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raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Malachite_Dragon posted:

While we're on the topic of the Geico commercials, I am so loving tired of those goddamn Cavemen. My sympathy for you ran out about the five hundredth time I watched you bitch and complain about that 'so easy even a badadaseragagea' I can't even type it without becoming enraged anymore. You want it to stop applying to you? Get a loving haircut and a shave! :argh: Shut the gently caress up about it! We don't care anymore!

:what: Have they had a caveman commercial in like, the last year?

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Sydney Bottocks
Oct 15, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 60 days!
I know the DQ Man thinks it's cool and all, but when he blows bubbles with kittens in them, I just worry about what's gonna happen to the poor kittens when the bubbles pop and he's not around to catch them because he's busy beating Mary Lou Retton out of that drat pinata. :ohdear:

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic

raditts posted:

:what: Have they had a caveman commercial in like, the last year?

They still show them from time to time in my area. I can't loving escape them :negative:


VVV And that. They revive them around Superbowl time, too, if I recall right. I'm not a sports person, but my sister's baby daddy is, so I must suffer.

Malachite_Dragon fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Aug 15, 2011

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

I'M FEELING JIMMY

raditts posted:

:what: Have they had a caveman commercial in like, the last year?

They come on all of the time when they play NHL games on Versus, because they're the official sponsor of it. There are a few different ones, and they're all "Let's go to the caveman for a reports on hockey!", and every time he tries to talk, there's something Geico nearby so he gets all offended. They're pretty insufferable, because there would be at least one every break.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Crowetron posted:

Similarly, there's a commercial for...I dunno, something, where a guy's interviewing a lady, and he asks "Why should I hire you?" or something similar. And the woman replies "Well, I'm your wife" but I swear it sounds like she says "Well, I'm white!"

Did a double take first time I saw that one.

There's a local commercial for some company (insurance?) that's called Conklin Feinmann, and it has a guy telling a group of potential employees "Do you think you have what it takes to sell Conklin Feinmann?" I keep hearing it as "conflict diamonds."

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Since creatively bankrupt ad agencies apparently still can't stop making Mac/PC knockoff commercials, now we have Virgin Mobile doing one where they take the "cool Mac dude" role and put T-Mobile in the "borderline retarded PC guy" role.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cstANB3RHg

I wasn't even aware Virgin Mobile still existed.

razorscooter
Nov 5, 2008


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQsf8qLFjo

Had the TV on in the background, looked up and saw this horrible thing looking at me.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


muscles like this? posted:

I have an odd commercial question, I've noticed that a couple of different companies have started using Youtube footage. Are they paying people for these?

Even paying Youtube or doing whatever needs done to broadcast those videos is probably a thousand times less expensive than producing a full ad of their own. Plus from the company's side, they look at it as "look, real people using our product/service" instead of paying spokesmen or actors to endorse it.

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

I always thought the use of phrase "real people" in ads was weird. Are actors robots or something?

benzero
May 25, 2005

Brains for dinner, brains for lunch, brains for breakfast, brains for brunch.

NaturalLow posted:

To contribute, I can tolerate most commercials but the whole Arby's "Good Mood Food" songs are going to kill me. They're one of the few commercials that will make me change the channel immediately on sight.

My kid has been singing this for a couple of days, along with the "JAYYYY GEEEEE WENTWORTH! CALL 877 CASH NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" and I feel like a terrible parent.

This one drives me crazy. Is this guy making GBS threads that drat much? And, go get the drat extra roll yourself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYZMlOFU4zM


I think toilet paper commercials in general make me furious. The bears from charmin are basically a tv friendly way of discussing dingleberries.

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



benzero posted:

My kid has been singing this for a couple of days, along with the "JAYYYY GEEEEE WENTWORTH! CALL 877 CASH NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" and I feel like a terrible parent.

This one drives me crazy. Is this guy making GBS threads that drat much? And, go get the drat extra roll yourself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYZMlOFU4zM


I think toilet paper commercials in general make me furious. The bears from charmin are basically a tv friendly way of discussing dingleberries.

ITS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOWWWWW

Vicas
Dec 9, 2009

Sweet tricks, mom.

benzero posted:

My kid has been singing this for a couple of days, along with the "JAYYYY GEEEEE WENTWORTH! CALL 877 CASH NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" and I feel like a terrible parent.

The latter is even worse when it's someone in your frat, every night at dinner time, for over a week.

DrBouvenstein
Feb 28, 2007

I think I'm a doctor, but that doesn't make me a doctor. This fancy avatar does.

raditts posted:

Since creatively bankrupt ad agencies apparently still can't stop making Mac/PC knockoff commercials, now we have Virgin Mobile doing one where they take the "cool Mac dude" role and put T-Mobile in the "borderline retarded PC guy" role.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cstANB3RHg

I wasn't even aware Virgin Mobile still existed.

