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The worst commercials in TV history..

Lkeller said:
Tim from Springfield said:
Just saw an ad for "FreeCreditScore.com." And they also require enrollment in Triple Advantage to get that free score. Does this mean FreeCreditReport.com is "rebranding"? In fact, the guy on the FreeCreditScore.com is the same as that on Free Credit Report--new name, same scam, I guess (link below):

http://www.freecreditscore.com/
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Free Credit Report.com has always required enrollment in Triple Advantage, but yes - it looks like they're rebranding. Probably because there were a lot of complaints that the consumer had to spend money to get the "free" service. So I guess they're now making it clear that you can get your credit score free, but getting the actual report costs you $$. Still a bit sleazy if you ask me, but less so than before.

There's also a competitor now - freescore.com, with Ben Stein ("Bueller? Bueller") as spokesperson.
http://www.freescore.com/
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One thing I have noticed about those Free Credit Report dot com ads is that now they are downplaying the "...you must have good credit to find a job" angle. Like the one I saw a few years ago where some guy with a degree was working at a putt putt golf because since he had bad credit he couldn't get a job that paid more that 8 bucks an hour.

Then came the recession and people who were laid off had to make choice..food on the table or paying that Sears credit card. Plus I believe a number of states are passing laws making it more difficult for employers to check out credit reports and using them for decision making. I assume thats the reason for the change? Hmmm I think I answered my own question. :D
 
Five words: "WOW! THAT'S A LOW PRICE!!!" The latest Staples ad campaign, of which one ad has been posted onto YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kExTJ6SLXV4

Considering that this video was uploaded onto YouTube on March 17, I'm surprised this Staples ad wasn't plastered all over CBS coverage of March Madness. Then again, they were busy asking the immortal question, "It's 2010. Haven't we cloned ourselves yet?" (Coke Zero). ;D ;D
 
Bumped up as I'm getting tired--and disturbed--over those Brinks Home Security commercials (formerly Broadview). I know they perform a valuable service, but some of the more recent ones (such as the house party, and the most recent one with the creepy guy breaking the door of his ex-girlfriend's home on a rainy night following her date) creep me out.

Brinks Home Security has their own YouTube channel with some of their commercials:

http://www.youtube.com/user/brinkshomesecurity?blend=2&ob=1
 
The worse commercials right now are the Wal-Mart ones with Dorrell The Rollback Guy ("Hello, it's me again, and look at what we rolled back on, a half-gallon of Blue Bunny Peanut Butter ice cream.", the 40 ounce Heinz ketchup one and the one with the Breyer's Grasshopper ice cream) and the commercials with the Progressive Insurance lady.
 
The newest Cialis commercials with all the great scenery and the guy who gets right to the edge... and then the separate bathtubs get hauled in. Seems to me that says something about whoever developed the drug or writes the ads. Then again, all of the ads that tell men to become jackrabbits as in their 20s are pretty silly. Can't wait to see the little pink pill ads for women's viagra. ROFL

Whatever happened to good ol' unisex Spanish Fly for shaking it up.

;D
 
Tim from Springfield said:
Bumped up as I'm getting tired--and disturbed--over those Brinks Home Security commercials (formerly Broadview). I know they perform a valuable service, but some of the more recent ones (such as the house party, and the most recent one with the creepy guy breaking the door of his ex-girlfriend's home on a rainy night following her date) creep me out.

Brinks Home Security has their own YouTube channel with some of their commercials:

http://www.youtube.com/user/brinkshomesecurity?blend=2&ob=1
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I just realized this today--but doesn't the plot of those Brinks Home Security ads I complained about last night (the creepiness of them) seem reminiscent of a typical Lifetime movie (many of which originally aired as made-for-TV films on NBC or CBS particularly in the '80s and '90s).
 
Well at least she remembers to set the alarm 5 seconds before the breakin. And the guy just sauntering in with the partygoers so he can break in when everyone leaves...ok I guess its plausible
 
The Broadview (formerly Brinks) commercials are based on the fear motivation of selling. Actually, I like them. When they start, you think it's a scene from a made-for-TV movie; then, the criminal comes crashing through the door with the resulting alarm going off. That gets your attention and you see and hear the message for the security system.
 
