Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[Sandman87]

Back in the here and now, do you think any of the makers of those vaginal dryness/pain medicines approached Madonna to license "Like a Virgin?"

I'm waiting for a Viagra ad with Frank Zappa's "Stick It Out", or maybe a Trojan condom commercial using "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?"

[CarpeDiem54]

Yes, it really is.

 

Milk, Milk, Lemonade,

Around the corner, fudge is made!

Well, YUCK! I can guess which body parts are each represented. I guess I grew up in the classy areas of Montana and Nebraska. ;-)

[CarpeDiem54]

I'm waiting for a Viagra ad with Frank Zappa's "Stick It Out", or maybe a Trojan condom commercial using "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?"

Those are great ideas! We also need to work in Led Zeppelin's "The Lemon Song" and The Beatles "Why Don't We Do It In The Road".

[ennui]

And I hate that funeral expense insurance commercial that plays the happy peppy Charlie Brown theme in the background. Yes, a loved one DIED, but whoopy! get this insurance and you dont' have to pay to bury them! [/que music]

I suppose funeral expenses are age related/generational, and most young'uns can't understand until they get there and find out how expensive it is to die. Most people want to take care of their affairs and not burden their kids.

[ivygirl]

It is a 90's song by Weezer entitled "Buddy Holly". There are some previous comments on that one here, so you are not alone!!!!!

 

 

You got me to thinking about a few others I super-love. I never realized that all of them, including "Buddy Holly," are directed by the same person. While I have never had a "type" in my choice of men, I apparently do for videos.

 

Aww, no--you've got cohorts here; I was an '80s teenager (though I have destroyed all the photos that prove it; I much prefer my grunge college years--and also kind of still look like those). Did you know that the video for A-Ha's "Take on Me" just turned 30?!

 

 

I love the Weezer song (and all Weezer songs) but in that commercial, I feel annoyed by the mom making a point to sing all proper and shit. She's just trying so hard to sound good (and does not) and it reminds me of Jan from The Office after she went crazy and had a baby.

 

  

I absolutely hate the Mazda commercial below. The message I take is "Have your mid-life crisis with us!"

That line "reminds you of when you were you" enrages me.

MY PEOPLE!

I can't stand either of those commercials, for the very reasons you all mentioned.

For the Mazda one, it's like: "When you were you"? Is the dude having some sort of metaphysical or existential identity crisis? When were you NOT you? Is there something about his (seemingly happy) family that drives him to the point of dissociation from real life? And if he loved his roadster so much, why didn't he just keep it?  

 

The sad thing is, I've heard it so many times, I can recite it. :P

And for Honda: It's not even a matter of them using the Weezer song. I don't mind hearing "my" songs in commercials; heck, I even loved hearing "Hungry Like the Wolf" in that yogurt ad. It's the oddness of choosing "Buddy Holly" as a song the whole family would spontaneously bust out singing; and, it's the mom singing in her clipped, saccharine tone. And did it *really* take Jason Reitman to direct *that*? Sheesh. It's like hearing that Brian DePalma directed some non-descript Cover Girl commercial in the 80's.

[pandora spocks]

I know someone who got married via eHarmony. Twice.

 

To be fair, eHarmony's 29 levels of compatibility at least got them to the altar.  This is probably not the testimonial that founder Neil Clark Warren would include on his website.  This needs to be kept secret from granddaughter Cawowine and her creepy little friend.

 

I think the Capital One commercials with Jennifer Gardner just make me sad. Because she isn't getting enough work and has to do Capital One commercials.

 

The divorce settlement that Jennifer will probably get from Ben Affleck will put a kibosh on her credit card hawking.  I'm mystified about why Samuel L. Jackson does these commercials since he does a lot of movies.

[Prevailing Wind]

Perhaps these stars have a lot of support personnel they need to pay regularly.  I think that's probably why Bill Murray doesn't do commercials - he doesn't even have an agent, much less a chauffeur, personal trainer, cook, hair person, etc.

[Rinaldo]

I never feel bad for anybody I see making a commercial. Proportional to the amount of time & work needed, that's the best money you can make in the business.

[brickthru the tv]

ya know people ; when it comes down to it - we have two weapons;  the dvr FF button and the mute button and MINE is geting worn out.  Commercials used to be witty funny and informative - NOW the asswipe marketers treat us like dolting sheep for example ( 800 number is..............guesss what?  Toll Free) and then there is is .5 pica fine print on every ad that stays on the screen for .5 seconds and then there is thee POINT FEMALE for every thing - its the wendys ad; it's the ugliest woman on tv (jan from toyota) and then ATT ad; AD Nauseam.

