<p>I hit mute on all the Geico “celebrity” commercials (Charo, Little Richard, etc). They translate accident descriptions for boring regular people.</p>
<p>HeadOn. Some kind of headache analgesic you roll on your forehead. Mute again.</p>
<p>the Esurance commercials-- why woould a bunch of cartoon sports players make me buy into some insurance company</p>
<p>Those Las Vegas commercials. You know the ones I mean - what goes on in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Awful!</p>
<p>The ones I REALLY REALLY hate are the Ford Focus (I think) ads where two guys pull up next to each other and one says something like “The Ford Focus is quieter than a Mercedes…” To me, that is one creepy commercial, especially when they do a close-up on the guy’s lips. Eeeeewwwwwww.</p>
<p>Those SUV commercials–I think they were Hummer, but if not, oh well, I’ve slandered them!–where someone would feel unmanly (cuz they were buying veggies not steak if they were a guy, or someone else let their kid jump in line in front of the subject’s kid, if they were a woman) and they made up for it by immediately running out and buying a Hummer.</p>
<p>Cuz we market to shallow people, and we want you to know it!</p>
<p>I just saw the post in the other thread on commercials you love about the mother complaining about the daughter text messaging too much, and that reminded me how much I HATE that commercial! </p>
<p>Perhaps it’s just me or my generation, but using that many abbreviations at such a young age, just seems so – lazy (and not much benefit unless you plan to become a stenographer but I suspect with everything going electronic/realtime there’s not much need for “taking dictation” anymore either). For me, it reflects a certain permissiveness in child-rearing that just rubs me the wrong way…</p>
<p>Ok, add me to the list of hating the bunny/foot commercial. Maybe it’s a male-female thing, but I hate it.</p>
<p>Also add to the list a commercial for a “tingling massage oil” that is currently on–it makes me and my daughter cringe.</p>
<p>The commercial that used to creep me out was the old Quiznos commercial that ran ad nauseum on MTV. Do any of you remember it? It had some little mutant ferrit thing with teeth that would sing “Any cooooupon works!” </p>
<p>Icky.</p>
<p>My family is sick–we still sing the Quizno song!</p>
<p>Quizno Subs, they are so good…for…you"</p>
<p>Quizno Subs, they have a coupon sale!"</p>
<p>the tingling lotion one, the product is supposed to last for hours</p>
<p>ewwwwww</p>
<p>lol garland…have to admit, I have few family members who sing ‘the coupon song’ too. (I think to drive me nuts.)</p>
<p>"the tingling lotion one, the product is supposed to last for hours</p>
<p>ewwwwww"</p>
<p>Are you referring to the K-Y “Personal Lubricant” (provides a “gentle warming sensation on contact”) commercial? Yeah, I agree—too much information! LOL!</p>
<p>Garland, I totally agree about the Hummer commercial. It makes me want to slap the wimpy woman who went out and bought the Hummer after someone cut in front of her in line. What WERE they thinking? That people would identify themselves with such shallow thinking?</p>
<p>What do you think of the Hillshire Farms (You Hungry! You Hungry! Yo mama says, You hungry!) commercials? At first, I was rather repulsed by them, but they kind of grew on me". The rhythm is kind of catchy—stupid, but catchy—LOL! I think there’s a high school sports cheer that it’s meant to spoof that goes: “You ugly! You ugly! You mama says, You Ugly!”</p>
<p>There’s a hilarious commercial for phone service where the kids are texting a lot…then the family gets a new plan and Dad says “Now Mom can give up her second job.” Mom walks in looking exhausted, dressed like a giant taco. Dad says “HOLA!” and I completely crack up.</p>
<p>Helimom–now that’s the kind of commercial that drives me crazy. I would not dress up as a giant taco to support my kids texting habit. Just…no.</p>
<p>And to think kids are in college to learn marketing tools for all these commercials… I like the caveman and gecko ads, would never buy the insurance… Hate the blank on ads on the weather channel- will never buy a product I can’t figure out the use of. Hate the rabbit’s foot one, despise the Volvo one… Yes, we remember the products, but a clever or otherwise ad doesn’t make me want to choose any product. Wish the gov’t could get rid of the prescription drug ads, no matter how fun to watch some are.</p>
<p>PC vs MAC commericals drive me nuts</p>
<p>I hate when the channels do a bit of a “plug” or teaser for what is coming up on the News, “giant fire devestating local neighborhood” details in 20 minutes</p>
<p>Perhaps the most obscene commercials of all time are the ones which deal with the guy who’s having trouble sleeping so he is missing his buddies whom he sees in his dreams: a “beaver,” a “diver,” and Abe Lincoln. The first 2 are obvious…some of us are old enough to remember when Abe was referenced when one referred to…well…wasn’t there a scene in “What’s Up Tiger Lily” in which a nude woman asked a guy whom she looked like, and he glanced down to her mid-section and replied “Abe Lincoln?”</p>
<p>cgm–there was a comic or somebody who had a line satirizing those spots— “Russian tanks advancing on New Jersey turnpike–film at 11.” wth? </p>
<p>And TourGuide–oh my, I guess I have led a sheltered life. I’ve seen that commercial & thought it was stupid. Never would have got it in a million years. :D</p>