Beelzebubba
Feb 19, 2004 @ 12:15 am
and the old Shop-Rite Can Can ads with the chorus line? ...
I remember a lot of that song. Our local Single A ballclub does a cheesy promotion. I sing along with what I know.
Now Shop-Rite has the Can-Can
Selling lots of brands
Of everything in
Can-Cans
From blahblahblahblah they mention corn somewhere in here
Something something asparagus.
From can to can to can to can
You'll save much more on every brand.
You'll save much more on every brand!
Now's the time to shop at Shop-Rite's Can-Can Blast.
Now's the time to Stock up while the savings last!And yes, that's exactly how I belt it out at the ballpark, much to the amusement of those around me. But I admit I sing it to myself at times outside of the can-can promotion. It's an earworm for me.
And OT, my mom's best friend from HS grew up on the same block with
Phil Rizzuto from the Money Store, as I think of him. She still visits with him to this day. Every time she comes in the house, he says, "Holy Cow! It's Jane Doe!"
Jeebus Cripes
Feb 19, 2004 @ 12:44 am
aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Bad enough I walked past a bunch of guys, wearing masks and making a bunch of marionettes dance to "Hey Ya" tonight while traversing the Port Authority Terminal, but now the cymbal clapping monkeys?
Glad to see I'm not the only one with issues. Inanimate objects that move... always manages to freak my shit out.
I have yet to see the marionette commercial or the DOOMED! DOOMED! DOOMED! ad. Dammit, dammit, sonofabitch.
Nickety
Feb 19, 2004 @ 12:47 am
The Pepsi/iTunes "announcement" is the most annoying commerical ever. I despise the girl they used.
"Hi! I'm one of the teens who got prosecuted for downloading music off the internet, and I'm here today to tell the whole world where I'm still downloading music off the internet!"
The end is what really gets me though.
(cracks a huge smile) "And there's nothing anyone can do about it!" and she does this terrible laugh that's all high-pitched and, "Huhehuhee!"
God. Stupid girl.
skittl3862
Feb 19, 2004 @ 1:18 am
God, don't forget the obnoxious Staten Island accent. That's the part that really makes me cringe, esp. how she says "in-ti-net." Ewwwwwww.
Poodle Hat
Feb 19, 2004 @ 2:47 am
I saw the cutest Swiffer commercial today. It starts out with Anne B. Davis (Alice from the Brady Bunch) looking into the camera and then diving into a pool. Then you see all these maids and butlers from old T.V. shows hanging out at this resort.
I don't know if I like this one or not. I thought it was clever including all the tv maids/butlers, but isn't Ann B. Davis dead? If so, I gotta go with thumbs down.
quickychick
Feb 19, 2004 @ 6:31 am
Poodle Hat, I can't find anything on the web that says Ann's dead. All the bios say she's retired and just hanging out with her church friends, see
hereor
here. And
here.
Sincerity
Feb 19, 2004 @ 7:03 am
That damned Pepsi/i-Tunes commercial! Oh god, I hate it too. Guh.
You know...I saw the Quizno's commercial today...And I hate to say that I didn't turn away and cover my ears immediately. I'm actually starting to...Like it. As horrible as that is.
Inanimate objects that move? Definitely freakishly scary. Ugh. Oh man. I don't know how I survived tonight's episode of 'Angel', but I did. Maybe it's because they didn't play any dark and soulless commercials, like that STUPID SNUGGLE BEAR that I saw yesterday during...Some other show that I watch. Shudder.
ubi
Feb 19, 2004 @ 7:11 am
But that marionette? That thing scares me... as much as I hate to bring it up, cause we've talked about it in the "scarred for life" thread, it has shades of the tiki doll... aieeeeeeee!
I thought that ad was cute... Did you see the one with the one foot tall superhero shilling skin rash medicine hanging around with this girl all day in the park?
That Secret(?) commercial is back - the one with the StickUpHerAss selfish roommate who asks, "Did you wear my black blouse?" I know it's irrational; I know it's her blouse; I even know it's just a commercial, but I. Hate. Her. So. Much.
I hate it because the woman who asks is too stupid to notice the dress is all sweaty and smells like cigarette smoke after being worn out all night.
charlieboo
Feb 19, 2004 @ 7:49 am
methinks you probably remember Jim Palmer pitching for the Money Store?...
I'd rather remember Palmer in his tightie whities back in the day (Fruit of the Loom?).
