Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[Watcher0363]

She is a prisoner of love.  I'm just confused because she apparently is super interested in football because she has the jersey on AND she is carrying around a football, yet she isn't even watching the game she is just wandering around the house.  Why?  Is this some hostage situation?  Are you banished to the bedroom until the game is over even though you want to watch the game?  That isn't right.

Okay do not read to much into this. The game is over, she is in the Viagra anticipation mode. Which means the instructions on the Viagra reads that Viagra usually kicks in at the thirty minute mark. So if all goes well when she's with her man, she has got at least four hours of hardness to play with. Before at least one person should become concerned. Viagra is not an instant miracle just a slow and very effective miracle.

Edited December 28, 2015 by Watcher0363

[NewDigs]

Four hours??

Glass or no glass, she's lookin' for an escape route.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Okay do not read to much into this. The game is over, she is in the Viagra anticipation mode. Which means the instructions on the Viagra reads that Viagra usually kicks in at the thirty minute mark. So if all goes well when she's with her man, she has got at least four hours of hardness to play with. Before at least one person should become concerned. Viagra is not an instant miracle just a slow and very effective miracle.

 

 

Four hours??

Glass or no glass, she's lookin' for an escape route.

 

[Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story:] "If boners lasts more than four hours, call more ladies." [Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story]

[amass]

Maybe she is a ghost. The ghost of boners past.

So THAT'S what happens when the erection lasts more than four hours....

[Ubiquitous]

The VW commercials are a little odd ... I guess people just drop into the dealership, take a car and a hostage, and go about their business?

Isn't kidnapping against the law?

[Maverick]

 Maybe she's discovered her man is on the DL and that's why he needs boner pills to get with her.  Maybe she's hoping dressing like a quarterback will help jump start his engine.  

[CarpeDiem54]

Isn't kidnapping against the law?

Volkswagen doesn't seem to be concerned with breaking the law.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

That thudding sound ya'll hear is me banging my head against the wall.

 

 

 

Where's Jamie Lee Curtis when you need her?

[Eliot]

Ah, yes. When she opens the curtains on the floor-to-ceiling windows, she's checking to see if the glass is breakable and there's no one guarding that route. Makes sense now.

 

So that's NOT perfume she's dabbing on all her pulse points...it's insect repellent to protect her during her frantic and undoubtedly futile dash through the forest to that sweet, elusive freedom.

[Snarklepuss]

I think this is true.  Older people don't impulse buy the same way younger people do; it's not about not having the money, but when you get older, you understand most things are fads and it's silly to spend money on fads.

 

Yeah, I don't know about that, I think some of that is a myth.  Young people today are the consummate comparison shoppers and often won't buy anything unless they've chosen the item with the best reviews and ratings on several websites, etc.  I have seen this so many times even with the smallest items.  They don't have the money to impulse buy like younger people in generations past and seem to be more fad-immune too.  That's why sites like True Car exist - to cater to this trend.  I think young people today more often tend to want the absolute best product for them at the absolute best price and won't part with the money until they're sure they've found it.  Unlike me, who when I was young bought a car because I "fell in love" with it on the showroom floor.  I don't think we're living in a time of splurge buying among anyone these days, including young people.  Business mags. are always writing articles talking about how Madison Avenue is still trying to figure out how to market to Gen. Y.  I don't think the "old wisdom" is working with any generation these days.  People are changing but their marketing philosophy is not keeping up, across the generations, IMHO.

 

Getting back to the topic, my new most annoying ad is in the vein of making older people look less cool and more "out of it".  Complete with ironic hipsters, too.

 

Samsung Pay commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7WyIBESJ_0

Edited December 29, 2015 by Snarklepuss

[RCharter]

Yeah, I don't know about that, I think some of that is a myth.  Young people today are the consummate comparison shoppers and often won't buy anything unless they've chosen the item with the best reviews and ratings on several websites, etc.  I have seen this so many times even with the smallest items.  They don't have the money to impulse buy like younger people in generations past and seem to be more fad-immune too.  That's why sites like True Car exist - to cater to this trend.  I think young people today more often tend to want the absolute best product for them at the absolute best price and won't part with the money until they're sure they've found it.  Unlike me, who when I was young bought a car because I "fell in love" with it on the showroom floor.  I don't think we're living in a time of splurge buying among anyone these days, including young people.  Business mags. are always writing articles talking about how Madison Avenue is still trying to figure out how to market to Gen. Y.  I don't think the "old wisdom" is working with any generation these days.  People are changing but their marketing philosophy is not keeping up, across the generations, IMHO.

