Isn't it because he got numerous death threats through his door? at least what I heard. Terrible thing and a shame to see him go. Radio one managed to get phone call with him but they were not allowed to air it on the show because of threats that could occur. eek
Quoting one night stand:
. . . And there is another one called Bar One where a sock puppet goes around. GRRR.
I should say that I think the new Lexus (I think) commercial is pretty funny. The husband and wife keep racing each other to drive the SUV and they are getting up earlier and earlier every day.
I should tell you that the Bar One commercial you mention is actually for Bar None. No worries, though!
Anyway, I agree with you on the Lexus commercial, as it is pretty good. I've only seen it once, though.
Now, I will say that the most annoying commercial sets currently on the air that I know of are the Old Navy commercials. . . . They deliberately make them corny to attract your attention!! Argh!
Though I am glad that I'm not seeing any more NetZero Internet commercials (stupid "Candidate Zero" and his useless junk). Not that I don't like the commercials, it's just that NetZero Internet is about the most useless piece of junk I've ever installed on my computer (by the way, if anyone is wondering, I have switched to something much more reliable, now ).
Now, I will say that the most annoying commercial sets currently on the air that I know of are the Old Navy commercials. . . . They deliberately make them corny to attract your attention!! Argh!
Those commercials are driving me nuts. The worst part is, we will have to watch them until Christmas is over.
Quoting Vanquished:
I hate the esure adverts with avengeance they are awful!!!!
The first few times theyre ok, but once you hear it during every break it makes you lose your dignity. Argh!, the terrible thing is, it's kind of started it's own little following.
To add a new twist to this thread, some of the worst adverts (in my opinion) were the Woolworths Christmas adverts during the 70's and 80's.
I seem to remember that they involved a host of 'celebriites' visiting a Woollies store at 'winter time' to the annoying tune of 'Have a cracking Christmas at Woolworths' and featured such unbelievable scenes as Joan Collins holding up a bottle of cheap perfume or Bruce Forsythe with a set of cheap golf clubs etc etc.
Funnily enough, the Woollies adverts these days, featuring the marvellous Woolly and Worth characters, are my absolute favourites . These ad's are constantly changed so that they don't become too repetitive and each time one is shown you just want to see it a second time.
And you can now even buy the Woolly and Worth soft toys in the shops or online! Excellent!
Quoting The Sly Fox: Quoting The Sly Fox:
I hate that stupid "i'm lovin' it" thing.
Oh I hate that too, especially the one where the guy goes to work early, and starts playing a game on the computer . . . then his boss shows his approval for the guy coming in early. What the hell is this supposed to mean? That it's good to go in early just to make your boss think your ambitious, but you're just a layabout who uses company equipment for personal use? SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS ONE TO ME!
The Canadian Tire Couple! for those who don't live in Canada, imagine a couple that tries to sell products, and are both about 2000X worse than GWBush.
Quoting justvisiting:
Oh I hate that too, especially the one where the guy goes to work early, and starts playing a game on the computer . . . then his boss shows his approval for the guy coming in early. What the hell is this supposed to mean? That it's good to go in early just to make your boss think your ambitious, but you're just a layabout who uses company equipment for personal use? SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS ONE TO ME!
Well, I think I saw that once before, but it was a while back (I didn't get it either). They've changed it now to say:
Boss:"Oh, whatcha got there?" Employee: "They're my new Spongebob watches . . . They show the different moods of me [or "Bob," I don't remember which]." Boss: "Ah. Which one of them says 'You're an idiot wasting company time?'"
I thought that one was pretty good, myself! As for the other one you mentioned (or is this the one you're talking about?), I don't remember enough of it to explain it. Although I will say that I can't stand the new ones that promote The Incredibles. . . . I haven't seen the movie, all I know is that McDonald's commercial for it that is obviously directed at little kids is pulling-your-hair-out annoying . . . Though I have gotten somewhat used to it, now. . . .
Though, I suppose I'm going to be biased against just about any commercial that uses Internet Shorthand in their slogan (hence, the "i'm lovin' it").
Quoting one night stand: Quoting The Sly Fox:
Now, I will say that the most annoying commercial sets currently on the air that I know of are the Old Navy commercials. . . . They deliberately make them corny to attract your attention!! Argh!
Quoting one night stand:
Those commercials are driving me nuts. The worst part is, we will have to watch them until Christmas is over.
