BigBingerBro April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 17 hours ago, peacheslatour said: And have I been misunderstanding that "date night" is meant for an evening where mom and dad go out without the kids? Yes. I know a lady who's retired with adult kids that do NOT live at home and she often posts that her and her "hubby" are going on a "date night" whenever they go to a restaurant for dinner. They spend every minute together 24/7 at home. She thinks it's cute to say it. 1 Link to comment
Bort April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 18 hours ago, peacheslatour said: Here is a question for all the ad wizards who came up with this one: Who goes to fucking Dairy Queen on date night? And have I been misunderstanding that "date night" is meant for an evening where mom and dad go out without the kids? My mother lives in a very small town where the only restaurant is a Dairy Queen. Now, my mother and stepdad wouldn’t be caught dead going there for date night, but they’re retired and have the time and money to be picky and drive to a bigger town for a better place. But I can definitely see how most of the other town denizens might not have that luxury and find Dairy Queen to be a nice date night. 5 Link to comment
Oosala April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 On 4/8/2019 at 11:55 AM, bad things are bad said: HATE with a passion the old lady at the bottom of the steps. Some day it could by YOU at the bottom of the steps. (62-year-old woman.) 7 Link to comment
Oosala April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 10:10 AM, Tom Holmberg said: Kars for Kids is probably a worthwhile charity, but I'm really sick of that song! It is the WORST commercial EVER played on TV or radio. I lunge for the off switch every time it starts. Not only is the song an ear worm, the kids pretending to play instruments and the shitty singing kid make me vomit. And then the older man chimes in for a verse and it's just as bad. Finally, it finishes off with one of those treacly sweet little girls telling me to give away my mobile home. Fuck off, K-A-R-S Kars for Kids. I'd drive it off a cliff before calling your lame ass charity. 1 9 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Oosala said: It is the WORST commercial EVER played on TV or radio. I lunge for the off switch every time it starts. Not only is the song an ear worm, the kids pretending to play instruments and the shitty singing kid make me vomit. And then the older man chimes in for a verse and it's just as bad. Finally, it finishes off with one of those treacly sweet little girls telling me to give away my mobile home. Fuck off, K-A-R-S Kars for Kids. I'd drive it off a cliff before calling your lame ass charity. When we had to put my dad in care we gave his cars to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Easy peasy, they came with flat bed trucks and picked them up, gave us a receipt for taxes. 3 Link to comment
configdotsys April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Oosala said: Some day it could by YOU at the bottom of the steps. (62-year-old woman.) It's the woman's operatic "Hayuuuuuuuuuulp" that makes me hate that commercial, not the fact that someone is injured. 6 Link to comment
smittykins April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Oosala said: It is the WORST commercial EVER played on TV or radio. I lunge for the off switch every time it starts. Not only is the song an ear worm, the kids pretending to play instruments and the shitty singing kid make me vomit. And then the older man chimes in for a verse and it's just as bad. Finally, it finishes off with one of those treacly sweet little girls telling me to give away my mobile home. Fuck off, K-A-R-S Kars for Kids. I'd drive it off a cliff before calling your lame ass charity. The way they sing “DoNATE your car today” sets my teeth on edge.(I pronounce it DOnate.) 1 Link to comment
configdotsys April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 16 minutes ago, smittykins said: The way they sing “DoNATE your car today” sets my teeth on edge.(I pronounce it DOnate.) Kars for Kids has been fined many times. I would not give them a thing: 9 4 Link to comment
Oosala April 19, 2019 Share April 19, 2019 ^^^Wow, it really IS a lame ass charity! Thanks for that, configdotsys. 7 Link to comment
andromeda331 April 20, 2019 Share April 20, 2019 6 hours ago, peacheslatour said: When we had to put my dad in care we gave his cars to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Easy peasy, they came with flat bed trucks and picked them up, gave us a receipt for taxes. That's a great idea! I'll have to remember that one. 1 Link to comment
chessiegal April 20, 2019 Share April 20, 2019 Saturday is my day to watch PBS cooking and travel shows. I noticed today that Consumer Cellular is a proud sponsor of many of the shows. They have an innocuous statement about being a phone company that can meet your individual needs. How different from the annoying commercials on the Retro channels I watch! 3 Link to comment
QuinnInND April 20, 2019 Share April 20, 2019 On 4/5/2019 at 10:13 PM, xls said: As stupid as putting names on coke bottles, Especially when your name is never on one. Or anything else for that matter. 2 Link to comment
