Adverts as we call them in England, are the most annoying things in the world. I don't watch TV anyway,so these days i don't have to deal with them..
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#959779 12/18/1812:23 PM12/18/1812:23 PM
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The Kars thing is awful, but it's been around so long that they must think it's working for them.
About the only commercials I like have animals in them. There's an ad now about a new puppy trying to get along with a cat. It's really schmaltzy, but they're cute.
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#959872 12/20/1812:41 PM12/20/1812:41 PM
Pete, you're probably old enough like many of us to remember some of the great commercials of the past. Just to start, I think that just about any of the Budweiser beer commercials of the 80s.
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#959972 12/22/1805:54 PM12/22/1805:54 PM
Hate? That's easy. For me, it seems to have more to do with characters I don't care for rather than the product itself.
Any Chevy commercial with this guy:
All those Fios commercials with the Stranger Things kid:
Enough with him. Seriously. He's become 2018's answer to Mason Reese.
Finally the ever-obnoxious Verizon ads:
If the folks who created this ad campaign were looking to create a truly grating, annoying character, they succeeded beyond their wildest nightmares. He's boring and tiresome and he's seen his day. Time to ditch Middleditch.
Those are three off the top of my head.
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#959973 12/22/1806:05 PM12/22/1806:05 PM
I HATE the Kars-4-Kids commercial on SiriusXM radio
Not sure if it's the same one you're talking about, but there's been a commercial of theirs running for years on local NYC newsradio where the singing adult sounds like Mister Rogers sitting on a vibrator.
Signor V.
"For me, there's only my wife..."
"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"
"It was a grass harp... And we listened."
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"
"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."
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#960036 12/23/1807:50 PM12/23/1807:50 PM
As for my favorite commercial, this is easily it. Like DE NIRO said, I'm not a fan of them as I find them annoying, but this is absolutely beautiful. The music, MJ. What's not to love?
Ha ha! TB, I remember it well and have a little story to go along with it. (There was another commercial, advertising the same product, involving a teacher in a classroom.)My little brother was in elementary school (forgot the grade) and on one day I assume the kids were acting up and the teacher scolded them or whatever, told them to be good. Well, my little brother Paulie says to the teacher "Teacher, Sure you got a headache but don't take it out on the children." The kids laughed and the teacher called my mom saying she too had to hold back the laughter but didn't want kids to think it was ok. We STILL tease him about it all these decades later.
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Don't have time to get the links right now but off the top of my head, "I'd like to buy the world a coke" commercial stands out; and, tho not a sports fan at all, what about the "Mean Joe Green" ad with the little boy. I thought that was nice; AND on the humorous side, Joe Namath in nylons??? I forgot what the ad was for tho. Don't think it was for nylons was it?
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Oh yea, The Dr Pepper commercial was really good too. Every time I see an American werewolf in London I think of Dr Pepper 😂
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#961773 01/16/1903:12 PM01/16/1903:12 PM
I just don't understand how corporations are cool with having their companies represented like a bunch of morons.
It's these young millennial admen who create these commercials,...commercials, in general , have changed dramatically in the last 15 yrs. or so, same reason all movies &/or tv shows are all reboots...lazy millennial grads..no creativity.
I didn't want to leave blood on your carpet...
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#961788 01/16/1905:23 PM01/16/1905:23 PM
It's hilarious that Geico brought back a lot of their old commercials and now have a poll for best commercial of all-time on their web site ( https://www.geico.com/bestof/ if you're interested).
I'll admit I like seeing the camel again.
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#961790 01/16/1905:27 PM01/16/1905:27 PM
It's hilarious that Geico brought back a lot of their old commercials and now have a poll for best commercial of all-time on their web site ( https://www.geico.com/bestof/ if you're interested).
I'll admit I like seeing the camel again.
Yeah I saw the camel recently but wasn't watching the TV at the time. I was wondering if it was the old commercial or a new one? I liked the old one but then they rushed one for the movie theaters that I thought was absolutely unoriginal and an obvious copycat (see below).
I just don't understand how corporations are cool with having their companies represented like a bunch of morons.
It's these young millennial admen who create these commercials,...commercials, in general , have changed dramatically in the last 15 yrs. or so, same reason all movies &/or tv shows are all reboots...lazy millennial grads..no creativity.
You are exactly right Hood. And I don’t think it’s going to get any better either
Ha ha! TB, I remember it well and have a little story to go along with it. (There was another commercial, advertising the same product, involving a teacher in a classroom.)My little brother was in elementary school (forgot the grade) and on one day I assume the kids were acting up and the teacher scolded them or whatever, told them to be good. Well, my little brother Paulie says to the teacher "Teacher, Sure you got a headache but don't take it out on the children." The kids laughed and the teacher called my mom saying she too had to hold back the laughter but didn't want kids to think it was ok. We STILL tease him about it all these decades later.
TIS, that is a great story!!!
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#961829 01/17/1911:59 AM01/17/1911:59 AM
It's hilarious that Geico brought back a lot of their old commercials and now have a poll for best commercial of all-time on their web site ( https://www.geico.com/bestof/ if you're interested).
I'll admit I like seeing the camel again.
The 2 squirrels high fivin' each other after causing an accident is unique.
I didn't want to leave blood on your carpet...
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#961884 01/18/1901:38 PM01/18/1901:38 PM
I used to always dislike that zaum zaum zaum zaum Car commercial with that kid in the suit by the side of the road.
The one I can’t stand now is that chilly cow ice cream commercial with the people crying.
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