Oddly enough, I saw one just hours after you asked! I am not certain, but I think they were playing this same ad back in the 80's.

Why would Chrysler want to target the Gen Xers? Aren't they mostly an old people's car?



I'm not really hair-dryer challenged, but that is something that I would like to have. I think it'd be easier when you have both hands free to fix your hair.



I've seen a Sonic. But that was on The Simple Life, so that doesn't really count.



Never seen them, but I'd just like to say that the caramel shakes sound good. I can't have chocolate and vanilla is starting to bore me.



I hate this commercial because it shows the flowers flying around while they are talking. So stupid.

Sonic is awesome. Breakfast all day, all night. I like eggs for dinner, and burgers for breakfast.

Sonic is a Deep Southern thing, I think. I may be wrong but I haven't ever seen them in Virginia, and that's just reg'lar South. We have many of them here where I am now (Pensacola, Florida).

ETA: I did a search and they're really in like 38 states. Just not in the very north, and not anywhere in the Middle Atlantic corridor.

Wow, you learn something new every day! Just like when I was shocked when I found out there were Albertson's in Oregon!

When I saw that commercial, I felt sorry for the husband and thought the wife was a lazy bitch. Your way sounds more realistic.

Yes, my eyes have been opened regarding the cold-suffering husband shirking his shoveling duties. Bust his inconsiderate, lazy ass, shovel-wielding wife!

Yesterday I was watching "I Love the 70s". I don't know why, since I hated the 70s, but they showed two vintage kitty ads! His royal finickiness, Morris, and the Meow Mix singing cat. Awww! You just can't go wrong with cats.

Gen Xers spend more, so they thought Celine would change their image.

On SoapNet, they keep showing the female horny drug...the "female answer to Viagra" or whatever. I don't know if they name it. They just have a montage of women talking about how horrible and dead they felt, then three different women utter, "I have passion!"

Eh. With the male horny drug, at least their euphemism is "talking to the doctor."

That was the imagine they were trying to change. Apparently Celine only managed to re-enforce it.

Aw, you guys, SD isn't all that bad. Especially if you love beautiful scenery, endangered herd animals, the best fishing anywhere, and big ass monuments. Which I do.

Is anyone else seeing the Chocolate Factory commercials? It comes with a dipping ladle! And it's good for chocolate, caramel, or cheese fondue! Bleh.

Has anyone noticed this one commercial actor that seems to be in a lot of commercials? He's a light skinned black guy with a goatee. He was in a Mountain Dew commercial (the Mountain Dew was orange for some reason and he gets attracted to it in the window and hits the glass). He's in a Best Buy commercial where he talks a guy into getting smaller speakers. He's been on a Got Milk? commercial, and Foot Locker commercial, a commercial for some fast food restaurant (Burger King?), and a new one where he's in bed (forgot what it's for). Anyways, I see this guys everywhere and I think I might be going crazy.

He's not one I've really noticed, milhomie, but there are a couple of other guys I keep seeing in ads. One is the guy in the Dell boot camp ad who ends up doing the push-ups in the mud. He was also in a Christmas ad where he was at the checkout and the scanner did the first couple notes of Jingle Bells and he sand "jingle all the way" then claimed he was in choir. He looks very similar to the Dell guy who takes all the kids' jobs, but I don't think they're the same guy.

Then there's the other guy with dark curly hair who's in the Bigfoot cell phone ad. He was in that great check card ad with the Sheens.

The commercial actor I notice the most is "Guy That Looks Like Beck." He was the geeky guy in the office-themed Ebay commercial (most notable moment: the way he freakishly spat out the words "This PDA!" and ended the commercial with a backflip), the geeky lab guy in the motor oil commercial where he daydreams that he's drag racing or something, and the geeky guy in one of the Cingular commercials ("They're my minutes!"). I love this guy! He's in a bunch of other commercials too, I think, but I know I always say, "Hey, it's that guy that looks like Beck!" whenever I see him. I think my GTLLB love started during the Ebay commercial, when I just decided to pretend he actually was Beck in order to enhance my viewing enjoyment.

I always notice Anna Bocci from While You Were Out but I also always see this woman who was in one of those first Crest white strips commercials. She was the one who restored paintings and likened that to restoring her smile's whiteness.

Yes! I just saw this while I was falling asleep. Is it as really as bouncy and sexed up as it seemed to my sleep-fogged brain? I seem to remember giggly women going off with a guy in a...elevator?


From further back,



This ad cracks me and my partner up because "chaser" is a slang term for a heterosexual man who has a fetish for pre-op transexual women. 'Sides, the best hangover remedy is Gatoraide.





