Puds38
Jan 26, 2004 @ 9:02 am
Welcome timesAwasting, that was factoid posted
here on the 21rst. You might want to read the
15 days or 15 pages rule.
killershrew
Jan 26, 2004 @ 9:22 am
"irresitible and less fatable"
At first I misread that last word as "fartable", and I was thinking, "what a great selling point!" Never mind.
FfrauleinN
Jan 26, 2004 @ 9:33 am
It's Evan Marriott aka "Joe Millionaire,"
cheesesteak. Why are they advertising Manwich all of a sudden? If I want sloppy joes -- which I don't -- trust me, I know how to make them.
I finally saw that ad for the Thug Life record. Good Lord. I'm betting a white guy wrote the copy, it tries waaay too hard to be ghetto. And the poor announcer who had to read it, he's taking it so seriously.
Bwah! I'm laughing just thinking about it. Poor announcer guy.
formergr
Jan 26, 2004 @ 9:47 am
New Stalking Kitty Ad!!!
Ooooooh, I can't wait, thanks for the heads up,
chbarr!
In keeping with the ongoing discussion of bad music compilations here, I haven't seen anyone mention the one for
Amici Forever, The Opera Band. I just laughed and laughed the first time I saw it. I think what makes it funny is how the singers are trying to be sexy, yet since they are singing opera they have that continuous facial expression of sheer concentration. Plus their clothes, etc. And that it's an opera
band.
charlieboo
Jan 26, 2004 @ 10:35 am
Aaaaargh! Just when I was congratulting "Frasier" on going out with class (i.e. without the overblown melodrama of Friends), along comes the first of what I fear is an onslaught of bad promos:
Black screen. Cue bad violin music. White type: "a most beloved show comes to an end". Soft VO: "Join us as our journey together ends" (paraphrased, but you get the nauseating idea).
Here's an idea: it's a friggin TV show! A sit-com at that! Anyone who watches it will be watching anyway! Anyone who doesn't watch it doesn't give a crap!!!!!
*sob* puh-leeeeze make it stop *sob*
DramaQueenLite
Jan 26, 2004 @ 11:14 am
I want the women in the Crest Whitestrip commercials to be gone now, please. In both commercials the women are smiling so hugely that they look like they belong in the video for "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden. And don't get me STARTED on their pseudo-Sex-in-the-City babble. "Who is he?" "Who's who?" "Your new guy. Come on, you're glowing! Look how big your smile is!"
In the words of Chandler, shut up shut up shut aarrrrrrgghgghg.
Oh yeah, and how could I forget this stupid trend I've seen lately in car commercials: I call it the Hey-I'm-Going-to-Talk-About-Getting-a-Big-Car-So-I-Can-Tell-You-I'm-Having-Twins Trend. I've seen it in two commercials, but the more annoying one is the Chrysler Town and Country commercial with the horrible actress. No, the other one. The one with the woman talking to her mother about how she's going to get a minivan, "Now that we're having twins and all..." I mean really. My little brother showed more acting range as a radish in his school play. And he didn't have any lines.
etain
Jan 26, 2004 @ 12:18 pm
Spotted during the Golden Globes: An ad comes on featuring a string quartet of water people (water in the shape of people -- if you saw the video for TLC's song "Waterfalls," you know what I'm talking about) playing a song from Handel's "Water Music." Suddenly one of them starts playing out of tune. The other three stop to look at him, and one sees that he has some dirt floating inside his left shoulder. Another one grabs a fish net, scoops out the dirt, and the first guy starts playing in tune again, and they all go back to playing while the voiceover discusses a certain chemical company having done more to purify water yadda yadda.
For some reason I want to say this is GE, but that doesn't sound right. Interesting, though.
Puds38
Jan 26, 2004 @ 12:58 pm
It was GE and for some reason after I saw it twice, it beagn to grate.
