Bad commercials enfuriate me. wtf.

[samsonite2100]

That one with the old couple that go looking for their escaped cows, and find them stacked up outside the barn drives me nuts. I've seen it a hundred times and can barely remember what it's selling (some kind of tupperware thing, I think). It's just such a waste of time and ad space.


Also, yeah, that "Rock the Casbah" ad sucks, big time. Just the idea that someone doesn't know that the song is called "Rock the Casbah" is infuriating, for some reason.

[Blarg]

The ones that bug me the most are the ones that are all about being cool and how damn vital it is, especially the ones that look like they were written by 50 year old yuppies telling 18 year olds what's mind-blowingly cool -- that being their product of course, or looking like you're the type who would LOVE to use it. They seem a weird combo of baldly predatory, startlingly, undeservedly smug, and abysmally stupid at the same time.

Which brings to mind that girl dancing in the car again. I hope she had giant bruises on her hip from getting kicked out of the car.

[solids]

in a related question, i was watching tv the other day and saw a few commercials. the first was that jay-z commericial for budweiser with that song 'show me what you got'. the other was the commercial with the rapper 'common' for gap.

who's the bigger sell out, jay-z or common?

[ThreeMartini]

The worst is....The Enterprise Rental Car commercial. 'Moose' rents a Cadillac for his HS reunion, to be greeted by two hotties exclaiming "Lookin' good Moose"

This commercial pisses me off.

[RunDownHouse]

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in a related question, i was watching tv the other day and saw a few commercials. the first was that jay-z commericial for budweiser with that song 'show me what you got'. the other was the commercial with the rapper 'common' for gap.

who's the bigger sell out, jay-z or common?

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AB brews King Cobra, so at least there's a tenuous connection to a gangsta lifestyle.

I was wondering about this as well when they started up the ad campaign. How did they get Jay-Z to do their commercials (obv most likely is money, but if that's the case, how much)?

[niss]

John Cougar Mellencamp says hi.

[keith123]

i like moose.

[pokergrader]

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John Cougar Mellencamp says hi.

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I remember being at a sports-bar on NFL sunday a few weeks ago, and at one point in time like 3 or 4 different TVs showing different games were all playing that exact same [censored] piece of [censored] commercial.

[Blarg]

The difference is, he started out as a sell-out.

[lippy]

My roommate is majoring in marketing, whenever we're watching TV he says "and that's why I'm majoring in marketing" every commercial break. It's annoying, but very poignant.

There are a lot of awful, awful commercials.