When I first saw the Chicken/Kitchen Strips commercial, I mentally pictured the No-Pest Strip my mother kept hanging just inside the kitchen door when I was a kid -- she actually called it a "kitchen strip". You can bet that I won't be trying KFC's version any time soon. Ewwwww.

I did a double take when I saw this ad. Couldn't believe he was in it. On a happier note, saw a little in-store promo card announcing Thom Felicia's role as the new Pier One spokesperson today. Can't wait to see the new ads!

Two commercials running now that are irritating. 1) The Dairy Queen ad where the man is feeding his GF ice cream and she's moaning orgasmically with her eyes closed while he scarfes a bunch down. Ok, their ice cream is good but not to the point where you're moaning like that!
2)Honda ad with the meter maid walking around the car then, when it seems like she's writing a ticket she actually leaves her name and phone #! Based on a Honda!? Never sees the owner, could be a woman(not that there's anything wrong with that). Still....

I won't mention the use of the song, because we have been discussing it since this place went by the old name BUT,
Royal Caribbean Alaska cruises:
"I may miss my massage" chick:
Shut the fuck up.
I hate you and your fucking massage. Your boyfriend is an idiot. You don't deserve a cruise or a massage. Shut up and get off my tv. I will send a spongemonkey after you. I swear.

Can someone explain why y'all call the Quizno's things spongemonkeys? I saw the commercial and I don't think it resembles anything near a sponge nor a monkey. It looks like a bug-eyed hamster.

The creator of the ad calls them spongmonkeys. That's the spelling I've seen, not spongEmonkey. Though I can understand the mistake, and maybe he made a typo originally. Now, I don't know why he calls them what he does -- 'cause it sounds funny, maybe?

Or to be weird. It's definitely...memorable.

If anyone is interested, you can watch the Snickers Election Booth Commercial and several other commercials, here.

Also, I saw a commercial tonight that really disturbed me. I think it's for a new kind of Mentos? This guy is sitting on the couch waiting for his date in the bathroom and he pops a couple mints in his mouth and the girls dog smells his breath and starts to french kiss him. That is just all kinds of gross and really doesn't inspire me to use their mints at all. It kind of makes me want to forgo mints all together if it means dogs won't make out with me.

It's not misspelled, because it's pronounced spung-monkey, not sponge-monkey. What sick imagination that guy must have to dream up those vile little things.

Are the godforsaken Emerald Nuts ads running nationally? Or are they just driving us West Coasters nuts (pun intended)? Their 'catch' is that they keep coming up with new non-sequitor pairings on the letters E and N, like "Exercising Newscasters", "Envious Nomads" and "Extinguished Novelists" who all love Emerald Nuts. They're incredibly lame and would be easily forgettable if they didn't run them every frigging commercial break!

I've missed out on the Pepto commercial y'all are talking about, but about the Quiznos spongmonkeys -- is there a reason the song about the pepper bar reminds me of an Adam Sandler bit? It seems really familiar to me (the tune, anyway). The only ads currently on air that make me look away are all the promos for the Style channel. The reason? They run quick snaps of different textures in the background, and there's one of what I assume is shag carpeting but everytime I see it, I think it's maggots or worms, and I just get a little bit queasy.

I hate that woman in the Crest Whitestrips commercial. She has 128 teeth, and she's not afraid to use them.

[Voice of Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter] She smiled to excess but she chewed with real distinction. [/VoEoAiTLiW]

I've only heard the original spongmonkeys song and thought it sounded a lot like Adam Sandler. It wasn't anything of his that I'd heard before (but I don't know much of his stuff) but it did sound like his voice.

I love the new Jack in the Box ad, where some chef is introducing this new sandwich. Then he asks Jack, "aren't your ads usually funny?" Jack responds, "I'm very serious about this new sandwich."

Bag drops, logo, etc. Just when you think the commercial's really going to pass without a joke, cut back to the chef hitting himself in the face with a pie. Jack: "You're better than that." Hee hee.

I've never cared for the food at Jack in the Box, but the ads rock.

No kidding! And why can't the man just buy his own ice cream so he doesn't have to sneakily hurry to eat spoonfuls of the shared ice cream?

WORD. All that effort they could be putting into making their food, you know, edible, goes into making their ads. Not that I'm complaining, of course.

Does anyone know who the singer is in the new Coca Cola ad? It's the one where the girl is walking down the street, singing and pulling bottles of coke out of her bag and handing them to people. Sounds cornball, but she has a beautiful voice. It aired during AI tonight, and people in the AI forum have been buzzing about it... simply because she's a thousand times better than any of the crappy finalists on the actual show...

