FfrauleinN
Mar 4, 2004 @ 9:54 am
WTF is with that McDonald's commercial with the Basketball on Rollerskates and the bad rapping?
Why stop there? WTF is with all the bad McDonald's ads? The one for the double Filet o'Fish (which they ruin with twice the fish and half the sauce) is so stupid. This "artist" is sketching people on the street while a dumb-ass song about nothing plays, and then she takes a bite of her sandwich and draws some more people, and they smile. Huh?
"Imagine the caring. Imagine the surprise. Imagine the possibilities."
That is some funny, funny shit. It kind of reminds me of the copy on the Washlet website.
KissingChaos
Mar 4, 2004 @ 10:29 am
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.
That commercial kills me because the people in Little Rock are on a farm. Um, Old Navy ad execs? Little Rock? It's a city. The capital city, actually, and while there may be some larger tracts of land on the outskirts of said city, THERE ARE NO FARMS! I'm sitting in Little Rock right now and I can't think of one freaking farm, mainly because it would be overshadowed by, you know, the CITY. God, I hate that commercial.
I blame Paris Hilton.
ChinkyGirl
Mar 4, 2004 @ 10:51 am
The one for the double Filet o'Fish (which they ruin with twice the fish and half the sauce) is so stupid.
Just ask for extra sauce! Actually, my bf even asks for extra sauce on the regular Filet O'Fish and the thing ends up being drenched in more sauce than fish. Really gross, but hey, some people really love their sauce.
hagreene80
Mar 4, 2004 @ 11:27 am
Stupid bra manufacturers just enlarge the pattern, they don't redesign to account for things like added support and coverage.
This is why I shop at Lane Bryant. I only buy shower gels and lotions at VS.
Eegah
Mar 4, 2004 @ 11:53 am
It seems they're bringing back the chips commercial (no idea what kind of chips it's for, way to go advertisers) where the incredibly mannish woman bests a Vegas card dealer with the tricks she can do with her chips. Maybe if the CGI used wasn't so bad I'd be able to give it a break.
add_duck
Mar 4, 2004 @ 12:24 pm
It seems they're bringing back the chips commercial (no idea what kind of chips it's for, way to go advertisers)
It's for Lays Stacks (Stax?) I believe, because I was watching it and thinking "Damn that's annoying!" and then I realized it's nowhere
near as annoying as the fucking CitH "These Stacks are good Snacks!" Much hate for that commerical. So you see, bad CGI and a very mannish woman are actually an improvement.
screamapiller
Mar 4, 2004 @ 12:29 pm
So you see, bad CGI and a very mannish woman are actually an improvement.
I thought that was Dana Carvey.
jennifuh
Mar 4, 2004 @ 12:51 pm
It is Dana Carvey, and I hate that ad with a passion. "Ten for maaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeh!" I never will buy Pringles again.
Watch the people in the backgroud. They are hilarious in their overacting.
hagreene80
Mar 4, 2004 @ 12:53 pm
What is the deal with the "I'm waiting" ad? (I've seen it on TNT a hundred times now.) It doesn't mention the product or company or anything. Any ideas?
(By the way, the people are young and old...so I'm not sure it's an abstinence commercial either!)
ChinkyGirl
Mar 4, 2004 @ 1:05 pm
It is Dana Carvey, and I hate that ad with a passion. "Ten for maaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeh!" I never will buy Pringles again.
Oh God...and to think we were rid of the horrible "Master of Disguise" ads. I can't believe they brought him back. I love Dana Carvey and all, but these new characters of his are just dreadful.
ubi
Mar 4, 2004 @ 1:48 pm
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!
How about making it a Cable TV Pig?
Would YOU smile and laugh if your husband put the Fridge Pig in bed with the two of you?
"Oink-Oink! Not so fast, Casanova -- Your wife has a headache!"
