Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[Jaded]

3 minutes ago, smittykins said:

[small voice]I still sometimes sing "gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now." [/sv]

To myself, not out loud.

Usually.

You're not alone when it comes to doing that. I do it too.
 

[NinjaPenguins]

Go away, Sprint guy. How I tire of your shoulders scrunched up around your ears in a permanent shrug, your constant refrain about networks being within 1% of each other, and your smug mug. I hate you in the barber shop, on the park bench, and wherever the hell else you pop up. 

I can't with Ahnold and his Mobile Strike ads. "Call a doctor, you've got a case of missile poisoning." Shut the fuck up.

I don't know if I hate him, but I'm not feeling the new Most Interesting Man in the World. 

[erikdepressant]

52 minutes ago, NinjaPenguins said:

Go away, Sprint guy. How I tire of your shoulders scrunched up around your ears in a permanent shrug, your constant refrain about networks being within 1% of each other, and your smug mug. I hate you in the barber shop, on the park bench, and wherever the hell else you pop up.

I do not like you in a house.

I do not like you with a mouse.

I do not like you here or there.

I do not like you anywhere.

I do not like where you began.

I do not like you, Smug Sprint Man.

[Maverick]

20 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I like the one where his wife threw him out & he needs a hotel for a while.

 With wifi!

[kat165]

For an older man I think he's kind of cute. His commercial doesn't bother me as much as so many others. He looks better not clean shaven. Which surprises me cause I generally don't like that needs a shave look although I do like a more scruffed up look.

[Jaded]

I'll take the Trivago guy happily. :)
 

[NinjaPenguins]

Erikdepressent, that was pure poetry. 

[erikdepressant]

Your post reminded me of Green Eggs and Ham, for some reason.  I was gonna continue with "I'd like to drown you in a moat; I'd like to punch you in the throat..." and so on, but I don't think Dr. Seuss would have approved.

PaneraSam-I-Am offers everyone Clean Eggs and Ham.

[Ubiquitous]

Oh, crap! I just realized it's "pink season", and you know what THAT means...

[kat165]

Ubiq, what the hell is pink season?

[huahaha]

On 9/13/2016 at 7:23 AM, rhys said:

Those Viagra ads annoy me no end. They never show the guy's face; only the woman's. WTH?

I think it's to make guys feel anonymous about getting Viagra. If men see another man's face, even knowing he's an actor, they might think, "Wow, he's impotent, huh?" And then, "I don't want to be associated with that."

It's the same type of thinking that created the ads about "low T." It's so painful for a man to hear the words "low testosterone" that there needed to be special lingo.

I would have more sympathy if I hadn't been barraged with a childhood of commercials about menstrual cramps, tampons, PMS, PMDD, 55-year-old actresses in adult diapers, etc.

[Brattinella]

33 minutes ago, huahaha said:

I think it's to make guys feel anonymous about getting Viagra. If men see another man's face, even knowing he's an actor, they might think, "Wow, he's impotent, huh?" And then, "I don't want to be associated with that."

It's the same type of thinking that created the ads about "low T." It's so painful for a man to hear the words "low testosterone" that there needed to be special lingo.

I would have more sympathy if I hadn't been barraged with a childhood of commercials about menstrual cramps, tampons, PMS, PMDD, 55-year-old actresses in adult diapers, etc.

x1,000,000

[LoneHaranguer]

49 minutes ago, huahaha said:

I think it's to make guys feel anonymous about getting Viagra. If men see another man's face, even knowing he's an actor, they might think, "Wow, he's impotent, huh?" And then, "I don't want to be associated with that."

I think it's simpler than that; the actor didn't want that association.

[huahaha]

Just now, LoneHaranguer said:

I think it's simpler than that; the actor didn't want that association.

You think? I've seen actors do herpes commercials, showing their faces.

[ennui]

20 hours ago, NinjaPenguins said:

I don't know if I hate him, but I'm not feeling the new Most Interesting Man in the World. 

I've only seen him once, but he's older than I expected. When Dos XX said they were going with someone younger, I thought it was a mistake, but I think this guy might work out okay. Jonathan Goldsmith is 77, and the new guy is 41. And French. I'll give him a chance.

[frenchtoast]

2 hours ago, kat165 said:

Ubiq, what the hell is pink season?

