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Commercials that just irritate you....

post #1 of 582
2/14/06 at 8:50am
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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.
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post #2 of 582
2/14/06 at 11:10am
Funny you should mention Sunsetter. My neighbors installed one a year or two ago & rave about it all the time. I just don't get it. For what that over priced tarp cost they could have added a real structure to the back of their house.

In keeping with your original thread, I'm so sick of the Bose 3-2-1 & Bose Quiet comfort ads on Discovery HD. The marketing spin they put on that junk is sickening.

-Dave
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post #3 of 582
2/14/06 at 11:46am
The Sonic commercials with the two people sitting in the car. First it was two guys, then it was a married couple. Its obvious they try to be funny, but they fail miserably. Same with the Taco Bueno ads.
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post #4 of 582
2/14/06 at 1:48pm
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.
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post #5 of 582
2/14/06 at 2:18pm
I'm tired of the Leptoprin/Leptopril and Bowflex commercials. They are just too annoying!

"When is a diet pil..."

"*chk-chk* BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!"
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post #6 of 582
2/14/06 at 5:28pm
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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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post #7 of 582
2/14/06 at 5:49pm
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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.
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post #8 of 582
2/14/06 at 6:53pm
I hate how almost every beer commercial on the radio has to include the sound effect of a bottle of beer being opened and poured into a glass.
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post #9 of 582
2/14/06 at 8:12pm
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I hate how almost every beer commercial on the radio has to include the sound effect of a bottle of beer being opened and poured into a glass.
Oh my god! That annoys the shit out of me!!!!

There are definitely certain sounds that hit the back of my neck and make my spine twinge!

Remember those damn Infinity commercials where the guy would walk on the hard floor with dress shoes? That sound would annoy me SO much that I'd always change the channel (regardless of what was on) and find another show to watch.
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post #10 of 582
2/14/06 at 8:50pm
I hate the Kleenex commercial where the monk (?) rescues the fish out of water, uprights the overturned turtle, and saves the spider. Partly because I HATE spiders, but also because it seems to be on about every 5 minutes.

I also hate all the credit counseling commercials. Flipped me out the first time I saw the one with Paul Michael Glaser. WTF?!? Oh, how the mighty have fallen...

And Erik Estrada's Tennessee real estate pitch...

MOST irritating: RELACORE - the rapid-fire commercial where the exact same voiceover is done three times in succession, all in the same commercial, ending with the third "You need Relacore!" Ugh!

On the other hand... One of my absolute favorite commercials is a local job...a local car dealer. I tend to keep the TV on as background noise even when I'm not actually paying attention to it, and this commercial NEVER fails to get my attention. Why? Because it's totally silent. Just text on the screen, along the lines of "We're not shouting. We are having a sale." Then the details. No sound AT ALL during the entire commercial. In between all the other auditory dreck, this one always draws me in. I notice the total absence of sound, so I naturally turn to see what's going on. It gets the "eyeballs on" response that advertisers would sell their souls for...and it earns it. Such a brilliantly simple idea. Too bad it would lose all of its charm and effectiveness if others decided to imitate it.
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post #11 of 582
2/14/06 at 10:24pm
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.

-paul
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post #12 of 582
2/14/06 at 10:31pm
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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post #13 of 582
2/15/06 at 2:41am
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I hate the Kleenex commercial where the monk (?) rescues the fish out of water, uprights the overturned turtle, and saves the spider. Partly because I HATE spiders, but also because it seems to be on about every 5 minutes.

That one is on in the UK as well and I know exactly what you mean.

Here in the UK, my pet hate is the adverts put on during the daytime. The majority are on four topics - consolidating debt; 'cheap' loans; double glazing; and claiming compensation through litigation. Nearly all of them are cheap and nasty in presentation and cheesy in sentiment. I have this image of a guy who takes out a loan to pay for new double glazing, gets into debt and so gets a consolidated loan and then to pay that off fakes an accident at work and claims compensation through litigation.
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post #14 of 582
2/15/06 at 4:41am
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..