Oh, no . . . I shouldn't have brought it up--now I'll be singing their stupid version of "Jingle Bells" all day long! AAHH!! :S
You know, it's not just the commercial that I hate, it's partially the lyrics: "That sure is a whole lotta presents! . . . New colors and styles!" I mean, since when has Christmas changed its meaning from a simple heartfelt "Season of Giving" to a simple credit-card swipe of "Season of spending a ridiculous $19 apiece on tons of shirts for everbody and their dog?" Besides, how can you call that a low price? $19 for a shirt, $30 for a pair of pants, that's just insane, much less a low price.
Quoting 007_nich:
The Canadian Tire Couple! for those who don't live in Canada, imagine a couple that tries to sell products, and are both about 2000X worse than GWBush.
2000X worse than G.W. Bush? They must be extremely likeable then! :007)
I also hate the cereal commercial (can't remember which brand, which shows you how effective it was) where the boss tries to fire the employee at his cubicle, but the employee can't hear anything the boss says over his crunching. Absolutely stupid. Like the McDonald's commercial I mentioned previously, why do they have a slacker endorsing the product????
Because Slackers eat cereal! and nothing else! Probably just the fact that slackers make funny characters. On McDonalds commercials, i'm not sure if I saw it over here in the UK or when I was in America there was a pretty stupid one with a slacker standing by a photo-copier shouting "stay away from my strips" :S
2000X worse than G.W. Bush? They must be extremely likeable then! :007)
You stole the words from my mouth.
Oh and wormo, that was probably over here. We had those annoying ones running for a while. Now we have Jared from Subway saying
"You know those McDonalds commercials where they say 'Stay away from my chicken selects'. Well that is good advice. There is too much fat in them."
Quoting one night stand: Quoting justvisiting:
2000X worse than G.W. Bush? They must be extremely likeable then! :007)
Quoting one night stand:
You stole the words from my mouth.
My sentiments exactly.
Anyway, I just realized something: I hate any commercial that plays an original song that gets stuck in your head all week. The end result of those is that you will be singing some stupid song from a teddy bear commercial all week. Then when you just get it out of your head . . . You see the commercial again! I have a method to avoid that, though: as soon as you see even a possibility of said commercial beginning, press the RED BUTTON on your remote that is known as POWER. And if you do not have access to a remote, cover your ears, close your eyes and shriek for help. )
Hey, you guys want an interesting fact? I can't remember the exact figure, but I heard that it is estimated that every person in the U.S. will see one or two million hours of advertising in his/her lifetime. It's probably the same for the U.K., and everywhere else that has TVs.
But you are right, one night stand: Subway's commercial saying "Stay away from my Chicken Selects" is a good idea because of the fat content . . . That has to be one of the best commercials currently airing. I hope they continue to air it--I can appreciate anything that isn't good for McDonald's' business.
Hey, how about this one: the ZELNORM (medication for irritable bowel syndrome) commercial where a bunch of ugly, flabby, middle-aged women lift there shirts to expose their stomachs, which have different messages written on them. (For those who don't know what I'm talking about, here's a reminder):
I especially hate the butt-ugly chick in the blue sweater on the left.
This commercial has a "porn movie soundtrack", and is always shown during the evening news, while I am eating my dinner. Invariably I want to throw up when I see them.
I hate the commercials that edvertise for stupid reality tv shows. If you've seen one you've seen 'em all. And you know it's all fake because why don't you jus quit that damn job if it's so bad??? And those infomercials to buy this whatever for ONE LOW PAYMENt of just $19.95. But but my least favorite are the commercials for the weight loss pills. Very, very stupid.
There's something really scary going on when a variation of John Barry's "Born Free" is used for a T Mobile cell phone commercial, the indignity of it all! Barry is probably banging his head against a wall somewhere...
Flattery will get you nowhere, but don't stop trying.
Far from getting up my nose, one of the most impressive adverts on television at the moment is for the new Citroën C4. For those that haven't seen it, the car turns into a "transformer", and in robot form does one hell of a cool little dance. Right up there with my favourite ad of 04, the Honda Accord "cog" campaign.
The C4 ad is amazing.However I originally thought it was for a Honda Civic,so the product got a little lost on me because I was so blown away by the robot. )
I've never had a commercial get up my nose, nor am I sure how that's possible, but there are three commercials going on right now that have me so irritated I just had to bring this topic back to life and vent.