It's October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The NFL will be awash in pink. Ugh. (And it's not because I don't think men should wear pink, it's because the NFL has quite a few ongoing issues and wearing pink to make the public look the other way is just gross.) 

[iMonrey]

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Apparently, they now want to be called only Burlington. No more coats due to global warming.

Yeah, the first time I ever visited one I was shocked by the actual lack of coats. Seems like they had way more baby furniture and baby clothes than coats. That seemed to be what most people there were shopping for.

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I think it's to make guys feel anonymous about getting Viagra. If men see another man's face, even knowing he's an actor, they might think, "Wow, he's impotent, huh?" And then, "I don't want to be associated with that."

I think it's simpler than that; the actor didn't want that association.

I think it's simpler than that - it's clearly a product for men, so obviously they want to appeal to their target audience by using a beautiful woman in the ad. That way the men watching the commercials who have ED think "wow I've got to go get some of those pills so I can have sex with her." Yes, that's how the advertisers really think the target audience will respond. "Beautiful woman wants to sleep with me! Must get pills!"

[proserpina65]

On ‎10‎/‎03‎/‎2016 at 6:55 PM, 3pwood said:

Can something be done to remove the Trivago man from my TV?  I hated him when he was unshaven & unkempt, but I don't like him any more now that he's cleaned up.  The real problem is that he appears every 10 seconds!  Who thought this was a good idea?  Go away!!

You can send him to my house, unshaven or cleaned up.

I say "joolry" - I never use all the syllables.

Edited October 5, 2016 by proserpina65

[Gam2]

As far as the pink thing for breast cancer, on that "awareness" day, our entire local newspaper was printed in pink. It was unreadable. We threw it away. And who isn't "aware" of breast cancer? 

[ennui]

Last year, the car dealership up the road painted their building bright pink for October. I wonder if they'll do it again. As a funny aside, the men there seemed to think it was great, while I thought it was a bit much. I guess I should turn in my woman card.

Pink paint will not cure cancer. Nor will pink appliances. Nothing pink will cure cancer.

[huahaha]

4 hours ago, iMonrey said:

I think it's simpler than that - it's clearly a product for men, so obviously they want to appeal to their target audience by using a beautiful woman in the ad. That way the men watching the commercials who have ED think "wow I've got to go get some of those pills so I can have sex with her." Yes, that's how the advertisers really think the target audience will respond. "Beautiful woman wants to sleep with me! Must get pills!"

Either way, these advertisers clearly know what they're doing!

[chessiegal]

Five years ago this month I was diagnosed with breast cancer. My husband told me I was taking breast cancer awareness month way too seriously. (He wasn't being mean, he made me laugh and helped both of us get through it). As far as I'm concerned, they can paint the world pink in October. Mine was caught by a routine mammogram - women and men need to be aware. And I am cancer free today.

[LoneHaranguer]

6 hours ago, huahaha said:

You think? I've seen actors do herpes commercials, showing their faces.

That implies the guy's getting laid; whole different story than one suggesting he can't get it up.

[huahaha]

Just now, LoneHaranguer said:

That implies the guy's getting laid; whole different story than one suggesting he can't get it up.

Hmm... I don't think a lot of guys would prefer being known for herpes vs. needing viagra, but I'm not a guy.

[meep.meep]

On 10/4/2016 at 3:41 PM, erikdepressant said:

I do not like you in a house.

I do not like you with a mouse.

I do not like you here or there.

I do not like you anywhere.

I do not like where you began.

I do not like you, Smug Sprint Man.

Because of my obsession with the World Cup, I used to have to watch a lot of games on Univision.  Surprisingly, he's much better in Spanish.

"Bien ?"

[kat165]

Thank you, frenchtoast, for cluing me in. Good for you, chessie. :)

[janie jones]

There is absolutely nothing I like about this commercial. 

[erikdepressant]

Carl's Jr commercials disgust me.  I have to change the channel when they come on.  A sloppy, messy burger is appalling to me, but it seems some people enjoy sandwiches like that.  The couple times that I ate there, the food tasted awful, too.

[riley702]

8 hours ago, chessiegal said:

Five years ago this month I was diagnosed with breast cancer. My husband told me I was taking breast cancer awareness month way too seriously. (He wasn't being mean, he made me laugh and helped both of us get through it). As far as I'm concerned, they can paint the world pink in October. Mine was caught by a routine mammogram - women and men need to be aware. And I am cancer free today.