LinaBo beat me to my Coca Cola commercial question. Oh, I love alliteration.

Jack In the Box makes me kind of sick. And isn't he saying something about a gourmet sandwich? Um...It's Jack In the Box. Ain't no way that shit's gourmet.


I KNOW RIGHT. Is it really necessary to show off your blinding-white teeth? You've had teeth forever, they ain't no better just cause they're all bright and such now. Geez.

A little OT, I know, but ::sniff:: Katherine Hepburn ::sniff:: :-(

This could be local to the NYC area, but:

Lincoln Mercury is having a big sale. And chose to emphasize this by underscoring the standard people-running-around-looking-at-pretty-cars-in-the-showroom footage with: "Big Time" by Peter Gabriel.

HATE. HATE LINCOLN MERCURY. HATE THEM. You do NOT mess with Peter Gabriel like that. HATE.

Why, yes, I am a fan.

I'm with you on this CatLady, I hate those commercials like crazy. But, I have to admit that those damn things really WORK! And I've been smiling a bit more maniacally now that I have pretty white teeth again.

They did a hilarious parody of this commercial on Mad TV last week. They criticize the Whitestrips girl over and over, and then the girls say, "You know why we have white teeth? We brush them every day." Then they smile, the Colgate logo appears on the screen, and the tagline "Brush 'em!" appears. Funny.

Not local, I saw it here in the west. By the way, was "Big Time" a satirical song about excess?

Retro ad of the moment: Sprint's Siegfried and Roy go to 7-11. "Do you haf any gummi bears?" "Hurry up, Roy, I'm hooonngry." The "ta DA" flourish when opening the microwave. And the little poof of smoke as they "disappear." Brilliant! (I heard last night Roy is getting around with a walker now and was reminded me of the ad.)

The Lincoln Mercury ads with "Big Time" must be national; they're playing in ATL.
Another ad destruction of a fine tune: Cheap Trick's "Surrender" for Universal Theme Park. Aaack!

Early in the commercial he's not doing that thing where he's eating it by the shovel-full. I think he didn't realize how good it was when he bought it. And if he got up to buy another, he'd spoil the romantic mood. He's got a decent chance of getting laid tonight, and he's not going to blow it just because he likes the ice cream. Thus the sneaking.


Yeah, and I'm not even anti-fast-food. McDonald's hamburgers? Good eatin'. Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers? Flavorless and dull. But I just love their ads. I'll have to go and try one of their new concoctions or something.

Agreed, Alexandria. That was ad pure genius... my sister-in-law, who was one of the minds behind the "the stapler's down! the stapler's down!" and the "I've got it all right up here (proceeds to knock himself unconsious on the table)" ads for Computer Associates and has worked in advertising for nearly 20 years, thought that was one of the greatest commercial spots she'd ever seen.




Both of these ads make me nearly as angry as the one for Mitsubishi that uses "Ballroom Blitz". What's next, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's "Fire" for antacid commercials? "In A Gadda Davida" for Scott's Turfbuilder?

I'm amazed someone hasn't used Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls" for a plus-sized clothing line (and yes, we do make the rockin' world go 'round. Now get on your bikes and RIDE!)

Oh I just loved the Siegfried and Roy commercial! And thanks for the update on Roy, Alexandria Bay.

Or a hemorrhoid medicine...

Yep. All the more reason why this is STUPID. HATE!

(Stomps off to pull a 'Say Anything' moment and blast "The Barry Williams Show" on a boom box under the Lincoln Mercury corproate offices)

Ah, mistaken musical moments. Like when the Reagan campaign wanted to use Born in the USA, or women who think Better Man is an appropriate wedding song. The kind of people who use the Alanis Morrisette definition of 'irony'.

My fave is when Tommy Hilfiger (I think it was them) used CCR's Fortunate Son in a patriotic-themed commercial.

What you hear in the commercial:

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they’re red, white and blue...

and then it fades out. The rest of that goes...

And when the band plays "hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, lord,
It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no senator’s son, son.
It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fortunate one, no,

and so on. Ah, revisionist jingles.

Revisionist jingles bug in a huge way. It's been mentioned before, waaay back, but the one that bothers me the most is the use of Iggy Pop's Lust for Life to shill cruise ships...conveniently cropping the song right before the mention of "liquor and drugs." I suppose I should be grateful that they didn't re-record it with new lyrics touting "swimming and fun" but it's still seriously annoying.


