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    Ever seen a television commercial that just gets on your nerves. Here are three that just make me want to change the channel.

    “Glen� (Starbucks Doubleshot) - “GLEN!… GLEN! GLEN! GLEN!“ Ugh. Commercial is set to Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger� and they scream names where there were originally no words. I know Survivor’s heyday is behind them, but how could they sell out a cool song like that for a freaking coffee ad? I’ll never be able to enjoy the opening chords to that song again.

    How it could have been better: Starbucks could have butchered a different song from Rocky. Who wouldn’t want to drink an expresso to the tune of “Getting Strong Now�?


    �Jealous Girlfriend� (Toyota Tacoma) - Girlfriend apparently angry that SO loves his truck more than her, has truck rolled over the side of a cliff only for it to land right side up and relatively unscathed.

    How it could have been better: After truck comes to rest, boyfriend emerges from the cab along with girlfriend’s sister (now what were THEY doing in there), who in a fit of anger starts the truck, and runs the girlfriend down.

    “Happy 33rd Birthday Zambia� - (The Global Fund) - This one is on VH1 a lot. A man celebrating his 33rd birthday with his office co-workers blows out his cake, then suddenly falls over dead. Then the tagline on the screen reads, "As a result of AIDS, the life expectancy in Zambia is down to 33 years." Co-workers stare bewildered for a moment, then go back to work. Not making light of the message here, but WTF does a guy falling over dead in his birthday cake have to do with AIDS in Zambia?

    How it could have been better: Change tagline to: “This is what the Atkins diet does to you!�

    Any annoying ads you’d like to improve upon, or just ban from the airwaves.
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    Oh god, all of them.

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    I don't think we have those in Canada! Or else I'm slacking in my TV-watching habits ;P

    Um, the pepto-bismol one with the 'upset stomach, diarrhea!' song and dance. Makes me embarassed for the actors.


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    OMGs! Doc! I always have to either mute the tv or turn the channel when that freakin Starbucks commercial comes on. It's definitely a sure sign that your career is completely in the pooper when you have to alter your songs to make it into a freakin jingle, AND appear in the commercial.. Ugh!

    The other one that bothers me is the freakin smoothie one. I'm not even sure what commercial it is, but the guy's wife asks him if he wants to lick the beaters, and he does, and gets his tongue caught in them, and screams the most annoying scream. Blah!

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    That commercial is kind of horrifying- when they first started playing it, they showed the guy with his tongue stuck in the beaters screaming, and his wife screaming, and it went on for so long it was kind of scary. Now they just cut it and show the outside of the house with a scream in the background. Guess they got complaints

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    LOL yeah, I noticed they cut it down, Scarlett. I'm waiting for when they just stop showing the damn thing. Ugh.

    Another one is the Axe commercials. I liked the mannequin ones, but now they're showing some stupid ones with the music. It's not even made me hate the commercial, but the song they play in it, because they play it EVERY freakin break from a show. Grrrr. I'm not even sure what song it is.

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    The opne where the kids talk about their bedwetting! Talk about runining their lives at school!

    U can hear it now ..NAAH NAAH Tommy wets the bed and can't deny it...NAAH NAAH just watch his commercial!

    Not sure Tommy COULD HAVE been paid enough for that embarassment

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    Quote Originally Posted by discretedancer link=board=1;threadid=12922;start=msg167487#msg167 487 date=1093956101
    The opne where the kids talk about their bedwetting! Talk about runining their lives at school!

    U can hear it now ..NAAH NAAH Tommy wets the bed and can't deny it...NAAH NAAH just watch his commercial!

    Not sure Tommy COULD HAVE been paid enough for that embarassment
    Oh I know!! The poor kid. You know he's got a mother that's pushing him to be an "actor"!!!



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    I haven't seen a quizno's commercial I like yet. There's a man sucking a wolf's teat, there are ugly, diseased looking rats singing (and very bad singing at that). There's one more by them that I can't recall.
    I really hate the one advertising those "finger brushes". They dance and sing and otherwise find ways to annoy the hell outta me.
    Is it Rip, Slip, Brush, AAaaaaah!! ----hated it

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    I hate the Bank of America one. Where the woman says "I won't pay for that." and "I want that for free." etc. etc. etc.

    All the banks have been outsourcing your financial information to China and India, and this dude even committed suicide from the cheapness of B of A



    I know I am doing everything I can to prevent my bank account from going over seas.

