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Commercials 2010

Centerfield Jun 17 2010 11:31 AM

Obviously Jeter and his Itch are in another category altogether, but outside of that, I think the Mohegan Sun commercial with "My Mohegan" takes the cake for the most annoying. Favorites: Thugged-Out Hamsters cruising to Black Sheep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfJnqbud ... re=channel Charlie Daniels: "That's how you do it son." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aZLw_KBdqc

themetfairy Jun 17 2010 11:33 AM Re: Commercials 2010

I personally hate the one where the woman is taking care of her banking on her cell phone in the middle of yoga class. It drives me nuts. It's yoga - banking is the last thing anyone should be doing in the middle of a practice!

Benjamin Grimm Jun 17 2010 11:45 AM Re: Commercials 2010

The only non-Tivoed shows I watch are Mets games, and I generally don't pay much attention to the commercials, so I don't have much to offer here. But there's one commercial I've been wondering about... That one where the parents of the future President of the United States meet on the subway? What's up with that? If I were to pay attention the next time it's on, would I get the point?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 11:53 AM Re: Commercials 2010

The New York Lottery Sweet Million ads are back. God help me, I can't turn them off. I'm fairly certain my baby's overwhelming cute-itude has ruined my pop culture taste buds.

Centerfield Jun 17 2010 12:33 PM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":84ywam3y]The only non-Tivoed shows I watch are Mets games, and I generally don't pay much attention to the commercials, so I don't have much to offer here. But there's one commercial I've been wondering about... That one where the parents of the future President of the United States meet on the subway? What's up with that? If I were to pay attention the next time it's on, would I get the point?[/quote:84ywam3y] He spots a cute girl while on the subway platform. With his super quick phone, changes his train ticket so he can ride next to her. Without the phone, no ticket exchange, no meeting, no kid, no President, Union is threatened, and the US falls into anarchy. Have no idea what type of phone it is.

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2010 02:36 PM Re: Commercials 2010

There's one where a group of about 5 or 6 oh-so-suave looking people are having a great time at one of the casinos: rocking out to some hot band, winning (of course) at the dice games, getting their pictures taken by admiring folks, strutting through the lobby like they own the place. I'd like to smack them all in the face with a snow shovel.

Ceetar Jun 17 2010 02:44 PM Re: Commercials 2010

The worst are the local car commercial ones. (This aside from Brad Benson on radio). They're just so corny and feature salesman trying to act like actors and think they're funny. I know there are a good portion of them that absolutely suck, but I cannot recall them right now. (But I bet I'd have some 'familiarity' for the product if i was out shopping. Stupid advertising working..bleh)

G-Fafif Jun 17 2010 05:05 PM Re: Commercials 2010

I'd like the chick in the McDonald's commercial (run incessantly during the Oriole series), the one who gets a variation of the trucker's tan from her large sweet tea and straw to dump all 32 ounces over the heads of her "friends" who are giggling at what has become of her face, and then slice them to death with the shards of the compact she is handed. Also, that bitch who keeps doubting her husband's Sapphire card's ability to secure a massage...I'd like him to go out and get a "massage" and break up their greedy marriage.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 17 2010 05:25 PM Re: Commercials 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 18 2010 12:18 PM

That electronic reader commercial with the stop-motion action and that twee, chanson-like song ("flyyyy me away... take... me away with you, my love") in it has put down roots in my frontal cortex, to the extent that I find myself humming it to my daughter unawares when setting her down to sleep. GET OUT OF MY HEAD, STOP-MOTION E-READER CHANSON!

Ceetar Jun 17 2010 06:37 PM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="G-Fafif":1894fc50]I'd like the chick in the McDonald's commercial (run incessantly during the Oriole series), the one who gets a variation of the trucker's tan from her large sweet tea and straw to dump all 32 ounces over the heads of her "friends" who are giggling at what has become of her face, and then slice them to death with the shards of the compact she is handed. Also, that bitch who keeps doubting her husband's Sapphire card's ability to secure a massage...I'd like him to go out and get a "massage" and break up their greedy marriage.[/quote:1894fc50] Maybe because McDonalds commercials were so sing-song awesome when i was growing up in the 80s, but I absolutely despise roughly every single ad they've had for years. The "My dollar bills are thirsty!" ones.. Most of the Wendy's and Burger King commercials piss me off too.

Fman99 Jun 17 2010 08:07 PM Re: Commercials 2010

I like all of the commercials that star the uber-creepy silent "the King" Burger King mascot. He should have his own show where he just lurks in the bushes outside women's houses practicing the unappreciated art of self-stimulation. You know, tugging on "the Whopper."

