Strawberryblonde
Apr 1, 2004 @ 10:35 am
I highly doubt that the Mustang is either: a) classed as a compact car or b) eligible for a great rate.
c) or comfortable. My husband rented one last week while on a business trip and he said it is so small inside that his elbow and shoulder kept hitting the driver's side window. He's six feet, but not freakishly tall.
hotrodchick
Apr 1, 2004 @ 10:44 am
Wasn't the screamer in another ad, with a guy that looked like he could be his father IRL? His parents were driving him home on college break, and they kicked him out of the car when he started talking about how he was so happy to get this (don't remember the name) cereal, he just might eat it all up.
I was just coming here to ask this!!! I can't remember the cearal either. But when I saw him the the VW commercial I started screaming "Cereal Boy! Yay!" He must have found a way back to school after his parents dumped him, graduated and found a job cuz now he's buying a car!
FfrauleinN
Apr 1, 2004 @ 11:02 am
Thanks. I wasn't quite sure. Does anybody know if they're actually related? Does anybody know why it's so important that I find out?
screamapiller
Apr 1, 2004 @ 11:35 am
I was just coming here to ask this!!! I can't remember the cearal either. But when I saw him the the VW commercial I started screaming "Cereal Boy! Yay!" He must have found a way back to school after his parents dumped him, graduated and found a job cuz now he's buying a car!
I don't know if they're related. But I do know that the cereal in question is
Golden Grahams. Oh, those Golden Grahams! Oh, those Golden Grahams! Crispy tasty graham cereal, a brand new breakfast treat!....
Cursed, cursed brain. Why is it I can remember this stuff, but I can't find my remote?
hotrodchick
Apr 1, 2004 @ 11:45 am
I don't know if they're related. I think I've seen the guy who was Cereal Dad as a tertiary character on some show along the line--can't remember which one, though. I have to admit that I feel a strange attraction to Cereal Boy.
WhyTheLongFace
Apr 1, 2004 @ 12:12 pm
Exactly what kind of message is Coca-Cola trying to send with their constant stream of mean-spirited commercials? From Courtney Cox short-changing hubby Dave with a glass full of ice, to the video game playing clown who gets sprayed, to Tico (or Tino, or whatever his name is) getting his empanadas and Coke snarfed by his roommate, to the latest atrocity-- B-Ball boy handing his homie a Coke that's been under his sweaty armpit. Eugh.
And after all these acts showing the sour milk of human kindness, Coke puts up their logo, and the world "Real." WTF? Is the message, "Drink Coke, and be an asshole like these folks."
Ech. I drink Pepsi anyway. Coke tastes like fizzy coffee grounds to me. If I'm at a place and there's no Pepsi, I drink Dr. Pepper or root beer.
wdejesus79
Apr 1, 2004 @ 12:19 pm
to the video game playing clown who gets sprayed
That clown deserved it. I liked how karma came back and bit him in the ass.
B-Ball boy handing his homie a Coke that's been under his sweaty armpit. Eugh.
That is disgusting. But it still makes me laugh. Yes, I'm 12.
ChinkyGirl
Apr 1, 2004 @ 12:56 pm
I'm surprised nobody here has mentioned the new Staples ads (at least, I think it's Staples...this thread just proves how effective some funny ads can be at making us forget what the actual product is, lol)!
It starts off with these two guys arguing while climbing up a moutain - one is slightly lower than the other, and I don't remember the funny dialogue between them, but it was in the vein of, "Get down from there!" When the lower guy offers his hand to the higher guy, the scene freezes and we realise that the scene was the inspiration for...one of those stupid motivational posters from work/school! Heh...in fact, the title of this one is "MOTIVATION".
The poster's hanging in a conference room with some tool making a speech in regards to how his employees should all be able to learn something from the poster's message, and this lady just starts cracking up! Priceless! The end cuts back to the mountain with both guys toppling over, lol.
I swear I'm not doing it justice, but it's one of the more brilliant ads I've seen in awhile!