 

Now we have the upscale couple driving around with bulls in Pampaloma - yeah right

 

Or Buy Xarelto in one ad and after that  then the slimeball lawyer ad for them to "help" you on your death bed for taking this rat poison

 

Who actually comes up with the real pharma name for all this snake oil?

 

Then we have the "pain relieving do-dad" that the elderly should buy and charge medi-care for the cost (I'm sure its cheap ha-ha)

 

And lastly - we Now have an AARP ad that shows no one under 30 partying in the frickin ad - HUH and WTF?

[SmithW6079]

And lastly - we Now have an AARP ad that shows no one under 30 partying in the frickin ad - HUH and WTF?

Given that AARP is an organization whose members are 50 years of age and older and whose mission includes lobbying for the rights of senior citizens, it makes perfect sense that an ad would not include younger people. Edited August 2, 2015 by SmithW6079

[90PercentGravity]

Eww. Looking more and more like Jared is the pervy perv.http://www.eater.com/2015/8/1/9083891/subway-jared-fogle-texts-underage-sex-franchisee

(True story: my phone was absolutely determined to change "Jared" to "hated.")

Edited August 1, 2015 by 90PercentGravity

[Prevailing Wind]

From the article, italics mine... "On Friday evening, Business Insider first-reported on lewd texts allegedly written by Fogle to a former franchisee whom he had a sexual relationship with.

 

If you're that much a grammarian that you properly use "whom," wouldn't you also put "with" in FRONT of "whom" ?  The way it's written, I want to ask, "What's a 'relationship-with'?"

 

As to the point of the article, yeah -- he's a major creep.  I always thought so; now it's confirmed.

Edited August 1, 2015 by Prevailing Wind

[GaT]

Eww. Looking more and more like Jared is the pervy perv.http://www.eater.com/2015/8/1/9083891/subway-jared-fogle-texts-underage-sex-franchisee

(True story: my phone was absolutely determined to change "Jared" to "hated.")

I was going to ask what 16 years old girl would want to have sex with Jared (especially after seeing the picture in the article) but then I saw he paid for it. $100.00 is not enough.

[erikdepressant]

From the article, italics mine... "On Friday evening, Business Insider first-reported on lewd texts allegedly written by Fogle to a former franchisee whom he had a sexual relationship with.

 

If you're that much a grammarian that you properly use "whom," wouldn't you also put "with" in FRONT of "whom" ?  The way it's written, I want to ask, "What's a 'relationship-with'?"

THANK YOU, Prevailing Wind!

[Prevailing Wind]

You're welcome.

[riley702]

How does anyone get through elementary school without learning that one? (...probably by attending a better school system than the subpar southeastern U.S. one that I did.)

I'm going to plead advanced age. I was in elementary school in the late 60s. It was either that, or, you know, Indiana.

 

MY PEOPLE!

Group hug!

Edited August 2, 2015 by riley702

[Brattinella]

Isn't that a dangling participle?

[bilgistic]

I'm going to plead advanced age. I was in elementary school in the late 60s. It was either that, or, you know, Indiana.

That's not too far ahead of me. I think I started Kindergarten in the fall of 1980. My birthday is in October just after the cutoff, so I had to wait a year to start school. I was always one of the oldest kids in class.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Isn't that a dangling participle?

 

And if so, cover it up. No one wants to see your participle.

[Jamoche]

Well, now you kids know how we Boomers felt about Zeppelin songs in Cadillac commercials, Rolling Stones shilling Windows 95, etc etc etc

I'm from the generation that didn't have to wait to be pissed off - Van Halen transformed "Right Now" from a protest song to a Pepsi jingle while it was still on the charts.

[DeLurker]

And if so, cover it up. No one wants to see your participle.

PTV is not that kind of site!

[mojoween]

The fast forward button was MADE for Julia Louis-Dreyfus's wretched Old Navy back to school ads. Just what I always wanted...to watched her act like a pompous fool.

[Prevailing Wind]

She's acting? I thought she IS a pompous fool.

[BooksRule]

There's a commercial with a family where one of the kids starts singing "what's with these homies dissing my girl," and the rest of them join in. I think it's for an SUV, but the song gets stuck in my head and I can't think.

 

I don't hate the Honda commercial, but I am getting tired of it.  I had never heard the song before, so I had to google it to find out more.  I do like the music video for it.  The annoying thing about it now (to me, anyway) is--for some reason--instead of the 'I look just like Buddy Holly' line, I find myself singing/thinking 'I look just like Howdy Doody'.  I don't know why and don't know where that came from, but I find it funny and irritating at the same time. 

