TV commercials that make you want to puke

[litenlarry]

There is one commercial running , Direct TV, featuring Rob Lowe..Different variations, all with Rob Lowe..
They have been running during the Football playoffs, or at least that is when I notice them..
I have to leave the room
In case you have missed them, here is an example..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNNkvQ9vkEM

Which commercial's make you gag ?

 

[GaryS]

Those are stupid, but not the worst by far.

None of them make me gag, but the ones I detest are in no particular order,

Anything that is "free, absolutely free" if you have Medicaid.
Anything that purports to cure what ails you with copper anything.
Medications that have worse side effects than the ailments they are supposed to fix.
Anything "endorsed by the AARP."
Nutrisystem with Marie Osborne.
Allstate commercials.
Insurance commercials in general (except GEICO*)
"I've fallen and I can't get up" commercials.
Anything with John Walsh.
Catheter or adult diaper commercials.

*Note my first rule of advertisements. The better the commercial, the worse the product or service is likely to be. YMMV.

 

[rustednbustedchuck]

rob blow

First off I should say that not a lot of people remember Mr. Lowe for his part in the movie with the underage girl. Having said that, however and having been thrown out of college while pursuing a degree in advertising, these are great ads. If you notice and remember them good or bad, that ad is a success.

 

[GaryS]

Unless you remember the commercial, but not the product. That's happened to me several times.

First off I should say that not a lot of people remember Mr. Lowe for his part in the movie with the underage girl. Having said that, however and having been thrown out of college while pursuing a degree in advertising, these are great ads. If you notice and remember them good or bad, that ad is a success.

 

[LMWIS]

Any commercial advertising drugs you've never heard of, that shows people doing normal activities while spouting a list of horrifying side effects.

Then it tells you to 'Ask your doctor if XYZ is right for you.'

I'm still not sure what half the drugs do other than make you suffer a cure that has got to be worse than the original disease!

 

[BigBoy99]

About the only ad I like is the one with Clydesdale horses pulling the beer wagon. Over the years they have had some really good ones, like the horses playing football.

 

[DCWilson]

It would be quicker and easier to list the ones that don't make me want to puke.

But just to take a standout example among the universal ruin of TV advertising, almost all food and restaurant ads are pukeworthy in my eyes. I'm diabetic, so images of syrup poured over waffles in slow motion or steam rising from deep pasta dishes or big piles of breaded fried food or carb- and sugar-heavy desserts are basically saying to me, "Come eat here and let us kill you, or at least contribute to your early blindness and help you develop the gangrenous lesions that will lead to having your feet cut off." I guess there must not be many diabetics working in ad agencies.

 

[sheepdawg]

Anything political.

 

[DCWilson]

About the only ad I like is the one with Clydesdale horses pulling the beer wagon. Over the years they have had some really good ones, like the horses playing football.

Ah yes, the Famous Budsdale Clydeweisers, as a tongue-tied Rose Parade narrator once announced them.

 

[johngalt]

All of them. I'm getting fed up with being bombarded with ads no matter what I do or where I go.

 

[Mule Packer]

You have to remember...they aren't "selling the steak; they're selling the sizzle."

You'll notice in Rob Lowe's commercial, he is surrounded by attractive, well-dressed men and beautiful women, classy surroundings, and a pleasant atmosphere.

The "less attractive" Rob Lowe lives in a dump, is dressed like a slob, and you can smell his body odor through the camera lens.

They're trying to sell the "image" that you will be classier, more attractive to good-looking babes, and will smell nice if you have DirecTV.

Most, if not all, commercials do that. That's why you always see handsome, studly men, complete with "five o'clock shadow," driving the luxury sports car, with a drop-dead gorgeous bimbo cuddling next to him. They're trying to sell an image.

They want you to say to yourself, even if sub-consciously, "Hey! That could be me! I'm goin' out and buy me one of them BMW's! I'll show Pammy Sue Puckett that she shoulda married me instead of that spoiled little rich boy from San Francisco!"

You probably won't see commercials involving some guy who is short, fat, fifty, and bald driving the luxury vehicle with a dumpy, cellulite-packed honey showing off her varicose veins.

That's the way human nature works. Ain't that fun? Now, let's all go out and sign up for DirecTV.

 

[shouldazagged]

"Just pay separate processing and handling" (of $189.99).

"Results not typical" in a tiny, non-contrasting font at the bottom of the screen.

Any ad for a treatment for erectile dysfunction.

"Flo". That's all I'll say about that.

That wretched little lizard.

AFLAC, since Gilbert Gottfried stopped voicing the duck and they wrote that perplexed-looking black guy out of the spots. (That's the only thing I've seen Gottfried do that I liked.)

Phil Swift. Period.

And the following local types should be punishable by hanging in the town square:

Any used car lot sales manager or owner doing his own semi-intelligible spots.

Any use of the advertiser's children or grandchildren coached to be cute.

"Christmas in July."

"The savin' of the green" for a St. Patrick's Day sale.

There are others, but I'm suddenly overcome with nausea.

 

[PatAz]

That's easy, most of them.

 

[rwsmith]

Horrendous commercials...

Many commercials aren't designed to make a good impression. It's to make you angry, confused, or blitzed to where you will remember them.

My favorite ad of recent times is the new 'Old Spice' guy. I saw that it was one of the highest rated commercials in the last 15 years.

 

[zzzippper]

'Zagged beat me to Flo. I have to turn away when she comes on.

 

[jimbo728]

The barrage of Liberty Mutual car insurance company commercials is killing me. "Boom" "Brad" 3/4 of a car...grrrrrrr.
Jim

 

[okiegtrider]

I didn't care much for the herd of pregnant dancing girls singing, "Santa Baby", that Target treated us to over the last Christmas season.

 

[hittman77]

The men's underwear commercial where the half dozen middle aged men in briefs and no trousers stand in a line with legs spread apart and jiggle their junk to the tune of jingle bells or something of the sort.

 

[boatme99]

Hey, Mule! I'm 60, dang it!

 

[S42N8]

The commercials that push drugs with the "sudden death" as a side effect. Gotta wonder what the LD50 dose of that noxious product is.

Sadly, I can attest that having DirecTV does not instantly surround you with attractive women in classy settings. But to paraphrase the philosopher Waters, I've got 1500 channels of **** on the TV to choose from... most of which do not, thankfully, have Rob Lowe.