Lev
Apr 1, 2004 @ 1:09 pm
I don't know if they're related. I think I've seen the guy who was Cereal Dad as a tertiary character on some show along the line--can't remember which one, though. I have to admit that I feel a strange attraction to Cereal Boy.
I don't know about the dad, but "cereal boy" (I believe) was a really icky bloated "floater" in a CSI epi.
wdejesus79
Apr 1, 2004 @ 1:16 pm
ChinkyGirl, I haven't seen that new ad, but I know someone else mentioned it several pages ago.
And that person also didn't remember for which office supply store it was for either, IIRC.
jadefox
Apr 1, 2004 @ 3:43 pm
screamapillar, I understand your hatred of Dicky V (which is sad, b/c I'm a college basketball fanatic), but what's your beef with Shane Battier?
Just curious...
screamapiller
Apr 1, 2004 @ 4:11 pm
screamapillar, I understand your hatred of Dicky V (which is sad, b/c I'm a college basketball fanatic), but what's your beef with Shane Battier?
Just curious...
actually,
jadefox, I don't mind Dicky V.
Shane Battier? I just want to beat that wrinkly shar-pei looking head of his senseless whenever I see him on my TV. Much like my intense need to punch Derek Jeter in the face if I ever met him.
And I'll spare you the venom I have stored up for Coach K....
PostToastie
Apr 1, 2004 @ 4:54 pm
It starts off with these two guys arguing while climbing up a moutain - one is slightly lower than the other, and I don't remember the funny dialogue between them, but it was in the vein of, "Get down from there!" When the lower guy offers his hand to the higher guy, the scene freezes and we realise that the scene was the inspiration for...one of those stupid motivational posters from work/school! Heh...in fact, the title of this one is "MOTIVATION".
Actually they were trying to fist-fight, but this commercial is hilarious!
actually, jadefox, I don't mind Dicky V.
He's awesome baby!
I saw a commercial yesterday for "Rainbow Brite". I thought that shit went out in the 80's. Don't tell me it's back!!
ETA: I too love the Toys 'R' Us bunnies!!
Poodle Hat
Apr 1, 2004 @ 4:55 pm
Now we need Menopause Test Kits?
vegasusa555
Apr 1, 2004 @ 5:21 pm
I know i'm really slow, but I hate the six flags "old man"! Who the fuck did his makeup? Pretty much it looked like someone picked up two chicken cutlet "titty lifters", stuck them on his face and painted them to match his skin color!!
I'm only 17, and I can remember hating Dick Vitale when I was younger. I would always ask my dad, "Why is he talking like that? He's stupid!" Yes, sadly my snarking began at an early age. :)
And word on Roni Lynn Deutch! I thought she was a local lawyer here in vegas! Besides her, Adam S. Kutner and Glen Lerner are on my list for the worst local commercials ever!
WhyTheLongFace
Apr 1, 2004 @ 5:40 pm
Just checking in from Minnesota to let ya know that Roni Deutch is a nationwide menace.
Sleestak Hunter
Apr 1, 2004 @ 5:41 pm
We got Roni in San Francisco, too.
vegasusa555
Apr 1, 2004 @ 5:43 pm
Okay, it's official. I think we need to have a group hug and ward off the evil vibes of Roni!!!! Dear sweet Jesus, make her go away!!!!
Alexandria Bay
Apr 1, 2004 @ 5:46 pm
Roni Deutch has invaded the CT airwaves as well. And I also thought she was a purely local evil. The country's doomed! DOOMED!
OK...So how come nobody (or nobody worth reading, in case I just missed it 8-) has ripped on the Steven Segall commercial? He's in a convenience store and accidentally foils a robbery. He looks like a character from a video game transferred to real life! It's ghastly! Even ghastlier than he is generally. Worse than Chevy Chase when everyone was discussing how awful he looked in an ad.
jennifuh
Apr 1, 2004 @ 5:48 pm
The only time I like Dick Vitale is in the DiGiorno commercial, where he doesn't talk because his mouth is full of pizza. Instead, he hold up a sign that say "It's not delivery, it's DiGiorno" and the flips it over to say "Baby!!"
Who the heck is Roni Deutch?
