Talky!

Ahem, this is tre cool.

I'm David, and I have a really bad sickness that involves anything commercial related. This includes slogans, ad campaigns, new jingles...everything.

This is what the Meet Market is for, right? Right?!

And since we're on the topic of slogans, I like:

TWoP: Can't Beat the Feeling!

Hey, David!

Wow! Everything looks nice, especially this Meet Market! Thanks!

I'm Seabreeze, and a very loyal Steelers (and Panthers football/hoops) fans. In a nutshell, commercials are a massive part of life, and my life would be at least 15% incomplete without them. Althought there are several out there that I can go without seeing!

Hey, David and Seabreeze. I'm bettymojo, Mojo for short. I LOVE everything about the Duke Blue Devils basketball program, the NY Giants, and pretty much all reality TV. I like scripted shows like The O.C., Lost, Bones...and that's pretty much it. (Whoops, forgot Prison Break).

This is the best thread, because you can't really get away from commercials. Even if you have TiVo or DVR, you can still see them whipping by.

I have to say that if I never see the King again, it won't be soon enough.

I'll let you guys start the real threads but here's something about The King.

dcalley here. I don't have any sort of commercial-skipping device, so I have to suffer through them. A lot that don't bother me do bother my husband, and then he bothers me about them, and I end up getting bothered by them after all. My current hate is bad songs that get stuck in your head because you saw them on a commercial. (Black-Eyed Peas, anyone?)

My fancy new profile says I'm most active in the dramas threads. It's true.

I will admit that because of the previous Commercials thread, I've been known to actually turn on the television in hopes of catching commercials either discussed here, or new material to talk about. And then when a program comes on, I switch to a channel with commercials.

Is that unhealthy?

Woo! Meet Market! And commercial threads!

All hail Glark and Tubey!

OK, so I have to say that I haven't been seeing as many commercials now that I Tivo nearly everything I watch, but I see enough to be happy about this forum.

Decormaven here. I came to TWOP via early love for Trading Spaces (which has long since faded) and have stayed for the snark. According to the TWOP Tracker, I'm the most active in the Commercials thread. Yes, it's true. If commercials are a reflection of our lives, then I'm doing my damnedest to reflect right back and say, "Un-uh!" Especially when it comes to use of Sacred Songs of My Youth. Get off my lawn, mass marketers!

Actinolite here, chiming in to agree that, YAY, commercial threads! Sooo much to talk about.

Algae here. I don't post much (someone has usually said it better by the time I get here), but I enjoy reading everyone's snark. Like Stinger97, I've been known to get excited when I see a commercial on TV because it's being discussed here.

Yay! A Meet Market in the thread that I spend the most time in - Thanks, Glark!

I'm ajra, stuck in Colorado, die-hard Browns fan (I know - but give us a few more years!). Came to TWoP because of Gilmore Girls; stayed because of 24. Can't start the day without it. Good snark is better than coffee!

ETA: How cool is this quick edit feature!

Stuck in Colorado but no Broncos? Heh.

I arrived at TWoP because of the positively delightful Shack and the American Idol recaps. I love Jacob and Joe R, but you never forget your first.

However, I found the commercial thread just last fall. I'm going to be sad when I finally go back to work (been unemployed since November) because then there won't be enough time to catch up to all the threads I visit.

I hate the Denver Donkeys with the fire of a thousand nuns! (The only team I hate more than the Broncos are the Ravens.) These people here think that everyone in the state must be a Bronco fan. They were so pitiful after the Steelers beat them. It was on the news for days. I can't wait for my kids to graduate so I can move.


That's what lunch is for, well, at least for me.

Love the forum icon.

Oh how I love this thread. Plus, it's New! and Improved!

'lo all, I'm Batty. (more than just a name, I supose) I've been around TWoP for like 4 years & I used to post a lot more but I go into my quiet modes. But I'm around much more now that I have a computer of my own. I came for the CSI recaps, then got hooked on TAR & actually this topic - which is funny because I hate commercials & love to watch TV shows on DVD.
I love this new forum & controls. Thanks all!

Hiya, all! This thread is way cool! I am also one of the people who may pay a little more attention to a commercial these days in order to join the snark in the thread. ;) I came here initially for the Sandra Lee snark, but I love this site and everyone in it!

I'm Jennifer, and I've been lurking on the commercial thread for a very long time. In true couch potato fashion, I was too lazy to read back to make sure I wasn't duplicating anything so I never participated. It's nice to have a clean slate!

Yay, we get a whole forum to ourselves!

Hi, I'm Gamera, and I mainly lurk on Commercials, House and Gilmore Girls threads.

Ahhhh! Too many threads! I don't know where to start. I have option block!

