Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[TattleTeeny]

I once made my sister say “sammich” when she called to order food. I laughed for an hour when she did it without missing a beat. She can do stuff like that with straight face, while I cannot.* Also, I’m easily amused.

* I was always, and sometimes still am, the one who gets scolded for inappropriate laughing/snorting in quiet situations—never mind that she is the one who makes me do it!

Edited October 28, 2018 by TattleTeeny

[Zevious Zoquis]

On 10/15/2018 at 7:50 AM, Zevious Zoquis said:

the Match commercial with the dark-haired gal (Lisa?) who keeps saying she "definitely" wants this and she "definitely" wants that...i think i know why she might be having trouble getting a relationship going.  

 

oh, and there's an ad running for some diarrhea med that features 2 "moms" describing their different vacay experiences where one took the med and the other didn't.  the one who didn't of course got sick and spent the entire vacation [whisper voice]"in the bathroom"[/whisper voice].  the diarrhea mom is perfectly casted...she truly looks like a person who suffers constant poop issues.  good job whoever chose her!

Here's the stomach drug I was refering to...this ad...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-knTly4EOU

[Jamoche]

On 10/24/2018 at 5:19 PM, Brattinella said:

Not only does she pronounce every letter separately, she always EXPLAINS that it mean Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  Without fail.

That's even more annoying than I'd thought. You can say extravirginoliveoil faster than you can say e-v-o-o because you can't slam the vowels together the way you can slam words. 

[Jamoche]

On 10/24/2018 at 7:12 PM, friendperidot said:

So every time he posts on FB about cooking pasta, he always puts in the part about it needs to be "al dente," which means "to the tooth." It's such a joke among his friends that we all mention that we've cooked pasta for dinner and that pasta has to be "al dente," which means, "to the tooth." 

I think it's Barilla pasta that used to have everyone in the ad say "al dente", with maybe one person at the end saying "Barilla". A few years later the ad changed to everyone saying "Barilla" - I figured there were a lot of people out there looking for "al dente" brand.

[Duke2801]

On 10/24/2018 at 3:04 PM, GoodieGirl said:

100x yes! Anyone who still shortens words like a 5 year old should be kicked in the teeth. 

Totes. 

On 10/25/2018 at 5:10 PM, Tom Holmberg said:

Worse are the ads for casinos showing hip, elegant 20-somethings drinking Cosmos and looking cool playing roulette and craps, rather than the typical senior citizens with their walkers and orthopedic shoes blowing their monthly Social Security checks on the slot machines.

Don’t forget the clouds of smoke so thick you can barely see your hand in front of you.

On 10/27/2018 at 9:21 PM, Maverick said:

Did I seriously see a toothpaste commercial with a close up of some kid puking?  Seriously?   This is considered acceptable (much less desirable) for television?   I'm no prude but this has no business on TV.  I'm not interested in anyone puking, farting, experiencing explosive diarrhea or wiping their ( whether because said diarrhea or a normal movement).  There's a difference between being funny, edgy or bold and being classless, tacky and lacking any human decency and dignity. 

Wait, seriously??? What brand?? And for gods sake, WHY??? 

[Ubiquitous]

There's a new ad in Toyota's "Enjoy the Go!" campaign which features a barbershop quartet narrating as a female driver parallel unparks and checks her rear view monitor so she doesn't hit another car. Ugh.

On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 11:08 PM, ShutUpLutz said:

Thankfully i haven't seen this particular ad on for about six months,  STANKFACE!!!!! It's the look on the ladies face that does, and the way they repeat STANKFACE!!!! a hundred times. It reminds me of a bit from The Kentucky Fried Movie which is available online but dubbed into German.

It reminds me of the 1980's "bitter beer face" ads.

On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 9:21 PM, Maverick said:

Did I seriously see a toothpaste commercial with a close up of some kid puking?  Seriously?   This is considered acceptable (much less desirable) for television?   I'm no prude but this has no business on TV.  I'm not interested in anyone puking, farting, experiencing explosive diarrhea or wiping their ( whether because said diarrhea or a normal movement).  There's a difference between being funny, edgy or bold and being classless, tacky and lacking any human decency and dignity. 

I swear to gawd I saw the same concept for an ad in the 1990's.

[proserpina65]

On ‎10‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 11:40 AM, Haleth said:

Check the background and you see the regular folks in jeans and tee shirts. 

 

Yup. Along with Dr Oz. What a trio.  

