Commercials that just irritate you.... - Page 2

I actually like some of those ads...but mostly the earlier ones, when the "concept" hadn't worn so thin.

But, I do love the MacGyver spoof!

http://www.priceless.com/film/worldpremiere.html

Priceless, indeed.

Many thanks to Gord and TSoD for the link:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5062

I don't watch the SuperBowl, and haven't seen the commercial on air otherwise, so the link referenced by Gord has been my only exposure to it. The "making of" and interview clips at that site are great too.

Another horribly annoying commercial is the current Pink Panther ad, where Steve Martin says, "Hamburger!" and the family who supposedly loved the movie imitate the line. Either version of the line is horrible.

One commercial that almost made my skin crawl was the one about "all homes have mold"...the one with everybody screaming or making other noises to shield themselves from this "revelation". The entire commercial was just totally obnoxious, but that one woman with the protracted, "moaning" scream just about made my ears bleed.

Fortunately, I haven't seen this one in quite some time.

The sad thing with commercials is, they are basically effective on those who aren't too bright. The 'trick' with a commercial is to manipulate the consumer into thinking that their product is something you need to purchase.

That's why, when you hate commercials, you REALLY loathe them...They are extremely insulting to your intelligence. You see the mind games the agencies play on the 'weak minded' and it's very frustrating.

There's one commercial in particular which bothers me for EXACTLY this reason...the one for AARP auto insurance, where the female cop stops the male driver and does the pitch. At the end of the commercial, she holds up an AARP card and the AARP insurance card and says "If you have THIS card, you HAVE to have THIS card."

I personally know several elderly folks who have actually worried about this, thinking that it was a new law or something with which they were required to comply. With all the Medicare, prescription card, etc. media buzzes lately, I can well understand how a commercial like this (with a COP doing the pitching) could honestly confuse them into thinking this was indeed something which they were REQUIRED to do.

Shame on AARP for using this particular tack.

I remember that commerical and I hated it so much that when I'd start to hear it I'd turn the radio off. There are other ones on the radio now that I do the same thing to, but I can't remember them off the top of my head at the moment (turning off the radio appears to work)

The one on TV that bugs me is the Sudafed (I think) one where people come up and decribe their pain, and are met with "Sudafed, aisle 5", and of course the last one is answered by a woman who suffered earlier. To me it sounds like she's coming off like "Oh sure, dummy! Don't you know, it's Sudafed, aisle 5! I've known that for years!"

Ok, I know that's reading too much into it, but it bugs me just the same....

Regarding beer commercials with the sound of beer being poured, I couldn't agree more LOL! There are certain sounds that should only be heard in real life. In fact, I hate the sound of any liquid being poured when it isn't happening in front of me.

Radio commercials about computer colleges when I get a girl asking me "What!? You DIDN'T get a 12% raise last year and your not making the kind of money you want? I have to ask you, why not"

"To spite you." Is usually my answer.

Why can't these people just leave people alone and let them live their freakin' lives already?

Any commercial with a woman reaching orgasm over something stupid like shampoo or diamonds. Don't they realize that kids might be listening or watching?

todd s,

Oh god how I hate that sunsetter commercial. I am not a misogynist or a violent man but I really want to wring that woman's neck when she keeps saying "tell them about the discount, Harry!" And I want to kick Harry in the nuts for not telling his wife to shut the hell up.

After hearing this commercial for the third time, I just turn off the radio or change the channel. But I can still hear her voice in my head, over and over, "tell them about the discount Harry!" ARRRRRGHGHH!

Commercials with a cell phone ringing or a car horn honking should be banned from radio. Phone and doorbell ringing in TV ads should be banned also.

OH GOD! You just reminded me of another annoying radio ad...The ones for those financial companies that say something like "If you're spending more than 2.4% for your mortgage, then you NEED to call us NOW!"

or they'll do a commercial where they make it sound like you're a complete idiot if you don't use their services.

The ones I cannot stand are all of those Ditech ads with that obnoxious fat guy hassling people for loans only to say at the end of the ad, "Lost another loan to Ditech!" Enough already!

More like, DIE-tech!!!!!!!!

Those of you outside of Southern California will just have to take my word for this one:

Sit'n'Sleep mattress stores. "You're killing me, Larry!"

LOL Yep! If only they'd kill each other and be done with it...

I agree with the poster who mentioned the Snickers ad
witrh the guy wearing the wrappers on his head. WTF???
That is the dumbest ad I've seen in quite some time.

A noise that bothers the living shit out of me is when
an ad has somebody eating something. It makes me want to
put my fist through the radio.

