MyKaleidoscope
Mar 19, 2004 @ 4:13 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.
A BIT? Make room in that corner for two. The HH Glove could SO kick the Arby's glove's ass. And I say that with all due respect to Arby's, and to HH..which equals, eh, about none. To each.
At least we can have fun in our corner.
wdejesus79
Mar 19, 2004 @ 4:20 am
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."
I hated this the very first time I saw it, and still do. When this commercial comes on, I actually have to change the channel. I get that fucking pissed off. The same thing happens to my husband during the "Gellin" commercials. He HATES them.
The HH Glove could SO kick the Arby's glove's ass.
The two do look alike, and Hamburger Helper would wipe the floor with Arby's corny self.
fisaga
Mar 19, 2004 @ 5:03 am
Six Flags dancing geezer is just the creepiest commercial thingy since the Argentinian Quizno singing rats. Was this concept not market tested to filter out ickiness.
He reminds me of some sort of undead zombie who refuses to die and has to prove his beingness by flailing his limbs to music. Especially that last flair that supposedly wins over the crowd with his right arm twisted akimbo over his head pointing to the bus.
If you want to associate jolly old people with an amusement park, at least use a real one (appropriate use of old people: that cell phone ad with the hip-hop grannies).
ubi
Mar 19, 2004 @ 5:14 am
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.)
Where is that?
SusannaB
Mar 19, 2004 @ 7:56 am
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.
Hee! Reminds me of the Zoloft commercial with the doodle of blood cells going into nerves conveniently marked "A" and "B" and
DRAMATIZATION written on the bottom.
wdejesus79
Mar 19, 2004 @ 8:07 am
Speaking of Zoloft commercials, what's the commercial for the drug where the little super hero flies around? He wears glasses and looks like claymation. I think the name of the drug begins with E. Elidia? Something like that.
I like that commercial only for the little flying man. He's so cute!
brand x
Mar 19, 2004 @ 8:47 am
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.)
Where is that?
IU Bloomington is in South Central Indiana and Jared attended Indiana University when he when on his Subway diet (Bloomington is the home of John and Elaine Mellancamp, the Kinsey Institute and is sometimes just behind San Francisco on the list of per capita gay/lebian residents). A friend of a friend was actually dating a girl who left him for Jared while he was still in the 300lbs range. The girl eventually married Jared and was in one of those commercials, too.
archbrow
Mar 19, 2004 @ 8:56 am
He reminds me of some sort of undead zombie who refuses to die and has to prove his beingness by flailing his limbs to music. Especially that last flair that supposedly wins over the crowd with his right arm twisted akimbo over his head pointing to the bus.
fisaga, that just totally cracked me up! "flair." Heh.
I'll second the love for the laughing limo bachelorette party in Vegas commercial. I want to hang out with those women!
PostToastie
Mar 19, 2004 @ 9:40 am
phxchicExcellent song. Just excellent!
I don't know if it's my inner Beavis speaking, or that I wish someone would torch my crap in the street, but I love, love, love that new Public Storage commercial.
Fire....fire.....heh, heh!
I love the guy's expression at the end - '(Gulp!) Never mind, I'll just take care of it myself!'
what happened to the Quizno's Spongemonkeys? Are they still around? I haven't seen those commericals in over a week.
Hopefully the Arby's mitt squashed them and we'll never have to see them again!
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 hate this commercial with the white hot passion of a thousand suns. They play this on all of the channels in Dallas (Six Flaggs is right down the road from me) all day long. For me, it wasn't even funny the first time I saw it. Now, definitely not!
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
This one is funny - and a little realistic. The one that grates is the lady who's pretty much doing the limo - 'OOOOOHHH Raoul, I just love the way your car smells. OOOOOOOHH Raoul, fine corinthain leather'. She's all rolling around in the back of the car, almost licking the seats. Then when she gets out, she's all buttoned up and prim. Annoying.
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).
What has Craig Ferguson been in? I saw him on the 'I Love the 80's' rampage on VH-1 and he's really funny (and kind of cute!).
Any Office Space (the movie, not an actual space of an office) groupies here? Notice Lawrence the neighbor "You know what I'd do with a million dollars? 2 chicks at the same time!" in a JC Penney ad?