Tornado25
Apr 1, 2004 @ 5:48 pm
Exactly what kind of message is Coca-Cola trying to send with their constant stream of mean-spirited commercials? From Courtney Cox short-changing hubby Dave with a glass full of ice, to the video game playing clown who gets sprayed, to Tico (or Tino, or whatever his name is) getting his empanadas and Coke snarfed by his roommate, to the latest atrocity-- B-Ball boy handing his homie a Coke that's been under his sweaty armpit. Eugh.
Oh, word! Seriously, this means what? That if I drink Coke, I can be an asshole with impunity? Or if I drink Coke with others, they may surreptitiously fuck me over? BTW, what the hell is empanada anyway?
Vacationland
Apr 1, 2004 @ 5:55 pm
Alexandria Bay, I
just saw that Steven Segall ad for the first time last night...it was very late, and I half wondered if I was hallucinating it! Man, he has aged so,
so very badly, hasn't he? He's so squinty and puffy he looks like a badly embalmed reanimated corpse. And I didn't know Popeil had come out with spray-ponytail-hair-in-a-can. The guy actually makes Chevy Chase look almost good in comparison.
I didn't get the ad, but then again, I never could fathom his career at all, so maybe it's just me.
Tornado25, empanadas are a tasty South American
snack. The Brazilian restaurant near my old apartment used to sell meat-filled ones by the truckload, but they have lots of different fillings.
Mangetical Anji
Apr 1, 2004 @ 6:02 pm
An empanada is like the Spanish version of a turnover, usually filled with beef or chicken or cheese or something like that. Sort of like a calzone, but filled with different stuff.
My new hate is directed at the Firestone commercials. The song just drives me crazy. For some reason, I keep expecting Axl Rose to bust out with "Sweet Child of Mine" in the middle of it. It's so....blargh.
gnbhull
Apr 1, 2004 @ 6:06 pm
I saw an ad for Corona last night, I'm still not sure if I like it or not.
It starts with the bottle in the foreground, slightly to the left. A middle aged, slightly overweight guy in a Speedo and some sort of pullover enters. Not content with the horror of the Speedo, he begins to remove the pullover, revealing a massively hairy back. Just as I was saying "Why do I need to see this?" a hand moves the bottle, obscuring the man.
I'm grateful that they covered the guy up, but I'm still not pleased at seeing hairy speedo guy at all.
Lingo
Apr 1, 2004 @ 6:34 pm
Oh, word! Seriously, this means what? That if I drink Coke, I can be an asshole with impunity?
But it's okay! You had Subway for lunch!
Yeah, Seagal looks
bad in that commercial.
Jack In the Box has finally moved on to their next promotion (the New Bruschetta Chicken Ciabatta...boy what a mouthful, no pun intended), so I don't have to watch the stupid "big...breasts..." commercial anymore. Huzzah!
Texas Gal
Apr 1, 2004 @ 6:44 pm
The only time I like Dick Vitale is in the DiGiorno commercial, where he doesn't talk because his mouth is full of pizza. Instead, he hold up a sign that say "It's not delivery, it's DiGiorno" and the flips it over to say "Baby!!"
But even his chewing is annoying! He looks like he is concentrating really, really hard on keeping his mouth closed.
roosterboy
Apr 1, 2004 @ 6:45 pm
I just want to know why Roni Deutch dropped the "Lynn" from her name...
Eegah
Apr 1, 2004 @ 6:52 pm
I'd like to think the Mountain Dew commercial is a joke by Segal, acknowledging that accidently knocking people out is the only way he can convincingly kick ass anymore (he was doubled for 90% of the fight scenes in Half Past Dead). And I like Mountain Dew, so it's a little disheartening.
BioGal
Apr 1, 2004 @ 7:23 pm
We've got Roni Deutch here in Idaho too. Hate her!!
Alexandria Bay
Apr 1, 2004 @ 7:45 pm
Popeil, Heh. 8-)
The thing that really caught my attention in the Segal ad is that his skin tone is approaching Oompah Loompah orange. At least on my TV.
