Puds38
Jan 13, 2004 @ 1:17 pm
edited because commas make all the difference between "My parents, Ayn Rand, and God" and "My parents, Ayn Rand and God."
Yeah, but think about the bragging rights.
thinkcwik
Jan 13, 2004 @ 1:28 pm
I want to see Carson from QEftSG in the glittery hoo-hoo PC pic saying "It's glitterous." Because we all know what glitterous rhymes with.
Have the Thom Filicia Pier 1 ads started airing yet? I haven't seen them, but thankfully I haven't seen Kirstie Alley in a while either.
dzdzsty
Jan 13, 2004 @ 1:32 pm
I'm sad to see the hate for the OSU-Michigan macking couple, because it cracks. me. up. Seriously, my dad called me to ask me if I saw it, he liked it that much. Though the lip mics are up way too loud.
I love the entire "Without Sports" campaign, and I'm happy it's back again this year. The best is the one of everyone shouting at the TV "Foul him!" "Don't foul!", saying "Without sports, there would be no one to coach." That is just beautifully filmed, and it makes me think of great Nike ads. But I also love the "Without sports, a shelf would just be a shelf" one, with the coworkers playing some bizarre ball game requiring double bounces and the like on a shelf. Because the guys in it are hilarious, and really, it reminds me of where I work. Heh. I love it.
emace
Jan 13, 2004 @ 1:35 pm
There's an ad for a Jaguar where it shows a kid growing up. At first I though it was an ad for a charity for the handicapped because the ad kept focusing on the kid's feet, and there's a part where the camera zooms in on his bowling shoes - one's a 13, one's a 10. So I thought the kid had something wrong with his feet. But it's supposed to imply that the Jag is for quality customers. Or am I misreading it?
charlieboo
Jan 13, 2004 @ 1:37 pm
I am really, really sick of the commerical for Friends. The VO always starts with, "As the countdown begins . . ." or something like that. Ugh! Just let it be over already!
Good God, yes! What part of situation-
comedy do they not understand?? If I'm out of the room and an ad for Friends comes on, I can always tell by the violin music that starts it. Christ! I thought the whole Enya debacle was bad, but this is ridiculous. Give her a baby, don't give her a baby, who gives a fuck anymore????? (Whew! I feel better now)
"My Big Fat Glittery Hoo-Hoo"
This is so not.a.pretty.visual.image.
crazy_girl
Jan 13, 2004 @ 1:52 pm
I'm also way tired of the Friends ads with the Enya music. Especially the one that wants you to vote on your favorite episodes to be aired on NBC all through March--as if we haven't seen all of those a trillion times on WB, Fox, TBS, TNT or a million other cable channels. And this most recent ad with the dramatic slow mo and the pauses with "You're moving?" *everyone looks sad* makes me want to scream at the TV "Get over it! The rest of us all grew apart from our friends years ago! Grow the hell up you spoiled bastards!"
spacedog
Jan 13, 2004 @ 1:56 pm
Good God, yes! What part of situation-comedy do they not understand??
Big Ass Word. I thought the over-the-top
ER promos were awful, but the
Friends promos are the worst.ever. Come to think of it, most of NBC's promos suck ass. They repeatedly insult viewer's intellegence and taste.
FfrauleinN
Jan 13, 2004 @ 2:02 pm
What part of situation-comedy do they not understand??
The most egregious example of this kind of nonsense? The NBC promos for Frasier, when Niles had a heart attack or liver transplant or whatever the hell they were pimping that week.
JedimasterElvis
Jan 13, 2004 @ 2:09 pm
emacethe ad kept focusing on the kid's feet, and there's a part where the camera zooms in on his bowling shoes - one's a 13, one's a 10. So I thought the kid had something wrong with his feet. But it's supposed to imply that the Jag is for quality customers. Or am I misreading it?
You'll notice that his right foot- his
accelerator foot is bigger- indicating that he's a driver who likes to go fast- which is what the Jaguar will do.
At least that's what I got out of it.
ATA: of course, big feet in an Enzyte ad means something else altogether.
Alexandria Bay
Jan 13, 2004 @ 2:20 pm
Yes, it means he wears big shoes.
