[RANT] Commercial That Annoys You

[Ranger REG]

Come one! Come all! Vent your frustrations here!

Tell us... What Commercial Annoys You?

For me, it's that silly, off-beat Burger King commercial promoting Fire-Grilled Salad, by ... UGOFF. Even the sound of his voice is worse than nails raking across a chalkboard.

 

[Krieg]

Quizno's and those damn undead rodents.

http://www.x-creation.com/temp/quiznos-a.wav

 

[Gez]

The mere existence of advertising is more than an annoyance.

Adbusters -- because commercials are Eeeeeeevol.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Quizno's and those damn undead rodents.

YESS!!! EVIL!!!!

Umm... Uhh... Yeah I find them annoying also.

 

[orchid blossom]

Those commercials for AT&T with Carrot Top.

And a couple I thankfully haven't seen for a while.... The ones for Chili's with people singing, and the stupid one for hummers using that song about Jack being happy. You know, the one where the kid makes a "hummer" for a gocart race or something and cheats by leaving the course, and they make it sound like it's a good thing.

 

[Bloodstone Press]

Those commercials for AT&T with Carrot Top.

Agreed.

I can't think of a current one right now, but I'm sure there are some. The one that comes to mind was the stupid Raisin Bran commercial from a few years ago. It’s about a guy who wakes up, apparently after a party or something. He wants some Raisin Bran. He pours a bowl. But there isn't any MILK!! Then he looks out the window and sees a "cow" on the hill and gets an idea The viewer is supposed to think he's about to go milk the cow to get milk. But then his friends wake up and see him and one says, "Isn't that a boy cow?"

:rollseyes:

I swore to never buy Raisin Bran ever again after that stupid ad.

"cow" isn't a species. It's Bovine. "Cows" are adult, female bovines, specifically those that have given birth. A "boy cow" is as stupid as saying a "boy woman"

If they had just said "Isn't that a bull?" it would have been all right. But "boy cow" is so asinine and urbanite it just pissed me off.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Did somebody call?

While I am tempted to say 'all' I do remember a few commericals that I liked (there was a Nike one that showed a bungee jumper jumping with his Nike's on and he falls to his death but the Nikes stay attached to the bungee cord - the tagline was Nikes - they grip a little better than your average shoe, I like it becasue they just demonstrated that they most certainly do not do that and possibly someone was killed )

For most hated, hmmm. I think I'll go with - whatever interrupts my favourite TV show.

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

Here is my list of mutted commercials:
Carrot Top commercials
Old Navy commercials (they mostly just scare me, really)
Commercials where people sing off key (Chilis)
New Pizza Hut commercials (I wouldn't mind them, cause I love the muppets, but that woman on them is annoying)
Quiznos just freaks me out.

I'm sure there are more, which is surprising cause I really don't watch much tv.

 

[Angcuru]

Any of those HORRIBLE McDonald's "I'm lovin' it!" ads. You know what? I am NOT loving it! See! Correct grammar, you corporate assh*les! Stupid cigar-puffing twits assuming that all us non-rich-by-charging-way-too-much-for-a-hamburger-that-tastes-like-masking-tape people all speak a mix of 'urban slang' and ebonics. DEATH TO THEM ALL! Preferrably by a combination of sandpaper and lemon juice...

I don't know if you people not in the tri-state area have to deal with these stupid Ditech commercials. You are very lucky if you don't! Some obese loan officer moron hands these people a huge stack of paperwork, sees them run off to get a loan from some site on the net, and then screams "LOST ANOTHER LOAN TO DITECH!" We get the message!!! STOP THAT ALREADY!!

Any commerical that shows someone comsume a beverage and then suddenly get transported halfway around the world to participate in some inane sport involving a board and either snow or pavement. AGH!

X-treme advertising! It's not just Jello anymore, it's XTREME Jello! Not Corn Nuts, but CORN GONE WRONG! Does the food try to jump out of the package and then force itself down my throat? I THINK NOT! Then it is by no means EXTREME!

 

[Aeolius]

Nike ran a magazine ad for their air dri-goat shoe awhile back:

" Fortunately the Air Dri-Goat features a patented goat-like outer sole for increased traction so you can taunt mortal injury without actually experiencing it. Right about now you're probably asking yourself "How can a trail running shoe with an outer sole designed like a goat's hoof help me avoid compressing my spinal cord into a Slinky on the side of some unsuspecting conifer, thereby rendering me a drooling, misshapen non-extreme-trail-running husk of my former self, forced to roam the earth in a motorized wheelchair with my name embossed on one of those cute little license plates you get at carnivals or state fairs, fastened to the back?" "

Needless to say, they got a lot of bad press over this. I will never by Nike products again. It reminds of the time when Bill Maher compared mentally disabled people to pets. Granted, he's always been an idiot, but that made him even more so.