Sleestak Hunter
Apr 1, 2004 @ 8:02 pm
Seriously, this means what? That if I drink Coke, I can be an asshole with impunity? Tornado25
You know what I hate the most about this commercial? The way Tito's Jerky Roommate says the word 'Mom' as he's reading the note aloud. He says it like: "MoOOoaam". GAH! Why are you putting an extra vowel in such a small word?!
Kick his ass, Tito.
BlackCorduroy
Apr 1, 2004 @ 8:25 pm
Bob Dylan + women wearing lingerie = mind blown!
StephenTrendy
Apr 1, 2004 @ 8:41 pm
I like the Tito commercial for Coke if only because of the somewhat amusing mislead. But the one with the Singing Lady handing out Coke isn't assholy at all. I love that lady with her Bottomless Purse of Coke!
cal331
Apr 1, 2004 @ 8:48 pm
We got Roni in San Francisco, too.
Duh, I know! *sings* Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco treat!
Sorry. I should have resisted!
Sandman87
Apr 1, 2004 @ 9:42 pm
Seriously, this means what? That if I drink Coke, I can be an asshole with impunity?
First Carl's Jr, then Coke. Who will be next to embrace the "our customers are jerks" message?
I got money on the spongemonkeys only because I'm sure they don't fight fair. They aim for below the waist.
Someone's going to do it, so it might as well be me...
We hit the 'nads
'Cause they hurt ver-rey much
When there's a fiiiight
It is tempting to hurt them because it makes you double over
And then we bite your nose
penguinrn
Apr 1, 2004 @ 11:46 pm
It starts off with these two guys arguing while climbing up a moutain - one is slightly lower than the other, and I don't remember the funny dialogue between them, but it was in the vein of, "Get down from there!" When the lower guy offers his hand to the higher guy, the scene freezes and we realise that the scene was the inspiration for...one of those stupid motivational posters from work/school! Heh...in fact, the title of this one is "MOTIVATION".
I know this is off topic, but have y'all ever been to
Despair.com? (I hope I did that right). They have "motivational" posters that are SO hilarious. I'm so thinking about getting some for my office.
Ok...back to topic...just saw the YOU! YOU! YOU! T-mobile commercial. I thought it was funny. Hee.
Dane
Apr 2, 2004 @ 12:35 am
I'm in Ohio and haven't noticed any Roni here ... evidently either Ohio is the promised land for Roni-haters, or I'm watching all the right stuff at the right times to avoid her.
And this?
We hit the 'nads
'Cause they hurt ver-rey much
When there's a fiiiight
It is tempting to hurt them because it makes you double over
And then we bite your nose
is going to have me doubled over laughing for at least a week. *applause* for
Sandman87.
wdejesus79
Apr 2, 2004 @ 12:43 am
First Carl's Jr, then Coke. Who will be next to embrace the "our customers are jerks" message?
Don't leave out White Castle. I HATE their new commercial where the guy is doing the thumb up and sideways to cover the bottom portion of his double cheeseburger. At the same time he says, "Single, double" as his thumb covers, then uncovers the bottom half.
Then his wife/girlfriend walks in and says something to him (I frankly don't remember, because what happened next pissed me off so much), and he starts doing the "double, single" thing now with a picture of him and his SO, covering her part of the pic when he says single. He does this all with such an asshole grin on his face. I can't stand him.
Tabbyclaw
Apr 2, 2004 @ 1:07 am
Sandman87 is my new god.
I finally saw the "tampon in the boat" commercial yesterday. Best. Feminine hygeine commercial. Ever. Well, more like Only Good. Feminine hygeine commercial. Ever. The best part is that the guy just takes it in stride. Why can't we have more of these and fewer MUST HIDE YOUR PERIOD ads?
DramaPrincess
Apr 2, 2004 @ 1:14 am
Roni Deutch is here in DC too.
I've also seen recently this (I think) local commercial for these lawyers with this big, ridiculous gold CGI logo, accompanied by super-dramatic music. I don't remember the firm name, but the best part about the whole thing is that the logo hangs there for so long, while the dramatic music plays. I guess they think their target audience really can't read.
