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Old 04-13-2013, 07:49 AM   #1561
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ANY commercial with "Walking on Sunshine" as background music!
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Old 04-24-2013, 09:12 PM   #1562
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I really hate yet another Keg commercial.

The hipster chick goes to the Keg, takes a picture of some food she orders and posts it to I would guess, some social media, where her hipster friends who are out doing some hip stuff, are immediately updated on her status and her food at the Keg. They all come join her for a hip good time at the Keg. People who take pictures of their food and post to the internet for their friends really bug me, so I can't stand this commercial.

edit - just saw a Wendys commercial where a guy takes a picture of the redheads grilled sandwich and is going to put it on Twitter. so stupid
and now Tim Hortons has jumped on the band wagon with a rediculous one of a kid out for lunch with his Dad, and he takes pictures of his lunch and posts it to fb.

So the Keg, Wendys and Tim Hortons all trying to normalize posting lunch pictures to social media. stupid.
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Old 05-04-2013, 10:08 PM   #1563
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That Honda commercial that goes like this:

Guy #1: oh, coming from the guy that still plays with toys.
Guy #2: they're replicas.

Replicas?? That doesn't make any bloody sense. What are replicas of toys? Maybe "collectibles" would make sense. That commercial just grates my nerves when it comes on.
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Old 05-06-2013, 07:06 PM   #1564
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AUPE must have a lot of money to blow if it can buy prime time ads on HNIC.

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Old 05-06-2013, 07:20 PM   #1565
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Saneal Cameras. Dumbest commercials ever.
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Old 05-06-2013, 09:15 PM   #1566
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The new Telus commercials with the 3D animals. At least it was cute when they used real animals. Now it just looks like a cheap gimmick.
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Old 05-07-2013, 12:38 AM   #1567
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The worst commercial on air is that stupid Tim Hortons one where he's eating his sandwich and at the end the dad says "ignoring your loyal followers?" I go into rage mode when that ######ed commercial comes on.
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The worst commercial on air is that stupid Tim Hortons one where he's eating his sandwich and at the end the dad says "ignoring your loyal followers?" I go into rage mode when that ######ed commercial comes on.
Wendy's is doing it too. I agree. Stupid as hell.
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Old 05-07-2013, 01:54 AM   #1569
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How about the one played before almost every movie at Cineplex theaters? The Chevrolet one with the mechanical dog, and advertises all their crappy wares. It infuriates me that I have to sit through the 3 minute version mid-trailers. We're paying upwards of $20 for movies these days, do we really need to be bombarded with adds all the time?

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Old 05-07-2013, 12:13 PM   #1570
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So the Keg, Wendys and Tim Hortons all trying to normalize posting lunch pictures to social media. stupid.
I imagine that it's been covered but does every Keg commercial over the years have to make it look like every single person is having a gay old time? The people looking like they are having an orgasm when their food is delivered and everyone else just laughing and smiling like they are all stoned. How about changing it up Keg?
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Old 05-07-2013, 01:02 PM   #1571
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I imagine that it's been covered but does every Keg commercial over the years have to make it look like every single person is having a gay old time? The people looking like they are having an orgasm when their food is delivered and everyone else just laughing and smiling like they are all stoned. How about changing it up Keg?
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I call when the food arrives "The Keg Face".
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Old 05-10-2013, 04:17 PM   #1572
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This is sort of a combination of something I can't stand with a follow up question. I hate any commercial that involves one one of the people stating "Tell 'em *insert name here* sent ya!" We all know "Tell 'em Lanny sent ya!" and there is also one for the Cattle Baron that ends with "Tell em Joe sent ya!" I think it's so stupid, like who is ever going to say that?

My follow up question is directed at people who have, or know people who have, worked at any place where the advertising has a tagline of "Tell 'em *insert name here* sent ya!" Is there some kind of protocol that is followed if a customer actually says to you "Hey! Just so you know, *insert name here* sent me!!!!" Do they get some sort of special treatment, or would there declaration be met with a shrug?
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Old 05-13-2013, 12:15 AM   #1573
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The Crest teeth whitening commercials.

A couple months ago it was "He could be your soulmate"...now it's extended "he could be your soulmate, your future husband, the loving father to your children...but first you have to get him to notice you", as this below-average looking women tries to look through a sea of bodies as a guy sits down at a table a few meters away.

Yeah, he could also be gay, ready to slip something in your drink, or a genuine dirt bag.

Talk about setting un-realistic expectations for women, and all because a guy may or may not see you across a restaurant, and may or may not be memorized by your teeth first and foremost, ignoring the other average superficial physical qualities on a first impression.

Reeks of desperation and totally flawed thought process/logic.

Plus, shouldn't you and your soulmate come together magically, not by one putting on some a dog and pony show and a phony smile to show off some white teeth to frantically get noticed by some total stranger?

Pathetic. If your that insecure and convinced that every trip out to a restaurant is another mission in your quest for finding someone to sweep you off your feet and sire your children, I guess being convinced that dropping $50 on whitestrips to make your teeth whiter as the final peice in that creepy puzzle isn't much of a stretch.
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Old 05-13-2013, 08:33 AM   #1574
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My god this new visa smallenfreud crap. The way the first couple is one row behind the other one and then all of a sudden, Hey that's that couple we know, lets talk about them because people can only hear about 6 inches away from their ears. Then the way she turns around and talks, she has such a creepy voice. Also the way the 2nd husband gives a look at the wife and her reaction to it.

The one thing that I do laugh at is how they are sitting in the lower bowl of a hockey game and everyone is somewhat dressed up and sitting politely. Also the 2 drinks they get is about $25.

Has anyone every gotten to use a card from the roving vendors at a stadium?

Companies really need to learn that putting your commercial on EVERY commercial break is not the way for people to listen, it upsets them and makes them want to hate you.

There I think I'm done now.
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I officially hate Saskatchewan. The big draws for your "tourism" are a Riders game and taking a road trip to some stank ass prairie lake? There is literally nothing that province has to draw tourists that any other province in this country doesn't do better
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Old 05-21-2013, 08:10 PM   #1576
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KFC filler sub,

4 or so guys sitting in someones apartment pretending to be in a racecar pit crew, while the guy in the sofa chair pretends to pit stop.

I don't think people like that are capable of living on their own in an apartment.
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Speaking of commercials that run too much during the playoffs, who the hell are the Depends people trying to sell their products to?



As far as I can tell, they're trying to create a market for maxi-pads for men.
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Old 05-21-2013, 09:18 PM   #1578
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Speaking of commercials that run too much during the playoffs, who the hell are the Depends people trying to sell their products to?
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Old 05-22-2013, 07:13 AM   #1579
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I officially hate Saskatchewan. The big draws for your "tourism" are a Riders game and taking a road trip to some stank ass prairie lake? There is literally nothing that province has to draw tourists that any other province in this country doesn't do better
I mentioned that when it aired during a playoff game on the weekend. I didn't even realize there was a Tourism Saskatchewan. Why even bother wasting taxpayer money on something so futile? You could argue Tourism Chernobyl would a more worthwhile venture.
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Old 05-22-2013, 07:41 AM   #1580
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Speaking of tourism commercials, I remember one for Newfoundland. At the end it comes up with the phone number and under it it says talk to Beth or something like that. Makes me think that Beth is running Newfoundland tourism out of her home or something.
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