Intellectually insulting commercials

[Felonious Monk]

I can't stand those f-ing "what would you do if somebody handed you the keys to a Pontiac" commercials. If somebody handed me the keys to a Pontiac I would hand them back and ask them for the keys to a real damn car.

The ones where actors pretend to like a crappy song and sing along with it. Also, you can't forget about the one where paid actors pretend to not be actors while they pretend to love a Pontiac so much they jizz themselves.

Anyone who knows a Pontiac marketing exec needs to kick them in the balls for me.

So what commercials piss you off the most?

 

[fatdaddycool]

hands down

hands down

the MENTOS commercials

either that or Schmitts Gay Beer Commercial

 

[Palmetto Pimp]

ba ba ba ba ba..ba ba ba ba ba

The joy of colaaaaaaaaa

 

[ddubs]

I'd sell the car, grab the cash and put it as down payment for a real car.

 

[DNOMYAR_5791]

Those Schlotzky's commercials are really bad. I don't know how a turntable makes me feel hungry???

 

[TexasBC6]

I wouldn't say it's intellectually insulting, but those Dr Pepper commercials with Garth Brooks singing in them really piss me off. You know the ones, "There's a light in your soul, that says you're one of a kind..." I can't remember any more words because I've always changed the channel at this point, but that song drives me ****ing crazy.

 

[GlobalTrance]

Any commericals concerning Tampex , Douches , Vagisil etc... :nono: I mean come on dude sometimes i'm eating watching tv and I gotta see this shite .

 

[Simply In The Red]

Amen to those Mentos commercials. If I have to see another one of those commercials, I want to hit someone on the head with a brick.

Oh, bye the way I would do Britney Spears but I would never drink Pepsi. :nono:

 

[SixFive]

I don't know about insulting, but

I don't know about insulting, but

there is a commercial out not that freaks me out. It's for the Impulse 2003 I believe or some similar car. There is a girl in the front passenger seat with a hat on, and she is doing some kind of break dancing. The music and the blurring lights are going, then the car spins around several times. Something about it that is weird, I don't know if it's the girl or the special effects.

 

[Valuist]

I'm sick of the Expedia commercials. I guess if you don't use them, you'll automatically get stuck next to some obnoxious guy on a plane. The ads message is blatantly anti-male. I've noticed a number of commercials in which the woman is the calm, collected and normal person while the guy is a crazy idiot.

 

[Felonious Monk]

Valuist,

Now that's funny and you're 100% right!

This probably doesn't help out either: Expedia's marketing dorector, Suzi LeVine.


SixFive,

Yeah that little breakdancer chick kind of makes me feel uneasy also...it's like she's trying so hard but she still sucks. And also, do people still do that crap? Bad idea. How the hell is that going to make me want to go out and purchase that vehicle? :shrug:

 

[wareagle]

C'mon guys, this should have been first in the thread, the absolute hands down worst marketing scheme ever has to be Subway and Jared Fogle. This faggot makes me want to reach through the TV and rip his god-dang throat out. Clay henry the same goes for you. Somebody give me a valium

 

[Valuist]

Are the only people in the world named Jared (Jarrod) Indiana University students? The Subway guy went to IU, then you have Jeffries and Ogle. I don't think I've heard of anyone else named Jared/Jarrod.

 

[AzRusty]

I have been tempted to enter that GrandAm contest.

What would you do if we gave you the keys to a brand new Grand Am?

Dear Friends at Pontiac:

When I get the keys to my new Grand Am I intend to use your vehicle as the getaway car in a string of multi-state bank and convenience store holdups.

Your car is so boring, non-discript and cheesy that noone would ever suspect that I would attempt such a feat with a vehicle such as yours.

Please send the car and keys as soon as possible or tell me where I can pick it up. I am looking forward to starting my new career as soon as possible!

Jesse James

 

[Blitz]

Verizon Wireless Comercials

Verizon Wireless Comercials

I Don't know if they are regional or what, but I can't stand them...

"Can you hear me now?" "Good."
"Can you hear me now?" "Good."
"Can you hear me now?" "Good."


And right on about those stupid, corny F@#$ing Mentos commercials...

 

[Trampled Underfoot]

What about that phuckin' Lexus commericial where the parents are sitting at the table with their 16 year old daughter and announce they have purchased a new Lexus for her.

How many parents actually saw that commerical and said "Honey, you know what our little girl could really use...your right a new Lexus". Unreal.

To Lexus Advertising Executives :thefinger :thefinger :thefinger :thefinger :thefinger :thefinger

 

[Felonious Monk]

Trampled,

YES! How could I forget that one?!?

It looked to be Christmas time and the girl didn't look any older than about 17. She then does the next typical thing and calls her best friend: "Oh my gawd, you'll never believe this!!"

Yeah right! That has to be the easiest most intellectually insulting commercials yet.

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

The absolute worst commercial ever is the one that blames the drug users for bankrolling the terrorists. Where did they get the market-share numbers on the illegal activity and how do they know how much is coming in if they can't stop it?

Not for or against drug use, it just doesn't work for me and therefore has never been a part of my life, but WTF were they thinking?

 

[gecko]

I own a metallic blue 240hp turbo-charged Grand PRIX (not Am) GTP, and let me tell you it's really a "great" drive. It's essentially a sports car in a sedan's body, and VERY roomy inside (can fit four people in the back) and has a cavernous trunk. Bought it in '99 and absolutely NO problems whatsoever (very reliable). Handling and cornering really is fantastic with the "wide track". BTW, the Bonneville's not bad either. It positively pisses me off whenever somebody mistakes the Grand Prix for a Grand Am. Same sounding name, but there is a WORLD of difference between the two models --looks, performance, you name it.


I'll give a twist to this thread and refer to some annoying INFOMERCIALS I'd seen recently:

- Tony Little's exercise thing-a-ma-jig
- trend trading stocks (the one with Joe Theismann as host and that New Yawka who goes "cha-chingo")
- the Carlton Sheets no money down system
- anything about starting your own intenet business
.....and most of all.........Richard Simmons


btw, those corny Mentos commercials weren't originally made for the American market (European candy, European ads). But they sure inspired that great spoof video for "Big Me" by Foo Fighters.

 

[gecko]

sorry, forgot the purpose of this thread...

sorry, forgot the purpose of this thread...

IMO the most intellectually insulting ads ever (in hindsight) made for broadcast TV/radio were by Marlboro, Winston, Kool, Virginia Slims, etc. Not to mention those PSA's they'd run over the years. :nono: