Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[proserpina65]

On ‎08‎/‎04‎/‎2016 at 9:21 AM, EighteenTwelve said:

Peyton Manning and his nostalgia about the number 18 can get the hell off my TV.  How can I miss him if he won't go away? 

I actually think that one's pretty funny.

[proserpina65]

On ‎08‎/‎04‎/‎2016 at 3:05 PM, Brattinella said:

I agree with you so much.  Those HPV ads are offensive and wrong.  Put the blame where it belongs, folks: ON THE TEENS HAVING SEX.  That's how you get genital warts.  Why don't they call it that anymore?

And, yes, it is not 100% effective.  In fact, it has caused irreparable harm to some kids instantly after the injection!

The HPV vaccine works long after the teenage years, so it's not just teens having sex who have to worry about HPV and who would be protected by the vaccine.  And the "irreparable harm" claim is specious, as there has been no actual medical evidence of such.  The cases where this was claimed have been thoroughly investigated, and the determination was that the HPV vaccines had nothing to do with the medical issues.

That said, I do find the commercials to be extremely manipulative.

Edited August 8, 2016 by proserpina65

[proserpina65]

On ‎08‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 9:52 AM, TattleTeeny said:

One of those commercials is weird to me because it lists the products as "Shower to Shower" and "baby powder." Why is one a specific brand and one just a category of product?

It's because Shower to Shower is made by Johnson & Johnson, who also makes products just called Baby Powder, and they are the company who has been successfully sued over their products.  Apparently there is still a lot of debate in the scientific community over whether the medical evidence supports the claim that talc (as opposed to cornstarch-based baby powder) causes ovarian cancer, but juries don't always care about actual causation.

On ‎08‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 10:45 AM, kat165 said:

Teeny, I wondered the same thing. I just saw that commercial this morning. I was under the impression that all baby powder is suspect, not just Shower to Shower. I tried to purchase Shower to Shower fairly recently at Walgreens and they'd removed it from their shelves.

Only talc based products, not cornstarch based ones.

[TattleTeeny]

AH! OK! Thanks!

[fishcakes]

On 8/3/2016 at 8:19 PM, Jaded said:

I saw this commercial today. It made me sad, angry and confused. I hated seeing Henry Winkler do commercials for reverse mortgages too. Tom has been on Blue Bloods going on 7 years so he shouldn't need the money these commercials are paying.

I was disappointed to see that as well. (ETA: The commercial just came on and I noticed that twice Selleck says, "I know what you're thinking," which is something the Magnum character used to say in voiceover all the time. I don't know why that bothers me so much, but it does.) And I detest the reverse mortgage commercial with the voiceover actor who sounds like Morgan Freeman but isn't. The voice isn't an exact match and also he doesn't say "Hi, I'm Morgan Freeman," which you know AAG would make him say if that were really him. It's bad enough when actors want to get involved with a questionable endorsement, but far worse when the company tries to make it look as if they do.

 

On 8/4/2016 at 10:21 AM, LoneHaranguer said:

On 8/4/2016 at 0:07 AM, riley702 said:

I think that's the first time I've seen it spelled out that the borrower can be foreclosed on for "not maintaining the property"! What the hell does that even mean? Seems like that could be verrrry subjective. But hey, it's not just another way for the bank to get your house, right Tom?

I don't see a problem as long as you keep the right to have your own professional assess the condition. They just don't want people to let the place fall apart and stick them with a house that's only worth a fraction of what it used to be, because, human nature being what it is, that's what a lot of people would be inclined to do.

The problem is that people who get reverse mortgages are elderly people on limited incomes who need that money to live on. They're probably the least able of any homeowner to be able to maintain their properties. They're increasingly unable to do the work themselves and they don't have the money to hire someone. And failure to maintain the property isn't the only way they can lose their home; if they let their homeowner's insurance lapse or are late with a property tax payment, the lender can also foreclose. For older people who are declining physically and mentally, a reverse mortgage is loaded with booby traps.

