TV ads that make you want to turn off the TV
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I only watch one show and that's only a seasonal thing. I block all ads as well, I don't pay for Cable TV either. Never understood how people these days still are fine with Cable TV.
Maybe, but other commercials for children medication have never featured that statement, and this advertisement was quite clearly a children's product, showing children playing in the background.
Copy and paste disclaimers, then.
I started mowing the lawn at age 8. We moved to the country, the lawn got bigger and at 12, I was driving a lawn tractor with power take off for a rear mounted rotary tiller or earth auger.Because god forbid, children shouldn't operate heavy machinery. One one of the funniest things I had heard, I feel like it was left in by mistake by overzealous lawyers, at the end of a commercial advertising a drug for children, was the statement that anyone under the influence shouldn't operate heavy machinery. Come on now, are they telling us they can't play with their toy dump trucks and excavators?
Probably because there are still places in the US that don't have high speed internet or satellite connections and rely on cable TV. My Mom and Wink are one of them.
Because god forbid, children shouldn't operate heavy machinery. One one of the funniest things I had heard, I feel like it was left in by mistake by overzealous lawyers, at the end of a commercial advertising a drug for children, was the statement that anyone under the influence shouldn't operate heavy machinery. Come on now, are they telling us they can't play with their toy dump trucks and excavators?
But you never know little Timmy might injure himself playing with his Tonka big digger in the sandpit /s
@Kraig's post about the lawn and a tractor. On farms kids do that kind of chore
These? Headon apply directly to the forehead!
They would give you a headache, if you didn't already have one.
For a weekly allowance, then went to work at a neighbor's restaurant for a pay raise (student minimum wage). Still did the yard work, until joining the USN.
That ad for head on ugh! What was it actually supposed to do for you?
It was a placebo. Another term for it is modern day snake oil. It was supposed to cure aches and pains, where it was applied, but didn't really do anything but make the manufacturer money.
I switched to Starlink a few days ago. Best decision I ever made.
Ah yes I am familiar with those. We have a home shopping channel that sells all manner of these.
My SIL used to buy excercise equipment off home shopping despite me pleading with her that those ads are designed to suck you in and they use professional fitness models and such. Nearly all of those devices have no benefit and that was said to deaf ears, and they used to have a shed full of the stuff they bought that didn't work
Well sure, but it's not exactly the typical kid is it?
Yes, that's I thought. I thought maybe someone missed something before they went and published it. And it becomes even more comical when you realize those disclaimers are read out loud.
That would make me cancel my subscription if I had one, and take that station off my channel memory if it was OTA.
Who remembers the Burger King "creepy king" ads from 2004-2011? Apparently it backfired and scared off some families straight to McDonald's.
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Burger King looks to move past its 'Creepy King' era as it targets more families
The fast-food chain’s remodeled locations are designed to be friendlier for families, including more play places. And its menu is also
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He sure did look like something from a horror movie. I never would have approved that campaign. Maybe it's guillotine time. BK needs a relogoing more than Cracker Barrel did. McD doesn't show Ronald much these days, do they? No 'hey kids' or speaking at all. Maybe the end is nigh for creepy fast food mascots.Who remembers the Burger King "creepy king" ads from 2004-2011? Apparently it backfired and scared off some families straight to McDonald's.
Burger King looks to move past its 'Creepy King' era as it targets more families
The fast-food chain’s remodeled locations are designed to be friendlier for families, including more play places. And its menu is also
Also, if they want to increase sales, making your food affordable would be a start. A Whopper meal (when using the app) is $10 at the register.
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Campaigns in those days... there was even an XBox game with the goal of sneaking around homes and being 'creepy'.
I see ads for Burger King all the time on television, but the majority of them seemed to have closed down where I live. The closest one or two I know of still operating are over 1/2 hour away from me.
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