being said, I never get tired of the lion with bunny ears. 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind February 13, 2015 Share February 13, 2015 Well, Easter's fairly early on April 5th. Next week is Mardi Gras & Ash Wednesday, so it's not ALL that soon, considering how early they start the Xmas crap. Link to comment
Taylorh2 February 14, 2015 Share February 14, 2015 I was all WTF with that stupid teddy bear. If you have $100 to spend on me, please don't buy me a giant teddy bear or a stupid bucket of fruit: Edible Arrangements. 2 Link to comment
smittykins May 4, 2015 Share May 4, 2015 Mother's Day is upon us; they're showing the Zales ad with the little boy dumping the few coins onto the display case and his dad standing behind him flashing the credit card. Link to comment
InDueTime May 5, 2015 Author Share May 5, 2015 (edited) I just saw this Kmart Mother's Day ad today. I find the mom and son's spasm-like dancing hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY5c1fJTAy8 Edited May 5, 2015 by InDueTime 1 Link to comment
smittykins July 5, 2015 Share July 5, 2015 MLB Network is still showing the Dewar's Scotch Father's Day commercial...on July fifth. Link to comment
6 MeowMeowBeenz July 8, 2015 Share July 8, 2015 Well...July FIFTH...Scotch...maybe on purpose? Link to comment
Rick Kitchen July 23, 2015 Share July 23, 2015 There are SO many back to school ads out now, it's a little early, huh? But the one that bugs me is for Famous Footwear, where they're playing "Auld Lang Syne", with kids going back to school and seeing all of their school friends again. I don't now who the woman is who sings it, but she sings, "And days of Auld Lang Syne". It's "IN" days of Auld Lang Syne. smdh. 3 Link to comment
legaleagle53 July 23, 2015 Share July 23, 2015 There are SO many back to school ads out now, it's a little early, huh? But the one that bugs me is for Famous Footwear, where they're playing "Auld Lang Syne", with kids going back to school and seeing all of their school friends again. I don't now who the woman is who sings it, but she sings, "And days of Auld Lang Syne". It's "IN" days of Auld Lang Syne. smdh. Really? I've only ever heard it sung (and sung it myself) as "AND days of Auld Lang Syne." 2 Link to comment
riley702 July 23, 2015 Share July 23, 2015 (edited) You might both be sorta right.http://www.scotland.org/features/the-history-and-words-of-auld-lang-syne/ Some stanzas end in "Sin' Auld Lang Syne" and some use "For" and some "And" In the former use sin' is short for since in a Scots brogue.And "auld lang syne" means "times gone by" Edited July 23, 2015 by riley702 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen July 23, 2015 Share July 23, 2015 But those lyrics don't even say "days of auld lang syne" anywhere. 1 Link to comment
riley702 July 23, 2015 Share July 23, 2015 (edited) People "improving" on Burns' original words. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne Edited July 23, 2015 by riley702 Link to comment
janie jones July 24, 2015 Share July 24, 2015 There are SO many back to school ads out now, it's a little early, huh? I wouldn't say so. Some places start in August. 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind July 24, 2015 Share July 24, 2015 In my county, they start back EARLY August. WTH? It's not like we take a lot of snow days in Georgia. 3 Link to comment
OSM Mom July 24, 2015 Share July 24, 2015 Around here,they have so many days off for stupidity, and they have to have as many days as possible to cram for the state mandated test. 2 Link to comment
riley702 July 24, 2015 Share July 24, 2015 Around here,they have so many days off for stupidity, and they have to have as many days as possible to cram for the state mandated test. Just laughing at the notion of the AM newscasters announcing another stupidity day. Otherwise, sounds like my neck of the woods. :P 3 Link to comment
Haleth July 24, 2015 Share July 24, 2015 There are SO many back to school ads out now, it's a little early, huh? I saw the first back to school ad on July 5 and thought that was pushing it until I heard the kids in the next town go back on Aug 4. 1 Link to comment
legaleagle53 July 24, 2015 Share July 24, 2015 Around here,they have so many days off for stupidity, and they have to have as many days as possible to cram for the state mandated test. Texas? Link to comment
Moose135 July 24, 2015 Share July 24, 2015 Around here,they have so many days off for stupidity, and they have to have as many days as possible to cram for the state mandated test. Since moving to Charlotte from New York a few years ago, I've been amazed at the number of "weather" days the schools take down here. It's gotten to be a running joke with the lady in the next cube (who has a couple of kids in school) that "hey, it looks like it's going to be cloudy tomorrow, did they cancel classes yet?" 3 Link to comment
Janet Snakehole August 16, 2015 Share August 16, 2015 Speaking of back to school commercials, do they still play the Staples' "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" commercial? That one used to always be my mom's favorite when I was a kid. 6 Link to comment
smittykins August 17, 2015 Share August 17, 2015 I haven't seen it in about five years, unfortunately. :( Link to comment
legaleagle53 August 17, 2015 Share August 17, 2015 Speaking of back to school commercials, do they still play the Staples' "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" commercial? That one used to always be my mom's favorite when I was a kid. Hmm -- I can't imagine why that would have been! LOL 3 Link to comment
ABay August 17, 2015 Share August 17, 2015 I loved that one so much, I found it on YouTube and posted it in the Favorite Commercial thread last year. 1 Link to comment
