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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that this is the wrong 470 page forum thread for you.  lol

Eliot
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Speaking of "awful and cruel" ads, the one for that home healthcare company, Brightstar I think it's called, makes me want to scream and throw things at the TV. It's narrated by a woman whose mother i

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ennui

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34 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

Oh dear, I just saw a commercial for a lawsuit against Invokana, one side effect they are suing for is LIMB AMPUTATION!

Isn't limb amputation one of the many risks of diabetes?  How can they prove a link?

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theatremouse

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2 hours ago, ennui said:

Isn't limb amputation one of the many risks of diabetes?  How can they prove a link?

I know nothing of the suit, but I would imagine if the proportion of patients on that specific drug who end up needing amputation is statistically significantly higher than those using other treatments for the same diagnosis, that'd be the basis of their argument.

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mojoween

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I am DEEPLY offended that Ford (Found On Road Dead, Fifth On Race Day, Fucked Over Rebuilt Dodge, Fiberglass Over Rusted Dents) used some low-rent John Facenda wannabe to advertise their shitty, shitty product.

Also that jackwagon in the Time Warner commercial who hijacks that little girl's tricycle and then declares "he's going viral" is everything that is wrong with this country today.

You.  My lawn.  Off it.

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random chance

random chance

On 9/14/2016 at 1:18 PM, mmecorday said:

The Domino's ads about their new salads are so damn dumb. I'm not sure what they're charging for what they call salads, but I'm sure it's too much.

I got one and I think it was overpriced.  Four tiny tomatoes, a few shards of cheese, practically-invisible onions and lots of iceberg lettuce.  But I do love their thin crust spinach pizza!

I've been rolling my eyes hard (and ironically) at the new Eyelove commercials.  They chose a really stupid name for their product and now they're working their ass off trying to force it to make sense.  "The thing I love to do with my eyes is look at pretty things!  That's my Eyelove!  Also I enjoy not stepping on Legos and, well, seeing in general!"

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xaxat

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The Neil Patrick Harris "flipping meat" ad really annoys me. I can just imagine the pitch.

"It's Neil Patrick Harris! And he's talking about flipping a man's meat! And he's gay! Get it?"

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Cobalt Stargazer

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2 hours ago, forumfish said:

Nearly every night, I put the TV on Nick at Nite for mindless background noise. I wish the commercial for the Addiction Network would go away, or at least dial back the frequency in the rotation.

That reminds me - I loathe the ads about underaged drinking, especially the one where they show this girl lying on the floor, and you can hear her labored breathing almost until the commercial ends, and then it just.....stops. It ends with the camera focused on her eyes, which are still open. Horrifying, and I don't even care if they're sending a legitimate message or not. Its a commercial, not a Goddamned horror movie.

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Duke2801

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So. It appears that Panera will NOT let up with those awful commercials with the most g-damned annoying spokesperson EVAR.   I can't find a link to their latest atrocity, but it's the one that declares that a person saying "let's get a sandwich or something" is as insulting and dismissive as saying "you graduated from medical school...or something."

Beyond the grating voice, it makes NO damn sense. When I - and assumably most people -  say "Hey lets go get a sandwich or something," I mean "Let's go get a sandwich... or soup... or salad." Something on the lighter side made quickly. And, yeah, these are all of the things that PANERA offers, MORONS.

Ugh.  I cannot reach for the remote fast enough when I hear her whiny horrid voice start yammering.

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Neurochick

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The Viagra ads don't bug me, and I'd rather kids watch them than watch the news showing images of war (as I did, growing up during Vietnam).  BUT the ads that really piss me off are the Panera Bread ones, especially that "soup and sandwich and...whatever" one.  My problem is they act as if Panera Bread came up with the concept of clean food, or soup and sandwich, when people have been eating soup and sandwiches for decades.

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Ohwell

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12 hours ago, forumfish said:

Nearly every night, I put the TV on Nick at Nite for mindless background noise. I wish the commercial for the Addiction Network would go away, or at least dial back the frequency in the rotation.

Is that the one with the young "doctor" who could be Doogie Howser?

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beadgirl

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Does this make you want to buy cereal?

 

I would hit a kid with glasses.  Twice.

That commercial actually made me laugh, particularly the bit at the end.  But then, I have a kid who tends to phrase well-meaning things awkwardly.  (He's taken to prefacing every statement with "No offense ..." meant genuinely, and I don't have the heart to tell him adults find that phrase passive-aggressive.)

It's impressive how the Panera narrator can put so much smugness and tweeness into every word.

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callmebetty

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I've only seen it a few times but the diaper commercial with song about a hug a day. The singers voice grates on my nerves so much that not only do I want to duct tape her mouth but whoever green lighted her "career"

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proserpina65

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18 hours ago, theatremouse said:

I know nothing of the suit, but I would imagine if the proportion of patients on that specific drug who end up needing amputation is statistically significantly higher than those using other treatments for the same diagnosis, that'd be the basis of their argument.

