TheCustomOfLife
Mar 18, 2004 @ 4:25 pm
As mentioned before, the low-carb thing pisses me off. I've been to Friday's, and many of their low-carb entrees would have been like a cheat. They had 15 and 20 grams of carbs each. When I was on it, I wasn't allowed more than 20 grams of carbs a DAY.
phxchic
Mar 18, 2004 @ 4:32 pm
Yes...I believe French Lick is the HQ of the Hoo Hoo Hoover and Potty Putter (now with glitter action and hemi) Corps.
Hmm. I thought the Hoo-Hoo Hoover headquarters were in Beaver Creek.
Re: TGIF--the ad say that the entrees are not appropriate for induction phase. So after the first few weeks, when you bump up your carbs, then they're safe.
TheCustomOfLife
Mar 18, 2004 @ 4:33 pm
Not totally, though. I mean, even if you go up to 30 or 40, you're still consuming a lot of carbs for the day. When you're up to 80 carbs a day or whatnot, you're really at the point where you don't need to be on Atkins anymore.
Vermicious Knid
Mar 18, 2004 @ 4:38 pm
Thanks Freshly Ground Coffee! I hadn't noticed the guy was commando either until spant pointed that out.
I'm a bit skeptical about the Atkins friendly bandwagon everyone seems to be jumping on too, but I do like that Burger King now has burgers wrapped in lettuce sans bun. I can order one and pretend it's kosher for Passover this year.
C.
Mar 18, 2004 @ 5:13 pm
I thought the Hoo-Hoo Hoover headquarters were in Beaver Creek.
You mean they're not in Dildo, Newfoundland?
I
hate the travelling gnome ads, mostly for the word, 'Queebec'.
screamapiller
Mar 18, 2004 @ 5:21 pm
I hate the travelling gnome ads, mostly for the word, 'Queebec'.
Oy. The voiceover guy who does this probably is a big fan of "Shaqueeeelle O'Neal", too.
Alexandria Bay
Mar 18, 2004 @ 5:21 pm
Where have the DOOMED FedEx guys gone? All I see now is Fed, who once early in his career said "if you're shipping internationally, you have to use FedEx" and then repeats it throughout the stages of his sad, bland life. I mean, I love when he clicks a photo of his wife delivering their child while boring the poor nurse with his FedEx exploit, but I wan tthe doomed guys back.
Queebec, Shaqueeele...where's the Chai Chai Rodrigweeze love?
Tornado25
Mar 18, 2004 @ 5:24 pm
Speaking of the gnome, it's been bugging me, because I can't quite place what kind of accent this guy has. Can anyone help? It is English? A little English and Scottish?
txmom2boys
Mar 18, 2004 @ 5:29 pm
You know the elevator guy in the JC Penny's commercials as Lawrence from Office Space? I know him better as Oswald from The Drew Carey Show.
I can honestly say I've never watched a full episode of The Drew Carey Show. I always thought he was funny as hell, but couldn't get into his show. I did like the opening song with him singing about Ohio. But now that I see the guy on his IMDB pic, I see it!! Yes, I do know now! I showed it to the Mister and we both yielded a big 'ol
"ohhhhh....." and we were onto something. Funny, when he was riding the elevator, although I knew it was Lawrence, I still thought he looked gravely familiar.
I asked the Mister right after our a-ha moment why is he doing measley Penney's commercials now? His one answer: "Because it calls for riding in an elevator full of hot chicks." Ok.
I'm really getting tired of the Swiffer ads with all the TV maids and servants lounging around the pool. It was cute at first but the way it starts off with a ginormous, bouncing Ann B. Davis head in slo-mo is creepy.
Word,
chris2. If I have to see Ann B. Davis' close-up jumping off the jumping board in slow mo, I'm going to have to jump off a jumping board-with no water in the pool. And Benson getting candoodled by girls? I've got the chills.
Besides, last I heard Ann B. doesn't do TV anymore. In fact, she lives about an hour from me in Bandera, Texas and is in some kind of a cult.
