Prevailing Wind December 21, 2020 Share December 21, 2020 I bought a springerle rolling pin years ago, only made 'em once. But, damn, they're good. 1 Link to comment
Prevailing Wind December 21, 2020 Share December 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, icemiser69 said: And you never thought to make me any, sad.😭 Are they hard to make? In other words, idiot proof? I saw that Darth Vader Clapper commercial, no just no. That thing is creepy. Not as creepy as The Mirror, but pretty damn close. If you can roll out dough without overworking it (my downfall), they're fairly easy. The trick is finding fresh anise seed. I have not seen a Darth Vader clapper. Just the name is creepy. Link to comment
peacheslatour December 21, 2020 Share December 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said: If you can roll out dough without overworking it (my downfall), they're fairly easy. The trick is finding fresh anise seed. I have not seen a Darth Vader clapper. Just the name is creepy. Could you use fennel seed instead? Link to comment
sempervivum December 21, 2020 Share December 21, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 8:38 PM, Madding crowd said: I like Pete Seeger but can’t stand the commercial where he sings “”Every morning at half past four, hard times at the mill”. It has nothing to do with the commercial and is just annoying. I agree the song is an odd choice, contextually. However, I like the song, and for some weird reason, I find the actor playing the dad very attractive, so I don't mind it. However, every time I see it, I think surely it hasn't escaped their attention that their driveway connects directly to a busy road, and that the hedge makes it impossible to see oncoming traffic. Apparently, Volvos are for dummies who are too lazy to trim their hedges. 5 7 Link to comment
mojoween December 21, 2020 Share December 21, 2020 Or back the car into the damn driveway. I saw an ad for some sort of bone medicine and it irritated me more than it probably should have, but I am cranky today. One lady who took the med is being careful while running on a path and there is a big pine cone she avoids so she doesn’t fall and get hurt. Fine. Don’t want any ladies to break their bones. But for fuck’s sake, she couldn’t have stopped and tossed it off the path, or kicked it over to the grass so someone else didn’t fall and break THEIR bones? 1 11 Link to comment
Brookside December 21, 2020 Share December 21, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 9:04 AM, bankerchick said: Are you saying people should only take jobs if they 'need' the money? Who gets to decide when you don't need any more? Maybe Alex liked to work. Maybe his friend was the company president and asked him to do it. Maybe he donated 100% of the proceeds to his favourite charity. Maybe he wanted to make sure his wife and children would always be looked after, even after he was gone. I don't think it's appropriate to call it 'greed' because someone who has more money than you decided they wanted to make money, especially when you know nothing of their motivations. I don't disagree with this, but some stars need to be a bit more discerning in the ads they choose to do. 2 Link to comment
peacheslatour December 21, 2020 Share December 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, Brookside said: I don't disagree with this, but some stars need to be a bit more discerning in the ads they choose to do. In a perfect world, yes. 4 Link to comment
Brookside December 21, 2020 Share December 21, 2020 Mark Jacobs' Daisy - commercials for pedophiles. Link to comment
Prevailing Wind December 22, 2020 Share December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, icemiser69 said: Yeah, I saw that. I hadn't realized there was an epidemic of injuries by pine cones. I thought the whole thing was stupid. I suppose if someone has weak ankles I might buy into it, but even that is stretching it a bit. Maybe TPTB can come out with a Christmas edition of Clue? They can change up the weapons a bit by adding Christmas trees, owls, and pine cones. Actually, I would be all in on a Santa edition of Clue. Rudolph electrocuted Santa in the study with his big red nose. Mrs. Claus killed Santa in the kitchen by bonking him on the head with a fruitcake. One of the elves killed Santa in the toy shop by strangling him with a jump rope. I guess I have just guaranteed a lump of coal in my stocking this year. Taking to small talk... 1 Link to comment
