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The worst commercials in TV history..

I know someone who got a gig voicing radio ads for a hemorrhoid center.
Said it was the best paying commercial gig ever. It would have to be!
 
I have had it "up to here" with all those NFL Network ads that have run so far this season.

The "Good Morning, Good Morning" ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ucoe-jdy-c

When I first saw that ad I thought it was going to be this year's ad promoting "Breakfast at Burger King."

(Oops--I might have said that in another reply on this thread :D)

And everytime I see/hear that other NFL Network promo that sounds like Axl Rose doing his best Ronettes imitation (that's what it sounds like to me), I sometimes feel like I want to throw a football into my TV (but I won't do that). Fortunately (or unfortunately), I can't find it on YouTube.
 
Lkeller said:
Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGw5uAJBHc
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Thank you, that is absolutely the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! A jingle for Hemorrhoids - Don't suffer in silence."

Absolutely hysterical.
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I can't help but wonder--was a Cincinnati hemorrhoid center a pre-Andy Travis WKRP sponsor (like Shady Hills Rest Home was), back in their elevator music days? And what about scooter stores in 1978?

Sadly, I don't think we'll ever see the last scene of the WKRP pilot on YouTube, which included Venus Flytrap introducing a Shady Hills Rest Home ad.
 
I think we have a winner, folks!

The Lifecall commercial that's currently running on Antenna TV. Not because of the old lady on the floor, but because the huckster announces the phone number FIVE TIMES in 15 seconds, while the phone number is taking up half the screen! Are people THAT stupid? :D :mad: ???
 
nomadcowatbk said:
Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGw5uAJBHc
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This one is definitely a contender - Top 5 at least!! Given all of the horrible spots that have been foisted on the public over the years, that's saying something.

As said before: that jingle "...don't suffer in silence!" HA! :D ;D :D How absurd! Laughable.

All I can say is that I hope those "actors" in the ad were paid really, really well.
 
Re: I think we have a winner, folks!

Markieo said:
The Lifecall commercial that's currently running on Antenna TV. Not because of the old lady on the floor, but because the huckster announces the phone number FIVE TIMES in 15 seconds, while the phone number is taking up half the screen! Are people THAT stupid? :D :mad: ???
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I think just about every direct response radio and TV ad that employs a 1-800 number ends with the number repeated several times, just to get it crammed into your head.
 
BRNout said:
nomadcowatbk said:
Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGw5uAJBHc
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This one is definitely a contender - Top 5 at least!! Given all of the horrible spots that have been foisted on the public over the years, that's saying something.

As said before: that jingle "...don't suffer in silence!" HA! :D ;D :D How absurd! Laughable.

All I can say is that I hope those "actors" in the ad were paid really, really well.
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probably paid them in hemorrhoid treatments
 
Just when youthink you've seen it all come a commercial for Phillips Pro-biotics. The scene a weddign reception and teh Maid (or matron) of honor holds up the product in what porbably was supposed to be the bridle toast and launchs into the colon health...Who writes this stuff TOTAL IDIOTS?

Oh, and How any sales can Joeseph A Bank Mens wear run at a time? I've lost count and really gt annoyed at their "ron radio" announcer type.
 
They can look at the bright side: No one will ever be able to call them perfect arsoles.
 
This morning we have a new contender.

Ads for Big Lots featuring a new mascot. A woman dressed as a seven-foot tall
orange exclamation point.
 
Oh, and How any sales can Joeseph A Bank Mens wear run at a time? I've lost count and really gt annoyed at their "ron radio" announcer type.
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They run on ESPN a lot..."Buy 1 Suit...Get 87 Suits Abbbb-So-Lutely Free...At Joseph AAAAAA Bank!!!"

If you have Time Warner Cable, you get the pleasure of seeing their business phone system commercials, which look like they were written for a summer camp skit contest. Example: We see a guy running around his desk and wearing a path into the carpet, then the announcer asks, "Does your phone service have you running around in circles?"
 
How about the men's warehouse commercials where the founder says, "You're gonna like the way you look. I guarantee it.". Makes you wanna puke doesn't it.
 
For those that live in Orlando, how about the Appliance direct commercials with the daughter saying "Appliance Direcct!" ever ten seconds. ugh!
 
firepoint525 said:
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!
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The Colonel's spirit lives on!
 


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