Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[ABay]

My problem with LOLCats and nom nom is that, as one who grew up with Morris the finicky 9 Lives cat and Dodsworth the lazy but fastidious cartoon cat, I expect cats to speak perfect English and not that grammatically incorrect garbage LOLCats uses. God knows, if my own elegant felines could operate the keyboard, they would be on their own version of this thread.

[Prevailing Wind]

There are a bunch of people that have FB pages for their cats.  Many of them speak in that illiterate baby talk.  I, too, have a page for my cat (in an attempt to sell cat toys to the others...) but Bosco uses correct English.  "He" once asked why they can't *type* correct English?  At least one of the illiterate cats unfriended Bosco.  Hahahaha.  (But they use Noms a LOT.)
 

[SoSueMe]

I'm sure it's been discussed to death already (sorry) but along with all the anger inducing aspects of the Cialis commercials, does it bother anyone else that most of them start with some idiotic non sequitur? I don't mean to be a grammar police but geez, it's wearing on my last nerve.

 

Then again, anything was better than those icky "Viva Viagra" monstrosities a few years ago....

[St. Claire]

 

I'm planning on feeding my children pancakes for dinner. I must be mother of the year.

 

One of my favorite Bill Cosby bits - Chocolate cake for breakfast...it has milk and eggs and wheat - that's nutrition!

 

I put fruit on top, so it was healthy after all. I can't compete with Denny's though. My pancakes aren't nearly patriotic enough to give apple pie a run for its money.

 

 

[iMonrey]

 

You might be thinking of the one where they get to Wendy's parents house and she says their having gouda, so he freaks out and says something about not knowing it was THAT kind of dinner and grabs the flowers next to the door to give to her mom. Then her mom is like "these are...mine." It's real stupid.

 

The weird thing about that ad is the family is sitting down to dinner at the kitchen/dining room table with Wendys and have apparently already picked up an extra burger or two for the boyfriend. Who does that? I mean, if they planned on getting Wendy's for dinner why didn't they just wait until the boyfriend came over so they could ask him what he wanted? Or why didn't the girlfriend text him and tell him they were going to Wendys and what did he want from there, if anything? It's not like it would have taken any longer, it's Wendys.

[Rick Kitchen]

God, is Aamco ever going to stop running commercials with people making annoying noises?

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Who is the lunatic that does the Pur water filter commercials, and why does he keep screaming?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh88_NqjVx4

[Brattinella]

Yep, he annoys me terribly, too.  Also, there are a couple of local ads that begin with a BEEP BEEP BEEP noise.  That sound is NEVER welcome, especially to advertise some crap on TV.  When you live in a bad-weather area, you never want to hear that. Shame on them for using that tactic!

[Muffyn]

I'm sure it's been discussed to death already (sorry) but along with all the anger inducing aspects of the Cialis commercials, does it bother anyone else that most of them start with some idiotic non sequitur? I don't mean to be a grammar police but geez, it's wearing on my last nerve.

 

Then again, anything was better than those icky "Viva Viagra" monstrosities a few years ago....

Now you've done it.  I will have Viva Viagra in my head for hours.  Hours!!!!!   Must watch penis pump commercial with the guy with the bad dentures saying "If you have a brain in your head" to get the Viagra ads out of my mind.  

 

The weird thing about that ad is the family is sitting down to dinner at the kitchen/dining room table with Wendys and have apparently already picked up an extra burger or two for the boyfriend. Who does that? I mean, if they planned on getting Wendy's for dinner why didn't they just wait until the boyfriend came over so they could ask him what he wanted? Or why didn't the girlfriend text him and tell him they were going to Wendys and what did he want from there, if anything? It's not like it would have taken any longer, it's Wendys.

And how long has that burger been sitting there congealing?  Unless you know the person is always punctual and nothing else could happen on their way to the house (i.e., they live next door) who would leave fast food sitting in the bag getting cold and nastier.  Everything about that ad makes me stabby.  