Haleth December 22, 2020 Share December 22, 2020 12 hours ago, icemiser69 said: Yeah, I saw that. I hadn't realized there was an epidemic of injuries by pine cones. I thought the whole thing was stupid. I suppose if someone has weak ankles I might buy into it, but even that is stretching it a bit. Maybe TPTB can come out with a Christmas edition of Clue? They can change up the weapons a bit by adding Christmas trees, owls, and pine cones. Actually, I would be all in on a Santa edition of Clue. Rudolph electrocuted Santa in the study with his big red nose. Mrs. Claus killed Santa in the kitchen by bonking him on the head with a fruitcake. One of the elves killed Santa in the toy shop by strangling him with a jump rope. I guess I have just guaranteed a lump of coal in my stocking this year. My favorite winter murder weapon is an icicle. While a pinecone doesn't seem likely to do much damage since it's not hard, stepping awkwardly on something uneven can surely break an ankle. And the person doesn't even have to be old. Personal experience. Link to comment
brickthru the tv December 22, 2020 Share December 22, 2020 Humana PLEASE GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! F in slimeballs 3 5 Link to comment
mojoween December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 I have seen this commercial 74632 times and yet can’t remember what it is for, but the little girl who says “hey Hamlin! I like your PJ’s!” irritates me. Like, he has a first NAME, why are you calling him so familiarly by his last name? 3 7 Link to comment
bankerchick December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 You bring up an interesting point, mojoween. How can it be considered to be a successful commercial if you have seen it a million times yet don't remember what they are selling? 2 2 3 Link to comment
CrazyInAlabama December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 It's for Domino's, I had to search to find out, so the commercial is a big fail at selling pizza. 5 Link to comment
Maverick December 23, 2020 Author Share December 23, 2020 4 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said: It's for Domino's, I had to search to find out, so the commercial is a big fail at selling pizza. So is the product. 7 2 Link to comment
peacheslatour December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 14 hours ago, mojoween said: I have seen this commercial 74632 times and yet can’t remember what it is for, but the little girl who says “hey Hamlin! I like your PJ’s!” irritates me. Like, he has a first NAME, why are you calling him so familiarly by his last name? Sports figure are routinely called by their last names. 6 Link to comment
tres bien December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, peacheslatour said: Sports figure are routinely called by their last names. I'm guess it's appealing to Domino's eating, NASCAR watching fans. 2 Link to comment
proserpina65 December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 9:38 PM, Madding crowd said: I like Pete Seeger but can’t stand the commercial where he sings “”Every morning at half past four, hard times at the mill”. It has nothing to do with the commercial and is just annoying. I actively hate that commercial. It's a song about working people struggling to get by every day being used to sell overpriced cars. UGH. On 12/19/2020 at 10:04 PM, Blergh said: ,he might have been worried that his wife and grown kids not being sufficiently provided for in the event of his demise without the monies of those commercials despite having a $75 million estate. Maybe it's possible that some of that $75 million estate came from making those commercials? And maybe he thought that since you never know what the future might hold, it's a good idea to make money while you can? That's not greed, imo. 9 Link to comment
proserpina65 December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 On 12/20/2020 at 9:42 AM, DrSpaceman73 said: I'm not a big mcdonald's fan, never go there but their commercials generally are very well done and they've made many classics. I can't think of any McDonald's commercials I considered classic. Mostly I consider them bland and boring. There are a few I really disliked, but probably not as much as some of Burger King's more disturbing ones. (Chicken fries on a date, for example.) 17 hours ago, mojoween said: I have seen this commercial 74632 times and yet can’t remember what it is for, but the little girl who says “hey Hamlin! I like your PJ’s!” irritates me. Like, he has a first NAME, why are you calling him so familiarly by his last name? My problem with this commercial is that if the girl is familiar enough with Nascar to know that's Denny Hamlin, surely she knows he's not wearing pjs. 1 10 Link to comment
CrazyInAlabama December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 (edited) On 12/21/2020 at 4:24 PM, Brookside said: Mark Jacobs' Daisy - commercials for pedophiles. I just saw that commercial. It's disgusting. All afternoon they've been showing the commercial where the Hershey Kisses become cookies. I'm upset now. Edited December 23, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama 2 Link to comment
