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petegz28

10-14-2009, 09:56 AM

Is it just me, or have commercials seem to become increasingly irriating?

The flustrations I have with TV commercials:

1. Constant walking or pacing. Why is it people think they have to be constantly walking or pacing back and forth as they pimp their product? I remember one commercial for some weight loss pill where the gal literally paced back and forth in a 4ft line as she talked seriously about why you need the pill.

2. Yanking off the glasses. Interactive Brokers comes to mind on this one. Why is it they think by yanking off their glasses before they talk they are somehow more authoritative or whatever?

3. The deep "real man's" voice. This gets old quick. Coors comes to mind. Is that really Sam Elliot doing the commercial? Give it up already. It is not manly for such a manly-man to call a beer a "banquet beer" and be serious, is it?

4. Re-hashed actors. Probably one of the most flustrating of all. People you see in movies trying to be pass off as every-day people in commericals. And then you get the ones that do multiple commericals for different products but you aren't supposed to realize the pizza hut guy is also the budwesier guy, etc, etc.

5. Doctors with their lab coats. I don't remember the last time I saw a doctor or dentist wearing a lab coat when I made a visit to their office.

6. Patients advising doctors. How many drug commericals do we have now where you, the patient, are supposed to go to the doctor and tell them what is wrong with you and what pills you need?

I am sure I can think of more flustrations but that is good for now. Feel free to add.

/rant off

L.A. Chieffan

10-14-2009, 10:00 AM

you know what I hate...I'm doing my morning crunches routine while porn is on in the background and I realize that the scene would have been much better if the girls were wrapped in cellophane

Pennywise

10-14-2009, 10:01 AM

If I ever see these guys, especially the driver, I'm killing them.

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BucEyedPea

10-14-2009, 10:01 AM

sleepy leg commercials LMAO

Prolly a potassium deficiency

bevischief

10-14-2009, 10:03 AM

That damn Pizza Hut Jack pot guy...
:cuss::cuss::cuss:

The Franchise

10-14-2009, 10:06 AM

Bugeater

10-14-2009, 10:19 AM

That damn Pizza Hut Jack pot guy...
:cuss::cuss::cuss:

Yes, this.

Sofa King

10-14-2009, 10:20 AM

seclark

10-14-2009, 10:20 AM

who's that klingon pimping cheddar cheese? f@ck him.
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TinyEvel

10-14-2009, 10:50 AM

Is it just me, or have commercials seem to become increasingly irriating?

The flustrations I have with TV commercials:

4. Re-hashed actors. Probably one of the most flustrating of all. People you see in movies trying to be pass off as every-day people in commericals. And then you get the ones that do multiple commericals for different products but you aren't supposed to realize the pizza hut guy is also the budwesier guy, etc, etc.

/rant off

This is a catch-22. I hate casting people in my commercials who have been in other commercials, it ruins the fake reality we're trying to establish. The problem is, you want the best actors. The best actors get jobs, because they're good. So, you kind of have to weigh the familiarity factor against the performance.
We get the casting session tapes and you see it when the guy pops on screen. it's like " Oh, there's Doritos permanent smile guy" or "Mountain dew cheetah tacking guy" etc. etc.
Our PlayStation guy was the Geico guy a while ago and also a Holiday Inn guy, but he's damn funny. Now he can be the PlayStation guy. He's actually kinda like getting a SNL actor or something because he is recognizable and funny. So, we're already leaning into it.

Sofa King

10-14-2009, 10:55 AM

what about watching commercials on an old TV in the Garage and having the volume of the commericals 50 x louder than the show you are watching... does that count?

tooge

10-14-2009, 11:06 AM

That damn Pizza Hut Jack pot guy...
:cuss::cuss::cuss:
Being on chiefs planet....Good. Posting in this thread.....JACKPOT!

Demonpenz

10-14-2009, 11:09 AM

D
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4th and Long

10-14-2009, 11:18 AM

The flustrations I have with TV commercials:

I am sure I can think of more flustrations but that is good for now. Feel free to add.
I get frustrated when people make up words, like, flustrations.

Monty

10-14-2009, 11:25 AM

This is a catch-22. I hate casting people in my commercials who have been in other commercials, it ruins the fake reality we're trying to establish. The problem is, you want the best actors. The best actors get jobs, because they're good. So, you kind of have to weigh the familiarity factor against the performance.
We get the casting session tapes and you see it when the guy pops on screen. it's like " Oh, there's Doritos permanent smile guy" or "Mountain dew cheetah tacking guy" etc. etc.
Our PlayStation guy was the Geico guy a while ago and also a Holiday Inn guy, but he's damn funny. Now he can be the PlayStation guy. He's actually kinda like getting a SNL actor or something because he is recognizable and funny. So, we're already leaning into it.

Great point and this is exactly why you see so many of the same actors pimping different products. If you ever need a older tailgating guy, have your people call my people. ;)

Demonpenz

10-14-2009, 11:26 AM

one of the new domino's people is an actor on how high

Monty

10-14-2009, 11:26 AM

D
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MOTHER ****ING
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This. I'm always the last to know about a new and/or funny commercial because I DVR almost everything and fast forward through the commercials.

Bearcat

10-14-2009, 11:36 AM

It really comes down to 3 things for me, and they are the reasons I haven't watched television ever since my 2nd DVR died several months ago... well, that, and the content mostly sucks.