Alexandria Bay
Mar 18, 2004 @ 5:41 pm
Roaming Gnome--there's an article in TV Guide that identifies the actor doing the voice as "British actor" Henry Enfield (and not Craig Ferguson as I thought). Of course, that doesn't help with what accent he's using in the ads.
skittl3862
Mar 18, 2004 @ 5:41 pm
Okay, I was watching the Syracuse v. BYU game and saw this hysterical Miller Lite commercial that totally makes fun of the Viargra ads. A guy is walking through his office and everyone asking about whether he got rid of the rash or talked to his doctor and he says "No, I talked to my bartender and he said to try this." And holds up his Miller Lite. What made it so funny was that since I am so sick of all the erectile disfunction medication commercials, it's nice to know that other people in the advertising world are as well.
Poodle Hat
Mar 18, 2004 @ 6:06 pm
That's better than the "I can't taste my beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrr!" ads I've seen of late.
ParasiteTwin
Mar 18, 2004 @ 6:18 pm
Do the traveling gnome ads have anything to do with Amelie or something else? Because I'm just curious about it's origin.
Also, I like the new Washington Mutual commercial about that guy being totally honest. My favorite part is when he walks into a meeting already in progress saying, "Sorry I'm late. I was at a job interview. Nailed it!" (I think I like it because I recently got a new job and had to take some personal days at my old one to go on interviews. At least that's over.)
erik316wttn
Mar 18, 2004 @ 6:36 pm
Sorry if this has already been posted (if you want me to read 505 pages of this thread you're nuts), but what happened to the Quizno's Spongemonkeys? Are they still around? I haven't seen those commericals in over a week.
screamapiller
Mar 18, 2004 @ 6:36 pm
Also, I like the new Washington Mutual commercial about that guy being totally honest
Washington Mutual has great print ads, too - there's a billboard I see every day on my way to work with a picture of a very smiley guy holding some money, which says "$20 for you, zero for us - it's an ATM, not a slot machine!"
jennifuh
Mar 18, 2004 @ 6:39 pm
God, I love Washington Mutual commercials.
This thing about that Old Navy spring break ad is that the chick in the hat with the microphone in the first shot stands there for a few seconds, and you can totally see her waiting for the director to yell "action!" before she starts talking. It's like I expect to see one of the extras picking his nose and then quickly withdrawing his finger just as she starts talking.
TheCustomOfLife
Mar 18, 2004 @ 6:53 pm
erik, I just saw them a short while ago. It's still in rotation, but probably less so now than a month ago.
Pittipat
Mar 18, 2004 @ 7:11 pm
In somewhat related news, my hubby got it into his head today to create a remix version of the spongemonkeys Quizno's jingle. So now of course my 3 year old is walking around the house singing "They got a pepper bar!" since while he was recording tracks, he played it over & over & over....
Better than "I'm loving it" I suppose.
phxchic
Mar 18, 2004 @ 7:23 pm
Great--my worst nightmare. "ba da ba ba-da, they got a pepper bar!"
kswat
Mar 18, 2004 @ 7:35 pm
Just saw an ad for Lowe's home improvement stores touting their selection of "Jacuzzi brand bathtubs, sinks and toilets". Jacuzzi toilets? Huh? I'm sure they don't really have jets, but just the thought is disturbing. Maybe that's what Potty Putter is using--no wonder he doesn't want to be disturbed.
TheCustomOfLife
Mar 18, 2004 @ 7:41 pm
In Japan they have toilets that shoot jets of water to clean your ass and...hoo-hoo. And the...male hoo-hoo. Oh, God, I'm so bad at this. I can't put a penis into glittery hoo-hoo speak.
Miki The Brain
Mar 18, 2004 @ 7:48 pm
By the way, those are called bidets.... ;) Remember the Washlet?
phxchic
Mar 18, 2004 @ 7:52 pm
The Potty Putter has become my new source of inspiration:
If I've eaten too much butter
And my insides go a-flutter
And I have to take a long and boring shit,
I just grope through all the clutter
Till I find my Potty Putter
To occupy my time while I sit.
Constipation is no issue--
I have lots of toilet tissue--
And Lysol for the smells that I emit.
But my time now passes quicker
While I'm sitting on the shitter--
I love my Potty Putter, I'll admit.
Going potty now is easy
even when I'm feeling queasy.