First, there's this commercial for the "Grip 'n Flip" spatula that runs ALL THE TIME on cable TV. Not only is the perpetually cheerful chipmunk-cheeked lady who does the commercial so annoying you'd like to introduce her hand to a George Foreman grill, but I just hate the way the commercial makes the task of flipping over a fried egg sound like the most difficult and degrading job since 19th century paupers were forced to pick oakum in the workhouse. "You flip them and they flop, you grip them and they drop--there's just no easy way!!" Somehow I don't think the problems in my life will be satisfied by a spatula with a hinged fork on it. And I don't need the "Scoop 'n Strain" ladle or the Six-in-One kitchen utensil, either.
Evil commercial #2 is that entire "office" campaign from Burger King. What a cast of characters: Mean Office Manager, Nerdy Office Wimp, Unobtainable Office Hottie, all of whom have nothing better to do than take long breaks and insult each other over their taste in Burger King eats. And putting Donald Trump in some of their recent spots hasn't helped. This campaign reminds me of why I chose to stay away from corporate America. And Burger King.
Last is a regional thing--maybe Floridian Alex knows of it, and any other fellow rednecks who might be here. Dodge has been running a commercial with country singer Terri Clark yowling her love of the South and of Dodge trucks, not necessarily in that order. How ubiquitous is this commercial? I believe I know every word in it: "'Cause it's better in the Deep South / Better in a Dodge / No place better'n where you are / I'm lovin' life and I'm livin' large / 'Cause it's bigger in the Deep South / Better in a Dodge!" I don't even have the pleasure of escaping it when I turn off the TV--because it's also ON THE RADIO!!
OK, rant and rage over. I still wouldn't say these commercials are up my nose, but they're certainly lodged someplace else. . .
Hardyboy, your points are well seen. I've never seen the "Grip 'n Flip" one, nor have I seen the Deep South Dodge one (I would know about that one, but I haven't lived in Florida for the last two years), but do I know about the Burger King office one. I never did understand any of those. Quite honestly, I don't think this dialog makes any sense at all.
-- "I'm thinking of a number from one to ten."
-- "Four"
-- "You're fired."
What is that all about? It it some kind of parody of Donald Trump, or is something to the effect of "order a #4 on the menu and you're fired," because "The Angus" isn't on the #4? They were actually getting kind of annoying, so I'm glad they're starting to die down in my area.
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I am with 100% with you on both of these ( the Lombard one isn't too bad)
On a positive note,has anyone seen the Honda Civic one with the dancing robot/car...I think that one is amazing!!!
Too right LR! It's totally cool with tunes to match by Les Rythmes Digitales.
Anyway, I agree with you on the Lexus commercial, as it is pretty good. I've only seen it once, though.
Now, I will say that the most annoying commercial sets currently on the air that I know of are the Old Navy commercials. . . . They deliberately make them corny to attract your attention!! Argh!
Though I am glad that I'm not seeing any more NetZero Internet commercials (stupid "Candidate Zero" and his useless junk).
Those commercials are driving me nuts. The worst part is, we will have to watch them until Christmas is over.
The first few times theyre ok, but once you hear it during every break it makes you lose your dignity. Argh!, the terrible thing is, it's kind of started it's own little following.
I seem to remember that they involved a host of 'celebriites' visiting a Woollies store at 'winter time' to the annoying tune of 'Have a cracking Christmas at Woolworths' and featured such unbelievable scenes as Joan Collins holding up a bottle of cheap perfume or Bruce Forsythe with a set of cheap golf clubs etc etc.
Funnily enough, the Woollies adverts these days, featuring the marvellous Woolly and Worth characters, are my absolute favourites . These ad's are constantly changed so that they don't become too repetitive and each time one is shown you just want to see it a second time.
And you can now even buy the Woolly and Worth soft toys in the shops or online! Excellent!
Boss:"Oh, whatcha got there?"
Employee: "They're my new Spongebob watches . . . They show the different moods of me [or "Bob," I don't remember which]."
Boss: "Ah. Which one of them says 'You're an idiot wasting company time?'"
I thought that one was pretty good, myself!
Though, I suppose I'm going to be biased against just about any commercial that uses Internet Shorthand in their slogan (hence, the "i'm lovin' it").
You know, it's not just the commercial that I hate, it's partially the lyrics: "That sure is a whole lotta presents! . . . New colors and styles!" I mean, since when has Christmas changed its meaning from a simple heartfelt "Season of Giving" to a simple credit-card swipe of "Season of spending a ridiculous $19 apiece on tons of shirts for everbody and their dog?" Besides, how can you call that a low price? $19 for a shirt, $30 for a pair of pants, that's just insane, much less a low price.