Edited August 8, 2016 by fishcakes

[TattleTeeny]

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That's not a new report, there have been medical reports on talcum powder when women use it as a genital cleanser.  I know, it makes me go "huh?", but apparently it's a thing.

Say what?! Cleanser?! I feel like it would make some sort of…well, like a terrible paste.

(Ugh, oh my goodness, I'm so sorry.)

Edited August 9, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[proserpina65]

12 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

Say what?! Cleanser?! I feel like it would make some sort of…well, like a terrible paste.

(Ugh, oh my goodness, I'm so sorry.)

I think most women just sprinkle some in the underwear area to absorb sweat.  Cleanser seems like the wrong word.

[Duke2801]

6 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

I think most women just sprinkle some in the underwear area to absorb sweat.  Cleanser seems like the wrong word.

 

Yeah. It's more like the equivalent of that "dry shampoo" that's so popular nowadays.  Except it's dry shampoo for your coocachoo. 

I don't like that Honda ad with the choir singing the Go Gos because I think it's hella lame and cheesy.  But saying that it is racist because the choir is "worshipping a white woman?"  Hmmm yeah that's not what I think they are trying to imply. Not even a little bit.  But hey, vive la difference.   

Edited August 9, 2016 by Duke2801

[chessiegal]

Dry shampoo is back? I remember that from the 60s.

[StaceyNotStacie]

The Fruit of the Loom commercial with the woman stuck in her dress at the bridal store is quickly getting on my last nerve. 

[fishcakes]

36 minutes ago, chessiegal said:

Dry shampoo is back? I remember that from the 60s.

There are a lot of them on the market now at all price ranges. I even saw a can of Pssssst! (that may or may not be the correct number of "s"es) at the drugstore recently, but I wasn't tempted because I remember using it once in around 1977 or so. When I tried to brush it out, the brush got stuck in my hair.

[riley702]

On 8/6/2016 at 6:03 PM, 3pwood said:

And by the way:  he didn't crash into a food truck, he just "clipped" it -- which was enough to "ruin" their perfect record, so maybe it was also enough to send tacos flying into the street (which amuses me too).

I think they were minimizing the damage they caused, like the obnoxious woman who just "tapped" the bumper of a station wagon and then adds, "No big deal..." Yeah, I don't think it's up to you to determine how big of a deal it is that you HIT SOMEONE.

On 8/7/2016 at 7:48 PM, Moose135 said:

Me too, I think they are the least offensive of the LM ads, and after they've talked about their "perfect record", I love it at the end when the husband turns towards the camera and says "Perfect!"

That is a cute callback, but when he says "Your perfect record doesn't get you anything!", I'm yelling, "You don't HAVE a perfect record any more! You hit someone, remember?"

On 8/6/2016 at 2:32 AM, kat165 said:

And thank you also for letting me know that all baby powder doesn't have talc. I didn't know that.

I could be wrong because it was a long time ago, but I thought non-talc powders were developed because of the dangers of talc.

[bilgistic]

2 hours ago, fishcakes said:

There are a lot of them on the market now at all price ranges. I even saw a can of Pssssst! (that may or may not be the correct number of "s"es) at the drugstore recently, but I wasn't tempted because I remember using it once in around 1977 or so. When I tried to brush it out, the brush got stuck in my hair.

Living Proof makes a fantastic "dry shampoo" that uses space-age technology. It's too expensive, but it's seriously miraculous. The other brands pale in comparison.

[TattleTeeny]

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I think they were minimizing the damage they caused, like the obnoxious woman who just "tapped" the bumper of a station wagon and then adds, "No big deal..." Yeah, I don't think it's up to you to determine how big of a deal it is that you HIT SOMEONE.