 

Getting back to the topic, my new most annoying ad is in the vein of making older people look less cool and more "out of it".  Complete with ironic hipsters, too.

 

An interesting counter point is the new idea of having too much information.  And not knowing what sources can be truly trusted or are really free of influence from companies.  I've wanted to buy a new TV for YEARS, but everytime I go online to try to find helpful, unbiased information I'm bombarded and I just give up.   It took me half past forever to buy a new laptop because the entire process was confusing to me.  I like options, but there is a fine line...for me at least...

 

In regards to the Samsung pay phone.  How do they deal with security?  As soon as your phone is stolen do you need to cancel your credit card?  Can't someone hack into your phone?  I'm not fancy enough right now to pay with my cell phone.  Its not too much of a burden for me to carry my wallet into a store with me yet.  It just feels like a potential lawsuit waiting to happen if the right safeguards aren't in place to prevent theft.

Edited December 29, 2015 by RCharter

[Prevailing Wind]

 

Unlike me, who when I was young bought a car because I "fell in love" with it on the showroom floor.

You didn't name it Brad, did you?

[ABay]

For TV, laptops, and other electronics, I think CNET is pretty reliable. They explain what various options mean, do comparison tests, and you can sort by price range and other factors.

[Snarklepuss]

You didn't name it Brad, did you?

 

No, his name was "Jazzy Jeff" after the DJ.  Brad would have been far too humdrum and unromantic for a car like him.  Why would someone name a car they were supposedly so in love with after their accountant?* LOL   Unless it was a boring car, I suppose.   When I saw that commercial I thought, "Who writes these things?  That's not even believable".

 

Jazzy Jeff looked just like this.  22 years ago, he was sweet:

 

 

*  Joke, no offense to accountants, I work with some very lovely, non-boring accountants.

Edited December 29, 2015 by Snarklepuss

[FormerMod-a1]

Just because one looks up ratings and what not does not mean they aren't also influenced by ads.  e.g. I've heard plenty of people say "I don't care what the reviews say, I'm still going to buy (fill in the blank)".    In addition to that, we're not talking just large purchases here, like cars and TVs.  There's all sorts of things that are advertised from cereal to candy bars to restaurants to insurance to clothing stores, etc. where I doubt they really need to comparison shop - e.g. I don't know anyone that comparison shopped before buying a Snickers the first time.

[WescottF1]

In regards to the Samsung pay phone.  How do they deal with security?  As soon as your phone is stolen do you need to cancel your credit card?  Can't someone hack into your phone?  I'm not fancy enough right now to pay with my cell phone.  Its not too much of a burden for me to carry my wallet into a store with me yet.  It just feels like a potential lawsuit waiting to happen if the right safeguards aren't in place to prevent theft.

 

I set up Samsung Pay on my phone to activate only with my fingerprint.  Plus you need my fingerprint to unlock the phone to get at the Pay app, too.

 

I would imagine nothing is 100% hack proof but its not like if I lost my phone someone could just grab it and go on a shopping spree.

[ennui]

Regarding the Viagra Football Floozie, all of the ads are like that. Women pacing around the bedroom like cats in heat.

[Watcher0363]

Regarding the Viagra Football Floozie, all of the ads are like that. Women pacing around the bedroom like cats in heat.

They should bring back the old anticipation song used for the Heinz ketchup commercial. As for why men, not just the old use Viagra. Real Genius sums it up.

 

Chris Knight: So, if there's anything I can do for you - or, more to the point, *to* you - just let me know.

Susan: Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?

Chris Knight: Not right now.

Susan: A girl's gotta have her standards. [Walks away]

Edited December 29, 2015 by Watcher0363

[RCharter]

I set up Samsung Pay on my phone to activate only with my fingerprint.  Plus you need my fingerprint to unlock the phone to get at the Pay app, too.

 

I would imagine nothing is 100% hack proof but its not like if I lost my phone someone could just grab it and go on a shopping spree.

