Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[bilgistic]

I've seen only two, thank heavens. I'm certainly not going to search for any more Cottonelle commando commercials.

[erikdepressant]

Speaking of stains, I had naively hoped that the whoring of the Peanuts comics franchise wouldn't go any further than the MetLife commercials.  Now All laundry detergent is defiling Peanuts too:

 

[DeLurker]

I just noticed on the Nationwide commercial with the kids dressed as adults, the first kid is pissy because she's waited in line at the DMV to be handed a number to wait in line for service.  1 - Why the hell don't they have a machine to hand out the numbers (like the butcher or deli counter has been doing since the dawn of time) and 2 - Why should I care if she has to wait in line since she did not make an online appointment that is generally available at all DMVs now?

[janie jones]

Those "going commando" are dumb anyway, because you could easily just pull down your underwear with your pants.

[smittykins]

The Sprint "cut your rate plan in half" series bugs me mainly because I know from personal experience that Sprint's coverage sucks in my area.

[Watcher0363]

I don't know. I don't like it, but Viagra is not the first product to use the male gaze in an attempt to draw in straight female customers. Look at Victoria's Secret. Or most women's magazines. The cover of Cosmo could easily be the cover of GQ or Maxim. I think marketers think that women would rather aspire to be objects of lust rather than actively lust, because we are supposedly not visual creatures or some bs.

Okay janet,you get it. I am in my fifties now and every discussion I have had with women about magazine covers all end the same. I say you know the women don't look like that for real. They photoshop those women, even before photoshop they airbrushed them, stretched their bodies and other stuff. The reply is always the same, "yeah I know but I still want to look like that." The psychological undercurrents in those commercials are both subtle and anvils in nature. Using hot atypical women to sell to the ordinary. Which is so everyday. And the ever present, women it is up to you to fix your men. With the side subtle hint of if you look like all of this it will be easier to get your man to pay $40 per pill. Because deep down inside, you know it is your fault, that you don't excite him like those Victoria's Secret models.

[Watcher0363]

I'll eat white "chocolate" -- I just won't call it chocolate.

The African American in me who came of age in the eighties and loved dating Caucasian women. Smiled a lot at that line.

[90PercentGravity]

I just noticed on the Nationwide commercial with the kids dressed as adults, the first kid is pissy because she's waited in line at the DMV to be handed a number to wait in line for service.  1 - Why the hell don't they have a machine to hand out the numbers (like the butcher or deli counter has been doing since the dawn of time) and 2 - Why should I care if she has to wait in line since she did not make an online appointment that is generally available at all DMVs now?

They have such madness at the DMV I had to go to once in Los Angeles. I had to wait in line for a lady to determine which line I was supposed to be in and give me a number for that line.  (I didn't have a tantrum, though.)

[bubbls]

Wow I have really pedestrian tastes, I guess.  I WAY prefer Hershey's original chocolate bar over Ghirardelli's even.

 

 

Me too. Or Godiva. In fact, I'll admit to absolutely loving those waxy foiled chocolate footballs. Yeah, I'm a peasant. 

[scrb]

I've noticed a 'thing' in ads now is to have dudes shriek and screech and scream like terrified 8 year old girls who saw a mouse. One is the dudes in the Burger King commercial who is standing behind at all black dude wearing a basketball jersey that says Webber on it. Black dude turns around and ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S CHRIS WEBBER!!!! There's another one where a dude shrieks because he has a bug crawling on his arm.

That redhead chick in the Wendy's ads, one in particular makes me want to slap her in the face until she bleeds. It's the one where she and her oh-so-hip friends are sitting around a sidewalk cafe shoveling Wendy;s chibatta or whatever burgers in their maws and there's a dude at another table who has a regular sandwich and he says something like, "Not a Chibatta," and redhead chick says in the most condescending sneery McSneeryson smarmy mcHipster shitbag disdainful tone imaginable, "He must a forgotta," and then finishes it off with a chuckle. So want ot grab her Chibatta and force it down her throat until she chokes to death on it.

Um, that might say more about the people who have strong reactions to commercials than the content of the commercials themselves.

[erikdepressant]

They have such madness at the DMV I had to go to once in Los Angeles. I had to wait in line for a lady to determine which line I was supposed to be in and give me a number for that line.  (I didn't have a tantrum, though.)

