How crappy is the US economy right now? I just saw a commercial where two little boys claim that their favorite brand of mac n' cheese was too expensive so they showed their mother coupons.com.
If that doesn't open your eyes, I don't know what does.
The Pizza Hut $5 pizza ad with the cougar thanking the pizza guy for giving her a deal and the guy saying that everybody gets the deal...just say 'Ya, that's just for you' and then let nature take its course.
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I used to hate that Jennifer Hudson Weight Watchers commercial where she's talking all stilted and angry at the camera, until I realized she was basically doing a sweet Christopher Walken impression.
Now picturing a black female Christopher Walken saying "Why NOT join weight watchas?" is kind of hilarious and I look forward to seeing it more.
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Why do actors in commercials all seem to look like Zach Galifianakis?
Case in point, the Samsung galaxy commercial where the guy takes photos of his flipping dog.
That guys head is beyond ridiculous. I should only hope that I look like that only after coming out of a turkish prison or some other such thing.
Do people not take ANY pride in their appearance anymore?
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I’m always amazed these sportscasters and announcers can call the game with McDavid’s **** in their mouths all the time.
While those commercials are pretty awful, I would do nasty depraved things with that girl...like go eat at Wendy's.
At first I found the new, hotter Wendy's girl a pleasant surprise but after a gazillion re-runs she's starting to wear thin on me.
The only commercial that I can think of that I could watch over and over forever is that Keystone Light commercial where the dude walks into the convenience store to grab some beer and thinks that extremely hot brunette with the headset is talking to him.
At first I found the new, hotter Wendy's girl a pleasant surprise but after a gazillion re-runs she's starting to wear thin on me.
The only commercial that I can think of that I could watch over and over forever is that Keystone Light commercial where the dude walks into the convenience store to grab some beer and thinks that extremely hot brunette with the headset is talking to him.
That's a great commercial. The guy's delivery of his lines after he gets denied is just golden.
One that I saw last night was the commercial starting about some guy working the new juicer him and his wife "bought online" and thus "got a great deal". They were very clear about those things, almost awkwardly.
Then the POS starts leaking and the wife cracks out the Bounty paper towels to clean the mess, with the guy in the background scratching his head, looking at the generic shipping box his crappy juicer arrived in.
I can just see that presentation to the Bounty execs. It reads like a cliched, text book University Marketing class project (that I was in a few of for a couple years) by trying to force the "new social phenomenon" of "online purchases" into a paper towel commercial to try and prove that they are in touch with their customer base/try to attract a more "modern" customer base.
"Our records indicate that the current/new target demographic for Bounty customers are also ones that have stated a 47.2% increased preference for buying something online if it meant a better deal, over just 3 years ago."
"So by having this situation as the premise for the story, it shows that Bounty are also progressive in recognizing the changing purchase habits of their customers, which means that our customers and new potential customers will totally relate with the story of getting burned by buying crappy 3rd world junk, and as a reward for us acknowledging that "new reality" of shopping and having a pulse on today's "new" type of purchaser, prompt them to buy Bounty by the pallet."
I am surprised that Bounty didn't just get it over with and also find some way to integrate some additional highly cliched reference to social media; the guy announce to everyone he was going on Facebook to warn others about the juicer, and the wife talking about going to Twitter to talk about how Bounty saved the day.
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Yet another bad Subway commercial...seriously, they have them playing street hockey and they are wearing freakin' helmets!
Who did they consult on this? Has anyone, ever, anywhere worn a helmet to play street hockey?!? C'mon man!
Do guys really go to Mr. Schnapps and shout "woo-hoo, touchdown", when watching NFL games?
That stupid ad actually makes me laugh because (actually maybe it's the hockey one) after the TV says 'he scores' and they're all like "AWESOME" "WHOO HOO" there's one voice at the very end of the yelling that does a "yeahhhhh" sound that sounds super dumb. For me the commercial is worth it just for that "yeahhhh" sound.
At first I found the new, hotter Wendy's girl a pleasant surprise but after a gazillion re-runs she's starting to wear thin on me.
The only commercial that I can think of that I could watch over and over forever is that Keystone Light commercial where the dude walks into the convenience store to grab some beer and thinks that extremely hot brunette with the headset is talking to him.
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The Wendy's one that airs during CFL games that is promoting the Kick-to-win contest. You know, the one with the guy who goes into Wendy's and starts shouting orders like he's a QB or something? I want to kill that guy so bad.
