TV ads that make you want to turn off the TV

[Set Harth]

Almost any Shen Yun ad.

"Experience China before communism."

I'd settle for experiencing America before communism

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

"Experience China before communism."

I'd settle for experiencing America before communism

Looks like you guys are getting the bad "ism" soon

 

[Snowdrop82]

Any ad. It is why I don't really watch TV anymore. I can't stand the ads, whatever they are, I don't want to see them.

 

[MarcKle1964]

Thank goodness for PBS, the only commercial ads are the 'this program sponsored by' or 'this program made possible by your contributions' at the beginning or end. It's quite a relief, honestly. I watch their Create or their World channels most of the time now. My cooking is getting better, too

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I will note that reading this thread earlier this morning, I was thinking, "Has the auto-censor stopped working?"

Then it hit me: for a moment, I thought I was looking at Fountain Pen Network (where the closest thing to scatological language permitted is the "turd" emoji, and sexual proanity isn't allowed at all).

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

This wasn't on TV, but it wa on billboards around my home city (Omaha, NE).

They were ads for a heating/air conditioning company. They said this, AND I QUOTE:

Your Wife Is Hot.
Better Get Her A/C Fixed.

How in the hell does this make it to the public?

It's like those old Aspercreme ads that went like this:

"You bet your sweet AS-percreme!"

 

[BillJ]

Political ads.

 

[Aragorn]

Almost any Shen Yun ad.

Falun Gong is a cult. Shen Yun is one of their arms. Epoch Times is another. And since they get to claim religious status, they don't pay taxes in America and have a giant compound in New York.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Quite.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

That Oak Street Health commercial...their spokesman's got to be more excited to go to the doctor than anyone I've ever seen outside of a kid's show. Not sure it rises to the level of "turn the TV off", though. The music is kind of cool (at least there's no annoying lyrics)

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Those stupid animal-rescue ads.

Notice how they only use the CUTE animals?

The music is super annoying and overly emotional, as is the voiceover (who often gets so into it that they're about to cry).

Hey, genius operating the camera, why don't YOU give the animals some food? You're right fucking THERE!

 

[Aragorn]

The ASPCA is also not nearly as charitable as you would think, unless putting the money in their own pockets is considered a charity. If you want to help out animals, give to your local shelters.

 

[MarcKle1964]

The ASPCA is also not nearly as charitable as you would think, unless putting the money in their own pockets is considered a charity. If you want to help out animals, give to your local shelters.

Neither is PETA. A pox on both their houses.

 

[Captain Marsh]

Neither is PETA. A pox on both their houses.

Honestly most charities are not as charitable as they seem

Not charity related, but the Liberty Mutual ads are really dumb.

 

[Owain Taggart]

The new Rona Half-Assed campaign is nightmare fuel. Being that it's a Home Depot-like store, they tell people not to half-ass the job, and I quote, " because nobody likes a half-ass". These commercials feature half a donkey walking on two legs and the animation is horrendous. Those in Canada will know what I'm talking about.

 

[Kraig]

This one right here:

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Jardiance Commercial (2023)
It has only been on for two years, but seems like two decades.
Turning a type 2 diabetes drug into a song and dance routine.
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If the doctor tried to prescribe it, I would have told him to pick something else.