Most Annoying Commercials

L

Lucy25

Final Flight

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 31, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #1

This thread is the result of my extreme hatred of the commercials for Revlon. You know the ones, it starts off with singing "I believe in love..." and has Hallie Berry, Julianne Moore and two other women. It seems as if one of these commericals is on each commercial break. I can't press mute or change the channel fast enough. I certainly do not feel the need to go be any Revlon products because of these annoying commercials.

I also find commercials for Jaguar incredibly annoying. We have ones that pronounce it "Jag U ar", like the British do, instead of the American "Jagwar". I first heard this on the radio, and I swear my first reaction was, what the heck is a Jag U ar? Now they are on TV. I don't like anything that tries to make itself pompous like this.

What commercials bug you?

 

E

euterpe

Medalist

• 
• 

Joined

Sep 4, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #2

Self-promoting Governor Jim McGreevey commercials. McGreevey's latest budget includes nearly $2B in borrowed funds. Yet he spent millions of taxpayer dollars on so-called public service announcements that are actually self-congratulatory personal PR spots claiming he's solved the car insurance, motor vehicle and EZ Pass problems, is protecting people from cancer and AIDS, and is the champion of the environment. All this and he's not even running for re-election until NEXT year.

Meanwhile, several of his closest pals have been arrested on extortion charges, a Cabinet member was forced to resign due to a scandal over misappropriation of funds, his corrupt State Police appointee and outlandish Homeland Security wannabe were dismissed, environmental groups are outraged over his sellout for political patronage, and he got in deep dodo over family vacations billed to the State of NJ or paid for by the mob-controlled International Longshoremen's union.

Every time I see one of these commercials I want to SCREAM.

 

Dee4707

Ice Is Slippery - Alexie Yagudin

Record Breaker

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 28, 2003

Country

• Aug 4, 2004

• #3

I can't stand the commercials for feminine products.

Dee

 

Kara Bear

Final Flight

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #4

The Six Flags one with the old man dancing. When that song gets in my head, it never leaves.

 

Ptichka

Forum translator

Record Breaker

• 
• 
• 

Joined

Jul 28, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #5

The commercial (I don't remember what it is a commerical of) where the punch line is "I will fix it so it breaks".

 

S

Skate Sandee

On the Ice

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 27, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #6

I HATE the one where a woman is wandering around and a voiceover says "I can't concentrate. Could I be pregnant?" As if that would be the first thing a woman thinks when she's having trouble concentrating!

It's for some pregancy test. But concept is so absurd!

 

S

show 42

Arm Chair Skate Fan

Record Breaker

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #7

Kara, totally agree. The creepy guy with the distorted face gives me the shivers. The commercial that currently bugs me is the one where supposedly surprised homeowers are suppose to call long distance on two separate phones to see which service has the best reception........so stupid....42

 

P

Pookie

Final Flight

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 27, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #8

The commercial with the talking oven mitt. I can't remember what restaurant it is right now. I really hate that one.

Viagra commercials and the female counterpart. Ick!

Like Dee, I don't like feminine product commercials.

 

S

show 42

Arm Chair Skate Fan

Record Breaker

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #9

Pookie, I think the oven mitt commercial is "Arby's"........awww, he cute......42

 

A

Aloft04

On the Ice

• 
• 

Joined

Mar 15, 2004

• Aug 4, 2004

• #10

I kinda like the "I believe in love...bellisimo, mon amour" one for Revlon. I like the music.

The ones I absolutely HATE are the big truck, big SUV ads with horrendously pounding musical background. They're screaming along on peaceful one lane dirt roads at 80 mph and roaring through creekbeds so fast they create a bow-wake!!

I guess they've targeted their market.... the whole thing is so environmentally dismissive. (I wish instead of just a 'mute' button we could send an impulse through the TV to the marketing department, all wearing shock collars.)

 

S

show 42

Arm Chair Skate Fan

Record Breaker

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #11

..........Any commercial that plays country music in the background (ducking now)....42

 

Grgranny

Da' Spellin' Homegirl

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #12

"all wearing shock collars" I know where I'd put them.
There was one of Quizno's last spring with some odd looking animals and the sound was really freaky. I even emailed them about it and they were passing out coupons somewhere and I wouldn't take them. Told them not until they quit using that commercial and he answered that he'd been hearing that a lot. I don't like the loud screaming car salesman or any rap. McDonald's has a really bad one.