2000X worse than G.W. Bush? They must be extremely likeable then! :007)
I also hate the cereal commercial (can't remember which brand, which shows you how effective it was) where the boss tries to fire the employee at his cubicle, but the employee can't hear anything the boss says over his crunching. Absolutely stupid. Like the McDonald's commercial I mentioned previously, why do they have a slacker endorsing the product????
Oh and wormo, that was probably over here. We had those annoying ones running for a while. Now we have Jared from Subway saying
"You know those McDonalds commercials where they say 'Stay away from my chicken selects'. Well that is good advice. There is too much fat in them."
Anyway, I just realized something: I hate any commercial that plays an original song that gets stuck in your head all week. The end result of those is that you will be singing some stupid song from a teddy bear commercial all week. Then when you just get it out of your head . . . You see the commercial again! I have a method to avoid that, though: as soon as you see even a possibility of said commercial beginning, press the RED BUTTON on your remote that is known as POWER. And if you do not have access to a remote, cover your ears, close your eyes and shriek for help.
Hey, you guys want an interesting fact? I can't remember the exact figure, but I heard that it is estimated that every person in the U.S. will see one or two million hours of advertising in his/her lifetime. It's probably the same for the U.K., and everywhere else that has TVs.
But you are right, one night stand: Subway's commercial saying "Stay away from my Chicken Selects" is a good idea because of the fat content . . . That has to be one of the best commercials currently airing. I hope they continue to air it--I can appreciate anything that isn't good for McDonald's' business.
http://www.zelnorm.com:80/index.jsp?checked=y
I especially hate the butt-ugly chick in the blue sweater on the left.
This commercial has a "porn movie soundtrack", and is always shown during the evening news, while I am eating my dinner. Invariably I want to throw up when I see them.
It can be seen here... http://www.citroen.co.uk/c4/homepage.asp?pagetype=c4
First, there's this commercial for the "Grip 'n Flip" spatula that runs ALL THE TIME on cable TV. Not only is the perpetually cheerful chipmunk-cheeked lady who does the commercial so annoying you'd like to introduce her hand to a George Foreman grill, but I just hate the way the commercial makes the task of flipping over a fried egg sound like the most difficult and degrading job since 19th century paupers were forced to pick oakum in the workhouse. "You flip them and they flop, you grip them and they drop--there's just no easy way!!" Somehow I don't think the problems in my life will be satisfied by a spatula with a hinged fork on it. And I don't need the "Scoop 'n Strain" ladle or the Six-in-One kitchen utensil, either.
Evil commercial #2 is that entire "office" campaign from Burger King. What a cast of characters: Mean Office Manager, Nerdy Office Wimp, Unobtainable Office Hottie, all of whom have nothing better to do than take long breaks and insult each other over their taste in Burger King eats. And putting Donald Trump in some of their recent spots hasn't helped. This campaign reminds me of why I chose to stay away from corporate America. And Burger King.
Last is a regional thing--maybe Floridian Alex knows of it, and any other fellow rednecks who might be here. Dodge has been running a commercial with country singer Terri Clark yowling her love of the South and of Dodge trucks, not necessarily in that order. How ubiquitous is this commercial? I believe I know every word in it: "'Cause it's better in the Deep South / Better in a Dodge / No place better'n where you are / I'm lovin' life and I'm livin' large / 'Cause it's bigger in the Deep South / Better in a Dodge!" I don't even have the pleasure of escaping it when I turn off the TV--because it's also ON THE RADIO!!
OK, rant and rage over. I still wouldn't say these commercials are up my nose, but they're certainly lodged someplace else. . .
-- "I'm thinking of a number from one to ten."
-- "Four"
-- "You're fired."
What is that all about? It it some kind of parody of Donald Trump, or is something to the effect of "order a #4 on the menu and you're fired," because "The Angus" isn't on the #4? They were actually getting kind of annoying, so I'm glad they're starting to die down in my area.
"Hi, I'm George Foreman, and this is my Lean, Mean, Fat Reducing Grilling Machine. It cooks good food, in a healthy way, fast."
"I'm so proud of it, I put my name on it"
- Argh!
However, the one that is bugging me at the moment is for a stupid frog ringtone, and they've now got a dragon doing a similar ad.
The ones that I hate are those made by the BBC, for the BBC and aired on the BBC when the bl**dy BBC is running behind schedule.