DrSpaceman73 December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, proserpina65 said: I can't think of any McDonald's commercials I considered classic. Mostly I consider them bland and boring. There are a few I really disliked, but probably not as much as some of Burger King's more disturbing ones. (Chicken fries on a date, for example.) My problem with this commercial is that if the girl is familiar enough with Nascar to know that's Denny Hamlin, surely she knows he's not wearing pjs. Maybe not recent one for mcdonald's but Two all beef patties special sauce.....you know the rest Bird vs jordan Mac tonight. The first two are some of the most commercials in history for any product. 4 Link to comment
peacheslatour December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 22 minutes ago, DrSpaceman73 said: Maybe not recent one for mcdonald's but Two all beef patties special sauce.....you know the rest Bird vs jordan Mac tonight. The first two are some of the most commercials in history for any product. We were talking about memorable commercial jingles. Here's one of my favs.: "Armour hot dogs. What kind of kids eat Armour hot dogs? Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks Tough kids, sissy kids, even kids with chicken pox Love hot dogs, Armour hot dogs The dogs kids love to bite." 13 Link to comment
Neurochick December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 On 12/21/2020 at 5:24 PM, Brookside said: Mark Jacobs' Daisy - commercials for pedophiles. ???? I thought that commercial was some sort of acid trip, but I never thought it had anything to do with pedophilia. Link to comment
Prevailing Wind December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 (edited) RE; Armour Hot Dogs: And as I read it, I sang it. I wish they still wrote jingles specifically for commercials. A lot of songwriters got their start that way. Zevon wrote a Boone's Farm jingle, one for Camaro, and one for a ketchup, which brand he refused to name. Edited December 23, 2020 by Prevailing Wind 3 5 Link to comment
Popples December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Prevailing Wind said: RE; Armour Hot Dogs: And as I read it, I sang it. I wish they still wrote jingles specifically for commercials. A lot of songwriters got their start that way. Zevon wrote a Boone's Farm jingle, one for Camaro, and one for a ketchup, which brand he refused to name. Luther Vandross wrote jingles for KFC and Juicy Fruit Gum. 3 2 Link to comment
peacheslatour December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 Barry Manilow: During this time, he began work as a commercial jingle writer and singer, which continued through the remainder of the 1960s. Many of the TV jingles he composed he would also perform, including State Farm Insurance ("Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there") or Band-Aid ("I am stuck on Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me!"), for which he adopted a childlike voice and wrote the music (Donald B Wood wrote the lyrics). His singing-only credits include commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pepsi ("all across the nation, it's the Pepsi generation"), McDonald's ("you deserve a break today"), and Dr Pepper.[18] Manilow was awarded an Honorary Clio at the 50th Anniversary Clio Awards in Las Vegas in 2009 for his 1960s work as a jingle writer and singer. When accepting the award, he stated that he learned the most about making pop music by working for three or four years as a writer in the jingle industry.[19] From Wiki 7 11 Link to comment
Browncoat December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 3 hours ago, proserpina65 said: My problem with this commercial is that if the girl is familiar enough with Nascar to know that's Denny Hamlin, surely she knows he's not wearing pjs. I see it as the little girl is a NASCAR fan, but not a Hamlin fan, and the PJ comment is a burn. Still don't know what that has to do with pizza, though. 1 5 Link to comment
Scout Finch December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 (edited) As if the Progressive ads with the half man/half motorcycle (mancycle?) aren't already annoying, now there's one set in a gym. Someone's annoyed that he's gone over his allotted time on the treadmill but all I'm thinking about is the godawful toxic exhaust he's polluting the gym with. That's what I would be pissed off about, especially in a gym where health is the main objective! Who are the people who give cars as Christmas gifts? And will they adopt me? Edited December 23, 2020 by Scout Finch 2 3 Link to comment
chessiegal December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Scout Finch said: half man/half motorcycle (mancycle?) It's a motaur, as in centaur, half man, half horse. 3 Link to comment
CrazyInAlabama December 23, 2020 Share December 23, 2020 I'm glad someone explained that a few weeks ago, I thought it was Mo-Tor, and totally missed the Mo-Taur part. 4 Link to comment
Crashcourse December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 That motaur dude creeps me out. 11 Link to comment
