Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[ams1001]

48 minutes ago, Leeds said:

What?  I've never seen this ad, but is there any kind of explanation?

It's a reference to the recent headlines that Subway's tuna supposedly isn't tuna. Though the testing in question is...questionable.

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/subway-tuna-dna-website

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Subway's tuna sandwich has had about as tough of a year as a sandwich can have. In January, a class-action lawsuit was filed alleging that Subway's tuna doesn't actually contain any tuna at all. Of course, lawsuits can be filed without being true, but in a world where Subway has become an easy punching bag, the bold claim received plenty of press.

Then, last month, things got worse: Hoping to get to the bottom of the viral story, the New York Times sent Subway's tuna to a lab for independent testing. "No amplifiable tuna DNA was present in the sample," the results came back. "Therefore, we cannot identify the species." The lab offered multiple reasons why the tests may have failed — explaining that things like processing or cooking could disrupt the results — but once again, the headlines didn't break Subway's way, suggesting that further evidence supports the "not tuna" theory.

 

 

The Lay's Poppables ad with what's-her-name from Blackish. Stoppp.

[Leeds]

8 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

It's a reference to the recent headlines that Subway's tuna supposedly isn't tuna. Though the testing in question is...questionable.

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/subway-tuna-dna-website

 

Thank you!

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, ams1001 said:

It's a reference to the recent headlines that Subway's tuna supposedly isn't tuna. Though the testing in question is...questionable.

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/subway-tuna-dna-website

 

The Lay's Poppables ad with what's-her-name from Blackish. Stoppp.

Those voices she does make as cranky as granny when the cistern's empty on a Saturday night.

[susannah]

9 hours ago, ams1001 said:

It's a reference to the recent headlines that Subway's tuna supposedly isn't tuna. Though the testing in question is...questionable.

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/subway-tuna-dna-website

 

The Lay's Poppables ad with what's-her-name from Blackish. Stoppp.

That would be Tracee Ellis Ross, daughter of Diana. I personally don't get that excited over a snack product, and she is definitely obnoxious with hers.

[ams1001]

34 minutes ago, susannah said:

That would be Tracee Ellis Ross, daughter of Diana. I personally don't get that excited over a snack product, and she is definitely obnoxious with hers.

I knew she was Diana Ross's daughter but I couldn't think of her name and was too lazy to google it. I saw (well, heard, because I was making dinner) the ad shortly before I posted my other comment about Subway.

Edited July 21, 2021 by ams1001

[Deskisamess]

17 hours ago, Nicmar said:

I have seen those cook books and that is some scary stuff!! Just like tomato aspic🤢

Then you'd love this:

The Gallery of Regrettable Food

https://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/

[peacheslatour]

52 minutes ago, Deskisamess said:

Then you'd love this:

The Gallery of Regrettable Food

https://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/

I fell down that rabbit hole a long time ago. Lately I've been checking out his Interior Desecrators: Ugly Rooms For The Beautiful People. Ah, the seventies.

[Ms Lark]

19 hours ago, dleighg said:

The "Hold my pouch" ad for Capri Sun annoys the heck out of me. First of all, bouncing off the phrase "Hold my beer" for a kids' product is problematic. Second, Capri Sun is basically colored sugar water with a bit of fruit juice, so I don't get what that has to do with "kids saving the world." Third, I hate the word "pouch."

I find it exceedingly crass and I bet that poor kid delivering the line gets teased immeasurably by his peers. Traumatized for life!

[susannah]

4 hours ago, Ms Lark said:

I find it exceedingly crass and I bet that poor kid delivering the line gets teased immeasurably by his peers. Traumatized for life!

I don't understand this at all. I don't know what is crass about a kid helping another kid, and certainly don't know why he would be teased for it.

[peacheslatour]

45 minutes ago, susannah said:

I don't understand this at all. I don't know what is crass about a kid helping another kid, and certainly don't know why he would be teased for it.

Because the kid goes "hold my pouch". There's a whole trope surrounding the phrase "hold my beer" being the last words knuckle headed YOLO bros say right before they do something incredibly stupid and dangerous.

The commercials that are making me extra stabby right now are the Jeep ads where the VO goes "Some roads are paved but Jeep owners make their own roads" or some such nonsense and commercial proceeds to show them with with their body part substitutes crashing through pristine forests and splashing through crystal clear rivers, obliterating tiny ecosystems, fragile wild life and previously unmarred woods and trails.

[Kawaiiko]

10 hours ago, susannah said:

I personally don't get that excited over a snack product.

I am hurt! (eh, i'll get over it)

[susannah]

6 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Because the kid goes "hold my pouch". There's a whole trope surrounding the phrase "hold my beer" being the last words knuckle headed YOLO bros say right before they do something incredibly stupid and dangerous.