[riley702]

There are a bunch of people that have FB pages for their cats.  Many of them speak in that illiterate baby talk.  I, too, have a page for my cat (in an attempt to sell cat toys to the others...) but Bosco uses correct English.  "He" once asked why they can't *type* correct English?  At least one of the illiterate cats unfriended Bosco.  Hahahaha.  (But they use Noms a LOT.)

 

On Facebook, I follow Scooter, the neutered cat, Venus, the "Chimera" cat, as well as my favorite YouTube kitties, Shorty and Kodi. They all seem to use proper English. I have to admit I find the bad spelling and grammar on LOLCats to be rather funny. Most cats are a combination of elegance and dignity, with klutzy, screwball comedy mixed in, so it works for me.

[Ubiquitous]

Yep, he annoys me terribly, too. Also, there are a couple of local ads that begin with a BEEP BEEP BEEP noise. That sound is NEVER welcome, especially to advertise some crap on TV. When you live in a bad-weather area, you never want to hear that. Shame on them for using that tactic!

I remember there was an ad that did that, then abruptly changed to a phone ringing sound.

I noticed there's a new installment in the "most douchiest sports fan" ad campaign for DISHtv playing in which the douche's clapter is so powerful it causes glasses in the room to disintegrate and people to fly through walls and glass patio doors.

Edited September 6, 2014 by Ubiquitous

[iMonrey]

 

Also, there are a couple of local ads that begin with a BEEP BEEP BEEP noise.  That sound is NEVER welcome, especially to advertise some crap on TV.  When you live in a bad-weather area, you never want to hear that. Shame on them for using that tactic!

 

There's another one that starts with the alarm from a smoke detector and I always jump because I think it's mine. I can't remember what it's for though. Not smoke detectors. Probably insurance or something.

[Jac]

 

This ad and the rest in the series gives me major raeg feels.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90VFUAiabDU

 

This is a constant source of irritation as well.

 

 

[RealityGal]

There's another one that starts with the alarm from a smoke detector and I always jump because I think it's mine. I can't remember what it's for though. Not smoke detectors. Probably insurance or something.

OMG, that reminds me of those ads on the radio that start with a loud police siren sound.  I always freak out because I think I'm getting pulled over, but its really some lawyer trying to sell DUI services.

[wovenloaf]

OMG, that reminds me of those ads on the radio that start with a loud police siren sound.  I always freak out because I think I'm getting pulled over, but its really some lawyer trying to sell DUI services.

 YES! Those are awful. One of the radio stations here always starts their traffic report with honking noises and I hate it so much! Like wtf, you are about to tell me about traffic problems, accidents, etc., and you start off by making loud, alarming noises at me?! I always think it is actual cars around me.

[Ubiquitous]

There's a new "most douchiest sports fan" ad in which a douchebag walks up to a frozen pond people are ice skating on and kicks it, shattering the ice so he has something for his cold cans of beer (at least I think that's why).

[photo fox]

There's an ad for some "all football, all the time" service for your phone that makes me want to scream. It has Drew Breese, and I think there's a whole series of them.

The one that makes me especially crazy has a guy at a cooking class with a girl. DB questions why he's not watching a game, and dude replies that it's a first date. DB then tells him about this "awesome" subscription for his phone where he can watch the games while pretending to give a shit about this girl and what she wants.

First of all, rude. Second, if you're more interested in watching football on a tiny screen than spending time with your date, perhaps you should just call it a day, because you're obviously just not that into her. Third, why would you schedule a date for the same time as the game, if it's so important to you that you apparently can't just watch it later? And finally, why not invite her to a game date? Some women - gasp! - actually like watching sports.

I just get so tired of the stereotype that all men love football, and their wives and girlfriends are all long-suffering football widows.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Remember that obnoxious Dior ad with Charlize Theron? The one with Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly? Well, Charlize is back!

 

 

[Stella MD]

Aw, I kind of liked the old Dior ad - at least the Charlize parts, less so the reanimated corpses of Grace and Marilyn. But this new one is just obnoxious. Like she could really climb a silk cloth up multiple stories in an evening gown without breaking a sweat? The part where she just pops out through the hole in the ceiling without straining her arms at all is especially absurd.

