The WORST TV Commercial
 

What TV Commercial do you just loathe?

I get sick EVERYTIME I hear 1-800-GO-YAFFA. That woman's voice is annoying and the commercial is stupid.

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This is definitely a state by state, regional thing. Was in NY for Memorial Day and all their commercials look wierd.
Here in Chicago I HATE this insurance commercial, called Eagle Insurance.

The old Shake-N-Bake commercial that features the little girl w/ the missing tooth in the front, and her father(?) asks her who cooked the dinner, she says
"It's Shake-N-Bake and I helped!"
Then she gives this toothless grin for the camera...that commercial burns me up!!!


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"Mind ya own, stay true to ya own, be ya own."

Peace and God Bless
*Classy_Diva5*

This is a rather old commercial, but you just gotta see how BAD it is.

It is from 1983 and features Mr. T for a car wax commercial called TR3. It looks like it was written and shot over someone's lunch break. Here is the clip to it (You must have Real Player to view, but it is worth it).
www.80stvthemes.com/ra/121999/transvideo/TR3MRT.ra

Another video clip I got is for the introduction of the 1984 Ford Tempo--doing loops around a stunt track, another must see video clip:
www.80stvthemes.com/ra/121999/transvideo/TEMPO.ra

Other commercials can be seen at www.80stvthemes.com

RM

I hated this commercial too at first, but I think the company purposely makes the commercial super corny so that you remember them when you need cheap insurance because i know more than a handful of people who use it.


But personally all these lawyer commercial are annoying as well.

I loathe that Kool-Aid commercial (that I only see on BET) where the Aunt is doing a Kool-Aid analysis of everybody that walks the room.

I hate the 1-800 collect commercials w/ Mr. T because he is soooooooo played out.

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girl, fareal!!! i'm sorry, i aint NEVER put fruit in/on my glass of kool-aid!! and, that kool-aid looks like crystal ice. my kool-aid has so much sugar and pineapple juice and whatever other festive drinks http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif that it does NOT reflect light!

i tell you a new commercial that i hate. it's for levi's superlow jeans and it features a bunch of navels singing "i'm coming out" it is so gross to me!! i do NOT want close-up shots of anybody's belly button!!!!

I think that commercial is HILARIOUS! It was sorta gross at first, but now I crack up every time I see it! LOL!

I can't stand that Kool-Aid commerical either. I mean, really, who does that? Analyzing Kool-Aid... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif
I also can't stand those commericals for either musicnow.com or some internet music thing. I know they had George Clinton on one of them. He had the headphones on and you're just staring at him while he's listening to music. Then he goes off and then it says "I'm listening" I can't stand those! I'm so happy I don't see them anymore.


[This message has been edited by ZChi4Life (edited June 25, 2001).]

I haven't seen that commercial yet, but did you know that the person singing "I'm Coming Out" is the girl that plays Meadow Soprano?

I saw the story about her & the commercial on Entertainment Tonight.

Just a little extra info... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Girrrrrl!!! I cannot believe this. I've seen this commercial about 5 times in the past 2 days, and I actually thought to myself, "I wonder if they have a thread on GC about bad commercials?" No lie!! Talk about ironic. Anyway, YES that woman is most annoying!

"The Yaffa pasta strainer hooks onto your faucet... hanging in mid-air! Goooooooooooo Yaffa!!!!" LMAO!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Those Progresso soup commercials that imply that if you still eat regular canned soup you are childish and need to grow up.Those commercials have annoyed me so much I will never buy a can of their soup.

I JUST made a comment to my husband about that Kool-Aid commercial. Isn't it stereotypical for "Black" people to be in a Kool-Aid commercial? I can't stand it.

Another commerical (well it's more of an infomercial) that I loathe is the hair-removing spray where they actually spray it on this man's "hairy-a**" BACK and then wipe the hair off. GRRROOOOSSSS!!!!! Oh yeah, it's called Epalspray (or something like that).

That Mr. T commercial is horrible too. That lil girl talking about "I pity da fool...." Mr. T must have needed the money pretty bad.

This might be a Chicago thing but...

Theres a food store called Moo and Oink. They mostle sell meat products but you can get other foods there as well. In the commercial they have their employees dressed up like cows and pigs. Its ridiculous.

There is also a restaurent called Harolds Chicken. The food is really good but you wouldn't think it by watching the commercial. The commercials are low budget and ghetto. Well maybe I shouldn't expect so much considering the restaurants are equally as ghetto as the commercial.

Epilstop!! Girrl yes... that is some nastiness right there. I can't believe he would showcase that sweater-back on TV.

