ubi
Apr 8, 2004 @ 2:39 pm
J-Ho was in The Girl Next Door? Or are you thinking of Jersey Girl?
I'm not sure -- these crappy movies all look alike to me.
Now, obviously Johnny's an asshole if he did something that warranted having water thrown on him at a restaurant. Why are these three girls excited about him? It makes these women look like idiots.
Everyone knows that chicks like "bad boys" (see "TV Lessons I have Learned" forum).
Which normally wouldn't be that bad, except it comes packaged along with Outkast's "Hey Ya".
I always think of ther version MADtv did for their 100th episode.
hagreene80
Apr 8, 2004 @ 2:40 pm
He's a big man. Just a good thing he couldn't get to the socks.
ChinkyGirl
Apr 8, 2004 @ 3:17 pm
The best part? They changed tactics midway through the campaign. First it was all, "Dude? There's a porn star?! Next door? Whoa. Sweeet." Now it's about finding yourself and falling in love or some shit. I almost thought it was an entirely different crappy movie. You still couldn't pay me to see either one.
WORD. What is the crappy line she says in the movie? Something about, "You were the only one who ever looked at me." GAG.
And I swear "Ella Enchanted" was "Princess Diaries 2" or something.
Heh. It sounds like the perfect school for Tries-A-Lot Bear. Also, goddamn. How many undergraduate degrees do you need?
Seriously...don't you think those poor DeVry people could just trade in their 4 Bachelors for a Masters? It wouldn't work like that in the real world, but it sounds like it might at DeVry. Is that the one where they used to show ads with a guy saying, "I can't call you, but you can call us."?
bakaney
Apr 8, 2004 @ 3:19 pm
"Fortunately Bob drew the line at wearing any of the garments."
Where's that brain bleach?!
Aaah! When you find it, pass some over here,
ladyDonna!
She's lucky he's eating that Taco Salad and not somebody's ass!!!
Oh, I dunno. Have you ever tasted anything at Taco Bell?
This is
killing me, people,
killing me. You do realise that I shall never again be able to go by a Taco Bell without doubling over with laughter now, don't you?
Sleestak Hunter
Apr 8, 2004 @ 3:22 pm
You do realise that I shall never again be able to go by a Taco Bell without doubling over with laughter now, don't you?
Just don't
eat at the Taco Bell or you'll be doubling over for a completely different reason...
temp drone
Apr 8, 2004 @ 3:24 pm
Word, Sleestak Hunter. Especially if you have the spicier sauces.
TimeWise Addict
Apr 8, 2004 @ 3:34 pm
WORD. What is the crappy line she says in the movie? Something about, "You were the only one who ever looked at me." GAG.
Oh, come on now. It's going to be a great movie that has actors portraying porn stars. That alone gives me warmth and cheer all over. I can't wait to see this completely comedic love story. I really think it'll be a great movie. I am also completely zapped from work this week and my judgment is becoming impaired. It
could be great...right?
There's a commercial that aired in Hawaii when I was there. I think it was for an Ollie's grocery store or something. That woman was
way to happy. Happiness is cool and all, but calm down. Has anyone else seen it?
Penfold
Apr 8, 2004 @ 3:42 pm
Happiness is cool and all, but calm down.
I haven't seen the specific commercial you're talking about, but overly fanatical happiness is pretty much a staple in commercials these days. The most recent one I can think of is a new Applebee's ad bragging about how someone will bring your order out to your car for you. Both the Applebees worker and the woman in her car are waaaaay too excited about this, as if they simultaneously achieved orgasm while winning the lottery.
Illusio
Apr 8, 2004 @ 3:57 pm
But at least Qwest is clever enough to hire actors who can't act, thus making us think they might be ordinary people.
Or, you know, retired hockey legends who can't act. Oh, Wayne. Dear Wayne. Mr. Great One. Why are you doing Qwest commercials? Are your Coyotes losing
that much money? I can't watch. I just can't. Please go back to doing commercials (if you must at all) with the Hockey Falls guys. That one you did with them was hilarious. Thanks.
I hate Qwest for the many joys their customer-service gerbils have brought me over the years, and now for ruining my pure and holy love for Wayne Gretzky. Dammit.
WhyTheLongFace
Apr 8, 2004 @ 4:16 pm
The Girl Next Door:WORD. What is the crappy line she says in the movie? Something about, "You were the only one who ever looked at me." GAG.
Oh, come on now. It's going to be a great movie that has actors portraying porn stars. That alone gives me warmth and cheer all over. I can't wait to see this completely comedic love story. I really think it'll be a great movie. It could be great...right?
It will be great. Except NOT.
While it's painfully obvious that they pushed the movie back for "retooling,"
The Girl Next Door is not done with us yet. I'm afraid we'll have to go thru one more week of those incredibly annoying "Critics are calling..." commercials after its release.