[RealityGal]

Remember that obnoxious Dior ad with Charlize Theron? The one with Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly? Well, Charlize is back!

You know - I don't know what the most effective way would be to sell perfume.  I really don't, but this does not inspire me to buy perfume.  Not even in my most dreamiest of dream lives would I be climbing a gold silk rope, ripping off my gold pearls and walking on the dome top of a gold building.

 

How about a commercial where I put on the perfume, and then that guy from the Zesty ads pops up and offers to cook me dinner because I smell so good, and then his shirt melts off because of the delicious smell of my perfume.  

 

Thats a perfume I want to try!

[Cobalt Stargazer]

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying right now, RealityGal, so you get a reward.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XVH4FrqQiY

[Haleth]

I saw the new Dior commercial the other day and had to consult a calendar.  It's not Mother's Day or Valentine's Day or Christmas.  Is perfume the new thing for Labor Day?  (At least it's not Jane Seymour Labor Day butt necklaces.)

[RealityGal]

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying right now, RealityGal, so you get a reward.

Oh yes, mommy likee :)  thank you

[ABay]

Haleth, you've reminded me: Thanks to folks here and at TWoP, my life has been enriched by the phrase "Seymour butt necklaces".

[Prevailing Wind]

I think Dior's just trying to get the jump on the weird-ass Xmas perfume ads.

[MaryPatShelby]

I saw the new Dior commercial the other day and had to consult a calendar.  It's not Mother's Day or Valentine's Day or Christmas.  Is perfume the new thing for Labor Day?  (At least it's not Jane Seymour Labor Day butt necklaces.)

Laughing at butt necklaces! At our house we call them "2" necklaces; when the ads first came out we wondered if she was going to 'create' a design for every number.

[Bastet]

I just get so tired of the stereotype that all men love football, and their wives and girlfriends are all long-suffering football widows.

 

I don't think there has ever been a "watch football on your [increasingly tiny device]" ad I didn't hate.  One, for the gender stereotypes - according to these ads, all men are obsessed with football and all women hate it.  And, two, for the sheer rudeness and stupidity displayed by the football fans in those ads. 

 

I (a woman) live for football season.  But even if I had a phone capable of showing me a game - and eyes that would enjoy watching on a tiny screen - I would never engage in such an activity while out with someone else.  Because for week one and all key match-ups, I decline social activities that conflict with my football watching.  If I do commit to one because it's an important occasion, then I am engaged with my companion(s).  Not surreptitiously checking out the game.

 

So if the men in these commercials were stupid enough to schedule a date for the same time as a game they wanted to watch, they need to put the damn phone down.

[smittykins]

There was also a series of commercials for a baseball app showing people watching the game on their tiny screens at weddings, funerals, etc.  The only one I liked was one set at a baby shower where the female perpetrator was caught and abandoned by her friend/sister/whatever, and she had to beg other attendees for a ride home.

[janie jones]

The one that makes me especially crazy has a guy at a cooking class with a girl. DB questions why he's not watching a game, and dude replies that it's a first date. DB then tells him about this "awesome" subscription for his phone where he can watch the games while pretending to give a shit about this girl and what she wants.

First of all, rude. Second, if you're more interested in watching football on a tiny screen than spending time with your date, perhaps you should just call it a day, because you're obviously just not that into her. Third, why would you schedule a date for the same time as the game, if it's so important to you that you apparently can't just watch it later? And finally, why not invite her to a game date? Some women - gasp! - actually like watching sports.

I just get so tired of the stereotype that all men love football, and their wives and girlfriends are all long-suffering football widows.

Obnoxious for multiple reasons.  I agree with what everyone has said.  But also:  A cooking class on a first date?  Is that a thing?

[mattie0808]

I just get so tired of the stereotype that all men love football, and their wives and girlfriends are all long-suffering football widows.

I don't think there has ever been a "watch football on your [increasingly tiny device]" ad I didn't hate.  One, for the gender stereotypes - according to these ads, all men are obsessed with football and all women hate it.  And, two, for the sheer rudeness and stupidity displayed by the football fans in those ads.

