Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[Aquarius]

Soon, he will just have her come over for sex and hot pockets.

 

Genius!

[Eliot]

It's a skin condition that can sometimes affect the scalp, so if you do have it, you might end up having to explain why your scalp is so red and irritated to your stylist.

 

Yeah, but I think the comment was about the "moderate to severe" part, not the fact that you have the condition. I hate all those Humira ads for that reason. They have to qualify EVERYTHING with the "moderate to severe" language:

 

"How's it going, Joe?"

"Oh, man, my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis is really getting me down today. Itches like the dickens!"

 

Clearly, someone in the Humira compliance department has too much time on his hands.

[RedZoneTuba]

Yes.  Those commercials cause me to have moderate to severe annoyance.

[Watcher0363]

This is hilarious. I've never had psoriasis, either moderate *or* severe, but is this actually something that ever comes up with anyone, not just your stylist? I don't know about anyone else, but there's *some* things I don't need to know about random strangers.

If you have ever worked with someone with severe psoriasis, it comes up quickly. Especially in the food service industry.

[Jamoche]

This is hilarious. I've never had psoriasis, either moderate *or* severe, but is this actually something that ever comes up with anyone, not just your stylist? I don't know about anyone else, but there's *some* things I don't need to know about random strangers.

Plus, I'm sure hair stylists have seen skin conditions before, and all you have to do is say "psoriasis" and they'll know it's not something they have to worry about spreading to their other customers. The ad makes it sound like their reaction would be "what is this psoriasis of which you speak?"

[MrsEVH]

I know it's for legal reasons but sometimes the drug commercial side effects make me cringe. We're at the point where I don't think heart attack and stroke are really acceptable "side effects" for some of these medications but I accept it but some of them are just ridiculous. "Sudden death"? How are you allowed to put "sudden death" as a side effect? Does that absolve you of all blame then? Well, I told you in the commercial that you might suddenly die because of... reasons.

 

I remember there was a weight loss drug out about 10-15 years ago (don't remember the name). The symptoms were "gas with oily discharge" which always cracked me up.

Edited June 26, 2014 by MrsEVH

[Tunia]

I remember there was a weight loss drug out about 10-15 years ago (don't remember the name). The symptoms were "gas with oily discharge" which always cracked me up.

Yeah, and there were chips and munchies made with olestra that had the same effect.  From what I remember, people often had a great surprise after downing a bag of those!

[heebiejeebie]

I hate the allergy medicine commercial that has the woman sneezing at what looks like some school play and the harridin in front of her turns around and glares at her as if the sneezing woman's nostrils just screamed some Holocaust Denial rant.   People sneeze.   When did the sound become an some incredible social crime?  Sneeze in my food, that I can being an issue.  But it is not going to make me miss a soccer kick.

 

And can teeth whitening campaigns hire models who mouths don't already look whiter than a McCain Family portrait?  The after shots of those teeth?  You could land planes with on a stormy night.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

 

I hate the allergy medicine commercial that has the woman sneezing at what looks like some school play and the harridin in front of her turns around and glares at her as if the sneezing woman's nostrils just screamed some Holocaust Denial rant.

And it wasn't even a loud sneeze, it was *tiny*. I had a friend who sneezed like that, and I was always amazed because it was so dainty in comparison to most other sneezes.

[Rick Kitchen]

I can see the reason for talking about it with her stylist, in that she's trying to have her hair cut so that it covers the psoriasis on her neck.  I assume.

[Rinaldo]

Yeah, and there were chips and munchies made with olestra that had the same effect.  From what I remember, people often had a great surprise after downing a bag of those!

There was apparently some back-and-forth about the ideal warning language. "Anal leakage" was considered, but apparently they settled on "loose stools."

[Muffyn]

Who apparently has a severe anger management problem. And I still want to know how they manage to whip their shirts and robes off over the strings.

Who is pulling the strings on these puppets?  You're married to a puppet and have a puppet son but someone has to move their arms and legs.  That thought just ups the creepiest factor for me - there's some leering loon yanking the cords on puppet wife.  I'd rather watch furries.

