nqllisi
Feb 26, 2004 @ 9:33 am
I haven't seen the ad, yet, but I'm with FfrauleinN- a Shamrock shake, fish sandwich, and fries from McD's is one of my favorite junk food combos ever.
I saw the Pepto Bismal ad, too. It's a little too cheery, given the subject matter.
DramaQueenLite
Feb 26, 2004 @ 9:42 am
So I was watching Comedy Central last night and I saw a new Nike commercial approximately, oh, forty times. It's the one with all the sports figures performing in other sports (i.e. Lance Armstrong boxing, Serena Williams playing professional volleyball, etc.). I wouldn't mind it so much if I hadn't seen it twice on every commercial break and if it didn't last five freaking minutes.
I still miss the pets.com commercials. "I'll give you...three dawlers. F...Four dawlers..." I remember during the Superbowl after the .com companies started to go south, they showed a commercial with a monkey searching for things on a beach in the wake of the .com downfall, a la Planet of the Apes, and the sock puppet was lying dead on a rock. Sigh.
Tornado25
Feb 26, 2004 @ 9:50 am
DramaQueenLite, I wish they wouldn't do that. First time I saw it was last night and I was like "was that...?", so I was glad to see it again. But, it's such a cool ad, they will of course ruin it by playing every break on every channel. The absolutely best is Randy Johnson against Pete Weber Jr. He gets a strike and Pete just shakes his head. I love Pete Weber Jr!
Saw a new ad for Jeep Liberty. Polar bear standing next to the Jeep and a guy scoops some snow into a cup and then melts it by setting it on the heated passenger seat. Gets out and tosses the water on what we can then tell is the polar bear's tongue stuck to the Jeep. Hee! Those polar bears...they're so wacky!
sticky
Feb 26, 2004 @ 9:51 am
I saw the Pepto Bismal ad, too. It's a little too cheery, given the subject matter.
God I hate that ad. It's actually offensive. Especially when they get to the diarrhea part and they pat their collective butts. Believe me...I know where diarrhea comes from.
Mrs OldManBalls
Feb 26, 2004 @ 10:21 am
The rapping farmers were okay the first couple of times, but the very mild amusement is long gone. At least it wasn't rapping cows.
Cass4
Feb 26, 2004 @ 10:22 am
a Shamrock shake, fish sandwich, and fries from McD's is one of my favorite junk food combos ever.
No pepper bar?
JuanitaSmi
Feb 26, 2004 @ 10:25 am
I too love the new Nike ad. At first, I thought it was a Sports Illustrated ad cause the magazine has some kind of anniversary. I should've figured it was Nike but Lance Armstrong threw me, I didn't know he had a Nike contract (thought it was just USPS for him.)
Anytime I see Andre Agassi, I am happy.
My other favorite commercial right now is for the Starsky & Hutch movie. It looks so damn funny. Owen Wilson singing David Soul's "Don't give up on us baby" is friggin hilarious. I like that they are doing it as a spoof and not ala Charlie's Angels.
jennifuh
Feb 26, 2004 @ 10:45 am
I too love the new Nike ad.
Ooh! Me too. It's funny, the first time I saw it I was very touched. Then my husband came home and when it came on again I made him be quiet, but the commercial made him laugh hysterically. So I laughed too, because I could see how it's also funny. Especially when you see how huge the Big Unit is next to that other little bowler. Gotta love those Nike ads.
cutecouple
Feb 26, 2004 @ 11:06 am
Who was the other bowler? I got the impression he was supposed to be somebody.
FfrauleinN
Feb 26, 2004 @ 11:15 am
Love the new Nike ad. Not a sports fan, but I "get it" and I love it anyway. They are bound to ruin it with overkill, though.
meknownothing
Feb 26, 2004 @ 11:20 am
I saw the Nike commercial at the start of UPN's
America's Next Top Model last night, and I was CONFUSED! I thought it was the show itself --you know, showing athletes competing, the way the girls are competing for the model slot. I kept saying to myself: "Ok, it's the show, no, wait, it's ... what? A commercial? But for what? Isn't this going on a little long? It must be the show! No, it's... What is this?"
