Has anyone seen these phone ads for the "in" network, where the brother is mad that his sister is also "in?" This drives me nuts. What do you care if your sister is part of the same phone network? Mind your own goddamn business. And the "la la las" in the background sound like devil music.

The wannabee Leptoprin commercials are for Propolene. Which sounds like a gasoline additive, if you ask me.

Yes, Propolene. Can Propolene accessories be far behind. (Go, King of the Hill!)

M&Ms...I was grocery shopping this morning and saw a huge bag, with a huger price, with color M&Ms. Are these the new brighter colors? I wasn't willing to shell out $4.29 to find out. Some smaller bags of the b&w ones were available as well as bags of pastels for Easter. The whole campaign seemed to fall flat. After the initial "they've lost their colors" hype, I didn't see anything at all until the recent mentions in this thread and one story on CNN about the colors being brighter.

Just another case of watching TV for Old People, I guess.

I may have to buy a bag of the new more colorful M&Ms. Just for the research, you understand.

I've been trying to find out who Smiling Bob is. I could swear I saw him in L&O:CI last night, not smiling so I can't be sure. IMDB is no help. Where do you search for commercial credits? Enquiring minds, like mine, want to know.

I just saw an Almay ad consisting of two girls giggling inaudibly outside a shop window. One of them looks like a Selma Blair impersonator, but I'm 99.9% sure that the other one, with the hair wave, is Jennifer Finnigan. Anyone else see these ads?

Poodle Hat, I hope you didn't subject yourself to commercial watching to find out that "diet drug" name. I wouldn't want that on my conscience.

On the black & white M&Ms, I never saw an ad in the St. Louis market for that marketing ploy. We had to go online at work to find out why they'd stocked our candy machine with them. And now we've got Shamrock Shakes and Double Fillet-o-Fish at McD's, but no advertising for those, either. Which would have been nice if only to push off some of the craptacular local ads for furniture and appliance and tile stores.

No, I just happened to see it and made a mental note to notice the name. But thanks for your concern. :)

I just saw a funny nerw ad for Bud Lite.

It starts off with this guy at the eye doctor's office getting his eyes examined, and the doctor is doing the ol' "Which one is better, number one or number two...?" test with the glasses machine, and for some odd reason the guy is picking the worse of the two choice. Cut to a beach, where we see double fabulous babes, double steaks on the grill, and double cand of Bud Lite! The look on his face while he wears these humungous coke-bottle glasses is hilarious!

phxchic, that hoo-hoo song was genius! I bow down before you!

And, eww, I can't take the constant ads for Cat in the Hat and Mona Lisa Smile DVDs.

Aha! I saw it again -- the wannabe-Leptoprin, wannabe-Propolene is CortiSlim. And Dr. Tool is Dr. Greg Cynamoun. Their slogan: "Formulated by doctors. Created by science." And marketed by twits, of course.

Because obesity is always caused by stress.[/sarcasm]

Hey, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Not that phxchic's was in anyway lacking (loved it!), but I sort of thought the Hoo Hoo Hoover (with Hemi) song by Sponge Monkeys would include a line like "It has a pussy baaarrrr."

Oh, god, Alexandria. Too funny!

I actually mentally prepped myself for the CitH DVD onslaught, but was caught unawares when Julia Robert's gaping maw started reappearing on my screen. There's no way she has only as many teeth as I do.

I love the M&Ms commercial with the waves of colorful Ms bubbling and undulating. The mellower version is better than the hard rock version. It's hypnotically cool. However, I agree the whole idea behind the campaign was stupid, because there never was a lack of colored M&Ms here. Not one of the stores I regularly shopped in was free of the regular Ms, but only some of them had the black and white ones as well. So they can't be back, because they never went away.

Yeah, I just saw the River of M&Ms commercial during Alias. Amazing!

I really don't understand M&M's whole marketing ideas anyway. I don't buy M&Ms because they have brighter colors, or bigger M's, or because they are black, white, pink, or purple. I buy M&Ms because they taste good and are easy/fun to eat. End of story. If M&M sales are suffering, maybe they should concentrate on how good they taste instead of all these shock value things.

I wrote a letter to them once because I really like the plain, the peanut, and the peanut butter. I suggested that they have a bag of mixed variety, maybe like a big bag of all different fun sized packages. I got a letter back saying that they did not accept outside marketing ideas and a coupon for a free bag. They don't accept outside marketing ideas. I guess they don't feel like they need to listen to the people that already buy their product.

I think the company that owns M&M's also owns Purina pet foods.

I wasn't paying enough attention, so I don't know which brand of pregnancy test this ad was for. Apparently it can detect pregnancy earlier b/c it can detect smaller amounts of whatever hormone. Or something. So at the end of the commercial, the woman tells me it's for when you're "just a little pregnant"

Just a little pregnant??????
Please tell me I heard that wrong.