Still no sign of Shamrock Shakes at McDonld's; the counterdroid gave me the stupidest look when I asked about them, too. Oh yeah, I noticed fliers announcing a one-day contest of some sort with little tiny print at the print at the bottom stating "As part of an out-of-court settlement with.." blah blah blah filet-o-fish cakes. I'm surprised I've seen no ads abut that yet.
vegasusa555
Mar 4, 2004 @ 2:38 pm
DEAR. SWEET. LORD. i just saw the strangerst commercial. its for Dish Network and it starts out with a van pulling into a neighborhood. All of a sudden, countless pigs burst out of the van with t-shirts that say "cable company", or something close to it. but oh no, it gets worse!!! all of a sudden, a horrible voice-over "sings".....WHO LET THE PIGS OUT!!!! i thought this was a joke but the commerical went on for like 5 minutes it seemed. and the acting was just god awful!! has anyone else seen this ad?
Poodle Hat
Mar 4, 2004 @ 3:05 pm
More times than I care to count.
I blame Paris Hilton.
Yeah, I blame her for just about everything. It's fun!
puckish
Mar 4, 2004 @ 3:45 pm
all of a sudden, a horrible voice-over "sings".....WHO LET THE PIGS OUT!!!! i thought this was a joke but the commerical went on for like 5 minutes it seemed.
I had seen the other one, with the pig running around burglarizing the house, but I just heard this one this morning. And yes, it goes on forever! Endlessly repeating "Who let the pigs in!" (oink, oink, oink). Oh, the horror! I didn't see it, had my back turned and only heard it and then refused to look at it because it sounded so dreadful.
So the good news,
vegasusa555, is that you weren't hallucinating when you saw it. The bad news,
vegasusa555, is that you weren't hallucinating when you saw it. And odds are good you'll probably see it again.
Tornado25
Mar 4, 2004 @ 4:52 pm
It is Dana Carvey, and I hate that ad with a passion. "Ten for maaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeh!" I never will buy Pringles again.
Hee.
Jennifuh, I hope that's snark--because otherwise, that goes to show the overwhelming power of a bad ad. Since, you know, the ad is for Lays Stax and not Pringles.
DoctorNeon
Mar 4, 2004 @ 5:31 pm
Master of Disguise
You don't love "Grammy Num-Nums"? Okay, I didn't like that movie much either. Brent Spiner saved it.
I work in retail, and those Lays Stax cans look like they should contain laundry detergent, not quasi-Pringles.
Topic? Safe Auto does not need commercials with people howling in laughter at a customer. In fact, Safe Auto need to scrap this, and any old advertising campaigns they have. They are all
deep hurting...
Boton
Mar 4, 2004 @ 5:36 pm
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.
Every time I see that ad, I think "That's not cleavage. That's pectoral muscle, skin, and foam padding that you're pushing into a fake cleavage shape." I have the same reaction every time I see Paige Davis on the Trading Spaces Home Free ads.
You might try Bravissimo, mentioned a while back on the WNTW (US) forum. The first time I opened their catalog and saw bodies that looked like mine wearing bras that looked like the cups were actually intended to hold something breast-shaped, I got seriously teary.
Shelwood
Mar 4, 2004 @ 6:05 pm
I do believe the VS bra ads have been bested. I just saw an ad for "The Natural Bra". They seem to be using "bra" in the loosest of ways, since the product appears to be those chicken cutlet rubber bra inserts, only instead of inserting them, women are supposed to just... adhere them to their body. No, really. The best/worst part is when they compare them to underwire bras. I'm over in the D+ line, so merely gluing jiggly bits of rubber on my boobs isn't remotely going to give me the support I need (in fact, I think it would make things worse), but somehow I imagine that any woman who would find this sufficient isn't going to be a big underwire customer. Even stranger, the ad only mentions briefly that these rubber things will take you up "a cup size" (except, there aren't any cups), concentrating mostly on how it's a wonderful bra. But it isn't a bra, dammit. It's... It's bizarre. It explains a lot about some of the outfits I've seen on uberskinny girls, but it's still very odd. And Not. A. Bra.
DoctorNeon
Mar 4, 2004 @ 6:16 pm
The "Domino's Dots" commercials have re-appeared. Lovely, congealed bits of baked/and or fried matter, plunging down the street, terrorizing young and old alike. Should we call Dr. Fate? Dr. Strange? MacGuyver? No, call Domino's! Why taste a delicious pizza when you can eat grease on cardboard, and have epicurean delights such as Domino's Dots? No thanks!
glstx
Mar 4, 2004 @ 6:58 pm
Yeah for all the big busted women love!
