Least favorite commercials

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I hate it when I'm watching TV, when a male member of the family walks in, and then an advert for female sanitation comes on. I feel embarressed but they don't really care!

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I hate those Evian adverts with those babies in the water and the "Bye bye Baby" music. /me shudders. Its nauseating.

^^I find it embaressing when there's like, nudity or something like that (of females) on TV and Im watching with my family. I swear they all look at me to see how I react. They must think Im gay because i always pretend like Im not interested and stuff  .

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Originally posted by Zed 85:
Compensation adverts... HATE THEM!!! HATE THEM, HATE THEM, HATE THEM!!!! Why can't they just sod off and leave us alone.

In fact I just hate the kind of state we are with Compensation (in Britain at least - also I presume, because all the bloody adverts)

Eg.
"Have you bumped into a lampost? You can claim compensation!"
"Have you blatedly ignored all the 'warning: slippery floor' signs and slipped over because these signs weren't shoved in your face so you couldn't possibly miss them? You can also claim compensation!"
"Have you had warning signs shoved in your face so you couldn't possibly miss them? You can claim compensation too!(!!!)"
-S-T-O-P- -A-N-N-O-Y-I-N-G- -M-E- -A-N-D- -G-O- -A-W-A-Y-!   

Although I did like one from a car compensation company that was taking the piss out of the other ones.
"Mrs *somebody* tripped over a slap that sticked out in the pavement. She called *us* for compensation and *we* said: "Look where you're going!!!" Besides *we* only deal in -c-a-r- -i-n-s-u-r-a-n-c-e- anyway."

Phrases in *here* stand for names I have since forgotten.

I totally agree 110000000000000%, and thats just ridiculous. At work we have to be so careful because some lowlife jerk can come in, find a fault and claim thousnads of compensation. Indeed there are stories about this happeneing. A man at my Mum's work attempted to get my Mum fired unless he got some compensation because she picked up a forged note. It's a long story but my mum was 0% to blame and he was just a total wanker!!!!!!

Does anyone remember the Claims Direct advert with Declan Holland (I think that was his name). It was a little kid who had an accident in a playground. The advert's message was basically: "My poor little boy had an accident in a council playground. We didn't want this to happen to any other poor little children and so we called Claims Direct and sued the pants out of the council so they didn't have any money left to fix the dodgy swing, but I managed to buy a new kitchen with my money because I am a conceited bitch". KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!!!!!        
I think they stopped airing it because too many people were just taking the piss. Indeed when a compensation advert comes on the TV me, my dad and my mum have a good laugh and swear at the TV. Surprisingly enjoyable. (droney voice) "I was carrying a bucket of hot tar at work and I tripped over this huge piece of wood, er, yeah a door, that's the thing. I sued my workplace and got 217million pounds in compensation so I could go and buy a new car" AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     :mad

I also agree that when my dad comes in the room and an advert for tampons come on the TV it is very mebarrassing. He hates adverts like that, though I'm not sure why. No-one else cares.

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I just want to add the new Gateway one with the woman singing about computers. That would be annoying but it gets worse, the cow then says "what computers" indicating he was distracted by the signer... Anyone else disturbed by this?

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Any Raymour and Flannigan commercial makes me want to break the TV

That Levi's commercial with the singing belly buttons haunts me to this day.

Any commercial where people talk really loud and really fast automatically make me not want to buy the product.  I guess car salesmen are the worst with this.

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Originally posted by MuscaDomestica:
I just want to add the new Gateway one with the woman singing about computers. That would be annoying but it gets worse, the cow then says "what computers" indicating he was distracted by the signer... Anyone else disturbed by this?

Yes,Becase the cow had a male voice and cow aren't males they are female bulls like that dumb Raisin Bran commercial.

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Who else loves the Fosters advert with the Japanese robot? 

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Fosters ads rule!! Remember the Earthquake one recently? Where the guy has his apartment transfered from a rick guys apartment, to a Toilet, next to a chair, next to a fridge of Fosters, and a TV!! Then when an Earthquake threatens, the person changing the mans house gives him a crash helmet so he can still sit there and enjoy his luxury!! 

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LOL, I love that advert with the robot. Has anyone else seen that beer advert where the woman pours beer all around the house and her boyfreind licks all the beer off the floor, she pours it around the entire house and when hes finished cleaning the house by licking it all she goes to the bedroom and tries pouring beer on herself, but by then all the beer has finished.   

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And she puts it down the toilet!