Sirius Radio channel 124 (the NFL talk radio station)
had a very crass and annoying ad about some get rich
quick scheme where a guy is yelling at another guy.
This ad would play at least twice an hour, and it was
an insult to the intelligence of the listener.

Commercials don't get me to buy the product- they
usually force me away from the product because of
how annoying some of them are.

Pardon my obvious ignorance here, but I totally avoid regular radio, and I've never investigated satellite radio. But, I thought Sirius and XM were like the radio equivalent of premium cable or satellite TV...paid subscriptions and no ads. But, I only have basic cable, so maybe I'm wrong even about the premium TV services.

Are there really ads on Sirius?

No thread hi-jack intended.

If it's a music channel, there will be no ads or they'll be significantly reduced. If it's a sports or talk radio channel, there will still be commercials as it's the same program being broadcast on the AM/FM band.

Bruce

Kinda like the music stations I get through Comcast Digital cable. They're all commercial free EXCEPT for the Di$ney Music channel They run commercials, promos, etc. - WTF?

Starburst ad where the guy steals the other guy's stuff. I hate commercials that have co-opted that "indie film" look and are not entertaining at all.

I LOVE the commercial for Paxil!!!

Paxil is used to treat social anxiety, where people are afraid of being amongst a group of people. These people tend to stay at home and not go out because of this fear.

So they tell you to take Paxil and it will cure these fears...While it DOES work, the possible side effects are: So you've beaten the anxiety and are ready to hit the town, but you're stuck at home because you have the above symptoms.

Kinda defeats the purpose of the medication.

I take it you haven't seen the line of DVDs from the producers of Girls Gone Wild, called, appropriately enough, Guys Gone Wild? The camerawomen in these DVDs seem inordinately interested in a) whether or not the himbo (and I use that term very loosely) can do tricks with it or b) have named it. Ick.

Thanks for the explanation, Bruce... I had no idea. I thought the whole "no commercials" aspect was a big selling point, but I guess not.

Teeth grinding in the nightguard radio commercial.

Bose is all over the one station I like.... too bad I found out a lot more information after I bought and installed my surround sound.

Commercials that are about 4 times louder than the show I was watching.

Commercials at the movie theatre just boil my blood. Maybe I would give them a pass if they were super-nifty-made-for-the-theatre commercials, but they are the same fricken ones I just saw on tv earlier.

I once saw one, can't remember the brand name, for a pill for migrain headaches.... one of the rambled off side effects was headaches

Ones I can watch over and over are along the lines of Budweiser American Dream

I hate any commercial that tells me where I MUST GO or what I MUST DO or who I MUST CALL NOW. My wife thinks I'm nuts when I talk back to the TV:

TV: "You can't afford to miss this opportunity..."
Me: "Yes I can"
TV: "Don't wait! Call now!"
Me: "Still waiting!"

etc., etc...

What's up with the Mento's adds???????? I hate those..........what give with the chirping birds anyway??? AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any commercial that tells me I can save money on my mortgage and those "feminine hygiene" adds don't know, don't wanna know, and don't care what you do with yourself "down there"!!!!!

Well, I've been home sick for the past week and I've been watching a LOT of tv commercials!

The ones that really seem to annoy me the most are definitely any technology commercial. Cell phones, Internet service, etc. These are the WORST offenders! Basically most of these tech. products work about the same, so in order to get you to buy their product, they REALLY rely on their 'trickery' and it's so damn frustrating.

The one that really pisses me off is Comcasts cable internet service. DSL (in my area) offers a 512k or 768k connection for a really cheap price. They offer this to get people away from dial up modems (and go for DSL) without the high price of broadband. They also offer 3MB, but what Comcast does is, they boast that their service is 5 times faster than DSL - of course, what they don't say is that they are comparing their 3MB connection with DSL's 'cheap' 512k connection.

This pisses me off because, as someone who knows about technology and computers (as I'm sure most of you are as well), it's hard enough trying to inform my friends and family about the latest technology and trying to teach them about different things. But NOW I have Comcast putting out this 'trickery' statement and confusing people into thinking that cable is MUCH faster than DSL!

I had a friend see my DSL and say "I went with cable because it's so much faster." - So while the commercial did it's job, it just sickens me that they have to prey on people's ignorance in order to sell their product. And now, not only do I have to deal with people's own ignorance about technology, but I also have to go around straightening out everyones incorrect perceptions due to f***ing Comcast commercials!



I mean, these technology companies are just as bad as presidential candidates. They know they have nothing good to say about themselves, so the only way to get votes is to make themselves look better by tricking you into thinking their competition is worse than they are.

The Radioshack commercials where they sit in front of the camera and talk about things they want. Every personality they have used has annoyed me.