TV commercials that piss you off

[Inferno]

Are there any ads out there that just irk you whenever they come on the tube?

I'll get the ball rolling by posting my 2 most vexatious offenders at the moment, although each is annoying for different reasons.

1) The Kia Spectra wagon commercial where the male driver is making out with a hot, blonde female cop, who then gets out of his vehicle to return to her cruiser in order to respond to a radio call. This one just pisses me off on so many levels that it's hard to itemize them all, but I'll try:
- What doofus expects to pick up chicks, much less HOT, BLONDE cops... in a Kia Spectra?? The suggestion that if you drive a Kia, "life is better" not only insults my taste in automobiles, it also insults my intelligence.
- What kind of cop neglects her professional duties to make out with some loser in a Kia?
- What kind of self-respecting woman DFKs some skid with a bad haircut, a shitbox car and a week's worth of stubble?
Arrrrrgh... I could go on and on, but it's just not worth it...

2) The Gillette deodorant commercial with the sweaty guy who walks into the room, peels off his shirt and jumps into the shower. Then his SO walks in, smells his shirt and interrogates him as to where he's been, because she doesn't believe his shirt can still smell so good after a run. WTF? Does everyone have BO? More offensive than the lame premise of this ad, however, is the appalling vocal dub. Clearly, this commercial was shot in another language (probably Italian) and dubbed for the North American market. But the lip synch is so bad, so obvious, it's embarassing. Are you telling me a multi-billion-dollar corporation like Gillette can't afford to shoot a separate commercial for its largest market? Or are their marketing execs such retards they didn't notice the atrocious technical deficiencies of the dub? A piss-poor effort, in any case.

Those are my two biggest TV peeve magnets at the moment. How about yours?

 

[xxxstar]

I hate the car commercial with the wolf boy. The commercial makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Inferno]

I hate the car commercial with the wolf boy. The commercial makes absolutely no sense.

Yup, with you on that one. Wish I had included it in the original list

 

[CooCoo]

The Bell beavers. Not even funny at all.
They are actually very annoying.

 

[sleazure]

I totally agree with everything everyone has said so far. (This is a TERB first for me).

The KIA commercial, the Gillette commercial with the bad lipSynch, and the Bell beavers all make me change channels or hit the mute button.

I'll nominate the GreyPower insurance ads because the actor has such an annoying whiney voice.

Dishonorable mention to the Volkswagen ads with the surprise collisions. Very creepy.

 

[Mr. Black]

The "hands in my pocket, hands in my pocket, hands in my pocket" commercial. yuck!

Also every Tim Hortons' commercial, they are all bad.

 

[zanner69]

that IKEA commercial about the lady shouting to her husband "start the car" about a million times because she thinks they made a mistake on her bill and she got a 50% discount on her bill!!!!

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

that IKEA commercial about the lady shouting to her husband "start the car" about a million times because she thinks they made a mistake on her bill and she got a 50% discount on her bill!!!!

I actually thought that one was pretty good..............the first 15 times I saw it anyway

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

I can't stand the "hands in my pocket" one either.

However, from a marketing stand point, whether you hate them or not, if you can remember the product they represent, they are working.

 

[Esco!]

Those gecko commercials really irk me.

Yeah.....yeah.....we know, its not Gecko but Geico

 

[Ben Hogan]

Those lottery ads where the moron yells "Fantastic!" The only positive is that the giif yelling fantastic is less annoying than the cretin they used to use.

I agree with all other examples mentioned in this thread.

 

[tboy]

that IKEA commercial about the lady shouting to her husband "start the car" about a million times because she thinks they made a mistake on her bill and she got a 50% discount on her bill!!!!

I agree with everyone so far (especially that gillette commercial, I mean, how amatuerish!) but I tell you I change the channel when that ikea commecial comes on.

But you have to admit, the advertisers did their job well if we all remember it.....

 

[t8rs]

This topic comes up regularly and with good reason. Neverending annoying commercials.

That "Hand in my pocket" is certainly annoying but it's been on so long and often, I've managed to overcome it by singing it in French ("Main dans ma poche..."). Fight fire with fire.

The one I hate most lately is where Dini Petty talks about her "amazing skin". Her smugness is so thick you can cut it with a chainsaw. I can't change the channel fast enough when that comes on.

 

[1HandInMyPocket]

The "hands in my pocket, hands in my pocket, hands in my pocket" commercial. yuck!

That "Hand in my pocket" is certainly annoying but it's been on so long and often, I've managed to overcome it by singing it in French ("Main dans ma poche..."). Fight fire with fire.

don't be haters, that's a beautiful commercial with a catchy jingle (j/k). My handle has nothing to do with that company, but I have taken it in as my own personal anthem.

 

[stang]

"Have a magical Christmas from Crisco!"

 

[Remo]

All the Brita water filter ads. "Tap water and toilet water come from the same source." So I guess we are supposed to think about and go "ewww, I'm drinking toilet water." But really the other thing the ad is say if can think is the water in a toilet is potable.

The water in a toilet tank is perfectly clean. That tap water comes from the same source in no way detracts from the quality of tap water. Its just teaching people to think poorly.

 

[The Daulfin]

The Bell beavers. Not even funny at all.
They are actually very annoying.

I dunno....I kinda like the jelly bean one only because how the one asks if he used them as a means of eating them and the beaver says "....I'm so weak...." I just find it funny and kinda refelctive of TERB, I guess.

 

[Hockey_MLnut]

The one in the movie Theater about telling adults to not give smokes to kids. Its like the girl is trying to act to save her life and it is horrible.

Also the Bar None car rental place with the dog as a sock puppet.

And any lawyer commercial on Fox or TBS.

Speaking of TBS those stupid college commercials they have for massage therapists.

 

[Homo Erectus]

If I can add radio commericals, anything where the people have a bad imitiation Austrailian accent, e.g. Outback Steakhouse.

 

[Hockey_MLnut]

If I can add radio commericals, anything where the people have a bad imitiation Austrailian accent, e.g. Outback Steakhouse.

"whys the tree upside down bruce"?

"I prefer to think of it as down under"?

I know what you mean.