bermuDa

I usually have the TV on for background noise when I'm on the computer, and I just have to go on a little rant about these goddamn Enzyte commercials... it's like Spam mail has found its way onto the airwaves and it's driving me insane.

The whistling is annoying, the spokesman's droning bullshit is annoying, and the ridiculous expressions are obnoxious to say the least. If that's what I have to look like all the time to grow my dick "up to 30%" I'd rather castrate myself... but probably the most aggravating thing is that they ALWAYS air two of them in a row. ARGH

So... what commercials make you want to put your foot through the TV and why? rant away!

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mikec

dick pill commercials.

or better known as "male enhancement" commercials......"when the time is right, will you be ready?" ....ughg, it bothers me that I will soon have to explain to my little girls what male enhancement means, and on the commercials are 90% of the time an older dude with a younger hot chick.

damn those dick pills!

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Lebell

That car commercial with the epileptic chick in the passenger's seat doing that wierd hand thing to that song.

I really really really really really really really really really hate that (enough to type out "really" nine times.)

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skinnymofo

that enzyte commercial is pretty damn annoying
how about that quiznos one with the hamster things singing? thats the kind of advertisement that makes me want to buy a snake and start feeding it rodents

KellyC

Ditto on the Enzyte commercial. And why the hell won't they just say "penis enlarging pill?" "Natural Male Enhancement" sounds so stupid.
I also hate all the Subway commercials. With their weak ass, non-convincing acting, and...No wait....I hate all commercials that has the word "low carbs" in it.
Also those MoneyTree commercials with two fucking caterpiller or what ever the hell they are....they just bug the hell out of me..(sorry for the pun). Everytime I watch it, it makes me wanna shoot the fucking TV.

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analog

All the newer commercials about "Marijuana: It's not as harmless as we thought"

What a bunch of bullshit, they piss me off. They completely distort reality to TRY and make a weak point. They are people with nothing better to do, and it's a shame this money is being wasted on it.

Harshaw

Those fucking Ditech.com comercials.
"Lost another loan to Ditech"
Uh-oh, if Ditech keeps this up the poor bank manager will have to go back to selling his body on the street.
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On a more local note, we have a furniture company here in Utah, whose one hook seems to be they get the name of the street they are on wrong. The company is on Redwood Road. These fuckwits call it Road Redwood. Why? Do they think getting the name of the street they are on wrong is going to convince me to give them a shot?

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I think Spike TV airs the bulk of those Enzyte commercials. It's supposed to be a male-oriented network, which means cars, sex, things related to cars, and things related to sex.

Fremen

Those ING commercials, (whatever they are).
Some of the Geico commercials are annoying as hell, too.

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Xell101

I hate commercials, most seem to be failed methods of psycological warfare toned down, riddled with messages, and delivered en masse. The one I hate the most, McDonald's I'm loving it. Ads are why I'm happy I have a mute button.

Journeyman

There was some commercial, I never payed attention to it, but it always started with an alarm-clock buzzer going off loudly. Considering that that sound is conditioned to stress my mind out enough to waking up from a deep sleep, having it happen at random just grates me like nails down a chalkboard.

todd

Maybe Journeyman is talking about the calcium pill one. Where the alarm goes off and that ugly lady wakes up. Then she eats giant vegtables all day while doing differant things. She's real annoying.

I really hate the commericals that make up their own songs and sing lists of objects. Like theres a bar school one where their song is just singing the names of drinks. There is also an Autozone one that is equally annoying. As matter as fact, it's on right fucking now.

grayman

I can't believe I just found this thread. I was just about to start a thread bitching about a specific commercial. How convenient.

Anyway, it was a commercial about stealing cable featuring Bob Costas and he tells the viewer that "if you are getting cable without paying you are stealing" and then implores people who are stealing cable to go to their cable company and start paying for it. A few observations:
1. By now, does anyone who is stealing cable not realize it? Honestly, they have been shoving this crap down our throats for decades, surely no one could be dim-witted enough to not realize that you don't get cable for free.
2. If you are stealing cable, there is surely a reason for it, i.e. no money, some sort of silent protest about high cable rates, etc. Will any commercial paid for by the cable company persuade you to start paying for cable?
3. Bob Costas. Bob FUCKING Costas! This is the fuck that they use for this commercial? I don't steal cable, but just watching and listening to this arrogant, patronizing twit trying to talk people out of it makes me want to cancel my service and start to steal it.

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Karby

infomercials...the ones that come on late at night that advertize crap they can't really do.
and
Nu-ultra ginsing green tea", where they tell you that "using a proper diet and regular exercise, Nu-ultra ginsing green tea will help you lose those extra pounds!" hmm... i think that if you're doing those things in the first place, chances are you won't need 'Nu-ultra ginsing green tea.'

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iamnormal

Those damn Ad Council commercials trying to brainwash me with thier propaganda.

dirtyrascal7

i could probably post on this thread everyday for the rest of my life and not ever repeat myself, but here's a quick, very short list to get going:

- every taco bell commercial ever... they never get better.
- the "truth" about smoking commercials... sure smoking is bad, but so are your ads.
- virtually every car dealership commercial

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Is there an "all of the above" choice?

TV ads make me hurt in places I didn't even know I had. Watching TV for me is like being beaten by a giant animatronic model of Oprah. Not pleasant.

DelayedReaction

Those fucking Quiznos hamster things. EVERY TIME I turn on the TV those little fuckers pop up and yell at me. It's enough to make me want to go down to Quiznos, run an employee through the oven, and scream "Mmm... Mmm... Mmm... TOASTY!"