peacheslatour December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Crashcourse said: That motaur dude creeps me out. Me too. Ick. 6 Link to comment
Bruinsfan December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 I once weaponized the Oreo jingle. Contractors were banging all over the apartment building while I was home with a migraine, so I set it to play on a loop, cranked the volume to max, and left for a few hours. 8 Link to comment
friendperidot December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 I have never eaten anything that makes me break into song or more specifically, drank anything that makes me start making weird musical? noises. I really hate the Krueg or Kreug - I don't drink coffee so I have no need for one and I don't know how to spell it. Those two fools are annoying me nearly as much as the crappy song in the Old Navy Christmas commercials. Then there's the "I don't care, I love it" bs that seems to be used by everyone, that one has annoyed me since the first time I heard it. I hear that the person singing Amazing Grace in the Covenant House ads took the Michael Bolton course in the importance of enunciation in singing. Auld Lang Syne is being used by someone to sell something or beg for money and that singer decided to change some of the lyrics, I guess to modernize them - they didn't need modernization. Hey, you singer! Get off my lawn! 9 Link to comment
TheWalkinDude December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 Dear Stouffers, your commercial with the doofus who has a “forkFUL” from his “BowlFUL” and is “thankFUL” is awFUL... 8 8 Link to comment
Popular Post Ghost of TWOP Past December 24, 2020 Popular Post Share December 24, 2020 "I never planned on being in an accident." Of course not, you halfwit. If it was planned it wouldn't be an accident. 18 7 Link to comment
Quof December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 The new Pillsbury Christmas commercial; the family is baking an assortment of Pillsbury products, and mom uses a knife to pry open the pop 'n fresh dough. Damn, mom. A toddler can whack that can on the counter's edge hard enough to get it to open. What's your problem? 7 1 Link to comment
Quof December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 But the whacking is the only reason to buy the Pillsbury. Once that fun is over, the product is actually pretty crappy. 7 4 Link to comment
Blergh December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 (edited) On 12/22/2020 at 7:02 PM, mojoween said: I have seen this commercial 74632 times and yet can’t remember what it is for, but the little girl who says “hey Hamlin! I like your PJ’s!” irritates me. Like, he has a first NAME, why are you calling him so familiarly by his last name? Her line (in a snide tone ) was "Hey, Hamlin. Nice PJ's!" Actually, I was going to say, "He's not your flunky and you're not his boss. He's an adult, Kiddo. So, unless he asks otherwise, try to muster SOME manners and call him Mr. Hamlin- even if you still think you have to be a smartmouth about a total stranger's uniform!" I'm by no means a racing car fan but that commercial REALLY rubs me the wrong way. Hence, I'd like to think her parents/guardian in the car gives her a verbal dressing down about how needlessly snotty she was to a total stranger adult (and how doing that can potentially risk the wrong adult to react more strongly than just giving a bemused/embarrassed look and ask 'P.J.s?'). BTW, I am NOT saying she or any other child would deserve (much less 'ask for') any kind of nonverbal assault or worse as a reaction but doing that WOULD put her at increased risk for it- especially compared to just sitting quietly in one's own car and minding one's own. (There was truly no reason for her not to have done the latter option). Edited December 24, 2020 by Blergh 6 Link to comment
mojoween December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 For commercial jingles my friend sang a reimagined version of the Oscar Mayer bologna song where the end says “and Black and Decker has a way with E R O T I C A”. Also because I was thinking of memorable jingles I now have the entire “Miller’s made the American way...” song looping through my head and I blame every last one of you. For irritating ads, the Motaur is a real dick to the guy he is with at the canyon and also to the guy in the gym who wants to use the treadmill, because it has a 30 minute LIMIT, and the fact that it’s raining doesn’t change the gym’s RULES, asshole. 5 1 Link to comment
chessiegal December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Quof said: The new Pillsbury Christmas commercial; the family is baking an assortment of Pillsbury products, and mom uses a knife to pry open the pop 'n fresh dough. Damn, mom. A toddler can whack that can on the counter's edge hard enough to get it to open. What's your problem? Well, I must be getting a different type of Pillsbury, because I have the hardest time getting them open. Sometimes even my husband has a hard time. Fingers, knife, whack - it takes many attempts every time. The only thing I buy is their Grands biscuits. We love them. 3 Link to comment