And now that they're mining the late '70s-early '90s back catalog for musical inspiration, I know how the Baby Boomers felt back in the '80s when they started setting craptastic ads to Motown and classic rock hits, especially when the song has the most nominal of connections to the product being pimped. Every time I hear something by Blondie, Devo, or The Smiths as a backing track for a mundane cleaning product or luxury sedan, I want to cry. I suppose it's only a matter of time before some pharmaceutical company options The Ramones' I Wanna Be Sedated or Monster.com decides Career Opportunities by The Clash would make a great ad campaign, and the horror will be complete.

Come to think of it, I'm kind of surprised that Cadillac hasn't used The Clash's Brand New Cadillac yet...then again, they're pimping that Led Zep song for all its worth to the tag-end boomers who are in their target demographic (y'know, the same folks who gave you The Who for Hummers). I suppose we'll have to wait 5-10 years until more of the early Gen-X-ers can afford a Caddy before they use our tunes. We'll just have to content ourselves with driving our bargain-priced, Smiths-pimped Nissans until then...and just you wait, Gen-Y-ers, nobody is safe! You'll be bitching over the ads featuring emo and rap-metal "hits of the '00s" in about 10 years. Don't say you weren't warned.

ugh i have to bring this up just for the hate:

WTF is with that McDonald's commercial with the Basketball on Rollerskates and the bad rapping? I'm pretty up to date pop culture wise, and I've never even heard of anything like it. Do people actually play this?

This morning, during my crappy WB viewing, I saw the ad for the "Fridge Pig." Yes, for a paltry sum of money, you can have a plastic pig in your fridge to say cute reminders!! "Don't forget to buy milk!"
Weird! What a bargain!

I've debating about posting this since it isn't really about the commercial, but about the product, but here goes..

The new Victoria's Secret ad bugs me. They are talking about their new "full coverage" bra. I'm sorry, but any bra where you still see half your boobs does not constitute full coverage to me. This is exactly why I can't wear VS bras, my boobs pop out of the middle of them. VS will never make a full coverage bra that properly fits full figured women I don't think and I wish they would stop making me want to go in there and try one on with their commericals.

Yes, I hate Victoria's Secret for the fact that they don't offer anything larger than a D cup, of any size. I see these beautiful bras that I can't fit into and see red. Grr. Sometimes I'm almost tempted to just buy a D-cup bra from them, but then I remember that Bifocal Boob is nobody's friend. Also, I bet Victoria's Secret loses millions of dollars each year to Frederick's of Hollywood (which DOES carry sizes larger than D, and is a hell of a lot cheaper), so that makes me feel a little less enraged.
I'm joining the We Hate the Kitchen Strips Commercial Club. I get a little twitch under my eye when I hear people mispronounce commonplace words, and the Kishun Strips Lady sets it going worse than people who say "ex-cape" instead of "escape".

big giant Double D and Triple E WORD! to both of you, DramaQueenLite and glstx - I find it hilarous that Victoria's Secret feels the need to tout their "full coverage" bras being modeled on women who probably wear an A or B cup bra.

Anyone have an opinion on the new United ad? (which I think first aired during the Oscars) The animated one where the guy successfully lands a job despite wearing two different shoes to an interview. I thought it was cute.

This is untrue. Check out Febreeze's website for more info. They even dedicated an entire commercial to stopping this rumor.

Hey, don't hate on the A and B cup people! When I was in Victoria's Secret and looking at the different tables, I had to go to the "small" table. And seeing as the same models are also in the "push-up without padding" VS commercials, they're definately not A and B because A and B NEED the padding!

ANYWAY, does anyone know where you could get the Seaman commercial online or something? My friend thinks I'm making it up and I'd like to convince him that I'm not insane.

Oh, I want one!! Can it be programmed? I'd totally program it to say "Stop your late night snacking!"

I just saw this new Old Navy commercial. It really bugged. It's the one that goes from Little Rock to Miami to Palm Beach to Malibu and in Malibu there are six people surfing on two surfboards (2 groups of three), and several of these people aren't even in bathing suit. It's such a stupid commercial. Then again, it's better than hearing Fran the nanny say "My shizzle's gone fahizzle." (Or whatever nonsense she spouts.)