Commercials Subforum, this is great!

I'm Tracey, and I also have been known to look for commercials based solely on this thread. Also, when I see a particularly miserable example of the advertising genre, I try and skip over here to see if anyone else has seen it.

I'm very odd, and kind of sad and pathetic.

Hi all, I'm Jess in So Cal and I am a total couch potato, for real. I have strong opinions about commercials and this thread just makes me squee! with glee! Where to begin...where to begin...?

What C. said.

Jesus wept. At the rate threads are proliferating, there'll be one for every freaking commercial that airs. We need a catch-all category. I don't know about you all, but I frequently don't know what an ad is for the first couple of times it assaults me.

Hey all! It's so big and new and shiny!! I have also been known to look for commercials that have been discussed here, and I still have one that I would love to see: the Fruit of the Loom Firemen.

In other news, I flip for cute animal commercials, particularly kitties. Yay kitties! I have 7, but I'm not crazy, I swear. My manx slipped out the door while I was carrying in groceries and I'm a bit emotional right now, but the shiny new buttons here should keep my mind occupied for awhile...

Hi all! I am a relative newcomer to the commercial thread, but had really come to enjoy it and I think I will like the new subforum. I'm not too worried about the explosion of threads because those kinds of things usually shake out and the lesser used ones will drop to the bottom eventually.

See you all around! :)

Yay, a real commercial forum!

My name is Katie. I live in NoVA, so I have to deal with those Eastern Motors raps.

I'm a high-school senior, so I have to deal with all those commercials displaying "real" "cool" "high schoolers."

Several months ago I lost my television remote, so my commercial viewing time has gone way up.

I've been at TWoP since it was MBTV, which means I joined when I was only thirteen. I lived at the Off Topic Blather boards for a long time- I still miss them.

Hey, I'm RandomWatcher. I'm a relative newcomer to TWoP and I've been trying to read all the forums and their threads. To say the least, that's going to take a long time.

Lucy here! This is all very exciting. I used to post/lurk in the Commercials Thread like crazy a year or two ago, but gave up on it because it was always moving so fast and I got lazy. I'm quickly rediscovering my love for discussing ads, and will likely be posting around here from time to time.

Back, Foul Temptress! That's me. Not doing as much tempting these days as the mother of two little ones, and I don't get to hang out on TWoP as much as I'd like since they run me ragged all day, but in the evenings I try to peruse the commercial thread(s!). I also check in at AI and TAR. This is awesome to have a Meet Market here!

Lessee... I'm from Houston, came to TWoP for Deborah's Trading Spaces recaps (I have a Painter Tubey mouse pad autographed by Vern!), stayed for her Joan of Arcadia recaps, and mostly hang out in the Jeopardy forum. I couldn't keep up with the old Commercials thread, so I'm happy to see this subforum.

I don't post much, but I read reacps of TAR, Project Runway, West Wing, Alias, and Desperate Housewives. I'm sad that two of my favorite shows are going away and not at all optimistic about the chances of finding something to replace them.

Darn it. I went for a job interview today and was offered the job on the spot. So starting Monday, March 20, I will have to cut down on my Tubey time. That's four months and two days after I lost my last job.

Sometimes unemployment is fun! And now I'll never make it to Stalker. *pout*

This commercial forum is moving at an insanely high speed. It's like all of the inmates were itching to leave the asylum. I mean that with the utmost respect, of course, because I was one of the inmates.

Congrats on the new job, bettymojo, even if it means less Tubey time!

Oh no! We overfilled The Commercial Thread, and it exploded...commercial topics everywhere...oh, the humanity!

I live in a part of California that wishes that everything south of Sacramento would go away and bother someone else. I do most of my posting from work, sitting in my cave at the back of a public access TV station. Yes, I'm partially responsible for "Guys With Ponytails Talking About Politics" and "Inaudible City Council Meeting." You can blame The X-Files for bringing me here originally, but I stuck around to yell at the kids to get offa my lawn.

luv...checking in from South Carolina...home of the Tigers, GameCocks and more then our fair share of rednecks.

I'm mostly lurking in the TV Potluck forums with an occasional post here and there. I don't remember how I found MBTV but I am glad I stayed.


Biggest addiction: the duggers and the multitude of little duggers.....

Hey everybody. I'm glory and I'm so glad we have a commercial subforum. I came to TWoP a few years ago for the Degrassi thread (mainly because there was intelligent conversation and not stuff like OMGZ, jImMy iZ sO coooOOOOLlllLLLLL!!!!!11111oneone!) and stayed for the Gilmore Girls, Nip/Tuck, Real World, Arrested Development, Prison Break, Veronica Mars....well, I'll make the list short and say just about everything else on this site. Snark doesn't get any better than this.

