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MovieNut 02-24-2004 07:02 PM

stupid AT&T "come together" ad
 
Is anyone else bothered when this commercial comes on? I dont know if it's the cheesy music, or the creepy split-faces, but I can't stand it. I find myself flipping the channel every time it comes on.

I can't figure out why it's so repulsive. And AT&T is obviously spending a bunch to air it really frequently. It's having the opposite effect. I will avoid their services altogether, b/c these ads are so repugnant. I wonder how much they tested this before running with it.

Is anyone else turned off by this AT&T ad?

Are there any other ads, like the one mentioned in this Quizno's thread, that are equally misguided? (those retarded Microsoft Office "great moments" commercials notwithstanding)....

World's King 02-24-2004 07:12 PM

You know what bugs me about this ad?

The fact that they never put a black face and a white face together. That pisses me off.

sexymama 02-24-2004 07:42 PM

Ads in general bug me -- so of course this one does as well. (Although I admit I like the woman playing volleyball in the snow advertising the summer olympics.)

Holo 02-24-2004 07:50 PM

I was thinking about starting a thread like this.

My annoying ad is the ppl dancing the Diarrhea Song for Pepto Bismol. They are just too happy to act like morons.

BTW I just saw that ATT ad and there was a black face with a white one, but yeah that ad sucks too.

VitaminH 02-24-2004 08:01 PM

Creepy....I just changed the channel for dislike of the commerical on the tv as I clicked on my TFP bookmark and wandered into this forum...

So yes, I don't like this commerical :)

Church 02-24-2004 08:28 PM

Yeah, the only thing that bothers me about that commercial is the fact that you can noticably hear every Asian person when they come on the screen. Not that race matters, I just noticed that I always notice the asian voice over the others.

Stare At The Sun 02-24-2004 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Original King
You know what bugs me about this ad?

The fact that they never put a black face and a white face together. That pisses me off.


Why does that bother you, is it not "PC" enough? Just my .02, but why does every single ad on TV have to be totally engrossed in this new "multi-culturalism" fad. It is wearing really thin, really quick.

Harshaw 02-24-2004 11:17 PM

I don't like it, it both creeps me out and for some reason reminds me of the scene in Magnolia where everyone is singing... which also kinda creeps me out.

Midnight_Son 02-25-2004 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Stare At The Sun
Why does that bother you, is it not "PC" enough? Just my .02, but why does every single ad on TV have to be totally engrossed in this new "multi-culturalism" fad. It is wearing really thin, really quick.
THANK YOU!!!!!

PC this, PC that...fuck me, it's getting old!

by the way...the ad sucks, but, it's still better than the new Quizno's ad!!!!!

SabrinaFair 02-25-2004 06:25 AM

I saw the AT&T at yesterday...it goes indeed blow goats.
Quizno's has the WORST ads...
I also hate the commercial for the overactive bladder medication. "Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now." Not only is it annoying, but that damn song gets stuck in my head.

guthmund 02-25-2004 10:18 AM

I'm offended by the stupid ass song.

The whole commercial sort of implies that world peace and racial harmony can be achieved simply when we all use the same phone company. Thank the gods AT&T is that phone company. :rolleyes:

Remember when commercials just told you what the hell the product they were selling did?

Have you seen the commercial where the little "britney" clone is making her personalized stuff bear. It's a nice commercial but that little girls' singing is well.....it's not pretty and that's the nicest way to say that.

And when did "brown" become the hip way to say "U.P.S.?" They carry packages. They don't need a hip new nickname to get my business, they just need to deliver the damn package when I want them to.

I have to stop.....I feel a headache coming on...:)

onodrim 02-25-2004 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SabrinaFair
I also hate the commercial for the overactive bladder medication. "Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now." Not only is it annoying, but that damn song gets stuck in my head.
damn, now I'll be singing that stupid song all night. :(

I too hate that AT&T commercial, I can't say why it bothers me, it just does. There is definently a weird trend in especially annoying commercials going on right now.

bermuDa 02-25-2004 09:30 PM

any ad with music in it bugs me, more and more each time I see it. Getting a stupid song stuck in my head does not make me want to buy diarrhea medication or a new phone plan.

Evil Milkman 02-25-2004 09:45 PM

I hate the one where... Oh, nevermind. I hate all ads.

Kllr Wolf 02-26-2004 11:16 PM

that commercial made me nuasous. I am sure if there would have been a line betwwen the faces it would ahve been better

feelgood 02-27-2004 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Original King
You know what bugs me about this ad?

The fact that they never put a black face and a white face together. That pisses me off.

Wow, I never noticed that...strange..

Any advertisement that shows up while I'm watching TV is on my "To wack" hit list...

shakran 02-27-2004 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cnor
THANK YOU!!!!!

PC this, PC that...fuck me, it's getting old!