I thought maybe there was some sort of moratorium delcared on those got-damn "Critics are calling..." movie ads, cuz I hadn't noticed anyone else talking about them. Or maybe I'm the only person who hates them? I hope not.
I mean, they used to just be reserved for the end of the calendar year ("Critics are calling _____ the best film of the year.") and at Oscar time, but now, even obvious turds like
Scooby Doo 2 and
The Whole Ten Yards are getting the treatment. Auggh. And they never tell you that most of the "critics" are from
Weekly Reader News or somesuch BS.
Enuff ranting, but that whole genre of movie commercials has all but turned me off towards movies altogether. I liked it when they used to tell me what a film was
about.
sabbie6
Apr 8, 2004 @ 4:23 pm
About happiness in ads, I went to London for six months and a friend advised me about a culture shock I'd have when I got back to the States--freaky overexcited happiness in ads. And it was true! When I got back, I kept jumping when the commercials came on asking, "Why o why do they scream like that?"
Gwynevere1
Apr 8, 2004 @ 6:44 pm
From a few pages back:
Has anyone seen anything about a rerelease of the Care Bear Cousins, or is it just the bears?
According to the Care Bears'
official web site (doesn't that sound odd):
Care Bear Cousins products are sold exclusively at Hot Topic stores. Available now are Brave Heart Lion, Loyal Heart Dog, Playful Heart Monkey, Lotsa Heart Elephant, Bright Heart Raccoon, and Cozy Heart Penguin.
wdejesus79
Apr 8, 2004 @ 6:50 pm
Care Bear Cousins products are sold exclusively at Hot Topic stores
How punk of them.
I'm sad I haven't seen the Sprint commercial with the Sock Thief.
healing fish
Apr 8, 2004 @ 6:53 pm
I mean, they used to just be reserved for the end of the calendar year ("Critics are calling _____ the best film of the year.")
Yeah, what the hell is that about? What kind of moron critic decides on the best film of the year in March or April?
hagreene80
Apr 8, 2004 @ 7:21 pm
I'm sad I haven't seen the Sprint commercial with the Sock Thief.
I found it on the Sprint
website but couldn't find a link other than the sitemap. It's located in the lower corner with the "additional resources."
Mangetical Anji
Apr 8, 2004 @ 7:22 pm
The kind of critic who wants to hear his/her name on TV?
TheCustomOfLife
Apr 8, 2004 @ 7:22 pm
Sounds like Roger Ebert, who'll give any trash two thumbs up nowadays.
Harrison Fjord
Apr 8, 2004 @ 8:17 pm
I have never used Pepto-Bismol. The new commercials with everyone grabbing their asses when the singer says, "diarrhea"? Are making sure that if I ever need anything like it, I'm going to be getting Kaopectate.
Decormaven
Apr 8, 2004 @ 8:21 pm
I haven't seen the specific commercial you're talking about, but overly fanatical happiness is pretty much a staple in commercials these days.
It's probably got something to do with our little Zoloft pal.
wdejesus79
Apr 8, 2004 @ 8:32 pm
hagreene80, thanks!
Sock Thief was too cute! And he did have stripes, just like athletic socks.
ChinkyGirl
Apr 8, 2004 @ 8:41 pm
even obvious turds like Scooby Doo 2 and The Whole Ten Yards are getting the treatment.
I thought I was the only one who thought
The Whole Ten Yards looks like a crapfest! When I'm sitting with my friends in the theater (the trailer is MUCH worse - a whole bunch of Matthew-Perry-bumps-his- head-a-million-times gags), they're all like "WOOHOO!" And I'm just telling them that it looks like shit, but they're saying, "Yeah, but it's the
sequel...to The Whole Nine Yards! How can you hate it?!" Uh, yeah, because it doesn't look remotely funny?
Can't WAIT for this movie to go away.
aurora
Apr 8, 2004 @ 8:54 pm
The only thing I can remember about the The Whole Ten Yards commercials is that there's an old man in them that looks a lot like Six Flags' Creepy Bus Guy.
hagreene80
Apr 8, 2004 @ 9:07 pm
old man in them that looks a lot like Six Flags' Creepy Bus Guy.
That's Kevin "Celebrity Poker Showdown Madman" Pollak in the creepy bus guy suit.
glstx
Apr 8, 2004 @ 9:27 pm
I saw a new commerical tonight for Advantix or something like that. Basically it featured a puppy going to summer camp. The commerical was cute and all, but when I first heard the song, the first thing in my head was, "they are bringing back the Downy song!" Why I got so excited over the Downy song, I don't know.
Hello Mother, Hello Father
Greetings from Camp Hiawatha
Swimmings cool here,
but this place is,
not like home I miss your nice fresh pillow cases.