Except that while Racheal Ray may be annoying, she's not a quack.  She's a perfectly capable cook.

[proserpina65]

On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 9:38 PM, Kemper said:

The commercial for....I am not sure...Citi Bank?  Where the apparent Dad starts roaring and stomping like a dinosaur.  Turns out he has two small children hanging onto his legs; they are squealing with happiness and he is making scary faces.  Hate it.  Almost as much as the Bada Bing Bada Boom guy.  Almost.

Awwwww, I really like that one.

[Silver Raven]

16 hours ago, Jamoche said:

That's even more annoying than I'd thought. You can say extravirginoliveoil faster than you can say e-v-o-o because you can't slam the vowels together the way you can slam words. 

Isn't EVOO the brand name for her olive oil line?

4 hours ago, Ubiquitous said:

There's a new ad in Toyota's "Enjoy the Go!" campaign which features a barbershop quartet narrating as a female driver parallel unparks and checks her rear view monitor so she doesn't hit another car. Ugh.

 

Isn't "Enjoy the Go" used for a toilet paper brand?

[Westiepeach]

On 10/27/2018 at 9:21 PM, Maverick said:

Did I seriously see a toothpaste commercial with a close up of some kid puking?  Seriously?   This is considered acceptable (much less desirable) for television?   I'm no prude but this has no business on TV.  I'm not interested in anyone puking, farting, experiencing explosive diarrhea or wiping their ( whether because said diarrhea or a normal movement).  There's a difference between being funny, edgy or bold and being classless, tacky and lacking any human decency and dignity. 

Yes, yes you did. Not only did the little girl puke, she announced it afterwards. Husband and I were eating dinner and it came on. We both looked at each other and said, "did we just see that?"

[Bastet]

1 hour ago, Silver Raven said:

Isn't EVOO the brand name for her olive oil line?

No, the brand of her food line (for people) is Rachael Ray, and includes "EVOO," balsamic vinegar, and some seasonings.  I'm not sure if it's in production anymore, but at any rate it came out well after the show started, and the show is where she began the EVOO crap (where she'd say "E-V-O-O," and then every time immediately follow that up with the explanation that she means extra virgin olive oil).

1 hour ago, Silver Raven said:

Isn't "Enjoy the Go" used for a toilet paper brand?

Charmin.  Toyota uses "Let's Go Places."

Edited October 29, 2018 by Bastet

[Prevailing Wind]

Help me! Help me!!!!  I caught myself *singing along* to the quadruple Liberties.  AAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

[peacheslatour]

8 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Help me! Help me!!!!  I caught myself *singing along* to the quadruple Liberties.  AAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

You go sit in the corner, missy. Sit in the corner and think about what you've done.?

Edited October 29, 2018 by peacheslatour

[Prevailing Wind]

I've also realized I sing along with the Bum-ba-dum-bums on the Farmer's Insurance ads.  Well, I've had Billy Joel's "Keeping the Faith" running through my mental jukebox for a week and a half. I'm sort of glad to have replaced it, but, god help me, NOT the Quad-Liberties.

Edited October 30, 2018 by Prevailing Wind

[QuinnInND]

On 10/27/2018 at 7:38 PM, Kemper said:

The commercial for....I am not sure...Citi Bank?  Where the apparent Dad starts roaring and stomping like a dinosaur.  Turns out he has two small children hanging onto his legs; they are squealing with happiness and he is making scary faces.  Hate it.  Almost as much as the Bada Bing Bada Boom guy.  Almost.

My husband loves doing that!  All 3 kids have loved it!  The twins especially! They squeal and scream with happiness when daddy does that! 

[mmecorday]

I hate this current commercial trend showing people using the toilet. Last night I saw an ad for some diarrhea medicine that showed an astronaut using the commode and being blasted into other galaxies by the force of his powerful bowel movements. Are 12 year olds running ad agencies now?

[Brattinella]

3 minutes ago, mmecorday said:

I hate this current commercial trend showing people using the toilet. Last night I saw an ad for some diarrhea medicine that showed an astronaut using the commode and being blasted into other galaxies by the force of his powerful bowel movements. Are 12 year olds running ad agencies now?

This is truly a disgusting trend and they need to stop it.  They had THAT one on during our dinner last night! :(

[Ilovecomputers]

One of the worst things about the drug commercials is their use of popular songs.  One of 'em uses the Fleetwood Mac song "Go Your Own Way," and I wince every time the commercial comes on.  Sigh, I still have a huge crush on Lindsey Buckingham.