Edited August 2, 2015 by BooksRule

[ebk57]

This commercial makes me want to stab both of the women who are not Rashida Jones.  (apologies if this has been posted already - I looked but didn't find it)

 

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

 

 

 

And one more from a competitor - a commercial from Xfinity where the man has arrived at the woman's house and she goes out for a moment, so he tunes into her TV and finds that she's been watching things about murder.  This one also makes me stabby.  Fortunately, I can't find a video for it.

[Muffyn]

Eww. Looking more and more like Jared is the pervy perv.http://www.eater.com/2015/8/1/9083891/subway-jared-fogle-texts-underage-sex-franchisee

(True story: my phone was absolutely determined to change "Jared" to "hated.")

It's like your phone is reading my mind.  In fact this works for both the person and the jewelry store.  Its a win-win.  

[Rick Kitchen]

The fast forward button was MADE for Julia Louis-Dreyfus's wretched Old Navy back to school ads. Just what I always wanted...to watched her act like a pompous fool.

 

I like the ones were she is a rich socialite.  Those are pretty funny.  Because she's playing a pompous fool in those.

Edited August 2, 2015 by Rick Kitchen

[KLovestoShop]

I have a new most dispised commercial. It's for Caredot com. Three women are out for lunch, and one of them is obviously a stay at home mom. She's obnoxious to the other two, by cutting their meat and putting the wine in a sippy cup. She then licks her napkin to wash the face of one woman. She treats, and talks to them like they're children. All this stupidity to advertise a child care site.

My other dislike is the commercial for State Farm and their retirement services. The woman walks into her boss' office to announce she's retiring in 15 years. FIFTEEN FREAKING YEARS!!!!!! And she's already cleaning out her desk and doing an exit interview because, we all know, 15 years creeps up on you. This commercial makes State Farm look stupid.

[riley702]

And one more from a competitor - a commercial from Xfinity where the man has arrived at the woman's house and she goes out for a moment, so he tunes into her TV and finds that she's been watching things about murder.  This one also makes me stabby.  Fortunately, I can't find a video for it.

Well of course murder makes you stabby! Doesn't she also come back and catch him at it? And teases him, "Aww, you're nervous! That's so cute." That made me giggle.

[ebk57]

Well of course murder makes you stabby! Doesn't she also come back and catch him at it? And teases him, "Aww, you're nervous! That's so cute." That made me giggle.

 

Now that you say that...I think it's her tone of voice/line reading that makes me stabby... :-)

Edited August 3, 2015 by ebk57

[ennui]

I see Direct TV has revamped the Creepy Rob Lowe ads for their NFL package ... now, we have quarterbacks and their icky counterparts (I've seen Ely Manning and Tony Romo, so far). I would gather the Direct TV legal team has gone over these very carefully.

[Sandman87]

Well, now you kids know how we Boomers felt about Zeppelin songs in Cadillac commercials, Rolling Stones shilling Windows 95, etc etc etc

Having set up lots of PCs with hardware add-ons, I always thought the Rolling Stones song was appropriate for Windows 95: "...you make a grown man cryyyy-yyy-yy..."

Edited August 3, 2015 by Sandman87

[Prairie Fire]

I'm from the generation that didn't have to wait to be pissed off - Van Halen transformed "Right Now" from a protest song to a Pepsi jingle while it was still on the charts.

 

If a song gets turned into a jingle while it's still on the charts, I can no longer take it seriously as a song. Whenever Meghan Trainor's "Lips are Moving" comes on the radio, I just think to myself, "ugh, the HP commercial again" before I switch stations.

[ivygirl]

I'm from the generation that didn't have to wait to be pissed off - Van Halen transformed "Right Now" from a protest song to a Pepsi jingle while it was still on the charts.

Awww. Warm fuzzy memories of Crystal Gravy!

[iMonrey]

 

For the Mazda one, it's like: "When you were you"? Is the dude having some sort of metaphysical or existential identity crisis? When were you NOT you? Is there something about his (seemingly happy) family that drives him to the point of dissociation from real life? And if he loved his roadster so much, why didn't he just keep it?

 

The mid-life crisis thing is just sort of sad and cliched, but what really gets me about that commercial is what a bad job they did of hiring actors who actually look like they could all be the same guy through the years. The teenager is dorky-looking as all get-out and by the time he's reached mid-life not only has his hair changed color but so has the actual shape of his face.

 

 

I see Direct TV has revamped the Creepy Rob Lowe ads for their NFL package ... now, we have quarterbacks and their icky counterparts (I've seen Ely Manning and Tony Romo, so far). I would gather the Direct TV legal team has gone over these very carefully.

 

The one with  Bad Tony Romo fails to deliver because . . . I would actually love a cross between a brownie and a cupcake! Yum.