ETA: Now that
they explain the whole thing to me, I feel much better.
DramaQueenLite
Feb 26, 2004 @ 11:27 am
Don't get me wrong, I like the Nike commercial, but in my household it's already been over-killed. Although every time I see Serena Williams deliver that last spike, it's pretty damn cool. She's so...well...strong. I know some of the shots in those commercials are CGI'd in or whatever, but I don't think that one is.
Bach-us
Feb 26, 2004 @ 11:48 am
I'm so happy. I saw Matrix Lassie last night. That's a great commercial.
senor coconut, I'm a choir director most days and a maestra if you're a Seinfeld fan (which I'm not, but I've heard things). I caught that because of the text. Screwing with music that's "old" and has a Latin text just because ninety percent of the population won't notice… It grates my cheese.
Fortune worshipping surfer: O Fortune, like… whatever…
Fortuna, Ruler of the World: I'll smite you down if you don't learn some proper language when you worship me! Go back to riding your waves, dude!
lindseywalker
Feb 26, 2004 @ 12:21 pm
I giggle like a school girl every time I see the "Wing dog" ad! Yes, every single time and I watch a lot of ESPN so I'm seeing that ad very frequently. I like when the singer really puts his heart into the song and croons "Wing daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawg". Tee hee!
It's so true, too. I am such a sucker for cute dogs. If the owner is a cute guy, that's a bonus.
formergr
Feb 26, 2004 @ 12:29 pm
Has anyone else seen the "California Cheese" ads? I think they're cute. They show some bulls in a field on a sunny day watching a couple of cows. One of the bulls says something like, "It's time!" All of a sudden one of those field-long rolling sprinklers turns on, and the cow goes over to it. Cheesy music comes on, and the cow goes slo-mo and bathes herself in the water, with the sunlight sparkling all over. The tag is something like, "Good cheese comes from happy cows. Happy cows come from California." 've only seen in twice, so I'm sure my description is not doing it justice.
ubi
Feb 26, 2004 @ 12:34 pm
Between this and the upcoming return of the Shamrock Shake, I don't know how I'm going to contain myself.
Mmmm, I had forgottten the Shamrock shakes are due soon. Gawd please don't do an ad with them; I'd have to deprive myself of them just to spite the idiots.
My other favorite commercial right now is for the Starsky & Hutch movie. [...] I like that they are doing it as a spoof and not ala Charlie's Angels
And the
Charlie's Angels movie wasn't? Yes, I'm bitter about them strip-mining our culture for new movie ideas.
cal331
Feb 26, 2004 @ 1:05 pm
How about the new Dirty Dancing movie I've seen ads for? Couldn't they just make the movie with the same exact plot, and not try to cash in on the Dirty Dancing name? Also, there's a new movie with Jennifer Garner that looks like a remake of Big.
dzdzsty
Feb 26, 2004 @ 1:16 pm
I love the Nike commercial. But I love all Nike commercials. The only thing I don't like is the Marion Jones vault, because it looks so fake. But I loved Lance Armstrong as the boxer. Because, yummy.
LT
Feb 26, 2004 @ 1:28 pm
Anytime I see Andre Agassi, I am happy.
Damn skippy! And as the shortstop for the Red Sox? Too brilliant.
Jamoche
Feb 26, 2004 @ 1:51 pm
All I know is I saw a double-decker Filet o' Fish on my TV and turned the volume up in time to hear that it was now at McDonald's. I hope it's not "for a limited time."
I'd bet they'll only have it during Lent, which started yesterday.
JuanitaSmi
Feb 26, 2004 @ 2:24 pm
TVguide.com's take on the Nike commercial from The Watercooler, 2/26/2004:
Nike "Just Do It"
I'll admit it. I am not a sports guy. They're like foreign films without subtitles. Or the Arquette family. I just don't understand them. But I do understand this commercial. Andre Agassi as a baseball player. Lance Armstrong in the boxing ring. They can do anything. We all can. It's simply inspiring. And I'm an Adidas fan, no less. -- Damian Holbrook
Tornado25
Feb 26, 2004 @ 2:24 pm
Has anyone else seen the "California Cheese" ads?