Anybody ever tell you that you got a case of the Mondays?
thingamajig
Mar 19, 2004 @ 9:40 am
Who the hell wants to play with an oven mitt????
My kid
loves the oven mitt toys. Especially the oven-mitt-shaped deck of cards. And the magnetic oven mitt who runs away from the hot oven? Is apparently high-freakin'-larious if you're 3 1/2. Arby's does have the best fast-food salads, which is why I put up with the stupid oven mitt toys. I still hate their commercials, though. And yes, they're way too much of a ripoff of the HH glove.
hagreene80
Mar 19, 2004 @ 9:42 am
What has Craig Ferguson been in? I saw him on the 'I Love the 80's' rampage on VH-1 and he's really funny (and kind of cute!).
Craig Ferguson played eeeeevil Mr. Wick (e?) on the Drew Carrey Show...
and my favorite Deidrich Bader role? Jethro Bodine :)
rincie
Mar 19, 2004 @ 9:43 am
I'm afraid of the little old dancing freaky dude for Six Flags. I wouldn't get on a bus with him!
From the safety of my living room, though, I can giggle at his faces. As long as he stays far away from me.
Tornado25
Mar 19, 2004 @ 9:53 am
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.
For some reason, I find this to be absolutely hilarious. Whenever I see the Travelocity ad, I think of the Edge shaving gel ad with TIm Duncan and David Robinson. "The daisies are out of bounds, Tim, not the roses." "What about the gnomes? They can be out of bounds." Hee!
Well, this ad has been bugging for a while, but I'm finally done with it. Its for the local Indian casino, advertising the fun fun fun, etc. Anyway, there's a shot of what is probably a 2-hand blackjack table. Its a toss table and the part that bugs is the people are picking the cards up with both hands. This is against the rules on a toss table. I ought to try that and see how far it gets me. "But, I saw it on TV on YOUR ad!" This just bugs for some reason.
screamapiller
Mar 19, 2004 @ 10:06 am
And the magnetic oven mitt who runs away from the hot oven? Is apparently high-freakin'-larious if you're 3 1/2.
actually,
thingamajig, I think I would probably find that toy hilarious too (and I'm 36 1/2....)
thingamajig
Mar 19, 2004 @ 10:16 am
OK, it is pretty funny, but thinglet thinks it's literally fall-down-on-floor, gasping-for-air funny.
Strawberryblonde
Mar 19, 2004 @ 10:39 am
clearly a bride-to-be (wearing a veil) and her bridesmaids on a bachelorette party.
Because, of course, all brides wear their veil to their bachelorette party.
Ouch. Don't you hate it when your eyes roll so far back into your head that they hit your cerebellum?
FfrauleinN
Mar 19, 2004 @ 10:47 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
That one I don't get. What's the joke?
Speaking of Zoloft commercials, what's the commercial for the drug where the little super hero flies around? He wears glasses and looks like claymation. I think the name of the drug begins with E. Elidia? Something like that.
Elidel?
DramaPrincess
Mar 19, 2004 @ 10:57 am
The drug superhero guy is Elidel, like FfrauleinN thought. It's supposed to treat eczema, I believe.
meknownothing
Mar 19, 2004 @ 11:01 am
So, we've got yet another Old Navy commercial. Morgan Fairchild and Sherman Hemsley shakin' their booties, and Joan Collins standing next to an anniversary (?) cake. But what's bugging me is that the young guys are ... well, all the same guy? Or have I lost the ability to distinguish individual human beings?
The Pez
Mar 19, 2004 @ 11:07 am
Six Flags commercials are so annoying. I just witnised, again, the one with the old lady about fearing her. That is so god damn annoying
FfrauleinN
Mar 19, 2004 @ 11:07 am
Theyre triplets or male models who look extremely alike, right? Aren't they the same guys from the old Old Navy ads?
phxchic
Mar 19, 2004 @ 11:36 am
Thank goodness I haven't yet seen Mr Jefferson shaking his ass. Some images are just not needed. I've been off work for two weeks, though, and I am seeing some crazy shit on the TV during the day--and not just the commercials!
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..."?
Shelwood, I've yet to come up with a good answer for
phxguy as to why I do, so I'm not sure I'd be of much help.
phxguy is just chalking it up to the Percocet...and my typical weirdness.