JedimasterElvis
Jan 13, 2004 @ 2:25 pm
heh-heh I set em up- Alexandria Bay knocks em down...
Tornado25
Jan 13, 2004 @ 2:26 pm
So I thought the kid had something wrong with his feet. But it's supposed to imply that the Jag is for quality customers. Or am I misreading it?
In a word, yes. The ad is Volkswagen, not Jaguar. If I'm not mistaken, I think the tagline is "For some people, it's a perfect fit." The kid's right foot is larger than the left, perfect for mashing the gas. An extended version shows the kid growing up with him kicking a ball a long way, swimming in a circle, tripping a girl in a classroom, etc. Pretty good ad, I thought.
Edited to correct tagline, which I think is now correct and give props to JedimasterElvis for getting his answer in before mine. Stupid work got in the way.
FfrauleinN
Jan 13, 2004 @ 2:27 pm
And much less scary than Mr. Leadfoot.
poster child
Jan 13, 2004 @ 2:47 pm
it's hard to be sad when a nice normal woman is bubbling about how she gets to be with her best friend
Oh,
brand x, you're just not trying hard enough.
I tried eharmony last year and got zilch out of it, so I'm one of those bitter types who scoffs when the commercial comes on, and changes the channel. Happy couples, meh.
Edited to clarify: I'm not really that bitter all the time, per se, just when that commercial comes on.
DoctorNeon
Jan 13, 2004 @ 2:52 pm
Could somebody please do "My big fat glittery hoo-hoo?"
Topic:Commercials for "Underworld" on DVD.
"Look, it really sucked. But Kate Beckinsale is in shiny pleather!!Lookee! Shiny-hoo-hoo!"
Alexandria Bay
Jan 13, 2004 @ 3:00 pm
Oh, JedimasterElvis, thankyou. Thankyouverymuch.
DoctorNeon, Kate Beckinsale needs a shiny hoo hoo to get attention off of her apparently permanent "I'm a snotty bitch" expression.
formergr, does this mean I have to start watching E! again? I gave up after Giuliana displaced Jules Asner and all the sane, lucid, "reporters" who occasionally had something substantial to offer were disappeared.
trice77
Jan 13, 2004 @ 3:02 pm
I love the entire "Without Sports" campaign, and I'm happy it's back again this year. The best is the one of everyone shouting at the TV "Foul him!" "Don't foul!", saying "Without sports, there would be no one to coach." That is just beautifully filmed, and it makes me think of great Nike ads. But I also love the "Without sports, a shelf would just be a shelf" one, with the coworkers playing some bizarre ball game requiring double bounces and the like on a shelf. Because the guys in it are hilarious, and really, it reminds me of where I work. Heh. I love it
The one that I really love is the one with all the kids using ordinary objects to play different sports. Like a flattened pizza box as home base, a shopping cart as a basketball hoop, a crushed soda can as a hockey puck. Reminds me of being a kid and using anything to play baseball (because I wanted to be Tatum O'Neal from Bad News Bears in the worst way). Great ads!
DoctorNeon
Jan 13, 2004 @ 3:06 pm
If you wanted to do glittery hoo-hoo, maybe you should just find a picture of one of those glittery stripper thongs. Not that I've ever seen one. Nice guys don't go to strip clubs.
Nothing is more annoying than those kids' cereal commercials. That Trix rabbit needs to be investigated, I swear to God. Hanging around kids that much.
Alexandria Bay
Jan 13, 2004 @ 3:09 pm
Personally, I harbor deep suspicions about that freaking leprechaun. Lucky charms. Yeah. I bet.
JedimasterElvis
Jan 13, 2004 @ 3:38 pm
Alexandria Bay, you're very welcome. WHEE! I love having my own catchphrase!
re Trix Rabbit, et al: Indeed, those lil cartoon critters hang around America's children quite a bit. Perhaps they should take a page from Tony Tiger's marketing book and start pushing their cereals to adults!
btw, Does Cap'n Cruch make commercials anymore?
chris2
Jan 13, 2004 @ 3:49 pm
I forgot about the Hover disc. The sad part is I was one of those dorky kids who would have totally wanted one as a child, only to be crushed to learn you needed
helium to make them look cool. I remember when I was a kid there were these commercials for this strange "squiggle worm" kind of pet - it was nothing more than a piece of fuzz on a fishing line but it looked
so cool and alive in the commerical I just had to have one.
