Obnoxious advertisements

[fdw]

The state farm one is one of my favorites although it is getting old...

 

[bgrafsr]

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

Not that you ever used LSD, right?

 

[Dennis The B]

Even more importantly - WHY are they running ads for prescription drugs? I can't buy 'em, you can't buy 'em, only a Doctor, who is supposed to know what is needed based on a diagnosis of a patient, can buy 'em.

These are ads targeted to consumers, so they can discuss with their physicians. The goal is to get you to discuss the option of using their drug, if you need it.

It's called brand awareness, and marketing people design campaigns to get the name of the drug in the public's mind. The pharmaceutical companies also choose the commercial names of drugs based, in part, on what the consumer will remember. And pharmaceuticals aren't the only ones. The Asian car companies chose names which are catchy and don't necessarily mean anything. The Acura and Lexus name badges don't have any meaning, except that they sound nice.

PS - I do like the Geico commercials with the two guys playing a mandolin and guitar, asking "How happy are folks who switch to Geico, Jimmy?" "Happier than...." The funniest are the witch in the broom factory, and the bodybuilder directing traffic.

 

[skrazo]

Don't forget the "Reverse Mortgage" ads. Those are downright "insulting".

 

[wittmeba]

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.

You may be onto something there. I think she looks better without makeup.

Images of Flo - if you don't see images - then click images on top

 

[Taurus627]

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.

In addition, why are they advertising prescription drugs to us? We can't get them without seeing a doctor.
Could it be they hope that we will think "I have that, better go to the doctor and ask for ______"

 

[joeintexas]

Yeah I got the idea that there may be more to that "Jake from State Farm " than selling insurance at 3am! Jake's working on the side.

 

[wheelgun28]

I really dislike

Have you been injured, did you fall or have an accident?

We can get you money.....

I do like

The oldest trick in the book.

Lookest over there

Madest thou look, joke over...

 

[OLDFED]

The Pig

is the ONLY commercial I like, but I couldn't even tell you what he's selling. I have learned to tune out all commercials. My wife is the navigator and FFs thru most of them. What annoys me is that out of 30 minutes of a program's time slot, you get 9 minutes of commercials...leaving just 21 minutes of the "show." Of that, 3 minutes are devoted to telling you just what you've just seen...a recap...leaving just 18 minutes. Of that, you get the "breaks" which replay the show's theme and music. I haven't timed those yet, but will. Check out COPS and bring your own stopwatch. Even that show...which we used to like...is getting stale. I'm so tired of domestic violence stupidity and the doped drivers, all who "Didn't know it was there...It's someone else's drugs...What gun?...I ran because I was scared...I didn't know you were a cop!...I just got in the car...It's not my car...A warrant...ME?...etc." If it wasn't for the news, certain serials like Breaking Bad and the ability to see taped movies, we'd trash the whole system. OK...just watched a "new" version of COPS and they had 7 (seven) commercials back-to-back halfway thru the program. I am not constipated, have erectile dysfunction, hives, vaginal odor, need car insurance, want a new car, care about tweaking or tweeting, need a new cell phone or a aid for plaque soriasis. Perhaps my problem is that I am too self-dependent and when I want or need something, I'm never influenced by the inanity of anyone's ad. I do my own research and buy rarely and smartly. Madison Ave. probably hates me! "But Wait! If you call within the next 30 minutes, we will reserve your own Uselesswidget!!! Be among the first 10 callers and we'll DOUBLE your delivery...just PAY separate shipping and handling!!!" All that must work because they keep doing it. No doubt, the Sheeple keep the money pouring in. Enough already!

On the prescription drug ads...I tried to watch them because I thought I might learn something. Wrong! I can't imagine even trying to remember the name of the drug when I go to my doctor, since I can't keep them all straight anyway. It's probably a useless effort because I'm not sure that "My" doctor will be my doctor, even though my Supreme Leader said I can keep my doctor. I wonder if they have these problems on French Frigate Shoals?

 

[therevjay]

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!

Don't forget the happy blue bears selling toilet paper. "Everyone has to go. Now goings more fun!"

And the laxatives and hemmeroid meds and The "Trojan twister (That blows your hair back!!!) and-and-on and on.

Oops, I almost forgot the Viagra one with the guy driving the 4x4 towing the horse trailer. Since he's "reached the age where he knows a thing or two" why doesn't he at least TRY locking in the front hubs before he go's through unloading the horses and making them tow the dang thing?

 

[blujax01]

"...But wait - There's MORE!"

 

[Fishslayer]

I can't stand the Carl's Jr. commercials with the sexy woman dripping sauce all down her. I somehow lose my appetite for a hamburger.

That's one of the better ones. How about the urban yute spewing burger condiments all over his shoes while a bunch of sweaty gym rats give him the stinkeye... yuk... that's supposed to make me hungry?

The ones that really gross me out are the ones with everybody smacking, chomping & talking around their faceful of food. : puke:

What's worst is that Carl's COULD be showing us Paris Hilton doing the Lucille car wash scene from Cool Hand Luke but nooooooo.....

 

[shouldazagged]

Those damnable (and horrifying, when you listen to the endless list of possible side effects) prescription drug commercials are a big part of the reason drug prices are insanely high. They're expensively produced, and they are everywhere people 45 and older are likely to be watching.

 

[Squarebutt]

Don't forget the happy blue bears selling toilet paper. "Everyone has to go. Now goings more fun!"

And the laxatives and hemmeroid meds and The "Trojan twister (That blows your hair back!!!) and-and-on and on.

Oops, I almost forgot the Viagra one with the guy driving the 4x4 towing the horse trailer. Since he's "reached the age where he knows a thing or two" why doesn't he at least TRY locking in the front hubs before he go's through unloading the horses and making them tow the dang thing?

Yep. I was yelling "Front hubs! Front hubs!" until I figured out that he fed the Viagra to the horses so they could pull his truck and trailer out of the mud.

 

[george minze]

I read an article some time ago concerning backfiring commercials..One in particulate was Progressive and Flo. The heads that run the commercial department took it on the cin over Flo..Seems people remembered Flo and liked her but forgot what insurance company she was hawking. Then they realized they had sort of created a monster that was almost impossible to get rid of. One other commercial that sort of got it's own head is the Beer commercial with the most interesting man in the world...Happens to be the most interesting man in the world is a American actor age 75 named Jonathan Goldsmith...His wiki site is going nuts but people think 1. He is a continental, 2. he really has an accent 3 Most people don't remember it is Dos Exuis beer and think it is Corona...Great commercial if you remember the beer and not the honey's that are always fawning over him.....BTW...Great Job for a 75 year old....

 

[vytoland]

Obnoxious advertisements .....is there another kind????.....

 

[Fishslayer]

Yep. I was yelling "Front hubs! Front hubs!" until I figured out that he fed the Viagra to the horses so they could pull his truck and trailer out of the mud.

I always wondered why he didn't just go around the mud puddle?

WOW! That guy thought of putting bottled water in his radiator! GENIUS!

WHOA... that dude just adjusted a printing machine! I think he just got a text from the missus letting him know the twin bathtubs are ready...

 

[SteveFi]

the one for kfc where the lady is proud she "cooked" kfc for dinner really bugs me - proud of the fact you went through the drive in at kfc?? just sad

 

[Mickey D]

Did you know...

Aussie Progressive commercial
Kitty - Saving the Whale - YouTube

 

[shouldazagged]

Stephanie Courtney, who plays the US Flo, was quoted as saying that "the Geico gecko puts out more sexual vibes than Flo."

Too true to be funny.