Could be.  Of course proving causation might be difficult, but you don't need to just to file the lawsuit.

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huahaha

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I've never been on this forum before, but my eternal hatred for the Amazon commercial with the golden retriever drove me to post. Glad to see other people talking about it!

How could they take such an adorable family and make such a miserable ad? What is the message? Teach your baby that golden retrievers are scary but lions are good to pet at eye level??

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ennui

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8 minutes ago, Brattinella said:

I'm really old, and I don't remember the Dodge Rampage.  Thanks for the information!

I'm no spring chicken, and I don't recall ever seeing a Rampage. Probably because it was only in production for two years (1982-84), and only sold 37,401. 

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Hyacinth B

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13 minutes ago, ennui said:

I'm no spring chicken, and I don't recall ever seeing a Rampage. Probably because it was only in production for two years (1982-84), and only sold 37,401. 

Add another 3500 for the Plymouth Scamp version and no, it didn't exactly set the market on fire. But it surprised a few cars on Route 45 back in the day. Hee hee.

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roamyn

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I'ma lifelong Ford lover and buyer.  Those crappy Chevy trucks can't hold a candle to the F150.  And NOT ONE of my F150s ever had an aluminum bed.  All steel baby!

Only my late, beloved, Z28 caught my heart of an off brand.

At least Ford didn't take the buy out! 

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MichaelaRae

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Oh dear, I just saw a commercial for a lawsuit against Invokana, one side effect they are suing for is LIMB AMPUTATION!


 

Not to mock a serious medical condition or procedure, but I find myself imagining this. You're walking down the street and your arm just spontaneously falls off and you're like "Damn it!" Dear commercial lawyers - the side effect of a drug is not amputation. The side effect would be some sort of limb death or other medical condition that then requires amputation. Words are important, lawyers.

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Brattinella

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There is a new ad running on ID for an outfit called "Rebagg" wherein rich women have these obscenely expensive purses and resell them,  We are talking Prada, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, anywhere from 500 bucks a bag to upwards of 25 grand.  And these women appear to have many of them!

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candall

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On ‎9‎/‎15‎/‎2016 at 1:37 PM, SoSueMe said:

 

I expect that the male actor doesn't want to be typecast, lol.

I pretty much hate all the viagra commercials, cialis is only slightly less offensive. And as others have said, it's the commercials, not the product. But I must say, at least I don't have to endure that horrendous "Viva Viagra!" from several years ago (it's been a while, thank goodness. 

Years ago, I was lying on the couch, laughing my ass off at the Very Serious tone of a 30-minute infomercial for Progenis Male Enhancement.  Friend Wendy wandered in and couldn't tell whether it was an ad or a discussion panel.  I said, "Just wait for it.  Progenis.  Starts with a 'p,' ends with an 'enis.' "

 

Re typecasting, I worry a little about that young "actor portrayal" teen in the HPV commercial--the one who looks happy and goofy with whipped cream all over his face. (Really? 'Cuz that's not suggestive at all.)  Was it a Friend or a Seinfeldian who ended up on the PSA posters for herpes?

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cynicat

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On 9/14/2016 at 2:43 AM, 90PercentGravity said:

I like the Amazon doggie commercial because it features an Asian family. Is that wrong?

I love the fact that their being Asian is completely moot.  They're just a normal family and that is awesome.  That doesn't make me feel better for the dog.  Count me in on the side of keeping the dog and getting rid of the baby.  (although she is adorable)

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bilgistic

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20 hours ago, callmebetty said:

I've only seen it a few times but the diaper commercial with song about a hug a day. The singers voice grates on my nerves so much that not only do I want to duct tape her mouth but whoever green lighted her "career"

The song annoys me so much because it doesn't rhyme. Who makes a four-line commercial jingle not rhyme??

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Muffyn

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On ‎9‎/‎14‎/‎2016 at 8:40 PM, NinjaPenguins said:

Yeah, I wouldn't even give a thought to Viagra if it weren't for the off-putting ads. It would have my total apathy.

I really dislike those Red's Apple Ale commercials where people get beaned in the noggin with flying fruit. 

I take these commercials as proof that people only drink red's apple ale if they have suffered a head injury and can no longer remember how it tastes. Not what they were going for? 

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djjettt80

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On 4/5/2016 at 5:49 PM, Ohwell said:

I think that's it.  I've been pissed off in the past because they keep changing the menu and it seems like the very things I like (like a turkey/sliced apple/cheese sandwich) they only have for a few weeks, it seems.  Then they get rid of it.  Same thing with some of the soups.  The pastries seem to be the only things that are consistent.