Jay
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post #15 of 582
2/15/06 at 8:41am
I hated that Quizno's one a few years back with the deformed, mutant singing hamster things. I hated it so much, I lost all will to live. Thankfully, I regained said will once the commercial ended.
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post #16 of 582
2/15/06 at 9:02am
I hate all commercials and most network TV. God bless DVD. Anyway, on my days off i like to watch Hawaii 5-O on a local station. It is on at 9AM. Could i have to sit through more lawyer, bankruptcy, get an exciting career, and buy a car cheap ads?!
Sonic for lunch does sound good.
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post #17 of 582
2/15/06 at 12:42pm
The army ads where the teenagers tell their parents about finding money for college

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." I just hate the smug look on his face.
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post #18 of 582
2/15/06 at 1:00pm
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I hate all commercials
I couldn't agree with you more! We should change the thread to "Commercials you love" - that way, there'd be less to discuss
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God bless DVD.
and DVR's.

I rarely watch broadcasts that I've not recorded ahead of time, but when I DO find myself watching non-recorded TV, I get SO frustrated with the commercials. I watched 2 sitcoms back to back and considering I can watch 3 sitcoms (on DVD or recorded) in that same amount of time, it felt like such a waste of time to have to sit through 20 minutes of commercials.

What a waste.
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post #19 of 582
2/15/06 at 1:13pm
radio spot that was running for the last couple months

"1 877 Kars for Kids "K" "A" "R" "S" cars for kids...."

it was an instant mind lock and would not go away once you heard it.


I have not been exposed to it for about a month now so maybe it is gone for good.
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post #20 of 582
2/15/06 at 1:16pm
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I hated that Quizno's one a few years back with the deformed, mutant singing hamster things. I hated it so much, I lost all will to live. Thankfully, I regained said will once the commercial ended.


Strangely enough, I found those commercials to be funny.

However, I absolutely despise the current Quiznos commercials with the talking baby.
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post #21 of 582
2/15/06 at 1:41pm
ALL Carl’s Jr. ads, especially the incredibly annoying sound of someone chewing a messy, gloppy burger. The typical male in the ads is an unshaven, slovenly near-neanderthal who looks like he barely has enough brainpower to tie his shoelaces (and of course couldn’t cook to save his life). I can’t fathom why anyone would want to be associated with such a demographic.

And I’ve despised every Quizno’s ad, from the “I want to eat garbage!” to the hamsters to the talking baby.
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post #22 of 582
2/15/06 at 8:02pm
Subway. Jared. Nuff said.
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post #23 of 582
2/16/06 at 5:43am
Any ad for a prescription medicine or politician.
BTW, you ever notice how when the show you are watching shows a commercial, your 'backup' show is almost always showing a commercial also ? I hate it when that happens
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post #24 of 582
2/16/06 at 5:48am
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?
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post #25 of 582
2/16/06 at 6:33am
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..."
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post #26 of 582
2/16/06 at 6:48am
Besides locally produced commercials, I would say that the Little Ceasar's commercial with the mom jumping out of the car and asking the guy what day's the $5 Hot-n-Ready pizza is available. I either mute it or change the channel when it comes on.

Now that I think about it, all of Little Caesar's commercials are annoying, but that one takes the cake.
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post #27 of 582
2/16/06 at 8:11am
Ah yes! The Army ad!

While I can't argue that working in a cubicle is nothing compared to military action...the whole concept of making it sound like these Army people can do better work (in a business setting) than anyone else, is a bit insulting. They're quite pretentious.
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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.
AMEN!
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Besides locally produced commercials
You...mean..the...ones...where...some...dumb...sch muck...talks...as...if...he/she...is reading from a cue card?
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post #28 of 582
2/16/06 at 10:43am
The Oxy Clean ads where the bearded guy yells at us.

There's some prescription drug ad in which doctors say things and at the end they say "Ask us about (name of drug)." Um, shouldn't the doctor be telling me what to take instead of me asking about a particular drug? "But I want the one they showed on TV!"
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post #29 of 582
2/16/06 at 11:13am
The only commercials that REALLY bother me are the ones that seem to be the only ones playing that night. Over, and over, and over again.
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post #30 of 582
2/16/06 at 7:45pm
I like a lot of commercials. I like the Sonic ones. I don't care one way or another about the Kleenex one, but I do the same types of things as that guy, and I'm not a Buddhist. I got a wasp in the house once, and I somehow got him to land on a piece of newspaper, covered him with a cup, and took him out. I despise roaches, but I've taken them out alive before. Them, I take all the way out to the alley so they don't come back in.

The commercials I hate are the damn "priceless" ads. They were really cool and effective ten years ago. Now, they just piss me off. We GET that the last thing is going to be "priceless!" Enough! I really hate the ones with the idiot doing the drum roll.
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