I just spread the green across the bathfloor.
And while I do my business
I ignore my busy anus
And work on raising my handicap score.
Oh, I lowering my par
While I'm lowering the bar
For activity revolving 'round my butt.
I'll say this for my obsession--
It's relieving my depression--
And it's better than the
Piddle Poop 'N' Putt!
TheCustomOfLife
Mar 18, 2004 @ 7:56 pm
Remember the Washlet?
I was trying to block it out. Now I do. I think that product I used in Japan was the Washlet...but Japanicized. Or something. Am I making sense?
healing fish
Mar 18, 2004 @ 8:04 pm
I can't put a penis into glittery hoo-hoo
Dirty!
Shelwood
Mar 18, 2004 @ 8:12 pm
Aw, poor Jacuzzi. That's what they get for letting their brand name become synonymous with a product. I guess Eggo fooled them into thinking that expanding their product line wasn't rocket surgery.
Stupid things I've learned from having an SO who is a plumber: Jacuzzi isn't a whirlpool, Jacuzzi just makes fixtures. And fixtures aren't the things water comes out of, they're the things water goes into, like bathtubs and toilets and sinks. Except bathroom sinks aren't sinks, they are lavatories. Oh, and there's no such thing as a "hot water heater". And, of course, my plumbing stuff will get fixed just as soon as everyone on the planet stops having plumbing stuff they want fixed.
mirocek
Mar 18, 2004 @ 8:21 pm
Hee, phxchic!
kswat
Mar 18, 2004 @ 8:22 pm
I love this thread. Learn something new everyday.
Now onto my new pet peeve. The Jeep commercial, where the driver of the car-transporting-truck always ends up taking one of the Jeeps off the truck and driving it around instead? Well it appears that Jeep thinks television watchers are the most idiotic people on the planet, as they've now added (or maybe it was always there?), a "fictionalization" disclaimer on the bottom of the screen.
Dude, I don't really think that I can tow an entire truck with a Jeep like Commercial Guy does. Nor will I attempt to remove a Jeep from the top of one of those trucks while it is stopped at a rest stop. Because, you know, I was going to, thank god you informed me that your commercials are fake. Duh.
ubi
Mar 18, 2004 @ 9:52 pm
That puts me in mind of those creepy animated PeoplePC ads where a crowd of angry stick figures is slowly transformed into happy stick figures through "infection." One stick figure -- Patient Zero, if you will -- spontaneously transforms, and it transforms another by getting near it, and so on. It's just too reminiscent of Robotron. I don't trust those smiley stick figures.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who interprets those ads in that manner.
I KNOW! But then Subway couldn't perpetuate the myth that "Atkins" automatically means "Cheese and Bacon". When and if I go to Subway, I always get a grilled chicken breast salad and put provide my own fancy brown mustard because the geniuses at our Subways (ironically enough, the very Subways that were frequented by King Jared the Formerly Fat) only carry fat-free dressing that has lots of added sugar
Did Jared eat at Subway in the South GA/North FL area? I remember seeing a flyer in town about him being quasi-local and making an appearance there (apparently as part of some sort of tour?).
Topic? Can Old Navy please come out with a commercial that doesn't make me want to punch the kids in it? The new one with the trying-to-be-MTV-but-failing-miserably chick in the hat at the beginning makes my skin crawl.
Was she trying to immitate that horrid "Downtown Julie brown" from the 80's? I couldn't shake the strange feeling that's what she was aiming for, which unfortunately, was someone I hated whenever she showed up on MTV.
The worst are the T.G.I.Friday's commercials for their low-carb menu. The hipster goofiness quotient in those is off the froggin' charts.
Gah, I hate TFIFridays with the heat of a thousand suns. It makes sense they'd try and pass off that nasty greasy slop they serve as "Atkins friendly". Gag.
Puds38
Mar 18, 2004 @ 10:00 pm
Is anybody else getting the Six Flags commercial with the insane dancing old man?
I'm about ready to kill somebody, annoying doesn't begin to describe this.
hagreene80
Mar 18, 2004 @ 10:03 pm
Did Jared eat at Subway in the South GA/North FL area?
