The Commercial Thread

[Guest Vitamin X]

90% of all car commercials just suck. No ingenuity, generic, and boring much like the cars showcased.

 

Orbitz is the online travel agency, ORBIT is the gum. I think.

 

The ads I REALLY hate are the "name actor reads a letter from a DirectTV subscriber". Although it WAS nice to see Joan Cusak crawl out from the rock she was hiding under...

 

I was subject to these commercials numerous times a day while working at Blockbuster. While I agree they suck, one of them in particular provided a moment of great hilarity at work, where there was once an awkward silence during a shift meeting...and the store was all quiet.. then Laurence Fishburne yelling out of nowhere "JUMPIN JEHOSEPETH GIHAH!"

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

I hate those Burger King ads with those people working at an office. The two worst ones is the one were on of the guys yells out after getting his chicken sandwich "I'M SPICY". The other one is that most recent one were the female worker takes a bite out of one of the male workers burger and his friend is like "WHOA it's like you made out." And the guy is kissing the burger were the girl took a bite at. God that was dumb.

[starvenger 0]

I hate those Burger King ads with those people working at an office. The two worst ones is the one were on of the guys yells out after getting his chicken sandwich "I'M SPICY". The other one is that most recent one were the female worker takes a bite out of one of the male workers burger and his friend is like "WHOA it's like you made out." And the guy is kissing the burger were the girl took a bite at. God that was dumb.

wrt to the "I'M SPICY" one it's kinda funny because he's trying to get a catchphrase over (and failing) and in the longer version the chick does a sexy "Ahm Spicy" which... well it's a chick talking sexy. Do the math.

 

And the first time I heard "There's still a couple of buns left. Wanna kiss 'em?" I nearly choked on my food...

 

Hey, Starvenger, I'm from Houston too. Have you seen the Hilton furniture commercials? He actually named his daughter Paris! WTF

You know I haven't. Or maybe it gets blurred in with the Carpet Giant, Glass With Class and Gallery Furniture ads...

 

Also, has Ray Childress always sported that mullet?

[Astro101 0]

Ahh, Gallery Furniture...it really will SAVE YOU MONEEEEEEYYYY!!!!

 

I like those BK ads...though it's like a ripoff of the Office.

[The Tino Standard 0]

I don't particularly care for the local drop-in ads.  They're fine when they're to the point, but when they try to "act" and parody something that's popular (i.e. The Apprentice), it's Lita-level horrid.

You wouldn't happen to live in Central Ohio and be subjected to commercials from Ricart, would you?

Nope, Houston. But I'm from Toronto, so I've been subjected to years of Mayor Mel saying "Noooooooobody!!!" for his kid's furniture stores...

Well, you've missed out on the joy of watching commercials for Ricart Auto Sales, the largest car dealer in Ohio... Fred Ricart is the company owner and he makes his own commercials... It started out with him just playing the guitar, but now we've gotten things as ridiculous as this one with him dressed up like Trump with two associates next to him in a board room... And he's interrogating a horrible Michael Jackson impersonator. It makes no sense.

 

On the other hand, Byers, a rival car dealership has this awesome line of commercials with the Trunk Monkey ("a feature no other car dealership can match"). The best one from this line has a guy trying to steal a car... As he's trying to hot-wire it, the monkey sneaks up behind him and bashes him over the head with a tire iron. In the next shot, the monkey dumps the guy over a bridge and into a river. Now THAT is how you get shit done.

 

BTW, I have a theory on that John Basedow guy... My roommate and I decided that he looks like a guy that probably weighed 120 pounds in high school and got the shit beat out of him on a daily basis. He went to college, never got laid, and finally just decided, "Fuck it... I'm locking myself in a basement with a weight bench for the next 10 years... Then I'll show those sons of bitches..."

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Ahh, Gallery Furniture...it really will SAVE YOU MONEEEEEEYYYY!!!!

 

I like those BK ads...though it's like a ripoff of the Office.

Hey Mattress Mac is a big WWE supporter...every time they're in Houston he's at the show. Him and the guy from ZZ Top.

[DerangedHermit 0]

I also hate the Joe Millionaire and American Idol parodies that a NYC radio station did, featuring none other than Todd Pettengill

[Guest Smues]

Another series of commercials I hate: those Sylvan Learning Center ads. I dunno if they're national or not, but since I see them on the Tvguide channel I'd guess they are. Kid does something to show they've learned how to read or do math or something, and they play this incredibly sappy music and show the mom and/or dad looking all proud and it's just incredibly incredibly annoying.