The same thing happened to me eons ago in Colorado (unnecessarily having to wait forever in line to be assigned to a line).  The lady taking the license photos then told me to smile.  I piled upon the government bureaucracy's hump the sum of all the general rage and hate....

[riley702]

I just noticed on the Nationwide commercial with the kids dressed as adults, the first kid is pissy because she's waited in line at the DMV to be handed a number to wait in line for service.  1 - Why the hell don't they have a machine to hand out the numbers (like the butcher or deli counter has been doing since the dawn of time) and 2 - Why should I care if she has to wait in line since she did not make an online appointment that is generally available at all DMVs now?

I thought the guy at the BMV was being an asshole. He waits to see her reaction to the gigantic number she's been handed (83), then makes a point of showing her that they are currently serving number 14. It just seemed to me to be a dick move.

[Prevailing Wind]

DMV is like Social Security - people go there for different reasons.  If all I'm there for is turn in paperwork to get a handicapped tag, I don't need to take as much time as a license renewal with the eye tests & photos.  Just drop off the paperwork & wait for the mail.  So I need to be in a different, possibly way shorter, line.  That first person is there to do triage & send you to the proper machine doling out the numbers.

 

One day I had to go to both...SSA & DMV.  Fortunately, they use the same parking lot.  And because I was at SSA for a reason very few people ever go there for, I was seen within an hour (They've got 6 different categories of lines to wait in!).  DMV went quickly, too.  My lucky day - I only spent 90 minutes there for BOTH agencies!!

[Neurochick]

I am not weirded out by the thought of women talking to women about Viagra, which is the claim that these ads aim to do.  The issue is how these women are presented.  If they're trying to reach me, a middle-aged woman who could be expected to have a partner who might be starting to have issues getting it up and/or keeping it up, the coy, stretch across the bed, talk over your shoulder act does not make me want to listen to the spokesbeing. It does, however, make me a little queasy and more than a little stabby.    

 

I will never believe that the women in those commercials are selling Viagra to women, it really sounds like they're selling it to men.  That's why they have attractive, older women in these commercials.  It's like, "hey guys, we women still want you, so you better get Viagra or else we'll find a hot 25 year old."  

Edited April 6, 2015 by Neurochick

[LoneHaranguer]

 

Why the hell don't they have a machine to hand out the numbers (like the butcher or deli counter has been doing since the dawn of time)

They do around here (Massachusetts). It takes a few seconds to punch in what you want to do so that you can get a number starting with the right letter (for plates, licenses, etc), then you have a seat in the waiting area.

[CoyoteBlue]

Foreyes commercial - oh my god, this woman screeches "Has anyone seen my glasses?" to the rest of the denizens of her home in a nasal, grating voice over and over. Of course, they're on top of her head. I just want her to shut. up.

 

ETA just saw the guy version of this commercial. The husband calmly asks if anyone's seen his glasses once as we watch the dog chew them. 

Edited April 7, 2015 by CoyoteBlue

[erikdepressant]

I will never believe that the women in those commercials are selling Viagra to women, it really sounds like they're selling it to men.  That's why they have attractive, older women in these commercials.  It's like, "hey guys, we women still want you, so you better get Viagra or else we'll find a hot 25 year old."  

It could be worse.  They could be using cute kid focus groups to sell Viagra: "We want baby brothers, but our daddies have E.D."

[Moose135]

Don't give them any ideas, Erik!

[Bort]

There's a new Lotrimin Ultra commercial I saw yesterday. I couldn't find it on YouTube to embed, so here's the link. I'm torn between thinking it's hilarious and being kind of shocked that it first implies the guy is rubbing one off under the covers.

[Rick Kitchen]

I never thought I'd complain about a commercial that wasn't noisy enough, but those new bio-oil ads are bugging the heck out of me, because all of a sudden, they stop talking and just leave their website URL on the screen and I have to look up every time to see if the TV has gone out or something.

[AntiBeeSpray]

There's a new Lotrimin Ultra commercial I saw yesterday. I couldn't find it on YouTube to embed, so here's the link. I'm torn between thinking it's hilarious and being kind of shocked that it first implies the guy is rubbing one off under the covers.

 

O_o That one is weird. XD I have no words.