Forgot to mention this last week, but a moment of silence is in order for the ad writer (sorry - I forget his name) who died last week: he was responsible (among other ads) for the "Tarryton smokers would rather fight than switch" and "Wisk around the collar beats ring around the collar"
samsnee
Feb 19, 2004 @ 8:49 am
I know this was discussed way back, but I just want to re-iterate how much I hate that girl on the Pepsi commercial who says that she's going to keep downloading music off the internet and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Is she supposed to sound retarded?
kswat
Feb 19, 2004 @ 9:02 am
It was discussed on the previous page, the poster there said that it might be a Staten Island accent. I keep getting a British feel to it, but that doesn't make any sense. Either way, she needs to get off of my TV.
MechaAlice
Feb 19, 2004 @ 9:02 am
Ok, I read the past 20+ pages just to make sure I hadn't missed this. The Hardee's commercials with the stupid men who can't make themselves breakfast? Even cereal? They drive me NUTS. I've gotta say that I have never known a grown man who couldn't open a package of cereal, or a container of Pillsbury biscuits. And the tagline; "Hardees. Without us, some men would starve." Makes me furious. Stupid Hardees. They know where they can stick their Angus beef.
FfrauleinN
Feb 19, 2004 @ 9:17 am
From blahblahblahblah they mention corn somewhere in here
Something something asparagus.
Bwah-hee! That cracks me up, 'cause it's the same part I mumble my way through.
Dammit, dammit, sonofabitch.
Settle down, Beavis. Heh.
The Pepsi/iTunes "announcement" is the most annoying commerical ever. I despise the girl they used.
Ack. I hate her too. OMG,
skittl3862, it's a STATEN ISLAND accent? Is that what it is, because I could not figure it out. I was all, "Is she a cockney flower girl? Does she have a speech impediment? What?" Well, that's one mystery solved. Can someone tell me why the little heifer's so smug? You get
one free song, dumbass. If that.
hagreene80
Feb 19, 2004 @ 9:23 am
You get one free song, dumbass.
Official Pepsi rules: Maximum number of valid Codes per email address/person that can be entered at the Web Site is 10 per day and 200 total throughout the Promotion Period.
Still too bad they aren't distributing the caps in my area! (Bad Pepsi man!)
eta getting it right the second time!
FfrauleinN
Feb 19, 2004 @ 9:24 am
See, I was just going by the "fine print" in the commercial. They say they're giving away like a jillion songs, but then this kid holds up a cap that says, "One Free Song." Yeah, right. More like "Sorry, Try Again."
screamapiller
Feb 19, 2004 @ 10:35 am
But marionettes are supposed to move!
Of course they are
ChinkyGirl... But NOT WITHOUT THEIR STRINGS! Once they come to life, that's when they come after you. And we all know what happens then....
I'd rather remember Palmer in his tightie whities back in the day (Fruit of the Loom?).
Jockey Elance! Man. How the hell do I know all of this stuff? I'm starting to think I might actually using more of my brain than normal, because I shouldn't be able to function on a daily basis
and store all this minutiae.
From blahblahblahblah they mention corn somewhere in here
Something something asparagus.
I don't think anyone actually knows the words in this part... I just mumble too!
it's a STATEN ISLAND accent?
and every time I see that commercial, I am reminded of my ex who is from SI and it makes me a) secretly wish for his part of the island to sink into the ocean, and b) want to pound my tv with a big hammer.
Ilikegrayarrows
Feb 19, 2004 @ 10:57 am
Funny, when I hear that commercial, I realize 1) I never want to go to Long Island again (yeah, not the same, but whatever. Same area, right?) 2) I don't drink Pepsi or any cola, and if I did, it would be in a freakin' can, and 3) Look, you probably have the same taste in music as your friends -- upload their CDs. You don't need to buy soda!
kswat
Feb 19, 2004 @ 10:59 am
Here's a commercial that seriously disturbs me, but makes me kind of giggle a little at the same time. Its a PSA for the Brain Injury Association of America, about the importance of wearing bike helmets.
Two kids are riding bikes, and the neighborhood bully isn't wearing a helmet, taunting the smart helmet-wearer about being a sissy boy, mama's sissy boy, etc. The camera is trained on the bully the whole time. He then rides right into a load of lumber sticking out of the back of a pick-up truck in a driveway, and goes down.
First, ouch. But the best part is, the camera (and thus presumably the kid that he was taunting), keeps going!! It just cracks me up to think of the bullied kid riding away muttering "who's the sissy boy now, you dumb brain-damaged bully."
meknownothing
Feb 19, 2004 @ 11:24 am
Last night, on during American Idol, I think, was a new soda commercial. It takes place in a movie theater. Two black guys sit in their seats, and look at the empty seats in front of them. No, wait -- the middle seat's not empty -- there's a 6" action figure of a black man, standing on the seat, dressed in what appears to be a pimp coat and hat. I get the feeling I'm supposed to recognize him, but I don't. There's some urban repartee between the two guys and the action figure, who's going on about the use of the armrests to hold his big cups of soda, and what he's going to do in all the possible situations where people will be sitting next to him. It ends with the entrance of two foxy ladies, each one sitting on either side of him, and him going "Oh, boy!", or the equivalent.