You miss Downy,
it's so pleasin'
April Softness, that's the reason.
That's all I remember.. I bet someone knows the rest of it.
TheCustomOfLife
Apr 8, 2004 @ 9:30 pm
The Downy song? I think that was before my time. When did it stop airing?
add_duck
Apr 8, 2004 @ 9:38 pm
Ooh, I love that Advantix commercial! Mainly because the puppy is cute beyond words.
Cleo256
Apr 8, 2004 @ 9:41 pm
Yeah, what the hell is that about? What kind of moron critic decides on the best film of the year in March or April?
Ooh, I saw a great ad for
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The critic called it the "Best movie of the year so far". And the announcer was practically proud to say "so far", probably because he'd never said it before.
Also, it was true. That movie rocked.
Rabrab
Apr 8, 2004 @ 10:16 pm
They ran the new Spiderman trailer during The Apprentice.
I'm so excited. Except I'm not, really.
I don't know the Downy sang, but I do know the song it was cribbed from--Alan Sherman's "Camp Granada"
Hello Mudda, hello Fadda,
Here I am at Camp Granada.
You remember Jeffry Hardy?
They're about to organize a searching party.
etc. etc.
Kayar
Apr 8, 2004 @ 10:37 pm
Just saw the new Wendy's chicken salad commercial tonight. Just plain bad. It's not quite as terrible as the last one, which only serves of a reminder of how far William Shatner has fallen. This one has "Mr. Unofficial Spokesperson" using a megaphone to announce Wendy's New Chicken Salad to all the people in the food court at a mall. The only bright spot in this commercial is the wife. She's over in a department store looking at clothes, and as soon as she hears her husband on the megaphone she rolls her eyes and goes, "Not again." Hee. The expression on her face is perfect, sort of a "Does this have to happen every time I take him out in public?"
Also, does Mr. Unofficial Spokesperson remind anyone else of Kirk from Gilmore Girls?
Prairie Fire
Apr 8, 2004 @ 10:56 pm
I mean, they used to just be reserved for the end of the calendar year ("Critics are calling _____ the best film of the year.")
And sometimes those "critics" aren't even
real!
healing fish
Apr 8, 2004 @ 11:34 pm
Oh, I remember "David Manning." That was some real-life comedy right there.
Pepsi Princess
Apr 9, 2004 @ 12:31 am
Thanks for the link,
hagreene80. The Sock Thief? Looks like an
oompa loompa (click on the 5th picture under the screen) to me.
I saw the Verizon multi-racial family, but the mom was missing in the version I saw.
Also, saw the Superman/Jerry spots. Excellent!
Lime Diet Coke has been upgraded to 2-liter bottles in my supermarket. Has anyone seen any commercials for this yet?
TheCustomOfLife
Apr 9, 2004 @ 10:40 am
No commercials for it yet, but they finally started to sell it in my area about a month ago.
meknownothing
Apr 9, 2004 @ 11:17 am
New commercial that made me laugh:
Guy outside grilling. Female voice comes from inside the house: Are the tofu dogs done yet? Closeup of the grill with nasty-looking grey hot dogs with grill marks on them. Guy uses grill fork to stab one, and samples it. Other Guy at his side asks Are they done?, and Grill Guy, with disgusted look on his face, answers: Man, I hope not.
Thought it was for a beer, but turns out to be for Diet Dr Pepper!
FfrauleinN
Apr 9, 2004 @ 11:19 am
What do I have to do to see the Seinfeld/Superman ad around here?
Sock Thief was too cute! And he did have stripes, just like athletic socks.
I
knew it! Hee-hee! Somehow that makes his little dance even funnier/cuter.
And I'm just telling them that it looks like shit, but they're saying, "Yeah, but it's the sequel...to The Whole Nine Yards! How can you hate it?!" Uh, yeah, because it doesn't look remotely funny?
And also? It’s the sequel to The Whole Nine Yards. And Amanda Peet looks about 63 years old in it. Can somebody explain that please? Is she in recovery for something?
They ran the new Spiderman trailer during The Apprentice .
Correct me if I'm wrong, but we didn't get any advance warning. I had to scramble to find my glasses in time.
TraceyBee
Apr 9, 2004 @ 11:23 am
I finally saw the Toys "R" Us singing bunnies last night! Oh my dear Lord, I laughed and laughed and laughed. Even MrBee, who hates nearly all commercials, chuckled a little. Well, then we had this exchange:
TraceyBee: Bunnies! Cute! But it might get annoying if you saw it a lot.
MrBee: Like, twice?
Cleo256
Apr 9, 2004 @ 11:31 am
What do I have to do to see the Seinfeld/Superman ad around here?
