Maybe I'm the confused one, but I swear the first time I saw this (and I'm sure it was relatively new) the advisor leaned over and "asked" the dad what the name was. You never could hear the answer or see all of the dad, but you knew he was there. Maybe I never saw the "non-ask" version, but I always thought the advisor said "I don't know, let me ask". This is gonna bug...


Yeah, exactly. It's not like Journey was letting Ford use its songs back at the height of their game. OTOH, an ad using a Norah Jones ad is likely to backfire, because as blaring and annoying as "Any Way You Want It" is in a Ford ad, it at least keeps me awake.

I've never seen the "non-ask" version either.

I saw a new ad for V8 with that crazy tap dancer last night. This time he was causing pandemonium in a high school chemistry(?) lab.

Same with me. Also, there was a song on the Bodyguard soundtrack that was also called "Trust in Me" and I never listened to it because of the tampon thing.

And I regret to inform everybody that the Lamisol (or whatever) commercial with the creature pulling back the toenail is back. I thought they got rid of this commercial because people were complaining about it.

Holy hell. No. Just ... no, I said. How is this little bastard back? What's his name again, Digger? Why is Digger not dead?

From today's TV Guide Watercooler:

Cress, I saw that too. Morgan Fairchild did look amazing. Does the woman age?

And I just love watching them dance.

I didn't even know they sold Fanta in America. I just thought it was a foreign thing.

As insipid as the Fanta ads are, I do find myself singing that damn song in the grocery store when I see the Fanta display. Damn Coca-Cola Company.

AdAge snarks on Old Navy ads:

I remember Fanta being a fountain drink you could only get in fast food joints. Then, they disappeared when Coca-Cola acquired Minute Maid for all their fruity sodas.
Seeing the cuties bounce around won't inspire me to drink their sugar water anyway. I gave up fruity sodas years ago. Much more into Snapple now.

While the dancing old people are rather cute, that Old Navy ad irritates me.

Everyone's in eveningwear, not the cheap tshirts and whatever that are actually in the store! Are we supposed to think Old Navy is now selling tuxedoes and evening gowns? For only $10! Quality sweatshop tuxedoes.

There's a ad for a pill that shows this guy named Smilin' Bob - of course, the ad never explains why he's smiling, what the pill is for, etc., but if you look carefully at the end of it, it says "for male enhancement".

Well, my dad asks me, "What is that pill for? Why is that guy smiling all the time?!"

I had to explain.

Thank you, Luna. Every time I see this ON ad, that's what goes through my head. If they were coming out with a line of Old Navy Prom fashions, it might make sense but as is, it bugs.

Oh, god yes! I remember those commercials. I forgot what they were for, but I remembered the song so clearly that for months I would burst out randomly with, "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Shea! Who's calling Jimmy?" My parents thought I was crazy. I went wild with joy upon hearing the song on the radio, and started singing along, only to realize it was the original song and not about Jimmy. Then I was sad.

And let me add to the Swoops hate train. I think it's the goddamn song that does it for me. Plus, those things really look awful...like pressed molded shit.

The "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Shea" ads were discussed before, but WAAAAAAAAAAAY upthread, probably something like 50 pages back at least. And my favorite part of them is just so cool, it bears repeating:

Did you see the "sequels"? Not sequels in terms of different people doing different things or different songs, but Sprint tacked a couple different messages on the ends of the ads a couple times...see, Jimmy Shea was in the Olympics that year for luge, I think. His father AND his grandfather, Jack Shea Sr. and Jr., had ALSO both been in the Olympics for speed skating, and were both gold medalists; and this was the first time that three generations in a family had gotten into the Olympics so everyone was going crazy over that and featuring them in all sorts of publicity. (Dad and Granddad Shea are in the ad; they're the ones sitting in the room singing "We're the one who's calling, we're the one who's calling Jimmy...") The three of them were going to be torch carriers in the opening ceremonies that year.

So anyway -- about three weeks before the Olympics, Grandpa Shea was killed in a car crash. Sprint kept running the ads, but they tacked a very simple, "Our thoughts and prayers to the Shea family" message on the end, which I thought was a nice touch.