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Originally posted by Kryten:
 Well, there's something about cereal that, for some reason, causes good cartoons to go bad. I mean, look at Barney Rubble. Fred's supposedly his best friend, but Barney's willing to resort to whatever underhanded scheme presents itself... and all to swindle the poor guy out of his hard-earned breakfast! And you just know that if Barney just ASKED, Fred would be happy to share the stuff with him. Barney makes the Sugar Bear look like Albert Schweitzer.

The US has three all-Spanish channels run by major networks, and they run their own Spanish versions of major products including breakfast cereals. What's weird is that these commercials are more family-oriented than kid-oriented. What I mean is that the whole theme is lost in the Spanish commercials. For instance, Barney doesn't chase Fred for the cereal. Instead, you have the whole Flinstone family is in a live-action scene telling a real family how nutritious the cereal is! Ditto with other mascots. You see Lucky explaining the vitamins, etc. for the whole commercial instead of seeing him chased by kids.

I hate those Wendy's commercials that have the kids ditch the grown-ups because their food is sloppy. "GROWN-UP ALERT!" That sickens me.

And the car commercial (I think Mazda) where a kid says "They say the car has powers magical" 

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Ever see those Kraft Singles commercials with "Red n' Ned"? They're pretty standard... Red makes a grilled cheese sandwich, Ned tries to steal it... but the creepy thing is: Red and Ned HAVE NO MOUTHS! NOT EVEN WHEN THEY'RE EATING!

That's just CREEPY.

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All those "Go mad for Munchsters" adverts are so creepy! The animation or puppetry is so crude and the voices are so wierd that it just really is so creepy!

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I don't remember who it was who said this, but a PEELer remarked about how that beer ad where the man licks the house clean would be seen as grossly sexist if the sexes were reversed.

Also, Just Chris, I can't stand adverts where kids are urged to ditch their grown-ups. Its just stupid. Like saying to an adult, "You hate your job right? Well quit!".

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If I see another advert for German hits of the 80's im going to go meshuganah

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Originally posted by Archie2K:
I don't remember who it was who said this, but a PEELer remarked about how that beer ad where the man licks the house clean would be seen as grossly sexist if the sexes were reversed.

That would be me.  One of my more sensible posts.

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I hate those ads that come sometimes for crappy mail order products that seem to go on for about five minutes, if I hear someone saying "this product is not available in the shops" one more time I'm gonna kill myself.

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Those late night ads after the TV3 schedule and the shopping channel or whatever the hell its called comes on.
The worst ones are for the exercise machines that have all these clearly obvious bodybuilders on them (at least they have chicks in tight spandex),
or the cooking/kitchen gizmos ones, especially the one with the annoying stubby guy who wears the horrible blue shirt and stupid red bowtie, GRRRRRR 

Another one is for a yoghurt thing from Danone or whatever, and the kids are shown drinking it, except the frickin bottle in their hands is CGI!! And bad CGI too, too make the bottle look bigger I think. Don't see why they didn't just use the product they try to sell.
All those accident claims ones piss me off too.

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They don't show the advert anymore, but the music will live forever: I've got the urge....

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I just don't understand the advert with the police car and the rabbit in the back. Are they arresting the rabbit because it can talk? Because that would just be harsh. Typical MET.

I don't like the BT Open world advert with the beachball turning into a computer because I wan't one! I could use PEEL whenever I wanted because the beachball deflates! It could also make sports events a lot more interesting....

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Originally posted by PCC Fred:
The advert pissing me off at the moment is the Carling one where that guy cleans a entire house (including the toilet bowl) using his tounge.

Bet you any money if it was the woman doing that all the feminists would whine about how degrading the advert is.

Haha yeah. There's some liquor ad that I occassionally see on TV, where some hip urban recording artists are filming a rap video, and they spot two white guys dancing in the background, and they get mad.

Can you imagine the public outrage if it were the other way around? A bunch of rich white snobs are having a fancy ball, and then they all balk at the appearance of a black person in the crowd.

I'd love to see an ad executive with the balls to put that on the air.

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Okay, primary elections were today, so the slew of political ads will cease for the time being...right?  I have come to hate all political ads, particularly when the voiceovers are all done by the same guy.  Who are they trying to get me to hate?

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Originally posted by PCC Fred:
The advert pissing me off at the moment is the Carling one where that guy cleans a entire house (including the toilet bowl) using his tounge.

Bet you any money if it was the woman doing that all the feminists would whine about how degrading the advert is.