So if the men in these commercials were stupid enough to schedule a date for the same time as a game they wanted to watch, they need to put the damn phone down.

 

Ah yes...I have found my people!!!! I really, REALLY can't stand those Verizon/Drew Brees commercials. Or so many others where women are just either football/sports-haters, completely oblivious to the existence of football/sports, or using football/sports as an excuse to nag their male significant others right into the ground. UGH.

 

I love all sports and these kind of commercials drive me crazy -- and sometimes have the effect of making me wonder why I'm such a big fan of something for which I'm so clearly not meant to be part of the target audience.

 

Not to get too far afield here, but the NFL is increasingly making me wonder if I'm "wrong" to be such a big fan. The concussion/health and safety issues bother me, how they deal with disciplining players bothers me (basically, knock your girlfriend out if you're going to do something that gets you suspended, because the punishment for that will be much less than almost anything else!), and other things that make me think twice, just as a human being. On the other hand, I'm feeling pretty good about my main sport, basketball/NBA, which has a women's league and women referees, executives, and coaches in the NBA, which got rid of a racist owner with great dispatch, which has already had an openly gay player, etc. (MLB seems to fall somewhere in between.) To bring this back to commercials, I'm part of an online focus group for the NBA, and they recently did a survey about several ads. Of the four, there was only one with a whiff of the kind of gender issues you see in those Verizon commercials, and the other three were really diverse in how they presented the fans (men and women, old and young, different races). I felt I got to have my say about that first commercial while also explaining that the other three DO get noticed by fans and DO have an effect about how fans feel about the sport, the league, and the fandom.

 

That felt good to get off my chest. ;)

[Aquarius]

How about a commercial where I put on the perfume, and then that guy from the Zesty ads pops up and offers to cook me dinner because I smell so good, and then his shirt melts off because of the delicious smell of my perfume.

Thats a perfume I want to try!

Yes, please!

Edited September 6, 2014 by Aquarius

[Rick Kitchen]

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying right now, RealityGal, so you get a reward.

 

Why is he cooking a salad?

[ABay]

Rick, you may be focusing on the wrong part of the ad...

 

 

Edited because I had the wrong poster's name. I don't know how that happened.

Edited September 7, 2014 by ABay

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Why is he cooking a salad?

I was about to say something about tossing a salad, but I actually skeeved myself a little. :-P

[MaryPatShelby]

I"m annoyed and irritated by the increasingly frequent commercials for The Honest Company (really? That's the name you chose for your business?) The "mom" spokesperson says "and they deliver right to my door". As opposed to....all the other (dishonest) mail order companies that deliver to someone else's door?

[Prevailing Wind]

Maybe the founder's name is "Honest."  We've got a used car dealer nearby named "Economy Auto Sales" and it turns out, Economy is the guy's name.

 

 

...never mind.  It's Jessica Alba's company.

Edited September 7, 2014 by Prevailing Wind

[revbfc]

http://youtu.be/MPg6gsQj0Hw

Here's why I dislike this ad: The talking hand that floats is supposed to be helping out people with poor judgement, but the punch line is that hand doesn't properly assess situations. Good going, Midas.

Also, I have an idea to redeem the Bush's Baked Beans ads: Go full Godfather pt II.

Duke is caught (though not confronted) trying to sell the secret recipe to a rival by the bald guy with the glasses. Next thing shot is the two of them on the lake fishing and the bald guy shoots Duke. It's a little dark, but I'd like it.

[Ubiquitous]

The one that makes me especially crazy has a guy at a cooking class with a girl. DB questions why he's not watching a game, and dude replies that it's a first date. DB then tells him about this "awesome" subscription for his phone where he can watch the games while pretending to give a shit about this girl and what she wants.

One of the "most douchiest fans" ads has a guy who says he says he does the same thing to his girlfriend.

