And so it was that I laughed thusly: "Ha ha ha." Gives a whole new meaning to "I'm lovin' it"!

Yeah, I can't believe a parking attendant anywhere is going to let you have VIP parking because you drive a Suzuki car. The thing that bugs me the most about this spot is that it is so badly mixed. The Jeffersons' Theme song drowns out the dialogue and the announcer v/o.

This used to bug me more, back in the day when the little ones were in diapers, but shut up LUVS. Your diapers are so expensive. They're made by the same company that makes Pampers and are only slightly cheaper. Store brands are what you buy to actually save some cash.

Oh, yeah, the Luvs commercials are beyond stupid. I can't believe anyone buys those. "Luvs: When you're not quite cheap enough to buy store brand, but don't think your kid's worth the premium." (No insult to people who buy store brand, y'understand.)

I'm pretty sure they only got VIP parking because the lazy-ass attendant wasn't paying attention. I hate hate hate that the idiots give up several parking spots to "hot" girls. . Also, not only does this ad annoy me, but apparently I can't remember what car it's for. (I thought it was Kia.) At least that damn lady's not singing, "Sah-ZOO-KAAY" anymore.

I know we've beaten the spongemonkeys to death about 12 times over (not that you can tell by looking at them), but a local morning radio show here in L.A. talked to a Quiznos' ad exec about them.

He said they're not smoking crack, they're just having fun, they wanted to go big, and during the ad meeting, some people were shocked, but they decided to just go with it.

When the morning show guys said "lots of our listeners think they're road kill", the Quiznos' guy said "yeah...we don't like to think about that"

Quiznos' guy said he's amazed by how many people like it, and they tell him its marketing genius. He also said that they're hoping the spongemonkeys get very big...stickers, shirts, more commercials, etc.

So...that should be fun.

He also said that the spongemonkeys are actual monkeys in south america (probably not named spongemonkeys). I tried looking for a pic on the web and couldn't find one. How can those things be actual living creatures? I'm thinking they're not, so I reject that claim totally.

There's a Quiznos down the street from where I work (downtown L.A.) and I went past there the other day specifically to see if they had any spongemonkey stuff decorating the place. I didn't see any, but then again, I was kinda scared that if I went in, I'd actually see large-sized pictures of them.

Anyone know if they have in-store spongemonkey stuff?

Thumbs down on the Laila/Muhammad Ali ad for me. First of all I don't like "revisionist history" ads just on general principle. The ad where the show Martin Luther King speaking to an empty Washington Mall bug the shit our of me and so does this one, although to a lesser degree.

A boxers job is to inflict pain in his (or her) opponent. I find it weird (and slightly unnerving) that they portray Ali as having 'bad intentions' with respect to his daughter. I know it is supposed to be a whimsical kind of passing of the guard kind of thing, but there is nothing light hearted or whimsical about what Ali achieved in the ring in the 70's.

The creator has spongemonkey and the VH1 kitties' cousins on his website rathergood.com

I too saw the McDonald's ad with the first date couple. *hate*

Might be local (NYC), but there's this ad for Huntington Learning Center, or whatever they're called - basically it's like one of those Sylvan learnings places where kids don't exactly get tutored, but you pay some price to figure out what their learning disabilities are.

Anyways, this furious mom barges into her son's room angrily waving a report card and screams, "Another bad grade?! I can't believe it! We've grounded you...got tutors!"' and the kid screams back, "You think I like failing!?!?" And everything is made better by going to this Huntington place. It's kinda funny...the mom's voice pisses me off, but I love how clueless she is. But we grounded him!!

I would actually equate it with that old PSA that ran during the golden age of "I'm not a chicken, you're a turkey!". You know the one...dad finds a cigar box full of pot and yells at his kid, "Who taught you this?! Where did you get it from?!" and the kid yells back, "I learned it by watching YOU!!!" Oh! Low blow! DruggieDad looks like he was just punched in the stomach ;)

The actual animals probably don't have the weird eyes and mouths, though. The spongemonkeys look kind of like if you took a picture of a lemur and stuck a picture of a pair of funky-ass eyes on it.



