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Tragedienne
Sep 7, 2007

"I need your stage no longer. I dance for myself."
The ads for "For a Good Time Call..." are the epitome of terrible movie commercials. Very little about the movie, aside from a few "funny" clips, and interviews with the most irritating people at the screening declaring "It's like a guy movie!" and laughing like they saw a completely different movie.

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Beeb
Jun 29, 2003

Good hunter, free us from this waking nightmare

And you just know those "funny" clips are the only parts of the movie that might get a laugh out of you, maybe.

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Tragedienne posted:

The ads for "For a Good Time Call..." are the epitome of terrible movie commercials. Very little about the movie, aside from a few "funny" clips, and interviews with the most irritating people at the screening declaring "It's like a guy movie!" and laughing like they saw a completely different movie.

They couldn't even afford the usual backdrop of a theater lobby covered with nothing but ads for the movie they're shilling for, just a white background.

docputer
Jul 11, 2001
the other white meat
My wife wants to throw things at the tv every time one of the Charmin "enjoy the go" commercials comes on. http://youtu.be/028cCeHunNc
Same thing for any of the Charmin commercials with the bears.
http://youtu.be/JAzqGuZfo00

Sash!
Mar 16, 2001


Rhyno posted:

A few years ago they introduced a new line of body washes and I signed up to be a tester and I was actually selected. They sent me a case with 4 bottles of each variety and yeah, all four scents were pretty bad. The nice thing is about 2 weeks into it the product hit retail and since my bottles were retail product I was able to exchange all of it at Wal-mart of the Phoenix scent (the only one that doesn't smell like total rear end).

I like Shock and Snake Peel :smith:

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Sash! posted:

I like Shock and Snake Peel :smith:

I've found that Axe scents may smell good to a man but a woman might find them very unappealing. I've tested Phoenix on many women and it's pretty much my go to bodyy wash at this point.

BlackJosh
Sep 25, 2007
Subway, don't you dare ruin "Spetember" by Earth, Wind and Fire. Don't you dare!

Grin and Tonic
Oct 20, 2008

having a blast online
Did Hulu finally get rid of that Geico commercial with the guy at kareoke singing, "check me out, everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip" cause maaaannn...

Thorias
Jun 3, 2008

Grin and Tonic posted:

Did Hulu finally get rid of that Geico commercial with the guy at kareoke singing, "check me out, everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip" cause maaaannn...

Why did you remind me this exists? :(

The SituAsian
Oct 29, 2006

I'm a mess in distress
But we're still the best dressed

Rhyno posted:

I've found that Axe scents may smell good to a man but a woman might find them very unappealing. I've tested Phoenix on many women and it's pretty much my go to bodyy wash at this point.

The unfragranced shower gels-like snake peel-are actually very good. I've been using the sport one and it's innocuous enough that you can't smell a thing when I've gotten of the shower.

Echophonic
Sep 16, 2005

ha;lp
Gun Saliva

The SituAsian posted:

The unfragranced shower gels-like snake peel-are actually very good. I've been using the sport one and it's innocuous enough that you can't smell a thing when I've gotten of the shower.

The deodorants aren't bad either, if you can find the Fresh line, they're prettymuch just Degree sticks and don't smell too strongly. Shame Kilo's so hard to find in anything Axe (if they even make it anymore), that's the only scent I've had a girl like, to the point where she stole a can of mine. She was weird.

Edit: Not Gillete, you'd think I'd know the brand of something I use every day.:v:

Echophonic fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Sep 5, 2012

Sash!
Mar 16, 2001


I started using Shock because it smells pretty close to Old Spice Denali deodorant. For some reason, the Target I go to never has Denali body wash :confused:

QuickbreathFinisher
Sep 28, 2008

by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
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There's an IHOP commercial where a lady says "It's a great way to start your day" but mushmouths it a bit, so it sounds like she's saying "It's a great way to suck a dick." At least I think it does. I might just be a weird pervert.

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
Nothing good ever happens at IHOP after sundown.

Buzkashi
Feb 4, 2003
College Slice
IHOP made for amazing 2 AM drunk food during college, words don't exist for how wrong you are.

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



We didn't have a nearby IHOP :( We had to settle for Denny's and/or Perkins.

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Gonz posted:

Nothing good ever happens at IHOP after sundown.

To be fair, nothing good ever happens at IHOP before sundown either.
The same applies to Waffle House, but god drat are those some good waffles.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Buzkashi posted:

IHOP made for amazing 2 AM drunk food during college, words don't exist for how wrong you are.

Key word college. Otherwise IHOP and Denny's are Walmart with food

404GoonNotFound
Aug 6, 2006

The McRib is back!?!?

raditts posted:

To be fair, nothing good ever happens at IHOP before sundown either.
The same applies to Waffle House, but god drat are those some good waffles.

Well, at 2am once every 6 months it's rumored that someone with a mop from 1957 actually cleans the floor in Waffle House, but that's an urban legend at best.

Clamknuckle
Sep 7, 2006

Groovy

404GoonNotFound posted:

Well, at 2am once every 6 months it's rumored that someone with a mop from 1957 actually cleans the floor in Waffle House, but that's an urban legend at best.

That's why the reapers hang out there.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


So apparently the group "One Million Moms" (note they don't actually have a membership of 1 million moms) is pissed off at Skittles for their "bestiality" commercial where they girl kisses a fake walrus.

DrBouvenstein
Feb 28, 2007

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

vyst posted:

We didn't have a nearby IHOP :( We had to settle for Denny's and/or Perkins.

My state got it's one and only IHOP just a few years ago. The people/LLC that owned that location actually had to get special permission from, like, IHOP Headquarters, or something, to serve real maple syrup. The said (correctly) that not many Vermonters would go to a place for pancakes/waffles/french toast if they couldn't get real maple syrup.