Brattinella April 20, 2019 Share April 20, 2019 1 hour ago, QuinnInND said: Especially when your name is never on one. Or anything else for that matter. Same for me. 3 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 6 hours ago, chessiegal said: Saturday is my day to watch PBS cooking and travel shows. I noticed today that Consumer Cellular is a proud sponsor of many of the shows. They have an innocuous statement about being a phone company that can meet your individual needs. How different from the annoying commercials on the Retro channels I watch! I looked all over their website and nowhere does it say it's for seniors - just that AARP members get a discount. I use them, get 250 minutes a month, which is more than enough for me, even with the damn robocalls. I've got a "dumb" flip phone, so I don't use internet on my phone, so I'm very happy with a $20.63 monthly bill (including all the stupid taxes). 3 Link to comment
chenoa333 April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 7:54 PM, ams1001 said: Okay, there's a Wells Fargo mortgage ad I've seen a few times tonight that I have mixed feelings on. It's two dogs, alone at home during the day, a bigger dog snoozing on the couch, a little Pomeranian on the armchair. A siren starts blaring outside and the big dog lifts just his head while the little one starts freaking out, barking and running from the chair to the couch and back (she calls it the "woo-woo monster"). Then when the noise stops the big dog says something like "they're gone" and lays his head back down, and the little one stops running around and tries to calm down. She talks (yes, they talk, with CGI mouth movements) about how they need a quieter place to live. On the one hand, cute dogs. On the other hand, dogs freaking out at what is in their world clearly a regular occurrence makes me sad. All that ^^^^ so Wells Scammin' Fargo can try and and convince people to take out a mortgage loan? Or maybe I missed the message? I hate them but I still bank with them. But I'm poor so they leave me alone😁 1 Link to comment
Blergh April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Brattinella said: Same for me. I consider it a blessing to have a rare enough Offline Name that the first name never gets branded and the surname not at all. Besides, I'd not want to be linked by name to a soda drink with few if any actual health benefits (and a still secret formula ). 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 37 minutes ago, Blergh said: a soda drink with few if any actual health benefits (and a still secret formula ). There was a rumor back when Joke Coke came out - when Robert Woodruff died, he took the formula with him. So they came up with Joke Coke while they tried to replicate the original formula. They never intended for Joke Coke to stick around. Coke afficionados will tell you the re-introduced Classic Coke doesn't really taste like the Real Thing pre-Joke Coke. I thought it was an ingenious conspiracy theory, but nonsense nonetheless. Link to comment
AntiBeeSpray April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 5:26 PM, chenoa333 said: "So what does the dishwasher DO?" Hate the commercial, hate the kid (who is a terrible actor) and we all know what the dishwasher does. I can't stand that commercial either. It makes me want to facepalm every time that I see it. 4 Link to comment
Misslindsey April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 1:10 PM, Tom Holmberg said: Kars for Kids is probably a worthwhile charity, but I'm really sick of that song! This commercial is like verbal waterboarding to me. 1 6 Link to comment
Colleenna April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 11 hours ago, AntiBeeSpray said: I can't stand that commercial either. It makes me want to facepalm every time that I see it. Makes me want to facepalm too.... my palm, her face. 8 3 Link to comment
Ubiquitous April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 That gawdamm gummy bear ad with grownups talking like stupid children is back. OMG, that ad annoys me to know end and one of the men in the boardroom reminds me of Marci's 2nd husband on Married with Children (drawing a blank on actor right now). 14 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said: There was a rumor back when Joke Coke came out - when Robert Woodruff died, he took the formula with him. So they came up with Joke Coke while they tried to replicate the original formula. They never intended for Joke Coke to stick around. Coke afficionados will tell you the re-introduced Classic Coke doesn't really taste like the Real Thing pre-Joke Coke. I thought it was an ingenious conspiracy theory, but nonsense nonetheless. I don't k now about that, but I assumed it was an attempt to cover up them switching from sugar to corn syrup. 2 7 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ubiquitous said: I don't k now about that, but I assumed it was an attempt to cover up them switching from sugar to corn syrup. I've always thought that, too, but I think the rumor about the formula going to the grave is hilarious. Link to comment
magicdog April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 17 minutes ago, Ubiquitous said: That gawdamm gummy bear ad with grownups talking like stupid children is back. OMG, that ad annoys me to know end and one of the men in the boardroom reminds me of Marci's 2nd husband on Married with Children (drawing a blank on actor right now). Ted McGinley. 18 minutes ago, Ubiquitous said: I don't k now about that, but I assumed it was an attempt to cover up them switching from sugar to corn syrup. I never heard the Joke coke rumor (Woodruff taking the recipe with him), but it sounds funny. I think Coke had been using corn syrup before that point however. At least since the mid 70s. The Coke that gets bottled in Mexico is the same original formula Coke that your parents and grandparents had from the 30s onward. It uses sugar. I find it in Sam's Club all the time. 4 Link to comment
