Obnoxious advertisements

[bgrafsr]

Anyone else tired of the TV ads being shown lately? One I detest is the State Farm ad where the woman comes downstairs when her husband is talking to an agent at 3AM. The other ones are the ads with that obnoxious Flo. I would never buy insurance from either company because of the idiotic ads. I could name many more, but those two are enough. Thank goodness the remote has a mute button.

The Viagara/Cialis ads are just as bad.

[Moonman]

Bill,

You're getting the old age grumpiness,
or cabin fever to go out and shoot somewhere,
in SUNNY WARMTH.

MOONMAN

[Irn-Bru]

Most commercials are just awful. I don't mind the Allstate Mayhem commercials, those are sometimes funny.

[sipowicz]

I actually like the State farm ads. I hate the Geico pig and Flo.

[rgm36]

The ones that disgust me are the numerous feminine itch or odor commercials - not to mention the erectile dysfunction ones. Lets not forget the large ladies dancing to prove that their pad won't slip out of place. I just don't want to see it.

There is no shame any more. I guess I'm getting old!

[Moonman]

Sip,

Wow man, I think the PIG is GROOVY.

[franzas]

Originally Posted by sipowicz

I actually like the State farm ads. I hate the Geico pig and Flo.

Don't forget that annoying gecko

[franzas]

As far as internet ads are concerned, my girlfriend got really hot when a 'meet single Asian women' ad popped up on my computer.

Do people actually click on these things? How many "local singles" could actually want to meet me? how many "local singles" are actually sweaty fat guys?

[BobC357]

My wife and I solved the bad programming, bad advertising and propaganda machine many years ago. We sold the TVs, shut off cable and rid ourselves the the Idiot Box. We've never regretted it.

[kwselke]

I saw one tonight for Dump Cake, but wait order now and we'll include Dump Dinners, and a free Orgreenic pan... the commercial made me want to take a... Terms like that should be saved for laxative ads not cookbooks.

[Robotech]

The Marketers' theory seems to be that anything "memorable" is good... without considering 'why' it's memorable.

They don't stop to think that a negative impression left by an advertisement is very likely to be remembered far longer, and drive away potential customers who'll want nothing to do with a company that is either that stupid, or thinks we are. (Politician's should consider this very carefully... Any negative feeling they produce toward an opponent during a campaign is just as likely to "splash back" on them.)

To this day I refuse to go into a Quiznos shop, not because I have anything against their products as I've never tried them, but because I absolutely HATED their "sponge monkey" commercials. They are off my list of places to spend ANY money. I would require a MAJOR enticement for me to reconsider this stance.

[Moonman]

Robotech,

There were some old TRUNK MONKEY commercials that I just loved.

[Moonman]

Bobc357,

You dumped the BOOB TUBE,
You should have dumped living in Cali,
the LAND OF BOOBS, and NOT that kind.

[blujax01]

"...boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants..."

[shouldazagged]

Originally Posted by sipowicz

I actually like the State farm ads. I hate the Geico pig and Flo.

Especially that wretched pig.

I enjoyed some of the Visigoth (or whatever kind of barbarians they were) spots--the "Pillage People", and the one in which they took jobs as camp counselors, come to mind.

But the bimbo who pops up perkily asking, "Anyone suffer from occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating?" should be towed out to sea and sunk by naval gunfire. Along with Flo.

Or maybe we could put her and Flo in a locked room, and whichever one survives gets to be deported. To Saturn.

The "Jake from State Farm" spot is creepy as hell. That clown sounds way too excited about discussing insurance at 0300.

[skrazo]

I have a knack for mentally tuning out commercials. Period. Don't watch much TV. Some news and some sporting events. Have better things to do with my time.

[Mydogmax]

Obnoxious Flo.

[rwsmith]

You have to admit that you remember the obnoxious commercials. When you get angry about an obnoxious commercial, it means that the people on Madison Ave. have done their job well. I know it sucks, but that's the way it is.

