Commercials you can't stand

[Karl_K]

all of them which why I mostly watch netflix

 

[missy]

all of them which why I mostly watch netflix

Yes same here as I find most commercials annoying.

And for what I do watch on tv it is only through TIVO so I fast forward through all commercials. Though I love netflix because there are no commercials one has to FF through so much easier. TIVO and netflix rock.

Having said that I appreciate a good award winning commercial and for that reason I used to watch the Clio awards. It has been years though. Do they still have the Clio award ceremony?

 

[JewelFreak]

We have Time Warner Cable ads that make me want to rip out the cables & chew on them! An uuuuugly guy dressed as a TWC serviceman tells a group of buddies or a husband & wife -- different ads -- how TWC will change their entire lives. He is SO ugly -- talk about disheveled -- he has about a week's beard, too short for a real beard & too long to look cool, and he has a weak mouth, moves it oddly when he talks. Others in the ads are also so unattractive I always wonder "how did they find so many ugly people for one spot?" They play these things 20 times an hour, I swear!

I also hate all commercials for intimate products, male and female. Do I really need to watch some moron smear deoderant on his armpits? Eeeuuww. The ones mentioned earlier -- right on!

I record most tv too, specifically so I can FF through ads. They get longer & more frequent all the time, too!

--- Laurie

 

[HollyS]

The Cialis commercials with the infinitely irritating Cialis bathtubs.

 

[HollyS]

We have Time Warner Cable ads that make me want to rip out the cables & chew on them! An uuuuugly guy dressed as a TWC serviceman tells a group of buddies or a husband & wife -- different ads -- how TWC will change their entire lives. He is SO ugly -- talk about disheveled -- he has about a week's beard, too short for a real beard & too long to look cool, and he has a weak mouth, moves it oddly when he talks. Others in the ads are also so unattractive I always wonder "how did they find so many ugly people for one spot?" They play these things 20 times an hour, I swear!

I also hate all commercials for intimate products, male and female. Do I really need to watch some moron smear deoderant on his armpits? Eeeuuww. The ones mentioned earlier -- right on!

I record most tv too, specifically so I can FF through ads. They get longer & more frequent all the time, too!

--- Laurie

TW cable guy used to coach the Steelers. CANNOT STAND THESE COMMERICALS!!! And not just because of him.
Yes, his weird mouth over-enunciation looks like he's chewing taffy or caramels. Disgusting.
I despise . . . I cannot tell you why, maybe because I have TWC, and it sucks . . . the tagline, "Enjoy better". AARRGH!

 

[HollyS]

The new Acura ads using Sid Vicious assaulting our ears with some incomprehensible and tuneless noise that has five intelligible words at the end: "I did it my way". Frank Sinatra is rolling over in his grave right now.

I have no idea who they think their target market would be in using that cacophony. Yes, I - as an American of the age and demographic actually able to afford an Acura - certainly want to buy a car that uses a racket produced by a drug-addicted overdosing flameout from the late 70's UK, because I have a need to thumb my nose at the establishment, and what better way to do that than by buying an Acura!! And as a singer, I do so LOVE hearing someone who is clearly tone deaf AND sounds like his mouth is full of food!! Yeah!

Every time that ad comes on, I risk breaking an arm to get the mute button on the remote.

According to my hubby, THIS is a classic rant which got his rave reviews and made us both laugh. We so very much identify with every word you wrote.

 

[JewelFreak]

Ksinger, that is just plain hilarious! You have made my night.

Yes, his weird mouth over-enunciation looks like he's chewing taffy or caramels. Disgusting.

Perfect description, Holly! I agree about "Enjoy better" -- I would love to, it's hard to find worse.

The Steelers, eh? Why doesn't he give us a break & stay home counting his millions?

--- Laurie

 

[OreoRosies86]

Has anyone seen the Viagra commercial with the British lady? It's starts out like "Hey guys...." and features multiple shots of her staring into the camera with come hither eyes. Very soft core. It was a little awkward watching that during the football game with the family

 

[Rena7]

The one I hate is a catheter commercial. All of these healthy looking people who apparently need a catheter. They go on to talk about all the different ones they have. I guess these people in the commercial probably have the pocket catheter that you can discreetly take wherever you go. It is of course on my Christmas list.

 

[ame]

We have Time Warner Cable ads that make me want to rip out the cables & chew on them! An uuuuugly guy dressed as a TWC serviceman tells a group of buddies or a husband & wife -- different ads -- how TWC will change their entire lives. He is SO ugly -- talk about disheveled -- he has about a week's beard, too short for a real beard & too long to look cool, and he has a weak mouth, moves it oddly when he talks. Others in the ads are also so unattractive I always wonder "how did they find so many ugly people for one spot?" They play these things 20 times an hour, I swear!

I also hate all commercials for intimate products, male and female. Do I really need to watch some moron smear deoderant on his armpits? Eeeuuww. The ones mentioned earlier -- right on!

I record most tv too, specifically so I can FF through ads. They get longer & more frequent all the time, too!

--- Laurie

TW cable guy used to coach the Steelers. CANNOT STAND THESE COMMERICALS!!! And not just because of him.
Yes, his weird mouth over-enunciation looks like he's chewing taffy or caramels. Disgusting.
I despise . . . I cannot tell you why, maybe because I have TWC, and it sucks . . . the tagline, "Enjoy better". AARRGH!

Cowher is doing cable commercials now!?

 

[JewelFreak]

Cowher is doing cable commercials now!?

Yes, ame, ad nauseum!

It is of course on my Christmas list.

They are all about 35 yrs old too, gives me a giggle. When DH first came to the U.S. & saw the ads on tv, he decided Americans must be 1) house-cleaning crazed, and 2) always sick.

Oh, the one that makes me laugh loudly: Guy stumbles down a few steps, hanging onto the handrail. Announcer asks if you are handicapped by knee pain and on Medicare...."This product will solve all your problems...and it's covered by Medicare!!!!!!!!!!!" So, I'm expecting fancy new surgery, or a medication just discovered that re-grows cartilege....but TA DA!! It is a fabric KNEE BRACE. Put it on & you are 20 again! Completely FREE to YOU. (It probably costs $9.99.) Next shot -- previously halting man is bouncing around the tennis court with a huge grin....then happily hitting a hole in one with his new brace, no golf cart even in sight. Sponsored by a bunch who know there is a sucker born every minute!

--- Laurie