Then a few weeks later, Jimmy Shea competed and won a gold medal himself, making it the first time there were three generations of Olympic gold medalists in a single family, so everyone was going bananas about all that again. Sprint changed to a NEW ending on these same ads -- at the very end, they showed a screen with the message:

"Congratulations to Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Shea -- and thanks for watching out for him, Jack."

I nearly choked up.

Believe me, etain, the first time I caught this, I just burst into tears. Of course, anything dealing with dearly departed dads/grandads and sports gets the waterworks going for me (thanks to my own little bit of personal tragedy, I still can't watch the last five minutes of Field of Dreams, and it's been 10 years since my dad died...)




Joan Collins is looking pretty fan-freakin-tastic, I might add.

Hee-hee. Hee hee heeee. Thanks for putting that into words for me.

Is that anything like zestfully clean?

BWAH! I always hated that ad campaign.

I had a love-hate relationship with it, myself. On the one hand, stupid, yes. But on the other, who wouldn't want a big-ass towel like that? I mean, assuming it didn't have "Zest" written on it.

I have one. With "Zest" on it. I also have one of the Nestea "plunge" towels, from the commercial where it looked like the people were diving onto a towel but it turned out to be a pool. I aso had a stuffed Raid mosquito.

What? My mom's a buyer for a grocery chain.

Eeewwwwww.

Man, I love Digger! I mean, foot fungus is pretty gross, even more so under the toenail, but I think that little fella is so cute!

I don't think about that, and that's why I enjoy "Do the hustle." I just enjoy everyone dancing like fools.

Okay, I enjoy the song for another reason too. My sophomore year of high school, everyone in my history class had to do a video about the Wild, Wild West (don't ask). This was obviously meant as the fun project for the year. My friend wrote out a small vignette, if you will, and 4 of us acted it out. We also set a "soundtrack" to it, and "Do the Hustle" was one of the songs. (Just in case you want to know, the other songs were "Back in the Day" by Warren G (the play started out with a flashback), "Fantastic Voyage" by Coolio (when we were traveling across the western plains), "Low Rider" for the bar scene, and "do the hustle" for the end (I don't know why.))

Shut up, I was 16.

Whoa! Do you ever lift the towel up behind you, turn back at an imaginary camera and say "You're not fully clean unless you're Zestfully clean!"? Because I would so do that if I were you, lol.

Dude. I think I may have done that with a non-Zest towel. Oy. Shut up, I was a little kid.

I just saw a commercial for IDT that's just plain offensive to black women. The camera is on a white man in his office and he's looking down on a (very small) black woman in a pink suit who's screaming up at him about getting a better deal on telephone service. White guy calls security and the commercial ends with the woman being carried out of the office still screaming. Ugh, shame on you IDT, just what we need to see, a mouthy black woman.

All the time! I was so pissed we didn't have glass shower doors, so I could wipe the glass.

Sigh, such a dork.

I know this is probably an old commercial, but I saw one last night for some woman talking about random teeth whitening gel. Anyway, all of a sudden, she falls asleep and is transported to a game being played by gorillas and teddy bears. The Fuck??? Someone please explain this to me, then after you do, pass me the acid you were dropping because I think that is the only way that someone could have understood it.

And don't worry FfrauleinN, I think we all had some secret "Zest" towel moments when no one was home. :)

The problem with being Zestfully clean is that it apparently means every mL of moisture must be sucked from the skin. I had no idea my skin was so dry till I bought my first body skin!


Last summer, there was a one minute radio ads with those Fanta hos--each one has some cute fruity name and personality to match. Apparently, one drinks a particular Fanta based on the personality one feels.

Whatever. That's a minute of my life I want back.

Damn you, Fruity Fanta hos! With your glittery hoo-hoos absorbing my life!

But the best part about the Fanta commercials is the guy that goes "Mm-hm" at the end!

A little while ago I saw a commercial for some drug to fight fatigue and not once but twice the announcer told me that a symptom of fatigue is exhaustion. The things you find out.



Unfortunately I now have those stupid commercials in my head and can tell you they are known as the Fantanas. I like Fruity Fanta hos better though. Glittery hemi-powered hoo-hoos optional.