Benjamin Grimm Jun 18 2010 04:02 AM Re: Commercials 2010

There's one with a cute French girl at a sidewalk cafe. I don't know what the commercial is for, because I always hit the fast-forward button just as she's saying hello. She's very cute, but I don't need to hear her sales pitch.

themetfairy Jun 18 2010 06:24 AM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="G-Fafif":3p1hw1lg]Also, that bitch who keeps doubting her husband's Sapphire card's ability to secure a massage...I'd like him to go out and get a "massage" and break up their greedy marriage.[/quote:3p1hw1lg] If I traded all of our hotel points for a friggin' dress that I could probably buy at Lord & Taylor for $75 on sale, D-Dad would not just be standing there with a stupid grin on his face. Not that I would do anything so idiotic in the first place.

Fman99 Jun 18 2010 06:32 AM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]There's one with a cute French girl at a sidewalk cafe. I don't know what the commercial is for, because I always hit the fast-forward button just as she's saying hello. She's very cute, but I don't need to hear her sales pitch.

That's a Windows 7 bit methinks.

MFS62 Jun 18 2010 08:42 AM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Fman99"][quote="Benjamin Grimm"]There's one with a cute French girl at a sidewalk cafe. I don't know what the commercial is for, because I always hit the fast-forward button just as she's saying hello. She's very cute, but I don't need to hear her sales pitch.

That's a Windows 7 bit methinks.
I'm pissed at that commercial because Windows 7 was MY idea.

Later

G-Fafif Jun 19 2010 05:17 AM Re: Commercials 2010

And those EmblemHealth animated commercials with the "without pain, there ain't no gain" lady. So wishing for an out-of-network anvil to fall on her head.

Frayed Knot Jun 19 2010 05:45 AM Re: Commercials 2010

'Flo' the Progressive Insurance lady is another one who needs to be set on fire then put out with a track shoe.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 19 2010 09:33 AM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="MFS62"][quote="Fman99"][quote="Benjamin Grimm"]There's one with a cute French girl at a sidewalk cafe. I don't know what the commercial is for, because I always hit the fast-forward button just as she's saying hello. She's very cute, but I don't need to hear her sales pitch.

That's a Windows 7 bit methinks.
I'm pissed at that commercial because Windows 7 was MY idea.

Later

When I see those, I wonder whether Microsoft's trying to preemptively spread legal liability around.

MFS62 Jun 19 2010 09:41 AM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Frayed Knot":34age8sw]'Flo' the Progressive Insurance lady is another one who needs to be set on fire then put out with a track shoe.[/quote:34age8sw] Nahhh. At least Flo is (sometimes overly) cheerfully helpful. But its that other redhead, the one in the Red Robbin (hamburger place) commercials who I can't stand. She stands there with a smug, "I told you so" expression on her face while a guy is being electrocuted by setting off the burger recipe alarm. But she has that same 'tude of superiority in her other ads, too. She, I could do without. (She's probably a Yankee fan, anyhow.) Later

Benjamin Grimm Jun 19 2010 01:26 PM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Frayed Knot":1lelkawo]'Flo' the Progressive Insurance lady is another one who needs to be set on fire then put out with a track shoe.[/quote:1lelkawo] If I recall correctly, I think Edgy knows her.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2010 02:24 PM Re: Commercials 2010

Oh, no, he didn't say that.

Edgy DC Jun 28 2010 12:56 PM Re: Commercials 2010

Here you go: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/9280/ Advertising.

Ceetar Jul 03 2010 09:26 AM Re: Commercials 2010

I enjoyed the new pretzel M & M one though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EddK8L6oiTU

themetfairy Jul 10 2010 09:13 AM Re: Commercials 2010

You know the Miller High Life ads where the guy from the beer distribution company decides that the clients aren't cool enough to drink the beer so he condescendingly takes it all away? Fuck him and his inferior product - he should be happy he has a job delivering that swill! Where the hell does he get off judging the company's customers?

Ceetar Jul 10 2010 09:17 AM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="themetfairy":1fe3zisz]You know the Miller High Life ads where the guy from the beer distribution company decides that the clients aren't cool enough to drink the beer so he condescendingly takes it all away? Fuck him and his inferior product - he should be happy he has a job delivering that swill! Where the hell does he get off judging the company's customers?[/quote:1fe3zisz] Agreed. The worse is the one where he scoffs at the cost of a hamburger. He's obviously never been to NY! The obvious undertone of the commercial is that he's too cheap to buy his own beer because he's a delivery man, and just supplies his own beer habit by stealing from the customers.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 10 2010 10:46 AM Re: Commercials 2010

You guys are nuts. I love that Miller campaign.