Why don't we ever see this in a drug PSA? Not only is public humiliation the most likely result of drug use in an inappropriate venue, but I would think it would resonate with the target audience.

Oh, and one of my office mates fell hook, line and sinker for that stupid Leptoprin product that's "not for casual dieters". Her reasoning is "They advertise it on the (local Fox affiliate) and Fox has a good reputation so it must be okay." I have not the words.

That commercial makes me laugh because when I was much younger, "Chocolate Factory" was a euphemism for - well, for something scatological. All's I know is, I wouldn't want a dipping ladle anywhere near MY chocolate factory. [BUTTHEAD] Heh heh, heh heh! [/BUTTHEAD]

(No, I'm not twelve years old, but I am very, very lowbrow.)

Hey Lufah, I totally agree with you! Not only do I love the dorkiness that is the Ebay commercial extravaganza dance routine by nerds who, nonetheless, TOTALLY commit, but I LOVE GTLLB! He reminds me also of the actor who played Pumpkin in the movie by the same name. Hee!

More hate for the male enchancement commercials. Especially the one where he's in a meeting with a bunch of Japanese businessmen who keep upping the price of some deal (remarking "He's a stiff negotiator!" "He's staying firm!" "He won't bend...") God. That guy who plays the Enchanced Male is just so annoying with his mere presence.

Comedy Central will not stop playing ads for either the My Baby's Daddy movie or MADtv (are they going to play that 90 per cent of the time now instead of SNL? I need that kind of streaming programming security so I know it will most likely be on whenever I turn on the TV.) I do not want to see MBD movie after the stupid commercials have been everywhere. CC, however, is notorious for playing the same commericals over and over again.

Man, I learn a lot from this thread. Gatoraide is good for hangovers? Who knew?

One commercial that is on my shit list is the one for One-A-Day vitamins where the lady says, "When I turned 30, my metabolism started to go down blah blah". They make it seem like that the very second someone turns 30, their metabolism goes down the shitter. Kiss my ass, bitch.

Another one that I hate is for Check Into Cash. These people in the coommercial just cannot say "Check Into Cash" without making a checkmark motion with their fingers. Not only that, a red checkmark with sparkles at the end of it shows up on screen when they do. And the girl at the end that does the checkmark motion with the huge smile on her face, I just want to kick her fuckin' teeth in.

The guy with the relatively unkempt 'fro? Yes, he is everywhere. I wish there were a site that identified these people, because I've been trying to figure out who he is and the guy from the Buddy Lee, Man of Action ads.

The alternative definition of "chaser"? Wow, there is a name for everything. I'm not even asking.

Oh, cripes. Check into Cash? CheckSmart, too. We cash any kind of checks! Unless, my boyfriend is standing in the lobby, and then I'll be a bitch and say we don't take two party checks, and we have to confer with the Rosetta Stone because we usually don't get paychecks from the place you work at, blah, blah. They need to add Smell-O-Vision to the commercials, the funk in the waiting area is so thick you can cut it with a knife.
I just saw the ad for "Pop-a-Dent", just put the adhesive pad on the car, and summon the strength of the gods by yelling "Shazam!!" and you too and unbend metal. Yeah, right.

I think the tagline is something like, "For the Way You Really Live." Basically, you know your ass isn't going bungee-jumping anytime soon, but if you buy this car, you can use it to do regular fun stuff like driving to the beach. That would be the Plan B.

Bouncy, yes. Sexed-up? Not so much. It’s catchy as hell, though. The minute I get the song out of my head, they air the ad again.

Wow, a lot of commercial hate builds up in a week. The one I wanted to refer to is like, 10-12 pages ago, unfortuately.

This ad creeps me out because of how similar it is to the rape scene from The Accused. At first anyway, then it gets better.

I just watched the Capital One Bowl -my team lost, btw:( and have been exposed to the entire Capital One commercial oeuvre. One that totally baffled me was a bunch of toys (dolls, stuffed animals) talking about their credit card choices while a housewife/maid stood right next to them with a large, see-through vacuum tube/hose. The toy soldier who didn't get a Cap One card got sucked up by the hose, while the other dolls congratulated themselves on their good financial choices. All the while, the hausfrau stands next to them, stupendously unaware of the animate toys all about her. Totally weird. Still better than the stupid Cinderella one, though.

Yeah - and a double boiler. [sarcasm]Who knew you could use them to melt chocolate?

A chaser is also a guy who likes, errrr, hefty men. It's short for chubby chaser, but no one I know says the chubby part anymore. I think it's just understood now.

The counting sheep are still going strong. Tonight, they came into a couple's bedroom who didn't need them because they now have a Serta® mattress. So the lead sheep says that they've come to congratulate him on his great golf game that day. Of course, the guy was supposed to be at work, so his wife is surprised and angry.

