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I particularly loathe the current Halifax Building Society TV commercial airing here in the UK, where you have two members of the Halifax staff dressed up as radio DJs and playing cover versions like "Ice Ice Baby" but changing the name to "ISA ISA Baby".

 

They try to look cool, hip & trendy, but in reality they look like two totally uncool Halifax staff dressed up as radio DJs.

 

And what's worse the commercial is being played to death, which only makes me want to throw the tv out the window even more.

 

Banks & Building Societies should give up on the notion that trying to be hip, groovy and "in the zone" with the public just doesn't work

 

 

rant over

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The new UPS That's Logistics ads make me want to go on a homicidal rampage.

 

That is all.

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For those who live in the Northeast and have Friendlys restaurants:

 

The one where the soccer girls are in the back of a mini van annoyingly singing/shouting about fries and milkshakes and the soccer mom in front is singing along with them -- and the girls notice it and stop singing while the mother continues on, honking the horn along with the song. For one thing, I HATE singing kids. There is nothing that grates on my nerves more than a choir of children. 062802puke_prv.gif Other than that, it's just cheesy, which is never effective!!!

 

I lunge for the remote to mute the commercial when it comes on -- which is every damn morning I am watching the news before work.

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QUOTE (iluvgeddy05 @ Oct 12 2010, 06:22 AM)
For those who live in the Northeast and have Friendlys restaurants:

The one where the soccer girls are in the back of a mini van annoyingly singing/shouting about fries and milkshakes and the soccer mom in front is singing along with them -- and the girls notice it and stop singing while the mother continues on, honking the horn along with the song.  For one thing, I HATE singing kids.  There is nothing that grates on my nerves more than a choir of children.  062802puke_prv.gif  Other than that, it's just cheesy, which is never effective!!!

I lunge for the remote to mute the commercial when it comes on --  which is every damn morning I am watching the news before work.

http://i53.tinypic.com/34e9cns.jpg

 

You mean this ad?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwKyMfst_d0

 

LMFAO!! Oh man we have a friendly's here in Akron right across from Denny's. Friendly's back in NJ? Clean goood service what the name stands for. Here? Smells like no one changed the deepfry oil in months, the place reeks of it, and you walk out covered in a layer of Friendly aroma. Denny's here give you a Fly burger... yep thats right Fly burger I found a fly on top...never again.

 

 

 

After the 3rd play of this shit in 15 mins hell yes the laugh factor is gone, I'd shoot the tv!

 

 

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Friendly's has good ice cream.

 

As to my recent complaint, there's the Honey Bunches of Oats commercial. This commercial never bothered me because it featured what seemed like realistic mill workers dressed in work clothes including a black woman with a hair net underneath a red factory worker hat. The workers are supposed to be employees who make the cereal. Okay.

 

But recently, all those realistic looking workers seem to have been replaced with brighter, cleaner, all too sweet people dressed in those same clothes, but they don't look real in them, particularly this one woman complete with a white toothy grin like she she really be doing a toothpaste commercial. My point is that the newer people look very fake.

 

I mean, did the black woman with the hairnet offend anybody? wacko.gif

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Okay, the Bisquick commercial irritates. The background singer, that is. Why does she say "away" like it's "a were ay"?

 

and there is another commercial, but I forget what product it's selling, but it's a rapid succession of people's faces. It's enough to give me a headache. Sure hope it's not a Bayer commercial.

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QUOTE (RushFanForever @ Jun 28 2009, 12:21 PM)
This is an interesting article below:

Why Are TV Commercials So Loud?

Everytime I watch a programme & an ad unexpectedly comes up, I jump right out of my skin in shock & I have to make a grab for the remote. I think it's to make you sit up & take notice of the ad, to be honest. It certainly does that, I'll give it that...

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AND erectile dysfunction ads for Cialis

 

The landscape literally falls away and changes as they "walk through" the ad. So what are you saying Cialis, I take your pill and the earth will move?

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One series I enjoy though are the Christmas ads for hyundai with that soft voiced youngish girl and her two goofy sidekicks. She sings, they all play something and it makes up for all the other shit

 

 

 

 

 

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If I see another Hyundai commercial with the band "Pomplamoose" playing Holiday music, I'll throw my shoe through the TV screen.

 

I rarely react with rage when I hear music, but these commercials get my blood boiling.

 

To make matters worse, the commercials are on CONSTANTLY.

 

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QUOTE (Natch @ Dec 15 2010, 01:34 PM)
If I see another Hyundai commercial with the band "Pomplamoose" playing Holiday music, I'll throw my shoe through the TV screen.

I rarely react with rage when I hear music, but these commercials get my blood boiling.

To make matters worse, the commercials are on CONSTANTLY.

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Yes! thank you, I hate those too!

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QUOTE (BeOhBe Bob @ Dec 13 2010, 12:10 AM)
Any frickin Ashton Kutcher commercial dealing with the camera crap and everything centering around HIM

EF YOU A**HOLE SCRATCHER!!

WTF is the deal with Ashton Kutcher?!?!?!? So he married Demi Moore. . .BravoFoxtrotDelta. He's not even a very good actor!!!

 

I hate the latest Dell ads (I think it's Dell, not sure - I lunge for the remote when they come on) with the "yeah. . .yeah.. .yeah. . .what you do for me. . .yeah, yeah, yeah. . ." Sounds like a bunch of really tone-deaf teenage girls singing that jingle.

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QUOTE (BeOhBe Bob @ Dec 12 2010, 11:14 PM)
One series I enjoy though are the Christmas ads for hyundai with that soft voiced youngish girl and her two goofy sidekicks. She sings, they all play something and it makes up for all the other shit





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You're talking about the one where they are kinda inside and playing drums and stuff, right? Like in a studio-slash-living room? Yeah I don't know why but I love these commercials! They're so cute.

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QUOTE (iluvgeddy05 @ Dec 22 2010, 01:01 PM)
QUOTE (BeOhBe Bob @ Dec 12 2010, 11:14 PM)
One series I enjoy though are the Christmas ads for hyundai with that soft voiced youngish girl and her two goofy sidekicks. She sings, they all play something and it makes up for all the other shit





laugh.gif

You're talking about the one where they are kinda inside and playing drums and stuff, right? Like in a studio-slash-living room? Yeah I don't know why but I love these commercials! They're so cute.

They are called Pomplamoose. smile.gif

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QUOTE (BeOhBe Bob @ Dec 12 2010, 11:10 PM)
Any frickin Ashton Kutcher commercial dealing with the camera crap and everything centering around HIM

EF YOU A**HOLE SCRATCHER!!

Definitely! That guys a hack. He and Dane Cook...I don't get it. confused13.gif

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