Commercials That Annoy, Irritate or Outright Enrage

[peacheslatour]

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?

[sempervivum]

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.

[mojoween]

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?

[Brookside]

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.

[peacheslatour]

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.

[Brookside]

Mark Jacobs' Daisy - commercials for pedophiles.

[peacheslatour]

I love this idea!

[Prevailing Wind]

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...

[Haleth]

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.

[brickthru the tv]

Humana PLEASE GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

F in slimeballs

[mojoween]

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?

[bankerchick]

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?

[CrazyInAlabama]

It's for Domino's, I had to search to find out, so the commercial is a big fail at selling pizza. 

[Maverick]

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. 

[peacheslatour]

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.

[tres bien]

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.

[proserpina65]

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.

[proserpina65]

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.

[CrazyInAlabama]

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

[DrSpaceman73]

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.  

 

[peacheslatour]

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."

[Neurochick]

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.  

[Prevailing Wind]

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

[Popples]

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.

[peacheslatour]

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

[Browncoat]

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.

[Scout Finch]

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

[chessiegal]

6 minutes ago, Scout Finch said:

half man/half motorcycle (mancycle?)

It's a motaur, as in centaur, half man, half horse.

[CrazyInAlabama]

I'm glad someone explained that a few weeks ago, I thought it was Mo-Tor, and totally missed the Mo-Taur part. 

[Crashcourse]

That motaur dude creeps me out.

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, Crashcourse said:

That motaur dude creeps me out.

Me too. Ick.

[Bruinsfan]

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.

[friendperidot]

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!

 

[TheWalkinDude]

Dear Stouffers, your commercial with the doofus who has a “forkFUL” from his “BowlFUL” and is “thankFUL” is awFUL...

[Ghost of TWOP Past]

"I never planned on being in an accident." Of course not, you halfwit. If it was planned it wouldn't be an accident. 

[Quof]

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?

[Quof]

But the whacking is the only reason to buy the Pillsbury. Once that fun is over, the product is actually pretty crappy. 

[Blergh]

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

[mojoween]

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.

[chessiegal]

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.

[peacheslatour]

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.

[TattleTeeny]

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

[bankerchick]

I have relatives who live in Prince Edward Island and they also say, 'down the shore.'

[Blergh]

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. 

[peacheslatour]

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?

[janie jones]

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.

[peacheslatour]

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.

[janie jones]

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.

[PrincessPurrsALot]

Folks, Let's let the "in" or "on" PEI discussion drop.  Otherwise we'll subject you to a long, detailed discussion of the reason behind the pronunciation difference between Brisbane, CA, USA and Brisbane, Qld, Australia. 

[peacheslatour]

2 minutes ago, janie jones said:

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.

I don't get them any more at all but when my family were all still alive I was always asked to bring the mashed potatoes and crescent rolls. I think they're  too sweet. My son used to like to have them for dessert. He'd sprinkle them with powdered sugar and top with whipped cream.