Cleo256
Apr 2, 2004 @ 1:32 am
I like the Tito commercial for Coke if only because of the somewhat amusing mislead.
Yeah, it was worth a chuckle the first time, and subsequent viewings have only reminded me of that first time when I chuckled. Taken with the rest, though, it does seem to be part of a pattern of people being jerks to get Coke. Isn't that the first sign of addiction?
Also, hate to the Dairy Queen (?) ad where the dad gets an ice cream snack and then kind of taunts the baby strapped to his chest about it. The baby then uses his CGI powers to kick dad in the nuts. That's not so bad, since it almost plays like it's an accident that could totally happen, and dad's getting a karmic payback. But then the horribly-CGIed reverse-headbutt from the baby is just dumb, and mean. And illogical. I can't stop thinking about the fact that babies have soft skulls.
wdejesus79
Apr 2, 2004 @ 1:36 am
Cleo256, ITA with you on the Dairy Queen ad. I love babies, but that baby is pure evil. What a little bastard! And while he kicks & headbutts his dad, he's all nonchalant.
In other news, as I was waiting for the train on my way home from the NIT championship game (Damn you, Rutgers! Can't you win one?!), my friend started singing the Quizno's spongmonkeys' song. I was thisclose to pushing him over.
hagreene80
Apr 2, 2004 @ 1:38 am
We hit the 'nads
'Cause they hurt ver-rey much
When there's a fiiiight
It is tempting to hurt them because it makes you double over
And then we bite your nose
I. Am. Speechless.
Much better than the song we came up with after deciding that spongemonkeys don't fight fair. I am sure they use every tool possible, you know, whatever's available... strudy tubes... glittery hoo-hoos. Pepper bar.
Jamoche
Apr 2, 2004 @ 3:10 am
I'd like to think the Mountain Dew commercial is a joke by Segal, acknowledging that accidently knocking people out is the only way he can convincingly kick ass anymore
It just reminds me that Segal had a rep for "accidentally" hitting his stunt people for real (my karate instructor did some stunt work in the 70s, and had friends who'd worked with him)
behindthemask
Apr 2, 2004 @ 4:25 am
I am convinced that Matthew Lesko (aka the crazy guy in the question mark suit) is, in fact, completely insane. To the point where it's slightly mildly frightening. I mean, come on. He's dressed like the Riddler. And he's just so... energetic.
He has to be evil.
tintin
Apr 2, 2004 @ 6:05 am
I swear to God, I saw Matthew Lesko driving around D.C. once when I went home to visit my parents. Who else would be driving around in a van covered in question marks? He's very commited to the motif, I have to give him that. I wonder if he lives in the van too... down by the Potomac River...
Namaste
Apr 2, 2004 @ 9:11 am
Agreed, BlackCorduroy. Bob Dylan in a Victoria's Secret ad? The hell?
FfrauleinN
Apr 2, 2004 @ 9:26 am
Hee, Matthew Lesko. I haven't seen him in a long time. Damn, I just jinxed myself. You know what I wonder when I see stuff like that? (I mean, other than, who the
hell let him out?) Where does he get that suit? No, really. Where does one procure a suit like that? Do you buy an acid green suit and then get someone to attach the question marks? If so, where would you buy an acid green suit? Or does it just come like that, all Riddler motif-ed up? And who did the van up to match like that?
I know this is off topic, but have y'all ever been to Despair.com? (I hope I did that right). They have "motivational" posters that are SO hilarious. I'm so thinking about getting some for my office.
That's the first thing I thought about when I heard about this commercial.
mlooney
Apr 2, 2004 @ 9:29 am
Agreed, BlackCorduroy. Bob Dylan in a Victoria's Secret ad? The hell?
Yeah, Victoria's Secret is getting this weeks "what the fuck was that?" award, beating out the reigning champ, Burger King.
ajra
Apr 2, 2004 @ 10:15 am
the Dairy Queen ad. I love babies, but that baby is pure evil.
The dad is evil - did he really plan to hold a Blizzard in the baby's face and not share?
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