I have. And it prompted me to chuck a heavy object at the TV, as the concept of CA as happy dairy-leading state makes swallow a little bit of throw up. California is NOT a dairy state. Please. (And yes, to head off any corrections, I know they now lead the nation in milk production and maybe even cheese now, too--I know they and WI are close. I refuse to acknowledge CA as a "dairy" state.)
Fortunately, my TV is ok, as I would have had to get up to reach the nearest heavy object.
panpan23
Feb 26, 2004 @ 2:39 pm
Don't know if it's been brought up, but is anyone sick of those Ford Freestar commercials with Rick Titus (who's the host of some radio car show) and his horrible, horrible pleated pants that are worn at about stomach-level? Every time I see these commercials, I just want to scream.
The pants! The pants!!!
All right ... moving on ...
Jumpin
Feb 26, 2004 @ 3:00 pm
I like the Nike commercial too... although I started getting sick of it when it was on during EVERY COMMERCIAL BREAK.
Yeah, I was thinking that some of those shots were real and some were obvious (but good) CGI. However, the Marion-Jones-as-gymnast part was flawed, due in part I guess to the body type difference between "average" athletes and gymnasts: She looked like a gymnast with a tiny, tiny head.
JuanitaSmi
Feb 26, 2004 @ 3:24 pm
In my imagination, the Marion Jones gymnast is Dominique Dawes. She was great around the '96 Olympics and has that long lithe figure.
VeronicaNC
Feb 26, 2004 @ 3:24 pm
I must express my utter and complete contempt for the Midol commercial with the women at the beach. The two friends are amazed that the other woman is wearing a bikini since she has her period. They mention -- the cramps, the bloating, the mood swings. Then at the end the woman in the bikini who has her period says she wants a brownie and one of the friends says, "Oh, she is menstrual!"
Huh?!!?
I just don't get it -- what the heck does a bikini have to do with bloating, cramps, and mood swings? If I walk around in a one-piece does that mean my cramps, bloating, and mood swings will magically disappear?
I am not getting anywhere near any kind of swimsuit during that time of the month, it isn't because of cramps, bloating, and mood swings. If midol could promise to get rid of a couple of other things that go along with cramping, bloating, and mood swings, I would buy it by the case load.
Oh, and makers of midol, I pretty much want brownies every single day of my life --when I am menstrual, no chocolate is safe around me.
Cleo256
Feb 26, 2004 @ 4:10 pm
"Good cheese comes from happy cows. Happy cows come from California."
I love those commercials. They're wildly entertaining. Cows acting like people is never not funny. I think my favorite is that one with the bulls checking out the cow in the sprinkler.
Of course, I come from a family where it's tradition when you see a bunch of cows to bow slightly, mime removing your hat, and address them respectfully, "Ladies."
cronox5
Feb 26, 2004 @ 5:01 pm
man no one mentioned the best scenes in the Nike commercial:
Michael Vick and Brian Urlacher playing on the Colorado Avalanche! I would pay to see those two in a hockey game.
The only problem i have with the commercial besides it being overplayed on it's first day is the CGI. The shot where Agassi hits the single to left field looks like it was done in MS Paint.
skittl3862
Feb 26, 2004 @ 5:22 pm
VeronicaNC, your post cracked me up, mainly b/c I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw that commercial. Another issue: when you're hanging out with other girls, who uses "menstrual" to describe their condition? It sounds like a bunch of men who were scheeved by the word "period" created this commercial, since no woman would EVER protray this as being accurate.
ChinkyGirl
Feb 26, 2004 @ 6:38 pm
All I know is I saw a double-decker Filet o' Fish on my TV and turned the volume up in time to hear that it was now at McDonald's. I hope it's not "for a limited time."
