Since I watch a lot of sports, this commercial has become increasingly annoying for the last few years:
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Most Annoying Commercials
- Thread starter Nerys Ghemor
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I guess there's the school of advertising that says any brand recognition is a good thing, but if you're associating a food product with being repulsive, I just don't see it.
I love how some commercials tells me not to buy their product. A while back, Taco Bell ran an ad about one of their foods. It was very cheesy (not as in campy). They showed all "customers" eating with a great deal of drippy cheese dangling from their mouths. Talk about repulsive.
Seems like all the insurance companies have ad campaigns I either love or hate. No middle ground. I HATE:
1. Progressive/Flo. Flo is quite possibly the most irritatingly perky-in-an-airhead-kind-of-way individual on the planet. I really detest her and the Progressive ads. They are all really stupid.
2. Nationwide/The Vanishing Deductible Guy. Almost as annoying as Flo, but with a less high and squeaky voice, so he gets dropped to second place in PKTrekGirl's Insurance Ad Hate-a-thon.
3. E-surance/The Dweeb Club. Leaves me with the impression that a bunch of total losers work for that company.
4. State Farm/That Nice Looking Guy with Black Hair. Haven't seen him in a while, but he used to do one ad at a baseball game, etc. He's just too....nice. Nice looking guy...but I don't trust a word he says.
5. Any of those ads for life insurance - doesn't matter the company. They all employ terrible actors. My least favorite actress is that woman whose mother just died and she's so pleased that she's getting this dough to pay her final expenses. Makes me wanna hurl.
On the other side of the coin, however, are the insurance companies with ads I LOVE:
1. GEICO - I love almost every ad this company does. Most of them are hilarious.
2. Allstate/The Mayhem Guy - brilliant campaign. Hilarious.
3. Allstate/Dennis Haysbert - to me, he will always be President.
1. Progressive/Flo. Flo is quite possibly the most irritatingly perky-in-an-airhead-kind-of-way individual on the planet. I really detest her and the Progressive ads. They are all really stupid.
2. Nationwide/The Vanishing Deductible Guy. Almost as annoying as Flo, but with a less high and squeaky voice, so he gets dropped to second place in PKTrekGirl's Insurance Ad Hate-a-thon.
3. E-surance/The Dweeb Club. Leaves me with the impression that a bunch of total losers work for that company.
4. State Farm/That Nice Looking Guy with Black Hair. Haven't seen him in a while, but he used to do one ad at a baseball game, etc. He's just too....nice. Nice looking guy...but I don't trust a word he says.
5. Any of those ads for life insurance - doesn't matter the company. They all employ terrible actors. My least favorite actress is that woman whose mother just died and she's so pleased that she's getting this dough to pay her final expenses. Makes me wanna hurl.
On the other side of the coin, however, are the insurance companies with ads I LOVE:
1. GEICO - I love almost every ad this company does. Most of them are hilarious.
2. Allstate/The Mayhem Guy - brilliant campaign. Hilarious.
3. Allstate/Dennis Haysbert - to me, he will always be President.
Some of the eSurance commercials are stupid--but I DO like the one where that guy records that woman's voice as she concedes to him after losing a bet, to be his ringtone.
At least with Nationwide, they FINALLY got rid of the "I just gagged" commercial. That one was far, FAR worse than anything Progressive has ever done. Yeah, hearing the guy hack a hairball really makes me want to get insurance from them.
At least with Nationwide, they FINALLY got rid of the "I just gagged" commercial. That one was far, FAR worse than anything Progressive has ever done. Yeah, hearing the guy hack a hairball really makes me want to get insurance from them.
At least with Nationwide, they FINALLY got rid of the "I just gagged" commercial. That one was far, FAR worse than anything Progressive has ever done. Yeah, hearing the guy hack a hairball really makes me want to get insurance from them.
Well, Flo is still more annoying to me. But of course, everyone is different, and might have different squeaky/perky thresholds.
However, I agree with you about the Nationwide Vanishing Deductible being better (or more accurately, 'less terrible') than the gagging one. That one used to give me the dry heaves. Literally.
Terrible commercials.
I can't stand this one. Not sure if I got the embed correct though.
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There are others, but as most of my TV viewing is through BBCiplayer (were you don't get adverts anyway), the net in general and Dave, I can't think of any others off he top of my head.
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There are others, but as most of my TV viewing is through BBCiplayer (were you don't get adverts anyway), the net in general and Dave, I can't think of any others off he top of my head.
So much cinematography and cool filming angles...for a BUTTER commercial!?
Watch it once or thrice, and it's in the "So cheesy and over the top BAD that it becomes good" class. More often than that would quickly get annoying.
OH!! That one that shows a guy as a child always throwing temper tantrums to get his own way- and then when he wants to buy a car he likes he's about to have one to... get it free or something? But the price must've been good so he doesn't throw a fit? I forget which car co. that's for...
So much cinematography and cool filming angles...for a BUTTER commercial!?
Watch it once or thrice, and it's in the "So cheesy and over the top BAD that it becomes good" class. More often than that would quickly get annoying.
That's kind of what I was thinking. The drama would get annoying on repeats, but damn, they must've spent a LOT of money making that thing, with all of the fancy camera work.
Some local color.. DFW area back in the 80s..
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And from a local (now defunct) Nissan dealer..
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And from a local (now defunct) Nissan dealer..
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In the UK, there are a few adverts for Go Compare - I hate those! I want to silence that dude.
Oh lord. I now remember this, one of the earlier adverts for UK entertainment cash-gen shop Music Magpie - clearly attempting to jump on the W*B**A**C**.c** bandwagon by applying a catchy beat to the company name and website.... with a crowbar.
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Thank goodness they don't show this one anymore.
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Thank goodness they don't show this one anymore.
Agreed. That one Zion Ravescene is also annoying though thankfully, I seem to have missed that one while it was being aired.
Personally, I also find the Cillit Bang annoying and the Safestyle windows ones get a bit repetitive.
Seconded!
Thankfully I haven't seen one of those in awhile. Thankfully. Those were horrible.
This one really pisses me off, more than anything. I mean, what kind of FUCKING IDIOT of a parent makes their selection of a $50,000 primary vehicle based on the coolness quotient of a pre-adolescent child?
Car not cool enough for you, kid? Get out and WALK your sorry ass to school, you little twerp!
Get back to me when that gets old, and maybe we can talk about you getting a ride in my totally UNCOOL car again. If I don't get too used to sleeping in that extra 20 minutes, in the meantime, you ungrateful little snot. Anyway, my new least favorite ad is the new back to school ad that Target has out - the one with the music teacher who can't...like...sing in tune.