I apologize if y'all talked about this one already. I read back awhile but all I found was hoo-hoo-hovers.

Don't they make jokes about "just a little pregnant?" They must be self-aware. They have to be.[/convincingmyselfinvain]

Sounds exactly like those little sticky octopi that we got (from where? hmm...) as kids. We used to smack them way up high against the walls and they would stickily crawl down. Oooh! Wacky Wall Walkers! That's what they were. Anyway, after about 5 smackdowns, they would get all dusty and not work any more. You were supposed to be able to rinse them off and air-dry them and then they would allegedly get sticky again. Never worked.

So I'm not buying the Natural Bra adhesive crap. Nor am I buying the concept of the Natural Bra, for that matter. Wacky Boob Stickers.

This? Made my day.

Between Wacky Boob Sticker and glittery hoohoos (with hemi), you all are TOO funny.

And on topic, I have the Natural Bra--- bought it a year ago at $50 when I worked for a dept store. It rocks for certain things, but really, not nearly as wonderful as the commercial suggests. Also, it's a little awkward if you need to take it off in the heat of the moment. You need to gingerly peel it off and then place it carefully in its little travel case. Sort of kills the mood....

Miki, good to know I might fit into Gap pants. I was actually trying to snark only on the models in the Cropped Pants ad (but I guess I didn't do a good job). They all have no hips and pipe cleaner legs, and I suspect they had their femurs removed so they can wear wristwatches as garters. Gap has another ad that they ran tonight for "Cuffed Pants", which look remarkably like "Cropped Pants", except they have cuffs, except some of the "Cropped Pants" have cuffs, so color me confused. Anyway, it uses the same music and same interchangeable girls concept, but the Cuffed Models have hips and not-quite-so-skinny legs. Way to stretch creatively, guys. (I think they'd sell the most women's anything by just having Hot Gap Guy hold garments up, then drop them to reveal his nude body. Just a suggestion.)

From what I hear, it's like being a little bit Catholic.
I'm so fucking sick of that camera commercial (ineffective advertising as I still don't remember what the brand is although I've seen the commercial approximately 578 million times) with, "I've been looking so long at these pictures of you..." playing in the background. I hate that song, I hate the We're-So-Hip commercial, and if I knew what brand of camera it was I'd boycott it.

It's an HP ad.....

How much of a weenie would one have to be to be frightened of a video game commercial? Namely, a commercial for a video game called "Manhunt," that shows all these SUPER SCARY KILLERS IN SUPER SCARY CLOWN SMILEY FACE MASKS!!!!.....

Not that I know anyone who is frightened by said commercial. Heh.

That was an M&Ms ad? I assumed it was another lame ad for those nasty Skittles and immediately tuned it out.

I thought it was for Skittles at first, too, but the remote was out of my reach and I was half asleep, and then, "Oh, those are M&Ms."

I just saw a new Sierra Mist commercial this morning. Is David Spade still doing those ads? Because the voice sounded more like Joe "Joey Pants" Pantoliano.

You know, I thought the same thing! I mean, it would have made sense or been funny if he didn't know what they were involved in, etc. But, to not know their names? I think Sprint kind of dropped the ball on this one.


KatrinaJ, you beat me to this one. Every time this ad comes on and the brother pulls the asshat attitude, I shout Shut the FUCK Up! to the TV. Are you some kind of moron about the "in" thing? Are you 8? Thank God Verizon isn't available to me, but the ads are everywhere, so they're impossible to ignore.

Ubi, the double vision ad is for Coors Light. I wasn't sure what the hell was going on at the beginning, but I should have known when I saw the twins.

On the Propolene ads, I commented on this so far back that no one should be expected to read it, but the part of that ad that I hated (HATED!) was the guy who said "my doctor told me I might die if I didn't lose some weight". Yeah, so you took a random "drug" that isn't FDA-approved or tested (or tested by any well-known testing lab, for that matter) that's designed to fuck with either your metabolic or digestive functions, instead of simply, uh eating FEWER CHEESEBURGERS? Asshole.

Be not alone, fellow TWoPpers, as I thought the new M&Ms ad was for Skittles, also. This is what they call missing your market, I believe.

I like the new M&Ms color ads, too, but the brown seems kind of yucky when undulating with the other colors. No, I am not an M&M color racist - would the correct term be 'colorist?' - but I'm sorry, the brown makes me think of a sea of poo.

moppet-
I wasn't scared either. Nope, not me. (/teenieweenie)

Maybe I'm having a 'blonde moment' (ala Jessica Simpson), but I don't get the song? Explain please!



Too funny!



I too thought it was Skittles, until I realized that the creepy 'taste the rainbow' whispering was missing. Can it be? Have they run out of ideas to advertise little round multicolored candies?

