Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Those Dr. Z. ones for Chrysler just aren't working. I'm always intrigued with commercials where they have to add the disclaimer. Is it for Toyota Trucks? Where the big, beefy construction working jumping onto a moving truck filled with Toyota trucks. Bottom of the screen reads: 'Professional stuntmen on closed course. Do not attempt.' Duh...
Originally Posted By iceknyght >>It's pie... wif chips.<< I love those commercials! I find myself doing a bad english accent for at least a half an hour after watching those... >>Is it for Toyota Trucks? Where the big, beefy construction working jumping onto a moving truck filled with Toyota trucks. Bottom of the screen reads: 'Professional stuntmen on closed course. Do not attempt.' Duh...<< I think Toyota and Chevy both have commercials like that... I love reading the disclaimers on most commercials, they put some funny (even if it's not supposed to be) stuff in there... The one Toyota commercial that had a truck getting hit by a meteorite and still going had a pretty funny one, but I can't remember what it is right now... Ooohh... Another campaign I really liked was the credit card commercials where they had people talking but the voices were those of the people that stole the credit cards... Those were good! Also the Capital One commercials are pretty good too!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The infomercial for the Magic Bullet little blender thing catches me every time. I want to turn away, but can't. I'm not sure if it's the mile-a-minute wiseguy host or the odd collection of extras made up to look like regular folks (including a world-weary woman in curlers with a cigarette hanging from her mouth). Maybe it's juts the amazement of seeing a device that can do so much -- for so little money.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I love the one for Dairy Queen that FBR mentioned... Cracks me up! And I absolutely hate locally-produced ads for car dealerships where the announcer is literally SCREAMING at the viewer/listener (they're on the radio, too). If one of them were the LAST car dealership on EARTH and I needed a new car... I'd buy a bicycle before EVER doing business with those obnoxious people.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <The one Toyota commercial that had a truck getting hit by a meteorite and still going had a pretty funny one, but I can't remember what it is right now...> Perhaps 'Meteorite Simulated'
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>And I absolutely hate locally-produced ads for car dealerships<< No!!! You're just viewing them with the wrong attitude!!! In a world where everything is in constant flux, the locally-produce car commercial, complete with the 'I paid for this 30 seconds and I damn sure intend to fill it with as much as I can' salesperson is like comfort food for the soul! You've got everything in those ads you could possibly want... and more! There are the crane-shots of the lot packed to the property lines with gleaming cars. Starbusts with prices! Logos everywhere! 12 pages of fine print squeezed to fit on the bottom of the screen as American flags wave. Sometimes, the salesperson wears an Uncle Sam costume, points right at the screen a shouts "I want YOU ... to save money at Bottleneck Ford!" At Christmas, he wears a jaunty Santa hat and says "I don't care if your credit is naughty or nice... we have a plan for YOU at Bottleneck Ford!" How could anyone hate that? It's magic, i tell you.
Originally Posted By mele Did someone already mention the Vonage ads with the people talking w/weird stuff in the background?
Originally Posted By LVBelle >>And I absolutely hate locally-produced ads for car dealerships<< WonderingAlice, can I just tell you how much I despise John Barr? His commericials irritate the you know what out of me! I would NEVER buy a car at his dealership just because of those ads!
Originally Posted By alexbook ^^--Some of them also feature scantily-clad young women draping themselves over the salesman and/or cars. And don't forget the music. Who can forget "Go see Cal"?
Originally Posted By iceknyght >>You've got everything in those ads you could possibly want... and more! There are the crane-shots of the lot packed to the property lines with gleaming cars. Starbusts with prices! Logos everywhere! 12 pages of fine print squeezed to fit on the bottom of the screen as American flags wave. Sometimes, the salesperson wears an Uncle Sam costume, points right at the screen a shouts "I want YOU ... to save money at Bottleneck Ford!" At Christmas, he wears a jaunty Santa hat and says "I don't care if your credit is naughty or nice... we have a plan for YOU at Bottleneck Ford!" How could anyone hate that? It's magic, i tell you.<< Does that make me a magic man? I really hate to do this too, and am forced to pack 10 pounds of crap into a 5 pound bag... The Managers paid for a 3x6 and darn it if they aren't going to use every bit of the white space available! At least we don't do the shouting...
Originally Posted By avromark Molson "I Am Canadian" Ads, This one is "500 Miles" Walking across the border, see what happens at the end. <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=qeWG6YG2oOA" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=qeW G6YG2oOA</a> Canadians are Polite?! <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=TEsk8b09cQM" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=TEs k8b09cQM</a> I Am Canadian Rant <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=pXtVrDPhHBg" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=pXt VrDPhHBg</a> Bubba "When I get together, just me and the lads, everyone remembers all the fun we had..." <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=_sbBEzZ3Ri8" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=_sb BEzZ3Ri8</a> Nobody Shaves During the Playoffs <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=XsL0Z8-mdog" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=XsL 0Z8-mdog</a> Street Cleaner "Car!" - Non Mid-western americans probably won't get this one. <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=NYcxomnxxOI" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=NYc xomnxxOI</a> Hockey Bag (See what happens at the end) <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=lM3Xy3QRf7Y" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=lM3 Xy3QRf7Y</a> There are many, many more but you get the idea of the tone of these commercials.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 I like the man law ones too....."You poke it, you own it" The identity theft ones with the wrong voices are cool too. That directly on the head one makes me want to smash the TV.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Not my kinda magic, 2oony... Sorry! *LOL* I wonder if they've ever taken a poll to see how many people turn down the sound (on the radio - like I do) or switch stations (on the TV - like I do). Can't sell cars if no one will sit still for the abuse. ;-) LVBelle... I can actually handle John Barr... He doesn't (usually) shout. The one 'personality' (thanks to the idiots that gave him his own show on A&E) here that makes me want to barf is The Chopper, aka "King of Cars" (in his own mind!) Just a loud, obnoxious kid who wouldn't even have a job if it wasn't for his daddy. His ridiculous ads full of other idiots like him, only in costume, are directed at gangbangers and they can keep him.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Commercials I Hate, Vol. 1: I've mentioned them before, but pretty much any ad for Carl's Jr. makes me sick. Why the creators of these nauseating ads think we want to watch someone eat a sloppy burger with the magnified sounds of them smacking, slurping and chewing what sounds like tanbark is beyond me. The Energizer bunny. We get it already. Kill the wabbit. Commercials I Love, Vol. 1: Comcastic ads. They're silly, offbeat, clever. I like the Sowsky family, who don't want their Internet connection to be too fast, the $10,000 Pyramid commerical, the elderly couple dancing to illustrate dial up vs. DSL vs. broadband. Why does the guy randomly tell me that adding cumin peps up a meatloaf at the end of the commercial, or he starts to explain the benefits of jazzercise? I dunno, but it's funny anyway. The Volkswagen crash ads. Shocking but effective.
Originally Posted By Lake Nona avromark: Thanks for the links for The Molson ads. Can't wait for NHL Center Ice to begin in Oct, with the feeds from TSN and CBC. The 500 miles is the best.
