The worst commercial ever

Originally posted by sweetcell:

and since i'm on a classics kick, let's not forget: MENTOS, THE FRESHMAKER. any commercial that makes up a new word is automatically horrible.

Most people probably don't like it because of the Foo Fighters video. :cool:

Originally posted by jd930:
How about the commercials which I think are for Pepto Bismol…the ones where people are doing the "diarrhea dance"? Who comes up with these ideas??

Oh I had forgotten all about that one… yeah that was truly horrid!

Originally posted by bikerchickdc:

Originally posted by jd930:
How about the commercials which I think are for Pepto Bismol…the ones where people are doing the "diarrhea dance"? Who comes up with these ideas??

Oh I had forgotten all about that one… yeah that was truly horrid!

My 4 year old son loves those ads because his dad gets up and dances along while singing "I feel good, I just had a pooh!" Much to the disgust of his mother, but she's a girl and girls don't get pooh humour! :)

Easterns Motors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD8o9bt-eWg

Eastern Motors commercials are in the so bad it's good camp.

Originally posted by econo:
Eastern Motors commercials are in the so bad it's good camp.

Oh hell yeah, the best local commercials on TV hands down.

KISS MY BUMPER….JUST KISS IT

GO GEPCO - GO GEPCO - GO GEPCO.

Anyone else an upstate NYer? It's HUGE!

This ad for Ariel or This Italian laundry Detergent for what were they thinking when they made this

Any ambulance chaser ads.

Duh

how about ads on the radio for jewelry stores? they are invariable intolerable, as their angle is guilting guys into buying sparkleys for the ladies, since bling = love… as if the men are that stupid, and women that much stupider.

the ones for shaw's jewelers are particularly horrid, what with their recent approach of (woman #1) he bought you that?!? how did he know to go to shaw's?!? (woman#2) his DAD told him! :roll: funny thing is, that annoying background music that shaw's uses is licensed to many different jewelry stores - i was in florida a while back and i hear the exact same commercial, music and all, except it was for some other jewelry store. those bling-pushing cheeseballs can't even write/license their own original content. anyhoo, based on thwir commercials i will never, ever set foot in one of their stores.

whatever happened to nuprin??

little. yellow. different.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
how about ads on the radio for jewelry stores?

Two words….Ronnie Mervis. Ugh.

Any ads that use employees instead of actors, then you get them all grouped together in the showroom (yes, it's usually car dealerships) smiling and waving at the camera…or small companies that use their own kids in ads.

Car dealerships who try to tell us 'we're family' I can honestly say in over 14 years in the business I've never turned a customer into a relative.

Actually, car dealership ads in general make me ashamed to be in the business…

Originally posted by jd930:

Originally posted by sweetcell:
how about ads on the radio for jewelry stores?

Two words….Ronnie Mervis. Ugh.

Ronnie Mervis rules. But not as much as his brother Zed out there looking for the perfect diamond in the mines of South Africa. 1800-HER-LOVE . . . That's 1-800-HER-LOVE. Those commercials never fail to deliver.

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
Any ads that use employees instead of actors, then you get them all grouped together in the showroom (yes, it's usually car dealerships) smiling and waving at the camera…

Several years ago Wal-Mart did locally produced commercials with employees. You could watch their eyes follow the cue card, even the "choir" which would join in for the last line.

or small companies that use their own kids in ads.

My brother used his kids in a cable commercial promoting the dealership service department he manages. I've never seen it but I heard it was cute.

To add to the legend of Ronnie and Zed Mervis, the Mervis Diamond website includes 'dating advice' from Ronnie (assumedly through consultation with Zed via remote from the finest diamond mines in South Africa).

Dating Diamonds & Mervis.

http://ronniemervis.wordpress.com/love-advice/

Two of the Greatest Commercials on TV:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RNlakElmwFs

And: http://www.carlsjr.com/ontv/

Check out "Patty Melt For You"

I will have you singing "Flat Buns, I like flat buns…" all day. I actually stop FFing the TiVo to watch these.

Originally posted by vansmack:
Two of the Greatest Commercials on TV:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RNlakElmwFs

And: http://www.carlsjr.com/ontv/

Check out "Patty Melt For You"

I will have you singing "Flat Buns, I like flat buns…" all day. I actually stop FFing the TiVo to watch these.

The sexualization of that valued educator was wanton and gratutiously appalling. It's truly a shame that we'd lump objectification on top of the already inadequate pay and little respect we afford our teachers. :(