Ok, I didn't know that. That makes sense.

[Gharlane]

On 7/20/2021 at 5:00 PM, dleighg said:

The "Hold my pouch" ad for Capri Sun annoys the heck out of me. First of all, bouncing off the phrase "Hold my beer" for a kids' product is problematic. Second, Capri Sun is basically colored sugar water with a bit of fruit juice, so I don't get what that has to do with "kids saving the world." Third, I hate the word "pouch."

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Owll/capri-sun-bully

I've never seen that one before, but the one I used to see involved a little girl rearranging the tables in the school gym cafeteria and being all smug about it. 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Ih1_/capri-sun-together-table

 

On 7/20/2021 at 9:28 PM, The Crazed Spruce said:

President's Choice in Canada is doing their level best to ensure that I never try anything with yuzu in it.

 

Was the circus in town when they shot the commercial? I am guessing she's a "celebrity" of some sort? 

Edited July 22, 2021 by Gharlane
ETA: Found URL of commercial.

[madmax]

18 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

The commercials that are making me extra stabby right now are the Jeep ads where the VO goes "Some roads are paved but Jeep owners make their own roads" or some such nonsense and commercial proceeds to show them with with their body part substitutes crashing through pristine forests and splashing through crystal clear rivers, obliterating tiny ecosystems, fragile wild life and previously unmarred woods and trails.

The commercial I saw had a disclaimer that they were on trails.  So yeah, make your own roads.  🙄  99% of those vehicles will never even go off-road.

[peacheslatour]

12 minutes ago, madmax said:

The commercial I saw had a disclaimer that they were on trails.  So yeah, make your own roads.  🙄  99% of those vehicles will never even go off-road.

Good.

[Blergh]

35 minutes ago, madmax said:

The commercial I saw had a disclaimer that they were on trails.  So yeah, make your own roads.  🙄  99% of those vehicles will never even go off-road.

But what about all those who don't read disclaimers and/or don't think rules should apply to them?

What the ads also don't show is that there's a strong likelihood that their vehicles would get a flat, break an axle,etc. zooming through hiking trails. .. and even if they were able to get a signal. . .. the towing fees alone would wipe out the budgets of smaller nations. 

[Gharlane]

On 5/21/2021 at 9:14 AM, Popples said:

 

I hate this ad, plus the turtle-purchaser reminds me of a young Kevin James impersonator.

[susannah]

6 hours ago, Gharlane said:

I've never seen that one before, but the one I used to see involved a little girl rearranging the tables in the school gym cafeteria and being all smug about it

I've seen that ad several times and I never thought she was "all smug" about it. I thought that she didn't like how the other kids were treating that boy and did something about it. I don't know why this ad is getting such negativity but different strokes, I guess.

[peacheslatour]

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But what about all those who don't read disclaimers and/or don't think rules should apply to them?

"But mah freedoms!"

[ams1001]

9 hours ago, Gharlane said:

Was the circus in town when they shot the commercial? I am guessing she's a "celebrity" of some sort? 

Wikipedia tells me she's a Canadian comedian named Ann Pornel and hosts The Great Canadian Baking Show.

[theatremouse]

On 7/21/2021 at 2:54 PM, peacheslatour said:

Because the kid goes "hold my pouch". There's a whole trope surrounding the phrase "hold my beer" being the last words knuckle headed YOLO bros say right before they do something incredibly stupid and dangerous.

On the one hand, while yes, that is a trope, really the "hold my beer" thing basically means "I can outdo that". When said by a goofus, you know they're about the fall flat on their face, but it's also used plenty in a context of actually outdoing whatever it was. I don't think it's absolute that the Capri Sun ad was going for the former.

[TattleTeeny]

On 7/20/2021 at 4:32 PM, Bruinsfan said:

Those of us who grew up on 70s cookbook recipes are just thankful if the mayonnaise isn't the main ingredient by weight.

I always look for ‘60s and ‘70s cookbooks at thrift stores because I find “ugly food” so funny! 

This Belvita commercial is getting on my damn nerves with its “dip it, sip it” slogan! There are two different “it”s in question here—it makes no sense!

[madmax]

Geico has recycled old commercials that I hated the first time around:

Gekko on a remote control boat

Gekko screaming about his flat tire

UGH!

If they want to bring back a commercial, bring back the woodchucks!

Edited July 23, 2021 by madmax

[mmecorday]

Woman on TV: I buy all my groceries online now!

Announcer: Shingles doesn't care!

Me: Neither do I!

[ams1001]

7 minutes ago, mmecorday said:

Woman on TV: I buy all my groceries online now!

Announcer: Shingles doesn't care!

Me: Neither do I!

I'll take that over the "Shingles Can Be Whaaaaat!?" commercials any day.

