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Updated thread - What TV commercial gets on your nerves?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Yawn, Dec 1, 2006.

  1. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    The first 10 times I saw the Target "I love it" Christmas commercial where Grandma is looking at Facebook, it was adorable. Then next 1,000 times I've seen it makes me want to break my rule about punching children ... and old ladies. I don't know if it's the song or a girl shoving her dolls in my face. Perhaps both.
     
  2. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Not only is the Lego Duplo ad annoying in a cornpone, marketing-machine way, it's also on every channel known to man. I saw it on NBA TV for crissakes.

    "Hey baby! What you gonna do with that choo-choo train?"

    Shove it up your ass.
     
  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    To pick up my growing distaste/disgust for the current run of Wendy's ads, the newest versions have her snotty/snarky dial turned up to 11 for the guy slavering lustily over the portobello burgers.

    Obviously Wendy's Inc. wants to maintain the image of the current "Wendy Girl" as everybody's witty wisecracking older-sister type -- they could certainly throw a lightning bolt through their whole current campaign which has grown stale and stuffy by having "Wendy Girl" charge through the door in a skimpy slinky outfit and telling "Portobello Boy," "if you think the BURGER is hot, juicy and tasty, I have another set of hot buttered buns you can check out."
     
  4. Bradley Guire

    Bradley Guire Well-Known Member

    As someone who is working at the last major national toy retail chain, I LOL'd.
     
  5. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Thought the same thing. If a smiling little hottie shows up at my front door with a premium cheeseburger, the burger can wait.

    She's a tease, fast-food style.
     
  6. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Problem is, in the most recent ads, she doesn't smile, she just snarks.
     
  7. Sxysprtswrtr

    Sxysprtswrtr Active Member

    I could write on this thread every single day ... the Wes Welker Old Spice commercials annoy me unlike any others.

    For the love of God, remove them from the air.
     
  8. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    Those commercials are amazing!
     
  9. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    I'd like to see Mayhem run down Wendy Girl and Flo, too.
     
  10. Wenders

    Wenders Well-Known Member

    My dad has been railing against KMart/Joe Boxer's Jingle Bells commercial since he got here.

    He, however, loves this:


    I want to hear the story behind it.
     
  11. murphyc

    murphyc Well-Known Member

    I liked the Mayhem commercials initially. But I can't stand them now, because they've been overplayed.
    Same thing for the new Nissan Rogue commercial. You know, the one shown non-stop this bowl season where the co-workers are late to work so the driver drives her Nissan on top of a train to get there early. Didn't care for it much the first time, hated it by the 100th time and it just got worse from there.
     
  12. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

    And love the 'Don't attempt, fantasy' warning message. Guess I can stop scoping out train lines now....

    Used to really enjoy the Sonic guys commercials (I know from reading this thread I fall in the minority there), but the last several I've seen have been so bad, I think it's time to retire that pair and come up with a new ad campaign.
     
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