Edit: Of course, why anyone goes there even if they have it is still a mystery...there's so many small restaurants and diners scattered around here that are good for one thing and one thing only: giant-rear end breakfasts full of meats, pancakes, and eggs that you then cover entirely in maple syrup.

Bird in a Blender
Nov 17, 2005

It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

vyst posted:

We didn't have a nearby IHOP :( We had to settle for Denny's and/or Perkins.

I thought Perkins was pretty good in college. You could a really big muffin! Sadly, when I was in school, Perkins was one of the few breakfast places in town, I don't even remember a good greasy spoon diner.

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

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

vyst posted:

We didn't have a nearby IHOP :( We had to settle for Denny's and/or Perkins.

It's like that stand-up comedian said, "You don't GO to Denny's, you just end up there."

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



Mister Kingdom posted:

It's like that stand-up comedian said, "You don't GO to Denny's, you just end up there."

I went to Denny's for breakfast for college orientation and had a Moons over My Hammy and I think that was the last time I went there. I was a Perkins regular though.

Young Freud
Nov 26, 2006

Mister Kingdom posted:

It's like that stand-up comedian said, "You don't GO to Denny's, you just end up there."

This is true. So true. The only reason me and a bunch of friends ended up at Denny's Sunday night, where we were seated by a woman with broken glasses and served by a waiter who look he wasn't going to wait until he got home to kill himself, was because our favorite 24-hour sushi place looks like it closed down and every other place we tried was closed.

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

So do diners just not exist in most parts of the United States, because I honestly have no idea why you would go to Denny's when actual diners are universally better.

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
IHOP is great because you can switch out your fries for some delicious flapjacks and if eating a burger with a side of pancakes ain't the most American thing ever, well by golly I don't know what is. :911:

As for bad commercials, whatever car company is doing the one that has the impromptu midnight skinny dipping, with the group of people getting locked and using their phone to unlock it is stupid. There are a number of ways to showcase that feature with out seeming so douchey.

Gynocentric Regime
Jun 9, 2010

by Cyrano4747

Alouicious posted:

So do diners just not exist in most parts of the United States, because I honestly have no idea why you would go to Denny's when actual diners are universally better.

In a word, unreliability. Does the cook at that family owned diner used expired ingredients? Is the kitchen even cleaned with soap? Who knows? At least with a chain there are a certain standards that need to be met.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
I'm in Los Angeles, you have to travel to get to a mom and pop 24 hour diner

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

Atasi posted:

In a word, unreliability. Does the cook at that family owned diner used expired ingredients? Is the kitchen even cleaned with soap? Who knows? At least with a chain there are a certain standards that need to be met.

This was key to McDonalds' success- it wasn't great food but it was better than the greasy spoon experience. Fortunately at least some diners have stepped up their game in response.

Beeb
Jun 29, 2003

Good hunter, free us from this waking nightmare

Alouicious posted:

So do diners just not exist in most parts of the United States, because I honestly have no idea why you would go to Denny's when actual diners are universally better.

I'm in southern Virginia and if I want a diner with food that won't loving kill me, I'm looking an hour or two in the car.

There's a decent burger spot, though. Only twenty miles. :banjo:

Alaois
Feb 7, 2012

Capn Beeb posted:

I'm in southern Virginia and if I want a diner with food that won't loving kill me, I'm looking an hour or two in the car.

There's a decent burger spot, though. Only twenty miles. :banjo:

Jesus. :stare:

I guess that's one of the few upsides to living in New Jersey. Diners galore.

Young Freud
Nov 26, 2006

Capn Beeb posted:

I'm in southern Virginia and if I want a diner with food that won't loving kill me, I'm looking an hour or two in the car.

There's a decent burger spot, though. Only twenty miles. :banjo:

There's some great after-hours places where I live that aren't greasy spoons and a step up from Denny's and IHOP, like Cafe Brazil. Problem is that Cafe Brazil is like twice to three times as much as Denny's or IHOP.

constantIllusion
Feb 16, 2010
Steering the conversation away from diner chat, I really hate the Sargento "natural" cheese commercials. Stop lying, Sargento. Your cheese is not made in some dusty, old world shop. It's made in a cold, sterile, stainless steel equipment and concrete floor having plant.

SubponticatePoster
Aug 9, 2004

Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.
Slippery Tilde

Young Freud posted:

served by a waiter who look he wasn't going to wait until he got home to kill himself
This happened to my dad who was a cop, except it was the cook who hanged himself in the kitchen. He couldn't figure out why his lunch was taking so long until the waitress asked if he could come to the back. Wasn't at a Denny's, though.

Vicas
Dec 9, 2009

Sweet tricks, mom.

SubponticatePoster posted:

This happened to my dad who was a cop, except it was the cook who hanged himself in the kitchen. He couldn't figure out why his lunch was taking so long until the waitress asked if he could come to the back. Wasn't at a Denny's, though.

Yeah, Denny's wouldn't tell a customer until he'd paid for the meal.

Alfred P. Pseudonym
May 29, 2006

And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss goes 8-8

If the Nissan ad with the constant car honking stays in heavy rotation during NFL games this year, I'm probably gonna kill someone.

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together

Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:

If the Nissan ad with the constant car honking stays in heavy rotation during NFL games this year, I'm probably gonna kill someone.

It can't be worse than "Saved by Zero". I remember seeing articles that said even The Fixx hated those commercials and wanted to remind people that they had no control over their frequency.

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RetroHelix
Oct 24, 2004

No home should be without one.
Castriota Chevrolet in the Tampa Bay area has always had terrible commercials. This is their worst.

"Castriota Chevrolet Goes Topless"

And I see it three times a day.

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