I can't view youtube at work, but is this the one where the "hip, fun loving" couple make fun of T-Mobile and AT&T merging?

Like the T-Mobile ads themselves, I'm torn between it being a bad ad, and the T-Mobile girl being hot as gently caress.

Now, obviously it's a different girl in the Virgin Mobile ad, but she is also hot as gently caress. (And I suspect is Rachel Bilson, but I can't confirm...)

Vin BioEthanol
Jan 18, 2002

by Ralp
She's cuter and doesn't have that elf face thing going on like the real tmobile girl.

Bodnoirbabe
Apr 30, 2007

benzero posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYZMlOFU4zM

I think toilet paper commercials in general make me furious. The bears from charmin are basically a tv friendly way of discussing dingleberries.

This is stupid. Why don't they keep the drat toilet paper in the bathroom?

One commercial, or series of commercials that's really annoying me are the ones for a stool softener. I can't remember the brand, but it has a woman going around to various places and swiping microphones out of people's hands to announce how awesome it works. I know this bitch has done it at a wedding and an airport.

Doomsday Jesus
Oct 8, 2004

Doomsday Jesus we need you now.
"Hey you've lost weight!"
"Thanks for noticing."
"How'd you do it?"
"Whole grain."
"Whole grain?"
"Whole grain":smug:

piratepilates
Mar 28, 2004

So I will learn to live with it. Because I can live with it. I can live with it.



DrBouvenstein posted:

I can't view youtube at work, but is this the one where the "hip, fun loving" couple make fun of T-Mobile and AT&T merging?

Like the T-Mobile ads themselves, I'm torn between it being a bad ad, and the T-Mobile girl being hot as gently caress.

Now, obviously it's a different girl in the Virgin Mobile ad, but she is also hot as gently caress. (And I suspect is Rachel Bilson, but I can't confirm...)

I don't understand how two douches are supposed to make me switch to Virgin instead of the cute ditzy fake T-Mobile girl. Did they really think those two are likeable in any way?

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

The Moon Monster posted:

I always thought the use of phrase "real people" in ads was weird. Are actors robots or something?

There's one commercial (I can't remember it right now) where they have actors portraying "real people" and their faces are hidden in darkness!

Tupping Liberty
Mar 17, 2008

Never cross an introvert.

Doomsday Jesus posted:

"Hey you've lost weight!"
"Thanks for noticing."
"How'd you do it?"
"Whole grain."
"Whole grain?"
"Whole grain":smug:

This. You could say "These magic pills" with the same amount of explanation.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Doomsday Jesus posted:

"Whole grain":smug:

Seriously this took over "antioxidants" as the magical buzzword in food ads.

Gynocentric Regime
Jun 9, 2010

by Cyrano4747

DJExile posted:

Seriously this took over "antioxidants" as the magical buzzword in food ads.

Eh it's on the wane, now it's all about greek yogurt.

A HUNGRY MOUTH
Nov 3, 2006

date of birth: 02/05/88
manufacturer: mazda
model/year: 2008 mazda6
sexuality: straight, bi-curious
peircings: pusspuss



Nap Ghost

Atasi posted:

Eh it's on the wane, now it's all about greek yogurt.

Probiotics?
Probiotics. :smug:

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


BRIGHT RIGHTS BEEG CEETEE

What the hell, vonage :stare:

Buzkashi
Feb 4, 2003
College Slice
http://catdrawingguy.com/

The commercial on the site just came on TV and I am almost speechless. Apparently 1109 people felt like some rear end in a top hat taking two minutes to dick around with a marker is worth ten bucks.

QuickbreathFinisher
Sep 28, 2008

by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
`
The drat hamburger helper commercials where the hand mascot forces the woman to read spam mail or opens a pop-up ad on her laptop to inspire the women to cook their lovely boxed "ethnic" food like "Mexican" or "Italian." This commercial has no reason to make me rage like it does. I think its the fact that they run them back to back combined with the hand forcefully exposing these women to read obnoxious poo poo so they can get back to cooking.
:spergin:

Combo
Aug 19, 2003



QuickbreathFinisher posted:

The drat hamburger helper commercials where the hand mascot forces the woman to read spam mail or opens a pop-up ad on her laptop to inspire the women to cook their lovely boxed "ethnic" food like "Mexican" or "Italian." This commercial has no reason to make me rage like it does. I think its the fact that they run them back to back combined with the hand forcefully exposing these women to read obnoxious poo poo so they can get back to cooking.
:spergin:

It annoys me because the children in her family now think that hamburger helper with a flavor packet is mexican food, or italian food. They'll probably grow up to be the kind of people to put ketchup on their well done steak.

BlackJosh
Sep 25, 2007

Buzkashi posted:

http://catdrawingguy.com/

The commercial on the site just came on TV and I am almost speechless. Apparently 1109 people felt like some rear end in a top hat taking two minutes to dick around with a marker is worth ten bucks.