[CMC]

I only have antenna TV. Cable just isn't worth the price.  The commercials that drive me most crazy are PERSONAL  INJURY ATTORNEYS!  Every commercial break has a minimum of 2, but usually more.  Pedialyte commercial where the woman working out proclaims that everyone but her drinks what they're told to.  Really?  C.U.NEXT.TUEDAY!  Then the Purple commercial with the bimbo in the leiderhausen announces that she told us years ago that our mattresses are awful.  I don't know about anyone else,  but my mattress is completely phenomenal.  Oh...it's not a purple waffle, and memory foam POS!

[peacheslatour]

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Gekko screaming about his flat tire

Ooh, that one! There's something about that one that just raises my hackles.

[susannah]

18 hours ago, madmax said:

Geico has recycled old commercials that I hated the first time around:

Gekko on a remote control boat

Gekko screaming about his flat tire

UGH!

If they want to bring back a commercial, bring back the woodchucks!

I love the woodchucks! The way they laugh makes me laugh.

[Prevailing Wind]

"Everyone's wearing Skims."  Really? Does that kind of hyperbole actually work?

[OldStandard]

How about the bizarre commercial where two cartoon dogs are arguing about pants?  “It’s pants, dog,”. I don’t even know what product it’s trying to sell - the whole thing is so weird it just has me shaking my head!

[Gramto6]

1 hour ago, Prevailing Wind said:

"Everyone's wearing Skims."  Really? Does that kind of hyperbole actually work?

And every time I hear it I say "No, not everyone! Not me ever!"

[peacheslatour]

5 minutes ago, Gramto6 said:

And every time I hear it I say "No, not everyone! Not me ever!"

What are they?

[Bastet]

6 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

What are they?

Kim Kardashian's underwear/loungewear/shapewear company.

[peacheslatour]

36 minutes ago, Bastet said:

Kim Kardashian's underwear/loungewear/shapewear company.

I wouldn't use a Kardashian affiliated product to clean my toilet.

[mbluecpa]

On 6/18/2021 at 9:01 PM, SumDumGuy said:

What is with the Gardasil 9 actor? He's so angry...his tone, his lack of smiling, he's practically shoving runners after the race out of his way...and then his final COMMAND to protect myself. Ok HPV guy I get it. Or rather, I don't. 

If it’s the commercial I’m thinking of, the actor (Johnny Wactor) is a regular on General Hospital and is pretty wooden, both physically and verbally, on there too. The voice also doesn’t sound exactly like his so could be a voiceover or somehow altered. 

On 6/9/2021 at 2:17 PM, CrystalBlue said:

Speaking of armpits, there's a commercial on now for something with loud music and a bunch of very different people jumping and dancing around.  One of the people is a black woman with her arms raised while dancing, with full armpit hair on display.  The next time I see it I'll post what the ad is for.  It's not for razors though.

Conversely to this, there are a couple of pharma commercials (one for asthma and the other for psoriasis or eczema) with guys displaying shaved pits. I don’t find that objectionable or anything but it’s…noticeable. 

A current ad that annoys is with Laurie Hernandez and her dad, for a diabetes medication.  I didn’t think much of it the first times I saw it but then noticed the small-font disclaimer that her dad doesn’t actually take the drug being advertised. 

Edited July 24, 2021 by mbluecpa

[madmax]

5 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

It could have been worse, he could have been run over, or a hungry bird could have swooped down and finished him off.

I don't know about worse...

[tanyak]

In general I like the Progressive commercials with a guy showing people how not to turn into their parents. But the newest one with him taking a group on a flight bugs me. First, he makes fun of them because they printed their boarding passes. I still print mine at the kiosk, whatever. But this is the scene that gets me. They show two of the passengers in an airport store, and the woman is telling the guy not to worry about buying the chips or whatever because she packed some things. She takes a bag out of her suitcase. The professor guy swoops in and takes the bag from her. I’m sorry — is it more cool and hipster to spend $20 total on a bag of peanuts and chips? It’s not like she was pulling a bucket of chicken or sandwich out of her bag, it looks like dry snacks or maybe a candy bar.

Just seems like they were trying to be too cute and clever.

[ams1001]

1 hour ago, tanyak said:

In general I like the Progressive commercials with a guy showing people how not to turn into their parents. But the newest one with him taking a group on a flight bugs me. First, he makes fun of them because they printed their boarding passes. I still print mine at the kiosk, whatever. But this is the scene that gets me. They show two of the passengers in an airport store, and the woman is telling the guy not to worry about buying the chips or whatever because she packed some things. She takes a bag out of her suitcase. The professor guy swoops in and takes the bag from her. I’m sorry — is it more cool and hipster to spend $20 total on a bag of peanuts and chips? It’s not like she was pulling a bucket of chicken or sandwich out of her bag, it looks like dry snacks or maybe a candy bar.

