Commercials you hate

[smittykins]

You get it too, huh?

1-877-KARS-4-KIDS
K-A-R-S KARS-4-KIDS
1-877-KARS-4-KIDS
Donate your car today!"

*ducks and runs*

ETA: Looks like a scam. Gee, why am I not surprised?

[DawnStorm]

Smittykins--
Thanks--now I have two competing earworms! *snark* That annoying song and Irene Goodnight.

Gonna git ya for that!

[TallGeekyGirl]

The Straight Talk cell phone plan commercial. Cut your cell phone bill! Save money! Feel richer! Act like a complete ass because you're 'rich' now!

[smittykins]

Originally Posted by TallGeekyGirl

The Straight Talk cell phone plan commercial. Cut your cell phone bill! Save money! Feel richer! Act like a complete ass because you're 'rich' now!

I was actually planning to switch to Straight Talk until I found out I wouldn't be able to keep my number because I have a prepaid plan and not a contract...

[LizzyBean]

Originally Posted by smittykins

I was actually planning to switch to Straight Talk until I found out I wouldn't be able to keep my number because I have a prepaid plan and not a contract...

To be fair, most companies won't let you keep your number if you have a pre-paid phone. Unless you're going from, say, Verizon's pre paid plan to their contract. But switching from a pre paid to another prepaid, or another company's contract, you're most likely going to lose your number.

[ThistleS]

There used to be a commercial for I think Burger King chicken tenders. The gist was that chicken tenders were made from whole breast, rather than being reconstituted chicken like McDonald's chicken nuggets. The tagline was, I'm pretty sure word for word, "Chicken tenders. Because chickens don't have nuggets."

CHICKENS DON'T HAVE NFBSKING TENDERS EITHER, BK.

Do copy writers not logically think these things through? I mean sheesh.

[WildaBeast]

First, Toyota brought us the ads with the little brat helping his parents become "cool" by telling them to buy a Highlander. Now they've got a series of commercials featuring twenty-somethings expressing concern for their parents because they don't have enough Facebook friends or assuming they must have gone to bed early because they weren't there when he got home, at which point we see that the parents are actually out mountain biking or horseback riding or some such thing. It's like they've gone to the complete opposite end of the spectrum and are now effectively saying "those young whippersnappers spend all day on Facebook instead of playing outside like us."

[Avril]

Originally Posted by ThistleS

CHICKENS DON'T HAVE NFBSKING TENDERS EITHER, BK.

Yes, they do. That's just not typically the part of the chicken that they make chicken tenders out of. Chicken "tenders" are usually sliced chicken breast. Like other animals, chickens have a tenderloin; it's just too tiny on a chicken for most people to notice.

There's an explanation here.

[RivkahChaya]

Originally Posted by Buckle Up

The new Adidas commercial with Snoop Dogg (or whatever his name is now) and the like, makes me laugh because after showing kids skateboarding, wearing athletic shoes, dressing in similar outfits, and singing run-of-the-mill hip hop songs, the ad proclaims, "We are all originals."

Remember those mid-70s Dr Pepper commercials, where you were supposed to be original, and drink Dr Pepper, like the 100,000 other people in the commercial, doing the same dance with David Naughton?

Originally Posted by LizzyBean

I'm not a stupid woman who mistakes yogurt for real key lime pie!

Or physiologically requires it, in order to be able to digest all other food. I think it might be addictive. Once you start eating it, you can't stop, or your bowels come to a complete standstill. Thank goodness it comes in Black Forest Cake flavor.

Originally Posted by zman977

As I have a degree and was let go from the job in my field two years ago I can say this statement is completely stupid. Having a degree does not mean you won't lose your job.

But, was it from ITT? You're missing the point.

Originally Posted by TallGeekyGirl

The Straight Talk cell phone plan commercial. Cut your cell phone bill! Save money! Feel richer! Act like a complete ass because you're 'rich' now!

Where's the "Distracted by the wrong thing in a movie" thread? Because I can't stop thinking about how the guy wouldn't have real film in his camera-- yet, a genuine paparazzo would, so maybe the woman is just hallucinating. And, BTW, "paparazzi" is plural.