Any Kool-Aid commercial

That stupid Pootey Tang Commercial :0

Any commercial featuring lawyers-for-hire

Those poorly shot, low-budget Weight loss ads

There's a place called Gallery Furniture in Houston, and the owner "Matress Mac" has had the same gimmick for years and years, he says "Gallery Furniture will save you money" and then he jumps...til this day he does this, but now he's really old, every time I see those commercials I'm afraid he'll break his hip from all that jumping. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Any used car commerical, where the salesman tells you how far he'll go to sell you a car.

Nubian

OH yeah, and that commercial that goes...

"Have you ever had that not so fresh feeling?"

I forget the product they were selling, but it always managed to come on when I was in the room with a male!

Out here in Cali, they show this commercial for a jewelry store called The Diamond Center-now this man has had this same commercial playing since the late 80's and he is too cheap to make another one.
He took the song "Soul Man', and changed it to "Credit Man" to get people to apply for his store's credit card-HOW TACKY!

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"Mind ya own, stay true to ya own, be ya own."

Peace and God Bless
*Classy_Diva5*

They had a commercial in ATL a while back for some company that would turn your phone back on if Bell South shut it off. They had this straight up stereotypical black woman in the ad. I hated that ad. She would be like, "It wasn't my fault it was my cousin"(You have to see it to understand.) It also had the typical headbob and all of that nonsense.

I don't like the Lawyer ads either. I especially don't like when the lawyers have Hip-hop or R&B playing in the ad like we're supposed to believe that he listens to that. C'mon now. Then you actually go into the office and there is not ONE minority person working there.

Tell me about it! Out here in Oakland, CA they have a channel called SoulBeat- the only black owned channel in the Bay Area. Their commercials are so tacky and stereotypical, it just makes me shake my head http://www.ihs4ever.com/~cwm/otn/other/no.gif ... Especially those "clean up your credit" commercials and those about getting a car or a loan when you have bad credit-talk about being embarrassed for the person that actually acted in the commercial! They couldn't pay me enough http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif



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"Mind ya own, stay true to ya own, be ya own."

Peace and God Bless
*Classy_Diva5*

Oh, I got a couple of more:

There is a commercial that airs during the weekdays for a law firm (I was told they use the same commercial for different law firms around the country).

Two lawyers are talking over lunch about a claim where their client slammed into the victim from behind. Lawyer #2 says, "I'll handle it. Who's representing this 'victim'" Lawyer #1 replies "The law offices of [insert law firm]" *Lawyer #2 chokes on his sandwich as law firm name appears on bottom of screen* He then says, "Let's settle this one" I think that is kinda bad.

There is another daytime commercial with MC Hammer for this credit company. He says "You can go from 'Can't Touch This' to "Too Legit". To which I immediately reply, "You need to quit".

More later
RM

I hate all the MENTOS commercials. Come on, like Mentos candy can give you the courage and strength to do everything that is done in those commercials. WHATEVAH!!!!!

Umm that would be the sanitary product better known as douche http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

RAIN MAN, I too hate the Plymale and Associates commercial as well as that MC Hammer commercial.

Thank for that clarification, I'll remember that next time I'm not feeling so fresh. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I'm feelin you on that! They are just plain ridiculous! Like that one where the dude gets paint on his suit and so he rolls on that bench to make his suit striped!! wtf?! Or the one where that girl's car gets stuck in b/t two cars, so she gets those guys to come and lift it out! Could that happen?? It was a beetle! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif I don't know, but they really are reaching w/ those.

Representing for the bad Chicago commercials!!! LOL

But I've never seen a commercial for Harold's


Also has anyone seen that new 1800-Collect Commercial with DL Hughley...where its raining and the 2 black women have just come out of the salon? It makes the two women look stereotypical and has no point to do with callling collect.

YOU KNOW WHAT BUGS ME the MOST about those 1-800 COLLECT commercials. . .
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE REALLY OUT OF A QUARTER???

Most days people either have a cell phone or a calling card. If it is a local call, it is easy EASY EASY to bum a quarter off of someone.

Only time I did collect calls was in college.

Okay that is my rant for now about those stupid commercials.