Sorry, this is awesome.

Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


Doomsday Jesus posted:

"Hey you've lost weight!"
"Thanks for noticing."
"How'd you do it?"
"Whole grain."
"Whole grain?"
"Whole grain":smug:

"I pooped it out."
"You pooped it out?"

Quandary
Jan 29, 2008

Buzkashi posted:

http://catdrawingguy.com/

The commercial on the site just came on TV and I am almost speechless. Apparently 1109 people felt like some rear end in a top hat taking two minutes to dick around with a marker is worth ten bucks.
.

How haven't i seen this. This is wonderful.

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Quandary posted:

.

How haven't i seen this. This is wonderful.

This makes me mad, because I wish I had thought of doing something this loving stupid and expecting people to give me money for it, and being right.

I mean, look at #1102. Not only does it not look like a loving cat, like all the rest of these loving scribbles, but it's not even black!

raditts fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Aug 16, 2011

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Buzkashi posted:

http://catdrawingguy.com/

The commercial on the site just came on TV and I am almost speechless. Apparently 1109 people felt like some rear end in a top hat taking two minutes to dick around with a marker is worth ten bucks.

This is goddamn incredible.

QuickbreathFinisher
Sep 28, 2008

by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
`

Combo posted:

It annoys me because the children in her family now think that hamburger helper with a flavor packet is mexican food, or italian food. They'll probably grow up to be the kind of people to put ketchup on their well done steak.

This is how I feel too, but my post was already spergy enough and I didn't know how to say it without sounding like a snob. You did a good job though :) that was exactly what I wanted to say.

gently caress hamburger helper.

Combo
Aug 19, 2003



QuickbreathFinisher posted:

This is how I feel too, but my post was already spergy enough and I didn't know how to say it without sounding like a snob. You did a good job though :) that was exactly what I wanted to say.

gently caress hamburger helper.

Yeah I'm sure I sound spergy and snobby but I don't care, hamburger helper is trash and something you shouldn't really be feeding your kids on a regular basis. Or if you do, don't go telling them its italian food.

Buzkashi
Feb 4, 2003
College Slice

Quandary posted:

.

How haven't i seen this. This is wonderful.

BlackJosh posted:

Sorry, this is awesome.

DJExile posted:

This is goddamn incredible.

Now that I think about it, I have a really obnoxiously artsy friend trying to make it in San Francisco. If I send that link to her I think she'll go insane.

Edit: Okay this is actually really cool http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/i-want-to-draw-a-cat-for-_n_793193.html

Buzkashi fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Aug 17, 2011

Seventh_Samurai
Jul 5, 2007
dick blick

Buzkashi posted:

http://catdrawingguy.com/

Welp, all my Christmas shopping is done.

MillionsV
Jun 11, 2010

Doc Hawkins posted:

"I pooped it out."
"You pooped it out?"

"I pooped it out. :smug:"

Dr Jankenstein
Aug 6, 2009

Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXiJBp7HK5o

I heard this today on the radio. I'm honestly surprised that something this annoying managed to jump across the ocean.

Something Positive
Jan 10, 2010

MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHERMOTHERMOTHER MOOOOTTTHHHEEERRRR
I saw the worst goddamn commericial today. It might even beat out the :stare: inducing ASPCA commercials. It's a PSA about the dangers of children drowning and was framed like a home video. You don't see the drowning happen, it's just off camera, but you hear the parents realize their kid is under the water and blue. And then you hear them jump in and drag him out. And then you hear them sobbing and trying to wake him up.

I can't fault it if it prevents even one parent from doing something extremely stupid, but sweet Christ :cry:. I think it's by the same people that did the PSA about the woman who left her kid in the car in the summer.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Something Positive posted:

I saw the worst goddamn commericial today. It might even beat out the :stare: inducing ASPCA commercials. It's a PSA about the dangers of children drowning and was framed like a home video. You don't see the drowning happen, it's just off camera, but you hear the parents realize their kid is under the water and blue. And then you hear them jump in and drag him out. And then you hear them sobbing and trying to wake him up.

I can't fault it if it prevents even one parent from doing something extremely stupid, but sweet Christ :cry:. I think it's by the same people that did the PSA about the woman who left her kid in the car in the summer.

You think those are disturbing, look up the workplace PSAs that run in Canada :staredog:

here's a start

E: there are others that are straight out of the SAW movies. Involving heavy industrial machinery :frogsiren:

DJExile fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Aug 19, 2011

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Antioch
Apr 18, 2003

DJExile posted:

You think those are disturbing, look up the workplace PSAs that run in Canada :staredog:

here's a start

E: there are others that are straight out of the SAW movies. Involving heavy industrial machinery :frogsiren:

The one with the oil or boiling water or whatever is the worst. Mostly because I used to work in a kitchen, and I've had that fear for a long time.

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