 

On 4/7/2016 at 5:34 PM, Ohwell said:

I swear I'm gonna let this Panera thing go but I was curious about who the voice over chick was.  I didn't find out her name but I saw some comments about a couple of Panera youtube videos.  The comments were hilarious, saying basically the same things said here.  One guy called it "hipster chow," another did a comic riff on "soup and sandwich, sandwich and soup," another wanted to elbow everybody in the video in the throat.  I was cracking up, but what I took away from it all was that we are not alone. LOL 

I just found these posts and I agree with you totally of the annoyance of everything this commercial is.

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AuntiePam

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We know that there are male and female versions of some designer perfumes, but that's not true for all of them.  It'd be nice to know which gender an ad is aimed at.  The Bleu ad seems to feature the man, but is the scent for him, or is it worn by the woman he's chasing?  I guess perfume ads have to be aimed at both. 

I have yet to see a perfume ad featuring a same-sex attraction, even though same-sex couples have been in ads for years now.  Are perfume (and jewelry) the last holdouts? 

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Blergh

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26 minutes ago, AuntiePam said:

We know that there are male and female versions of some designer perfumes, but that's not true for all of them.  It'd be nice to know which gender an ad is aimed at.  The Bleu ad seems to feature the man, but is the scent for him, or is it worn by the woman he's chasing?  I guess perfume ads have to be aimed at both. 

I have yet to see a perfume ad featuring a same-sex attraction, even though same-sex couples have been in ads for years now.  Are perfume (and jewelry) the last holdouts? 

Wasn't there a Calvin Klein scent  years ago called 'Eternity' which featured a hetero couple in which a man asked if the woman would still love him if he were a woman and she responded "as long as I could always be your man"?

I think  perfume folks  should do an ad featuring Pepe Le Pew . Speaking strictly for myself, anything besides a tiny dot of rosewater  at the nape of the neck smells as unpleasant as skunk-spray.

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Brattinella

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1 hour ago, Blergh said:

a Calvin Klein scent  years ago called 'Eternity'

Oh My God!  I had forgotten this horror of a scent until you mentioned it!  I love (and use) most other scents, but THAT ONE makes me instantly nauseated.  I don't know what the ingredient is that causes this problem, but I'm glad I don't encounter it any more.

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Jaded

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The Copper Fit commercial with a squeaky voiced lady saying she doesn't understand all the fancy technology behind it but it works. She has a goofy looking face going on while saying all this airhead stuff about Copper Fit and it's annoying as all get out. It's the only version of their commercials I can't find online.

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Haleth

Haleth

On September 13, 2016 at 3:05 PM, DrSpaceman73 said:

 

Well if you watch the NFL for 6 hours on Sunday like I do you get tired of all the commercials.  Even the good ones

I like the Peyton commercials.  You don't wear a robe to the store anyway, except Wal Mart.  Just ads to the ridiculous nature of the situation. 

His kids are in school, said so on the Thursday night broadcast, and pretty sure his wife works.  She isn't the stay at home trophy wife type at least, they've been together since college.

 

But the commercials are about how bored he is on Sundays. I still think he should be doing something with the family instead of hanging out in his bathrobe. ?

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SmithW6079

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On 9/15/2016 at 11:48 PM, forumfish said:

Nearly every night, I put the TV on Nick at Nite for mindless background noise. I wish the commercial for the Addiction Network would go away, or at least dial back the frequency in the rotation.

Is that the one with the meth head at the end who says if only he had insurance, he could have gotten the help he needed? That makes me sad, plus it doesn't say much about the organization that if you don't have insurance you're out of luck for help with your addiction. 

On 9/15/2016 at 10:40 PM, xaxat said:

The Neil Patrick Harris "flipping meat" ad really annoys me. I can just imagine the pitch.

"It's Neil Patrick Harris! And he's talking about flipping a man's meat! And he's gay! Get it?"

At least it's not for Preparation H, you know, because of all the butt sex gay men have. 

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legaleagle53

legaleagle53

1 hour ago, Jaded said:

I was watching the In the Heat of The Night block of shows on WGN and this one for Tresiba came on a few times. The freeze frame shots and the looks on their faces and just about all of it was annoying to no end. Commercials like this make me wish we had laws like other countries that have banned direct advertising of pharmaceuticals.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AGra/tresiba-ready

It didn't help that at least two of them looked as though they could stand to lose about 20 pounds.  That right there would help lower their A1C levels.

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backformore

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 I don't know why this Chico's ad annoys me so much:

I guess I've just never bought a pair of pants that make me want to dance down the street.  If I was ever forced to walk down the street wearing leopard-print pants, I think I would be cringing and walking fast with my head down, not wigging my ass like a drunk woman. 

  and that new style of shirt, the "Cold Shoulder" style with the cut-outs on the shoulder leaves me confused.

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