And it's done, and I get the feeling that I missed something vital that would explain this commercial to me. Maybe even the name of the soda?
Penfold
Feb 19, 2004 @ 11:29 am
I'd rather remember Palmer in his tightie whities back in the day (Fruit of the Loom?).
Jockey Elance! Man. How the hell do I know all of this stuff?
The same way I do? By surreptitiously clinging to that picture through the formative years? Sigh....the good old days.
Word on the hate for the girl who downloads from the in-ti-net. Ooh, you're so naughty. God, shut up!
lmds
Feb 19, 2004 @ 11:39 am
Maybe even the name of the soda?
Sprite. His name is Miles Thirst. It's on Sprite's website.
thinkcwik
Feb 19, 2004 @ 11:43 am
But marionettes are supposed to move!
Of course they are ChinkyGirl... But NOT WITHOUT THEIR STRINGS! Once they come to life, that's when they come after you.
Screamapiller, you're spending way too much time in my head. Hee. All is forgiven since you gave me a pic of Jim Palmer in his undies. Whee!
The pimpish Sprite action figure kinda reminds me of Lil Penny from those Nike commercials a few years ago. Lil Penny was scary looking, but he sounded like Chris Rock, so I could live with it. As long as Lil pimpish Sprite guy just sits still and dosen't walk around or move his mouth, I can deal.
screamapiller
Feb 19, 2004 @ 11:48 am
The same way I do? By surreptitiously clinging to that picture through the formative years? Sigh....the good old days.
Well, that's true... then again, I'm still clinging to the good old days - I still have the 1997 Sports Illustrated issue with the shirtless picture of the top five MLB shortstops!
JoBu
Feb 19, 2004 @ 11:49 am
Lil Penny was scary looking, but he sounded like Chris Rock.
Lil Penny sounded like Chris Rock because Chris Rock did the voice.
And after all the hype, isn't it amazing that Big Penny ain't much anymore.
screamapiller
Feb 19, 2004 @ 11:52 am
All is forgiven since you gave me a pic of Jim Palmer in his undies. Whee!
Thinkcwik, I'm so glad you enjoyed the Jockey Jim pic... I made my identical scary commercial twin happy - Whee, indeed!!!!! : )
TenPea
Feb 19, 2004 @ 12:19 pm
Sincerity, don't be ashamed. I went from being completely freaked out to head-singing the song on the subway. And I will also miss the "peeeppperrr baaaarrr" line. I am officially pathetic.
That one-foot tall skin rash superhero is my favorite. But, that's probably because having one really nasty case of eczema will make you totally appreciate anyone or anything that gives even a glimpse of relief.
roosterboy
Feb 19, 2004 @ 12:21 pm
What I can't figure out about that Secret commercial is how deodorant in her pits would keep the roommate from getting the dress all sweaty. Look at that thing in the flashback. It's sleeveless and the sides of the dress are so low that her pits are about 4-5 inches away from the upper edge of the dress. Now, unless she's got huge rivers of sweat pouring out, any sweat on the dress would be from the parts of her body where she didn't apply the Secret. Yes?
FfrauleinN
Feb 19, 2004 @ 12:34 pm
That one-foot tall skin rash superhero is my favorite.
What annoys me about that ad is the woman in it is, aside from the children on
Barney, the worst actress in the world. I didn't get that she was supposed to be able to see Teeny Little Super Guy until the end of the ad, when they were "playing checkers" together.
ubi
Feb 19, 2004 @ 12:37 pm
The pimpish Sprite action figure kinda reminds me of Lil Penny from those Nike commercials a few years ago. As long as Lil pimpish Sprite guy just sits still and dosen't walk around or move his mouth, I can deal.
I'm afraid I have some bad news; I saw an ad with the Sprite guy visiting a black basketball player I guess I'm sppsd to recognise at his house WALKING around and dissing his crib until he finds the gigantic TV, at which point he just stands there drooling.
formergr
Feb 19, 2004 @ 2:07 pm
Curse those of you who got the Shop-Rite Can-Can song back in my head! I think it'll be there for the rest of the day.
As a child of the 80's who grew up outside of NYC, I'm loving all the commercial flashbacks mentioned. And I just remembered a series of ads WPIX-Channel 11 ran. In it, some poor employee of theirs had to come up with "The Big Idea" to promote the station. Now a fragment of the song used in the final ad is competing in my head with the Can-Can for domination:
One look at that skyline...
