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The worst commercials in TV history..

OK, here's one I think we can all agree on. A current ad for the 2027 Kia Telluride featuring a happy family taking their kid to the beach...to approach a sea lion and giving it his stuffed sea lion to play with and what, nurture?
A definite third rail is that people should not approach, harass or touch sea creatures on the beach such as seals and sea lions. This ad even includes a warning against doing this in very fine print at the bottom of the screen while the kid is doing just that for all of 5 seconds or so. Can't wait to hear from people who will be arrested for harassing wildlife (it's an actual thing) citing this Kia ad in their defense.
Can't belive that this ad actually got out of committe and was greenlighted for production and then actually is airing. If I had the authority ove content I would decline to air this ad.
I know that ads include warnings all the time but this is warning against somethign that looks innocent, so you know people aren't going to pay attention to the warning if they even see it.

KIA ad

Val
 
In Phoenix half of the ads on billboards are for lawyers (Rafi!, Sweet James, The Husband & Wife Law Firm, and Lerner & Rowe). The rest are for pot dispensaries and gambling (sports betting and casinos).
 
desertaire said:
In Phoenix half of the ads on billboards are for lawyers (Rafi!, Sweet James, The Husband & Wife Law Firm, and Lerner & Rowe). The rest are for pot dispensaries and gambling (sports betting and casinos).
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Ambulance chasers are close to half of TV ads (most of the others being house-flippers) and close to 90% of Valley Metro buses.

If broadcasters were still required to adhere to the old TV/radio code of the '50s and '60s, probably 90% would go out of business.
 
KeithE4 said:
desertaire said:
In Phoenix half of the ads on billboards are for lawyers (Rafi!, Sweet James, The Husband & Wife Law Firm, and Lerner & Rowe). The rest are for pot dispensaries and gambling (sports betting and casinos).
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Ambulance chasers are close to half of TV ads (most of the others being house-flippers) and close to 90% of Valley Metro buses.
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Sign of the times. Every one of those is targeting exactly the same demographic: the financially destitute. (Those frivolous tort litigation factories functionally present themselves to potential clients as winning lotto tickets. They may as well be commercials for playing the lottery.)
 


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