[xls]

Aw, I kind of liked the old Dior ad - at least the Charlize parts, less so the reanimated corpses of Grace and Marilyn. But this new one is just obnoxious. Like she could really climb a silk cloth up multiple stories in an evening gown without breaking a sweat? The part where she just pops out through the hole in the ceiling without straining her arms at all is especially absurd.

I did too, even though Marilyn looked really sad and pitiful. Did you notice Charlize's gown looked like the bottle?

I hate the one with Julia Roberts where she's breaking out of the diamond chains-absurd. 

[Brattinella]

I know the last Dior commercial was shot at Versailles, does anyone know the location of this new one?

[Muffyn]

I"m annoyed and irritated by the increasingly frequent commercials for The Honest Company (really? That's the name you chose for your business?) The "mom" spokesperson says "and they deliver right to my door". As opposed to....all the other (dishonest) mail order companies that deliver to someone else's door?

It reminds me of the ad for the place that buys used and broken cell phones.  The woman say something along the lines of "It's like I send them my cell phone and they send me money" as if she's astonished by the thought that they did what they said they would do.  What a crazy world we live in when we can sell goods for money.  Perhaps she's used to bartering for goods or simply steals things because she can't figure out how this whole money for goods thing works.  (Or she used to things being delivered through a bottle placed in the ocean and allowed to float away with the hope that it will someday get to the intended recipient - much like the person in The Honest Company ad).  

[margol29]

I am extremely annoyed at the new Applebees commercial where they advertise half price apps. Really? It is an appetizer not an app. An app is something you install on your phone or tablet.

[RealityGal]

I am extremely annoyed at the new Applebees commercial where they advertise half price apps. Really? It is an appetizer not an app. An app is something you install on your phone or tablet.

I'm just starting to hate the fact that everyone wants to make everything an abbreviation or acronym.  Its as though we are all just too damn busy to say full words.  I just saw a banner ad imploring me to see my optometrist for something called "CDE" which apparently is an acronym for "chronic dry eyes" because I'm in such a rush I can't even say the three words to my health care provider, I needed a kitschy acronym to describe the fact that my eyes are dry.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

That reminds me....

 

LBL.

 

I'm sorry that so many people are apparently having problems with Light Bladder Leakage that an acronym had to be invented to keep them from being embarrassed, but all it does it annoy me because it makes me think of that equally stupid woman who has SAM in her pants.

[Brattinella]

That reminds me.  In a local medical clinic ad, the lady says "OH BEE GIN".  As in OB-GYN, only pronounced like what you put in your Gin and Tonic.  Really?  We just HAVE to use TEXT-SPEAK in all facets of our lives now?  ACK!

[Maverick]

I am extremely annoyed at the new Applebees commercial where they advertise half price apps. Really? It is an appetizer not an app. An app is something you install on your phone or tablet.

 App was restaurant/kitchen slang long before iPhones and tablets came along.

[riley702]

It reminds me of that 2 Broke Girls episode where they test drugs for money and the proctor stands there rattling off all the acronyms for the side effects. "AL" Caroline: "What's AL?" Max: (whispers) "Anal Leakage." And later when another participant make a mad dash for the bathroom, Max and Caroline look at each other and say in unison "Anal Leakage! Poor thing."

[revbfc]

Catheters. Nothing says "AAAAAIIIGGGHHH!!!!!" Quite like one minute about how the new models have "eyelets that are smooth" so they "Don't pull or scrape." I realize that people DO need these devices, but do we need to see so many ads?

[Rick Kitchen]

That reminds me....

 

LBL.

 

I'm sorry that so many people are apparently having problems with Light Bladder Leakage that an acronym had to be invented to keep them from being embarrassed, but all it does it annoy me because it makes me think of that equally stupid woman who has SAM in her pants.

 

As if they didn't make up a TLA (three letter acronym), they also are attacking scented panty liners which apparently don't even exist.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

As if they didn't make up a TLA (three letter acronym), they also are attacking scented panty liners which apparently don't even exist.

A comedienne named Diane Ford once said that the last thing she'd ever want to use is something called breathable panty liners (I don't know either). "Yeah, that's exactly what I need, to be on a crowded bus and have my underwear start going *simulates panting*"