Oooh, what gets me is the serious "ACTING!" the kid does when he delivers that last line -- "You think I wanna fail?..." The camera zooms on real tight so we can see the just slightly-quivering lip and the ever-so-slightly misty eyes....I just KNOW that one line took about 85 takes because the director was looking for something "poignant".

This one's not local to NYC, we had it in Minneapolis, too. I used to hurt myself hitting the Mute button. That woman is the worst actor on the face of the planet, and the writers should never be allowed near a word processor, typewriter, or pen ever, ever again.

I've seen a new one as well but don't get it. In this one, a guy is on a plane seated next to a very talkative grandmother type, so he pops a handful of Mentos and his eyes roll up in his head as she continues gabbing...

I mentioned that last month. The best part are the businessmen's comments amongst themselves. I attribute his grimmace to him being pinned under that low table by his eternal erection.

They really need to make that wife look like Peg Bundy.

AdAge likes the spongemonkeys too:

though they think the critters are "animated mouse carcasses"

I'll second that interpretation.

I was just there this weekend and I didn't see any spongemonkey paraphenalia. Just the yummy subs. Regardless of what I may think of the spongemonkeys otherwise, they are correct about the subs.

I know, but replace the eyes and mouth with normal ones and it still looks wrong. The head's too big or something.

Does anyone have the words to the other spongemonkey song? Yes, I am obsessed.

Oh, I LOVED those old PSA's. Why can't they make them like that any more? I also love that recap of the TMNT one. However, that recap also forgets to add the famous line at the end of the commercial, said by one of the turtles:

"Drug dealers are dorks--don't even talk to them!"

Makes sense to me. If there's one person in the universe who most should use methods to prevent contraception....


My father-in-law was a village building inspector. Once he went into a diaper factory, believe it or not, and saw the production line. Some diapers got packaged as one brand and others got shunted off to be packaged as a different brand. He couldn't believe it, so he asked the guy if there was any difference? Nope, responded diaper factory guy, just different packages.

Yep, same goes for food. My mom's a grocery buyer. I loves me some store brands.

ETA: Ok, I realize we're all grocery buyers. My mom works for a store chain and gets paid to do it. Silly spongemonkeys.

Haha! I saw this ad the other night during the Grammy's and thought it was the worst use of a song in a car ad. It would've been different if it had shown someone driving a little itty-bitty car and then looking over to see a huge SUV, next frame showing the driver in the bigger car. Sheesh. A Suzuki? I drive a Hyundai and wouldn't even consider Suzuki moving on up. Good lord.

And I second the hate of the new McD's "control freak" ad. Dumbasses. First, a first date at McD's? No. Second, if a man ever assumed what I wanted at any restaurant, I'd not be the kind to let that go. Don't order for me anytime, I'm not old, infirm, or otherwise incapacitated in making my meal choices. Sheesh.

Also? It's McDonald's. I mean, really. You're ordering for me at McDonald's? It's not complicated, it's not expensive, there's no fabulous new treat for you to introduce my tastebuds to ... Why the hell are you ordering? What, I can't say "Number 9" for myself, now?

Ronald McDonald is the TrojanMan?!? Christ on a cracker, I'll never look at a condom the same way again, or Ronald for that matter. Speaking of RM, a good while back, when they would actually have RM in McDonald's commercials, I could have sworn the guy dressed as RM was the dude from "The Boy Who Could Fly."

Oh. My. God. I just researched this, and it is indeed him. His name is Jay Underwood. I fucking knew it.

Also, the RM statue at my local McDonald's has been giving me the stiff-one-eye for as long as I can remember. Freaks my shit out.

WTF?! Jay Underwood plays Ronald McDonald now! That's so sad. Are you sure he wasn't playing the dad in that commercial? I think it came out right after the Sonny & Cher TV movie.

Damn, there's no reason why I know even this much about Jay Underwood's career.

This? Is a PSA classic. It's the only one that has really stuck with me for years. I love it!

Ok, I thought Jay Underwood was the Boy Who Could Fly and Not Quite Human?
Yeah, I just looked him up. He is. Is that the same guy? His bio said he did a commercial for McDonald's.