Taking this to Small Talk.

[legaleagle53]

On 10/3/2016 at 3:55 PM, 3pwood said:

Can something be done to remove the Trivago man from my TV?  I hated him when he was unshaven & unkempt, but I don't like him any more now that he's cleaned up.  The real problem is that he appears every 10 seconds!  Who thought this was a good idea?  Go away!!

Speak for yourself.  I personally think he's sex on a stick, especially now that he's cleaned up!

[legaleagle53]

23 hours ago, kat165 said:

Ubiq, what the hell is pink season?

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, symbolized by pink ribbons and pink Yoplait lids.

[cpcathy]

15 minutes ago, legaleagle53 said:

Speak for yourself.  I personally think he's sex on a stick, especially now that he's cleaned up!

The cleanup did him a LOT of good. Silver fox.

[Silver Raven]

OK, Bush's beans, stop trying to make it seem like Mom is doing all this work making chili that it takes the kid coming in three times asking "Is it chili yet?"  You're just heating up a can, for Goo's sake.

[erikdepressant]

For an example of how to keep the romance in a marriage alive, check out this couple's conversation in a Senokot ad that needs to be aired twice in a commercial break.

She loves her natural vegetable laxative so much that she chooses her clothing and accessorizes her kitchen with a Senokot color palette.

That look on his face at the end...  The carefully-placed box of Senokot on her purse was the last piece of the puzzle.  He finally realized the meaning of his wife's display of what she cryptically called her "Hiney Lilies:" one orifice would be off limits that night.  Now, whenever she puts yellow flowers in a vase, he will know which activity not to suggest in the bedroom.  If only he had decoded it sooner!

But, if she was that clever, why didn't she connect the empty bottle of Viagra on his purse with her remark after breakfast that he had "barely touched his sausage?"

[friendperidot]

It doesn't so much annoy me as amuse me, but the ed med that uses the outdoor bathtubs (not Viagra - the other one, just can't think of the name) has a new ad with an older couple antiquing and buying a couple of old bathtubs, and giving each other the eye. Saw it last night and laughed.

[InDueTime]

8 hours ago, friendperidot said:

It doesn't so much annoy me as amuse me, but the ed med that uses the outdoor bathtubs (not Viagra - the other one, just can't think of the name) has a new ad with an older couple antiquing and buying a couple of old bathtubs, and giving each other the eye. Saw it last night and laughed.

It was probably a Cialis ad.  Older couples sitting next to each other in separate bathtubs is their thing.

[friendperidot]

It is Cialis, I just couldn't think of it.

[ennui]

Saw a new Acura commercial this a.m. "Like, WOW" over and over and over. Dumb. 

[ivygirl]

On 10/4/2016 at 1:55 PM, smittykins said:

[small voice]I still sometimes sing "gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now." [/sv]

To myself, not out loud.

Usually.

If I needed another sign that you were My People, this would be it. I do this, too, especially when running around the house trying to get myself out the door.

Have the Residence Inn ads with the young traveling employees been mentioned yet? The ones that make it look like SO MUCH FUN to travel for work? Like there isn't even any WORK involved, except for a conversation with beers by the pool? They're even worse than the ones I used to see, for another hotel, that used a really depressing version of "Good Day Sunshine" (which I'd always see before I had to travel...). 

Pages ago but Chrissy Tiegen bugs me, too. I saw her years ago on some Cooking Channel show. She made some big deal about her cookies and was making it REALLY clear that she was John Legend's Girlfriend.  even then I was like, who is this unfunny try-hard woman? 

[MaryPatShelby]

On 10/5/2016 at 5:53 PM, Gam2 said:

As far as the pink thing for breast cancer, on that "awareness" day, our entire local newspaper was printed in pink. It was unreadable. We threw it away. And who isn't "aware" of breast cancer? 

You've hit on my chief complaint about all these awareness campaigns. Unless the disease is something like Middle Toe Spasmodic Syndrome, most people who live in the world are aware of the major and mid-major diseases. The time for awareness is past - it's time for action.

