"AND NOW, A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS"

[GuyJD]

So now my fellow peeps....We've analysized and examined our thoughts and our hearts and determined who we would like to cyber, eat, and maybe even dream of cybering in our sleep. We've judged our favorite past and present sit-coms and game shows. But what about those silly or annoying commercials? Do we have any?
ANNOYING: I have always wished that the FCC would outlaw local commercials. Let's face it, they hire the world's worst actors to work on them. When I was living in New Orleans, there was a company called Seafood City. The big nosed Greek owner would advertise that all of his employees came to work in tuxedos. (And yes, they would show them shoveling oysters while wearing tux) The god awful song would become welded into your brain.......SEAFOOD CITY, VERY PRETTY. (OMG, kill me now). My prayers were answered when the business closed down and the whole block was converted into a large drug store.
FAVORITES: Coca-Cola and Snickers has the best commercials. I laugh everytime I see the Snickers commercial that has the elephant and donkey impersonating George W. Bush and Al Gore (My dad & I wear the same size pants...I invented pants).
Okay folks, enlighten the others with your favs and not so favs.

 

[Guest]

All Time Favorite Commercial: The original Bush's Baked Beans where the dog says, "Roll that beautiful bean footage!"

Commercial Persona That I Miss: The Taco Bell dog. I don't like the singing business men they have now. They scare me. Bring the dog back!

Commercial I hate: It's a local, political one that wants to "ignore" same sex couples and deny them as being one in hopes to keep the same sex marriages out of Nebraska that much longer.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I've only refused to audition for two commercials in my life -- one was for cigarettes (overseas) and the other was for a similar ad against gay marriage. I found it hateful.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Yes Dixon... but which ones did you get?

My favourites are the Antz Pants one ... "Sic em Rex"

And the Kool Mint one where it just rolls around this extremely taut stomach

 

[Gingersnap]

God I hate those ads

I detest any advertisment that has someone crunching or making loud eating noises in it. To me they might as well chew their food and open their mouths on camera. I refuse to buy Red Baron pizza based on this along with several cereals. Another annoying thing is having small children singing or talking. I am sure the people who have their kids in ads think they are magical but I am not a fan of whining and certainly not of a child singing. Sally Struthers(sp) should be detongued for that very reason.

I love the ones with empowering messages there is one for volunteers that shows a woman mentoring a young girl with DS and another showing Danny teaching reading to a young man. Those two commercials touch me the first moved me to volunteer as a big sister.

 

[Gingersnap]

God I hate those ads

I detest any advertisment that has someone crunching or making loud eating noises in it. To me they might as well chew their food and open their mouths on camera. I refuse to buy Red Baron pizza based on this along with several cereals. Another annoying thing is having small children singing or talking. I am sure the people who have their kids in ads think they are magical but I am not a fan of whining and certainly not of a child singing. Sally Struthers(sp) should be detongued for that very reason. Most "feminine Hygiene" products are equally offensive.

I love the ones with empowering messages there is one for volunteers that shows a woman mentoring a young girl with DS and another showing Danny teaching reading to a young man. Those two commercials touch me the first moved me to volunteer as a big sister.

 

[Bobtoad777]

i got to admit I like any thing with that talking Taco Bell dog, "Drop the Chalupa"

 

[Ambrosious]

Yeah, thanks to Taco Bell and my wife, I have two of the little monsters(chihuahuas) and they are both extremely spoiled. I'm just glad that Taco Bell wasn't using a talking horse.

 

[Guest]

Lol... I have almost all of the lil talking/singing Taco Bell dogs. My fave is from when Godzilla came out, and the dog says, "Here leezard, leezard, leezard!" lol

 

[husband's nightmare]

Does anyone remeber the one for stainmaster carpet? the woman is seated at an elegant table looking fantastic, the guy comes out in the tux, suave as can be and leans on the tabe in his best pose and the table goes end up and crashes to the floor? I love that one!
I hate any car commercial where for the ump-teenth time the buyer bought TOO many cars last year any you get an amazing deal! nothing down! no interest! no options! just 28% for the rest of your life!...

 

[Guest]

Another great one!