Our friend lost the majority of his weight at IU Bloomington. He was nearing the end of his diet when my friend Nellie started working there (she began fall '98 he ended his diet in the spring of '99.)
basounka
Mar 18, 2004 @ 10:29 pm
Do the traveling gnome ads have anything to do with Amelie or something else? Because I'm just curious about it's origin.
Yes,
ParasiteTwin, although I’ve never seen it, the movie Amelie is about a woman taking her father’s gnome and taking pictures of it in famous locales to encourage her father to travel. According to this article, this idea is not new:
Traveling GnomesI read a story a few years ago about a gnome stolen from a yard. The owners of the gnome received postcards and letters with pictures from the gnome from famous tourist destinations. The “temporary guardian” was quite clever and imbued the gnome with such personality that I wanted to go out and get a gnome just so I could bait someone to steal my gnome and send me similar stuff. The gnome came home to much fanfare. This apparently had made the local media, and when the gnome informed the owners that he was coming home such-and-such a day, they spread the word, and a slew of persons and cameras were there to greet the wanderer. The gnome arrived back in style, seatbelted in the back seat of a limousine, bearing wine.
LinaBo
Mar 18, 2004 @ 10:44 pm
Oh Bob, if that vapid little airhead Hilary Duff wasn't bad enough on her own... I just saw the commercial of her pimping her 'Stuff', which is being sold at Zellers (Canadian equivalent to Wal-Mart/K-Mart)... in the commercial, there are three of her goofing off in a girly fashion in her supposed bedroom. Eventually, all but one Hilary morph into several 8 year old-ish girls wearing Hilary Duff 'Stuff'-brand clothes. What's weirder is that I'm pretty sure I saw more than two 8 year old little girls. What, if you split her into little pieces, does she just turn into functioning miniatures of marginal talent which eventually grow and multiply again?
What's especially bad is that she speaks a whole shpiel at the end of the ad, pimping away in her bubbly, annoying, valley girl-type voice. *shudders*.
Jamoche
Mar 18, 2004 @ 10:48 pm
Strangest place to find a hemi - the world's loudest
air raid siren
Tanathir
Mar 18, 2004 @ 11:29 pm
I have a brand new hate. The Arby's talking oven mitt. Die, you anthropomorphic oven mitt! It's bad enough that you have no ears, no nose, don't actually work out when the Arby's employee is running, but you actually say the word "Carby's" in that quasi-adolescent grating voice. My ears, they bleed.
Eegah
Mar 18, 2004 @ 11:43 pm
The thing I hate most about the oven mitt is that it has no discernable schtick. The makers of the ads are that lazy that they'll just have it do generic comedy stuff every time.
puckish
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:18 am
But the personalitylessness (uh, yeah, that) of the oven mitt doesn't stop Arby's from making special oven mitt toys for their kids' meals. Which, I dunno, makes me feel a little ripped off when McDonald's is giving away Legos. Er... I mean, makes MY KIDS feel a little ripped off. Yeah.
wdejesus79
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:29 am
Is anybody else getting the Six Flags commercial with the insane dancing old man?
I'm about ready to kill somebody, annoying doesn't begin to describe this.
I like the little old man. But maybe that's because I've only seen the commercial once.
You know what sucks? I'm on the East Coast and went to Las Vegas last weekend, and while I was there, I saw a lot of the commercials all you guys talk about, that I hadn't seen here! And I had a chicken burrito from Del Taco. Mmm. I want Del Taco here, too.
screamapiller
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:32 am
Er... I mean, makes MY KIDS feel a little ripped off. Yeah.
no need to tiptoe around the subject here - say it loud, and say it proud,
puckish! I, too, am the possessor of many a happy meal toy (I have the entire Hello Kitty collection from a few years ago, and my desk at work has all of the Justice League toys from the Burger King meals).
Who the hell wants to play with an oven mitt????
jcpdiesel21
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:32 am
Is anybody else getting the Six Flags commercial with the insane dancing old man?
I've only seen that commercial once, and it gave me a laugh. Plus, it uses music from the Vengaboys. Major college flashback for me.
txmom2boys
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:39 am
Is anybody else getting the Six Flags commercial with the insane dancing old man?
I'm about ready to kill somebody, annoying doesn't begin to describe this.
