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Worst/most irritating
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:01 pm
by MurphOnMillerAve
Which commercial(s) on TV do you find the most irritating / pointless / empty-headed / stupid.
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:36 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
MurphOnMillerAve wrote:Which commercial(s) on TV do you find the most irritating / pointless / empty-headed / stupid.
It might be easier to list the converse, but............................I find all of the ones advertising anything medical horrible.
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:01 pm
by robert.
Kline and Spector. A slip and fall law. firm. Their commercial states' They have 5 DR. Lawyers on staff the most of any law firm"
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:31 pm
by chuck
I have to agree with Rufus on this one. Any of the big pharma ads pushing their latest and greatest "breakthroughs". Drugs that "may have" side effects that are often worse than whatever it is they are trying to treat. Some of the drugs were originally developed to treat completely different conditions and were repurposed when they failed at their intended use but MIGHT have some value in something completely different. Anti siezure medication being pushed as a treatment for psoriasis?
Any ad where they mention death as a possible "side effect" more than three times better be treating something that's actually deadly.
On the other hand there are some ads that are actually way more clever/entertaining than the shows/movies that they are "interrupting".
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:03 am
by v8vega
Car Shield repair insurance. Advertise constantly on TV and radio, good luck getting a cent out of them for your car repair. The mechanic doesn't care that you have car shield, you pay him or you don't get your car. They will always have a reason the repair you got wasn't covered. Or after a giant hassel you finally get a few cents out of them.I have heard another thing they do is collect a bunch of premiums and then go out of business.
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:24 pm
by G3750
v8vega wrote:Car Shield repair insurance. Advertise constantly on TV and radio, good luck getting a cent out of them for your car repair. The mechanic doesn't care that you have car shield, you pay him or you don't get your car. They will always have a reason the repair you got wasn't covered. Or after a giant hassel you finally get a few cents out of them.I have heard another thing they do is collect a bunch of premiums and then go out of business.
This is an excellent candidate for "most annoying", although any and all of the Medicare enrollment commercials are neck-and-neck. I don't care what Joe Namath, Mike Ditka, or Joe Theismann recommend. At this point, I can probably whup or outrun them anyway.
George
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 1:07 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
I'll add the Kars4Kids commercials and what is without any doubt in my mind the most annoying jingle ever created
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:21 pm
by MurphOnMillerAve
There is one commercial, in particular, that I find totally irritating because of its level of ignorance, epitomized by the clod they have as its main character.; in fact, I still do not know what it is trying to say or pitch.
The plot: A very tall and lanky athletic Black-man, wearing a red, basketball-player's uniform, intrudes in a quick shuffle into various vignettes, in which he immediately slaps a bundle out of a person's arms, even going so far as to knock a product away from a child's intended grasp. At the completion of each of his intrusions, he wags his index-finger at the people, grunting "huh-uh-uh," signaling his disapproval of what they had intended to do, and then he scurries out of the vignette frame, onto other mischief, one can assume.
The perpetrators of this hot-mess chose the perfect beanpole for this commercial because he comes across as being as ignorant and stupid in what he does, and beyond, as possible, which fits, I suppose, the intention of the commercial. But WHAT is its intention? I have no idea. And if I ever figure out what the commercial is hawking, I will make a point of never, ever using or buying their "product."
Anybody else, here, ever see this commercial? Am I wrong? If I am, correct me. Educate me.
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:14 pm
by sleepmac
Murph, I'm going out on a limb here. I think (I don't follow basketball) the star is known for blocking shots. What that has to do with withwhat ever insurance is being hawked,I don't know.
Dan Weinhold
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:48 pm
by MurphOnMillerAve
sleepmac wrote:Murph, I'm going out on a limb here. I think (I don't follow basketball) the star is known for blocking shots. What that has to do with withwhat ever insurance is being hawked,I don't know.
Dan Weinhold
Oooohhhh, that makes sense, since that's what he's doing - blocking actions by folks. But out of the basketball milieu, his actions seem mentally-challenged in their uncalled for rudeness. So what could they be selling regarding insurance?
Perhaps, they are being ironic ; that is, is that particular individual known for his social skills and intellectual prowess?
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:22 pm
by chuck
They have resurrected an ad sequence from maybe 5-10 years ago where the two "folk singers" are strumming their guitars while actors perform skits where a folksy "truism" is acted out and the tag line is it's as easy/like/better than whatever they are watching.
As happy as a witch in a broomstick factory
As happy as a camel on hump day
....
Not one of their better efforts
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:10 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
sleepmac wrote:Murph, I'm going out on a limb here. I think (I don't follow basketball) the star is known for blocking shots. What that has to do with withwhat ever insurance is being hawked,I don't know.
Dan Weinhold
Dikembe Mutombo -- known for shot blocking and the finger wagging on court
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikembe_MutomboIt's the juxtaposition of his trademark set into non-basketball situations that's is being used.
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:32 pm
by robert.
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:I'll add the Kars4Kids commercials and what is without any doubt in my mind the most annoying jingle ever created
1800 Kars 4 kids . We give our kars to kids. K A R S Kars 4 kids. Sing along with me.
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:38 pm
by robert.
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:sleepmac wrote:Murph, I'm going out on a limb here. I think (I don't follow basketball) the star is known for blocking shots. What that has to do with withwhat ever insurance is being hawked,I don't know.
Dan Weinhold
Dikembe Mutombo -- known for shot blocking and the finger wagging on court
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikembe_MutomboIt's the juxtaposition of his trademark set into non-basketball situations that's is being used.
He tries harder than 99 percent of the athletes out there, too make the world a better place.
Re: Worst/most irritating
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:46 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