Originally Posted by WildaBeast

Now they've got a series of commercials featuring twenty-somethings expressing concern for their parents because they don't have enough Facebook friends

I thought the Facebook one was sort of funny, but I didn't even put it together that it was the same vehicle as that ass**** kid commercial. Isn't the Facebook kid more like 14? Her parents only have 19 Facebook friends, and she has 627! I think that's funny.

[WildaBeast]

Originally Posted by RivkahChaya

I thought the Facebook one was sort of funny, but I didn't even put it together that it was the same vehicle as that ass**** kid commercial.

It's not the exact same model; these are for the new Venza, while the ones with the kid were for the Highlander. They are both Toyotas, though.

[Kitsune27]

I just saw the Geico ad with the parents talking about how they used to order sushi all the time, but it was so expensive, so they learned to make their own.
The father says something along the lines of how they're not proud of what they did, as the mother set a plate of sushi in front of him.
Cue their daughter walking into the doorway with her fish bowl, asking where her fish are.
The father asks if she checked all over the place, maybe under her desk ?
Yeah, killing someone's pets... what a joke.

[DrRocket]

Those Jell-O "Pudding Face" commercials kind of creep me out, truth be known.

[granola shoes]

Originally Posted by RivkahChaya

I thought the Facebook one was sort of funny, but I didn't even put it together that it was the same vehicle as that ass**** kid commercial. Isn't the Facebook kid more like 14? Her parents only have 19 Facebook friends, and she has 627! I think that's funny.

Ohh, that commercial kills me. I thought it was hilarious and pretty cute. "I read an article online...well, part of an article." and "I have 627 friends! This is living."

ETA: and I thought the girl in the commercial looked more in her 20s, IMO.

[Mad Jay]

On my way to the Virginia beach and back, I heard this commercial on the radio that almost made m barf. It was for the morning DJ/talk show. It went something like this

"ABC executives reported being surprised after Chaz Bono was selected to appear on Dancing With the Stars. 'We thought we were getting Bono. Who's the fat chick in a suit?' Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk"

Yeah, very funny.

[Chloe]

Is that a new yogurt commercial,* where the husband is on the phone instead of the wife? Role reversal--except he is still the ass, this time bragging about his dessert-related weight-loss. *shudder*

*It may not be; I haven't been watching much tv.

[rujasu]

Originally Posted by Mad Jay

On my way to the Virginia beach and back, I heard this commercial on the radio that almost made m barf. It was for the morning DJ/talk show. It went something like this

"ABC executives reported being surprised after Chaz Bono was selected to appear on Dancing With the Stars. 'We thought we were getting Bono. Who's the fat chick in a suit?' Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk"

Yeah, very funny.

This is a good example of why I'm starting to enjoy DJ-free music radio more and more.

[Luka_the_Pooka]

There's an ad on the radio for Burgerville, a Pacific NW chain, with "people of Oregon." One of them is "Walla Walla wine wine woman woman." The announcer says this phrase about four times. ARGH!

[ToadMagnet]

There's a commercial for a smartphone - or a cellphone service provider, I'm so annoyed with it I don't recall - that basically says its users are liars and cheaters. It depicts a woman calling in to a radio contest; despite all the swag in her place, she says no when asked if she's won anything before. Then she proceeds to look up the answer to the quiz question so she wins again.

I guess it's just me - I wouldn't want to market a product of mine by saying it will help you cheat.

[Avril]

I think it may be AT&T. I hadn't looked at it that way. I guess it suggests cheating, now that you mention it. But swag? A huge chess set and a bouncy castle?

The commercial always makes me laugh, though it probably won't anymore.

[ToadMagnet]

Originally Posted by Avril

I think it may be AT&T. I hadn't looked at it that way. I guess it suggests cheating, now that you mention it. But swag? A huge chess set and a bouncy castle?

The commercial always makes me laugh, though it probably won't anymore.

Hmmm ... looked like a lot more stuff around the place than those big items. Sorry for ruining it for you!