Annoying Commercials

[indygphib]

Originally Posted by chi-o_cat

For everyone who hates Maxwell the Geico pig, all I will say to you is this:

Boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants...

There is a special place in hell for you for posting this...

[WhiteRose1912]

The pig commercials are annoying but the only ones that truly enraged me were the old sexist Axe commercials. This one seems to be the one that killed them off.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I am also sick of the Sonic commercials with the two guys. They're on all the time, and I've never even seen a Sonic around here.

That happened in our area, too, before Sonic arrived. Advance marketing must work for that company.

[HQWest]

This may be regional but I hate the Haverty's commercials with the woman obsessed with her chair. Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Havertys

The others that bother me is any commercial for a drug like this one for abilify with the huge list of possible side effects?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGymr78FtbU
I'm sure this drug helps some people, but I am not sure that advertising like this will help people get help that need it???

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by naraht

There is a Radio commercial in the DC area (National?) that starts out with children singing 1-877-Kars4Kids that I will change stations to *anything* (Country Music, Gospel, 700 club, hard rap) as soon as I hear the first 2 musical bars of the commercial come on. The only reason that I know its a K in Kars is because while grocery shopping, I heard the entire commercial in a location where I couldn't get it changed...

UGGGGGH! That one is on ALL THE TIME on the radio in Chicago too. That is an instant station-changer for me too.

AOIILisa's comment about the animated bladders reminded me of another one I hate - the Mucinex commercials with the animated boogers. ICK.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by naraht

There is a Radio commercial in the DC area (National?) that starts out with children singing 1-877-Kars4Kids that I will change stations to *anything* (Country Music, Gospel, 700 club, hard rap) as soon as I hear the first 2 musical bars of the commercial come on. The only reason that I know its a K in Kars is because while grocery shopping, I heard the entire commercial in a location where I couldn't get it changed...

Ugh, this jingle is so annoying. I don't know that I've heard it since moving to Texas, but I definitely heard it in Jersey. Terrible.

ETA: Here ya go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFA59OtWh5c

[DrPhil]

Haribo Gold Bears commercials suck.

I'm glad they stopped highlighting the Black girl's stereotypical "soul sista" voice.

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I am also sick of the Sonic commercials with the two guys. They're on all the time, and I've never even seen a Sonic around here.

There's a certain threshold for buying media in which it makes more sense from an efficiency standpoint to just buy spots nationally instead of buying spots in the markets where you have stores. We did that exercise with one of my clients and we actually went the other way with the buy (they were buying their TV nationally and even though they were sold nationally, it made sense to just go after 30+ big markets that they identified as key sales markets).

/swerve, back to annoying ads

[MSKKG]

Agree with so many of these. If I hear the Toaster Strudel boy pronounce "gooey" "go-ee" instead of "goo-ee" one more time, I will scream!

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by HQWest

The others that bother me is any commercial for a drug like this one for abilify with the huge list of possible side effects?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGymr78FtbU
I'm sure this drug helps some people, but I am not sure that advertising like this will help people get help that need it???

Reminds me of this...

http://www.dirtybutton.com/videos/780-happy-fun-ball/

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

There's a certain threshold for buying media in which it makes more sense from an efficiency standpoint to just buy spots nationally instead of buying spots in the markets where you have stores. We did that exercise with one of my clients and we actually went the other way with the buy (they were buying their TV nationally and even though they were sold nationally, it made sense to just go after 30+ big markets that they identified as key sales markets).

/swerve, back to annoying ads

This is what I thought might be the case. They've been airing for several years, and I'm not seeing any signs of restaurants opening.

[WestcoastWonder]

Ok to start off, i'm not sure what other states Sleep Country is in, but I can guarantee everybody with a TV in the state of Washington knows the slogan to Sleep Country and it's ALWAYS on the radio and always on TV.

"SLEEP COUNTRY USA! Why buy a mattress anyyyyy-where else?! ding!"

I see or hear this commercial at least 8 times a day when driving or watching TV.

And funny story, I actually met the founder and CEO of the company on a field trip in high school. I will never forget her because she was the keynote speaker for a conference we went to and she was suppose to inspire us to do great things, but all she did was brag about her accomplishments and how she's traveled to every single continent twice. Literally an hour of her talking about alll the things she's done and at the end saying something like "I got to do all of that stuff! Follow your dreams!" I was so mad then because we were told it was gonna be inspirational, but there's nothing inspiring about a braggart.

sorry for the Throwback Thursday rant lol. Maybe I just don't like the commercial because it reminds me of her...

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

There's a certain threshold for buying media in which it makes more sense from an efficiency standpoint to just buy spots nationally instead of buying spots in the markets where you have stores. We did that exercise with one of my clients and we actually went the other way with the buy (they were buying their TV nationally and even though they were sold nationally, it made sense to just go after 30+ big markets that they identified as key sales markets).

/swerve, back to annoying ads

I am guessing that's why we probably get Rite Aid ads on the TV and radio here in Chicago, even though the closest Rite Aid is 77 miles away - in Michigan.

Sonic ads were also on the air here for years before any of them opened around here.

[DrPhil]

Blu electronic cigarettes.

His facial expressions are dumb. The slow motion smoking and walking are dumb. The "this country was founded" speech is dumb.

[violetgeek]

Here's a funny video about advertising"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YBtspm8j8M