Maybe. But taps do happen; I got tapped on a highway the other day by some damn fool. There was seriously nothin' there--I was actually more annoyed that I even took the 30 seconds to get out and look. I feel like my insurance people would think I was out of my damn mind if I'd contacted them over it, though I suppose I could have? I don't even know because, seriously, nothing more than maybe a dirt smear.

[pigs-in-space]

http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/devour-aims-heat-things-frozen-food-aisle/305249/ 

This commercial makes me want to stab someone.  (I'm talking about the first one on the page - I refuse to click on the second if I don't have to.)

[mojoween]

If your insurance goes up because you "tap" a bumper, you did not tap a bumper.

On an unrelated note, this is probably because I have lived in a county that has recycled for 30 years so I barely remember what it's like to just toss everything away and I'm also a fanatic about recycling (I mean, I take the cardboard off a four pack of batteries and put it in the bin), but when I see the lady toss the strawberries AND THE PLASTIC CONTAINER into the garbage it seriously upsets me.  Just this morning at home I saw a Dunkin' Donuts cup on the top of the trash and I took it out and put it in the bin.

I feel that way with the Scott's commercial where the toilet paper tubes make the Empire State Building or whatever.  Tubes DO NOT go in the garbage.  Also soda and water bottles don't go in the garbage, they go to the store so I can get my nickels back.

I have issues.

[bilgistic]

@mojoween, we are kindred spirits. I recycle everything including clothing sales tags, aluminum foil and the non-sticky part of Post-It Notes (the sticky part isn't recyclable)! The people in my office throw things in the kitchen trash that belong in the recycling bin two steps away! I pull stuff from the trash and put it in the recycling bin.

[Bastet]

The "Keep Calm, You're Internet's On" commercials from AT&T just get worse.  First there was the family who all but lapsed into catatonic schizophrenia because their internet went out for nine minutes (and not because a single one of them was doing anything important or timely online when the outage occurred, mind you).  Now there's the mom who asks grandpa to tell the kids stories, then starts swiping and pushing buttons in the air as she rejects each story after about five seconds and demands he move on to another story, as if he's a goddamned YouTube video or something.

These people are pathetic.  Presenting them as the company's customer base is baffling to me.

[TattleTeeny]

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I feel that way with the Scott's commercial where the toilet paper tubes make the Empire State Building or whatever.  Tubes DO NOT go in the garbage. 

What I don't understand (among many things) is why do we--and I'm not sure who I even me by "we"--just altogether cease to use the cardboard tubes in toilet paper and paper towels? That brand that doesn't have them works fine; the "pull" is not as smooth but who cares? Further, why don't we just completely ditch plastic grocery bags too? I get that they're cheap and convenient and blah-blah-blah, and maybe some people will get all salty about being told no but, again, who cares? I admit to doing my share of badness with them (two cats, two litter boxes to clean every day--but I am a responsible recycler of everything else) but I am a grownup who will figure out another way, you know? 

I use Stop & Shop's delivery service and, oh my god, they will seriously put like one or two items in each plastic bag! I once has a single block of cheddar in a bag all by itself. And they are now these larger, thicker, crunchier-sounding handled plastic bags, not the usual ones, so they also seem completely excessive to keep around for scooping a couple of cat boxes. It's insane. They do take them back if you give them to the delivery person but that means you have to unpack your shit while the guy is just standing around your house asking questions about your tattoos and Star Wars memorabilia!

Edited August 10, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[LoneHaranguer]

17 hours ago, riley702 said:

That is a cute callback, but when he says "Your perfect record doesn't get you anything!", I'm yelling, "You don't HAVE a perfect record any more! You hit someone, remember?"

He also says that rates went through the roof, which means that the other company was very much rewarding him for having a perfect record. Isn't that an argument for not using LM if you're a good driver?

14 hours ago, mojoween said:

Also soda and water bottles don't go in the garbage, they go to the store so I can get my nickels back.

Around here, only carbonated beverages have a deposit, but the state is talking about changing that. From what I've seen they ought to be mandating recycling bins outside stores that sell lottery tickets. Their curbs and parking lots are littered with them.