[slensam]

There's a new Lotrimin Ultra commercial I saw yesterday. I couldn't find it on YouTube to embed, so here's the link. I'm torn between thinking it's hilarious and being kind of shocked that it first implies the guy is rubbing one off under the covers.

Holy crap, it really does look like he's getting some business done down there! Can't believe they went there, literally. Gotta love this modern age.

[janie jones]

There's a new Lotrimin Ultra commercial I saw yesterday. I couldn't find it on YouTube to embed, so here's the link. I'm torn between thinking it's hilarious and being kind of shocked that it first implies the guy is rubbing one off under the covers.

Before I watched it I thought it was going to be some thing where the woman had a yeast infection.  But I guess that would be Gyno-Lotrimin.

Edited April 8, 2015 by janie jones

[Brattinella]

This commercial begins with the words: "Tah-ah-ee-ah-nee Bubbles".  FGS.  Don Ho would be rolling in his grave.

 

Oh, it's an ad for Iced Tea.

[bubbls]

I hate that Ford commercial that starts out with the guy tossing raw meat to the lions. I don't even know why I hate it unless it's simply played too much or seems longer than the usual commercial. The guy looks like Stephen Rea to me. I keep hoping the lions eat him and we never have to see it again except on a "When Animals Attack" episode. 

[riley702]

This commercial begins with the words: "Tah-ah-ee-ah-nee Bubbles".  FGS.  Don Ho would be rolling in his grave.

 

Oh, it's an ad for Iced Tea.

There are long and short versions. The short:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOLjpubvu2Y

 

 

And the long:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3NQKlpNFm4

[Prevailing Wind]

"Here's a toast to you and me..."   Etiquette says you're not supposed to drink a toast dedicated to you.  That's like applauding for yourself.  So who's gonna drink the Lipton Tea's tiny bubbles?  "Here's a toast to Lipton Tea" would have worked without being boorish.

 

(I never listened to the lyrics of the original song - that may be where they come from - but I think it might have been better advertising to put, y'know, the product's NAME in the song.)

[pandora spocks]

Enough of the Hardee's/Carl Jr's ads which feature bikini-clad models with whore-aceous appetites. Yes, I'm talking to you, Miss Blowjob Burger.

[90PercentGravity]

So... Coke is using a song about nuclear holocaust to advertise their product? Okay....

[Brattinella]

Here is the original song, beloved by millions.

 

[iMonrey]

 

I've seen only two, thank heavens. I'm certainly not going to search for any more Cottonelle commando commercials.

 

What's weird is that the British lady has some sort of tent set up and hands out Cottonelle rolls to people then they come out of the tent and say how wonderful the toilet paper is. WTF? Is there a toilet in the tent? Then she asks them to "go commando" and they come back out of the tent, apparently sans underwear. What did they do with their underwear? Leave it in the tent? Stuff it in their pocket?

[Brattinella]

Another really annoying commercial is the one for Church's Chicken (which I love, incidentally).  Guy is singing "Have the Love".

 

It sounds EXACTLY like "HALF the Love".  Really, Church's, get a new slogan like "Get the Love" or "Love the Chicken".   If I didn't know their chicken was great, that commercial would tip me back into Kentucky Fried Chicken.

[pandora spocks]

90Percent Gravity, a nuclear holocaust is the perfect time to get thirsty.

Edited April 8, 2015 by pandora spocks

[CoyoteBlue]

Then she asks them to "go commando" and they come back out of the tent, apparently sans underwear. What did they do with their underwear? Leave it in the tent? Stuff it in their pocket?

 

The one I saw had the guy holding a teeny pink bag that I assumed held his underwear. Or it was the world's weirdest goodie bag.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Enough of the Hardee's/Carl Jr's ads which feature bikini-clad models with whore-aceous appetites. Yes, I'm talking to you, Miss Blowjob Burger.

 

I swear to God, I died a little inside the other day when I heard Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil being used in a Carl Jr's ad. Is nothing sacred*?!

 

*No, I am not joking.

Edited April 8, 2015 by Cobalt Stargazer

[Muffyn]

Another really annoying commercial is the one for Church's Chicken (which I love, incidentally).  Guy is singing "Have the Love".

 

It sounds EXACTLY like "HALF the Love".  Really, Church's, get a new slogan like "Get the Love" or "Love the Chicken".   If I didn't know their chicken was great, that commercial would tip me back into Kentucky Fried Chicken.