 

Has no one mentioned the Poise commercial - the "I've got Sam in my pants" one? Good grief! Even the idea that a woman would be loudly discussing her personal protection in a room full of people is just mind-blowing. I get embarrassed watching it.

This commercial seems to be making a comeback.  All right creepy lady, we're not all pissing ourselves while waiting.  Many, many people have bladder control.  Thanks!

 

So is he taking her on the bus to Wendy's for a steak sandwich?  I agree Wendy's girl is annoying, but awful understanding about a down economy if she is okay with her date taking her on the bus for fast food sandwiches on their first date, because I can tell you, from the first date, its all downhill in terms of effort.  Soon, he will just have her come over for sex and hot pockets.

She'll bring her hot pocket over to enjoy his hot pockets.  I'll let myself out.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

I'm old, so I remember when Olestra came out. It was first hailed as this miracle invention, and then it turned out that if you ate too much stuff that had it as an additive, it would give you the Jersey Trots. I always wonder ow this was a side effect they didn't know about before they released it onto the market.

 

 

She'll bring her hot pocket over to enjoy his hot pockets.  I'll let myself out.

Damn it, @Muffyn, I've got the last of a cold, and when I laugh too much I start to cough. :-P

Edited June 27, 2014 by Cobalt Stargazer

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Some drug (I think it's a "moderate to severe" arthritis med) has the potential side effect of tuberculosis. How can a pill GIVE you tuberculosis?

[riley702]

Some drug (I think it's a "moderate to severe" arthritis med) has the potential side effect of tuberculosis. How can a pill GIVE you tuberculosis?

I think it's more a matter of the drug lowers your immune system, so you're more vulnerable to serious infections. You'd still have to be exposed to someone with TB, but if you are, your normal immune responses are less able to fight it off. It's kind of like the steroid inhalers people take to prevent asthma attacks. You need to rinse your mouth out after taking them, otherwise the steroid residual in your mouth makes you vulnerable to thrush, an oral fungal infection. [/your friendly respiratory therapist]

Edited June 27, 2014 by riley702

[TattleTeeny]

There is a commercial for a car--I think it's Volvo--and the protagonist is a woman, and she's talking about having a fun summer or some shit. Her voice is so annoying that I cannot for the life of me understood how in the holy hell anyone would hire her for anything that requires speaking to others.

 

My all time, most annoying commercial has to be the one for Yoplait Light, where the wife is on the phone telling her friend about how she eats all these great desserts like Cheesecake, Boston Cream Pie, Apple Turnover on and on, but she has been losing weight.  Well her husband overhears her on the phone and secretly goes rummaging through the refrigerator like he is a thief in his own house.  Well, little Mrs. Prissy Pants catches the man in the act of looking through his own refrigerator for something to eat and cops an attitude with him, she was like "babe, what are you doing?"  and this poor emascuated man just sits there looking at her with a pitiful, sorrowful face because he had the absolute gall to look through the refrigerator without Mrs. Refrigerator Nazi's approval!  I just really wanted him to respond "bitch, I'm looking in the refrigerator for something to eat, what the fuck does it look like I'm doing?"  But I guess this commercial was supposed to appeal to some segment of the audience that likes weak men and bitchy women.

 

THIS COMMERCIAL IS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE! Oh my god, that fucking woman and the tone of her voice! And the guy is only slightly less upsetting because I feel a little bit sorry for him--but he's an ass too. I also hate a cough medicine one where some lame-o husband in in bed coughing all night, doing not a fucking thing about it. Beside him, Gently Smiling Woman smiles calmly and knowingly, gets up in the middle of the night, walks to the bathroom (that, I believe, is closer to the man's side of the bed), and comes back in with Robitussin. She administers it to her clueless dolt of a spouse, and the caption says something about "Dr. Mom." THERE ARE NO (ACTUAL) CHILDREN ANYWHERE IN THIS COMMERCIAL!

