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Muting and Channel Changing

d'Kong76 Dec 14 2014 08:36 AM

What makes you flip? The Kars 4 Kids jingle has to be way up on this list.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 14 2014 08:42 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

I run with a little radio. The other night, a K4K commercial came on Q104.3 so I quickly clicked to 101 only to find that Don Henley Christmas song only beginning. Decided then and there to run into the middle of the street and get hit by a bus but naturally none came.

d'Kong76 Dec 14 2014 08:48 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

The new commercial with the pink guitars is maddening!

Ashie62 Dec 14 2014 12:07 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

I mute Flo.

cooby Dec 14 2014 02:59 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

Any and all ads for Apple merchandise

Edgy MD Dec 14 2014 03:14 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

How about that Holiday Sprint ad with the horrible shrieking women of privilege, who eventually break glass with their self-congratulatory squeals? Women, hairdressers, men, Sprint, all cellphones and the people who make or service or own them... Who don't you hate after that ad comes on? My God. They'll probably win a Clio for that spot.

themetfairy Dec 14 2014 04:36 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

d'Kong76 wrote: What makes you flip? The Kars 4 Kids jingle has to be way up on this list. We always shut the radio whenever that one comes on.

Mets – Willets Point Dec 14 2014 04:39 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

I'm sure the Kars 4 Kids jingle was mentioned in the CIA torture report.

Frayed Knot Dec 14 2014 07:41 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

I mute virtually everything that's not specifically what I sat down to watch. I sometimes even mute of the stuff I am watching (like, on occasion, football announcers). The Mute button is one of mans great inventions.

Fman99 Dec 14 2014 08:16 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

Yep, same here. There's an infinite amount of wasted breath on TV.

Vic Sage Dec 14 2014 08:33 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

I flip during all commercials. There is always SOMETHING on somewhere else that can fill up a few minutes.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 14 2014 08:37 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

We are so DVR-dependent, I try daily to fast-forward live TV.

Nymr83 Dec 14 2014 08:50 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

What makes you flip? The Kars 4 Kids jingle has to be way up on this list. thats number 1 on the list

metirish Dec 14 2014 08:51 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

Flo is beyond annoying , flip that sht , the Geico "did you know" is at least updated a lot...still , it's annoying . I do like the Surface Pro 3 commercial mocking Apple , the guys singing is cool On the radio side I thinkfully don't hear the K4C commercial as I only listen to SiriusXM

Ceetar Dec 15 2014 08:43 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: We are so DVR-dependent, I try daily to fast-forward live TV. I don't channel surf or watch tv. or listen to the radio. I watch what I sit down to watch or listen to and that's it, on DVR. I probably couldn't tell you what network or time many of the shows I watch are on. So really it's any commercial that makes me flip. "What, a commercial? how quaint..i must be on the wrong channel" So I'm only really subjected to whatever my wife leaves on, or the commercials between Islanders/Mets games. An aside: Sometimes i have to catch up on shows On Demand, but if I can't fast forward..I don't. I'll download the show instead. I don't know why some idiot exec thought forbidding people from watching the way they could with a DVR was a good idea. I understand everyone's not as adept at computers and torrenting as I am, but those shows make it to other mediums like Hulu and other streaming venues. and iTunes. and ..

themetfairy Dec 15 2014 08:45 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

When I'm at work I often listen to WPLJ streaming on my computer. When the Kars for Kids jingle comes on, I rip out the earbud ASAP.

d'Kong76 Dec 15 2014 08:50 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

Flo doesn't bother me too much. The Jake From State Farm commercial is pretty funny, both the husband and wife's faces are perfect for that bit to me.

Centerfield Dec 15 2014 08:58 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

d'Kong76 wrote: Flo doesn't bother me too much. The Jake From State Farm commercial is pretty funny, both the husband and wife's faces are perfect for that bit to me. I love the Jake from State Farm commercial. "Um. Khakis?" My favorite, though, is the Android commercial with animated KISS. Just awesome.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 15 2014 09:08 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

I don't channel surf or watch live TV either, except when I'm watching the Mets, so the only commercials I know are the ones on SNY. Everything else that I watch has been prerecorded. The only time I ever turn on the TV is to watch something specific.

themetfairy Dec 15 2014 09:11 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

Flo annoys me. But I hate the ungrateful kids from the Verizon "Half Fast" commercial. Say thank you for your Christmas kids you little spoiled brats!

Ceetar Dec 15 2014 09:16 AM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

d'Kong76 wrote: Flo doesn't bother me too much. The Jake From State Farm commercial is pretty funny, both the husband and wife's faces are perfect for that bit to me. That commercial has to be at least 6 years old. That amuses me too.

cooby Dec 15 2014 01:48 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

You know, I never heard of Kars 4 Kids until this thread, and so I googled it and now it is a banner ad every single place I go

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 15 2014 02:10 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

That was a mistake. The ads in addition to being irritating and suspiciously excessive for a charity, are not forthcoming about the goals of the organization, I think they are aligned with JDL or some shit.

cooby Dec 15 2014 02:21 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

Yeah I kind of have to wonder howing giving a car away helps a kid. I am sure they are totally on the up and up though.

Zvon Dec 15 2014 02:25 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

metirish wrote: I do like the Surface Pro 3 commercial mocking Apple , the guys singing is cool I'm sure you recall me whining about the c4k ad....for years. Are you being sarcastic there^? I first heard that commercial on Nov 16th (I made note of the date cause I hate how they start Christmas so early- gives me something to bitch about) and in one week I was muting it. I muted it at other peoples houses over Thanksgiving. I jumped up and yelled,"gimme that controller- mute that commercial!" a number of times during the football game.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 15 2014 04:54 PM Re: Muting and Channel Changing

cooby wrote: Yeah I kind of have to wonder howing giving a car away helps a kid. I am sure they are totally on the up and up though. I remember reading that there was some big scam involving C4K. Can't recall what, but if you google Cars 4 Kids and Fraud/Scam, a lot of links sure do come up.