ChinkyGirl
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:11 pm
In keeping with the ongoing discussion of bad music compilations here, I haven't seen anyone mention the one for Amici Forever, The Opera Band. I just laughed and laughed the first time I saw it. I think what makes it funny is how the singers are trying to be sexy, yet since they are singing opera they have that continuous facial expression of sheer concentration. Plus their clothes, etc. And that it's an opera band.
I briefly saw this, and yes, it's quite hilarious. Reminds me of the ads for that classical music band
Bond, which is like the Spice Girls meets Yo-Yo Ma - the music they play is actually pretty good, yet they still feel the need to dress them up like Britney Spears despite the credibility, lol.
TenPea
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:16 pm
I have an almost irrational love for the Advair Pug (squeeee! so cute!) but like others, find the demanding, slightly menacing "Go" voiceover seriously creepy. I usually hit the mute button and enjoy the pug.
That is seriously the cutest dog. I just wished they had shown him actually hailing the cab. But, I still don't get how they came up with that ad for an asthma medicine. It would work better for, oh, I don't know......dogfood? Pet store? But asthma? Don't see it.
formergr
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:19 pm
ChinkyGirl, for some reason your post in re: The Opera Band made me realize another reason it was so funny. If you've ever seen the Friends episode where Phoebe is in the Smelly Cat video, it's something like that.
ubi
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:20 pm
I hate that one Hardee's commercial where the cashier was like, now all we serve are burgers, so I don't have to rack my brain trying to remember how much our chicken sandwich is, or how much the salads are. Was this chick beyond remedial? People are supposed to buy the new Hardee's line of burgers so the cashier will be allowed to get even DUMBER? That commercial gets my HATE.
At least it's honest; it's near impossible to get good cashierdroids now-a-days.
I saw a new ad no one's mentioned before from BankOne that apparently was inspired by that
Dorky Dancing movie from the late 80's featuring versions of the featured characters saying good bye and promising to meet again... time passes and they are once again reunited, except a few decades have passed because the guy was using his bonus points on his crappy credit card to pay for the trip. Huh?
jcpdiesel21
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:20 pm
I have an almost irrational love for the Advair Pug (squeeee! so cute!) but like others, find the demanding, slightly menacing "Go" voiceover seriously creepy. I usually hit the mute button and enjoy the pug.
That is seriously the cutest dog. I just wished they had shown him actually hailing the cab. But, I still don't get how they came up with that ad for an asthma medicine. It would work better for, oh, I don't know......dogfood? Pet store? But asthma? Don't see it.
Yeah, I don't get why this commercial is for asthma medicine. What does following a dog/constantly running into a dog have to do with asthma? But I agree, the pug is adorable.
C.
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:22 pm
Asthma attacks can be triggered by pet dander. I'm guessing (because I haven't seen the ad) that the dog wouldn't be nearly as menacing to the guy if he took the medication.
FfrauleinN
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:27 pm
But that announcer guy is still menacing, Advair or not.
ChinkyGirl, for some reason your post in re: The Opera Band made me realize another reason it was so funny. If you've ever seen the Friends episode where Phoebe is in the Smelly Cat video, it's something like that.
Dear Lord. I wanna see!
ChinkyGirl
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:29 pm
Check back about 10 pages, maybe more...I bought up the adorable Advair pug last week and we went into extensive discussion/debate on what the hell it all meant.
But, yes, can't say it enough: I want to marry the Advair Pug! :D
roosterboy
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:48 pm
That Advair pug is damn cute, but that commercial kinda bugs me for one reason: check out the backseat of the cab as it pulls up to the curb; there's no pug in there! Yet he magically appears when the guy gets in. Where'd he come from? That drives me crazy every time I see it.
TenPea
Jan 26, 2004 @ 1:56 pm
Roosterboy, you are so right about the back of the cab. I wish I'd never noticed it because now it's all I think about during that scene.
formergr
Jan 26, 2004 @ 2:28 pm
Maybe he was hiding under the (front) seat, and then jumped up once the guy got in?