Edited June 27, 2014 by TattleTeeny

[MizArk]

Though I hate most commercials, few inspire me to outright rage like "Emily," the obnoxious cretin who "designed her own sofa." I want to feed her that sofa. In large, choking-sized pieces. And I tend to be a calm, peaceful mom and grandma, for the most part. I cannot comprehend why that company thinks this rude, condescending, utterly irredeemable woman makes a suitable spokesperson for their services. /rant over, slips quietly away now

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Their new ad is the worst. Emily and her husband/boyfriend/handbag go to this gallery, and the annoying hipster who works there is trying to sell them a painting. She's talking about how the painting doesn't do anything for the sofa, which for some asinine reason is *with them in the gallery*, the logistics of which flummox me every time. What, did they bring it in a truck? I would prefer to think that the thing isn't capable of getting around on its own, so how did it get there? Annoying Hipster points at the painting and snots, "This is 'Fireface' by Diego!" Emily says, "This is 'Sofa' by Emily." I just want them both to GTFO.

[potatoradio]

 

My all time, most annoying commercial has to be the one for Yoplait Light, where the wife is on the phone telling her friend about how she eats all these great desserts like Cheesecake, Boston Cream Pie, Apple Turnover on and on, but she has been losing weight.  Well her husband overhears her on the phone and secretly goes rummaging through the refrigerator like he is a thief in his own house.  Well, little Mrs. Prissy Pants catches the man in the act of looking through his own refrigerator for something to eat and cops an attitude with him, she was like "babe, what are you doing?"  and this poor emascuated man just sits there looking at her with a pitiful, sorrowful face because he had the absolute gall to look through the refrigerator without Mrs. Refrigerator Nazi's approval!  I just really wanted him to respond "bitch, I'm looking in the refrigerator for something to eat, what the fuck does it look like I'm doing?"  But I guess this commercial was supposed to appeal to some segment of the audience that likes weak men and bitchy women

 

Oh no. This commercial is back? How I hope they'll rewrite it so he replies "Babe?" and then throws a real boston cream pie in her face.

 

I hate Yoplait with enough venom to kill a small village; from their containers that they refuse to change, despite repeated reports of animals getting their heads stuck in them, to the insufferable, smug spokespeople they use in the commercials, to their awful product...just, FOAD, Yoplait.

 

I lately cannot stand the shrew for LG, I think, who stands at the sink and watches her son gaze into the fridge for a snack, then shows him the hidden door. She then repeats her smug 'tude with her hubby. Lady, what a sad life you lead if you spend it feeling so superior to your dumb boys who can't figure out the magic door. Sorry you married an apparent incompetent boob, but go be smug somewhere else.

[Prevailing Wind]

I remember the warnings about "anal leakage"  and I'm pretty sure they knew about this before they put it on the market.  Jeez, I have enough problems with stuff that has xylitol in it; I can't imagine what would happen with a combo delight of olestra & xylitol.

[Bastet]

I lately cannot stand the shrew for LG, I think, who stands at the sink and watches her son gaze into the fridge for a snack, then shows him the hidden door.

 

Having watched more than one man stand in front of an open refrigerator as if items were going to magically move themselves and jump out at him, I like that one, with her wondering where her son gets this behavior ... and then the tree whence the apple fell walks in.  And since all she does is open the smaller door for each of them, instead of saying, "Look in the other section, dumbass," I'm not mad at her.

[AntiBeeSpray]

However, if you die a slow death - time to sue!

If Wendy's date is springing for a sandwich at Wendys on a first date, she will be at 20 piece chicken nuggets to share by the third date, by the time he meets Mr. and Mrs. Wendy they will be at each of them getting one Twix bar a piece.

Then you run into all of those lawyer commercials! :P The ones where they say you can sue, even if you're dead! Now how would one go and do that :v?

[RealityGal]

There is a commercial for a car--I think it's Volvo--and the protagonist is a woman, and she's talking about having a fun summer or some shit. Her voice is so annoying that I cannot for the life of me understood how in the holy hell anyone would hire her for anything that requires speaking to others.