The message is clear!
You've hit the big tiiiime...
I've got the big idea!
The big idea of course being that the Twin Towers ((sniffle)) would make a perfect logo for WPIX channel 11. If any of you remember more of the song, could you share, please?
Cass4
Feb 19, 2004 @ 2:19 pm
On South Park last night they ran both the short and long versions of Quinzos, so perhaps all is not lost.
Sleestak Hunter
Feb 19, 2004 @ 2:41 pm
ubiI'm afraid I have some bad news; I saw an ad with the Sprite guy visiting a black basketball player I guess I'm sppsd to recognise at his house WALKING around and dissing his crib until he finds the gigantic TV, at which point he just stands there drooling.
I thought he was weeping w/joy over the Sprite machine in the kitchen. And he walked? Didn't notice- but since it's a TV commercial, no doubt I'll have a bazillion chances to see it again...
"Show 'em my motto!"
thinkcwik
Feb 19, 2004 @ 3:03 pm
I'm so glad I didn't see lil pimpish Sprite guy walking around. Eeep!
I haven't seen the full length spongemonkey commercial in days. I want to see the Doomed! Doomed! spot, but when does it air and on which network?
Someone had an entry in the last PC, and it was a commercial character. I can't remember the product it advertised, but it was a huge Raisin Bran looking sun with extra large anime eyes. People were running away from it and screaming, and he was saying, "But I'm full of vitamins!" What was the ad for?
ETA Whoa![/neo] Ain't that a kick in the pants? Thanks FfrauleinN!
FfrauleinN
Feb 19, 2004 @ 3:14 pm
"Image is nothing. Thirst is everything. Obey your thirst." Sprite.
kswat
Feb 19, 2004 @ 3:23 pm
Someone had an entry in the last PC, and it was a commercial character. I can't remember the product it advertised, but it was a huge Raisin Bran looking sun with extra large anime eyes. People were running away from it and screaming, and he was saying, "But I'm full of vitamins!" What was the ad for?
I think it might have been a Sprite ad--it was mocking the Sunny D ads where kids push aside soda to get to the good stuff. Or I could be imagining things and it could be for another product altogether.
But it was a great commercial, the sun appears, chases the kids and their mom around, one of them falls, good times. I'm sure someone can do a better job of explaining it than I'm doing.
ETA: Didn't realize that's what FfrauleinN was referring to--glad to know I'm not crazy for thinking it was Sprite because of what was being discussed in the thread.
Fruitbat
Feb 19, 2004 @ 3:33 pm
Chiming in here to express the hate.hate.hate I have for the chocolate milk commercials. All of them. The stunt guy falling down a hill, the kids at the store--I just thank the heavens that they stopped playing the one with the schoolgirl. Remember that? Little girl on a pogo stick, chocolate milk in her backpack, being leered at by the two chubbly, menacing boys on the couch? Yeah, that one. The one that made you feel dirty every time you thought about drinking chocolate milk. Yikes.
Saw the best hometown ad for a tax service today. It was obviously shot with a camcorder. My favorite line was, "Auuugggh! It's the IRS!" which was delivered with so much sheer B-movie terror that you would think she was being stabbed in the leg by that freaky Best Buy marionette.
Vermicious Knid
Feb 19, 2004 @ 4:11 pm
Two Guys? Now there's a name I haven't heard for ages. Don't remember exactly what they sold. Crazy Eddie's was briefly back in business last year after Eddie Antar got out of prison. That inspired a store down around the Chamber Street area named Meshuggunah Andy's back in the 80's.
Ah, the stupid 'PIX' game. Most of the time the kids wouldn't even have a strategy and just tried screaming "PIX, PIX, PIX!" as fast as possible. I remember the Twin Towers logo too. Back when it was still an independent station.
I walked past a coworker with an RC soda and am now plauged with
What's good enough, for other folks
aint good enough for
Me and my RRRRRCeeeee
Poodle Hat
Feb 19, 2004 @ 4:30 pm
I can't find anything on the web that says Ann's dead.
Whew! Well, that's a relief. Thanks
quickychick. Ok then, I like the commercial.
TenPea
Feb 19, 2004 @ 4:39 pm
Who remembers the "Lipton Plunge"?
Sleestak Hunter
Feb 19, 2004 @ 4:51 pm
(raises hand) I grew up in the 70s. Nowadays they'd probably have a "Don't try this at home" disclaimer at the bottom. ; )
As for RC Cola: the best commercial was the one set in the Soviet Union (when there was still one to set it in). Everyone's drinking Coke or Pepsi. Except the dancing Cossack-like rebels who drink RC out in their humble shack in the countryside. The last line is the best...