DocTee Jul 10 2010 11:10 AM Re: Commercials 2010

Agreed with JCL. That deliveryman is played by the security guard on Suite Life of Zack and Cody (when they are at sea)

Rockin' Doc Jul 10 2010 12:23 PM Re: Commercials 2010

I actually get a kick out of the Miller delivery truck "reposessing"" the Miller High Life. I like that they they lampoon the "$11.50 hamburger" or places that take themselves too seriously. How can you not like this? [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tBiRNFHmhI&feature=related or better still, this: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4j5lmVma14

dgwphotography Jul 10 2010 07:50 PM Re: Commercials 2010

I love that campaign. I thing the one with the Iraq vet is inspired..

Kong76 Jul 10 2010 08:15 PM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Ceetar":11uwq2v5][quote="themetfairy":11uwq2v5]You know the Miller High Life ads where the guy from the beer distribution company decides that the clients aren't cool enough to drink the beer so he condescendingly takes it all away? Fuck him and his inferior product - he should be happy he has a job delivering that swill! Where the hell does he get off judging the company's customers?[/quote:11uwq2v5] Agreed. The worse is the one where he scoffs at the cost of a hamburger. He's obviously never been to NY! The obvious undertone of the commercial is that he's too cheap to buy his own beer because he's a delivery man, and just supplies his own beer habit by stealing from the customers.[/quote:11uwq2v5] Love the ad campaign and don't like Miller products. He should be happy he has a job?? It's a commercial. And the beer guy drinks the beer he hauls off 'cause he's cheap? Never occurred to me. The two of you are a bit whack here back to back imho ... they're funny commercials and if they hit the bone a bit they're even funnier to me.

Ceetar Jul 10 2010 08:23 PM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="dgwphotography":3sdaskxj]I love that campaign. I thing the one with the Iraq vet is inspired..[/quote:3sdaskxj] it's inspired...and contrived. It seems forced to come up with something to make fun of, and I don't really care about what names on anyones luggage. but then again, I'm a bit of a beer snob (and a homebrewer) so maybe I'm biased against beer commercials.

Ashie62 Jul 10 2010 08:29 PM Re: Commercials 2010

How about a commercial of some the happy Miller drinkers dying of alcoholism.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 11 2010 08:55 AM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Ashie62"]How about a commercial of some the happy Miller drinkers dying of alcoholism.

Fman99 Jul 11 2010 02:12 PM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Frayed Knot":3bqawii8]'Flo' the Progressive Insurance lady is another one who needs to be set on fire then put out with a track shoe.[/quote:3bqawii8] I have a sexual attraction to Flo, but I think it's born out of a desire to do awful humiliating things to her in retribution for her commercials. That seems healthy to me.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 11 2010 03:02 PM Re: Commercials 2010

Don't be offended, but I sometimes wish this board had a feature that would automatically hide your posts.

dgwphotography Jul 11 2010 03:22 PM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":zufhno5w]Don't be offended, but I sometimes wish this board had a feature that would automatically hide your posts.[/quote:zufhno5w] Maybe you can right-click on it, and it would disappear...

Fman99 Jul 11 2010 07:35 PM Re: Commercials 2010

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":39ip1a9w]Don't be offended, but I sometimes wish this board had a feature that would automatically hide your posts.[/quote:39ip1a9w] It does, it's called the "Foes" list and you can access it from the User Control Panel. It seems drastic to me but hey, do what you gotta do mate.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 12 2010 08:07 AM Re: Commercials 2010

Seems drastic to me, too. But it's good to know about that feature. I'm sure I'd use it if we ever let that salamander guy back in here.

The Second Spitter Jul 14 2010 07:10 PM Re: Commercials 2010

I have to say, I crack-up every time I see the "Reggae Bush" ESPYs ad....... hilarious!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 31 2010 09:33 AM Re: Commercials 2010

lunchpail not only thinks '1 877 Kars for kids' is a product ('Daddy, I want one of those cars for kids') he also walked through town this morning singing the theme song over and over.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 31 2010 09:35 AM Re: Commercials 2010

Brr. "Kars for Kids" creeps the fuck out of me like a seminude Crispin Glover in clown makeup. .