Okay -- that makes sense.  I realized that there had to be safeguards but the commercials make it look so effortless so you don't see any of the security features.

[Brattinella]

Well, some credit 'lock' company has just ruined one of my favorite show tunes.  "Getting to Know You" from the King and I, is being used in a very negative way in this new ad, these hackers are singing this song as they probe around in your private stuff.

[SmithW6079]

I hate the Little Caesars' ad where a studio audience yells, "ONE MORE TIME," and the commercial actually replays at least twice, with the audience yelling, "ONE MORE TIME" three times. Did they think annoying the viewing audience was the way to get them to buy Little Caesars?

[ennui]

Well, some credit 'lock' company has just ruined one of my favorite show tunes.  "Getting to Know You" from the King and I, is being used in a very negative way in this new ad, these hackers are singing this song as they probe around in your private stuff.

Maybe the Viagra folks should use this song, as well. 

[riley702]

Scene: An intimate dinner at home. Lady excuses herself to "freshen up". Cut to woman debating whether to snoop in the cabinet as "Getting to Know You" plays in the background. Woman spies bottle of little blue pills as a speculative, satisfied smile crosses her face. 

OK, I just squicked myself out.

Edited December 31, 2015 by riley702

[mmecorday]

Oh my Lord, dude. Wipe your stupid drunk face!

[RCharter]

Oh my Lord, dude. Wipe your stupid drunk face!

I'm so torn on this commercial.  I hate everything about this guy......his bro-douchiness, the semi-emo hair, the fact that he seems impressed by bro-douchiness, the fact that he is probably eating at a Hooters...........but on the other hand, he is beautiful, and I want to make many bro-douche babies with him.  

 

Is it okay to despise the man you want to be your future husband?

[CarpeDiem54]

RCharter - You can do much better than him. He looks like the kind who'll wind up leaving his wife at home fondling a football whilst he's at the game getting drunk with his pals. And then coming home with a limp noodle.

[RCharter]

RCharter - You can do much better than him. He looks like the kind who'll wind up leaving his wife at home fondling a football whilst he's at the game getting drunk with his pals. And then coming home with a limp noodle.

You think I have what it takes to become a Viagra Football Floozie/Kidnap Victim?  I think thats the kindest compliment I've gotten in a long time :)

[CarpeDiem54]

You think I have what it takes to become a Viagra Football Floozie/Kidnap Victim?  I think thats the kindest compliment I've gotten in a long time :)

But of course! All of us beautiful snarkalicious women on here have what it takes. We just need a *real* man who makes us feel like a natural woman.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aretha-franklin-natural-woman-kennedy-center-honors_5683f497e4b0b958f65adf2f?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics%C2%A7ion=politics

[Cobalt Stargazer]

You think I have what it takes to become a Viagra Football Floozie/Kidnap Victim?  I think thats the kindest compliment I've gotten in a long time :)

 

Just as long as you don't become a Yogurt Bitch.

 

But of course! All of us beautiful snarkalicious women on here have what it takes. We just need a *real* man who makes us feel like a natural woman.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aretha-franklin-natural-woman-kennedy-center-honors_5683f497e4b0b958f65adf2f?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics%C2%A7ion=politics

 

Better:

 

[Prevailing Wind]

I never understood that song. WTF is a "natural" woman?  I used to go around singing, "You make me feel like a synthetic woman..."

[Rick Kitchen]

Even Sarah MacLachlan can't stand to watch her ASPCA ads.

[MaryPatShelby]

I just saw the latest Viagra commercial, with the woman in the football jersey (with football). I guess this is based on the idea that the ultimate fantasy of the middle-aged male is a woman who wants to please him, but understands that first things come first. So she's happy to wait patiently until the game is over.

I'm concerned that my husband and I are doing the whole football sex thing wrong.  He can, and often does, watch football for all 9+ hours on Sundays.  Are we supposed to have sex after each game?  When all games are wrapped up?  Do I have to carry the football ALL day, even when leaving the bedroom? Or am I not supposed to leave the bedroom? What if I'm so irritated about 9 hours of football that I don't want to have sex, but he's all V-ed up?  I suppose it would help if I put on a jersey......