Glad y'all like the songs. Sometimes, I'm just so moved, ya know?
HHHand would totally kick Ovenmitt's quilted ass. I wanna see them in the cage, no glove, no hold's barred-- the American's Toughest Mascot Championship. I want blood! Winner takes on the Pillsbury DoughBoy.
puckish
Mar 19, 2004 @ 11:39 am
And the magnetic oven mitt who runs away from the hot oven? Is apparently high-freakin'-larious if you're 3 1/2.
actually, thingamajig, I think I would probably find that toy hilarious too (and I'm 36 1/2....)
My husband spent a good deal of time playing with it. I don't know whether to be delighted with his childlike sense of wonder or embarrassed that a grown man can be amused with a plastic oven mitt with a magnet inside for longer than thirty seconds.
dzdzsty
Mar 19, 2004 @ 11:55 am
Because, of course, all brides wear their veil to their bachelorette party.
Ouch. Don't you hate it when your eyes roll so far back into your head that they hit your cerebellum?
Actually, most of the bachelorette parties I've seen out have the bride wearing some sort of cheap, small veil (not over the face, but just sortof as a hair accessory). Which is what's going on in the Vegas commercial, so I thought it was pretty realistic.
And my interpretation of what's going on in the limo is that the woman up from has done something slightly embarrassing and yet hilarious, and her friends can't contain their laughter anymore. At first, she looks a little annoyed, but she, too, can't escape the fact that it's hilarious, and joins in. It just seems like something my friends and I would do, and you so rarely see that depicted in commercials.
lindseywalker
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:15 pm
The milk ad where the old man lifts the wheelbarrow and his arms get yanked off? That has got to be the sickest ad...EVER! If the family next door actually saw that happen, I would doubt they would start chugging milk. More likey they would be horking their guts out!
Can't the poor kids just eat their mac & cheese in peace? There's plenty of calcium on their plate!
roosterboy
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:18 pm
Yeah, how is that Arby's oven mitt not an invitation to a massive lawsuit from the HH parent company?
In that commercial where he says that Subway doesn't have a meat slicer? Wrong. When I worked at a Subway (granted, 15+ years ago) I had to slice meat every single shift. I could have done it in my sleep. Unless, of course, things have changed greatly since then. I don't know; I won't eat there any more.
lmds
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:45 pm
phxchic, while reading your Potty Putter song, I kept hearing the tune from an old Saturday morning animated PSA running through my head. It was one of the ones with the little yellow guy. He was singing about cheese - "when my ten gallon hat is feeling 5 gallons flat, I hanker for a hunk of cheese." Your song matches up to the music.
phxchic
Mar 19, 2004 @ 12:53 pm
Ha! Time for Timer! You're absolutely right, as I read over it again, but I swear, it's coincidental and unintended.
Hee!
screamapiller
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:02 pm
OK, it is pretty funny, but thinglet thinks it's literally fall-down-on-floor, gasping-for-air funny.
ah, the beauty of being
thinglet's age,
thingamajig.... I'm going to see my neices tomorrow (they're 4 and 1.5), and I can spend the day listening to the two of them cracking up at everything from oven mitt toys to actual oven mitts.
I am home from work today, and I now have about 12 hours worth of quality basketball to watch... which means tons of fodder for this thread, since I'm sure to see hours of craptacular commercials.
In fact, right now I'm seeing that ridiculous Chicken McNuggets commercial with the guy "changing for the better"... how does one equate all white meat chicken with shaving off one's monobrow?
Penfold
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:04 pm
Who the hell wants to play with an oven mitt????
Malibu Stacy?
jw7579
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:30 pm
Funny 'cause it's true. And the foosball guy does look like Andy Richter.
I've thought the same exact thing. That's the only reason why I like that commercial.
Remember the Dirt Devil commercials with the little Dirt Devil guy?
That looked like Conan.
Isaboe
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:40 pm
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.
WHAT! So what you're saying is the cars won't do what they claim in the ads? So the Jaguar won't stick on top of the tunnel?
Well! I'm cancelling my order right now![/heavy sarcasm]
ladyDonna
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:43 pm
A belated but humungous WORD to
Tanathir's rant about the Atkins Diet craze. (Hi, Tan!) And what's even stranger is that this diet's been around for decades. So what's caused the bandwagon to start rolling now?
