Commercials that Fail
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Yeah, Flo is the best. Plus, we have Progressive and they've been good to us so far. 
Oh God! I'll take the Gecko over those annoying, ridiculous Caveman any day of the week and twice on Sunday!
I agree. Geico at least mixes it up, so that if you hate the caveman, you might like the gecko. Personally, I like the gecko a lot. In terms of insurance spokespeople:
Like Alot:
1. Geico Gecko (I might actually get a quote from Geico next time because of this cute little fellow)
Like Okay:
2. Allstate Dennis Haysbert (although I will never actually buy the insurance because Allstate pissed me off when I had them).
Indifferent to:
3. State Farm guy who tells you to ask all your friends about how happy they are as State Farm customers.
Dislike:
4. Geico Caveman (although the new one about him bringing all the luggage to a commercial fishing boat is good)
Merely Hate:
none------
Hate so much that I can barely resist throwing stuff at the TV:
5. Progressive Flo (most annoying person on TV, bar none)
+1 to the burger king add that one was fail
Re the Kia Hamsters:
I started out hating these guys as I'm not a particular fan of rap. But the more I watched them, the more I liked them. Now I really like that commercial, except for that "DO! DA! DIPPITY!" at the end. That bit is still annoying.
That said, whenever I see that ad, I am so busy watching the rapping urban hamsters...the hamsters in the toaster, the hamsters in the washer, the hamsters in the cardboard box, etc that I never actually look at the Kia automobiles. I've seen that ad about a bazillion times (I watch alot of stuff on USA), and I honestly don't think I could identify a single Kia model of automobile. I'm too busy being fascinated by the frakkin' urban hamsters!!!!
Another commercial series I HATE are the JD Wentworth opera commercials. And I'm actually a fan of opera! In fact, that might be why I hate JD Wentworth. Most of those sorts of businesses are very predatory and give you pennies on the dollar...and I just hate that my beloved opera is being besmudged by a bunch of crooks out to separate people from their future financial security.
I started out hating these guys as I'm not a particular fan of rap. But the more I watched them, the more I liked them. Now I really like that commercial, except for that "DO! DA! DIPPITY!" at the end. That bit is still annoying.
That said, whenever I see that ad, I am so busy watching the rapping urban hamsters...the hamsters in the toaster, the hamsters in the washer, the hamsters in the cardboard box, etc that I never actually look at the Kia automobiles. I've seen that ad about a bazillion times (I watch alot of stuff on USA), and I honestly don't think I could identify a single Kia model of automobile. I'm too busy being fascinated by the frakkin' urban hamsters!!!!
Another commercial series I HATE are the JD Wentworth opera commercials. And I'm actually a fan of opera! In fact, that might be why I hate JD Wentworth. Most of those sorts of businesses are very predatory and give you pennies on the dollar...and I just hate that my beloved opera is being besmudged by a bunch of crooks out to separate people from their future financial security.
Ha! I remember seeing those horrid commercials when I was living up in Anchorage, way back when. Ah, memories.
Ha! I remember seeing those horrid commercials when I was living up in Anchorage, way back when. Ah, memories.
I remember them from Seattle, too.
Seems that Cal's Reign of Redneck Horror encompassed the entire west coast!
Here's a little trip down redneck memory lane for all you Cal Worthington fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZ19GeK14Y&feature=related
"Hey! We're tryin' to win a trip to the superbowl, and we gotta sell TEN GILLION trucks to do it! And here's how we're gonna do it!"
He actually DOES 'stand upon his head' in this one!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsLdT4slsk&feature=related
And remember how he used to say "If I don't have the best deal in town, I'll eat a bug!"?
He actually made it all over the country, having been seen in the movies. I distinctly remember him riding an elephant in "Into the Night" with Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pheiffer.
Me too. She cracks me up.
I'm trying to figure out what message they're trying to send. Buy a Kia and you'll look as cool as a rodent in a hoodie? Kia's look great driving down the street compared with major appliances?
Major FAIL to Quizno's for their creepy kitten ads.
And they were doing so well once upon a time. Remember this thing of sheer, unadulterated brilliance? I seriously thought I was hallucinating the first time I saw that.
Kittens cannot compete with non-Huns!
^^^ ARGH! Someone must've been on crack when they came up with the Quiznos spongemonkees.
I know this is supposed to be for ads that fail but I think this one is brilliant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4WrUuyx1Ds&NR=1&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4WrUuyx1Ds&NR=1&feature=fvwp
I recognized the Spongemonkeys immediately and couldn't believe an actual grownup corporation would put a psychotic website on TV. It was like suddenly seeing TrekBBS featured in an ad for Ford.
It was like suddenly seeing TrekBBS featured in an ad for Ford.
The “I can't believe I ate the whole thing” ad was one of a series of wonderful Alka-Seltzer commercials circa 1970. Who can forget “Mamma mia, that's a spicy meatball!” or “George, you bring out the first turkey” or the new bride and the giant dumpling? Those commercials are classics.
They wouldn't work with today's PC sensibilities, though. Gluttony just isn't funny anymore.
I think Erin Esurance might go for Mr. Clean. She'd be disappointed, though, because he's gay!. . . anyone else wanna see Erin Esurance & Hondas Mr. Opportunity hook up?
Hey, doesn't everyone know that?
BTW, judging by all the fan art on the internet, Erin looks great naked. (Boy, there are a lot of weirdo perverts out there.)
Ooh, the bride in the Alka Seltzer commercials! She who was the teenage babysitter on the Kroft show "The Lost Saucer" and played Blix in "Legend". She was memorable.
I think that is part of the reason why I become so transfixed when that commercial comes on. I keep thinking that I must be missing some clue that will cause the message to become clear.
I mean, how can anyone 'go wid dis' (a Kia) or 'go wid dat' (a motorized major appliance and/or two giant rodents running with a cardboard box over their heads)?
How is that in any way a valid choice? If I don't buy a Kia, my only other choices are motorized major appliances or cardboard boxes?
Or maybe the whole point is that the choices presented are so patently absurd that what they are REALLY saying is "Look folks. We got nuttin'. But buy our cars anyway cus our commercials are cool."
But either way, you're still a hamster!
...wow, I think we may be uncovering some deeper Zen significance to this ad.
The consumer products division of Best Ad Ever is pretty well dominated by hamsters, spongemonkies, and Cal's dog Spot, but this guy has the political ad division all to himself:
THUGS AND CRIMINALS!!!
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7fhIO7DG0[/yt]
THUGS AND CRIMINALS!!!
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7fhIO7DG0[/yt]
2nd Place: GATHER YOUR ARMIES!!!
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iQ7ZDUutU4&feature=player_embedded[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iQ7ZDUutU4&feature=player_embedded[/yt]
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