 

THIS COMMERCIAL IS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE! Oh my god, that fucking woman and the tone of her voice! And the guy is only slightly less upsetting because I feel a little bit sorry for him--but he's an ass too. I also hate a cough medicine one where some lame-o husband in in bed coughing all night, doing not a fucking thing about it. Beside him, Gently Smiling Woman smiles calmly and knowingly, gets up in the middle of the night, walks to the bathroom (that, I believe, is closer to the man's side of the bed), and comes back in with Robitussin. She administers it to her clueless dolt of a spouse, and the caption says something about "Dr. Mom." THERE ARE NO (ACTUAL) CHILDREN ANYWHERE IN THIS COMMERCIAL!

 

 

Oh no. This commercial is back? How I hope they'll rewrite it so he replies "Babe?" and then throws a real boston cream pie in her face.

 

I hate Yoplait with enough venom to kill a small village; from their containers that they refuse to change, despite repeated reports of animals getting their heads stuck in them, to the insufferable, smug spokespeople they use in the commercials, to their awful product...just, FOAD, Yoplait.

 

I lately cannot stand the shrew for LG, I think, who stands at the sink and watches her son gaze into the fridge for a snack, then shows him the hidden door. She then repeats her smug 'tude with her hubby. Lady, what a sad life you lead if you spend it feeling so superior to your dumb boys who can't figure out the magic door. Sorry you married an apparent incompetent boob, but go be smug somewhere else.

 

The commercial isn't back, I just hate that whiny nag so much that it stands out in my mind.  I don't ever, ever, ever condone domestic violence, but that Yoplait commercial had me as close as I've ever been to wishing for a woman to get hit.  And I hate Yoplait for making me feel that way.  And yes, all of their spokespeople have been awful, remember these lovelies?  

 

As for the robatussin commercial - all commercials along that vein kill me.  Why can't men figure out cough syrup, why do commercials assume men are morons?  Men should revolt, its insulting to them for every advertiser to assume they are dummies.

[aradia22]

I've been seeing this new commercial... it plays in front of videos on the Bravo website for me. I wouldn't call it my favorite and I don't quite hate it either. But it is mildly irritating. It falls into the long line of handsome man (or man the advertisers think is handsome) tries to appeal to women. The one that I hated was the guy making the salad whose shirt burned off. He was almost as bad as the liquid gold guy in terms of the creepy factor. This new one is a cowboy making a margarita. He pours all these ingredients into a pitcher and then rides his horse like a crazy person to mix it. Has anyone else seen this?

[RealityGal]

I've been seeing this new commercial... it plays in front of videos on the Bravo website for me. I wouldn't call it my favorite and I don't quite hate it either. But it is mildly irritating. It falls into the long line of handsome man (or man the advertisers think is handsome) tries to appeal to women. The one that I hated was the guy making the salad whose shirt burned off. He was almost as bad as the liquid gold guy in terms of the creepy factor. This new one is a cowboy making a margarita. He pours all these ingredients into a pitcher and then rides his horse like a crazy person to mix it. Has anyone else seen this?

 

I'm sorry I have to admit that I was all about salad guy's shirt getting burned off.  I'm such a perv :(

[Aquarius]

I'm sorry I have to admit that I was all about salad guy's shirt getting burned off.  I'm such a perv :(

 

You and me both.  I also loved the one where he checks on the pasta and the steam plasters his shirt to his chest.  Zesty.

[Stella MD]

 

I lately cannot stand the shrew for LG, I think, who stands at the sink and watches her son gaze into the fridge for a snack, then shows him the hidden door.

I don't understand the hidden door. Is it just an extra glass door to save energy for those who want to stand and stare? Why would I, who has neither the time nor the inclination to stare aimlessly in the fridge, want a system where I to have to go through two doors every time I need something? Or is it actually a second compartment? If so, they sure picked an extremely weird way to market that.

[RealityGal]

You and me both.  I also loved the one where he checks on the pasta and the steam plasters his shirt to his chest.  Zesty.

I'm all over YouTube trying to find that!  I AM a pervert!

[heebiejeebie]

I don't understand the hidden door. Is it just an extra glass door to save energy for those who want to stand and stare? Why would I, who has neither the time nor the inclination to stare aimlessly in the fridge, want a system where I to have to go through two doors every time I need something? Or is it actually a second compartment? If so, they sure picked an extremely weird way to market that

 

 

I loathe this ad.  It falls into my loathed category of 'paying for something you don't need just so you can continue to indulge in stupid behavior.'

