That disgusting Starburst (I think?) commercial where there's some dude hooked up to a cow milker machine and he's giving sour milk because he's been eating sour Starburst. It's perhaps one of the most disgusting things I've seen....just the idea that this contraption, sucking away (oh, there are noises in the commercial, too!) at this old ugly man with multiple nipples/teats makes me want to vomit.

Men's hair dye adverts! They're even worse!
In fact any adverts when the voices are badly dubbed on like some late night Japanese kung-fu movie.

I hate adverts and wherever possible change the channel as soon as they come on. Unfortunately they usually coincide with ad breaks on other channels.

There's one on all the time lately, maybe only in the day, for a loan company or something with some irritating geordie woman shouting to her husband and son whilst organising a loan and when she shouts "Josh, dad's found your scooter" I want to cockpunch my tv.

Also: Churchill adverts.

Also: Hastingsdirect.coOoOoOoOom

Also there's a weird new one lately for some sort of holiday resort and I think in an attempt to be more "honest" the company's owner does the advert in his own broken English. It's vile. Actually perhaps the guy is an actor and they thought it would be endearing to have him pretend to be awful.

SecondEdition wrote:
I think there was this one commercial for a Presidents' Day sale on Chevrolets featuring a "Crunk" version of "Hail To The Chief" way back this year that made me change the channel immediately - truly an involuntary reaction. Good lord, it was just offensively awful.

You are correct. It was everywhere: tv and radio. And I couldn't get it out of my head. And then it broke into a sorta 50 cent thing at the end. This one cracked me and my gf up for whatever reason, but we were grateful once president's day was passed and commented on how we wouldn't have to hear that tune anymore.

And then they kept airing the commercial.

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I also hate the commercials for any product that is obviously a scam.

Like for instance, Focus Factor.

"they let you try it free? It must be good!"

What does one thing have to do with the other? Of all the things I've gotten for free in my life, those that were good comprise a very short list.

The Popeye's "tell me what's your flavor" spots have been making me crazy lately.

Oh yeah, anyone remember the mint commercial (tic tac?) where the woman is showing off her (ahem) very adept mouth skills by juggling a handful of mints while she waits for the elevator. The music is super nauseating as well, but the blatant gag at the end, for whatever reason, gives me rage. Of course, the elevator opens, and the young man inside witnesses this juggling act, and the exchange could not be less subtle unless the characters actually said:

"wow. I bet she's really good at sucking dick."

"I am. I will suck your dick."

Oh yeah, I also think the axe ads where the girls sing the cliche porno music "bowm chica wowow.." are somehow way more annoying than your average axe advert.

If you watch the AMC drama Mad Men you may have noticed the factoids between commercials - for example: "The first ATM machine went online in 1969 and was called a 'bankograph.'" Then a commercial for some bank follows. Some of them are fairly interesting.

Well, if it weren't for one of these factoids I might not have noticed the subliminal message in an All-Bran commercial. A constrcution worker, an older man, walks around a job site, where there is a lot of construction-related activity going on behind him, whilst eating a bowl of All-Bran and talking about how he took their 10 Day Challenge. In the background, a bunch of girders suddenly protrude from a window. Construction worker goes on to say how All-Bran made him feel regular, less weighted down. Some barrels tumble from a rooftop. Finally, he urges the viewer to try it for himself. And a dumptruck unloads a massive heap of debris.

It sounds more blatant when I describe it.

Is this horrible, or brilliant, or tongue-in-cheek?

Not a specific one, but it seems to be industry standard to drop pick-up trucks out of the sky and then show a slo mo of it wobbling back to still.

I get showing the new truck hauling big shit, getting the job done. *high five*

I get showing the new truck stopping on a dime. *brow wipe*

Or climbing a rugged mountain to get to the sexy oasis in your safari clothes.*three day shadow smile*

But why am I to be sold on a truck that withstands a poorly finished airlift job?*middle finger*

Those Leptoprin commercials with this bitch:

AnotherEngine wrote:That disgusting Starburst (I think?) commercial where there's some dude hooked up to a cow milker machine and he's giving sour milk because he's been eating sour Starburst. It's perhaps one of the most disgusting things I've seen....just the idea that this contraption, sucking away (oh, there are noises in the commercial, too!) at this old ugly man with multiple nipples/teats makes me want to vomit.

It is Skittles. I have enjoyed Skittle commercials for years now due to how unusually surreal they are. they haven't made since for about a decade and no one at the corporation seems to care. Props to the milking man.

That actually made me howl with laughter. What a crappy commercial.

The acting is puzzling, the camera work is awful, the editing sucks, the narrator uses improper grammar, and then that final crash shot is just over the top.