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The worst commercials in TV history..

Tim from Springfield said:
Since as of an hour ago Super Bowl XLIV is now "classic TV" (especially in NOLA), I now nominate any and all Doritos and Bud Light Super Bowl commercials as not only my picks for the worst of this year's SB, but also TV history. Also the E-Trade ad with the baby executives. Just my opinion.
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Here, here. Just about all of them other than the Hyundai ad has pretty much exposed that Madison Avenue is in a freefall, aesthetically as well as morally. As we now know, watching the commercials is a greater attraction to some than the game itself, so that makes things worse. Maybe technology will develop to the point in the future that viewers can opt out of ads for the Super Bowl and other top events, perhaps through pay-per-view. I might be willing to plunk down $30-40 to be relieved of the agony, myself.
 
Krystal is running an ad right now that implies that Col. Sanders of KFC actually enjoys Krystal Chik sandwiches. Only problem is that Col. Sanders died nearly 30 years ago. However, I suppose KFC is actually asking for commercials like that because they still use Col. Sanders' image and likeness in their own advertising, including one a few years back that depicted the colonel as a rapper!
 
Krystal has other ads like that. Like Ronald McDonald ordering a meal or the Burger King at the drive thru. They're pretty annoying, but they pale in comparison to the ad where everyone at the restaraunt is singing about $5 meals back in 2008. At least in my opinion.
 
The Budweiser commercials are always good, in my opinion. As for the rest, I don't want to have a visual of what the young Madison Avenue ad execs would have looked like along with some of the younger junk that is out there acting like real performers. Lady Gaga needs Elton John to prop her up.
 
The Baskin-Robbins commercial from a couple of years ago, in which the father hoses down his son because they are getting ready to go to Baskin-Robbins. Other than being one of those annoying "split spots" (which I hate! :mad:), a woman made the news about that time for child abuse charges after she was caught on a surveillance camera hosing down her daughter at a car wash in a similar manner! :mad:
 
Does anyone see a problem with the following?

"Tell your doctor what prescriptions you are taking"
"Be sure to tell your doctor if you have" <liver disease, heart disease, kidney disease, etc.>

No, it is not a push for any political agenda, i.e. national database, or anything like that. It is a question about all the Madison Avenue drug commercials that surmise that doctors have no idea who their patients are, and that people have no idea who their doctors are and just get shuffled around from merry-go-round to merry-go-round.
 
These commercials have been aired ad nauseum during the NCAA tournament, but I am wearing thin on the Buffalo Wild Wings ads, notably the one where the customers wanted to see a pseudo-NBA game go into overtime (caused by a player crashing into the backboard post due to bright lights).

Also any and all of the Coke Zero ads.
 
I notice the Activia commercial brought the young girl's mother on board. In the future include the family before you have to be reproved on RI Boards. Thank you.
 
And here's another one that seemed like it was aired at least TEN times during both of tonight's NCAA regional final games on CBS (BTW, congrats to Butler and West Virginia), and will again likely air ad nauseum during tomorrow's regional finals and next weekend's Final Four: The Southwest Airlines "Bags Fly Free" ad. Need I say more.
 
Tim from Springfield said:
Here's another one of those Anacin ads, this time from 1965, with a angry father relieved after taking Anacin. The ad instantly reminded me of the character of Jack Arnold (played by Dan Lauria) on Wonder Years--the time period of this ad (3 years before "Wonder Years" began in "reel time") and the image of the father just instantly gave me a flashback to one of the greatest shows on television.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtpuEDqFdmA&NR=1
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And after just taking another look at the ad linked above, speaking of "The Wonder Years": IMO the kitchen shown in the ad closely resembles the one from TWY! ::) ::)
 
I saw bits & pieces of another violent BK ad with the King beating someone up or breaking something. These have gotten way old. ::)
 
The subject of these commercials, IIRC, has come up previously in the thread, but all I can say is after the NCAA tourney is over, if I ever hear the opening phrase "It's 2010. Whatever happened to cloning ourselves?" again (Coke Zero ad), I will probably pull out whatever hair I have. It probably aired at least 50 times (or at least has seemed like it) since Thursday evening on CBS during their March Madness coverage.

Then again, most of the ads aired during March Madness, to put it nicely, may also bring another meaning to the term "March Madness" for those that can't stand annoying commercials.
 
shackleford said:
Krystal has other ads like that. Like Ronald McDonald ordering a meal or the Burger King at the drive thru. They're pretty annoying, but they pale in comparison to the ad where everyone at the restaraunt is singing about $5 meals back in 2008. At least in my opinion.
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Which reminds me of a McDonalds ad I had seen many years ago which had Ronald in a bar, smoking a cigarette holding up a beer bottle asking the woman next to him "..hey baby...want an Arch Deluxe?" I guess the ad didn't work as that was the only time I had seen it and the Arch Deluxe wasn't around for much longer either.
 
I actually liked the "Arch Deluxe", but I digress.

Tim from Springfield said:
And here's another one that seemed like it was aired at least TEN times during both of tonight's NCAA regional final games on CBS (BTW, congrats to Butler and West Virginia), and will again likely air ad nauseum during tomorrow's regional finals and next weekend's Final Four: The Southwest Airlines "Bags Fly Free" ad. Need I say more.
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Southwest's "bags fly free" ad is, agreed, a bit irritating, but I will tell you what...it is effective as this is hitting a raw nerve with flyers here in 2010. I think they hit the nail on the head.
 
bk77 said:
shackleford said:
Krystal has other ads like that. Like Ronald McDonald ordering a meal or the Burger King at the drive thru. They're pretty annoying, but they pale in comparison to the ad where everyone at the restaraunt is singing about $5 meals back in 2008. At least in my opinion.
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Which reminds me of a McDonalds ad I had seen many years ago which had Ronald in a bar, smoking a cigarette holding up a beer bottle asking the woman next to him "..hey baby...want an Arch Deluxe?" I guess the ad didn't work as that was the only time I had seen it and the Arch Deluxe wasn't around for much longer either.
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Or the McLean Deluxe (I sometimes called it the McLean Stevenson! ;D) or the McDLT!
 
searadiofreak said:
Tim from Springfield said:
And here's another one that seemed like it was aired at least TEN times during both of tonight's NCAA regional final games on CBS (BTW, congrats to Butler and West Virginia), and will again likely air ad nauseum during tomorrow's regional finals and next weekend's Final Four: The Southwest Airlines "Bags Fly Free" ad. Need I say more.
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Southwest's "bags fly free" ad is, agreed, a bit irritating, but I will tell you what...it is effective as this is hitting a raw nerve with flyers here in 2010. I think they hit the nail on the head.
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There was a different Southwest ad on yesterday during March Madness coverage, and it was actually OK--but I couldn't stand the one with the flight crew having the letters to "Bags Fly Free" pasted on their bellies in view of an older woman on a plane. Excruciating when you see the ad 15 times on Saturday alone (or so it seemed).
 
bk77 said:
Which reminds me of a McDonalds ad I had seen many years ago which had Ronald in a bar, smoking a cigarette holding up a beer bottle asking the woman next to him "..hey baby...want an Arch Deluxe?" I guess the ad didn't work as that was the only time I had seen it and the Arch Deluxe wasn't around for much longer either.
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No doubt the vision of Ronald drinking and smoking would bring complaints from parents -- and become the butt of a joke on the elementary school scene.
 


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