[Prevailing Wind]

When Georgia first got the lottery, their slogan was "Georgia's New Cash Crop."  A lot of people looked around at the ground and said, "Georgia's New Trash Crop."  People can be such slobs.

[Albanyguy]

On 8/2/2016 at 0:45 PM, Tunia said:

I'm hoping his thinking is that he "wants to spend more time with his family". 

He really should. Cawowine is growing up so fast...

[xaxat]

I'm sooo tired of hearing Carrie Underwood moan about "Sunday Night."

Oh, she's singing?

[Brattinella]

27 minutes ago, xaxat said:

I'm sooo tired of hearing Carrie Underwood moan about "Sunday Night."

Oh, she's singing?

Yeah, about Sunday night football.

[Amethyst]

16 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

What I don't understand (among many things) is why do we--and I'm not sure who I even me by "we"--just altogether cease to use the cardboard tubes in toilet paper and paper towels? That brand that doesn't have them works fine; the "pull" is not as smooth but who cares? Further, why don't we just completely ditch plastic grocery bags too? I get that they're cheap and convenient and blah-blah-blah, and maybe some people will get all salty about being told no but, again, who cares? I admit to doing my share of badness with them (two cats, two litter boxes to clean every day--but I am a responsible recycler of everything else) but I am a grownup who will figure out another way, you know? 

WRT the toilet paper roll, I wonder if it's a question of access.  I don't see the tube-free versions everywhere, and I don't see the commercials for those much anymore.  I wouldn't be surprised if most people had just forgotten about those and pick up whatever TP they're used to.  Out of sight, out of mind.

As for the plastic bags ... I don't know.  More of people sticking to what they're used to?

Chicago tried instituting a plastic bag ban a year ago, and the results weren't great.  The only time I use them is for something that might leak, like a package of ground beef.  Otherwise, cloth bags ftw.  It's not even just environmental for me: those bags hold twice as much as plastic.  Plus, the plastic handles cut into my hands when I'm carrying the bags up the stairs, especially if there's really heavy stuff in the bag.  The cloth versions are much softer.  I honestly think they're some of the best things around.  I try to keep one in my car in case I stop anywhere.

[TattleTeeny]

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WRT the toilet paper roll, I wonder if it's a question of access.  I don't see the tube-free versions everywhere, and I don't see the commercials for those much anymore.  I wouldn't be surprised if most people had just forgotten about those and pick up whatever TP they're used to.  Out of sight, out of mind.

As for the plastic bags ... I don't know.  More of people sticking to what they're used to?

 

Yeah, I think there might be only one major TP brand that does it? But if these things no longer existed, we'd get used to something else. You'd think that the paper brands (Seventh Generation and whatever else) that tout their sustainability would get in on this!

Paper products can be tough if you're like me and try not to buy anything affiliated with animal-cruelty practices. For one thing, it's hard to know all the details (really, same as with cosmetics, household cleaners, etc.--you just do your best and hope the info you've researched is accurate). But also because it's obviously unrealistic to go without TP and paper towels at home if, for whatever reason, I can't find my chosen ones--I sometimes just have grab whatever and feel a bit guilty. I have issues!

Edited August 11, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[NinjaPenguins]

I am a New England Patriots fan. I do not share that information out of any particular sense of pride, but as background to my current commercial annoyance. The Tom Brady Lone Mattress in a Hotel Room ad is so stupid and so weird that it tempts me to have a jersey bonfire. Is the commercial serious? Is it supposed to be a joke? I almost think it's in earnest, but it's so ridiculous...just leave the commercials to Peyton Manning, dude.

I'd like to hear food truck person's perspective on the clipping by the Liberty Mutual perfect driving record couple. 

Speaking of athletes in dumb commercials, I hate seeing Shaq shill for The General insurance.