[SoSueMe]

On 10/15/2018 at 8:50 AM, Zevious Zoquis said:

the Match commercial with the dark-haired gal (Lisa?) who keeps saying she "definitely" wants this and she "definitely" wants that...i think i know why she might be having trouble getting a relationship going.  

 

oh, and there's an ad running for some diarrhea med that features 2 "moms" describing their different vacay experiences where one took the med and the other didn't.  the one who didn't of course got sick and spent the entire vacation [whisper voice]"in the bathroom"[/whisper voice].  the diarrhea mom is perfectly casted...she truly looks like a person who suffers constant poop issues.  good job whoever chose her!

Yeah, it must be the times we live in. And on the other side of the equation, I'm not sure I would want anyone who self-proclaimed that he had an excellent sense of humor. I guess that runaway self-esteem is the "in" thing now.

On 10/27/2018 at 9:00 PM, BigBingerBro said:

I'm over the raunchy, gross condom commercials that feature the long curly-haired dude with the 70's porn mustache advising millennial singles and couple about which condom to use based on their situation.  WHO finds this crap helpful?  I mean it's slightly funny the first time you see it, but after that, it's just cringy and gross.

Okay, do I dare ask what networks you are seeing these on? Not judging, I am mostly glued to cable news so I would have no way of knowing ;)

[chessiegal]

Some days I watch Golden Girls marathons on Logo and will see the occasional condom commercial.

[jcbrown]

I think that those of us who vote early should get some sort of code that allows us to bypass all political ads. I usually watch via TiVo so I can skip past them but I am sooooooo tired of the proposition commercials here in California.

[BigBingerBro]

6 hours ago, SoSueMe said:

 

Okay, do I dare ask what networks you are seeing these on? Not judging, I am mostly glued to cable news so I would have no way of knowing ;)

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[BigBingerBro]

6 hours ago, Ilovecomputers said:

One of the worst things about the drug commercials is their use of popular songs.  One of 'em uses the Fleetwood Mac song "Go Your Own Way," and I wince every time the commercial comes on.  Sigh, I still have a huge crush on Lindsey Buckingham.

It's not only the drug commercials, but I noticed restaurants like Applebee's, Chilis, etc are doing this.  Even Walmart regularly panders to songs that would have been popular with today's current parents.  Yet they show kids and teens jamming to it.... sigh...

[jennblevins]

6 hours ago, Ilovecomputers said:

One of the worst things about the drug commercials is their use of popular songs.  One of 'em uses the Fleetwood Mac song "Go Your Own Way," and I wince every time the commercial comes on.  Sigh, I still have a huge crush on Lindsey Buckingham.

The worst one of those, in my opinion, is the Trelegy ad that knocks off “ABC.”  It makes me want to fling things at the TV — not 1, 2, or 3 things, but every single object on the coffee table, including the hardback books, the beer bottles, and the giant tin of popcorn.  As much as the Fleetwood Mac one bugs me, at least they use the actual lyrics!

Edited October 31, 2018 by jennblevins
Grammar!

[chenoa333]

On 10/27/2018 at 6:00 PM, BigBingerBro said:

I'm over the raunchy, gross condom commercials that feature the long curly-haired dude with the 70's porn mustache advising millennial singles and couple about which condom to use based on their situation.  WHO finds this crap helpful?  I mean it's slightly funny the first time you see it, but after that, it's just cringy and gross.

I haven't seen that one yet. Nor do i want to.

But what "situation" are they referring to? It's just sex...it's pretty easy to figure out. I guess condom choices must be mind boggling these days.

[Tom Holmberg]

17 hours ago, chessiegal said:

Some days I watch Golden Girls marathons on Logo and will see the occasional condom commercial.

They should combine that ad with the "Hims" ad for the "little blue pill". (Really the best they could come up with was "Hims"? I could come up with 20 better names in 5 minutes.) 

[LoneHaranguer]

2 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said:

They should combine that ad with the "Hims" ad for the "little blue pill". (Really the best they could come up with was "Hims"? I could come up with 20 better names in 5 minutes.) 

OTOH, that name implies that there's a version for women too, so this may reflect a marketing change. IMU, the "little blue pill" is so closely tied to just one effect that they've had trouble selling the idea that it isn't just for men. Put the same stuff in a new form with a new name and touting other effects and maybe they'll be successful. 

[Tom Holmberg]

7 minutes ago, LoneHaranguer said:

OTOH, that name implies that there's a version for women too, so this may reflect a marketing change.