Fucking hamsters.

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Rdr4evr

That god damned peptol bismol (sp?) commercial, where they all sing and hold their ass because of the runs. Very annoying.

BigGov

There is one on TechTV that was fucking annoying as hell. At the very beginning of the commercial about 20 monitors arranged in a wedge would flash "ALERT!" and an annoying, obnoxious sound that was TWICE AS LOUD AS YOUR NORMAL VOLUME would come on.

If I see it one more time I'll spend the money, go to a pay-phone and yell at the poor fucker on the other end.

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1. When is a diet pill worth $143?
2. DiTech.com
3. Bose Wave Radio
4. BowFlex
5. Any commercial for a reality show, design/remodling/make over competion.

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THAT FUCKING FANTA COMMERCIAL

bermuDa

do elaborate, eggers. I don't think I've seen that one

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ditech
fanta
"can you hear me ..."
"zoom zoom zoom"

They all make me want to stab my face with scissors ...

over and over again.

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Harshaw

Any comercial that looks like it was shot with a budget of 30 dollars starting with "Tired of..." or "Fed up with..." because it always cuts to a shot of some moron who is unable to perform the simplest of tasks.
"Tired of one sided knives that don't cut bread?"

{Cut the the image of someone sawing away at bread with the blade turned around}

"well now with the new double edged knife from bread co, bread cutting is easy"

{cut back to the same moron cutting bread for orphans in Romania}

"Thanks bread co"
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Also girl gone wild comercials. Look, I like naked girls... a whole hell of a lot. But these tapes seem like boredom squared. I'm pretty sure after the first 20 minutes of girls stripping on my TV I would have had enough.

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Merlocke

Would anyone here like to purchase an x-10 wireless camera?
Or perhaps get 1% lower financing on a new house?

I know it's not exactly a "commercial" per se. But the thing that pisses me off the most would be SPYWARE. Damn them all.

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gdr2004

I hate the Geico commercials. Not funny! Not funny! But very good news for you. I saved on my car insurance :-D

Blackthorn

Come on bermuDa...We can all only hope to be as happy as Enzyte BOB! The dopey look on that guys face...uuuugh.

The current Wendy's commercials where the clown is "unofficially" with Wendy's are grating on me. Other than that there are a few local adds that not everyone here would know about. Another restraunt chain called Frisch's has one that's a horrendous rendition of the "sandwhich oscar awards"....bleeeeeeaaaah!!!

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DEI37

Yes, was going to mention the Geico commercials. Dumb. The first one or two was alright. But, it's all played out now. McDonalds' commercials suck, too.

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maleficent

The commercials for Six Flags with the old dude dancing.

There's another cell phone type commercial, two versions, with senior citizens talking to each other on the phone, only they're talking like annoying teenagers. I don't know what the product is - but it makes me want to rip my hair out.

Feminine hygeine commercials that use the blue water to represent... Um sure....

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Oh My God do I Hate Those Commercials.

Or are they trying to class up Redwood Road a little bit? I grew up in SLC, and there aren't many ways a company could convince me to come to Redwood Road to visit their establishment. I'm more of a 9th and 9th kinda guy. Maybe 7th East.

You mean with the four dancing hotties? It's a very annoying commercial, but the girl with the black hair is super hot. So in my opinion, that makes up for it. Hey, and look: Fanta has gone from the soda you look at on the shelf and say, "Hunh?" to the drink whose name you know. Hard to argue with that!

ObieX

That one is just disturbing. Watching old people grind on eachother is not on the top of my list for entertainment.

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Cujo

I wonder if Americans have been subjected to IBM Canada's torturous Buck a Day commercials yet? I swear if I ever find the ad exec that came up with this horrible ad I'll kick him so hard he'll be wearing his nuts as earrings.

Do you really want a clone? Do you really want a clone? Sung over and over again to the tune of some really bad techno dance music from the 90's at a deafening volume. FUCK! Thank goodness for the mute button.

add my vote to the Ditech.com and boner dysfunction ads too.

eggers

Ya but it's sooooooooooooo annoying

raeanna74

Geico commercials just keep getting worse and worse.

There's a local furniture store with "BIG Clarence" who thinks the sale is about him but it's only a "Big Clearance" sale. The worst part of that one? I remember seeing the exact same commercial over 15 years ago and it was downright obnoxious THEN. It's even worse to see it AGAIN. Gag!

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Anything low carb, no-carb, Atkins this Atkins that. Not that mentioning low carb is anoying, but when it is in every other ad on TV it gets old fast.

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choskins

I hate any IT commercial, where it shows the CEO of the company saying something stupid like "Hey John, later on I am going to fry my hard drive". Then it cuts to John, with that look like he is the only person in the world who knows anything and everyone else is an idiot.

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lurkette

They're all annoying, but the one that really makes me dive for the remote is one for some luxury SUV (HA! I don't even remember which one! Take that, Madison Avenue!!!) with that "I've got the world on a string" song. Grrrr....... Hate it hate it hate it.

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cartmen34

You know that one commerical...the one that is on your TV.....and it always come on while you are trying to watch your favorite program?

I hate that one.

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Macheath

Australia is currently suffering through the agony of two wankers dressed in "Sumo wrestler" suits hawking crap mobile phone ringtones. the worst thing is the company behind this has enough money to put them on EVERY SINGLE AD BREAK.

It's bad, very bad. Like "forced to download a tv show off Bittorrent to avoid them" bad.