Commercials that Fail

[scotpens]

The erotic German Sprite commercial is a fake, made by an American independent producer-director who has no connection with the Coca-Cola company. He made it for his demo reel and had no idea it would go viral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWr_hlxS8Ck&feature=channel_page

All those erectile dysfunction commercials that spend more time telling me I shouldn't use their product than what the product actually does. Seriously, for those like Cialas, Viagra, Lipotor, they spend so much time saying what makes it so bad that I forget what it actually does.

I love the disclaimers on those boner-pill commercials.

“Contact your physician immediately if the erection lasts longer than 6 hours.” If that happens to me, first I’m contacting the Guinness Book of World Records.

Or, “This medication should be used only by men healthy enough for sexual activity.” A man's definition of “healthy enough for sexual activity” is “having a pulse.”

car salesdorks make the worst ones

Homemade commercials for local businesses can be a hoot. Those of us who grew up watching late-night TV in Southern California are all too familiar with the off-screen announcement: “Here's Cal Worthington and his dog Spot!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsLdT4slsk&feature=related

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Those of us who grew up watching late-night TV in Southern California are all too familiar with the off-screen announcement: “Here's Cal Worthington and his dog Spot!”

Somehow those made their way to Northern California, too. Remember the furor when he brought out his dog Spot (at that point, an iguana) and threatened to send it to people's houses to eat their cat if they didn't buy a car from him? Nevermind that iguanas are vegetarian.

And of course the Pussy Cow song is a classic.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Kevin Butler is cool. Although he gets PWNED in every ad.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAyikK_Hiko[/yt]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5b9YdMbG1I[/yt]

 

[Kira's Mom]

I hate those damn Pristiq anti depressant ads with the creepy wind-up dolls. Yeah, that really makes me feel better, I have to wind myself up with drugs!

The Huggies "denim" diaper ads are annoying. "You've never looked so cool pooping your pants."

 

[Mr. Adventure]

There was an obnoxious radio ad for McDonald's that pretty much stated outright that only fruity, unAmerican wimps who like foreign films get fancy coffees at Starbucks. Real guys, who like football and high-fiving, drink plain old McDonald's coffee.

What was really galling was the way the ad took for granted that preferring foreign films to football was a Bad Thing . . . .

C'mon Greg, what are ya, a commie?











Though I feel it ruins a joke to explain it, don't take that seriously...

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

I hate that Dunkin' Donuts commercial where the guy in the drive-thru places his order then asks "And could you tell me where I can get a great cup of coffee?"
The DD employee says, "Sure, just tell me how you take it, and pull up to the first window."
The guy gets this exaggerated look of disbelief on his face and goes, "ooookay."
She hands him the coffee, and he looks like he's utterly shocked that he was able to buy coffee and donuts in the same place.

WHO IN THE HELL DOESN'T KNOW THAT DUNKIN' DONUTS HAS COFFEE?

 

[Jack Bauer]

"I've fallen and I can't get up"..........'nuff said.

"Clap on! Clap off! The Clapper!"..........'nuff said.

 

[Trekker4747]

I hate that Dunkin' Donuts commercial where the guy in the drive-thru places his order then asks "And could you tell me where I can get a great cup of coffee?"
The DD employee says, "Sure, just tell me how you take it, and pull up to the first window."
The guy gets this exaggerated look of disbelief on his face and goes, "ooookay."
She hands him the coffee, and he looks like he's utterly shocked that he was able to buy coffee and donuts in the same place.

WHO IN THE HELL DOESN'T KNOW THAT DUNKIN' DONUTS HAS COFFEE?

Is there a restaurant/place where you guy buy food anywhere on the planet that doesn't sell coffee? And, what, the guy didn't see the coffee options on the menu board when he was in the drive-thru? And who the fuck asks the drive-thru guy where they can go to buy someone else's food?

 

[Greg Cox]

Is there a restaurant/place where you guy buy food anywhere on the planet that doesn't sell coffee? And, what, the guy didn't see the coffee options on the menu board when he was in the drive-thru? And who the fuck asks the drive-thru guy where they can go to buy someone else's food?

To be fair, I was trying to get a cup of coffee at a strip mall in Delaware a few weeks ago, and had to go to three restaurants before I found one that served coffee. The hot dog/hamburger place didn't serve coffee, the pizza place didn't serve coffee . . . .

I guess some specialty fast-food places just serve soda.