Seems to be a nice commercial... *chuckles* I'm sure I'd love it if I knew it and I'm even more sure that one of my very good friends would love it more... 

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Originally posted by DrThunder88:
Okay, primary elections were today, so the slew of political ads will cease for the time being...right?  I have come to hate all political ads, particularly when the voiceovers are all done by the same guy.  Who are they trying to get me to hate?

Heh, I know that guy. You'll be watching TV, and you'll hear "Jack Johnson SAYS he's tough on crime. But what he doesn't want you to know is that two years ago, he was responsible for the murder of seventeen teenagers at Camp Crystal Lake. Paid for by the committee to elect John Jackson."

Then, two commercials later:

"John Jackson SAYS he's a champion of family values. But the facts show that's he's clearly the Prince of Darkness himself, come to destroy civilization in a fiery cataclysm. Paid for by Friends of Jack Johnson"

I'm also getting really tired of the "Can you hear me now? Good." guy. I saw it on Telemundo yesterday. "Escuchas? Bien."

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Some of the worst commercials I have ever seen: Lion, those caramel - rice krispie candybars.

In one of them, a guy is chased by dobermans. He runs into a cave, and he 's cornered.  But all of a sudden, the dobermans see the Lion bar lying on the ground.  The image of the Lion on the wrapper scares the dogs, and they back off, walking backwards on their behind legs, while they 're whistling.

Another one from the same series: Tarantula's who jump out of a plane after seeing a Lion candybar.

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God I hate the newest Fish Finger Advert (Well-I hate them all).Do you see the amounts of those damn Thing's in the bowl.I mean When I was a Kid I only ate they once or twice a month.And When I got to the Third one I felt so sick I couldn't finnish the rest of my Dinner.Oh and the Scooby-Doo movie advert makes me want to brake that dog's neck twice.

EDIT:ERK-Sounds worse when it's 'Bowel'

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Erectile disfunction ads.

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Heh, you made me remember the SNL skit where a guy was forced to repeat the cue-cards for an erectile disfunction ad. Announcer voice: "This is John (something like that). He suffers from erectile disfunction. He can't even have adequate sex anymore. I mean, it's like a limp noodle, I'm talking about 'bbbwoooop'! His last girlfriend was Jenny, he live in 6022 Oak Lane..."It turns out the ad was really for a candy. Announcer voice: "When you're screwed like him, have a Tootsie Roll!"

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I hate it when I'm eating dinner in front of the TV, and all of a sudden, an ad pops up telling you about genital herpes, constipation, vaginal funguses, etc. and with the digusting side effects for a laxative like oily discharges, anal leakage and bloody bursts while here I am eating my laxative, er, soup...

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Car ads mostly get me going, but I really hate the one with the driver adding stupid tyre screeching sound effects. It just grates.Also, the boomerang channel has an advert for a bunch of pious,happy clappy church goers singing bland awful songs on a load of cds. Serves 'em right if they end up with a warehouse full of the crap!

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one time I was eating and all of a sudden an advert about foot hygene (or something like that) came on showing a close up of some dirty yellow crusty toenails...it almost made me puke...and it always seems to come during the time I'm eating.
 

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Oh yeah, I know that one... "You know what the doctor told me? It's an infection. AN INFECTION!"

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By Nurdbot:
Fish Finger Advert (Well-I hate them all).Do you see the amounts of those damn Thing's in the bowel

That is easily the grossest thing I've ever heard, ever.

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I don't like that ad where that women gets her parrot to talk for her on the phone.

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Originally posted by FishyJoe:
 That is easily the grossest thing I've ever heard, ever.

The New Nurdbot Innuedo system is picking up large amounts of Innuendo:BEEP BEEP BEEP
*Explosion*

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RSPCA adverts! what the fuck are they on about? Talking dogs and cats, that speak like old men to make you feel sorry for them and donate money, okay i't a good cause but must the adverts be 5 minutes long and so cheesy?

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The annoying Yellow Book ads, makes no sence most people just get the yellow pages free from their phone company.

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Another one, the damn Trix adds, especially the one where the kids get the yogurt in the mail what parent would send yogurt to a summer camp?

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Originally posted by TheVoices:
RSPCA adverts! what the fuck are they on about? Talking dogs and cats, that speak like old men to make you feel sorry for them and donate money, okay i't a good cause but must the adverts be 5 minutes long and so cheesy?

Nah, that's the National Canine Defence League I think - but I have to agree, the adverts are most irritating.