Boarding the Friends Promo Hate Train. Just end the damn series, already. You know they'll drag out their last remaining episodes until May.
re Trix Rabbit, et al: Indeed, those lil cartoon critters hang around America's children quite a bit. Perhaps they should take a page from Tony Tiger's marketing book and start pushing their cereals to adults!
I saw Charlie the StarKist tuna yesterday, hadn't seen him in commercials in years. Remember the classics, "Sorry Charlie! StarKist doesn't want tuna with good taste, StarKist wants tuna that tastes good!" and every week poor Charlie would again try in vain for the StarKist fisherman to hook him, kill him and stick him in a can. What a strange fish.
JenEx
Jan 13, 2004 @ 4:00 pm
Christ! I thought the whole Enya debacle was bad, but this is ridiculous. Give her a baby, don't give her a baby, who gives a fuck anymore?????
Big. Fat. Word. And may I say, as a prospective adoptive mom, I had to turn the channel every time those promos came on last week so I wouldn't have to hear Chandler natter about Monica being "a mom without a baby." I was just glad when the week was over so I didn't have to hear that anymore.
dzdzsty
Jan 13, 2004 @ 4:03 pm
Oooh,trice77, I haven't seen those "Without Sports" ads yet. They sound awesome.
I'm so glad to see the Hoverdisc hate here - I've been baffled by the ads since they started showing them. What an awful gift!
Quag
Jan 13, 2004 @ 4:37 pm
I had to turn the channel every time those promos came on last week so I wouldn't have to hear Chandler natter about Monica being "a mom without a baby." I was just glad when the week was over so I didn't have to hear that anymore.
And the annoying phrase we're treated to this week: "You're moving?" And I know this because . . . they run these commercials all the freakin' time!
And I have a Very Special Hate reserved for all the commercials touting no carb food. Subway, Hardee's, KFrickin'C, we get it, okay? But just for the record? Sandwich/Burger - bun + tortilla still = carbs. Reduced, maybe (depending on how much other junk is on there) but definitely still carbs.
etain
Jan 13, 2004 @ 4:42 pm
The thing about the Lucky Charms ad is: if people want to do a bad Irish accent to piss me off? THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
HATE.
(Sorry -- a dear friend of mine is Irish and is very active in reviving the Gaelic language there, and both she and I have heard enough bad Irish accents to make us want to spit tacks.)
FfrauleinN
Jan 13, 2004 @ 4:48 pm
Why is KFC imploring me to get the "taste on my face?" Just because it rhymes doesn't mean it's a good idea.
Quag
Jan 13, 2004 @ 4:51 pm
Why is KFC imploring me to get the "taste on my face?"
I haven't seen this commercial yet, but that phrase brings up all kinds of thoughts that are all kinds of wrong. Glittery hoo hoo anyone?
michelec
Jan 13, 2004 @ 5:02 pm
I haven't seen this commercial yet, but that phrase brings up all kinds of thoughts that are all kinds of wrong. Glittery hoo hoo anyone?
That was actually part of a storyline on
Sex and the City a couple of season ago. One of the girls was grossed out by their partner's lower face looking like a glazed donut, and that's all I'll say about that.
Topic...Has anyone seen the new Disaronno commercial where the woman ties a cherry stem with her tongue? It makes me long for the ice cube sucking.
ComicallyDim
Jan 13, 2004 @ 6:03 pm
btw, Does Cap'n Cruch make commercials anymore?
He got sent to Iraq.
JedimasterElvis
Jan 13, 2004 @ 6:10 pm
LOL! New from the Cap'n: Karbala Krunch (w/Baghdad berries)
Puds38
Jan 13, 2004 @ 6:32 pm
That was actually part of a storyline on Sex and the City a couple of season ago. One of the girls was grossed out by their partner's lower face looking like a glazed donut, and that's all I'll say about that
.
