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Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:22 pm
by John George Peppers_Archive
AnotherEngine wrote:That disgusting Starburst........
Speaking of Starburst, I'm sure some people think this is humorous but this one drives me to momentarily switch channels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYX_zhlTDr8
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:39 pm
by AnotherEngine_Archive
At first I hated that commercial, but sadly I've now come to enjoy it a bit. Even though it took me 100 viewings to figure out what the hell he was saying. [/quote]
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:49 pm
by major malling marsupial_Archive
Colonel Panic wrote:Another one I can't stand is those
Geico caveman ads.
The joke is sooo played-out, it's supremely annoying. And they just keep coming with that crap!
i must watch even less tv than you because i think they're awesome. those cavemen made geico a household name. it's an original schtick and talented acting. i approve.
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:24 pm
by Colonel Panic_Archive
I thought the first one or two were kinda funny, but now they've taken the damn thing so far that it's really not funny anymore, just irritating.
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.
Yeah that one's really bad. I remember thinking
that Quiznos commercial with the wolves was a really bad commercial for food, but that Starburst commercial is a million times worse.
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:36 pm
by that damned fly_Archive
this one.
i want none of the advice or services offered by any party.
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:35 pm
by John George Peppers_Archive
Just saw this on one the history channel. Thank god I found a link because it's jaw dropping bad. They are trying to sell young women Metamucil.
Metamucil - Beautify Your Inside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ZE_S-0_aA
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:39 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
has anyone mentioned the 'Viva Viagra' commercials yet?
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:45 pm
by that damned fly_Archive
STF wrote: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?
yeah, i saw that one. it is blantant. anyone who doesn't pick up on what's going on in the background is a fucking numbskull. that is not subliminal.
remember that simpsons bit about the navy advertisiting?
"subliminal, liminal and super-liminal."
"super liminal?"
[yells out window]"hey you! join the navy!"
i think that commercial was a piece of liminal advertising.
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:13 am
by rayj_Archive
Alright...I haven't watched TV or cable for 4 years. I still feel compelled to leave you with this message:
"Stop freakin'...call Beacon!"
It's plastered on the side of the goddamn buses up here, for crying out loud. I can't escape.
Terrible commercials you are unable to watch
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:15 am
by major malling marsupial_Archive
i heard they were going to make this into a video but had to pull out at the last minute.