1) Never make your own music. It will suck. Of course there will be exceptions, but do you really want to take that chance? Just... don't. Obvious examples are like Subway and freecreditreport.com. Even picking a song is risky, such as Toyota's save on zero or whatever the f*** that was. Walk into an AIDS tree.

2) Don't be repetitive. You especially don't need to say the number 14 times in a row if it's right there on the screen. Pretty much every infomercial, local car dealerships, etc. Die in a fire.

3) If you mix #1 and #2 above, seriously, die in a burning AIDS tree.

bowener

10-14-2009, 11:43 AM

I agree that they have become much more irritating. You can almost hear the panic of the company through their retarded fucking ads.

I fucking loathe car commercials though. Fucking stupid. They are the most unoriginal piles of shit ever made. Has anybody else noticed that every single pickup has won some kind of award that they tote at the end of their respective commercial?

I know collectively Americans are pretty dumb and naive, but please give some of us credit and have a through provoking ad or something... fuck! Just put bouncing titties on the screen with your name below it, I'll buy something then.

gblowfish

10-14-2009, 11:44 AM

The Geico stack of money commercials need to die...like Michael Jackson.

And I hate any commercial that says "CALL NOW!!!'

Screw you, I'm kinda busy right now. Scratching the twins...

petegz28

10-14-2009, 11:50 AM

The Geico stack of money commercials need to die...like Michael Jackson.

And I hate any commercial that says "CALL NOW!!!'

Screw you, I'm kinda busy right now. Scratching the twins...

Oh man, how could I have left that off the list???

"You will only get this price if you call in the next 20 minutes, cause we can't do this all day".

3 months later you still see the same commercail 25,000 times a day...ROFL

Or, you get the ones where the phones are ringing like crazy in the background. That is another thing that is just irritating as all hell.

petegz28

10-14-2009, 11:56 AM

This is a catch-22. I hate casting people in my commercials who have been in other commercials, it ruins the fake reality we're trying to establish. The problem is, you want the best actors. The best actors get jobs, because they're good. So, you kind of have to weigh the familiarity factor against the performance.
We get the casting session tapes and you see it when the guy pops on screen. it's like " Oh, there's Doritos permanent smile guy" or "Mountain dew cheetah tacking guy" etc. etc.
Our PlayStation guy was the Geico guy a while ago and also a Holiday Inn guy, but he's damn funny. Now he can be the PlayStation guy. He's actually kinda like getting a SNL actor or something because he is recognizable and funny. So, we're already leaning into it.

I can udnerstand that. I guess my biggest irk with it is when you get someone who was actually in movies or a tv series.

It's like ok, the FBI guy from Fast and the Furious was also a UPS guy, a sax player in the old MCI commercials, etc, etc.

I understand starting off in commercials but not going back and forth unless you are actually using yor celebrity status.

bowener

10-14-2009, 12:00 PM

I watched something on commercials once, as in a history channel episode about commercials. it said that there were really on 7 different kinds of commercials, and depending on what you wanted to sell, you used one within those forms that worked best.

I cant find any information about it, not sure what they were called, but it was interesting to watch.

I found this, which states that there are 12 (http://www.slate.com/id/2170872/), and it seems similar to what I had watched before...

bowener

10-14-2009, 12:02 PM

This is a catch-22. I hate casting people in my commercials who have been in other commercials, it ruins the fake reality we're trying to establish. The problem is, you want the best actors. The best actors get jobs, because they're good. So, you kind of have to weigh the familiarity factor against the performance.
We get the casting session tapes and you see it when the guy pops on screen. it's like " Oh, there's Doritos permanent smile guy" or "Mountain dew cheetah tacking guy" etc. etc.
Our PlayStation guy was the Geico guy a while ago and also a Holiday Inn guy, but he's damn funny. Now he can be the PlayStation guy. He's actually kinda like getting a SNL actor or something because he is recognizable and funny. So, we're already leaning into it.

Tiny, I'm funny in person, can I be in a commercial?

I am handsome too, or maybe its sexy... I do not know really, but I'm in shape and not ugly... also white, does that help?

Radar Chief

10-14-2009, 12:05 PM

That damn Pizza Hut Jack pot guy...
:cuss::cuss::cuss:

Jim Breuer?
I kind of liked him on SNL but his commercials are mostly annoying. Like his “Goat Boy” skits, those were just fucking annoying.

bowener

10-14-2009, 12:06 PM

Jim Breuer?
I kind of liked him on SNL but his commercials are mostly annoying. Like his “Goat Boy” skits, those were just ****ing annoying.

Perhaps he is just annoying?

Although, I did like him in Half Baked.

"They killed killer, B!"

Radar Chief

10-14-2009, 12:10 PM

I hate those gawd damn Sarah McLachlan ASPCA commercials. :deevee:

Radar Chief

10-14-2009, 12:13 PM

Perhaps he is just annoying?

Although, I did like him in Half Baked.

"They killed killer, B!"

Yea, he was pretty good in that and I really liked his Joe Pesci SNL skits.

tooge

10-14-2009, 12:14 PM

Jim Breuer?
I kind of liked him on SNL but his commercials are mostly annoying. Like his “Goat Boy” skits, those were just ****ing annoying.

Thats goat boy from snl? I used to laugh my ass off at that. G Bush would be talking and goat boy would be eating the american flag in the background. Crack me up. I would like the pizza hut commercials much better like this..

Free pizza at the petting zoo.... pretty nice.
chewing on all the milf skirts......JACKPOT-eeeawwwhonkweeweehonkahh.