smittykins August 17, 2015 Share August 17, 2015 That one rivals the old Christmas commercial: "You can't have her! I love her! Weeping, weeping..." 1 Link to comment
beadgirl August 18, 2015 Share August 18, 2015 I haven't seen it in about five years, unfortunately. :( It doesn't matter. My husband and I sing it to each other every September. Link to comment
legaleagle53 August 18, 2015 Share August 18, 2015 So do you also dance in the aisles during the back-to-school sales while the kids walk behind you as if they were on their way to the electric chair? 5 Link to comment
Jamoche August 18, 2015 Share August 18, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoRbxePeDTY "No, the song goes 'School's out for summer'" 4 Link to comment
Trini August 19, 2015 Share August 19, 2015 Speaking of back-to-school ads, my second favorite (after Staples' "Most wonderful time..."): 9 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind August 19, 2015 Share August 19, 2015 I loved all those rubber-band-man ads. 4 Link to comment
ABay August 19, 2015 Share August 19, 2015 My favorite Rubberband Man moment was when he handed the Leminade stand kid a dictionary. 7 Link to comment
Maverick August 31, 2015 Share August 31, 2015 (edited) I have already seen pumpkin beer advertised in stores and had some clerk trying to foist some pumpkin doughnuts off on me ("I'll have a chocolate doughnut" "We just got the pumpkin ones in. Would you like to try a pumpkin one? You like pumpkin, don't you? Why don't you like pumpkin. Everyone likes pumpkin in the fall" "It's 90 degrees and humid, bitch. Give me my damn chocolate doughnut"). It's not even September! I can't take 3 months of ads for pumpkin beer, bread, creamer, doughnuts, candy, cereal, pasta, frozen dinners, sushi and whatever else they dream up to drop it in. Dear food manufacturers: back away from the pumpkin. Leave it for the Thanksgiving table, where it belongs. Edited August 31, 2015 by Maverick 9 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind August 31, 2015 Share August 31, 2015 Leave it for the Thanksgiving table, where it belongs. And a daily tablespoon to help the pets keep their rear ends working properly. 3 Link to comment
LoneHaranguer August 31, 2015 Share August 31, 2015 I have already seen pumpkin beer advertised in stores and had some clerk trying to foist some pumpkin doughnuts off on me I went to a pumpkin beer tasting last fall, and concluded that for most brands it's just a gimmick. There were a couple of tasty brews but I wasn't enough of a fan to shell out what they were asking. 1 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen August 31, 2015 Share August 31, 2015 And a daily tablespoon to help the pets keep their rear ends working properly. I noticed that our supermarket is stocking canned pumpkin with the dog food. 3 Link to comment
sofaslug September 7, 2015 Share September 7, 2015 Twice today I've seen the Kmart ad encouraging Christmas layaway shopping (I was hoping the 1st one was just a hallucination...nope). Ok. Many people like to get this out of the way early but c'mon! We haven't even officially had Labor Day yet. 2 Link to comment
kb3 September 7, 2015 Share September 7, 2015 Get out of the way, Halloween, Walmart is ready for Christmas. Thanksgiving? What's that? Rick Kitchen Nov 2 2014 https://youtu.be/fFwTM9wqJig Up here in Canada we have Thanksgiving mid-October, use up the decorative pumpkins by carving them into jack o'lanterns at the end of the month and then basically slide on into Christmas. OK, we have Remembrance Day on November 11 but we only have to wear red poppies for that. No house decorating required. Wreaths at the cenotaph and flowers to the cemeteries. I have no idea how Americans manage to have two big family events a month apart. We've allowed enough time to use up all the turkey remnants and binge on Hallowe'en candy. We're raring to go with another round of roasted bird and Nanaimo bar. What I do miss are "Give like Santa. Save like Scrooge" ads from Canadian (aka Crappy) Tire. Well, we always have the sentimental ones from Timmy's. Link to comment
Moose135 September 7, 2015 Share September 7, 2015 (edited) Twice today I've seen the Kmart ad encouraging Christmas layaway shopping (I was hoping the 1st one was just a hallucination...nope). Ok. Many people like to get this out of the way early but c'mon! We haven't even officially had Labor Day yet. But the point of layaway plans is to start early paying off purchases, so they have to make people aware of them now. K-mart has two layaway plans, 8 and 12 weeks long. If you are going to use the 12 week plan, and want your merchandise for Christmas, you would need to set it up by the end of this month, so this is prime time for advertising it. Edited September 7, 2015 by Moose135 5 Link to comment
Jamoche September 7, 2015 Share September 7, 2015 But the point of layaway plans is to start early paying off purchases, so they have to make people aware of them now. K-mart has two layaway plans, 8 and 12 weeks long. If you are going to use the 12 week plan, and want your merchandise for Christmas, you would need to set it up by the end of this month, so this is prime time for advertising it. That, I have no problem with. It's the Christmas music that drives me nuts. 2 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind September 7, 2015 Share September 7, 2015 Back in the 70s, I read an article in the local paper complaining about a shop in the mall *already* having Xmas stuff out in September. The article pissed me off because I had just been in that very store - it was a craft store, selling Xmas needlework projects. If you wanna get it done in time for Xmas, you'd better start it now, especially if it's a surprise that has to be done in secret. Some things just need to be advertised earlier than most. 7 Link to comment
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