As they leave, they're figuring out what dirt they've got on the neighbor. It's pretty cute. I love those sheep!

Me too! I was afraid that I was too sensitized to that. Better sensitized than de-sensitized, I guess.

I saw the "great golf game" counting sheep commercial. I'm so glad they're back.

Thats western SD. Eastern SD is nothing but farm fields.

Topic?
It seemed that every channel I watched today showed that freaking personal shaver thing commerical. It gets really annoying.

<small voice> I bought one on the website </small voice>

I love the sheep when one tears the "do not remove" tag off the mattress and they end up in jail with the big mean guy who asks what they're in for and one sheep says "tearing--" and the ringleader sheep finishes with "tearing a man to pieces!"

We only recently got one in Tallahassee.

I've never heard of those alternative meanings to chaser before now. And they say TV is bad...

I've seen a new one for Digonios in which this transvestite tells this guy he has a confession to make, "That pizza's not delivery; it's Digornio!", followed by the man just knowing he had been hiding something from him. Hee!

That guy in the Digiorno's Pizza commercial looks vaguely like the lead character from "The Ugliest Girl in Town."Middle picture. Sorry about the link, best I could find.

I have seen this guy for years.

Word. The FCC needs to pass some sort of regulation prohibiting the exhibition of close-up nosehair trimming, especially during the dinner hour. I could live without the earhair trimming, too. But I'd kinda like to see them shave all of that incredibly hirsute dude with that tiny trimmer. (And is it weird that they have a different ad AND name for the identical "women's" trimmer?) Also, why is it so amazing that the trimmer doesn't slice your flesh to ribbons? Don't most shaving thingies try to avoid removing large amounts of skin and/or drawing blood? I would think that would be a design goal, the "not maiming".

The new Juicy Fruit commercials cracked me up -- first the guy is hiding in a file cabinet, then another is hiding as window blinds, and finally the guy who poked his head into the water bubbler. Something about raw physical humor designed for 13-year-old boys really appeals to me.

And the girl with the pinata that comes to life and attacks her! I swear I've never laughed so hard, but I was disappointed in myself for finding it so funny.
I know I shouldn't, but I love the identity theft commercial with the girl who talks about her leather bousstiere (bad bad spelling) that lifts and separaters. Cracks me up every time.

The nose hair trimmer is NOTHING compared to some new ad for foot cream. Maybe it's a pill--I think I've blocked it out. For sure I can't remember the name.

They show what must be the scaliest, crustiest, nastiest feet--way nastier than anything Dr Scholl or Lamisil ever showed. The commercial came on while I was enjoying some New Years' black-eyed peas, and I almost hurled. I'm not especially sensitive to such sights, but this was truly, truly gross.

In the UK, there has suddenly been a crop of crappy, low budget adverts for mobile phone services - text POEM to this number, get a poem sent every day! Text JOKE get the same thing!

But the worst ones are for ringtones, and for "logos", possibly the stupidest idea that anyone had for a phone. They are played constantly, and have the most amateurish voice over I've ever seen,as if they got the director's squeaky voiced younger sister who wants to be an actress to do it. At first I thought I could cope with these adverts, if they just stayed in the late night cable slots, but they've expanded so now they're shown on terrestial tv during prime time. Every time I see one, it hurts my ears.

In CT, we have a local commercial for a nursing home chain called Laurel Gardens. There are a couple of versions, but both feature an older woman talking about having her own apartment and showing groups of elderly people playing cards and getting on/off a bus, and stuff about activities...Damn! Why do I have to wait until I'm old? I want to go there now. Really, it looks much better than my life at the moment. Laurel Gardens, take me away!

Man archbrow, I thought I was the only one crushing on him! I must confess, I do love my nerds/geeks/dorks.

Word to the hair trimmer hate. The male one is bad enough, but has anyone seen the commercial for the female hair trimmer. Lots of innappropriate hair footage shown. Funniest name for a medication? There's this cold sore balm called Herpecin L. It may just be that I'm twelve years old but this commercial always gets a laugh from me.

I just caught that one the other day.

Is that the one where the trimmer's the size of a pen, and they're pretending like they're going to shave this hairy dude's entire chest with it? That one needs to be an infomercial.

Anyone else creeped out by the Judy Garland/Wizard of Oz M&M commercials? They were playing nonstop during New Year's Rockin Eve, and basically, they used the wonder of technology to doctor a scene from the movie to make it look like Dorothy's talking to a whole bunch of M&Ms that are lacking color. To me, that's just creepy (like when Bogart was brought back to life for one Tales from the Crypt ep...WTF?!).