chessiegal April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 I have a colleague who went to work in QA for Coca-Cola at their Atlanta lab in the early 90s. When I visited his lab, he assured me the formula for Coke was locked in a vault that very few people had access to. 2 Link to comment
Bort April 21, 2019 Share April 21, 2019 1 hour ago, magicdog said: I think Coke had been using corn syrup before that point however. At least since the mid 70s. The Coke that gets bottled in Mexico is the same original formula Coke that your parents and grandparents had from the 30s onward. It uses sugar. I find it in Sam's Club all the time. The Cokes in the UK also use sugar and not corn syrup. I'm pretty much assuming every country except America gets to have Real Coke while we're stuck with the fake shit. 1 8 Link to comment
chenoa333 April 22, 2019 Share April 22, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 3:56 AM, Katy M said: Who goes to fucking Dairy Queen on date night Fuck Dairy Queen..I haven't been on a "date" for 20 years. Doesn't the word "dating" mean f-ing? I haven't tried f-ing Dairy Queen but that might solve my dating problem! But my bigger annoyance in the genre of commercials (besides fucking Flo) are the Property Brothers. I f'n can't stand them. I hate looking at their caveman jawlines and the dark, furry $hit growing on their faces. 2 2 Link to comment
Ubiquitous April 22, 2019 Share April 22, 2019 17 hours ago, chessiegal said: I have a colleague who went to work in QA for Coca-Cola at their Atlanta lab in the early 90s. When I visited his lab, he assured me the formula for Coke was locked in a vault that very few people had access to. I always found it amusing that someone would try to steal someone's secret formula. What are going to do with it, start up a company whose product tastes like an already established one? 1 3 Link to comment
configdotsys April 22, 2019 Share April 22, 2019 20 hours ago, magicdog said: Ted McGinley. I never heard the Joke coke rumor (Woodruff taking the recipe with him), but it sounds funny. I think Coke had been using corn syrup before that point however. At least since the mid 70s. The Coke that gets bottled in Mexico is the same original formula Coke that your parents and grandparents had from the 30s onward. It uses sugar. I find it in Sam's Club all the time. The problem with the "real" Coke is that they only sell it in small bottles and you pay for a 10-12 ounce bottle almost what you pay for a two liter of the "fake" Coke. Around Passover time, all the supermarkets here used to sell 2 liter bottles of Coke with real sugar because it was kosher for Passover. You could identify it by the yellow cap on the bottle. I haven't seen it sold in my area for years now though. 3 Link to comment
Milburn Stone April 22, 2019 Share April 22, 2019 This may have been mentioned, but Liberty Mutual continues its absolutely shameless ripping off of other insurance company campaigns. Farmers Insurance breaking through with an a cappella group singing the company name and "dum de dum dum dum dum dum"? Liberty will copy them with an a cappella group singing nothing but the company name over and over! Geico putting itself on the map with an animal that sounds like the company name? Liberty will copy them with the LiMu Emu! Morale at that agency must be the pits. 2 9 Link to comment
cpcathy April 22, 2019 Share April 22, 2019 I like the emu commercials, since, you know, animals, but my goodwill for Liberty is gone now from the years of awful commercials, from "Brad the car" to the guy with bulbous calves. 1 8 Link to comment
LoneHaranguer April 22, 2019 Share April 22, 2019 The Liberty ad with the "witness protection" guy annoys me because you can hear him hit the stunt mat after he jumps over the rail. They've cut away from the scene, so there's no reason why they couldn't have cut the audio at the right place. 6 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg April 23, 2019 Share April 23, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 10:27 AM, configdotsys said: You could identify it by the yellow cap on the bottle. I haven't seen it sold in my area for years now though. A lot of Mexican stores and take out places stock "Mexican coke" with real sugar, but I've only seen it in the small (but glass!) bottles. 4 Link to comment
Ubiquitous April 23, 2019 Share April 23, 2019 19 hours ago, LoneHaranguer said: The Liberty ad with the "witness protection" guy annoys me because you can hear him hit the stunt mat after he jumps over the rail. They've cut away from the scene, so there's no reason why they couldn't have cut the audio at the right place. Is he a Shadowman? I ask because he seems to be perpetually enshrouded in darkness, except for the momentary flash bulb that went off and jumps over the edge of the pier. Link to comment
chessiegal April 23, 2019 Share April 23, 2019 Taking the DQ discussions to small talk. 1 Link to comment
Oosala April 23, 2019 Share April 23, 2019 On 3/27/2019 at 12:51 PM, Brattinella said: Horrible ad. Scary as hell. What in the name of Christ was THAT all about? I'm so glad I only have to watch it once. 3 Link to comment