Oh well, all the more grains and cereals for me.
I have to say, setting aside the clearly disturbing nature of the Potty Putter itself, you have to give them credit--the Do Not Disturb is included free. It's like you could have your own Master's, uhh---private country club--to get the Martha Burke of the world off your course. ~ Tornado25
"Be the Masters of your own domain!"
I think it's actually a secret plot funded by the makers of hemorrhoid medications. 'Cause if you spend too much time just sitting around, you know....
Boy, if there's one thing I need to do, it's watch my carbs and get it on with a dog at the same time. ~ screamapiller
BWAH!
Speaking of Zoloft commercials, what's the commercial for the drug where the little super hero flies around? He wears glasses and looks like claymation. I think the name of the drug begins with E. Elidia? Something like that.
I like that commercial only for the little flying man. He's so cute! ~ wdejesus79
Super Mr.
Elidel Man! (As
FfraleinN and
DramaPrincess already pointed out.) Elidel is a non-steroidal ointment for treating eczema. I only noticed the commercial because I use it for my 6-year-old. Great stuff. But the name makes me think of an Elf from Tolkien's
Lord of the Rings or something. "Elidel, the little-known son of Elrond, who inherited his father's powers of healing!"
The guy to me looks a lot like the dude from Pixar's upcoming flick
The Incredibles.
Freshly Ground Coffee
Mar 19, 2004 @ 1:54 pm
phxchic- Your Potty Putter song yesterday ruined a perfectly good pair of undies!
Where can one acquire such medication as you've been consuming???
ReelIrish
Mar 19, 2004 @ 2:37 pm
Actually, most of the bachelorette parties I've seen out have the bride wearing some sort of cheap, small veil (not over the face, but just sortof as a hair accessory). Which is what's going on in the Vegas commercial, so I thought it was pretty realistic.
Wearing a "bachelorette veil" to a club/bar = free drinks. (Even if you're not really getting married...) Not that I've ever done that before...
PlayItGeorge
Mar 19, 2004 @ 2:55 pm
OK I know we've all been bitching about the Old Navy spring break ads (and I HATE the "pretty in Palm Beach" girls with the fury of a thousand shining suns) but can someone tell me what the lady is saying in Miami? It sounds like "big sit up, Miami" and that's all I've been able to figure out.
zapmonkey
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:01 pm
Hi! I'm new around here, but when the Potty-putter PC came out as a tribute to this thread, I decided to visit.
Damn my procrastination, I've been meaning to send that ad to Leno for Headlines since the catalogue came before Xmas! Oh well, you guys are funnier anyway! Phxchic, the song was hilarious.
ETA: Can anyone tell me if there has ever been a "poor man's" thread? Like when a commercial actor bears a resemblance to someone really famous? Thanks for any heads ups.
ubi
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:05 pm
The drug superhero guy is Elidel, like FfrauleinN thought. It's supposed to treat eczema, I believe.
I don't have eczema, but he can scratch my back anytime, if you know what I mean, and I think you do...
phxchic
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:05 pm
phxchic- Your Potty Putter song yesterday ruined a perfectly good pair of undies!
Where can one acquire such medication as you've been consuming???
Freshly Ground Coffee, it's easy! First, develop something that requires surgery. Ailment of your choice. Second, ask your surgeon for Percocet. Vicodin will work. Morphine (post-surgery) is really good, but it's too hard to stay awake or type. Repeat the narcotics for two to three weeks. Then you're well on your way!
Sorry about your undies, BTW. If you had a laptop and a Potty Putter, that could have been avoided :p. Maybe I should post a warning label after taking my next dose?
But the name makes me think of an Elf from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings or something. "Elidel, the little-known son of Elrond, who inherited his father's powers of healing!"
Hee! There's a board I go to where the webmistress makes fun of current baby names. You wouldn't believe how many people are naming their daughters "Allegra". Those people are obviously taking harder stuff than me, but apparently don't have allergies.
It sounds like "big sit up, Miami" and that's all I've been able to figure out.
I haven't seen the ad, but maybe she's saying, "Mix it up"? Otherwse, I can't think of anything else that makes sense.