 

Like the commercial a little while ago with the dad whinging about his little girl erasing the presentation on his pad because he doesn't have the spiffy one with various lock controls*

 

Instead of just thinking that maybe letting a child play on an expensive device you require to make a living is not as good as handing her a book.  Or even the remote with a video.

 

This notion that you need something just so you can continue what you already agree is simple lazy stupidity annoys me immensely.

 

 

 

*which we all know is nothing more than a protect your secret stash of porn sell

[merylinkid]

Thank you for someone bringing up Emily.   Why that crazy ass bitch has not been locked up I do not know.   She drags that damn chair with her everyhwere, calls it her child and gets upset if everyone doesn't treat it like a real live child.    ANd her hubby just stands there supporting this behavior instead of either getting the fuck away from her really weird brand of crazy or getting her the help she so clearly needs ( I recommend electroshock for her and gasoline and match for that damn chair).

[Cobalt Stargazer]

I lately cannot stand the shrew for LG, I think, who stands at the sink and watches her son gaze into the fridge for a snack, then shows him the hidden door.

 

Years ago, Erma Bombeck wrote in one of her books that one of her kids' favorite activities when they were growing up was standing in front of the refrigerator with the door open waiting for something to dance. I haven't seen this particular annoying ad, but it's at least true to life. Unlike idiots who bring couches to galleries.

Edited June 28, 2014 by Cobalt Stargazer

[Watcher0363]

Though I hate most commercials, few inspire me to outright rage like "Emily," the obnoxious cretin who "designed her own sofa." I want to feed her that sofa. In large, choking-sized pieces. And I tend to be a calm, peaceful mom and grandma, for the most part. I cannot comprehend why that company thinks this rude, condescending, utterly irredeemable woman makes a suitable spokesperson for their services. /rant over, slips quietly away now

That woman is hot beyond belief. Confident, wears glasses, not super skinny. Loved her from the first commercial, the speed dating one. The way she phrased her words. Is loving a chair any worst than loving a marionette.

 

Their new ad is the worst. Emily and her husband/boyfriend/handbag go to this gallery, and the annoying hipster who works there is trying to sell them a painting. She's talking about how the painting doesn't do anything for the sofa, which for some asinine reason is *with them in the gallery*, the logistics of which flummox me every time. What, did they bring it in a truck? I would prefer to think that the thing isn't capable of getting around on its own, so how did it get there? Annoying Hipster points at the painting and snots, "This is 'Fireface' by Diego!" Emily says, "This is 'Sofa' by Emily." I just want them both to GTFO.

At least the annoying Hipster isn't trying to kill Buffy and all other potential Slayers anymore.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

 

At least the annoying Hipster isn't trying to kill Buffy and all other potential Slayers anymore.

Am I supposed to have recognized Annoying Hipster, @Watcher0363?  Please explain. :-)

Edited June 28, 2014 by Cobalt Stargazer

[janie jones]

I don't understand the hidden door. Is it just an extra glass door to save energy for those who want to stand and stare? Why would I, who has neither the time nor the inclination to stare aimlessly in the fridge, want a system where I to have to go through two doors every time I need something? Or is it actually a second compartment? If so, they sure picked an extremely weird way to market that

I haven't seen this commercial, but based on everyone's description the scenario doesn't even make any sense.  You mean to tell me that the lady went and picked out a new refrigerator on her own without consulting with her husband on its features, and then when it got delivered, she didn't tell everyone in the household about its features?  Because that's the only way the husband and the son wouldn't know about the secret door.  And in that case, why be an asshole about them not being familiar with a feature they had not been told about?

[riley702]

That woman is hot beyond belief. Confident, wears glasses, not super skinny. Loved her from the first commercial, the speed dating one. The way she phrased her words. Is loving a chair any worst than loving a marionette.

 

At least the annoying Hipster isn't trying to kill Buffy and all other potential Slayers anymore.

Andrew, right? Tom Lenk? Thought he looked familiar.