I'd bet they'll only have it during Lent, which started yesterday.
Hee! I know this was a serious answer, but this is absolutely true! I went to Catholic school (ok, so I still do), and they constantly reminded us of the no-meat rules, to which I'd be so damn happy because I always got Filet O'Fish lunches from my parents, lol. It wasn't so hot during high school, though because the cafeteria would try their lame attempt at the Filet O'Fish, which wasn't pretty...
Unusual Suspect
Feb 26, 2004 @ 10:14 pm
So the two snot-nosed kids in the Bell Expressvue ads have managed to annoy the hell out of me by the second commercial viewing. It was only mildly amusing to see the younger one try to take a hockey stick to the television the first time, but the running into the wall was annoying.
kathyk2
Feb 26, 2004 @ 10:23 pm
I love the new Nike ad. I hate the commericial for Mccain french fries. Why is everyone talking in gibberish? My favorite commercial is the "Go Nimrods" ad for ESPN.
phxchic
Feb 26, 2004 @ 10:35 pm
I'm watching CSI, and during the halfway-mark commercial, I see the stupid Burger King "I'm the champion!" ad...
Which is immediately followed by red-shirted Viagra guy as Queen sings, "We Are the Champions".
I've seen both these commercials mentioned, but this is the first time I've seen them. And this was just great--I'm the champion, he's the champion, we're the champions--everyone's a fucking champion! Is Burger King putting Viagra on its fries or something? After all, BK is the Home of the Whopper.
Calberk
Feb 26, 2004 @ 11:10 pm
Swoops are just horrible. I thought they would be thin and delicate, but they are thick-assed pieces of chocolate. They should be as thin as Pringles, otherwise what's so innovative about it? They are just so thick, thick, thick!
kathyk2
Feb 27, 2004 @ 12:23 am
I haven't had Swoops yet, however I don't see anything wrong with a thick piece of chocolate:)
Rabrab
Feb 27, 2004 @ 12:47 am
The other thing about Swoops? If the package gets warm (like in your car in the summer) don't they just melt into one huge nasty chunk? If not, they've got lots more wax in them than I want in my chocolate.
wdejesus79
Feb 27, 2004 @ 1:04 am
My favorite commercial is the "Go Nimrods" ad for ESPN.
I love that commercial. And also the one where a behind-the-scenes guy proposes to his girlfriend, and the two answers are all "WTF?? What's going on?"
Oh, I love all ESPN commercials.
And I really like that new Nike commercial. My favorite part is Randy Johnson bowling, and his awesome strike. Sick!
Mangetical Anji
Feb 27, 2004 @ 1:17 am
The other thing about Swoops? If the package gets warm (like in your car in the summer) don't they just melt into one huge nasty chunk? If not, they've got lots more wax in them than I want in my chocolate.
There's wax in chocolate?
Poodle Hat
Feb 27, 2004 @ 2:16 am
Has anyone tried the Glad Press N Seal?
Calberk
Feb 27, 2004 @ 3:40 am
I haven't had Swoops yet, however I don't see anything wrong with a thick piece of chocolate:)
If I wanted my chocolate thick, I would just buy a regular bar of chocolate. What is the point of Swoops then if not to be a thin potato chip-like crispy experience?
Jeebus Cripes
Feb 27, 2004 @ 3:55 am
Whether Swoops are good or not-- if I have to hear the "Swoops There It Is" shit one more time... I'm going to jam something very pointed directly into my eardrum. It's possible that I loathe that song even more than "The Macarena." And that's saying alot folks. Seeing Swoops in the candy aisle and associating it with that unholy song, is totally overriding my impulse to buy chocolate. So yeah, well done Hershey's. Or whatever retard company is responsible for my pain.
Rabrab
Feb 27, 2004 @ 3:59 am
Yep, most chocolate has some amount (it can vary widely) of a solidifier in it. For cheap chocolate it's often a wax, better chocolates use butterfat and/or whey solids. Pure chocolate melts at something like 97 or 98 degrees F., which is why fine chocolates, like Godiva, Lindt, and others of that calibre, melt away in your mouth-- they melt at body temperature or only slightly higher.
healing fish
Feb 27, 2004 @ 4:31 am
Ewwww...waxy chocolate.