Agreed. The insistance that "white" ads and "white" shows include black people routinely is ridiculous. Let the creators create what they want for chrissakes. I don't see a whole lot of white people on Martin, Steve Harvey, or Fresh Prince, btw. The door swings both ways.

Redlemon 02-27-2004 10:11 AM

I miss most ads with my TiVo, but I just stopped and rewound to see that Quiznos ad that everyone hates. Yup, I hate it now as well.

TheShadow 02-27-2004 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Stare At The Sun
Why does that bother you, is it not "PC" enough? Just my .02, but why does every single ad on TV have to be totally engrossed in this new "multi-culturalism" fad. It is wearing really thin, really quick.
Before seeing the other thread thanking you, those two words [Thank you] appeared in my head. I agree with you completely. It seems like there's a "Ethnicity quota" that has to be met.

Actully, there probably is, due to PC advocation/bitching. Just like the unsaid fact that companies basically Have to hire a certain percentage of each minority, just for the sake of [useless] PC.

raeanna74 02-27-2004 06:48 PM

I haven't seen the Ad but but I have the prejudice that anything AT&T does is screwed up. They've screwed me and several others of my family and friends. Their customer service sucks unless you got a phone number to a higher up. I have dealt with them for 3 years trying to straighten out a screw up they caused. Sorry I know that had nothing to do with the Ad except who it was for. I just had to rant. Thanks

Manic_Skafe 02-27-2004 09:46 PM

Quote:

Before seeing the other thread thanking you, those two words [Thank you] appeared in my head. I agree with you completely. It seems like there's a "Ethnicity quota" that has to be met.
I couldn't agree more about how much I hate that shit. If you create a show that is centered around race and geared toward a certain race then you're only adding fuel to the fire. I can see where they were trying to go with all this BET..bullshit but now it just makes them look like hypocrites.

Quote:

Actully, there probably is, due to PC advocation/bitching. Just like the unsaid fact that companies basically Have to hire a certain percentage of each minority, just for the sake of [useless] PC.
That's a whole 'nother side to the coin. I'm not even going to begin to delve into the socio-political bullshit involved with talking about this subject but I'll suggest you look at the whole situation objectively instead of just judging what you see.

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I really hate any fast food commercial - especially Mc Donalds Commercials. They boast about how good their food is but in most cases their dirty food is just pre cooked and deep fried fat that's just been slapped together the second you order it. I'm a fan of quick food but it seems like evey Mc Donalds I go to they're just lazy now - they're supposed to be "America's Favorite Fries" but they're fucking disgusting every time I eat them.

Those Verizon commercials as a bitch as well - you know JEJ couldn't dance like that since he was Darth Vader and what's with using black empowerment songs just to sell some fucking cell phones?

God I hate television.

Fenton-J-Cool 02-27-2004 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Original King
You know what bugs me about this ad?

The fact that they never put a black face and a white face together. That pisses me off.

Quote:

Originally posted by feelgood
Wow, I never noticed that...strange..

Any advertisement that shows up while I'm watching TV is on my "To wack" hit list...

:confused: You never noticed it because it's not true!
Am I the only person that clicked the link?

Set your WMP to 3 seconds in, and your faces to stunned.

http://members.rogers.com/snakeyes415/pc.jpg

thephuse 03-01-2004 09:20 PM

nothing on tv really pisses me off anymore... ugh.. what do you expect nowadays? ...

mingusfingers 03-01-2004 09:25 PM

Another commercial that I don't hate. I wonder why?

Hanxter 03-11-2004 12:45 PM

The Ditech guy - loan officer that loses all his loans should be fired from my TV

RoboBlaster 03-11-2004 01:38 PM

Hate it or not, the commercial succeeded. It's the ad company's job to make commercials that stick to you, and sometimes that means they will be commercials that you hate.

MovieNut 03-11-2004 01:40 PM

OMG that's right. And it's awful. That really hurts. Ugh.

I feel a night of beer & Office Space coming on. ;-)

World's King 03-11-2004 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fenton-J-Cool
:confused: You never noticed it because it's not true!
Am I the only person that clicked the link?

Set your WMP to 3 seconds in, and your faces to stunned.

http://members.rogers.com/snakeyes415/pc.jpg

Sorry but that guy is clearly Asian of sorts... not white.

And to fight all this PC shit. I'm not PC. That's why it pisses me off. Being PC is not putting a white face with a black face. That affends the redneck fucks that have AT&T. God forbid we affend them... they are the ones we need to run our country. :p

Hrothgar 03-13-2004 08:30 PM

even the ad i saw in a magazine kind of weirded me out

Fenton-J-Cool 03-14-2004 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Original King
Sorry but that guy is clearly Asian of sorts... not white.


No, just too lazy to get a better frame of him, he was closing his eyes. He's white as can be if you take a look.


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