It was for Dupont Stainmaster carpet... There is this baby in his lil walker and he starts zoomin' thoughout the house like it was the Indy 500! Funny as hell! http://smilecwm.tripod.com/net4/128.gif

 

[#1derfulGuy]

ANOTHER WORST

Many of you mentioned the Taco Bell dog. I love the part of him trying to catch Godzilla too. But I laughed out loud just watching him stand there and blink his little eyes like he's innocent.
But the stupidest has to be their competitor, Del Taco. A guy stands outside the Taco Bell headquarters and imagine that one day, that building will be Del Taco's headquarters. Pardon me, how many of you guys have heard of that company? Granted, the burgers kick ass and their sauces suck. But Taco Bell is a nationally (if not internationally) known company while Del Taco is known only in the west side of the country, mostly California. I don't foresee Del Taco buying out Taco Bell anytime soon.

 

[OUTSIDER]

My favourites are :-
The PG tea chimps
The smash robot's
The old tango add
The lynx effect add
The R Whites lemonade add
just too name a few.

 

[BrainyBeauty]

They say sex sells, but for me, it's humor!

My all time favorite commercial is a fairly recent one- the E-Trade "Money coming out the Wazoo" ad- it absolutely kills me every time I see it.

A close second is their other one where the guy is watching his stock soar through the roof (on his computer). He trashes the office, kisses the babes, runs upstairs and tells the company president to take the job and shove it. He goes back to his desk and notices that his stock has nose-dived and he is ruined. So he races back upstairs to kiss ass.

I would love to know who their ad agency is for those spots because they have a delicious, wicked, hysterical sense of humor.

Older faves =
[*] Original Clara Peller Where's the Beef? (Wendy's)
[*]Little Caesar's Pizza Pizza- especially the origami bird
[*]the Michael Jordan/Larry Bird McDonald's "Off the rim, out the door, nothing but net" series
[*]Joe "The Liar" Isuzu- where he putts the golf ball 10 times and then screams "Birdie!"

I also like some sentimental ones

[*] lots of the old AT&T ads- like the kids making the collage of the family. Pass the Kleenex!
[*]the old Pepsi ad with the little blonde boy where the puppies come out and jump all over him while he laughs
[*]the old Coke ad with Mean Joe Greene and the kid
[*]the new Pampers commercial with all the baby animals with Rod Stewart's Forever Young song in the background. Gosh- that one makes me want to run right out and try to get pregnant! (scary)

Totally ridiculous, incomprehensible commercials- for Mentos. I never understood those at all. Any of em. Bizarre and just plain stupid. You agree?

Finally - speaking of sex selling a product- does anyone remember the Diet Pepsi ad- very old, like 20-25 years ago. Showed a series of beautiful bodies. Never saw any faces- just torsos. And the song playing Now You See it Now You Don't. I envied those hard bodies.

Oh boy- this proves I watch way too much TV!

 

[Mustang Sally]

A current one I hate: The McCain frozen pizza ad where a man has brought his girlfriend to his apartment for the first time. He suggests going out for pizza and she says "Can't they deliver? I mean, can't we stay in?" and he goes and secretly pops the frozen pizza in the over. "Do they always deliver to your back door?" she says. Then "Marry me!" "ok"
Arghh!! I don't get it, it's stupid, and it's old. Make a new damn commercial!

I LOVE the Mazda zoom zoom commercials. Great song!

Here's a story about cheesy local commercials: Toronto's mayor, Mel Lastman, is famous for his old BadBoy commercials. "Who's better than us?" and Mel, wearing a black and white prison uniform goes "Noooooobody!!" and now he's mayor! Funny guy.

 

[SeXy ReDHeD]

I HATE the Taco Bell dog... so annoying!

One of my all time favorite commercials is that MasterCard one where that guy's trying to hit a golf ball from a water bunker, and it's all, "Golf Socks: $20.00, Golf shoes: $95.00, Khaki golf pants: $110.00." Then it shows him swinging the club and he gets mud and water all over himself, and he looks down and the ball's still there, "Entertaining your clients, Priceless!" His clients are laughing their asses off! It cracks me up every time.

I also love that one for Bounty paper towels where the toddler tries to pour some juice into a glass onto the floor, and misses the glass... it's sooooo cuuuuutttteee!

The worst commercial ever has got to be the McDonald's commercials... SO GAY! "We love to see you smile..." Puke!

 

[GuyJD]

BUT WAIT,THERE'S MORE.

HOW CAN WE FORGET THE KIDS ON THE MONSTER.COM COMMERCIAL. I KEELED OVER WITH LAUGHTER EVERYTIME IT APPEARED.
"When I grow,I want to file all day."
"I want to work my way up to middle management."
"When I grow up, I want to be a yes man" "Yes woman"
"Yes sir, coming sir" "Anything for a raise sir"