I like the little old man. But maybe that's because I've only seen the commercial once.
They play it all.damn.day. I thought it was cute the first time I saw it, too. Watch it 20-30x a day? Not so cute.
Came on the other night. Dh laughed. I gave him the death glare like, "Soon, my friend, soon, you'll be sick of it, too."
Poodle Hat
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:09 am
I ignore my busy anus
Another Commercial Thread catchphrase? Will it join the ranks of glittery hoo-hoo or hoo-hoo hoover? Only time will tell.
phxchic
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:11 am
Heh. Sorry to subject you to my insanity. But given the sublect matter and my current pain medication, I can't help it!
gondee
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:15 am
I don't know if you guys ever watch Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, but if you have... I am SO. SICK. of the "Extra" gum commercial with the skydiving piece of irish-accented (or whatever) gum. "An Extra, Extra EXTRAAAAA Long TOOOOOOOOME."
Man, I just wanna smash that stupid piece of gum...why is it's accent Irish anyway? "Get back ye mangy beast!" Glurggh!!
ParasiteTwin
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:22 am
Thanks for the link, basounka. I have seen Amelie recently and was wondering if there was any correlation between it and those Travelocity ads. I had no idea "gnome-napping is an international phenomenon with at least a 20-year history."
I've seen that Six Flags commercial at least 10 times already today. He looks like one of Jamie Kennedy's "undercover" outfits. I know I'll get annoyed by it very soon, but I still get a laugh with that Vengaboys song. Wasn't it Timmy's song on Passions? (Yes, I admit I watched that show when it first aired.)
Ah, "Stuff by Hillary Duff." Yeah, that was a real stroke of genius by their marketing department. Except not.
I, too, hate that Extra Gum commercial. He sounds like Mike Myers.
Shelwood
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:51 am
phxchic, your songs are things of beauty. If it's a side effect of one of your meds, that's great. And, way better than a four hour erection. Just say yes to drugs. Say, would you mind coming over to my house and explaining to Mr. Shelwood why I keep singing, "We love hoohoos/cuz they are glittery..."? Never thought "'Cat on Fire' heh hehehe 'mousey mousey'" would be easier to explain to him than a song.
DesiQueen
Mar 19, 2004 @ 2:57 am
glstx:
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.
This was from pages ago (but only a few days, this thread is jumpin! :o) and I didn't see a response to it, so thought I would do the honors. The reason most companies do this is because if they use your idea, you could sue them because they used your idea without compensating you. Most companies disclose this policy of not accepting ideas from outsiders on their website or in a letter they send back to the person who proposed the idea, also saying no one important read the letter. We live in a litigious society, so unfortunately precautions like these are necessary. But your idea was great, yum! :o)
I am having the best time reading this thread, yall are hilarious! Reading 500 pages of old posts is going to keep entertained in class for days, so thanks!
Puds38
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:07 am
Is anybody else getting the Six Flags commercial with the insane dancing old man?
I'm about ready to kill somebody, annoying doesn't begin to describe this.
I like the little old man. But maybe that's because I've only seen the commercial once.
They play it all.damn.day. I thought it was cute the first time I saw it, too. Watch it 20-30x a day? Not so cute.
My point exactly. It was cute the first time I saw it. Now?
Not. so. much.
vegasusa555
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:14 am
Did anyone else happen to notice that the Arby's oven mitt looks a lot like the Hamburger Helper glove from the eighties? Just me then? Alrighty, i'll go back into my "child of the eighties" corner now.
LA LA LA!!!!
dzdzsty
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:22 am
Seeing the "What happens in Vegas...stays in Vegas ads" mentioned a few pages back reminded me of one of my favorite ads I haven't seen discussed here. It was one of those Vegas ads, with four women in a limo, clearly a bride-to-be (wearing a veil) and her bridesmaids on a bachelorette party. One woman is seated nearer to the camera, and the other three, one by one, start laughing and then cracking up as the woman looks annoyed, embarrassed, and then finally starts laughing herself. It's a great commercial - the acting is actually really well done, and it takes you off guard because you can't quite figure what's going on. I also think it's a particularly nice touch that the bride is lying on the floor of the limo.
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