BigBingerBro April 23, 2019 Share April 23, 2019 5 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said: A lot of Mexican stores and take out places stock "Mexican coke" with real sugar, but I've only seen it in the small (but glass!) bottles. Last week's Aldi ad in my area is featuring Mexican Coke for $1.00 a bottle. 1 1 Link to comment
Milburn Stone April 23, 2019 Share April 23, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 5:31 PM, LoneHaranguer said: The Liberty ad with the "witness protection" guy annoys me because you can hear him hit the stunt mat after he jumps over the rail. They've cut away from the scene, so there's no reason why they couldn't have cut the audio at the right place. It occurs to me that this could be an intentional rip-off of yet a third competitor--in this case, esurance, with its Dennis Quaid spots which in a very "meta" way call attention to the artifice of film. (I love that campaign, by the way.) 2 Link to comment
proserpina65 April 24, 2019 Share April 24, 2019 On 04/17/2019 at 10:54 PM, ams1001 said: Okay, there's a Wells Fargo mortgage ad I've seen a few times tonight that I have mixed feelings on. It's two dogs, alone at home during the day, a bigger dog snoozing on the couch, a little Pomeranian on the armchair. A siren starts blaring outside and the big dog lifts just his head while the little one starts freaking out, barking and running from the chair to the couch and back (she calls it the "woo-woo monster"). Then when the noise stops the big dog says something like "they're gone" and lays his head back down, and the little one stops running around and tries to calm down. She talks (yes, they talk, with CGI mouth movements) about how they need a quieter place to live. On the one hand, cute dogs. On the other hand, dogs freaking out at what is in their world clearly a regular occurrence makes me sad. I kinda like that one. The Woo-Woo monster, indeed. 1 Link to comment
slf April 25, 2019 Share April 25, 2019 The Doritos commercial with The Backstreet Boys and Chance the Rapper. Chance's high-pitched, nasally rapping sends me diving for my remote every time. 4 Link to comment
Phebemarie April 25, 2019 Share April 25, 2019 (edited) This Wal-Mart commercial is getting on my nerves. Maybe the song has some metaphorical significance outside of selling clothes that I'm missing. https://ispot.tv/a/IW1g Edited April 25, 2019 by Phebemarie 1 Link to comment
Silver Raven April 25, 2019 Share April 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, Phebemarie said: This Wal-Mart commercial is getting on my nerves. Maybe the song has some metaphorical significance outside of selling clothes that I'm missing. https://ispot.tv/a/IW1g Heh. I just saw it for the first time tonight, and liked it. 🙂 Link to comment
iMonrey April 25, 2019 Share April 25, 2019 This should probably go under "commercials that leave you gobsmacked" but have you seen Jeff Foxworthy hawking his new furniture line at Nebraska Furniture Mart? Who in holy hell wants a Jeff Foxworthy 3-piece suite in their living room? I mean, Foxworthy's whole schtick revolves around being a "redneck" so does his furniture line look like redneck furniture? Like, milk crates and barrels for tables? 6 4 Link to comment
Browncoat April 25, 2019 Share April 25, 2019 One of our local stores used to (maybe still does) have a Duck Dynasty line of furniture. It involved quite a lot of camouflage. 5 1 Link to comment
littlebennysmom April 26, 2019 Share April 26, 2019 Can't stand the Enterprise used car commercial where Kristen Bell wants to use a recliner as a trade in -- "but I need this out of my house!" So stupid on so many levels. 8 Link to comment
TattleTeeny April 26, 2019 Share April 26, 2019 This stupid commercial for Bounce -- the lady says something like, "Do you want wrinkle-free clothing without a hassle? You can." Can what?! OK, I know that the implication is "have it," but come on! 7 Link to comment
Zahdii April 26, 2019 Share April 26, 2019 27 minutes ago, TattleTeeny said: This stupid commercial for Bounce -- the lady says something like, "Do you want wrinkle-free clothing without a hassle? You can." Can what?! OK, I know that the implication is "have it," but come on! It's the same thing as the people who say "Come with?" instead of "Do you want to come with me?" 2 Link to comment
TattleTeeny April 26, 2019 Share April 26, 2019 Maybe, but I feel like that's a regional colloquialism as opposed to a a flat-out grammar/diction error? 5 Link to comment
funky-rat April 26, 2019 Share April 26, 2019 39 minutes ago, Zahdii said: It's the same thing as the people who say "Come with?" instead of "Do you want to come with me?" That's a regional thing where I live. When I moved to another state for a few years, people were ALWAYS on me about that, as if I were stupid. I try to not speak in local dialect a lot, but sometimes it slips in. When I met my husband, I knew he was somewhat from the area I was because he said "Can I come with?". And one of the people we were with pulled a "I don't know. CAN you? And do you want to come with me, with him, with her...…..". 2 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind April 26, 2019 Share April 26, 2019 When I said, "come with," my brother pointed out that I'm showing my Philadelphia roots. 2 Link to comment
peacheslatour April 26, 2019 Share April 26, 2019 36 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said: When I said, "come with," my brother pointed out that I'm showing my Philadelphia roots. For me it was my Pennsyltuckey roots. Along with red up your room, go run down cellar and ugly as skedditch. 1 1 Link to comment
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