 

L

Lucy25

Final Flight

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 31, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #13

Kara Bear said:

The Six Flags one with the old man dancing. When that song gets in my head, it never leaves.

Click to expand...

I like that one! I think it is because I have only seen it twice. I think that makes a difference. I don't think I would hate the Revlon commercials so much if they weren't constantly on.

 

Grgranny

Da' Spellin' Homegirl

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #14

Another one - Ortho something and some whiner trying to sing There She Goes. Another blackboard and squeaking chalk.

 

B

bronxgirl

Medalist

• 
• 

Joined

Jan 22, 2004

• Aug 4, 2004

• #15

The gecko commercial for that car insurance company. In fact, I dislike all of their commercials (the "good news" has really gotten old)

 

P

PrincessLeppard

~ Evgeni's Sex Bomb ~

Final Flight

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #16

I don't mind the Arby's oven mitt so much.

But I do HATE all the ads for Viagra and it's cousins. I hate that someone in Queen let their music be used for it. I hate the one for Cialis with the woman, who looks 25 years younger than her "husband" uses every euphemism for sex she (or the ad writers) can think of. And why does the wife always look so young? If you use Viagra, you can get a woman younger than your daughter, too? Urg.

Totally agree on the SUV and large truck ads.

There was some twit running for Congress in Nebraska a couple years ago, and his ad led off with, "Jim Smith has been married to the same woman for 27 years." Do I give a sh*t? No, I do not. I always mentally added, " and has had the same mistress for 10 years." Bleah.

Laura

 

D

Donna ML

Rinkside

• 

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #17

All of the Geico Commercials. Also the DQ commercial with the hand beater and the guy's tounge, Ik gross.

 

B

BronzeisGolden

Medalist

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 27, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #18

Princess Leppard....I hate all of the viagra and male performance "enhancement" commercials. I know they can't come right out and say it, but all of the tricky wording and veiled phrases are hilarious....and after 50 viewings they are just plain maddening. I hate them! I at first thought the one about the guy at the cookout who was "enhanced" was sort of funny and different, but now I only want to hurt the people that choose to run this commercial endlessly.

There is also this local commercial in SE TN that is horrible. It is for one of those cheap car lots and it features this man dressed like a giant yellow chicken...all the while he runs around and yells in the most grating and jarring voice, "I got it! I got it!".

 

Piel

On Edge

Record Breaker

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 27, 2003

• Aug 4, 2004

• #19

I think someone mentioned this one on another thread some time ago but it is right up there with the most annoying....the antidiarrhea medication where the girl and guy are listening to music and dancing around in the music store. Add to that the one with the guy in the hot tub..yukl! Also the identity theft commercials especially the Asian lady speaking as I believe it's "Larry" who had to have the "old chassis waxed" and the guy speaking as the girl who "wants to be the prettiest girl in the entire DEE-velopment with the press on nails with the little diamonds already on them....I know it's wrong but I do not care." : .....triple yuk!!!

 

Last edited: Aug 4, 2004

B

Blue Bead

Medalist

• 
• 

Joined

Jul 26, 2003

• Aug 5, 2004

• #20

I despise any of the medicinal product commercials that mention side effects which are worse than the symptoms the person would want to relieve, LOL. Who wants to take an anti-depressant which has side effects that could dangerously lower your heart rate, put one at the risk of heart attack or exacerbate some already existing medical problem? I realize that the drug companies putting out these products are just trying to protect themselves from liabilities, but they carry these "don't-take-our-product-if-you've-got-this-condition" exceptions to the point where they are ridiculous, LOL. If the product is so dangerous under certain situations, why advertise it at all? I wish the drug companies would just give the product information only to the physicians and let them advise their patients about what is available and the risks of taking the product.

Other ones which just drive me nuts are the "male enhancement" ads with the warnings that if the desired sensation lasts longer than four hours the person should seek emergency treatment. A guy would need to be truely desperate to risk pain and the resulting anxiety to "please" his girl friend/wife!