I saw the new Gap commerical last night. It features that song "She's fresh..fresh! Exciting.. so exciting to me." I'm watching all these women in different situations and hearing "she's fresh, fresh!" and I'm thinking to my self, "Please God, don't let this be a commerical for a feminine hygene product." Then you see the Gap logo at the end and I was much relieved.
chris2
Mar 4, 2004 @ 7:19 pm
Just saw the Burger King ad with the office dweeb sniffing the wrapper. Aside from being disgusting I have to admit I laughed at the end when the woman who catches him goes "That's not cool" and he goes "You're not cool." Heh. Kind of like "I know you are but what am I?" Okay, it's dweeby but I laughed.
TheCustomOfLife
Mar 4, 2004 @ 7:23 pm
I'm watching all these women in different situations and hearing "she's fresh, fresh!" and I'm thinking to my self, "Please God, don't let this be a commerical for a feminine hygene product."
Massengill Beach Party! Woooooooo!
ubi
Mar 4, 2004 @ 7:59 pm
The "Domino's Dots" commercials have re-appeared. Lovely, congealed bits of baked/and or fried matter, plunging down the street, terrorizing young and old alike. Should we call Dr. Fate? Dr. Strange? MacGuyver? No, call Domino's! Why taste a delicious pizza when you can eat grease on cardboard, and have epicurean delights such as Domino's Dots? No thanks!
I miss The Noid.
Alexandria Bay
Mar 4, 2004 @ 8:10 pm
Crestol...crestor...anyone? This ad shows people jogging and moving around a park and voiceover says something "knowing if you're getting somewhere"...I've seen it twice, both times early in the morning, and both times thought it was going to be for a financial planning group or stockbroker. But NO, it's some mysterious pill.
Seriously (monkey), there is absoultely no hint what this enigmatic drug is for AT ALL in the ad. It's the most freaking bizarre ad I've seen that didn't have a sponge monkey in it.
healing fish
Mar 4, 2004 @ 8:26 pm
The new Burger King ads are freaking me out. All the awkward pauses, long stares, and people generally just acting weird and creepy, like Wrapper Sniffing Guy mentioned above. Doesn't exactly put me in the mood for a Whopper.
Jumpin
Mar 4, 2004 @ 8:40 pm
Hot Gap Man is back and this time it's khakis that he wears for days on end.
TheCustomOfLife
Mar 4, 2004 @ 8:48 pm
I miss The Noid.
Seriously, that was one of the things I first posted about under "TV Things That Scarred Me For Life." I always thought Linda Dano from
Another World was The Noid. Every time I saw her (my mom was a caregiver for this one lady down the block during the afternoons), I'd run from the room, screaming "Avoid the Noid!" It's taken me a while to actually distinguish the two.
cronox5
Mar 4, 2004 @ 8:49 pm
The "Domino's Dots" commercials have re-appeared. Lovely, congealed bits of baked/and or fried matter, plunging down the street, terrorizing young and old alike. Should we call Dr. Fate? Dr. Strange? MacGuyver? No, call Domino's! Why taste a delicious pizza when you can eat grease on cardboard, and have epicurean delights such as Domino's Dots? No thanks!
The closeup they have of the "dots" in the commercial doesn't exactly help the pitch either.
Anyway, Dunkin Donuts has a great new commercial in the New England Area: Curt Schilling, sitting in an empty Boston Red Sox clubhouse, trying to learn the boston accent off audio tapes.
"I need to paaaaaak the caaaaaar in the yaaaaaaaaad."
cal331
Mar 4, 2004 @ 8:51 pm
Saw an ad for Degree anti-perspirant last night that made me sit up and take notice. A hot, hot, guy is getting dressed as he is being attacked by Ninjas. He has to jump into his pants and dive into his shirt while fighting off said Ninjas. The antiperspirant is so strong, he doesn't break a sweat (we know this because a grandmotherly-type pulls his arm up and checks.) Okay, that part was weird. But the guy, who is Asian, is such a good-looking guy that I'm going to forget about that.