peacheslatour December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 Just now, chessiegal said: Well, I must be getting a different type of Pillsbury, because I have the hardest time getting them open. Sometimes even my husband has a hard time. Fingers, knife, whack - it takes many attempts every time. The only thing I buy is their Grands biscuits. We love them. You can make the best crullers with those. 2 Link to comment
TattleTeeny December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 (edited) Here in Jersey, we have a ton of online gambling commercials. There is one that is, I guess, trying to convey the "thrill" of the casino by showing a sloooooooow-moving roulette wheel for way too long! I don't know about anyone else, but I feel the opposite of excitement when I see this. Then we have another in which the lady says, "With my winnings, I took my kids down to the shore and we had a nice weekend together." Haha, that "to" in there tells me she may not be a Jersey native! (Don't scold me now; I am sure there are some of us here in the state who don't drop the preposition!) Edited December 24, 2020 by TattleTeeny 2 3 Link to comment
bankerchick December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 I have relatives who live in Prince Edward Island and they also say, 'down the shore.' 1 Link to comment
Blergh December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 Normally, one lives 'on' rather than 'in' an island but since PEI happens to be a territorial designation (specifically a Canadian Province), I think it's okay to say that one lives 'in' it (as one would say referring to folks inhabiting Ontario, Quebec, Connecticut. ..or Rhode Island ) as well as 'on' it! To get back ontopic. There's a rather poignant one of WWF with a young girl encountering an amok elephant found inside an inner city basketball court but one can't help but think how risky it must have been for the elephant and city dwellers to have BROUGHT the elephant to/from the basketball court. 1 Link to comment
peacheslatour December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, Blergh said: Normally, one lives 'on' rather than 'in' an island but since PEI happens to be a territorial designation (specifically a Canadian Province), I think it's okay to say that one lives 'in' it (as one would say referring to folks inhabiting Ontario, Quebec, Connecticut. ..or Rhode Island ) as well as 'on' it! To get back ontopic. There's a rather poignant one of WWF with a young girl encountering an amok elephant found inside an inner city basketball court but one can't help but think how risky it must have been for the elephant and city dwellers to have BROUGHT the elephant to/from the basketball court. Maybe it's CGI? 2 1 Link to comment
janie jones December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 On 12/21/2020 at 2:24 PM, Brookside said: Mark Jacobs' Daisy - commercials for pedophiles. That commercial has strong Midsommar vibes. (Those women don't seem underage to me.) 23 hours ago, proserpina65 said: I can't think of any McDonald's commercials I considered classic. Mostly I consider them bland and boring. There are a few I really disliked, but probably not as much as some of Burger King's more disturbing ones. (Chicken fries on a date, for example.) I don't know that it's classic per se, but my husband and I still reference Mac Tonight. My problem with this commercial is that if the girl is familiar enough with Nascar to know that's Denny Hamlin, surely she knows he's not wearing pjs.Ohhh! I thought you guys were talking about Harry Hamlin. 7 hours ago, Quof said: The new Pillsbury Christmas commercial; the family is baking an assortment of Pillsbury products, and mom uses a knife to pry open the pop 'n fresh dough. Damn, mom. A toddler can whack that can on the counter's edge hard enough to get it to open. What's your problem? Probably the same problem as me, because I, too, find them hard as hell to get open. 1 2 Link to comment
peacheslatour December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 Quote Probably the same problem as me, because I, too, find them hard as hell to get open. Huh, mine usually pop open while I'm peeling off the outside label. Still gets me every time too. 1 Link to comment
janie jones December 24, 2020 Share December 24, 2020 27 minutes ago, peacheslatour said: Huh, mine usually pop open while I'm peeling off the outside label. Still gets me every time too. I admit I don't get them a lot, but I find that if they don't pop when you peel them, then you need an axe to get them open. 1 2 Link to comment
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