[TattleTeeny]

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Speaking of athletes in dumb commercials, I hate seeing Shaq shill for The General insurance.

Why on earth does he get so flirtatiously coy when he says, "when I was...younger"? Am I missing a joke?

[BusyOctober]

I know that a lot of people suffer from GI or bowel problems, and that has got to be difficult to live with.  I hope some of these thousands of medicines actually work for them and provide some relief. However -the red-head dressed in an intestine emblazoned uni-tard  & her commercial for yet another pooping issue makes my skin crawl. It isn't because of the disorder/disease she is trying to fix.  It's her voice and her facial expressions.  This "character" would be right at home with the guy from "Saw" or any other horror movie icon.  She is intensely awful.  My husband thought it was Kathy Griffin.

WRT all these pharama ads - whether it's a "celebrity" or a regular guy/gal extolling the wonders of the drugs being peddled, it drives me CRAZY when the patient or VO says "I made the switch to.." or "As your doctor about...".  Shouldn't my DOCTOR- the person who had 12+ years of medical training- be the one to suggest which pills I should be popping vs. Average Joe, the mechanic/teacher/bakery owner? I can't imagine walking into a specialist's office and saying, "Look Doc, I know I've been on XYZ for 4 years, and it's keeping me alive and healthy, but I keep hearing about SupeRx and how it'd be better for me!  Huh?  Where did I hear this?  Well, there's a woman on TV who looks very sincere when she talks about how good she feels. And I like the font in the magazine ad."

[TattleTeeny]

I remember one with a lady who was hiking in the woods or something and then just said something like, "I love the outdoors. And when my asthma symptoms came back, my doctor..." HUH?! What's this total stranger telling me about "came back" as if I somehow already know her medical history? 

[kat165]

I don't really know who Peyton Manning is, a football player? But from what I gather he does an insurance commercial and maybe one other and I'm familiar with the insurance commercial & I just love his voice. I don't mind how awful the commercial is but I find him very likeable, especially when he's saying random stuff to the "nationwide is on your side" jingle.

[janie jones]

12 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

Yeah, I think there might be only one major TP brand that does it? But if these things no longer existed, we'd get used to something else. You'd think that the paper brands (Seventh Generation and whatever else) that tout their sustainability would get in on this!

I mean, I don't know how important the cardboard part is to the actual process of creating the roll, so maybe simply eliminating them would actually create a headache of some sort, but barring that, it seems like the TP companies could just eliminate the cardboard and charge the same price and make some extra money through the reduction of materials.

[chessiegal]

1 minute ago, janie jones said:

I mean, I don't know how important the cardboard part is to the actual process of creating the roll, so maybe simply eliminating them would actually create a headache of some sort, but barring that, it seems like the TP companies could just eliminate the cardboard and charge the same price and make some extra money through the reduction of materials.

The whole "We're saving the environment by eliminating the tube is so disingenuous. That may be a byproduct/benefit, but the bottom line is it saves them money.

[Brattinella]

Ever drop a toilet paper roll into the toilet?  It just disintegrates.  What a lousy ad.

[TattleTeeny]

OK, everyone, during one episode of Barney Miller, I saw two different talcum powder lawsuit commercials, and, YES--they were specific to Johnson & Johnson! One said J&J by name, while the other showed a bottle of Shower to Shower and J&J Baby Powder. Mystery solved, and thank you to the previous commenter who clarified earlier that J&J had an actual product officially named capital-B/capital-P Baby Powder (as opposed to just a generic term, which is what confused me).

Edited August 12, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[Tunia]

On ‎8‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 9:12 AM, TattleTeeny said:

I use Stop & Shop's delivery service and, oh my god, they will seriously put like one or two items in each plastic bag! I once has a single block of cheddar in a bag all by itself.   <snip>  They do take them back if you give them to the delivery person but that means you have to unpack your shit while the guy is just standing around your house asking questions about your tattoos and Star Wars memorabilia!