[Jamoche]

Thank you for someone bringing up Emily.   Why that crazy ass bitch has not been locked up I do not know.   She drags that damn chair with her everyhwere, calls it her child and gets upset if everyone doesn't treat it like a real live child.    ANd her hubby just stands there supporting this behavior instead of either getting the fuck away from her really weird brand of crazy or getting her the help she so clearly needs ( I recommend electroshock for her and gasoline and match for that damn chair).

I'm pretty sure I saw that Lifetime movie.

[Rinaldo]

I haven't seen this commercial, but based on everyone's description the scenario doesn't even make any sense.  You mean to tell me that the lady went and picked out a new refrigerator on her own without consulting with her husband on its features, and then when it got delivered, she didn't tell everyone in the household about its features?  Because that's the only way the husband and the son wouldn't know about the secret door.  And in that case, why be an asshole about them not being familiar with a feature they had not been told about?

I haven't seen it either, but the description sounds like a standard portrayal of the standard "Men, amirite? You can tell them all about a kitchen item's features, and they will still stand helplessly in front of it until you do everything for them, because they can't be bothered to master 'woman's work'" trope.

[smittykins]

I think school starts in the first week of August here. Yuck.

Kids in my area(Upstate NY)just got *out* of school.

 

ETA:

I also hate a cough medicine one where some lame-o husband in in bed coughing all night, doing not a fucking thing about it. Beside him, Gently Smiling Woman smiles calmly and knowingly, gets up in the middle of the night, walks to the bathroom (that, I believe, is closer to the man's side of the bed), and comes back in with Robitussin. She administers it to her clueless dolt of a spouse, and the caption says something about "Dr. Mom." THERE ARE NO (ACTUAL) CHILDREN ANYWHERE IN THIS COMMERCIAL!

 

Unfortunately, this trope has been around for a long time.  Does anyone remember this Sucrets commercial from the late '70s?

Man wakes up wife out of a sound sleep, whining that "I can't sleep with this cold."  Wife says, "Okay, I'll get the aspirin and Sucrets."  Hubby asks, as if he's never heard of such a thing, "Aspirin?  And Sucrets?"  Wife explains that the Sucrets are for his cough/sore throat and the aspirin for his other symptoms.  Finally, we see that he's out like a light and she's playing solitaire, saying "I'm glad *one* of us can sleep."

Edited June 28, 2014 by smittykins

[ABay]

The one that I hated most was the dimwit husband hacking away while the whole family is trying to watch something on TV. So the wife has to get up, miss whatever they're all trying to watch, and give the idiot the cough medicine. Can he not get himself out of the room instead of ruining everyone else's enjoyment? Is he unfamiliar with the exotic concept of cough medicine? Does his wife possess the only key to the ultra-top-secret cough medicine cabinet? Isn't there another TV in the house? Why, why, why is the dunce spoiling the night for his whole family?

[Ubiquitous]

Is that the commercial for Passages? Because I hate that ad. They have that guy come on and say, "I was an addict for ten years. Now I'm not." Uh, no, you idiot, that isn't how it works. Or is this some other moron that I haven't seen yet?

Yeah, I think that's the rehab clinic's name. I just want to give him a 2 by 4 headache,

 

I have to chime in to the Douche Du Jour nominees: The ass who apparently went through a whole box of Lucky Charms in order to get a bowl of only marshmallows. Really, dude? That is a major time commitment to separate a box of cereal bits, and selfish as the woman in the ad gets no marshmallows in her bowl.  When he shuffles into the kitchen, it's like he forgot either that the woman likes Lucky Charms too or is the absolute worst at trying to act surprised/innocent.

The irony being that is the nastiest cereal I ever ate, mostly because of those "marshmellows".

 

Am I sppsd to know the tool in the new Xbox commercial who humblebrags about having time to play video gameds AND watch TV at the same time? How does that work? Am I sppsd to be impressed?

Edited June 28, 2014 by Ubiquitous

[Muffyn]

I remember the warnings about "anal leakage"  and I'm pretty sure they knew about this before they put it on the market.  Jeez, I have enough problems with stuff that has xylitol in it; I can't imagine what would happen with a combo delight of olestra & xylitol.