[proserpina65]

There are two local commercials for the Maryland Lottery special Ravens scratch off ticket featuring a fan and his pet 'raven'.  I am no bird expert, but every time I see either ad, I yell "That's too small to be a raven.  That's a crow, you idiot!" at the tv.  And this week's episode of Superstore kind of confirmed that for me, because all those crows looked exactly like the idiot fan's pet 'raven'.

Edited October 7, 2016 by proserpina65

[janie jones]

19 hours ago, friendperidot said:

It doesn't so much annoy me as amuse me, but the ed med that uses the outdoor bathtubs (not Viagra - the other one, just can't think of the name) has a new ad with an older couple antiquing and buying a couple of old bathtubs, and giving each other the eye. Saw it last night and laughed.

My father-in-law's girlfriend made a joke about the two of them getting their matching bathtubs.  I found it off-putting.

[merylinkid]

I found the Trivago guy sexy until it turns out he is a control freak.  Checking your girlfriend's browser history and she is the bad person for kicking you out?   Dude, you check my browser history without my permission, you need a hotel for more than one night.   You are gone for good.   Sorry that is entering in abuse territory, definitely trying to control her life.

[friendperidot]

well, Janie, I would find that off putting. My parents were married almost 51 years when my dad died and I'm sure they never had sex more than 3 times. I have a brother and a sister. Or if they did, I don't want to know about it, lol.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

2 hours ago, merylinkid said:

I found the Trivago guy sexy until it turns out he is a control freak.  Checking your girlfriend's browser history and she is the bad person for kicking you out?   Dude, you check my browser history without my permission, you need a hotel for more than one night.   You are gone for good.   Sorry that is entering in abuse territory, definitely trying to control her life.

Actually she checked his browser history, not the other way around. That was why he needed a hotel room, because she found something in his searches or whatever that she didn't like and booted him out of the house.

[riley702]

1 hour ago, friendperidot said:

well, Janie, I would find that off putting. My parents were married almost 51 years when my dad died and I'm sure they never had sex more than 3 times. I have a brother and a sister. Or if they did, I don't want to know about it, lol.

LOL, I remember the first time it dawned on me that my parents had to have had sex at least 5 times. I was too squicked out to think further than that. :)

[janie jones]

1 hour ago, friendperidot said:

well, Janie, I would find that off putting. My parents were married almost 51 years when my dad died and I'm sure they never had sex more than 3 times. I have a brother and a sister. Or if they did, I don't want to know about it, lol.

Ha, it's more that I didn't like her referencing that dumb commercial for her joke.

[Amethyst]

On 9/28/2016 at 8:55 PM, chessiegal said:

I agree the Panera commercials are annoying, but I ignore them because I LUV their food - their salads, soups, sandwiches. Their loyalty program gives me discounts and freebies. Next month is my birthday which means I get a free sweet, so my husband will get a double chocolate brownie that I'll take a bite of, and is SO good. So glad their turkey chili is back on the menu since it's fall, so good. /running to avoid hurling tomatoes from the Panera dislikers.

Replied to this in the Small Talk thread.

[SpikeGal]

On ‎10‎/‎4‎/‎2016 at 1:15 PM, Blergh said:

 Well, at LEAST they didn't show what a bladder was supposed to look like. Too bad it sounded like an Andrews Sister song re its beat and tempo because, were it not for the subject matter, I'd have liked it.

I always found that little bladder in that other commercial kinda...cute. Maybe it has something to do with his little face...

Yeah, I know, I'm weird.

[Prevailing Wind]

I think the bladder's cute, too, but that chick that's supposed to be the digestive tract is nauseating. AND she reminds me of Kathy Griffin, which, in my mind, is not a good thing.

Speaking of the bladder, I was watching an old Murder, She Wrote and the woman that owns that cute bladder was a young cop. No sooner I recognized her, they played the commercial. I've had that happen before...I'm watching Jessica Fletcher trying to solve a murder with a guy playing the victim's young nephew and, as an old guy, he pops up on an AARP car insurance ad, "Hello. I'm Matt McCoy. How long have you had your car insurance?..."

That's what I get for watching CoziTV in the afternoon - retired people's ads. 

I was binge-watching my DVDs of Leverage, which had a woman who looked very familiar. The episode was almost over before I realized she's the woman married to Consumer Cellular's Biggest Fan.

Each and every one of those ads being completely annoying.  (However, I *did* sign up for Consumer Cellular - price is great, coverage...not so much.)