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

Is there a restaurant/place where you guy buy food anywhere on the planet that doesn't sell coffee? And, what, the guy didn't see the coffee options on the menu board when he was in the drive-thru? And who the fuck asks the drive-thru guy where they can go to buy someone else's food?

To be fair, I was trying to get a cup of coffee at a strip mall in Delaware a few weeks ago, and had to go to three restaurants before I found one that served coffee. The hot dog/hamburger place didn't serve coffee, the pizza place didn't serve coffee . . . .

I guess some specialty fast-food places just serve soda.

Dunkin' Donuts is known for their "great coffee," though.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

All of the "Flo" Progressive commercials.
She makes me want to switch away from Progressive.

Oh wow...I can't stand her either. She is way annoying. I am not a Progressive customer, but I'll say this - she doesn't exactly inspire me to give them a try. So ditzy and annoying.

Others on my list of commercials that spell FAIL for me:

1. That VW commercial with everyone socking each other in the arm. All I can think of whenever I see it is "Jeez, I hope THAT idiocy doesn't catch on!"

2. Staples: "WOW! THAT'S A LOW PRICE!" Seriously, what moron thought that being that incredibly annoying would actually sell anything?

 

[Sephiroth]

1. That VW commercial with everyone socking each other in the arm. All I can think of whenever I see it is "Jeez, I hope THAT idiocy doesn't catch on!"

never played punch buggy?

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Those of us who grew up watching late-night TV in Southern California are all too familiar with the off-screen announcement: “Here's Cal Worthington and his dog Spot!”

Somehow those made their way to Northern California, too.

Actually, they made their way alot further north than that. 'Ole Cal and his dog Spot were on TV in Alaska as well. We had a Cal Worthington Ford in Anchorage...and so they slapped that cowboy redneck hawking his cars onto our screens too.

Rest assured, any automobiles sold at Cal Worthington Ford - Anchorage were sold IN SPITE of their advertising campaign. Not because of it.

My guess? The only person on the entire planet who liked watching those commercials was 'ole Cal himself! Probably even Spot went and hid whenever they came on!

 

[PKTrekGirl]

When local commercials go bad..

Red House Furniture features products for both Blacks and Whites.

*snip video*

(BTW - how do you embed a video in a post?)

Wow.

I am totally speechless.

I mean, I find it utterly incredible that both black people and white people ( *gasp* ) like furniture!!!! I don't believe it! I simply do NOT believe it!

And I love how they have the white guys shaking hands with the black customers and the black guys shaking hands with the white customers. They shoulda had "We Shall Overcome" playing in the background to make that picture complete.

Good lord! Where does this commercial actually air?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The Event has started running an ad campaign on NBC that makes it look like some kind of dopey soap opera (I'm pretty sure it's better than that). They better pull that campaign if they don't want to kill the show before it airs!

I wish I could find the ads on YouTube so I could display them in all their infuriating lameness!

I'm not talking about this. I thought that teaser campaign was okay. Just give people a taste, don't hit them over the head!

 

[Mojochi]

Insufferable "Swagger Wagon", as if I needed another reason to hate rap music

 

[Skywalker]

Those of us who grew up watching late-night TV in Southern California are all too familiar with the off-screen announcement: “Here's Cal Worthington and his dog Spot!”

Somehow those made their way to Northern California, too.

Actually, they made their way alot further north than that. 'Ole Cal and his dog Spot were on TV in Alaska as well. We had a Cal Worthington Ford in Anchorage...and so they slapped that cowboy redneck hawking his cars onto our screens too.

Ha! I remember seeing those horrid commercials when I was living up in Anchorage, way back when. Ah, memories.

 

[Greg Cox]

Somehow those made their way to Northern California, too.

Actually, they made their way alot further north than that. 'Ole Cal and his dog Spot were on TV in Alaska as well. We had a Cal Worthington Ford in Anchorage...and so they slapped that cowboy redneck hawking his cars onto our screens too.

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.

 

[Bloodwhiner]

The Quizno's kitten commercials are so annoyingly awful they make me long for the creepy Burger King.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyDYBRVpXho[/yt]

and

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD3y6DAeK_A&feature=related[/yt]

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Insufferable "Swagger Wagon", as if I needed another reason to hate rap music

I've never seen that before! Suicide-inducing.

Here's the correct way to make an idiotic rap commercial to sell ugly cars.

Hey it looks better than a cardboard box!