Go.
FfrauleinN
Jan 26, 2004 @ 2:50 pm
Eeee! No, you go. Maybe the imperious announcer is really an evil sorcerer, and he's magically moving the pug around so the man with asthma can't find him. I hate that announcer guy.
JHeaton
Jan 26, 2004 @ 2:57 pm
Clearly, the dog in the Advair commercial is of the rare breed known as Schrödinger's Pug. It was both in the back seat and not in the back seat until the guy got in the car, and which point its quantum state stabilized and it became visible.
BengalsGirl
Jan 26, 2004 @ 3:21 pm
Clearly, the dog in the Advair commercial is of the rare breed known as Schrödinger's Pug.
JHeaton - That? Awesome!
Puds38
Jan 26, 2004 @ 3:22 pm
HEE! SFU much?
My take on the pug is if the owner was having an asthma attack he couldn't keep up with or run after the pug.
But who cares? He's a cute dog.
etain
Jan 26, 2004 @ 3:22 pm
I always thought the running around chasing the pug was what was triggering the athsma -- or that not HAVING athsma was what ENABLED him to chase it.
I usually end up getting distracted by the fact that I think I know the guy playing the bartender.
formergr
Jan 26, 2004 @ 3:28 pm
Clearly, the dog in the Advair commercial is of the rare breed known as Schrödinger's Pug.
Okay, that? Is brilliant!
And I'm sorry,
FfrauleinN, I just couldn't resist!
Sideshow Al
Jan 26, 2004 @ 3:41 pm
I saw a new ad no one's mentioned before from BankOne that apparently was inspired by that Dorky Dancing movie from the late 80's featuring versions of the featured characters saying good bye and promising to meet again... time passes and they are once again reunited, except a few decades have passed because the guy was using his bonus points on his crappy credit card to pay for the trip. Huh?
The overall concept of that commercial (which I think is for Capital One, not that that makes it any less snarkworthy) really irks me because it really is too ridiculously unbelievable to be funny (much like their previous ridiculously unbelievable "Cinderella stole my credit card" spot).
However, I always laugh at the end when the cabbie asks the now elderly boyfriend, "What's in your wallet?" and the boyfriend responds, "Don't ask." I'm sure that we're supposed to interpret the response as "NOT a Capital One credit card;" but something in the way elderly boyfriend says "Don't ask" makes me think that he means "An unused condom that's been in there for YEARS."
jakes mom
Jan 26, 2004 @ 4:08 pm
I might be a bridezilla in the making, because every time I see the Safe Auto commercial set in the wedding reception, it just makes me think that if one of my wedding guests requested the 1-800-Safe-Auto song that guest would probably be removed from the premises.
FfrauleinN
Jan 26, 2004 @ 4:21 pm
Er, no. I would have removed the guest and the band. Is Safe Auto incapable of making even one commercial that doesn't suck?
Tornado25
Jan 26, 2004 @ 4:41 pm
Okay...in reality, if you had that number, wouldn't you be trying to get rid of it? From what I've heard, anyone who's had that number in the past 20 or so years has gotten crank calls--even to this day.
I never really saw it that way. Not sure if we were supposed to figure it out or if the ad told us or maybe I just fanwanked it, but I always thought the girl in the ad was named Jenny and that was why it was
her number and also famous--not that she was a random chick with that number. Lastly, cell phones are quasi-private and with caller ID, I'm sure crank calls of that nature are seriously reduced. I really thought the ad was cool--one of the best Cingular ads to this point.
Tornado25
Jan 26, 2004 @ 4:42 pm
Double post. Damn IE and Windows.
JenD
Jan 26, 2004 @ 5:05 pm
JHeaton...I'm so in love with you right now!
I just started my second quarter of quantum mechanics, and Schrödinger's Pug...awesome.