Oh we had this discussion over on
Fametracker a few days ago.
ubi
Jan 13, 2004 @ 6:56 pm
And I have a Very Special Hate reserved for all the commercials touting no carb food. Subway, Hardee's, KFrickin'C, we get it, okay? But just for the record? Sandwich/Burger - bun + tortilla still = carbs. Reduced, maybe (depending on how much other junk is on there) but definitely still carbs.
Ditto. Speaking of the annoying Atkins bandwagon, I hear McDonald's and Burger King will soon be releasing their new "low carb meals": A Big Mac/Whopper
without a bun! Can't wait to see how the ad guys try to convince us this to eat these... without using that robot that kicks people in the hiney.
glstx
Jan 13, 2004 @ 7:30 pm
eHarmony.com commercial = me changing the channel fast. I have no desire to see those happy couples. Makes me want to slit my wrists.
btw, I tried cupid.com and got not a damn thing out of it. Except seeing my ex has an ad up saying he's looking for someone. That makes me really happy he's alone and unhappy without me.
kelloggirl
Jan 13, 2004 @ 7:43 pm
And I have a Very Special Hate reserved for all the commercials touting no carb food. Subway, Hardee's, KFrickin'C, we get it, okay? But just for the record? Sandwich/Burger - bun + tortilla still = carbs. Reduced, maybe (depending on how much other junk is on there) but definitely still carbs.
So true - as someone who is on Atkins (and it's worked for me (40lbs so far - woohoo!) but I understand the reservations that others have about it), this offends me for two reasons. First, like Ubi said above, do they think we're so fucking stupid that we can't figure out for ourselves what is and isn't low carb? It's simple, really. Bread and/or sugar = carbs. It's the easiest diet to figure out in the world.
Secondly, this "low-carb" bandwagon that all the restaurants are jumping on reminds me of the "low-fat" thing - people figured I can eat as much as I want, hey it's low-fat! Plus, most of these "low-carb" alternatives aren't that low-carb at all, and if you keep eating all this high-calorie, moderate carb stuff you will end up right back where you started. Low-carb doesn't mean eat whatever you want at fast food restaurants all the time, sorry. End of rant.
Maleficient
Jan 13, 2004 @ 8:10 pm
someone who is on Atkins (and it's worked for me (40lbs so far - woohoo!)
Hey! Congrats... *mutters* you lucky bitch.
Topic? I love DiTech commercials. It's sad, really.
TheCustomOfLife
Jan 13, 2004 @ 9:41 pm
I agree re: the Atkins commercials. Atkins is something you have to commit to in order to have it work, and I was shocked with all the net carbs. It never worked for me unless I was constantly in Induction, meaning that you can't have more than 20 grams of carbs a day. Some of those dishes would use up your allowance at one sitting.
It's just false advertising, really, and it just goes to show you that the only way to lose weight is to eat right, eat less, and exercise more.
etain
Jan 13, 2004 @ 11:20 pm
btw, I tried cupid.com and got not a damn thing out of it. Except seeing my ex has an ad up saying he's looking for someone.
Got you beat; I went online a while back, and saw my ex put an ad up saying he was looking for someone FOUR DAYS BEFORE HIS CURRENT GIRLFRIEND MOVED IN WITH HIM -- and, under "last great book read," he listed the extra-special Christmas present I'D given him.
Sometimes online personals tell you how much of an asshat your exes were.
But getting back to commercials for online sites (squeal of tires as we get back onto topic): anyone seen the ads for Lavalife, and noticed they use the very same visuals and completely changed the ad? Neither makes sense -- they're trying to pitch this chat line by showing a bunch of people standing around at a party all talking over each other. I've always wondered that if all these people know each other already, why bother with the whole phone thing?
phxchic
Jan 13, 2004 @ 11:26 pm
ChinkyGirl, I haven't checked the PC thread yet, but post your PC--don't wait for me.
DoctorNeon, I was gonna use the Black Crowes Amorica cover and paste in a sequined thong. thinkcwik, thanks for the "glitterous" idea! I think I'll definitely use it. If I get the time to do this, that is.