Also, can someone tell me why the hell the M&Ms are giving up color for a whole year? What's the gimmick?

greybear, you mentioned HUGE word to this - we had the misfortune to view this ad in a post-New Year's Party hungover state and everyone in the room turned green. My sister started making those pre-vomit gagging noises at this truly vile sight. Only my brother-in-law (a nursing student) seemed okay with it, but I think he viewed it as an impromptu dermatology pop quiz. Who the hell thought that was a good idea?? :::: shudder ::::

Oh! Same brother-in-law went to a medical seminar last week, and part of the discussion was on how to assess heart patients for contraindicated meds. I guess if you take Viagra-type meds, you can't take nitro during a cardiac episode? Anyway, the instructor blanked on the name "Levitra" during his lecture, and ended up substituting "...and that other one...you know...the one where the guy tosses the football through the vagina swing." Heh.

Ads for South Dakota? We seem to have been spared those in Maine, but for some reason they keep trying to send us to Texas (it's not just cowboys anymore, or so they say) and Vegas (because what happens there stays there, apparently). Oh, and Florida, for the sun and sand, but they only play those in January and February, when it's guaranteed to be freezing here and people are desperate to escape the snow and cold. It's like playing fast food and junk food ads to a room full of stoned people -- irresistable. Either that, or it's just plain cruel, I can't decide.

The Sonic ads make me crazy...mostly because they simply don't exist where I live. I don't think there's a Sonic within a thousand miles of here, but I must see two or three of those a day. At least Jack In The Box doesn't bother bombarding us with ads for a place we can't possibly go (in fact, I've never even seen a Jack In The Box ad)! The one that really drives us insane up here, though, are the incessant ads for Red Lobster. There are no Red Lobsters in Maine. There will probably never be Red Lobsters in Maine. We have real lobster restaurants...Red Lobster buys their lobster from us, not the other way around. And the special prices and so-called "deals" touted on these spots make me laugh, since they're significantly higher than what you'd pay in your local [non-touristy] seafood joint here. Worse, they seem to do all kinds of strange things to the lobsters -- people actually pay money for stuffed lobster tails? That's sort of like a Texas-style steakhouse serving up stuffed cow lips and asses and telling you it's the best part of the cow!

This website sums up the *real* purpose of this shaver ;)

http://www.balltrimmer.com/intro.htm

(Do NOT skip the intro!)

I'd love to see that in a commercial! Ha!

Hey, speaking of gross commericals - we haven't seen the gross toenail Lamisil cartoon bug thing. (Sorry, I couldn't remember his name) They must have heard all the complaints. Yeah!

Off topic: Since I know a lot of you watch I love the 80s over and over like I do, I'm going to share this gross out story. I was watching last night, eating a bowl of Ramen noodles when the part where they are talking about the Fly came on. They are all talking about how gross the movie is and when it came to the scene where she blows the head off the fly I had a mouthful of Ramen. It was so nasty, I came so very close to throwing up Ramen.. nasty.

Just to torture you, his name was Digger the Dermatophyte.

I just watched the intro for BallTrimmer. This commercial actually gets played on TV? Say it ain't so!

Hey everybody, I have a question. You know that latest anti-smoking White Lies commercial with the chemist in the gas mask, working with acetone? Wasn't acetone in nail polish remover for years? (and isn't it still in some brands?) Cause I think I LOVE the smell of acetone. (mmm... rubber cement, and gas, and nail polish remover...)

I (even though I'm a casual smoker and have no idea of stopping until my thesis is done) usually find these White Lies commercials pretty effective, but this one just didn't do it for me, because of my perception that acetone IS safe to breathe in small quantities, like that found in nail polish remover, and other similar items.

Am I wrong here?

Heh. My roommate, my suitemate, and myself watched that episode of I Love the 80's with The Fly. The three of us were facedown in the carpet, screaming our heads off. That was Just. So. Gross.

archbrow, I work with buffered acetone at work, and while we do store the large carboys (containers) under the vent hood, when we work in the lab with it in smaller quantities we take no major precautions. You know, except like "don't pour directly into the eyeballs," etc.

But I'm not a chemist so I don't know what applications the commercial might be referencing. Maybe the buffered and non-buffered status might have something to do with it, or the amount of time exposed? Certainly for my use (processing chlorophyll samples) it seems to be pretty non-lethal. Or, maybe I should call OSHA? Hee.

Count me in as creeped out. I'm not a big film purist but I can't stand it when advertisers do this. It's enough to make Liza Minelli drink to see how her poor mom is now whoring herself for M&Ms from beyond the grave.