Hey, luvdisny, I'm in SC too. It's great this time of the year before humidity and mosquitoes take over.

Hi, I'm krushsister and even though I *do* have favorite programs ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "House", "Barefoot Contessa", "Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen", and "Monty Python" are some notables), I stick with the TV Potluck forums because I feel I don't yet know enough about the aforementioned to really jump in and discuss things on the aforementioned's dedicated forums. Right now I'm sitting underneath a fan and in front of a wide-open window because I live in heat-cursed (vs. Heat-cursed) TX. I love music, too, and you can usually spot something playing on my Last.fm profile, and yes, my username is the same over there.

Hello, I'm cal, long time TwoPper (although I have a new job that interferes with my computer time, so I haven't been around much.) But I'm going to try to be around to enjoy the enhanced TwoP playground we have here.

I work for a TV station and actually make commercials -well, promos- there, so I have a love/hate relationship with commercials. They pay the rent, even as they annoy, as it were. I live in NW Ohio, home of the most annoying local spokesperson ever, Steve, the car stereo guy. I dare you to top him.

Just popping in to say 'hey'. I've been in bed with the crud for the past few days. Lots of commercial watching, but not so much with the remembering.

Congrats betty.

Hello everyone, Wormlegs from the Twin Cities here. I work in marketing for a consumer product, so I firmly believe that watching commercials is not just good snarky fun, but vital to my career advancement. If only I could convince my management to let me put a television in my cube....

Hi, all. I'm Shnuglet (the "u" is supposed to sound like the "oo" in "book"), I live in Brooklyn NY, and work as an editor and graphic designer. I watch too much boob-tube, mostly HGTV and Food Network, but also all the Law & Orders, House, American Idol (I know, I know), classic movie channels and TV Land, and Judge Judy.

I also love animals in ads, resent the onslaught of pharmaceutical ones with the recitation of scary side effects, hate how loud and unimaginative the cel phone and ISP spots generally are (and why is orange so dominant?), and dearly miss the classics like "Fried fish last night, dear?" and "People start pollution, people can stop it" with the crying Native American chief,
and all the folks gathered on the hillside singing "I'd like to buy the world a Coke." Hokey but fabulous!

Hey, all. I'm SoImpossible414 from Southern Oregon. I'm currently taking some time off from school, but should be in my sophomore year of college. Until then, I make coffee and cookies for people.

I came here for the X-Files recaps, but didn't discover the forums until I started watching Lost. Potluck is pretty much the only forum I'm active in anymore.

As far as commercials go, I'm in constant battle with my mother, who is dedicated to muting commercials during every break. I only get to see them when I'm watching TV by myself.

Hi,

NYC, usually little to do at my day job, came for the X-FILES, stayed for the snark.

I also have a question on whether this is worth starting a new thread for -- we got a lot of "what was the music that was used in this ad" type of questions on the old thread. Would it be worth starting a new thread just for those requests, or would that be best suited in one of the other two music threads (Jingles or "commercials vs. music")? Neither seemed quite right, as one seemed to be about music written expressly for ads, and the other was for complaining about music used in ads.

I would think that would be something that could be asked in the "Jingles" thread, but that's just me.

So I start the new job next Monday. I'll have to start weaning myself off of the threads soon. And at least I'll have one week of being able to watch all of the NCAA tournament Thursday and Friday. Would that have been wrong to ask my new boss? "Can I start on March 27, because I want to watch basketball?"

Does your boss like basketball? You might find some way to work that into a conversation (although a bit hard to do if you aren't actually on the premises just yet.) Or you could get a DVR, and watch the games over the weekend.

Well. The problem is that I will be working in Syracuse (for a company that actually has Syracuse in the name) and I am a Duke fan. If Duke and SU win this weekend, they will meet next Thursday.

Un. Comfortable.

I don't have DVR or TiVo yet, so I'll just have to catch highlights.

Krissy here, from Beantown. I'd like to say I have Tivo and can thus skip over commercials, but I don't. So until I get it you can see me around here talking about commercials. My favorite? You've just saved money on your car insurance by switching to Geiko.

Just popping in to say hi. I've been reading the commercial thread for a while, but found that by the time I checked again there were so many pages of new posts I could never post anything relevant.
So, glad to see Commercials got its own subforum, looking forward to joining in the discussion!

Hey, I'm Wicked Wonder, and I like so many things that it's hard to keep up. That said, there's a local commercial that asks all these question about reading magazines for the ads, and watching tv for commercials, and making up slogans and designs. Whatever you're supposed to be after doing all that is what I need to do. I give my friends fake cereal box designs for fun, ya'll.