I'm pretty sure you would need Oops! I Crapped My Pants!

[ari333]

Thank you, respiratory therapist poster! for the info about washing out the mouth after using and inhaler regarding thrush risk. I didn't know that and my Mr. Ari uses an inhaler. Not for asthma or anything chronic, but it's good to know.

 

I actively loathe the puppet "no wires" commercials, but the one that really skeeves me is the one with the "puppet wife" in the lingerie where she is beckoning him at the foot of the bed. I've seen that one so many times. I cannot change the channel fast enough.

Edited June 28, 2014 by ari333

[Rachelb]

I cannot deal with the Ricky Gervais ad for Audi. The one where his niece (?) is reading bad things people have written about him on the internet and then she asks, "What do they mean?" or something along those lines and then he answers, "It means I'm doing something right". SO SMUG.

[riley702]

I actively loathe the puppet "no wires" commercials, but the one that really skeeves me is the one with the "puppet wife" in the lingerie where she is beckoning him at the foot of the bed. I've seen that one so many times. I cannot change the channel fast enough.

At the end, she looks like she's doing the "running man" dance. Not sure how that's supposed to be sexy or "jazzy", as the husband calls it.

[smittykins]

Yeah, I think that's the rehab clinic's name. I just want to give him a 2 by 4 headache,

 

 

I would hope that would give him a clue-by-four, but I doubt it.

Having alcoholism in my family, I can assure you that once an alcoholic/addict, always an alcoholic/addict.

[Guest]

No Comcast.  You haven't changed.  You don't change.  Stop making commercials trying to convince us that you have. Saying it doesn't make it true.  It just reminds me of your existence which annoys me.   And Jim Gaffagan, shame on you for helping them try to sell this claim.

[Ananayel]

And while we're at it, TimeWarner Cable needs to stop running ads bragging about not having a data cap. Because you know, if that hellspawn of a merger goes through in a few months, it will be a matter of nanoseconds before Data Caps For Everyone!!!!

[RealityGal]

At the end, she looks like she's doing the "running man" dance. Not sure how that's supposed to be sexy or "jazzy", as the husband calls it.

 

I used to do the running man, back in the day, when dancing didn't involve dry humping a guys leg or twerking.  I can assure you, people found my running man neither sexy nor jazzy.  Maybe I was doing it wrong....

[theatremouse]

Samsung is now advertising these new curved HDTVS.  I wouldn't be so annoyed if the commercial explained what's so damn better about having a curved tv over a flat one.

Because they can't. Because unless you have a huge curved TV in a home theater and are sitting at the proper distance and dead center to the screen, it's not better. So they instead need to rely on the "ooh, new" factor.

 

The thing about the marionette commercials that bothers me isn't the human father and with marionette wife and child, nor that it implies someone must me manipulating the wife/child/grandpa, nor even that at least one of the boxes does need to be plugged in and wired. Here's my problem with the entire campaign: marionettes are stringed, not wired; they're strings. I get where they were trying to go because with marionettes it's difficult not to see the strings, and it's about not seeing the wires for your cable. But strings are not wires. So if I put myself in the position of, were I an animate marionette, how would I respond to these comments about wires...I would not take that personally as a ding against me and my wires, since I would not have any. And the biggest thing is, there is a way they could have made this silly premise work with better word choices: Say "cord" instead of "wire". "Cord" could apply to both scenarios. I've heard both string and wires/cables referred to as cord or cords. I have never heard someone use the terms wire and string interchangeably.

Edited June 30, 2014 by theatremouse

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The Febreeze commercial with two little boys on the couch being shown a 100-times life sized cube of an allergen.    Why do they say eww? Are we to believe that people who regularly consume things they've found on the floor are disgusted by a giant wooden block?   So the kid who thinks the proper way to dispatch allergens is by sicking some Ninjas on them......{{hangs head}} I know he's supposed to be super adorable in an oh how cute, outta the mouths of babes kind of way, but between his grown man face and the self satisfied look thereon after he says it, I wanna punch this baby square in his mouth.    For the record I love kids but the forced cutesy wutsey thing?  Kill yourself Febreeze Marketing Dept.