I guess that's not as bad as the crushed beetles they use to make M&M shells though. Or so PETA has told me. I don't know if it's true.
ubi
Feb 27, 2004 @ 7:45 am
How about the new Dirty Dancing movie I've seen ads for? Couldn't they just make the movie with the same exact plot, and not try to cash in on the Dirty Dancing name? Also, there's a new movie with Jennifer Garner that looks like a remake of Big.
*SOB* I thought I was imagining that DD2 ad.
Whether Swoops are good or not-- if I have to hear the "Swoops There It Is" shit one more time...
I saw that ad for the first time last night and couldn't help but wonder if they named the product so they could use that song in the commercial.
I still have yet to see the DOOMED!DOOMED!DOOMED! ad, but I saw a strange yet amusing one for IBM (I think) which featured the alien from the
Alien movies sititng at a desk in an office with a piece of paper with a face on it scotch taped to its face. I'm not sure what that was about because I was laughing so hard at everyone being fooled by the lame disguise he wore.
charlieboo
Feb 27, 2004 @ 7:55 am
I've seen both these commercials mentioned, but this is the first time I've seen them. And this was just great--I'm the champion, he's the champion, we're the champions--everyone's a fucking champion! Is Burger King putting Viagra on its fries or something? After all, BK is the Home of the Whopper.
"Fucking champion". He He. Sounds like a new sporting event sponsored by Viagra. Besides, if you ate the damn whopper that made the guy the "champion", then took Viagra, I'm guessing heart attack city isn't far behind.
On another topic: saw an ad last night for a new over-the-counter drug to fight fatigue. Just one pill! each morning! makes you feel peppy all day! Hmmmm....in college we called that "speed"!
Funniest part though was the VO explaining how you know you're suffering from fatigue: "One symptom of fatigue is exhaustion." No shit!
I could not make this stuff up if I tried.
FfrauleinN
Feb 27, 2004 @ 8:31 am
Y'know what another symptom of fatigue is? Lazy writing in drug ads.
Hee! I know this was a serious answer, but this is absolutely true! I went to Catholic school (ok, so I still do), and they constantly reminded us of the no-meat rules, to which I'd be so damn happy because I always got Filet O'Fish lunches from my parents, lol.
Actually, wasn't the Filet O'Fish in fact created for Lent? I just hope the double-decker version sticks around too.
Sideshow Al
Feb 27, 2004 @ 10:20 am
I still have yet to see the DOOMED!DOOMED!DOOMED! ad, but I saw
a strangelt amusing one for IBM (I think) which featured the alien from
the Alien movies sititng at a desk in an office with a piece of paper
with a face on it scotch taped to his face.
As it turns out, the alien-in-disguise commercial is also for Federal Express. Had it been an IBM commercial, the alien would be in a white room sitting face to face with the Linux kid and telling the Linux kid, "Shake things up! And don't be afraid to kill a few puny humans! Hisssssss!" Or maybe he would say, "Hey! You're not the Real Slim Shady! Hisssssss!" and kill the Linux kid where he sat.
scarletine
Feb 27, 2004 @ 10:23 am
Has anyone tried the Glad Press N Seal?
Yes, and it really does work as advertised. When you can keep if from sticking to itself, that is. Love that stuff!
jennifuh
Feb 27, 2004 @ 10:40 am
I love Glad Press N Seal too! It really works as well as in the commercial and is way better than plastic wrap. Like scarletine said, it can stick to itself, and even your fingers, but it's still awesome!
I just realized that the model in the commercial where she marries a nerd and has a cute nerd baby is a model for one of the websites I work on. I just uploaded a picture of her in some "shapewear".
FfrauleinN
Feb 27, 2004 @ 10:57 am
Isn't she a Victoria's Secret model? I love that commercial, especially when the little cute genius baby operates the washing machine.
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