They can't say Viagra because this is the generic version. 

When Viagra first came out, my local town was getting a minor league baseball team and the city was having a contest to name the team.  I sent in "The Viagras" and said they could use the slogans "We're always up for a game" and "The biggest bats in town."  Later the mayor was interviewed in the local paper and said they didn't want suggestions like "The Viagras." Win!

[chenoa333]

3 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said:

They should combine that ad with the "Hims" ad for the "little blue pill". (Really the best they could come up with was "Hims"? I could come up with 20 better names in 5 minutes.) 

I think I've heard that ad on the radio but I thought it was "Hymns" ! Lol. 

[mmecorday]

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Some days I watch Golden Girls marathons on Logo and will see the occasional condom commercial.

Dorothy: Condoms, Rose! Condoms, condoms, condoms!

[zillabreeze]

Since I'm a Big Boned Gal, this is NOT fat shaming.... The longass commercial for My Fit Jeans makes me stabby.

It's just huge woman after huge woman shoving herself into the cheap stretchy "skinny" jeans.   Ummmm,  Johnsonville called and wants their sausage casing back.

Why? Just why?  Good and Plenty women can (and do) dress nicely.  But to shoehorn 250+ lbs into tight clothes ain't the way to go.  I can't imagine that it's good for the blood circulation either.

[Prevailing Wind]

12 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said:

When Viagra first came out, my local town was getting a minor league baseball team and the city was having a contest to name the team.  I sent in "The Viagras" and said they could use the slogans "We're always up for a game" and "The biggest bats in town."  Later the mayor was interviewed in the local paper and said they didn't want suggestions like "The Viagras." Win!

My favorite team name is the now-defunct ice hockey team from Macon, GA... The Macon Whoopees.

[backformore]

I have long thought that the Skittle ad where the girl pick and eats the "skittles-pox"  off a boy's face was THE most disgusting commercial. 

And now Skittles has some messed up commercial with a giraffe.  The giraffe eats rainbows.  And there's a guy on a stool, "milking"  the giraffe.  Of course, the "milk"  isn't milk at all - there are Skittles pouring out of the giraffe and  into a bucket.   Now, if this were done in cartoon form, it would be less disturbing.  But it's a real person, on a milking stool, next to a giraffe.  It took me a minute to understand that the point was this is how you "taste the rainbow."  the giraffe can reach the rainbow, eats it, and makes skittle-milk. 

Why?  Why, skittles, are you doing this to me?  

[chenoa333]

On 10/30/2018 at 11:34 AM, chessiegal said:

Some days I watch Golden Girls marathons on Logo and will see the occasional condom commercial.

Well THAT sounds like the target demographic for selling condoms! 

[Haleth]

6 hours ago, backformore said:

I have long thought that the Skittle ad where the girl pick and eats the "skittles-pox"  off a boy's face was THE most disgusting commercial.

I was at a Halloween party where the theme was commercials and not one but two couples did this.  Gross.

[funky-rat]

On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 10:55 AM, Blergh said:

I'm not a Liberty Mutual customer nor a fan of their commercials but I can imagine they thought that showing  Lady Liberty was more impressive than showing the cracked Liberty Bell. However; I have to wonder if they actually had to get permission from the National Park Service to make hay of her so much! 

The Liberty Bell is actually pretty impressive when you are standing a few feet in front of it.

On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 9:21 PM, Maverick said:

Did I seriously see a toothpaste commercial with a close up of some kid puking?  Seriously?   This is considered acceptable (much less desirable) for television?   I'm no prude but this has no business on TV.  I'm not interested in anyone puking, farting, experiencing explosive diarrhea or wiping their ( whether because said diarrhea or a normal movement).  There's a difference between being funny, edgy or bold and being classless, tacky and lacking any human decency and dignity. 

Yep.  While I hate that part of the commercial, the three year old in me chuckles when the one kid says the healthy snack tastes poopy.

On ‎10‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 1:43 PM, Ilovecomputers said:

One of the worst things about the drug commercials is their use of popular songs.  One of 'em uses the Fleetwood Mac song "Go Your Own Way," and I wince every time the commercial comes on.  Sigh, I still have a huge crush on Lindsey Buckingham.

What's worse is they don't use the Fleetwood Mac version.  They use some generic singers and auto-tune the heck out of it, and that annoys me.