Eegah
Mar 4, 2004 @ 9:23 pm
The new Cold Mountain ad is one of the most obviously deliberately misleading ones I've seen in some time. The voiceover says "The film critics are calling the best movie of the year", and then there's a quote "The best movie of the year" with the source written so small you can't read it. Even more hilariously, in this week's Survivor they aired this ad directly after the one for Return of the King that trumpets its Best Picture win, which should cut down on the confusion.
DoctorNeon
Mar 4, 2004 @ 10:32 pm
The new Burger King ads are freaking me out. All the awkward pauses, long stares, and people generally just acting weird and creepy, like Wrapper Sniffing Guy mentioned above. Doesn't exactly put me in the mood for a Whopper.
They're trying to go for a Seinfeld vibe, examining the minor details of everyday life. And failing. Plus, that Flame Broiled taste gives me Flame Broiled heartburn.
Calberk
Mar 4, 2004 @ 10:35 pm
The hot Gap guy has no loyalty at all! I thought he loved his Gap jeans and that's why he wore them day in and day out. Now he has abandoned them so he can wear khakis every single day? I guess the jeans weren't that great afterall.
cal331
Mar 4, 2004 @ 10:37 pm
Hey, everyone who loves the spongmonkeys,
get out your credit cards! You might change your mind about them if look at the bottom right picture, though. Urrgh.
healing fish
Mar 4, 2004 @ 11:19 pm
I thought he loved his Gap jeans and that's why he wore them day in and day out. Now he has abandoned them so he can wear khakis every single day?
I'm not complaining at all. He's even hotter in khakis than he is in jeans.
Jamoche
Mar 4, 2004 @ 11:53 pm
AdAge thinks Burger King is ripping off BBC's
The Office (though they think it's a good ripoff)
Phishtar
Mar 4, 2004 @ 11:59 pm
Maybe GapGuy wears khakhis in spring/summer and jeans in fall/winter.
And yeah, the Degree guy is hot. Yup yup.
kathyk2
Mar 5, 2004 @ 12:51 am
You won't be seeing ads for Supersizing at McDonalds any time soon. I read on Yahoo that they will discontinue the option next year. I saw the TV ads for the millon dollar give away today. I wonder how they will choose who gets the money?
cronox5
Mar 5, 2004 @ 12:56 am
Dear eBay.com:
When casting your next commercial, please refrain from hiring extremely obese men. I am typing this blindly because I gouged my eyes out after seeing the horror of the fat black guy's breasts jiggling.
You Will Be Hearing from My Lawyers,
CronoX5.
Cleo256
Mar 5, 2004 @ 1:08 am
The antiperspirant is so strong, he doesn't break a sweat (we know this because a grandmotherly-type pulls his arm up and checks.) Okay, that part was weird.
He was meeting his girlfriend's parents. The grandmotherly type was his girl's mom, who apparently judges her daughter's boyfriends solely by the content of their armpits. For some reason, the ninja wanted him to miss that date, or at least to ruin it by making him all sweaty. Must be evil ninja.
wdejesus79
Mar 5, 2004 @ 1:13 am
thought he loved his Gap jeans and that's why he wore them day in and day out. Now he has abandoned them so he can wear khakis every single day?
I'm not complaining at all. He's even hotter in khakis than he is in jeans.
Not complaining either. Damn, that man is all kinds of hot. I just wish they had shown him in his bed. Mmmm. I love the one shot of his in his jeans falling onto his bed.
vegasusa555
Mar 5, 2004 @ 1:44 am
puckish, thanks for letting me know that i wasn't hallucinating when i say the fat, money-sniffing cable pigs. sadly, this is bad news because i know i'll see it , oh, fifty bajillion more times!!!
Prairie Fire
Mar 5, 2004 @ 2:03 am
I saw the new Gap commerical last night. It features that song "She's fresh..fresh! Exciting.. so exciting to me." I'm watching all these women in different situations and hearing "she's fresh, fresh!" and I'm thinking to my self, "Please God, don't let this be a commerical for a feminine hygene product." Then you see the Gap logo at the end and I was much relieved.