I'd never hate on the A and B cup people. I'm perfectly happy with my body and I would never make fun of somebody else's...except Carrot Top's. I just hate any commercials that insult the consumer. I watch that stupid VS commercial and think, "They must think big boobs= less brain, 'cause in my world Tyra Banks is not 'full-figured'."
On this topic, there was one commercial for some brand of underwear, can't remember which one, within the past year (can I be more vague?). Anyway, In the commercial, the actress, who is a really pretty late-twenties black woman with curly hair, is hanging around in the bedroom with her husband. I can't remember much more, she was just walking around in her underwear...and it was NORMAL. She wasn't attempting to conceal the fact that she was full-figured- and the bra and underwear were not hideous! There was no talk of support garments or control-top or anything that would suggest she was anything less than happy about her body! I would take it as a sign of growth in the commercial industry, but I haven't seen that commercial in a while. Anybody know which commercial I'm talking about? I actually wanted to send them a letter of appreciation or something.

skitl3862, no offense intended - I got nothing but love for you, and I would have plenty of love for going to the small table, but the girls need a house (I kid you not, I have to wear TWO sports bras during soccer games to tame the girls)... hence my not having love for VS "full coverage" bras or the stupid ad campaign.

FWIW, stylists use silicone push-up pads inside the bras so the models look like they have mad crazy cleavage. The pads, which are referred to as "chicken cutlets" (so I'm told by a friend who is a costumer), is how they achieve that "hey, my boobs are jumping out of my bra!" look.

DramaQueenLite, I think it was either Playtex or Just My Size in the commercial you're thinking about.

Oh god, I just saw the most gut-wrenching PSA-type commercial... It was for MADD...

It refers to Skipper (I think the name was), and how Skipper was the household pet, and like family. Skipper has been locked up in the house without food or water for days. Some people may consider this abuse. They're right.

Then it goes on to say that drinking affects the people you love, and please don't drink and drive... as we see the poor starving dog, lying weak on a blanket, panting... and you can hear kids outside playing, and see the sun streaming through the windows...

I was on the verge of tears and puking, from pure sadness, after it was done.

I am absolutely not criticizing your reaction, Lina Bo (I haven't seen the ad) but I'm just bemused thinking about how most of those "Just Say No" commercials that involve PEOPLE get nothing but laughs on this thread (and deservedly so.) Maybe it should be a puppy we see pushing that little raft into a pool.

Does this dog belong to the people who didn't pick up their kids after soccer practice and ran over another while peeling out leaving a fast food place's drive-thru?


To quote the web site: "Imagine the caring. Imagine the surprise. Imagine the possibilities." Heh, nothing says "I love you" to the kids like a message for them on the Fridge Pig or receiving one as an Xmas gift.

Oh boy, a Fridge Pig! I would program mine to say "Get the hell out of here." Maybe I could market it as Swine of Satan. Just joking, folks!

I was just coming here to post about the Fridge Pig, which I saw in the sleepless wee hours this morning. I thought it was a spoof spot at first, with the cheesy music, the intentionally bad acting, and, well, the concept of a talking pig you put in your fridge.

What kind of person is really going to feel encouraged because of an inspirational message recorded on a pig that sits in the fridge? Can people not lose weight without reminding themselves not to eat everything on the fridge by recording their self-chastisement on the Fridge Pig? Can you honestly not remember to get milk unless you open your fridge and consult the pig? Can you not remember to eat carrots unless the Fridge Pig reminds you? Would YOU smile and laugh if your husband put the Fridge Pig in bed with the two of you?

One of the many things that kills me about this spot is that when that girl's talking about the Fridge Pig being a great gift, she opens up the box containing the Fridge Pig and says, "Thank you, Fridge Pig!" like she'd have had no other gift options if not for the Fridge Pig. And the woman who thanked the Fridge Pig for helping her lose weight. And the man who thanked the Fridge Pig for reminding him to eat more carrots.

Thank you, Fridge Pig! Heh.

It's almost like the Fridge Pig is the new Messiah.

Trust me, you don't want a Fridge Pig. One of my co-workers (who was evidently on a diet) got one and put it in the office refridgerator. It didn't have any cute messages, though. It just oinked to remind you that you were a fat pig in your own right everytime you opened the fridge to grab your lunch. Thankfully, it was removed before I flipped out and made good on my threat to shove it down the garbage disposal.

Sisters of the D+ cup, I share your pain! Stupid bra manufacturers just enlarge the pattern, they don't redesign to account for things like added support and coverage. Every time I see a VS ad I think of the amount of time I've wasted looking for a bra that actually fits without jabbing out in front when I sit down.