Sideshow Al
Jan 14, 2004 @ 2:03 am
Could somebody please do "My big fat glittery hoo-hoo?"
Hey, you know what goes with a big fat glittery hoo-hoo? A Zelnorm belly!!!
HAHAHAHA . . . ha ha . . . ha . . . um . . .
. . . Okay, maybe not. Note to self: Think before posting.
Calberk
Jan 14, 2004 @ 7:02 am
anyone seen the ads for Lavalife, and noticed they use the very same visuals and completely changed the ad? Neither makes sense -- they're trying to pitch this chat line by showing a bunch of people standing around at a party all talking over each other.
What I noticed is that Max the chef is the same guy in the Scotch Tape commercial they had for Christmas. It was the purple, plaid tape that disappears on giftwrap paper. Glad to see he got another job.
By the way, was the guy in the second version of the Listerine gargle for 30 seconds ad the same as the first. The first ad had this hot guy making goofy faces as he tried to make it to 30 seconds. They looked the same but the second guy seemed to have aged quite a bit.
rincie
Jan 14, 2004 @ 7:58 am
Before I forget it...The new Pepto Bismol commercial wth the line dance? Bwahhahahahahaha....nausea, heartburn, indegestion, diarrhea indeed. The dance moves were the clincher. Heh.
FfrauleinN
Jan 14, 2004 @ 9:41 am
Oh we had this discussion over on Fametracker a few days ago.
Oh my fucking God. I never knew that. Now that commercial is even more disgusting and I didn't think that was possible.
They looked the same but the second guy seemed to have aged quite a bit.
Yeah, 30 consecutive seconds of Listerine'll do that to ya.
Sikamikanico
Jan 14, 2004 @ 9:49 am
"My Big Fat Glittery Hoo-Hoo"
This is so not.a.pretty.visual.image.
Life will be so much richer once you embrace the idea of a festive, voluptuous hoo hoo. :)
You know, as much as I claim to hate them, I cannot turn away from the Final Fantasy commercials. Those songs are just so damn catchy!
Tornado25
Jan 14, 2004 @ 9:51 am
Yeah, 30 consecutive seconds of Listerine'll do that to ya.
This reminds me of the big beef I have with the Orange Listerine ad. I mean, if the whole family hates Listerine so much that they'll hide in places humans are not meant to be, then why even use it? For Chrissakes, if it's that bad, just don't fucking use it! Then it won't matter if it's orange, mint, glittery, or anything else. I just think the whole ad is dumb.
Puds38
Jan 14, 2004 @ 10:11 am
Oh we had this discussion over on Fametracker a few days ago.
Oh my fucking God. I never knew that. Now that commercial is even more disgusting and I didn't think that was possible.
Here, have some brain bleach. I'm surprised I have any left considering the more we talked about it, the more squicked out I got.
Alexandria Bay
Jan 14, 2004 @ 10:20 am
Maybe it's all the glittery hoo hoo discussion recently, but whenever I hear the phrase "noni juice" in a GNC or whatever commercial, I think "vaginal discharge." What a nasty sounding product noni juice is.
Poodle Hat
Jan 14, 2004 @ 10:32 am
Thanks. Now we'll all think about that. Ew.
rincie
Jan 14, 2004 @ 10:33 am
Actually, I've never heard of noni juice...
I just keep thinking that citrus flavored Listerine has got to be nasty. Original flavor was nasty too, but you didn't feel like you had to brush after using it. Blech.
JoyWalker
Jan 14, 2004 @ 11:09 am
Has anyone else seen the political anti-Dean ad that's running in Iowa, sponsored by the "Club for Growth" or some such? (I think it's been floating around the 'net and shown on a few TV shows, too.) In it, an older white couple is speaking to an off-screen reporter, talking about how they want Dean to take his
tax hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading...body piercing, Hollywood-loving, left-wing freak show back to Vermont, where it belongs.
Now, I went to college in Iowa, and unless the state has changed dramatically, I can't see this being a particularly effective pitch there. Can anyone explain this to me?
Puds38
Jan 14, 2004 @ 11:15 am
Is that for real? I saw it on The Daily Show last night and thought it was a spoof.
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