Okay, I don't think this one has been mentioned yet. What the hell is the meaning of that commercial where some guy whose foot turns to metal(?) or rock(?) and he goes to see his doctor who asks him when it began and apparently it begun when he bought his new car. I know it's really ridiculous, but I'm just extremely annoyed that I don't get what this stupid commercial is implying. Or maybe I've seen so many dumbed down commercials that I've actually lost a lot of cognitive functions.

bakaney -- dude developed a case of serious leadfoot* when he bought a car that goes fast.

*lead foot is a term used for people who tend to drive fast (for those who might not have heard of the term)

Here's my beef with car ads that tout the speed of the car: Unless you are driving on the Autobahn in Germany, there is NO reason why you should be driving above, say 95 (I believe the highest speed limits are 80 here in the states?).

I'd like to see a car ad touting the speed -- and the car is used as a police car. That would make me happy.

There's one that's close - the couple are having fun passing cars on the road, til they look over and see that they're passing a grumpy-looking cop. I've seen it often, but have no idea what car it is.

It's a Volkswagen. I was going to come in and bitch about the annoying "OK, wind it up" and "wind it down." Just say speed up and slow down, asshat!

I understand what you mean, moppet, I just dislike the way he talks about the RPM and torque. Wind it up. snort.

The guy is supposed to be a car salesman and the woman is a potential buyer, so in a way I appreciate that he's talking about the VW's torque and handling as opposed to the "pretty pretty upholstery! And look, here's a mirror that you can use when applying your makeup!"

moppet, ::snerk:: When I bought my car, the salesman was such a tool and pointed out how much room I had in the back seat to put lots of bags after I go shopping. Also on the "tour", the CD player (because I've never seen one of those in a car) and the SIX RADIO PRESETS! Woohoo! Needless to say, I didn't buy said car....even if it would've had a hemi....

Reminds me of some old-ish Saturn commercials, where a woman is trying to talk about buying a car from some sleazebag, and he's showing her, "This is the vanity mirror so you can check your makeup," and she goes, "I want to talk about safety features." "It's safe. It's safe," as he pats her condescendingly. Then he asks how much she's looking to spend and she says, "About $12,000." He just takes off all slimy-like, "I'll get back with you real soon, someone else will be over here to help you."

Then she goes to Saturn where they treat her amazingly, so amazingly that she ends up working for them. "Best part about this job? Showing guys the vanity mirror."

Dude, that's how all the salesmen were whenever I went car shopping with my mother. They'd spend hours talking about how you could adjust the side mirrors and explain in detail how to load the CD changer. It was hilarious.

Technically I think the limit nationwide is 75, with a "fast as you want" limit in the places out west where there's miles and miles of nothing.

Eclipse breath mint ads. Hate. HATE.

I cannot even stand to LOOK at people breathing heavily on each other that close up.

Totally grossning, wrong, and utterly gag-worthy.

It varies state-by-state, and I think, even highway-by-highway. I swear the speed limit on I-75 is higher than on I-10.

I am so glad that I'm not the only one who can get that lazy.

it sure does. I constantly get stopped when I cross over from NJ into NY (thank god for that "Get Out of Jail Free" card I have from my dad being a cop for 30 years.

Topic? I am not hearting the Lipton Cup-a-Soup ads. Especially the one with the psyho-cheerful chick. Yuck.

I am loving the UPS store commercial right now where the mom promises her kids each a dog if they can behave for the entire time it takes her to ship a package to grandma. Serves her right - how 'bout teaching your kids to behave just because they should instead of bribing them?

I'm not lazy, I'm Motivationally Challenged.

I have always wondered about car commercials that tout high speeds too. Even when I was a little kid I knew there were things called "speed limits," and I would ask why the speedy-thing on the car goes all the way up to 120 when you're not allowed to go faster than 65, or whatever it was back then. I didn't know there were "Anything Goes" zones in less built-up areas, but I guess it makes sense.

Weren't people really outraged when the speed limit went to 55 in the 1970s?

It still is 55 in some areas, like on the Beltway. But didn't it go to 55 b/c of the oil crisis or something and they wanted people to use less gas? Isn't that a good thing?

On the topic of car commercials, there was some commercial for a video game and they had a "simulated professional driver on simulated course" message across the bottom of the screen. At first, I was confused, since I thought they were trying to use computer graphics in a real car commercial, but then I read it and I laughed.

This diet drug commercial drives me crazy - the one where everyone brags "I didn't do anything different and I still lost the weight!" So basically you still ate like crap, you still didn't exercice, and yet you lost weight. Yeah, that sounds healthy.

They all just sound like such idiots, from the clueless middle-eastern man to the bald guy who laughs while he says "I don't know how-how-how it works, but it works!" to the ditzy "I haven't been to the gym" girl. Feh!

I predicted black-and-white M&M's would go the way of New Coke just as quickly. In my area I never even saw any black-and-white M&M's