On
The Daily Show, Jerry Seinfeld said you had to go to AmEx's official site to see the whole long-form commercial. I haven't done it myself, and I haven't seen the ad, but that's what the man said.
Shelwood
Apr 9, 2004 @ 11:37 am
Grill Guy, with disgusted look on his face, answers: Man, I hope not.
This definitely got a big guffaw in the Shelwood household last night. You could almost taste the awfulness of those tofu dogs in Grill Guy's delivery.
Sleestak Hunter
Apr 9, 2004 @ 11:38 am
Someone posted the link awhile ago. I saved it...
Seinfeld & Superman
FfrauleinN
Apr 9, 2004 @ 11:42 am
Thanks, Sleestak Hunter.
Eegah
Apr 9, 2004 @ 12:02 pm
I just saw another Girl Next Door commercial, with the people being interviewed leaving the theater. One of them says "The ads don't do it justice." In other words, they're so desperate that they're trashing their own campaign.
Peppermint Patty
Apr 9, 2004 @ 12:07 pm
You miss Downy,
it's so pleasin'
April Softness, that's the reason.
That's all I remember.. I bet someone knows the rest of it.
Downy freshness,
that's another
reason something something something
Love, your Mother.Almost all the rest, but not quite. My mind is a veritable font of uselessness.
Sleestak Hunter
Apr 9, 2004 @ 12:21 pm
I just saw another Girl Next Door commercial, with the people being interviewed leaving the theater. One of them says "The ads don't do it justice."
There's something about the rapid-fire editing of the audience member's 1-2 word 'reviews' (sexy! funny! blah-blah!) that bugs me. It makes me go all Dawn Summers at my TV: "ShutupShutupSHUT UP!!!"
Wow. Did I just compare myself to Dawn Summers? Thank God it's Friday
jadefox
Apr 9, 2004 @ 12:28 pm
Downy freshness,
that's another
reason something something something
Love, your Mother.
Because we were some little hellions back in the day, I present....the remix!
Hello mother
Hello father
I've been smoking marijuana
Coke is good
But crack is better
I'm so fucked up I can't even write this letterWe were some bad ass kids, sorry....
add_duck
Apr 9, 2004 @ 12:35 pm
I just saw another Girl Next Door commercial, with the people being interviewed leaving the theater. One of them says "The ads don't do it justice."
Oh, that made me laugh. I just can't believe they would actually put that in a commercial. How desperate can you get?
Okay, I've seen this Velveeta commercial at least twice an hour and I haaaaate it. It's this latin-rock version of the Hokey-Pokey where they basically tell you "Real cheese is bad because it gets clumpy when you microwave it. Use our fake cheese full of plastic and wax, because when you nuke the *$%! out of it, it becomes nice and smooth." Um, yeah, that might convince me to buy your crappy product if the microwave was the only appliance I knew how to use and I thought Nacho Cheez Salsa Dip was haute cuisine. Yuck!
WhyTheLongFace
Apr 9, 2004 @ 12:57 pm
I just saw another Girl Next Door commercial, with the people being interviewed leaving the theater. One of them says "The ads don't do it justice." In other words, they're so desperate that they're trashing their own campaign.
Bwah. They're proabably right about the ads not doing it justice, but
which set of ads are they talking about? The January, Feb, or March ads?
Whatev. I'm so sick of all the ads, I'd never set foot in any theater showing the film.
amybeth5251
Apr 9, 2004 @ 1:11 pm
edited because Double Posts make the Baby Jesus cry...
amybeth5251
Apr 9, 2004 @ 1:15 pm
The other day I saw a new ad for a shoe store that freaked me out. In it there's a kid playing on a kitchen floor when a roach runs by. He freaks out and starts screaming "BUG!" So his mom runs over and slips off her shoe, starts to slam it down, then pauses, looks at the shoe, and steps on the bug in her bare foot. All I could think was how sick that was.
It gave me bad feelings like the commercial where the depressed kid is supposed to be like the fish with no water, and they keep emptying the goldfish bowl until there is no water left and the poor little fish has his fish mouth open and gasping.
Man, where's PETA when you need them? Not that I'm Pro-PETA...they spray painted my Psyc. teachers car in red paint calling her all sorts of nasty things b/c she worked with Rhesus Monkeys as a graduate student. And she was such an awesome Psyc. teacher--everything was compared to either sex, drugs, drinking, or Rhesus Monkeys.
ajra
Apr 9, 2004 @ 1:18 pm
So his mom runs over and slips off her shoe, starts to slam it down, then pauses, looks at the shoe, and steps on the bug in her bare foot. All I could think was how sick that was.
Please tell me it didn't make a crunching sound.
amybeth5251
Apr 9, 2004 @ 1:22 pm
I really don't remember...I tried to block it out
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