Mangetical Anji
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:18 pm
It sounds like "big sit up, Miami" and that's all I've been able to figure out.
I haven't seen the ad, but maybe she's saying, "Mix it up"? Otherwse, I can't think of anything else that makes sense.
That's what I thought too, actually. Even so, "Mix it up, Miami" still sounds retarded. "Big sit up, Miami" is much, much funnier.
ladyDonna
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:20 pm
First, develop something that requires surgery. Ailment of your choice. Second, ask your surgeon for Percocet. Vicodin will work. Morphine (post-surgery) is really good, but it's too hard to stay awake or type. Repeat the narcotics for two to three weeks. Then you're well on your way! ~ phxchic
Besides, taking morphine for very long leads to constipation. So all the more reason to use that Potty Putter.
If you had a laptop and a Potty Putter, that could have been avoided :p. Maybe I should post a warning label after taking my next dose?
Wow, what a great idea! The all-new Potty Surfer.
Alexandria Bay
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:38 pm
Hey, The Daily Show had a shout out to us! Well, probably not, but I thought of this thread when Jon Stewart, in response to some jibe from a guest, said "I learned it form you!" Clearly a fan of one of our favorite PSAs.
Next up...Oscar Mayer ad with the woman wishing she could always be first in the deli line and pulling tickets from one of those counter tabs things. She is clearly wearing her graduation outfit from Clown College.
A&E is running Dirty Harry tonight and the ads are hysterical. Not as good as the Shaft theme for Monk, but really very funny, especially the sequence of bleeped out language. Still not enough to make me watch anything with a sleeze like Eastwood, but very amusing.
ellyd
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:47 pm
I'm so embarrassed! I thought I was adding a reply to this forum and mistakenly posted a new topic. Is there any way to delete it?
Gawd! What an idiot! Sorry
ParasiteTwin
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:53 pm
There's a board I go to where the webmistress makes fun of current baby names. You wouldn't believe how many people are naming their daughters "Allegra".
OMG. And I thought the Disney character naming craze from the 90's was wrong. So I expect there will eventually be kids named Zoloft, Cialis, & Elidel? I admit Allegra is a pretty name, but can't people find inspiration elsewhere besides their perscriptions?
If they made Potty Skeeball, then I'd be interested.
zapmonkey, I think I did see Jay mention the Potty Putter a few months ago. So he's aware of the silliness of it but I don't think he picked up on the fact that the guy has no undies on in that ad. Gross.
So Old Navy is celebrating their 10th year by doing the hustle?
JHeaton
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:54 pm
Ellyd, it's already been reported in the Traffic Court; a moderator will be by to take care of it shortly.
ellyd
Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:58 pm
Thank you SO much!
(I hate being the new kid on the block!)
ladyDonna
Mar 19, 2004 @ 4:00 pm
I admit Allegra is a pretty name, but can't people find inspiration elsewhere besides their perscriptions?
Heh! To be fair, though,
Allegra was a personal name long before it was a prescription brand. (Not to say that it's a good idea to give a girl that name nowadays. I mean,
Mercedes was the name of the car-maker's daughter.)
hagreene80
Mar 19, 2004 @ 4:01 pm
You wouldn't believe how many people are naming their daughters "Allegra"
Alegre in means happy or glad in Spanish as well as jovial. Also alegrar means to cheer or to rejoice. Just my two cents!
Speaking of pharmaceutical ads (our favorites!) I thought it was against some FCC code or whatever to associate an animated character with a disease (in this case I believe it's for toe fungus and the product to get rid of the little guy and his friends is Lamasil.)
eta Allegra's Window was a show on Nickelodeon forever ago too!
wdejesus79
Mar 19, 2004 @ 4:12 pm
Thanks, FfrauleinN, DramaPrincess & Lady Donna for reminding me that it's Elidel! And I agree that Mr. Elidel looks more Pixar-ish than Claymation. I just with I had a Mr. Elidel to fly around and talk to me. Yes, I'm that weird.
Poodle Hat
Mar 19, 2004 @ 4:38 pm
I kinda like the new Clarinex ads. Not because they are good or anything, but because they remind me of The Kids In The Hall. I'm crrrrushing your head!
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