the most favorite or annoying comercials you had to play or hear on the radio

[gjroussejr]

When I started most annoying song I didn't think it would become a monster, so I though about commercials you did, played, or heard in the past (could be radio or Television)

 

[RFLA]

Re: the most favorite or annoying comercials you had to play or hear on the radi

I would have to think about it, But I know a few up in Central Louisiana who's getting tired of the high voiced sales manager turned owner of the Red Shoe line of Car dealers... Yes That is right... his dealership is named Red Shoe Automotive as his slogan is "Go see the man in the red high top tennis shoes"

 

[ChandlerFM]

Re: the most favorite or annoying comercials you had to play or hear on the radi

Any commercial on radio or TV voiced by the worn-out and overused, tiresome and boring Karl Olinde, AKA Steve St. John.

He's as annoying as Ken Hansen (squeaky voice: "Hi, I'm Michaelangelo for the BIG ONE) was in the 80's for Security Homestead and everything else he did.

And then there's a special place in hell for Bob DelGiorno Jr's obnoxious screaming tuneout spots for car dealerships.

There's enough talent to go around without having to keep using the same old pigs at the talent trough because they "know somebody".

Paw Paw in PIcayune is getting a little thin as well.

 

[JasonReed]

The most annoying radio commercials... hmmm! I'd have to say there is a tie between:

- The Crescent School of Gaming and Bartending (I learned a red snapper, kamikaze, long island ice tea, etc.)
- The New Silver Slipper Casino spots (Come on down to The Silver Slipper, Pass a good time at The Silver Slipper).

When I worked weekends and overnights at B-97 before Katrina, we played the Crescent School of Gaming and Bartending spot at least once an hour. After a few weeks, you knew it by heart and it was stuck in your head for good! Nowdays, the Bag Of Donuts resung their jingle and it's even worse!

And then recently, I worked at 106.7 The Wolf. The Silver Slipper Casino spots were awful! They were in mono for one, and they were way too overmodulated when they were recorded. Talk about listener fatigue... after 10 seconds of hearing the spot, that was it.

JF

 

[mrsfury]

The Fakier Jewelers (Houma) commercial where the guy keeps saying ValentiMes Day. Ugh! I'd cringe every time it came on.

 

[fatman]

The New Silver Slipper Casino spots (Come on down to The Silver Slipper, Pass a good time at The Silver Slipper).

I edited that bed for them when I was production director at CC Biloxi.

 

[quitnow]

Re: the most favorite or annoying comercials you had to play or hear on the radi

Check out the Citadel stations...the Herb Import Company. THE WORST in the city!

 

[Phyllis]

The commercial for the "Midnite Movie, Fritz the Cat" which was the midnite movie for like 15months. What was more annoying was having to produce the commercials for the thing.

 

[smashedcd]

This is J.R. Speaking for.....(insert used car lot, dime store or local bar)..I hated those commercials!!! ;D Hes on Sirius now..and when he says this is J.R I really dont think anyone realy knows who he is in like say Detroit


Favorite..Red Wigglers ;D..The Cadilac of Worms ;D

 

[fatman]

Shameless plug, but my current favorite is the Supercuts back to school spot now running on WRNO and WNOE. The kid is my 8 year old son Tyler. He actually got paid for it!

 

[thatwasradio]

Re: the most favorite or annoying comercials you had to play or hear on the radi

I gotta' say the absolute worst I ever heard was in Central Louisiana, and the production, music, timing, mix, and all was fine on this spot, but in the early '90's right up through the early 2000's, when the female voice said the name of "AMERICAN WHOLESALE MATTRESS" as "American HOE - Sale Mattress", it killed me every time, we all thought it was funny the first 100 times we heard it back then, but after several years it got on your nerves!
This is no joke, but when Arbitron did a presentation for us there in 2002, we were shown scans of the previous survey's "comments" section in the back of the diaries, one actual asked why the woman on the commercial said "Hoe Sale Mattress", I just about died laughing!

 

[Johnny Marchese]

The absolute worst I had and still have to play is the Great American Floor Store as the owner used to call himself "Alvis, the floor King", now with the production piece, the voiceover is now "Your Floor" speaking. God help me , but if WGSO ever let RJP voice a spot, I would jump out the 2'nd floor window of the Parish National Bank building on E. Gause ;D

 

[radiochick_LA]

for me it was the HORRIBLE commecial for North Shore Square Mall - "Shopping made simple at North Shore Square....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Everytime I hear it I swear it sounds like wolves howling at the moon...

 

[ItsWolfgang]

Re: the most favorite or annoying comercials you had to play or hear on the radi

When I started most annoying song I didn't think it would become a monster, so I though about commercials you did, played, or heard in the past (could be radio or Television)

I am amazed nobody has mentioned the Ramsey's Diamond Jewelers spots!

 

[salbador]

Baton Rouge area would have to include the Savaard Audio commercials! Remember those???

 

[BaronBean]

Baton Rouge area would have to include the Savaard Audio commercials! Remember those???

Savard Audio. Remember 'em all too well. Anything voiced by Tom Terito was beyond annoying..."STEEEEEEEEEER-ee-oh."

Also, former Potliquor member George Ratzlaff had (and may still have) an ad agency that did tons o' commercials for Olinde's and the now-defunct Adams Toyota back in the '80's. He was a pioneer of the "bogus live remote" spots that are all too common today. He used to do multi-track "two voice" spots, using his regular voice and his voice slightly lowered in pitch and half-heartedly made to sound like Jerry Clower. He did the same thing for Escude Toyota in Pascagoula. Whatta clown.

Among my Baton Rouge favorites were the late Catfish Bill Carrigan's spots for Johnny Robison fences. Catfish wrote and produced them all himself, and there must have been 30 or 40 spots he did over the years that were archived on a master reel (Sometimes we'd lift oldies to run for awhile, and they still sounded fairly fresh). They were cornball for the most part, but often funny...and effective. "Johnny stands behind every fence he builds. He has to, or else they'd fall down."