[coltle6920]

Do you guys ever watch the prescription medicine commercials? I wonder sometimes if the side effects aren't worse than the illness.

I wish they'd bring back the E-Trade babies.I wouldn't wear out my remote changing channels.

[P&R Fan]

I hate watching live TV with Missus Fan. As every guy knows, when a commercial comes on you are then supposed to go to the bathroom, get another beverage, see what is on another channel or at least hit the mute button. She pays rapt attention to the commercials.
Why a paper towel commercial can thrill her is beyond me.
Jim

[BobC357]

Originally Posted by Moonman

Bobc357,

You dumped the BOOB TUBE,
You should have dumped living in Cali,
the LAND OF BOOBS, and NOT that kind.

I'm in what used to be Colorado before the Calis moved in.

[Marshwheeling]

When the commercials come on, my wife switches to The Bachelor. I just get up and leave the room. Often, I don't come back.

[bobelk99]

Originally Posted by Robotech

The Marketers' theory seems to be that anything "memorable" is good... without considering 'why' it's memorable.

And it works, as evidenced by the posts in this thread.

[mudcat100]

How about the idiot that jumps around and acts like a cheerleader for a cholesterol drug. I wonder about the intelligence of the people who write these commercials. And the girl who dribbles about the speech recognition program for your computer.This ad must last 5 minutes. The producers should have at least made her fix her greasy looking hair before shooting the ad.

[FPrice]

Originally Posted by rgm36

There is no shame any more. I guess I'm getting old!

THIS is one of the biggest problems facing us and our future.

[BigCityChief]

I have no complaints about commercials because I don't watch them.


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[Texas40]

Mute and pause buttons are the most used buttons on our remote. Both the wife and I either pause or mute them usually pause and take a few min to do whatever usually at the start of the show we want to watch. Then we can skip over the commercials for most of the show before having to pause again which usually works well for bathroom and rebeer breaks.
However YES most if not all the ad's make you go HUH?

[chief38]

Many times I'll DVR a program and watch it later but fast forward through all the commercials. I would say that 80% of what I watch is on Premium channels or Netflix and there are no commercials.

[Rangerpat]

I'm like Texas40, there is a thing called the MUTE button, I learned to use it the day God invented the remote control.
But I do like watching the DirecTv commercials...

[Donn]

If I see a commercial that's annoying or insults what's left of my intelligence, I don't buy that product, ever.

[bgrafsr]

Originally Posted by franzas

Don't forget that annoying gecko

Yep, a .357 Mag. SWC should take care of him. I also root for someone to step on it, when he's on the moving sidewalk at the airport.

[Whitens Moss]

The stupid Cialis ads. You would think nobody in America can get it up any more.

[DeadAye]

I don't know if this is still happening - Our kids are grown and gone -

When they were playing they'd be paying NO ATTENTION WHAT-SO-EVER to the TV until a commercial came on and they'd all stop and stare at the TV
SOMETHING was going on with the commercials - But what?

This was especially noticeable during cartoons - but a lot of other programs too.

[Hodgin]

Don't watch very many. Dvr everything and ff through commercials on everything but ball games and news.

[Road Rat]

Your subject is an Oxymoron...........................

All Advertisements are Obnoxious....................

However, I agree with you that lately, the past few years, they just keep getting more ridiculous.

When any ad comes on the TV I either mute it or change channels.............

If I mute it - sometimes I have no idea what product they are trying to sell.

Also, I have noticed over the past year that a commercial break on TV now runs at least FIVE MINUTES............
I can't believe the FCC has authorized this!

[Bugkiller99]

Originally Posted by shouldazagged

But the bimbo who pops up perkily asking, "Anyone suffer from occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating?" should be towed out to sea and sunk by naval gunfire. Along with Flo.



.

No, that would be a waste of good ammo.

