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My mom watches reruns of stuff on Ion before I get there and we watch some Netflix stuff. A month or so ago they started running ads for the syndication of the USA mystery comedies Psych and Monk. They just showed some random scenes in the original commercials. These apparently didn't play to their audience and they assumed the problem was that they looked to comedic because they have, through some creative editing, made promo reels for both shows that completely missell the shows as some kind of dark drama. It's kind of funny when you know how all those scenes work in context.
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Ugh, that Cougarlife.com commercial... First of all, none of the lyrics in the song match up to whatever random words the "vacalist" is singing. Secondly, the song is terrible anyway. Thirdly, like 75% of the women it shows in the commercial are clearly not cougars...Hell, a couple of them barely look like they're even 21, let alone the absolute minimum any rational guy would consider a cougar to be (40.) And fourthly, that woman with the ice cream cone and the clown lips is freaking me out, please remove her from all future advertisements.
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Aug 28, 2011 06:41
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And I'm pretty sure the girl doing the fistpump is just stock footage that Adult Swim used at one point in their bumps.
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Aug 28, 2011 08:11
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404GoonNotFound posted:And I'm pretty sure the girl doing the fistpump is just stock footage that Adult Swim used at one point in their bumps. Now that you mention it, it's probably all stock footage. I'm sure there's plenty of 'random band' footage lying around at any decent ad agency, so they just did their best to kind of match up the song to the (probably) non-existent words the singer was mouthing. Makes for a much cheaper ad.
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Aug 28, 2011 15:57
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Oh boy, the McDonalds ad that inspired this thread title is back. 
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Aug 28, 2011 17:44
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I know, I know. They even play it on the radio now, but I believe it's changed to "The hip to the McNugget hop; the flip to the flop." Really, McDonalds? You thought this idea warranted two different masterpiece poems?
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Aug 28, 2011 18:12
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I just saw a commercial for shoe lifts for men, I think it was for liftkits but I don't remember. Anyhow it started out with a blinking "PAY ATTENTION!! Would you like an extra two inches??" I seriously thought it was going to be a commercial about penis implants.
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Aug 28, 2011 18:34
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I like to pretend that after they took that guy's chicken mcnuggets that they beat him over the head with a baseball bat mid poem and then stole his wallet to buy some more McNuggets to go.Ryokurin posted:I just saw a commercial for shoe lifts for men, I think it was for liftkits but I don't remember. Anyhow it started out with a blinking "PAY ATTENTION!! Would you like an extra two inches??" I seriously thought it was going to be a commercial about penis implants. What I don't get is who the gently caress would buy this? I mean really? 2 inches of your height is what is seperating your life from being complete poo poo to awesomeness? Give me a break. I also like that they do the comparison with the girl next to him and even after the 2 inches he's still barely taller than her. She's like an amazon woman.
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Aug 28, 2011 21:10
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vyst posted:What I don't get is who the gently caress would buy this? I mean really? 2 inches of your height is what is seperating your life from being complete poo poo to awesomeness? Give me a break. I also like that they do the comparison with the girl next to him and even after the 2 inches he's still barely taller than her. She's like an amazon woman. Why don't you ask Sarkozy. 
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Aug 28, 2011 22:40
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Dear Toyota Venza, I don't know what I did to receive the punishment of seeing your ad because you aren't even that pervasive across my media consumption. If I counted how often I saw your ad versus other more common ones you'd probably be pretty low. The issue is, of course, that your add is simply that noxious. Why yes, Toyota Venza, everyone under the age of 55+ are nothing more than children in adult bodies who lack an motivation or movement in their lives without the influence of their parents. Furthermore, they lack the funds or athleticism to leave the couch or stop surfing the web for five minutes. So please, don't mind me, I'm just a person under the age of 55 who is beginning to associate your fine brand with being a dick. Sincerely, Barudak.
