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[ThatPoshGirl]

I have a tendency to grossly mishear things. For instance, I thought Jennifer Hudson was saying "We're human, we fall down, we gang rape, we get back up," but, apparently, she was saying "gain weight," which makes more sense.

More recently.

I keep hearing "Mattress Sperm" instead of "Mattress Firm."

Every time I see the Redd's Apple Ale commercial it sounds like "Red Zappa Laya."

[backformore]

The Tide commercial with the dad and the little girl - dad talks about how she wants to wear her princess dress every day - AND SHE'S NOT EXACTLY TINY.
Oh - TIDY! she's not exactly tidy!

I heard the ad, stopped in my tracks to look at the TV, expecting to see and obese child in a princess dress.

[cynicat x]

AND SHE'S NOT EXACTLY TINY.

Until you posted that, I had no idea it was not "tiny". It didn't make sense to me, but guess I did not care enough to question it. I did, however, think it was a pretty mean thing to say about a little girl.

[drmka9]

The Aciphex commercials of a few years ago still make me laugh. Whoever came up with the idea of naming a gastrointestinal medication something ridiculously close to "ass effects" deserves some kind of medal.

[BTDnyce]

Lately I've been seeing this commercial for a droid phone where a woman comes into a store to pick up some Cat dye, and I all can think is, why in the world does she want to dye her poor cat? It's only after I watch for a while and notice that all the other customers and merchants are dealing with spiky succulents, that I realise the first woman asked for "Cacti."

[corvus13]

I KNOW that it says on the screen that that candy has UnTAMED fruit flavor, but every time I hear the ad, I swear the guy is saying UNSANE fruit flavor.

[xls]

A few months back was a local commercial about Dams that came pretty close to the "Vegas Vacation" Hoover Dam tour sceen, I coulden't believe what I was hearing it was hilarious! I wish I could find a video.
Something like "to get your Dam brochure..."

[riley702]

Yes, corvus! I was initially annoyed that they were making up words (Hi! I'm riley and I'm a grammar Nazi), then saw it written "untamed".

[Callasin]

Every time I hear that Glade commercial I swear the woman says her house is scented with wine breeze not Hawaiian breeze.

[YourMomOnToast]

Every time I hear that Glade commercial I swear the woman says her house is scented with wine breeze not Hawaiian breeze.

Lol! I had posted this a bit ago in the general "what we thought we heard" thread (pre-existing this commercial only thread)! Glad to know I'm not the only one!

[stinkymcgee]

Am I the only one who thinks "wine breeze" might not be so bad? Except that Glade fragrances are SO cloying and chemical-y... perhaps in a better-quality candle?

[ByTor]

In the annoying "is bigger better" AT&T commercial, there is an even more annoying kid rambling about a big screen TV. I think he says at the end "you have to hold the wire" but I swear all I hear is "you have to wuh duh wuh"

[cpcathy]

The recent Oikos yogurt commercial has John Stamos on a plane eating yogurt, it honest to goodness sounds like he's saying "Delicious shit" when it's actually "delicious yet...something." I just can't get passed him calling it delicious shit.

[Jobiska]

Andie MacDowell is selling L'Oreal Revitalift Triple Power. Apparently "when it comes to looking young [she] wants three things," but I never hear what the second and third things are, because #1, she says exuberantly, is "SPANISH wrinkles!" (It's really "banish"--but I hear Spanish every time.)

[ThatPoshGirl]

This is more an issue of homophones (or is it homonyms? homographs?). It's a commercial where a guy voiceovers "You think you know me. I'm just red carpets, big spectacles..." I've heard it two or three times and each time the "big spectacles" part made me think of big glasses, which then made me think of Elton John until I realized the guy didn't have a British accent and only then does it occur to me that it's the other kind of spectacles. By then, the commercial is almost over and I look up just in time to see Mario Lopez and roll my eyes. Seriously? Don't set an 80s girl up for Elton John and then give her Mario Lopez.

[YourMomOnToast]

I had the TV on in the background whilst checking my email, and lo and behold, I hear something unusual.

"Clinique's new sissy cream!"

.....huh. I looked up to discover that it's "CC Cream", only the way that they pronounce it is quite lazy. Let's use some enunciation, people!

[Jamoche]

"I'm a(n incompetent) golfer, that's why I eat Velveeta in the morning." --- huh?

 

Cue lots of scenes of guy failing at golf - while claiming he's awesome - one shot of something that looks like an ultra-thin granola bar, and *finally* one brief shot of the box - Belvita. Never heard of it. Wikipedia indicates it's only just getting introduced to the US.

 

So, y'know, if you're doing a product intro and it sounds a lot like something else, it might help to show more product and less golf-failing. For that matter, the golf-failing doesn't exactly sell the whole "a good breakfast helps me with the rest of the day" thing you've got in the voiceover.

[ThatPoshGirl]

I always think he says Velveeta, too.

[janie jones]

I eat Belvita every day, and I hate saying it because I feel like I'm talking about Velveeta.  I didn't know they were airing ads for Belvita though.

[Doom]

Even if it made it beautiful, I'm not putting Thompsons Water Seal on my junk. Sorry.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

Are you sure that shouldn't go in the Horrifying Commercials thread, Doom?

[meepster]

"Maderma helped my scarlet letter in three weeks!"

 

is actually "Maderma helped my scar look better in three weeks!"

 

It doesn't help that the actress has a big (8 inch diameter) asterisk stuck to her cheek.