Daisy Duke
Jan 26, 2004 @ 6:39 pm
And then we see "867-5309" across the "wall" with her dancing along to the chorus.
Okay...in reality, if you had that number, wouldn't you be trying to get rid of it? From what I've heard, anyone who's had that number in the past 20 or so years has gotten crank calls--even to this day.
*
looks around* Is no other nineteen-year-old going to step forward bravely and say "huh?"
Seriously, I don't get it. Somebody help me out. And stop laughing.
TheCustomOfLife
Jan 26, 2004 @ 6:46 pm
*looks around* Is no other nineteen-year-old going to step forward bravely and say "huh?"
I'm 18, and I know it's that Jenny song from the '80s. 8-6-7 5-3-0-ni-e-yaaaaaaeeeeeennnnneeeeeee....
Ernos
Jan 26, 2004 @ 6:46 pm
Here's something that might help you out, Daisy. (I just love the Snopes site.)
indybear
Jan 26, 2004 @ 6:55 pm
senor coconut
Jan 26, 2004 @ 7:04 pm
Aww...that's so cute.
And I, at the ripe old age of 25, am so old.
Thanks. /off to Publix for the industrial size can of Metamucil and Geritol.
crazy_girl
Jan 26, 2004 @ 7:11 pm
And then we see "867-5309" across the "wall" with her dancing along to the chorus.
Okay...in reality, if you had that number, wouldn't you be trying to get rid of it? From what I've heard, anyone who's had that number in the past 20 or so years has gotten crank calls--even to this day.
My name is Jenny so I can't think of a more annoying phone number to have. Although I must admit that I've moved around a lot and changed cell phone companies a few times (before you could take your number with you) and I swear that my brain has reached phone number capacity. I have no idea what my cell number and I frequently mangle my home number and combine the first three numbers from my last phone number with the last four numbers from my childhood number. So the Jenny number would be easy to remember.
Yes, I'm 27 and I can't remember my phone number. Very sad.
Daisy Duke
Jan 26, 2004 @ 7:21 pm
Thanks, Ernos and indybear. Senor coconut, all I have to say is you're looking well preserved for an individual your age. Doing lots of shuffleboard?
Due to the explaination, Now all I can think of is Weird Al's spoof of TLC, Don't Go Making Phony Calls.
More eighties song possibilities; Kaopectate that wakes you up before you go-go?
Ernos
Jan 26, 2004 @ 7:26 pm
I'm senor coconut's Centrum Silver dealer. Shhh!
Kaopectate that wakes you up before you go-go?
Oh my God, that's priceless.
Ilikegrayarrows
Jan 26, 2004 @ 7:34 pm
Oh yeah, and how could I forget this stupid trend I've seen lately in car commercials: I call it the Hey-I'm-Going-to-Talk-About-Getting-a-Big-Car-So-I-Can-Tell-You-I'm-Having-Twins Trend. I've seen it in two commercials, but the more annoying one is the Chrysler Town and Country commercial with the horrible actress. No, the other one. The one with the woman talking to her mother about how she's going to get a minivan, "Now that we're having twins and all..." I mean really.
God. Hate hate HATE this commercial. The other thing is that the commercial says, "Look! The door opens automaticly! We can let the existing child in without saying hello! See you in therapy, neglected kid!" I thought it ment that she needed another car now that she was pregnant, because there was another kid getting in the car.
TheCustomOfLife
Jan 26, 2004 @ 7:45 pm
I'm in two minds about this one Dodge commercial I saw. The mother is babying this one little kid, telling him about the DVDs he can watch in the backseat. The dad says something about not messing up the kid, and then he says that the only thing important is that he knows what a hemi is. The kid then says "hemi!" in a really cute voice. The only qualm I have about the commercial is the dad trying to equate watching DVDs with girly coddling. Ooookay, weirdo dad.