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Aug 29, 2011 01:58
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On a Ads we don't hate note- the Toshiba ad for the laptop hard drive and the TV wireless still crack me up whenever I see them
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Aug 29, 2011 02:07
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My mom just texted me and said she saw a weird Marie Callender commercial - it had a woman taking lasagna out of the oven, another putting down her gardening stuff, and a man turning off a tv. Then they all sit at a table and smile at each other. She said the women look about the same age, not like mother/daughter. Anybody seen this? I can't seem to find it on youtube. I doubt they have a commercial with a polygamist so I wonder what the deal is?
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Aug 29, 2011 03:07
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Pajama Jeans: No, not for sleepwear. Everyday wear. They're stretchable and comfortable because, you know, no jeans are comfortable and no company has any with elastic in the waist. Nah, you can't just get a larger size in regular jeans and make them more comfortable. Pajama jeans are the only way to be comfy. And they're stylish, too. They have a mock fly.
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Aug 29, 2011 03:30
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I like how the commercial says "a good pair of jeans can cost you $80 or more" and then goes on to talk about how their product is cheaper. But really the whole product is just 
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Aug 29, 2011 06:29
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I think Old Navy has really topped themselves and made the shittiest advert in their history with this Night Ranger thing.
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Aug 29, 2011 08:18
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No. 9 posted:I think Old Navy has really topped themselves and made the shittiest advert in their history with this Night Ranger thing. I saw that commercial yesterday during an SNL rerun and until the end I was sure it had to be a fake commercial.
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Aug 29, 2011 08:57
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I thought all those Old Navy ads were attempts at post-modern deconstructionism 
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Aug 29, 2011 09:29
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Mozi posted:I thought all those Old Navy ads were attempts at post-modern deconstructionism I think that's giving them a little too much credit.
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Aug 29, 2011 12:11
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Didn't Cheerios get into a shitload of trouble for advertising their cereal as if it had health benefits? There's a stupid lovely commercial where apparently a group of people go into a restaurant, and all order bowls of cereal. Not only that, they apparently order bowls of cereal by telling the waitress whichever health problem they have, and the waitress brings out bowls of Cheerios like some sort of bizarre pharmacist-waitress-cereal maker. It boggles the mind.
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Aug 29, 2011 12:26
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Athenry posted:I think that's giving them a little too much credit. I was gonna say the same thing. Old Navy seems to be playing the "they're so bad you can't help but remember them!" card, and while that's probably true, I don't see how that's doing anything to help sales.
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Aug 29, 2011 13:49
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Old navy seriously hits a bizarre low when it comes to advertising. I don't think it's possible to make something that awful by accident. But why consistently make horrible annoying commercials on purpose? They must know that normal people change the channel or mute the sound as soon as it starts. Maybe ad execs always watch commercials and just assume that actual people do it too?
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Aug 29, 2011 13:57
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Never would I have thought I would miss their "parodies" of Z-list celebrity holiday specials back in the 90s.
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Aug 29, 2011 13:58
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aquatic sideshow posted:Didn't Cheerios get into a shitload of trouble for advertising their cereal as if it had health benefits? So did Dannon with their Activia yogurt brand. I'm sad to see Jamie Lee Curtis out there hawking the yogurt equivalent of snake oil. 
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Aug 29, 2011 15:53
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vyst posted:On a Ads we don't hate note- the Toshiba ad for the laptop hard drive and the TV wireless still crack me up whenever I see them The zombie one makes me irrationally angry, like anything with zombies after the year 2000.
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Aug 29, 2011 16:14
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Grandpa Pap posted:So did Dannon with their Activia yogurt brand. I'm sad to see Jamie Lee Curtis out there hawking the yogurt equivalent of snake oil. They're dancing around that in amazing fashion. Now it just "makes you feel good" or something.
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Aug 29, 2011 16:23
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DJExile posted:They're dancing around that in amazing fashion. Now it just "makes you feel good" or something. I was under the impression it made you poo poo good. Or at the very least was instrumental in some fashion to keeping oneself 'regular'. I may be mixing it up with another Yogurt commercial, I don't give a poo poo anymore at this point  They all start to blend together after a while.