    Walmart commercials also make me sick. Their means of exploitation of people is worse than Nike's. They have this little happy bouncing face. As this article mentions:



    "And the Milwaukee employees of Master Lock who shopped at Wal-Mart to save money helped that hand shove their own jobs right to Nogales. Not consciously, not directly, but inevitably. "Do we as consumers appreciate what we're doing?" Larrimore asks. "I don't think so. But even if we do, I think we say, Here's a Master Lock for $9, here's another lock for $6--let the other guy pay $9.""

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    The Dairy Queen commercial......About the brownie batter...ahhhhh~~~~

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    Starbucks commercial is great. "Someday he'll be superrrvisorrrr!!!!!!!! I love it

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    The promos for the new reality shows. Who thinks up these things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mercedez link=board=1;threadid=12922;start=msg167779#msg167 779 date=1094000795
    The Dairy Queen commercial......About the brownie batter...ahhhhh~~~~
    That's funny I ordered one of them one time and asked " can I have a brownie bladder?" My wife for an hour after that!
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    yeah, Quizno's had some doozies for awhile there...with scraggly little hand puppets singing off key... I'm sure someone got fired for that.

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    No guys those aren't as a bad as ANY of the Target commertials! I really want to throw something at the T.V. just to make it stop!

    I personally love the "brownie batter" one, with the guy and the mixer. I reminds me of something a good friend of mine might do if he were really stoned.

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    I actually like the Starbucks "Survivor" ad. My SO and I laughed our asses off first time we saw it.

    The Cortislim (?) ads really aggravate me. "It&#039;s not your fault you&#039;re a land monster, it&#039;s cortisol!"

    Also the new Jimmy Dean ads. They&#039;re trying waaaay too hard to fit into that whole ironic ad shit. I just want them putting Jimmy Dean back on talking about how good his sausage is

    I hate those damn Geico ads too.
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    ok, i kinda like the brownie commercials, and the glen one, although i hate starfucks..... but the one I really hated was from about 2 years ago, it was an old navy commercial I think, actaully there was a series of them, one to to brady bunch theam, and one to green acres... AHHHHH!!!! I hated those, I used to throw stuff at the tv since we didnt know where the remote was.....

    and I will agree with the scareyness of the walmart bouncing head... its just creapy that he is soooo happy, especilly without a body.....

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    Yes, the "rip, slip, brush, aaah" commercial is one of my least favorite. I also hate the one for the Swoops candy, with everyone dancing around singing "Swoops! There it is!" Highly annoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scarlett_vancouver link=board=1;threadid=12922;start=msg167926#msg167 926 date=1094033079
    yeah, Quizno&#039;s had some doozies for awhile there...with scraggly little hand puppets singing off key... I&#039;m sure someone got fired for that.
    I loved those the little monsters they were great!!! That guy knew what he was doing everyone I know was talking about going to Quizno&#039;s every time we seen that commercial! I wish I had that sound bite I loved it!



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    HAhah I loved those Quizno&#039;s commercials too! I bet tons of people complained though, that&#039;s why they&#039;re no longer around.

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    all time worst commercial is the Mom and daughter walking down the beach,and daughter says"mom im not feeling all that freash"

    I swear to kripes,i saw that commercial during a monday night football game a few years ago.

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    :o

    LOL, BigGrn...I hated that commercial as well...along with the hemorroid commercials...

    During a football game...what were they thinking? Male bonding? haahaa

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    I detested the "Pearl Girl" commercials.. Ugh.. The last thing you want to do is get caught in the middle of the day singing a jingle about freaking tampons.. LOL


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    Quote Originally Posted by big_daddy link=board=1;threadid=12922;start=msg168266#msg168 266 date=1094084428
    Quote Originally Posted by scarlett_vancouver link=board=1;threadid=12922;start=msg167926#msg167 926 date=1094033079
    yeah, Quizno&#039;s had some doozies for awhile there...with scraggly little hand puppets singing off key... I&#039;m sure someone got fired for that.
    I loved those the little monsters they were great!!! That guy knew what he was doing everyone I know was talking about going to Quizno&#039;s every time we seen that commercial! I wish I had that sound bite I loved it!



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    You want to go here - it is the artists web site. He has a lot of goofy stuff on there, as well as other solo&#039;s from the singing... rat things....



    and this in particular:

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