Oh, I almost forgot: This morning, I saw a spoken-word Def Poetry kind of commercial for "I'm lovin' it." I have to be honest...I almost loved it. I got turned off by the poetic qualities that they want me to believe a McGriddle sandwich has.
kelloggirl
Jan 26, 2004 @ 8:35 pm
Thanks to the snow in DC, I have done nothing but watch TV all day long, and I can no longer contain my rage for the Dayquil commercial. I know we've discussed it ad nauseum (no pun intended) up thread, but it's seriously rivaling the Sheer Blonde twits in hate, so I gotta get this little rant off my chest, mmm'kay?
Arrrrgh, you stupid, heartless, lazy whiny-voiced bitch - I can't believe you make your ill husband get up off his sickbed and go shovel your stupid ass driveway. What, you don't have arms? Do it yourself, you lazy bitch! So, when your husband dies from pneumonia in a few days, are you going to stand over the graveside and say, "Honey, I got you some Resurrectquil so you can get your lazy dead ass up from your coffin and shovel the dirt back into your grave!"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGHHH!!!
Ahhhhh, I feel better, thanks. The Commercial Thread is so therapeutic.
Maleficient
Jan 26, 2004 @ 8:54 pm
Resurrectquil
I would
so go for that.
pradolimon
Jan 26, 2004 @ 9:47 pm
In the latest Oil of Olay commercial, there's a girl taking a lie detector test, and you can see the needle going crazy with her answers. Then, when she's asked her age (28) she's telling the truth. Because she's using Oil of Olay's anti-aging wrinkle reducer product, or whatever it is. Since when do people in their 20s need anti-aging products?
TheCustomOfLife
Jan 26, 2004 @ 9:53 pm
When they're really conceited and vain?
Ernos
Jan 26, 2004 @ 10:00 pm
No, no, she's really OLD, older than 28, but the machine can't tell she's lying because Oil of Olay is so amazing it even alters your physiological reactions so that you can fool the machine! It's amazing! Miraculous! Phenomenal! Ahem.
DramaQueenLite
Jan 26, 2004 @ 10:02 pm
Or when you're prematurely crotchety and have a "What the FUCK?!" line on your forehead. It gets there from repeated raising of the eyebrows. I have it, and I'm 22.
archbrow
Jan 26, 2004 @ 10:15 pm
I've been using Oil of OldLadies since I was, like, 17, and so I have prevented the lines I'd otherwise have at 35. So there. Yay! Oil of OldLadies! (Though the "What the FUCK?!" line is just now starting to make its presence known... Drat... There's a reason for my name, y'all. I've got to go moisturize.)
During Jeopardy tonight there were all kinds of low rent, old fogey commercials, but one of them made me go, "Whuh the fuh?" It was for Garlique. Which I think is one of the funniest names for a product ever. Like the Frenchification of adding the -ique to the end really improves my perception of it. Whatever.
Anyway, this older couple is jogging happily, talking to the camera about their health, and the man says, "That's why we take a leak every day!" I SWEAR that's what he says. Hee! I only realized after staring for a few seconds what he was actually trying to say.
kathyk2
Jan 26, 2004 @ 10:26 pm
I hate the new Dell ad. Whose bright idea was it to use kidnapping as a means to sell computers? I love the Mastercard ad featuring the three stooges. I love the NBA ads featuring the Muppets.
Shelwood
Jan 26, 2004 @ 10:36 pm
Then, when she's asked her age (28) she's telling the truth. Because she's using Oil of Olay's anti-aging wrinkle reducer product, or whatever it is
What gets me about this ad is that what truly gives away that she's lying about her age is...
her wrinkles. Specifically, the crow's feet around her eyes when she makes that smug smile. Those usually show up in one's 30s or so. But, you know, if the point is that the product prevents wrinkles, then, uh, I don't get it. (And I'm 39, and neglect my skin, but nerdness is kind: little sun, little plump, not so wrinkly.) (Oh, and with all the young' uns in this thread, does this mean I am "mature" or "immature"?)
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