Just a minor suggestion, Tattleteeny:  If you have room to store the bags, hold them over for one delivery and you won't have to unpack immediately.  IOW, return the bags from Order #1 to the deliveryman when Order #2 is delivered, and so on.  Anything to relieve the pressure - LOL.

NinjaPenguins - Another Pats fan here, and I agree with your assessment of Tom Brady's commercials (as well as his appearance on SNL).  Perhaps he's just beefing up his acting/modeling resume for his post-football days?  This is the one area where a comparison to Payton Manning's abilities will score for PM.  On the field is another story, IMO!

Edited August 12, 2016 by Tunia

[cynicat]

17 hours ago, BusyOctober said:

WRT all these pharama ads - whether it's a "celebrity" or a regular guy/gal extolling the wonders of the drugs being peddled, it drives me CRAZY when the patient or VO says "I made the switch to.." or "As your doctor about...".  Shouldn't my DOCTOR- the person who had 12+ years of medical training- be the one to suggest which pills I should be popping vs. Average Joe, the mechanic/teacher/bakery owner? I can't imagine walking into a specialist's office and saying, "Look Doc, I know I've been on XYZ for 4 years, and it's keeping me alive and healthy, but I keep hearing about SupeRx and how it'd be better for me!  Huh?  Where did I hear this?  Well, there's a woman on TV who looks very sincere when she talks about how good she feels. And I like the font in the magazine ad."

You would be sadly surprised at how often this happens.  

[Haleth]

14 minutes ago, cynicat said:

I can't imagine walking into a specialist's office and saying, "Look Doc, I know I've been on XYZ for 4 years, and it's keeping me alive and healthy, but I keep hearing about SupeRx and how it'd be better for me!

Drug companies are counting on this, patients doing their marketing for them.  I do admit to asking my dr to change a prescription once though, but that was because of insurance costs.  I don't think drs are aware of how expensive some drugs are.

[TattleTeeny]

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Just a minor suggestion, Tattleteeny:  If you have room to store the bags, hold them over for one delivery and you won't have to unpack immediately.  IOW, return the bags from Order #1 to the deliveryman when Order #2 is delivered, and so on.  Anything to relieve the pressure - LOL.

Yeah, I do sometimes but often I forget in the moment. And, if they were just the old standard normal bags, I would just keep them for the cat poop!

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I can't imagine walking into a specialist's office and saying, "Look Doc, I know I've been on XYZ for 4 years, and it's keeping me alive and healthy, but I keep hearing about SupeRx and how it'd be better for me!

I actually did do this once, kind of. It was years ago and I was having a pretty bad time and thought that an antidepressant might help me. I did a bunch of research and told my doctor which one I thought sounded right for me. He seemed impressed and complied (small dose for a short time, and within a year, I was done with it).

Edited August 12, 2016 by TattleTeeny

[Ubiquitous]

20 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

I am a New England Patriots fan. I do not share that information out of any particular sense of pride, but as background to my current commercial annoyance. The Tom Brady Lone Mattress in a Hotel Room ad is so stupid and so weird that it tempts me to have a jersey bonfire. Is the commercial serious? Is it supposed to be a joke? I almost think it's in earnest, but it's so ridiculous...just leave the commercials to Peyton Manning, dude.

I am eagerly waiting for Tom Brady to do Super Beta Prostate commercials for his "deflated balls" woes.

 

11 hours ago, chessiegal said:

The whole "We're saving the environment by eliminating the tube is so disingenuous. That may be a byproduct/benefit, but the bottom line is it saves them money.

I rolled my eyes when one company (Dansani, I think) touted their thinner bottles as being more 'environmentally friendly". Yeah, right.

 

Pringles has a new ad encouraging people to play with their food. Don't do that!

[NinjaPenguins]

I'm almost sure that there's a retired NFL player pimping SuperBetaProstate!!! 