There's just something about Gap ads where, the first time I see one, I know it's for the Gap before the ad actually ends.
They've all just got that cheesy, "we're so trendy" air around them that you just know you're going to see a slogan and the Gap logo at the end.
Poodle Hat
Mar 5, 2004 @ 2:06 am
In the Right Guard foosball commercial, does anyone else think the foosball guy looks like Conan O'Brien?
roosterboy
Mar 5, 2004 @ 2:58 am
cal331, thanks for that link. I think that soldier kitten is really cute. But the angry kitten freaks me out.
Cock-blocking ninjas? That's... well, maybe not cool, but I just like saying "cock-blocking ninjas". Something about that phrase makes me crack up.
Calberk
Mar 5, 2004 @ 3:15 am
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.
For a second, I thought you meant several people were nude on the surfboard. Is that guy with the microphone one of the Carlson twins from Abercrombie?
cal331
Mar 5, 2004 @ 7:25 am
cal331, thanks for that link. I think that soldier kitten is really cute. But the angry kitten freaks me out.
You're welcome. I like the Viking Kitty. The picture on the bottom
right is the one that will haunt your nightmares, though. I'm always mixing up left and right.
So what's the song in the new Gap ad?
trice77
Mar 5, 2004 @ 8:07 am
I saw the funniest commercial last night. It's for Citibank. There's this woman posting signs all over her neighborhood that say "Missing Hamster-Reward" (or something like that). This guy is standing behind her reading the sign and notices that the hamster is going down the back of her shirt and around to her stomach. So he sticks his hand up her shirt to try and catch the hamster. For some reason, it takes a really long time for this woman to realize she's being felt up, but she finally notices and turns around shoots pepper spray into his eyes. The tag line: There are easier ways to get rewards. Something about their CitiRewards plan for their credit cards.
The funniest part was her reaction to the guy's hand up her shirt. She was so nonchalant about it. Like, wouldn't you freak the fuck out if some stranger put his hand up your shirt? She was so calm and then just sprayed him with pepper spray. I'm probably not doing this ad justice at all, but I thought it was hysterical.
charlieboo
Mar 5, 2004 @ 8:21 am
Trice77, I was just coming to post about the hamster ad. I loved it! You're right - the best part was her expression when she turns around slowly, just before she sprays him. And of course, the very end where she throws the garbage can at him!
Can I express some hate for the sudden over-abundance of ads for video games? I hate that they all start out like real ads, and suck you in to see the product, then sort of fade into animation for some stupid game. Last night I saw a real ad for a Jeep, but I was convinced it was for a video game until the very end. Maybe I just get confused easily.
ChinkyGirl
Mar 5, 2004 @ 8:50 am
DEAR. SWEET. LORD. i just saw the strangerst commercial. its for Dish Network....but the commerical went on for like 5 minutes it seemed. and the acting was just god awful!! has anyone else seen this ad?
ALL Dish Network ads suck. Funny how I have even more of them after subscribing to the damn thing. Ever see ads for
BingoTV? There's an annoying Carrot Top clone in it..need I say more?
AdAge thinks Burger King is ripping off BBC's The Office (though they think it's a good ripoff)
Sh'yeah right...those shitty ads don't even come close to "The Office"!
Can I express some hate for the sudden over-abundance of ads for video games? I hate that they all start out like real ads, and suck you in to see the product, then sort of fade into animation for some stupid game.
Oh, WORD. Thanks, Video Game Company...you actually had my poor dad, a huge James Bond fan, thinking that there was a new movie out with Willem Dafoe as the villian. Remember the one for some mafia game? Totally sucked me in.
Anyone see the new
DirectTV ads with Joan Cusack as the one reading the letter? Cannot. Stand. Her. Why is everyone screaming in these ads?!
FfrauleinN
Mar 5, 2004 @ 9:13 am
Haven't seen the one with Joan Cusack but I do like the others.
In fact, Safe Auto need to scrap this, and any old advertising campaigns they have.
Dear Lord, YES. Please. Pronto.
Maybe GapGuy wears khakhis in spring/summer and jeans in fall/winter.
Well, that explains it.
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