I'm not so sure about "Love the chicken".  Next thing you know you're having sex with chickens to encourage Officer Barbrady to learn to read.  And the squawking, so much squawking.  

[mojoween]

I know I'm probably reading too much into a Huggies commercial but I have a sad feeling that I'm not the only one thinking it.

There is an ad for Huggies (which incidentally is the only diapers I used when my boy was a wee one 17 years ago) where woman is pregnant, then she has delivered and is holding the newborn. The tag says "the first hug they get is from you."

No, Huggies, it's not always. I was completely sedated during my c-section, they held my pumpkin and said "it's a boy!" and I said "yay oh my god I'm so tiredddzzzz." I didn't even hold him for almost an hour because his platelets were low and they had to check him out.

Now, he's absolutely fine, there were no complications other than one extra day in the hospital but you know what? For a lot of mothers, it is absolute heartbreak that they can't hold their baby for days, weeks, months.

I suppose I put a lot of thought into this. Why didn't Huggies?

[Prevailing Wind]

 

90Percent Gravity, a nuclear holocaust is the perfect time to get thirsty.

And, of course, when there are a LOT fewer people, it's a whole lot easier to teach them to sing in perfect harmony & buy a Coke for  them.

[janie jones]

Enough of the Hardee's/Carl Jr's ads which feature bikini-clad models with whore-aceous appetites. Yes, I'm talking to you, Miss Blowjob Burger.

The one where a lady is wearing a swimsuit in an ice hotel is the worst.

[bilgistic]

Furthermore, I can tell they aren't actually biting into their respective burgers, which is annoying and strikes me as hypocritcal.

[Brattinella]

Well, of course they're not.  They'd have to actually eat FOOD!  The horror!

[Watcher0363]

Enough of the Hardee's/Carl Jr's ads which feature bikini-clad models with whore-aceous appetites. Yes, I'm talking to you, Miss Blowjob Burger.

Sacrilege, sacrilege, I say sacrilege.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Furthermore, I can tell they aren't actually biting into their respective burgers, which is annoying and strikes me as hypocritcal.

 

 

Well, of course they're not.  They'd have to actually eat FOOD!  The horror!

 

Unless its yogurt, obviously.

 

Oh, come on, ya'll knew that was coming.

[Aquarius]

Unless its yogurt, obviously.

 

Oh, come on, ya'll knew that was coming.

 

Yum!  Cheeseburger flavored yogurt!  I'm stopping on my way home and picking up some Yoplait.

[MrsEVH]

The Wal Mart family mobile ad where the father gives the daughter her own phone and she lets out that annoying squeal.

[kassa]

Those women are selling Viagra to other women like the gals in the late night "call me" ad are just random girls "in my area" looking for conversation.

 

And maybe I'm missing something, but those "commando" commercials... is the premise that we only wear underwear to keep the skidmarks off our pants?  Because...no.

[janie jones]

And anyway, are skidmarks really a problem plaguing our nation?  I mean really?  Maybe I'm just buying the right brand of toilet paper.  (It's not Cottonelle, by the way, nor is it Charmin.)  I wish Cottonelle would bring back the puppy.

[DeLurker]

Madison Avenue Executive:  Ad Team - STAT!  We need to reboot the ring-around-the-collar slogan for those Cottonelle dorks going commando!

 

I forgot all about the Cottonell puppies - they should bring them back and send annoying English lady away.

[peeayebee]

Food Network star Alex Guarnaschelli botched closing her loop, and now her future self is starring in the annoying and overplayed Aleve "Sunday Dinners" commercial.  What the hell did they do with the retirement gold bars?

 

I don't watch the Food Network, so I have no idea who this person is, but what does "closing her loop" mean?

[erikdepressant]

I don't watch the Food Network, so I have no idea who this person is, but what does "closing her loop" mean?

Sorry... I figured very few people would get that.  I'm a nerd about sci-fi movies, and I also watch Food Network.  It's a reference to Looper, which is a movie that involves time travel.  I don't want to spoil anything for people who haven't seen it.  It's a great film, though.

And anyway, are skidmarks really a problem plaguing our nation?  I mean really?

Big time.  You must not have seen the Values.com commercial "Two-ply: Pass it on."