The other person in those commercials is Lil Nas X, who had a huge worldwide hit last year with Old Town Road.
It's very likely that Sir Elton is donating his fee to one of his charities.
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The worst commercials in TV history..
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The other person in those commercials is Lil Nas X, who had a huge worldwide hit last year with Old Town Road.
It's very likely that Sir Elton is donating his fee to one of his charities.
It's hard to consider a song that did not do very well in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East a "worldwide hit". This is sort of like having a playoff in which two nations participate and calling it the "World Series".
It was #1 in 25 countries, including China. That's a pretty big hit.
How about the Schlitz commercial with the outdoorsy guy and the mountain lion (I think), with the suggestion that, if you don't drink Schlitz beer, you're gonna die? It's been so many years ago, I may not have all the details right. Fix it as necessary, please.
For local, we had, until last year or so, a terrible commercial for a bail bondsman, with singing cops arresting a singing perp.
For local, we had, until last year or so, a terrible commercial for a bail bondsman, with singing cops arresting a singing perp.
It was called the "Drink Schlitz or I'll kill you" campaign.
It was the final nail in the Schlitz coffin, when they went from being the 3rd largest brewery in the country in 1975 to their carcass being bought out by Stroh's in 1981. It started with cutting costs at the brewery, basically turning Schlitz into a poor imitation of Falstaff (aka "Foulstuff"), and ended with this campaign.
I have no idea why anyone would buy insurance from a company that employs an idiot and a fake Australian bird. But then, I have no idea why Progressive still employs Flo and her moronic co-workers.
Please don't think I was poking fun at you, @crainbebo, it just tickled me how spirited you'd become when describing your dislike for those commercials. At one point, I even wrote a haiku to describe your distaste for said bird (and Doug) and the corresponding jingle.
For me, I really don't care about their commercials..When it's time to renew, if my current insurance company increases my rates, I go on the internet and compare a bunch of companies. Whoever has the best rates, gets my business. For me, aside from 1 year where State Farm had the lowest rates before a huge increase (and a barrage of telemarketing calls at dinnertime which was the final straw), I've been with Progressive.
Of current ads, you nailed it for me. It's time to move on. I yearn for the dude who kept flubbing his lines (LOL) I enjoy the radio ads more.
Hey, it used to be only one nation.
Different strokes for different folks. I kind of like the Progressive commercials. Not so much for Flo but for her male sidekick. Lately they seem to be making fun of each other and their notoriety.
The best TV commercials here in my market are the ones by Dignity Health: the guy drawing a race track in chalk on his driveway and the little Black girl giving a pep talk to her little brother.
Written by "1st of 5" in 2009, but timlier than ever.... especially the second paragraph.
One ad I like is the GEICO ad with Animal from the Muppets. He was my favorite one.
That one is good, but I'm still partial to the GEICO ad about "the clogging problem" where they had a family of cloggers living upstairs of them.One ad I like is the GEICO ad with Animal from the Muppets. He was my favorite one.
Wifey HATES "animal." Says that she was traumatized by him as a child. But I'm with you. Those spots are hilarious!One ad I like is the GEICO ad with Animal from the Muppets. He was my favorite one.
I can't watch The Goldbergs without thinking "Flo" whenever there is any scene with Stephanie Courtney in it. Especially whenever she talks. She "sounds" exactly like "Flo." She has definitely been typecast in those "Flo" spots.
Had no idea she was Essie Karp! Holy crap! And i wat h it every week!
I would have mentioned her character by name, except that I didn't know the character's name. She is one of Beverly's neighbors, or friends.
Sounds like the 1990 show Cop Rock!
I just got to.thinking of two bad commercials.
1. The series of Coke commercials from the early 2000s where someone asks for a Coke and they get all pissy when they are informed Coke is not available.
2. This Pizza Hut commercial from the 90s where a teenager gets ready to go work at Domino's and just as he leaves for work his family calls Pizza Hut and order pizza and the kid returns because he forgot something and walks in on his family eating Pizza Hut!
I was young and thought nothing of those commercials. But as I got older, I became disgusted by this kind of behavior.
1. The series of Coke commercials from the early 2000s where someone asks for a Coke and they get all pissy when they are informed Coke is not available.
2. This Pizza Hut commercial from the 90s where a teenager gets ready to go work at Domino's and just as he leaves for work his family calls Pizza Hut and order pizza and the kid returns because he forgot something and walks in on his family eating Pizza Hut!
I was young and thought nothing of those commercials. But as I got older, I became disgusted by this kind of behavior.