[Ohwell]

Not to mention the halftime sex............

[merylinkid]

Halftime is 15 minutes.    

 

And if my SO wants sex after I've watched 13 hours of football, well, good luck to him on that.

[Neurochick]

I hate the Little Caesars' ad where a studio audience yells, "ONE MORE TIME," and the commercial actually replays at least twice, with the audience yelling, "ONE MORE TIME" three times. Did they think annoying the viewing audience was the way to get them to buy Little Caesars?

 

I HATE that commercial.  When I first saw it I was like, "WTF is this, why are they showing this over and over again?"  I was so ticked off I didn't even know what the commercial was for.

Oh my Lord, dude. Wipe your stupid drunk face!

 

Actually, I kind of like that commercial, because he's smart enough to know he can't drive himself home.  Not so douchey to me.

[proserpina65]

So Jeffrey...

It could be worse, apparently the Volkwagen grannies are gone (thank God), but I find this one really annoying. Sneering at poor Jeffrey, way to show that old Christmas spirit guys, lol.

I keep telling Jeffrey that he should be glad they didn't leave him in the middle of nowhere, like those twerps who took their Volkswagen test-drive on their Christmas tree hunt.

[Ms Lark]

And for some reason the one that irritates me the most is the girl who opens her light saber in Subway.

I figure she's going after Jared.

 

Absolutely hate this spot for Crest 3-D Whitening strips.  Like throw something at the TV kind of hate.  "I'd say someone's making quite an impression."  Unless this chick is a goddamned tooth model, WTF does her boss care if her teeth are bright white or not???

 

Heh. Give me your arm and I'll show you an impression!

 

I would imagine nothing is 100% hack proof but its not like if I lost my phone someone could just grab it and go on a shopping spree.

 

Could if they cut off your finger!

 

Here's the one I hate: Pillsbury Grands biscuits (or some such). Starts out dissing the sound of spreading butter on toast. WTF. Dude, if that bothers you, you must've really tied one on the night before and had a massive hangover in the morning!

[Jamoche]

I never understood that song. WTF is a "natural" woman?  I used to go around singing, "You make me feel like a synthetic woman..."

*googles* - I'm surprised nobody's written a filk of that.

[iMonrey]

Given the fact that Oprah's weight has fluctuated vastly over the many years she's been on TV does she really have any credibility left when it comes to dieting? Even more so since we know she actually bought a large stake in Weight Watchers and is now shilling for them? Why are we supposed to think this is going to work when everything else she's tried had only temporary results? A better selling point would be specifying what went wrong with all her previous diet plans and why this one is so different it's sure to last forever. She can cut the over-serious philosophizing crap. No, Oprah, you aren't just like everyone else out there with weight issues. You've got more money than God and could pay someone full time to just follow you around 24/7 and slap the food right out of your hand.

[Rick Kitchen]

Well, since her ads started running more people have signed up for WW.

[mojoween]

That irritates me. Why are people assuming that THIS is what's going to get her off the weight loss carousel? Just because Oprah signed up and bought a stake in it and now has earned even more money, they think WW is what they need to do?

I read an interesting article the other day, I wish I could remember where, that said that WW has the best business model. People lose weight on WW, and then get off the program for whatever reason. And left to their own devices, they gain weight. So then sign back up for WW. It's a vicious cycle and WW just keeps getting rich off of the same people's money over and over and over.

I signed up for WW because my company gave me a discount on my health premiums...and sent WW eight bucks a month for over a year for no reason because I not once went to a meeting, made a recipe, bought their food, counted points, none of it. Thankfully later on my company sent me a flyer for a free weight loss program that you don't count or go to meetings or any of that and I lost 30 pounds in three months by hardly doing anything at all.

[chessiegal]

Well, since her ads started running more people have signed up for WW.

And my husband says their stock went up 30% after her ads started running. When I complained about her stock purchase, he told me the company was struggling. I've had great success with the program over the years, so was surprised they were struggling. I'll be interested to see the attendance at a January meeting when I go in for my monthly weigh-in. January is always crowded, along with my gym, with all the new year "rersolutioners" showing up. Plus they have their on-line program that doesn't require meeting attendance. I've known people who've had success with that program.