Just seems like they were trying to be too cute and clever.

I hate that one, too. I haven't flown in 20 years but I definitely brought snacks for the plane. I think I even had a bottle of water (this was a couple months pre-9/11). I was 25 and did not own a home so I was definitely not turning into my parents.

[susannah]

55 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

I hate that one, too. I haven't flown in 20 years but I definitely brought snacks for the plane. I think I even had a bottle of water (this was a couple months pre-9/11). I was 25 and did not own a home so I was definitely not turning into my parents.

I haven't seen that ad but only idiots would pay airport prices for snacks, whatever age.

[Bastet]

17 hours ago, tanyak said:

First, he makes fun of them because they printed their boarding passes.

He actually says "paper tickets", which I didn't even know still existed, so if they're doing that, have at 'em, Dr. Rick.

I agree about the snack thing, though.  I'm a flight snob who flies first class, so I'm fed in the airport lounge pre-boarding and again on the plane as part of my ticket.  But for "regular" service these days (which basically amounts to nothing), I don't know why bringing a snack for the airport wait time and flight would be something worthy of such mockery - at least as presented in the commercial:

She did say she brought "so many delicious snacks", so she probably brought along too much, but it's not like she pulled a rotisserie chicken and selection of side dishes out of her purse.  They should have made her more exaggerated, like when people smuggled in a whole smorgasbord to the cinema before theatres got strict about outside food and drink.

Edited July 25, 2021 by Bastet

[Moose135]

9 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

It could have been worse, he could have been run over, or a hungry bird could have swooped down and finished him off.

We don't have that kind of luck.

[Prevailing Wind]

6 hours ago, Bastet said:

They should have made her more exaggerated, like back when people smuggled in a whole smorgasbord to the cinema.

My parents, starting during their dating time, through to their late 60s, ALWAYS took a one-pound Hershey bar (each) into the theater. They both loved their chocolate. Later, diagnosed as diabetic, my mom shrugged and said, "I supposed I've had more than my fair share of chocolate already."  If I could have found one, I'd have given her a one-pound Hershey bar when she went into the nursing home with her broken hip. (I don't think they make them anymore.  Who but my parents would buy one/two?)

[mojoween]

Subway.  I have no issue with Megan Rapinoe, Serena Williams, Steph Curry or Charles Barkley.  I love them all, actually.

But if you think adding Tom Fucking Brady to an ad is going to make me want to go to your shop, you are so very sadly mistaken.  You have now ensured that I will go out of my way to always go to Firehouse if I am desiring a sub, even though it is much farther away.

Also, what the fuck kind of ad sells a sub when Steph reminds us all that Tom, who just said the sub is delicious, doesn’t even eat bread?  We all know ads lie.  Most don’t make sure we know they are lying.

Edited July 25, 2021 by mojoween

[tanyak]

2 hours ago, mojoween said:

Also, what the fuck kind of ad sells a sub when Steph reminds us all that Tom, who just said the sub is delicious, doesn’t even eat bread?  We all know ads lie.  Most don’t make sure we know they are lying.

You’re so right. And yet I still laugh at that part every time. Lol

[magicdog]

7 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

If I could have found one, I'd have given her a one-pound Hershey bar when she went into the nursing home with her broken hip. (I don't think they make them anymore.  Who but my parents would buy one/two?)

Trader Joes sells 1lb chocolate bars!  I've given up such sweet treats (well, for special occasions) but I tell you, I'd definitely be buying them as a snack at work.  

[peacheslatour]

42 minutes ago, magicdog said:

Trader Joes sells 1lb chocolate bars!  I've given up such sweet treats (well, for special occasions) but I tell you, I'd definitely be buying them as a snack at work.  

This Giant Toblerone Candy Bar Weighs a Massive 10 Lbs

[susannah]

16 hours ago, Bastet said:

I'm a flight snob who flies first class, so I'm fed in the airport lounge pre-boarding and again on the plane as part of my ticket.

I have always wondered what  first class is like, besides heavenly!

[andromeda331]

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

This Giant Toblerone Candy Bar Weighs a Massive 10 Lbs

I wish my dad liked Toblerones that would be fun to buy him for his birthday or Christmas. He has a huge sweet tooth. I did get him that huge Hershey bar they sell at Christmas. He loved it. It took him six months to eat.

[bankerchick]

When I was in high school we had a sales campaign for something and the top sellers were entered into a draw for prizes.  My friend won a 10-lb Hershey bar.  She had 4 siblings and friends like me, so it didn't last too long.

 

[peacheslatour]

9 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

Yeah, but he does have a lot of dough.

An ad with a lot of stars tells me that the money for those stars has to come from somewhere.  Most likely higher prices.

We call them "stars"  or " celebrities". I noticed when I was in France they call them "spectacles".