Jay Underwood was in a McD's commercial WITH Ronald, not AS Ronald. He played the dad of a young blonde girl. They ate fries on a bench outside the restaurant, then Ronald came up to them, for reasons that are entirely unclear. One thing for sure: It was pre-"Lovin It".

Saw the weirdest Remax ad today. Older retired looking couple. Wife is in the water of isolated lake, encourages husband to join her in skinny-dipping. As he strips (and I quake in fear that this is for erection medicine), a hot air balloon looms behind him... as he begins to pull down his tighty whities, perky real estate woman blathers about how she found them a secluded beach house. Uh, okay. Yeah, I know when I look for a realtor, my first priority is to find one who is pushy, intrusive and completely dismissive of my privacy. I guess the follow up ad will be her striding into their bedroom... ew.

Well, hot damn! I could have sworn he was the clown. I have no memory of the dad whatsoever. I guess my fragile-egg-shell-mind pulled a bit of the ol' switcheroo on me.

I haven't even seen the Quizno's commercial (I'm either not watching enough tv, which is highly unlikey, or am watching the wrong channels). I have, however, seen "We Like The Moon" about a million times. The spongemonkeys scare the crap out of me, but I think the song's sorta funny and very catchy. So that in mind, and promises of $1 off, I went to Quizno's yesterday. While I like the sub, I couldn't help but feel like I was cheating on my other sub/sandwich love, Rolly Polly Sandwiches.

At least I didn't go to McDonald's ('cause I'm not lovin' it, yo)...

GAH!! Those Emerald Nuts ads are AWFUL!!! Get off my tv, you "enlightened nomads" or whatever else starts with an 'E' and an 'N'!!!

I don't know if I saw the same one or not. I thought he was, uh... defecating. And I could not believe that it was a good image for an ad. What you saw isn't any better. What are they thinking?

I'm dying laughing as I imagine a real estate ad that extolls the virtues of pooping at your secluded beach house.

Dear God, I actually found this reassuring. Don't laugh, he was Chip, and Disney was the only premium channel our mom would let us have...

i actually saw a commercial for the movie "YOU GOT SERVED" calling it america's #1 must see movie, proof that you can pay a homeless man 10 bucks to call it the best movie ever, and then broadcast it on national TV!

My friend who is dieting saw this and shrieked, "Oh! And I thought that chocolate says 'Eat me, eat me, so that I can latch on to your ass and never ever, ever, let go!" Hee. But yes, by the fourth time it appeared, it had us reaching for soft objects to hurl at the television.

And I'm thoroughly sick of all the "50 First Dates" commercials. Drew, I love you, but I hate Adam Sandler even more (except in Punch-Drunk Love). And Rob Schneider only intensifies the hate.

I finally just saw the freaky Quizno's ad you've all been posting about. Oh. My God. WTF are those things? What were they smoking in the conference room meeting when they approved that concept? Those things are just freakin' me out.

I first became aware of the spongemonkeys when We Like The Moon was posted on the Peter Jackson appreciation page, saying it had nothing to do with Peter Jackson but people who liked his movies might like it. I have to wonder just what everyone involved was smoking.

Word. That reminds me of something I wanted to rant about here: what's with the "Hey Ya" in commercials all of a sudden? Yeah, I get it, Outkast is awesome, who-doesn't-love-their-music-cakes. I know that the song doesn't always "fit" the commercial, but this is too weird. I could understand a company using it to push something generically "hip" like soda, or jeans, or gum, but Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler? Fear Factor? The frick?

I'm sick of all movie commericals in general. The first couple of times I see an ad, I'll think, "Hey, that looks pretty good." Then, three months later the thing finally comes out, I've seen the commerical nine billion times, and guess what? I don't go. Way to go, movie industry.

But Hersey's "chocolate" says "I'm a cheapskate"


[sv]me[/sv] It's one of those songs that get stuck in my head every time I hear it, so playing it on commercials where I don't have time to avoid it is extra annoying.

Saw a medical ad last night, I guess for some sex-enhancement drug, and one of the disclaimers was "inform your doctor if you have advanced HIV disease". I mean, shouldn't your doctor already know it if you have advanced HIV?