[Brattinella]

I am almost getting to the suicidal point re: Doctor On Demand commercials.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

I am almost getting to the suicidal point re: Doctor On Demand commercials.

 

I guess that would be one of those severe side effects rather than a moderate one.

[RCharter]

I guess that would be one of those severe side effects rather than a moderate one.

mild to moderate suicide?

[riley702]

I figure she's going after Jared.

 

You made me snort.

[backformore]

When I see Oprah' s WW commercials, I remember her wagon stunt. Anyone else? Oprah came on stage pulling a wagon with 70 pounds of fat in it, to demonstrate her weight loss, with, I believe, Optifast. Later, as the 70 pounds found their way back, she talked about regretting that stunt and how she misled people about dieting. She said diets don't work.

She has talked a lot about yoyo dieting and the dangers, while her weight has gone up and down.

So now she's selling g another diet plan?

[RCharter]

When I see Oprah' s WW commercials, I remember her wagon stunt. Anyone else? Oprah came on stage pulling a wagon with 70 pounds of fat in it, to demonstrate her weight loss, with, I believe, Optifast. Later, as the 70 pounds found their way back, she talked about regretting that stunt and how she misled people about dieting. She said diets don't work.

She has talked a lot about yoyo dieting and the dangers, while her weight has gone up and down.

So now she's selling g another diet plan?

I know I'm in the minority, but I can't hate Oprah.  I've struggled with my weight, the only difference being that there was no one following me tracking every pound and every failure.  She has been so successful at everything else, it must burn her that she can't control this.  And it kinda makes me feel cool that Oprah and I have something in common.  Something about her is just so likable to me.  I realize that she is probably all a figment of PR firms, but she really seems so genuine and nice.  

[BW Manilowe]

I know I'm in the minority, but I can't hate Oprah. I've struggled with my weight, the only difference being that there was no one following me tracking every pound and every failure. She has been so successful at everything else, it must burn her that she can't control this. And it kinda makes me feel cool that Oprah and I have something in common. Something about her is just so likable to me. I realize that she is probably all a figment of PR firms, but she really seems so genuine and nice.

Responding to the bolded. Mostly because I live in a nearby state to Illinois, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend 2 different tapings of her talk show (but with the same subject/guest), in 1987 & 1992--the 1st taping was at the WLS studios in Chicago, their local ABC affiliate & the "flagship" station of The Oprah Winfrey Show; the 2nd taping was at Harpo Studios, the TV/movie production facility Oprah later had built in Chicago.

I'm happy to say that at the 1987 taping, Oprah really was genuine & nice to everyone in that audience who wanted to at least get a picture with her (I can't remember if she also signed autographs or not), & I'm pretty sure there were over 100 of us in that audience. We had to wait until after the show was finished taping, but when it was Oprah went out in the hall (or whatever) outside the studio, either sat or stood there, & at least said a few words to & took pics with anyone in the audience who wanted that kind of attention from her on their way out the door. She was also nice, funny, & personable with the audience at least before the taping began, when it was just her & the audience & the guest/subject for the show was still backstage (during the taping, when the guest was on the set, she was--rightfully--paying attention to them). When it was just her & us, I remember her talking--nicely, no "dirt"--about a (female) celebrity she'd recently taped a show with, & "bitching" about the shoes she was wearing being uncomfortable (as most/all women do when forced to wear "good"/dress shoes).

Unfortunately, I can't tell you anything much about the 1992 taping, other than she still seemed to be personable & friendly with the audience before the taping started, & she was still focused on the guest when they were on the set. My friends & I couldn't hang around this time, for anything she may have done with the audience post-show, because we had to get from where Harpo Studios was, which was kind of downtown-ish as I remember, to a hotel by O'Hare Airport by a certain time after the taping for other stuff involving Oprah's guest that day (& in 1987). The "other" stuff was our original reason for being in Chicago that day (& weekend--Oprah's show was taped on a Friday afternoon); the Oprah show appearance was scheduled later & my friends & I were extremely lucky enough to get through on her audience seating line, get enough seats after the taping was announced, & be able to do that too.

[Ohwell]

Oprah may be ever so nice and likable, but the bottom line is that she's in it for the $$$.  I can't hate her for that, but I don't think she gives a rat's ass whether somebody loses weight under WW.