[proserpina65]

21 hours ago, zillabreeze said:

Since I'm a Big Boned Gal, this is NOT fat shaming.... The longass commercial for My Fit Jeans makes me stabby.

It's just huge woman after huge woman shoving herself into the cheap stretchy "skinny" jeans.   Ummmm,  Johnsonville called and wants their sausage casing back.

Why? Just why?  Good and Plenty women can (and do) dress nicely.  But to shoehorn 250+ lbs into tight clothes ain't the way to go.  I can't imagine that it's good for the blood circulation either.

There's a huge difference between 'fitted', which can look very nice on us larger women, and 'skin-tight', which, as you say, looks like sausage casing.  Unfortunately a lot of clothing brands just moving into the plus-size market don't understand that.  (I'm looking at you, Old Navy rockstar jeans.)

[TattleTeeny]

29 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

There's a huge difference between 'fitted', which can look very nice on us larger women, and 'skin-tight', which, as you say, looks like sausage casing.  Unfortunately a lot of clothing brands just moving into the plus-size market don't understand that.  (I'm looking at you, Old Navy rockstar jeans.)

No matter what one's body size/shape/tautness, if the clothing is causing lumps and bumps and all kinds of squeezy overflow, it does not look good. 

Edited November 1, 2018 by TattleTeeny

[zillabreeze]

6 minutes ago, TattleTeeny said:

squeezy overflow

Hee hee.  I love this

[peacheslatour]

40 minutes ago, zillabreeze said:

Hee hee.  I love this

Squeezy Overflow is the name of my new B-52's cover band.

[Moose135]

12 hours ago, backformore said:

The giraffe eats rainbows.  And there's a guy on a stool, "milking"  the giraffe.  Of course, the "milk"  isn't milk at all - there are Skittles pouring out of the giraffe and  into a bucket.

Are we sure it's a female giraffe...

[Maximoose]

On 10/30/2018 at 7:29 PM, BigBingerBro said:

It's not only the drug commercials, but I noticed restaurants like Applebee's, Chilis, etc are doing this.  Even Walmart regularly panders to songs that would have been popular with today's current parents.  Yet they show kids and teens jamming to it.... sigh...

*Cue 20+ years of Kidz Bop Commercials* ;)

[Ilovecomputers]

On ‎10‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 3:19 PM, proserpina65 said:

  On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 9:38 PM, Kemper said:

The commercial for....I am not sure...Citi Bank?  Where the apparent Dad starts roaring and stomping like a dinosaur.  Turns out he has two small children hanging onto his legs; they are squealing with happiness and he is making scary faces.  Hate it.  Almost as much as the Bada Bing Bada Boom guy.  Almost.

We are the exhausted parents of two puppies, and my husband chases the puppies around like Frankenstein after dinner nightly.  They have just started to run after him and bark at him when he does it.  Before, they stood transfixed and would look at me as if to say, "What in the world . . .?"

[fairffaxx]

That's the commercial with the excellent Etta James song "Something's Got A Hold On Me" -- not sure whose version of it, but it's a good one.  Maybe the puppies would appreciate the ritual more if it were put to music?

[sempervivum]

Maruchan noodles bowls or something- A family sits around noisily slurping up noodles while they telepathically(?) talk about their day. For whatever psychological reason, I HATE eating noises. Before I married, discovering on a first date that the guy was had terrible table manners was an automatic 'nope'.

[chessiegal]

Slurping noodles in Japan is encouraged. The idea is that mixing the broth with air enhances the flavor.

[Moose135]

1 hour ago, chessiegal said:

Slurping noodles in Japan is encouraged. The idea is that mixing the broth with air enhances the flavor.

That reminds me of this scene from the old Tom Selleck movie Mr. Baseball.

 

[rcc]

2 hours ago, Moose135 said:

That reminds me of this scene from the old Tom Selleck movie Mr. Baseball.

 

 

I liked that movie.

[OpalNightstream]

On 11/1/2018 at 3:52 PM, Ilovecomputers said:

We are the exhausted parents of two puppies, and my husband chases the puppies around like Frankenstein after dinner nightly.  They have just started to run after him and bark at him when he does it.  Before, they stood transfixed and would look at me as if to say, "What in the world . . .?"

That’s commercial is on constantly in the morning and I can’t stand it!

[SmithW6079]

I hate the Tide Pods commercial with Rob Gronkowski (Gronk). It sounds like he's saying, "Tie Pahs." Enunciate dammit!

Edited November 3, 2018 by SmithW6079