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Aug 29, 2011 16:28
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That stupid diaper commercial were the babys "blow out" their diapers for a contest is back. Last thing I wanted to see sick with a upset stomach. Who approves poop jokes?
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Aug 29, 2011 16:45
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I was under the impression it made you poo poo good. Or at the very least was instrumental in some fashion to keeping oneself 'regular'. I may be mixing it up with another Yogurt commercial, I don't give a poo poo anymore at this point That was them. They got in trouble I believe for saying it helps you poo poo better and keep you regular. I think all yogurt does that.
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Aug 29, 2011 17:22
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The diaper one is gross but I still laugh at "your son Rip is on line toot"
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Aug 29, 2011 17:22
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Doomsday Jesus posted:That was them. They got in trouble I believe for saying it helps you poo poo better and keep you regular. I think all yogurt does that. Yeah, "probiotic" and "good bacteria" and such was all over them for a while and basically took over "fiber" and "antioxidants" as the new buzzword in food ads for some time.
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Aug 29, 2011 17:47
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DJExile posted:They're dancing around that in amazing fashion. Now it just "makes you feel good" or something. I got 15 bucks from the activia class action lawsuit 
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vyst posted:I got 15 bucks from the activia class action lawsuit hahahaha did you really? I need to hear this story.
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Aug 29, 2011 18:04
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vyst posted:I got 15 bucks from the activia class action lawsuit Did you use it to buy more yogurt?
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Aug 29, 2011 18:08
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I don't give a poo poo anymore at this point You should eat some Activia!
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Aug 29, 2011 20:58
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aquatic sideshow posted:Didn't Cheerios get into a shitload of trouble for advertising their cereal as if it had health benefits? I believe this was Kellogg's which put on several cereal boxes around 5 years ago that it boosted immunity. It was in huge type as if it was some type of breakthrough and I can't believe no one thought that people wouldn't research it.
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Aug 30, 2011 09:41
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Ryokurin posted:I believe this was Kellogg's which put on several cereal boxes around 5 years ago that it boosted immunity. It was in huge type as if it was some type of breakthrough and I can't believe no one thought that people wouldn't research it. Here's the thing... It's not that the statements were intentionally misleading since they were based on the results of studies. The problem was that the wording made it seem as if eating cereal had an active medicinal effect and that's why the FDA got involved. The FDA believes that whole grains are healthy, so they have no problem with General Mills claiming that. BTW, the idea that fats are bad and whole grains are good is completely wrong, but that's another story altogether.
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Aug 30, 2011 10:13
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People regularly eat food that is filled with sodium and saturated fats and they think it's healthy because it says low cal on the package. If losing 60 pounds in the last year has taught me anything it's the nutrition should be something parents teach their kids because the schools don't give it much attention and it's a really important (and simple) thing that I personally regret learning about so (relatively) late in my life.
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Aug 30, 2011 13:55
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This Chevy commercial is quite possible the worst I've ever seen. I honestly thought it was a joke the first time I watched it. Terrible acting, terrible camera work, terrible audio issues... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvnohA-sdNo
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Aug 30, 2011 14:03
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Grandpa Pap posted:So did Dannon with their Activia yogurt brand. I'm sad to see Jamie Lee Curtis out there hawking the yogurt equivalent of snake oil. Activia is the food equivelent of opening the airlock on a crowded space station. It will definetly make you poo poo after eating a few cups. It won't make you poop better, it will just make you poop. Allthough if they mixed the yogurt in with psyllium husks it would be opening the airlock on a space station filled with nuclear missles. I'm not even sure if there's a toilet made by man that could take the punishment you would dish out. And thats before you finish it off with a magnesium citrate chaser. Vaerai Archon fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Aug 30, 2011 |
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moleman posted:This Chevy commercial is quite possible the worst I've ever seen. I honestly thought it was a joke the first time I watched it. Terrible acting, terrible camera work, terrible audio issues... I really want to believe that's meant to be so over-the-top that it's funny but jesus you're not kidding 
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