To continue with this theme, Brett Favre stars in an absolutely terrible commercial for razor blades. It uses the warmed over press conference setting with Brett coming out of retirement (ha ha, that never gets old) to change the game in shaving. The two reporters who have lines are cringingly bad. The whole thing feels cheap and amateur and ranks just below unsolicited dick pics on my Favre O' Shame meter.

Jim Parsons straight up mocking the armored truck driver for losing his own money is painfully unfunny and dickish. I know I'm supposed to have warm, fuzzy thoughts of Sheldon Cooper and harken back to the laughs he's provided me, but Parsons is being such a malicious douche that I want to grab a PC and curb stomp it out of spite. 

[Tunia]

42 minutes ago, NinjaPenguins said:

To continue with this theme, Brett Favre stars in an absolutely terrible commercial for razor blades. It uses the warmed over press conference setting with Brett coming out of retirement (ha ha, that never gets old) to change the game in shaving. The two reporters who have lines are cringingly bad. The whole thing feels cheap and amateur and ranks just below unsolicited dick pics on my Favre O' Shame meter.

Yeah, this.  The irony of the always-unshaven-not-always-retired Brett Favre doing a razor blade ad is not lost.  The grubby look isn't something everyone can pull off and I have to admit he didn't look bad without all the fuzz. 

I'll give David Letterman a "pass" since he's now in his hard-earned retirement, and, while it's not his greatest look, I can understand his desire/need to be a Montana rancher at this point in his life.

[Blergh]

4 hours ago, cynicat said:

You would be sadly surprised at how often this happens.  

Yeah, and folks pestering docs to put them on pills found in appealing ads likely happens about as often if not more often as folks buying cars JUST because they saw an ad and somehow thought the model would be thrown in along with the car note.  If I went back to 1979 and told folks of our current priorities, they'd think I was nuts!

[ennui]

1 hour ago, NinjaPenguins said:

I'm almost sure that there's a retired NFL player pimping SuperBetaProstate!!! 

Joe Thiesmann, I think. 

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I can't imagine walking into a specialist's office and saying, "Look Doc, I know I've been on XYZ for 4 years, and it's keeping me alive and healthy, but I keep hearing about SupeRx and how it'd be better for me!

It's no worse than walking into your doctor's office and saying "I researched my symptoms on the internet, and I think I may have XYZA."

[KLovestoShop]

Why do people think that fat guys chomping on food like cows chewing cud is funny?  The Kevin Show commercial showing him as a double, eating whatever and sounding like an obnoxious pig is NOT funny.  It's disgusting.  

Peyton Manning is a retired quarterback who's done numerous commercials that are very funny and well done.  Would you believe he has more than 80 commercials?  And some athlete commercials are iconic such as Mean Joe Greene for Coke and Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, also for Coke. 

[kat165]

Thanks, KLove, for the Manning info. I am not a football fan (obviously) so famous footballers in commercials usually go right over my head. In every commercial I've seen him in Manning is so likeable. I think he'll do well with a 2nd career in commercials.

I also like Shaq a lot too. He's in tons of stuff so I do question his brand loyalty but really enjoy seeing him in his countless ads. He's got a great smile. He makes me laugh.

[NinjaPenguins]

The only Peyton Manning ads I outright loathe are the Papa John ones, and that's entirely due to smarmbag Papa John. And maybe Peyton's mom jeans. 

[ennui]

O/T I'm old enough to remember Joe DiMaggio and Mr. Coffee. 

[MaryPatShelby]

On 8/11/2016 at 11:18 AM, NinjaPenguins said:

 The Tom Brady Lone Mattress in a Hotel Room ad is so stupid and so weird that it tempts me to have a jersey bonfire. 

I'm from Wisconsin, where we wear cheese wedge hats on our heads.  What's a jersey bonfire???

[NinjaPenguins]

Setting my Pats jerseys on fire. Possibly roasting marshmallows. You know, how one does when a commercial featuring your team's star mortifies you.