VO: So, enjoy the taste of RC Cola...
(door swings open to reveal 2 trenchcoated KGB agents)
VO: Before it's too late!
Heh.
screamapiller
Feb 19, 2004 @ 4:54 pm
What's good enough, for other folks
aint good enough for
Me and my RRRRRCeeeee
Here's another little ditty for you,
Vermicious:
Tab - what a beautiful drink!
Tab - for beautiful people!
Tab - it's beautiful to me (16 ounces and just one calorie)!Ah, the stupid 'PIX' game. Most of the time the kids wouldn't even have a strategy and just tried screaming "PIX, PIX, PIX!" as fast as possible.
You know, every once in a while, my brother and I will just start yelling "PIX!PIX!PIX!PIX!PIX!PIX!PIX!PIX!PIX!PIX!PIX!" at each other, and people think we're nuts (admittedly, my brother and I are pretty wacky). Thankfully, there are people out there who know what we're talking about, and would probably be laughing just as hard as we are.
What the heck
did Two Guys sell? I haven't the slightest idea.
Eliot
Feb 19, 2004 @ 5:10 pm
Tab - what a beautiful drink!
Tab - for beautiful people!
Tab - it's beautiful to me (16 ounces and just one calorie)!
Great...now I'll be humming that for the rest of the night.
Well, I guess it's better than the old Shasta ads...
I'm looking over...an orange soda
The Shasta that we adore...I think there was a root beer one too, but I can't remember how that one went.
Also? I hate the Sunny D commercials. All of them. Without exception. I think it's because the drink is really (or used to be) called "Sunny Delight" and some advertising genius got the idea of making it appear "cool" to teenagers by having them refer to it as "Sunny D." That's just so dumb it's cringeworthy.
DoctorNeon
Feb 19, 2004 @ 5:17 pm
My Mom finally noticed the "Juicy Fruit" commercial where the Pinata comes to life and attacks the poor partygoing kids for the gum, and by the end of the commercial is squirming out the doggy door. Sure, I want to think of a freaky inanimate object becoming animated while I'm chewing gum. Ick.
"Sunny D"
Kids know it tastes like watered down Tang. Please.
Ernos
Feb 19, 2004 @ 5:32 pm
Seriously. I'll take that Mystery Purple Stuff over Sunny D any day.
steering fish
Feb 19, 2004 @ 5:44 pm
Sunny D is fucking gross. Seriously. I can't believe that stuff is still around. It has this weird bitter aftertaste, which is just twisted and wrong.
TheCustomOfLife
Feb 19, 2004 @ 6:04 pm
I loved those Dannon yogurt commercials they used to run under the TV Land "Retromercial" banner. They must have made their first run on TV around 1972 or so. It's the really old guys from Georgia and the announcer breathlessly intones that in Soviet Georgia, Dannon yogurt helps them live and thrive past 100. I have trouble believing that, but I get a kick out of the guy chopping firewood at age 106.
Sheli
Feb 19, 2004 @ 6:34 pm
Just saw the spongemonkeys, uncut and as creepy and lovable as ever! And we don't even have a Quizno's in the area. So it was weird, but very reassuring.
There are actually a lot of commercials I've noticed with two versions. Does anyone know why they do this? A full 60 seconds and a 30 seconds version, for scheduling reasons, maybe? I don't know. But I always hate it when one of my favorite commercials is suddenly shorter than it used to be.
StephenTrendy
Feb 19, 2004 @ 6:44 pm
Ok, my new favorite PSA is the one with the parents slamming doors to prepare themselves for their upcoming talk with their child. I just laugh everytime at the thought of them slamming the door like that. Plus, I like slamming doors, too. Hahaha
quickychick
Feb 19, 2004 @ 6:59 pm
The uncut (it seems) spongemonkey ads can be seen on Quiznos' website, you just need to have flash 6.
Beware of paper cuuuuuuuuts!
ChinkyGirl
Feb 19, 2004 @ 7:44 pm
Anyone see this new Burger King commercial that says something like, (in Barry White-like voice) "Are you hungry, but not appetizer hungry? Sounds like you're Whopper hungry..."
First of all, thanks a whole damn lot for making me hungry at 1am. Secondly, nobody is ever appetizer hungry, are they? Third, yes...I have a deep hunger that only artery clogging meat can fulfill...niiiice ;)
OT: Must. write. paper....but. TWoP. is. caaaaalling..!! I swear, you guys are gonna get me in trouble ;)
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