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I have the radio on in my office. And all day I hear this commercial for "Sunsetter" retractable awnings. In the first commercial they had a guy explaining the awning like he was a customer...but, the annoying part was his wife moaning everytime he spoke. She would be like "Tell them about the discount Harry!"...over and over. They finally changed it. Well, kinda of. Its the same commercial but instead of the wife bitchin to him...its a another guy. And its just as annoying.
Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
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Any ad with words appearing on the screen to the sound of someone keyboarding or typing.
I just HATE that. Not sure why, but it just grates on me.
Uncle Joe: I'll never marry you, Selma Plout! You may as well take off that wedding dress and put it back in your Hopeless Chest!
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| The Sonic commercials with the two people sitting in the car. First it was two guys, then it was a married couple. |
I hate that commercial so much it raises my blood pressure. I will *never* eat at Sonic again. They have the most inane commercials this side of Quiznos.
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'm tired of the Leptoprin/Leptopril and Bowflex commercials. They are just too annoying!
"When is a diet pil..." |
WTF is up with the woman in that commercial? You know, the one with like no pupils?!? Freaky weird plus the reverse psychology is so wickedly perverse I'm sure they get tons of orders. Ick.
The less said about the freaking Burger King the better. My all-time most dreaded/hated series of commercials.
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| The less said about the freaking Burger King the better. My all-time most dreaded/hated series of commercials. |
Hate to break it to you. But, I just read that they are going to have a major movie tie-in with the BK King and the new Omen remake.
Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
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Commercials for stores, restaurants, products or services NOT available in my area.
Sonic
Long John Silver's
Ruby Tuesday's
Dolly Madison - the ONLY time I have ever seen ads for these snack cakes are during Charlie Brown specials. What's really annoying is that they sound better than Twinkies, but they have NEVER been sold in Washington State.
Intel/Pentium's ad for their chips now being available in MacIntosh. :p)
Most car commercials annoy the hell out of me:
* "Under $30,000!" and the sticker price reads $29,990
* "Financing available!" Only if you can prove you make about 2 million a year
* "Zero down, zero payments until [insert absurd time period] and zero percent interest!" And zero BRAINS if you actually believe you qualify.
Those incredibly stupid Snickers ads. "We know you're bald!" Yeah, this commercial REALLY stokes my cravings for the candy.
Any of those little animated thingies the networks like to stick in the corner of a show I am watching. They are distracting, annoying and unacceptable, even if it is a review of another show I want to see, or a product/service I like.
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I hate those bowflex, tony little commercials, that Bob thing with the "natural male enhancement" drug whatever its name.
Now that I am no longer an owner of a Dish Network DVR, I get to exercise my thumb more switching channels on my remote..
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| Commercials that just irritate you |
As someone already said "All of them!"
I despise commercials with every cell of my being. I would gladly pay double for my cable bill and not have to watch these incessant pieces of garbage aimed at stupifying the entire population. Most commercials don't even mention what they're selling anymore.
95% of my TV viewing is "Turner Classic Movies" and that's a big part of why. It's also a huge part of the reason that I avoid the network's except for sports & The Simpsons.
...and don't even get me started about commercials at the theater!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Did I mention I hate commercials?
"Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award."
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"This business has come a long way in the last 30 years, but why should I depress you"
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I've said this before, but it bears repeating.
I hate Old Navy commercials. ALL of them. Especially the ones from a few years ago with Morgan Fairchild and the older woman with the big round glasses: "Im simply MAD for them! Hearts rat-tat-tat for them!" AAAAAAAAAAGH! The newer ones don't irk me as much, but I still hate them.
I'm willing to bet the same ad agency behind Old Navy did those sickening Burger King ads with Hootie and Brooke Burke (STILL can't figure out why this gal has ANY kind of career).
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| I hate movie commercals on the radio with the swelling music and the announcer reading off various reviews "Rolling Stone calls it a masterpiece of our time. And the New York Daily News calls John Williams score a triumph; uplifting of the spirit and the soul." And they NEVER even hint at what the movie is about. |
When the LEAD review of the film is from Rolling Stone, and the next praises the film's score, the movie in question usually sucks. Really...who gets sold seeing a film because of a review of the SCORE?
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| The army ads where the guy is asked "What do you do?" and he says "I'm a computer programmer" and someone says "Couldn't you have done that here?" Then they show the guy at a computer in some hectic situation. And then he smugly says "no, I couldn't." |
"No, being a programmer isn't entertaining enough. I need the added excitement of being shot at in 110-degree desert heat..."
When she embraces, your heart turns to stone
She comes at night, when you're all alone
And when she whispers, your blood shall run cold
You'd better hide before she finds you...
We should change the thread to "Commercials you love" - that way, there'd be less to discuss 