[P&R Fan]

Here's another one that really frosts me:
On TVLand they play the shows I like. Andy Griffith being my favorite. Every night they show several in a row. They are 36 minutes long, not the usual 30.
This is so they can show more commercials.
Good thing I hardly ever watch TV.
Jim

[CajunBass]

Originally Posted by shouldazagged

The "Jake from State Farm" spot is creepy as hell. That clown sounds way too excited about discuing insurance at 0300.

He's probably glad to talk to anybody but his wife.

[Moonman]

In ancient times (pre-remote) they sorta had you captive unless,

You sent your SIGNIFICANT OTHER to CHANGE THE CHANNEL.

[zzzippper]

We use the mute button but there are still some we can't stand to even see. Those include, but are not limited to:

1) Flo
2) State Farm (BTW, they have never given me any money)
3) Some drug ad where a guy is sitting at the kitchen tabel with his wife telling her about his drug, then turns away and talks to no one, not even the camera. It must be a side effect, talking to invisible people.
4) Every sleezy lawyer here in Denver that all look like they're abnomal.

[Speedo2]

You folks are just missing the sublime nuances, technical ingenuity and genuine artistry of today's television commercials. After all, commercials now take up 50% of our air time. And commercials are now so wonderfully targeted to our demographic categories, as evidenced by our TV viewing histories (...not that anybody would ever be monitoring what the American public is watching, or reading). But one does have to consider why we all (...old, curmudgeon gun cranks like us) are almost uniformly complaining about Viagra, Cialis, laxative, insurance and Testtotro-MeggaMan stuff. Except for sip, of course. Makes you wonder. -S2

[THE PILGRIM]

Have you noticed that the car insurance folks are in a time race to save you money? The time needed to save money gets shorter and shorter.

[timn8er]

[QUOTE=franzas;137761472]"As far as internet ads are concerned, my girlfriend got really hot when a 'meet single Asian women' ad popped up on my computer."

When you say hot, do you mean...hawt?

I hate commercials that feature people shouting at me. In Texas I see these ads for a lawyer that calls himself "The Texas Hammer". When I see his ads I think that if you were to look up a definition for "ambulance chaser", a picture of him would be included. In OKC there is a used car dealer that screams at the camera that is really annoying. I guess the logic is any publicity is good publicity, & if no one is talking good about them, at least someone IS talking about them!

[Straightshooter2]

Originally Posted by Whitens Moss

The stupid Cialis ads. You would think nobody in America can get it up any more.

There are two that were really stupid.

The one where they were painting the living room and suddenly it begins transforming until it ends up with them sitting in bathtubs in a forest by a stream. OK, if you are painting your living room, the roof flys away, the walls fold down and suddenly you're in a bathtub in a forest, this is NOT a Cialis moment. This is a TORNADO!!!!!!

The other where they were in the kitchen and water starts flowing across the floor, the kitchen island turns into a rock and the cabinets turn into the bank of a stream. Again, this is not a Cialis moment, this is a LSD moment.

CW

[shouldazagged]

Originally Posted by Marshwheeling

When the commercials come on, my wife switches to The Bachelor. I just get up and leave the room. Often, I don't come back.

You poor devil!

[straightshooter1]

I have seen that commercial where the couple ends up in bathtubs, but I don't quite understand why they have separate tubs?

As to the other commercials, as one poster noted, DVR-then FF thru the garbage. Or, for me, just leave the TV off since there's rarely anything I want to DVR anyway.

Bob

[wittmeba]

Some commercials are tolerable, others are so excessively loud.

The one's I hate most are car ads where they try to squeeze 2 minutes of BS into 15 seconds...and "Beggin Bits".

Thank God for the mute button on the remote.

[mtgianni]

I hope the next time I see the insurance pig he is on a rotisserie.

[mg357]

I actually like the progressive commercials that feature Flo the actress or comedian who is used for the Flo character is pretty if she was not married I would probably ask her out on a date.

[Jaysq]

Now I love the Geico pig, it is the programs I hate!