Tim from Springfield said:
Tim from Springfield said:
Bumped up as I'm getting tired--and disturbed--over those Brinks Home Security commercials (formerly Broadview). I know they perform a valuable service, but some of the more recent ones (such as the house party, and the most recent one with the creepy guy breaking the door of his ex-girlfriend's home on a rainy night following her date) creep me out.

Brinks Home Security has their own YouTube channel with some of their commercials:

http://www.youtube.com/user/brinkshomesecurity?blend=2&ob=1
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I just realized this today--but doesn't the plot of those Brinks Home Security ads I complained about last night (the creepiness of them) seem reminiscent of a typical Lifetime movie (many of which originally aired as made-for-TV films on NBC or CBS particularly in the '80s and '90s).
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I hate those brinks commercials,I don't think there are very many break ins in broad daylight.
 
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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I never saw the "Arch" ad........but I was probably one of the minority? (according to McD's) who actually LOVED the Arch Deluxe!! ..... and... are you ready?....... NEW COKE!!
 
RBW said:
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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I never saw the "Arch" ad........but I was probably one of the minority? (according to McD's) who actually LOVED the Arch Deluxe!! ..... and... are you ready?....... NEW COKE!!
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Count me in as another one who LOVED the Arch Deluxe at McDonald's (introduced May 1996--discontinued sometime in '97?).

Then after the Arch Deluxe was introduced, do you also remember when McDonald's "deluxe-d" their fish and chicken sandwiches (with IIRC the smaller/cheaper versions of the sandwiches no longer offered for some time), followed up with their Fall '96 campaign "It's McDonald's with a grown-up taste."
 
Funny I should come across this. I have my t.v turned down & just saw a spot for Chef Boyardee "Big Beef Ravioli" with a store employee passing out samples. A mother & child are standing there, the child is eating a sample & all of a sudden the mother rams the shopping cart into a large display of CBoyardee cans.
No wonder people act like out of control animals today. ::)
 
It hasn't been uploaded by anyone yet on YouTube, but I just saw this Velveeta commercial for the first time today while watching football on the Big Ten Network: the one where party guests sample a tortilla chip with Velveeta nacho cheese and then get blown away (and subsequently don't appear injured) into fences, fountains, etc. Tasteless (no pun intended). :mad:

And with tomorrow being the first Sunday of the NFL season (other than this past Thursday's Saints-Brett Favre and the Vikings game), I'm sure there will be more clunkers worthy of this list that will make their premieres during NFL football (and played incessantly during games--e.g. the Toyota "Saved By Zero" campaign in fall 2008).
 
Tim from Springfield said:
It hasn't been uploaded by anyone yet on YouTube, but I just saw this Velveeta commercial for the first time today while watching football on the Big Ten Network: the one where party guests sample a tortilla chip with Velveeta nacho cheese and then get blown away (and subsequently don't appear injured) into fences, fountains, etc. Tasteless (no pun intended). :mad:
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I saw that as I was tuning in the Indians game last night..The commercial was on Big Ten Network (Big Ten is on Channel 77, Sportstime Ohio on 76 in our expanded cable lineup)..The commercial was very "cheesy" and stupid in mmy opinion..
 
I hate those brinks commercials,I don't think there are very many break ins in broad daylight.
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You might be surprised to know just how many daytime burglaries and home invasions there are. This does not mean that I think the commercial is fabulous, just that daytime burglaries are popular with criminals who note a garage door up with no car in it at the same times everyday. Or bushes that come way up and crowd the front of a home so that they are easy to hide behind. People who leave those garage doors open with no car everyday, after leaving the lights on for everyone to admire their property all night long.

The drug commercials are still the worst though.
 
Tim from Springfield said:
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.
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Coke Zero just strikes again (but I think this ad might also date back to last spring's March Madness), but their "It's 2010. Aren't we supposed to have time machines by now?" ad just graced my screen during Fox's Rams-Cardinals game coverage. Annoying--but it makes me wonder how Coke Zero will ring in 2011.
 
...I don't recall if I suggested this one upthread, but back in 1993 Burger King had a spot plugging its promotional tie-in with the theatrical movie Last Action Hero, in which the teenaged BK spokeskid was forced to say "I think it's the biggest movie of the summer!" Of course, the movie was such a box office dud that its first runs were being cancelled by theaters while the BK ad ran for three or four more weeks...
 


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