[Rick Kitchen]

The one with Tony Romo fails anyway because he isn't a successful quarterback.

Edited August 3, 2015 by Rick Kitchen

[OSM Mom]

The one with Tony Romo fails anyway because he isn't a successful quarterback.

I love you,Rick Kitchen. I truly do.

[xaxat]

So, the founder of Papa John's has a new ad where he says he wouldn't think about cutting corners because he's a "pizza maker".

 

 https://youtu.be/4ubyO-iQKrc

 

Maybe he ought to tell that to his franchisees.

 

Bronx Papa John’s Franchise Owner Pleads Guilty In Wage-Theft Case

 

Papa John's Franchisee Ordered To Pay $2.12 Million For Wage Theft Violations

 

Schneiderman wins $800K in back wages, eyes parent suit

 

That's just New York state.

Edited August 4, 2015 by xaxat

[Ohwell]

That Walgreen's commercial with the woman taking a bunch of young girls to the dancing recital.  She makes a stop at Walgreen's to buy some stuff and the way she acts just makes me stabby.  I can't stand those curls bouncing around on her head and when she's sitting in the audience watching the girls dance, she does this shoulder movement thing to show that she's enjoying herself, and I hate her so much when she does that, my left eye twitches. 

[90PercentGravity]

I must confess that I am way more likely to hang out with Arts & Crafts Tony Romo that random jock I haven't heard of before Tony Romo.

[erikdepressant]

That Walgreen's commercial with the woman taking a bunch of young girls to the dancing recital.  She makes a stop at Walgreen's to buy some stuff and the way she acts just makes me stabby. 

And WHY doesn't she just send Princess back into the house to get that stuff?

[90PercentGravity]

I've made up a whole story in my head about that Walgreens commercials where the girl's mother is a dysfunctional alcoholic and the dance woman knows is so she helps the girl out because she sees her potential. 

[CoyoteBlue]

So, the founder of Papa John's has a new ad where he says he wouldn't think about cutting corners because he's a "pizza maker".

Maybe he ought to tell that to his franchisees.

 

Bronx Papa John’s Franchise Owner Pleads Guilty In Wage-Theft Case

Papa John's Franchisee Ordered To Pay $2.12 Million For Wage Theft Violations

Schneiderman wins $800K in back wages, eyes parent suit

 

That's just New York state.

 

Nah, "Papa" John has all but flat-out stated that his company is based on paying his people the least amount he's legally required to. They can't cut corners with their mediocre pizza, but they can dam sure make sure he never pays a dime in health care for his workers unless the govt' puts a gun to his head.

[bilgistic]

But where am I going to get my shitty delivered pizza if not from Papa John's?

[Cobalt Stargazer]

You can always go to Little Caesar's. You wouldn't even have to wait to get some shitty pizza.

[Prevailing Wind]

WTF is McEnroe doing with a fungus-y toenailed foot playing tennis with Jublia?  To quote him, "SERIOUSLY?"

[Maharincess]

. I'm waiting for a Viagra ad with Frank Zappa's "Stick It Out", or maybe a Trojan condom commercial using "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?"

On Two and a Half Men, jingle writer Charlie was talking about this and wondered if the next thing would be a tampon commercial playing Stuck in the Middle With You.

I hate those types of commercials. From way back to Megan Mulalley singing about " Turn the Tub Around" for a margarine commercial to the new one "Turn Around Barry" and everything in between. I hate them all.

I love this thread. It's perfect late night insomnia reading.

Edited August 4, 2015 by Maharincess

[Flnurse]

To be fair, eHarmony's 29 levels of compatibility at least got them to the altar.  This is probably not the testimonial that founder Neil Clark Warren would include on his website.  This needs to be kept secret from granddaughter Cawowine and her creepy little friend.

 

The divorce settlement that Jennifer will probably get from Ben Affleck will put a kibosh on her credit card hawking.  I'm mystified about why Samuel L. Jackson does these commercials since he does a lot of movies.

Alec Baldwin too, let's not forget!

[Aquarius]

And one more from a competitor - a commercial from Xfinity where the man has arrived at the woman's house and she goes out for a moment, so he tunes into her TV and finds that she's been watching things about murder.  This one also makes me stabby.  Fortunately, I can't find a video for it.

This makes me stabby because I think going through someone's playlist without asking is a lot like going through her underwear drawer without asking.

And also, one can watch movies about murder without actually being a murderer. Which is why murder movies are so popular.

[pandora spocks]

"And also, one can watch movies about murder without actually being a murderer. Which is why murder movies are so popular."

I love watching cooking shows but I don't like to cook. It's watching the process of it that appeals to me.