I can't stand IDT commercials... specifically because of the funk-ay music that they use, which sounds like it was rejected from The Steve Harvey Show.

Okay, I just saw the aforementioned Verizon ad with the ethnically diverse family. I love it.

I hate car commercials in Texas. It's always set to country music, with lyrics like "Cause it's bigger in TexAAAAAAs!!" Ew.

ETA: I'm watching American Idol, and they played that WRETCHED Coke commercial with the 'Cribs' spoof...That "Delux247" kid. I see that damned commercial at the movie theater, can't I at least escape it when I'm watching TV?

I really like the ethnically diverse Verizon family too, but I kinda don't get what's happening in the commercial. Is it just supposed to be random typical family-type moments, with a Verizon-related theme? Or did I miss something?

I think it's random family moments with Dad trying to impress the kids with his "knowledge" of computers, and cute babies wrecking things.

I have nothing but hate for that White Castle single/double ad. Haaate. White Castle is gross and it just isn't funny.

etain, re: the Jimmy Jimmy Shea story. You nearly choked up?! Damn, I'm crying just reading that.... I don't remember the ads at all, but really, I didn't watch a lot of television in high school...

And yea! The Furniture Store in Itasca! Good to see some other hometown types on here.... ;) Between that and those stupid Empire ads (which we secretly love...), we have a rich history of snarkage....

I saw the Six Flags ad y'all were hating on.

Oy.

If you took away the Larry Bud Melman glasses scary dancing old guy looks like Dana Carvey dressed as Mr. Turtle in the egregious Master of Disguise.

Ah, that's why I hated him on sight when I saw the commercial for the first time the other night.

I can't stand those Six Flags ad. That "We Like To Party" song is so five years ago.

ETA: I've never seen a White Castle here in the South, so it's safe to say I've never seen the commercials. We have those boxes of frozen White Castle burgers at the grocery store, though, and they're fucking GROSS, man.

White Castle is possibly the worst fast food place around. Not only are the burgers square (a distinction it shares with Wendy's) but they're almost bite size. I'll take Burger King any day, thank you. They give you a decent sized meal, and they don't have annoying rapping commercials.

Oh, I can't help liking the Six Flags dancing "old" guy (who clearly isn't). I just wish I could dance like him. And with such enthusiasm.

White Castle memories...........

When I was growing up, believe it or not, there was no such thing as McDonalds.

I remember a Sunday afternoon when my cousins were visiting, my Dad and uncle brought home a big bag of White Castles for dinner. It was a rare thing to get carryout back then, so this was a big treat.

God, I feel old. (And I'm only 45.)

Let me add my hate for the Fanta ads. At first I thought they were more Old Navy commercials, which I also loathe, but then I got sucked in. I was trying to start a nap and I was too lazy to click the remote.

Why do I want to go buy a bar of Zest right now?

Aw, I like that commercial. Again, it may be due to the fact that I've only seen it like three times. I love when he tells his neighbor, "It's Deluxe, son." Hee!

Lingo, I too like the Six Flags dancing man. However, that too may be due to the fact that I've only seen it a couple times.

I'm just not as eagle eyed as y'all.

Ha, wait until you see it during what seems like every commercial break, and then when you go see a movie. I liked it the first few times, too. And then it got old.

I also like the Six Flag ads. There's just something surreal and creepy-funny about them, which appeals to me. It reminds me of Amazing Stories (remember that show?).

No, but I am a youngun and didn't even watch bleebleeblahblahboo until this year.

I found myself missing the Spongmonkey Quizno's commercials earlier today. My soul hurts a little.

That's funny, they hurt my soul to watch them in the first place...

Oh, yeah, no doubt. I give it five more times at the most. Then I will hate it.

Like the new Mercedes C class Compressor sedan commercial. I must've seen it like 10 times tonight alone. It's the one with this man in a black Mercedes & the cops are after him, and they can't keep up. Not with motorcycles or helicopters. But this woman, in the same car (except silver), does catch up to him. Such a dumb ass commercial.



Me too. I could only stand to see it once.