You gotta admit that seeing Rob Schneider get beat up over and over again has a certain charm.

I finally saw the Quizno's ad on TV this morning as well, after watching the thing from that website. I especially love how this was the first damn thing I saw after I woke up. They should restrict these ads to the afternoons, that way, nobody will get scared too early in the morning, or right before bedtime.

Anybody notice that after you see a movie, the commercials for that particular movie don't seem to be airing as much? Just me? Maybe I'm not watching enough TV...

No wonder they use Ronald for a condom commercial. And yes, I'm 12. Thanks for asking.

This is just a guess (I'm not in the industry or anything), but I think they don't air movie commmercials as much after the first or second weekend its out b/c they know the people who are going to see it in the theaters already have, so there's no point to advertise.

Oh, HEE! This is too funny. I'm loving it!



I'll admit to that, but it's fake beating up. Plus, I'm a bit envious as I would enjoy doing it myself.

"THIS is for Deuce Bigelow, Male Gigolo! THIS is for The Animal, and THIS! is for THE HOT CHICK!"

edited coz tags are not my friends

Well, that came out wrong. I should clarify, and say he isn't actually giving me the stiff one-eye, just trying to. And I ain't lovin' it! Ronald is one sick clown, yo.


I am beyond sick of that fucking song! The appeal was pretty much lost on me, after the first 20,000 times I heard it on the radio & MTV. So then of course, I get assaulted by it every ten minutes through advertisements. Go away Outcast, and go away Rob Schneider.

I think we need to take up a collection for people scarred by the Quizno's spongemonkeys. Aside from the fact that I wouldn't know where a Quizno's was if my life depended on it, I'd be reluctant to go inside, for fear I'd see the little bastards on posters and whatnot.

[South Park] You've seen him play an animal...you've seen him play a hot chick..now see Rob Schneider in...THE STAPLER! [/SP]

Question: There's this new Viagra-like drug out there and the commercial says something about having the "effects last for 36 hours". I was barely paying attention to this ad, so I have no idea exactly what lasts for 36 hours...I know it couldn't be an erection b/c they went on to warn you that "erections lasting 4 or more hours are abnormal and can be dangerous." Uh, wha?

Well anyways, the ad just has a bunch of guys saying that they're "always ready" now, and it cuts to scenes of them dancing with their wives, prancing on the beach, you know...the regular stuff that you can't do with an enormous boner. Someone please explain this miracle drug!

ChinkyGirl, I believe the point is the drugs in the pill that allow it to work--I'll pass on the explanation--stay in your system for 36 hours, allowing the person to get a satisfactory result without having to take another pill. Viagra, I believe, only works for about an evening or so. You also have to take Viagra a specific amount of time before the deal goes down. I would guess, then, that the benefit here, is one could take it Friday evening and it would last to Sunday morning and it would work whenever one needed it to.

Disclaimer: No personal knowledge of any this--I just get bored when McD's ads are on and read the patient info in the magazine ads. Seriously. (Spongemonkey).

>>Well anyways, the ad just has a bunch of guys saying that they're "always ready" now, and it cuts to scenes of them dancing with their wives, prancing on the beach, you know...the regular stuff that you can't do with an enormous boner. Someone please explain this miracle drug!<<

Well, I'm a Viagra user, and I'm not sure how long it lasts because I've generally only used it for a few hours after taking it. Viagra doesn't immediately give anyone an erection. I have to be aroused to get an erection, but believe me, it is a LOT easier to arouse me when I'm on Viagra. On Viagra I can get an erection from kissing a woman, and I get no erection from a kiss otherwise. Believe me, at my age ( 44 ), there's no chance of me getting accidentally aroused without Viagra. The erection tends to hang around for five or ten minutes longer than I need it, afterwards. So I would imagine a guy would have to be a little bit careful on this stuff. Prancing on the beach wouldn't be a problem, but dancing with his wife might get him going. But no one is going to be walking around with a 36-hour erection on this drug.

One thing I've learned is, when I'm on Viagra, don't let a woman kiss me before I go in to pee. I practically had to do a headstand on the toilet.