No it's not http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif: Have you noticed that most of the celebrities for the Collect call commercials are WSAHED UP ACTORS: Arsenio, Mr. T, Alyssa Milano. All they need now are Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman, Roseanne, etc. LOL

My all time worst commercials are the ones done locally. There is a place that files tax returns and the name is...are you ready? Mo Money Taxes.....and their theme song is, I got the hookup holla if you hear me.
Picture this:
A girl pulls up in the beauty shop in an old car while Good Times theme song is playing in the background. Good Times as in JJ, Florida Evans yall....anyway... She walks in the beauty shop complaining about not having any money and her car needs repairing. One of the customers tells her to go to Mo Money Taxes. The next day after filing the taxes she is now riding a Lexus. At the end of the commerical, a white dude says: Mo money taxes, it's on like a pot of neck bones then he says ughhhhh like Master P. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif Can we say ghetto to the tenth power? I wonder who was the mastermind behind that trash?

http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif Oh my! You should win a prize for that b/c that took the cake for real! I can't believe what some people will put out there! Goodness!

Okay, I hate the commercial for Yoohoo(sp?)...(the chocolate drink) featuring the little black girl and her mother. First of all, the little girl's lips are so white and crusty, and i'm like, "y'all didn't have any CHAPSTICK???" http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif Knowing they were gonna do a close up on her mouth as she sipped the drink... Okay second, her line "it's yummy" really bugs me to death! I am from the South and I don't know many Black people that say "it's yummy" when asked if something tastes good or not. Couldn't they have gotten a little white girl to do that OR better yet, give her another line? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif I'm like, what's really going on? When the commercial comes on, I turn the channel! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif

I think I know what you're talking about. It's for pediasure, I think. Is it the one where the mother is like, "did you know ___is good for you? Did you know that___helps you grow? Well, what DO you know?!" Girl, the first thing I noticed on that commercial was that little girl's lips. Maybe, it was the residue or backwash from the drink...

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There's this commercial that runs around my area about Apple Auto Sales. The owner of the dealership is dressed like one of those reverand's out to get your money in one of those 1960-70 suits and big hair. This black guy comes in dressed like a woman and says, "Oh, Reverand Rob, I need a new car, but I have bad credit" and then the "Rev" smacks the "woman" on the head as if laying hands on her. The black guy/girl lifts her hands up in the air and faints saying "OOooh, Lawd." Then the reverand says (get this!), "Apple Auto sales has the power to HEAL YOUR CREDIT. Come on by......we're healin'!"
I could not even believe this cheap, horrible commercial. You can't help but to laugh whenever you see it. Good thing the bad ones only air when most people are sleep.

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I absolutely cannot stand that Sprite commercial where everyone has a cell phone or is on the pay phone and then they have the Af. American teen yelling across the friggin' street about "...the doctor said it's not contagious"
I saw that and just shook my head saying what's really happenin'? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/redface.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif

The first time my sister saw that commercial with the singing belly buttons, she was so scared! I was rollin' on the floor laughing at her.

They usually don't air on the regular T.V. stations . I don't know if you're familiar with the channel 34 and 62. These channels usually air church services. Are you familiar with Salem Baptist Church, where the pastor is Rev. James T. Meeks. Well his services air on these channels and after every program they show a Harolds commercial. The commercial usually has shows black people just getting out of church and going straight to Harolds to get their Sunday after church lunch/dinner.

Ok why did I think I was the only one who hated that commercial? Since her mother was staring at her so hard, why didn't she say my baby sure needs some chapstick, carmex, or vaseline, not this damn chocolate milk. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif

I live in two cities so i hate two types of comercials.

DC:
The Henry's auto insurance are the most ridiculous things on tv. He is sooo annoying!

Boston:
I hate the furniture commercials. Mattress Giant commercials go oooh aaaah throughout the time...it's like phone sex through a tv. other furniture commericals include Deans and Bernie & Phyll... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif

Total Elegance where are you from? I think I have seen that commercial.

NO!

Any of y 'all who have ever been in New Haven or most of CT actually, should know about Bob's Discount Furniture stores commercials....in one of them they have a sofa talking to a loveseat....in another, on the radio, Bob is RAPPING. It's so horrendous...

OH, SHOOT! NOWORNEVER, WHERE ARE YOU FROM??!

Here in Columbus, we have a major dealership called Ricart Ford, and their slogan is "Ricart Ford. We're DEALIN'"

This commercial has been going on since the mid '80s. The main huckster is Fred Ricart, and back in the day he would play his guitar making music videos and singing songs fracturing pop tunes to suit his dealership. Ex: The Beach Boys "Fun, Fun, Fun". He would sing "We're having fun, fun, fun in a Ricart Ford new T-Bird today."

At the end of the commercial he would strum a few bars on his guitar and shout, "WE'RE DEALIN!"

However in the past few years, the "videos" stopped and it would be a simple calm 10-second spot--something like "New Ford Taurus, $199 a month at Ricart Ford. We're
dealin'".
I guess that bulldrop got old (at last!)

RM