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Old 04-21-2008, 11:21 AM   #201
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I hate the bobby orr one where they're at the rink getting out of the car.

So, is it supposed to be the same arena over years?
Is it supposed to show people going to a rink, and a sequence of them getting out of the cars?

The rinks look similar, but not identical.... then it shows one part of people getting out of a car for 1.2 seconds, then someone else for 5, someone else for 7...

I just hate that commercial. It makes no sense, and leaves me wondering what the hell is going on.

It's all jumpy from one to another... bah!
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Old 04-21-2008, 11:38 AM   #202
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One thing I cannot stand in commercials is the sounds of a woman having a fake orgasm. The Fan has one which makes me immediately turn off the radio when I hear it.

For the record, I would also hate to hear the sounds of a man having an orgasm, but we know that will never be put on a commercial anyway.
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Old 04-21-2008, 11:39 AM   #203
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I've always liked to pretend that "breakfastnook" translates into a dire insult in Chinese. That, and the wife is a highly trained martial arts expert. She's deeply offended that the white barbarian banker would dare to say 'breakfastnook' in her presence.

There's a moment when they're talking in Chinese, where the wife's eyes narrow just a bit, and she leans slightly forward. In my mind, she's reaching for the shuriken she keeps in her boot.

"Calm down honey" is what the husband is saying "In English a breakfast nook is just a counter top you can eat off."

"Die Banker scum!!" screams the wife and lets loose with a volley of deadly projectiles.

In my perfect world, the commericial ends with a resounding "thunk" and a shuriken stuck right in the middle of the banker's forehead.
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Old 04-21-2008, 11:58 AM   #204
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Can't f'n stand that Breakfast Nook commercial as well. God forbid someone would say 'breakfast nook' without having others think they're the spawn of satan for suggesting that.

And what's with the breakfast nook suggestion anyways? Why not say something more realistic, like.. I don't know, and entertainment centre, a deck, a half-bath somewhere, I don't know. Why the **** do you have to get so excited about a breakfast nook? And then, other people take the suggestion as the biggest insult in the history of mankind?

That commerical makes me so mad I'm going to kick in my office's breakfast nook.
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Old 04-21-2008, 12:00 PM   #205
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Can't f'n stand that Breakfast Nook commercial as well. God forbid someone would say 'breakfast nook' without having others think they're the spawn of satan for suggesting that.

And what's with the breakfast nook suggestion anyways? Why not say something more realistic, like.. I don't know, and entertainment centre, a deck, a half-bath somewhere, I don't know. Why the **** do you have to get so excited about a breakfast nook? And then, other people take the suggestion as the biggest insult in the history of mankind?

That commerical makes me so mad I'm going to kick in my office's breakfast nook.
I think you're all reading too much into it. He looks at the banker like that cause he doesn't know what a nook is and has to ask his wife.

When I built my house I didn't know what a nook was either!
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Old 04-21-2008, 12:31 PM   #206
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That commerical makes me so mad I'm going to kick in my office's breakfast nook.
Your office has a breakfast nook? Wow.

It was brought up when my company was doing the finances for our latest renovations, but in the end we decided we were not "nook" people.
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Old 04-21-2008, 12:32 PM   #207
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I hate the bobby orr one where they're at the rink getting out of the car.

So, is it supposed to be the same arena over years?
Is it supposed to show people going to a rink, and a sequence of them getting out of the cars?

The rinks look similar, but not identical.... then it shows one part of people getting out of a car for 1.2 seconds, then someone else for 5, someone else for 7...

I just hate that commercial. It makes no sense, and leaves me wondering what the hell is going on.

It's all jumpy from one to another... bah!
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Old 04-21-2008, 12:51 PM   #208
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The "Book of Truck" commercials.

Any Scotia Bank Commercial in the last little.

The Cheese commercial with the singing to the tune of R-E-S-P-E-C-T

The Tim Hortons roast beef sandwich commercial for being a stupid commercial and for having the audacity to advertise/sell something that looks like dog food on a bun topped with disgusting canned mushrooms.

Speaking of bad commercials...Alexander keith's guy is fighting his child porn arrest. Not because he was innocent of having such images and what not but because the police never should have searched his computer!

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Old 04-21-2008, 12:57 PM   #209
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I think you're all reading too much into it. He looks at the banker like that cause he doesn't know what a nook is and has to ask his wife.

When I built my house I didn't know what a nook was either!
You're missing the point. It's because they treat it like the banker said something satanically insulting; and then, with a condescending answer such as 'we're not 'nook' people', it just comes across as highly annoying.

It's also the banker's willingness to suggest a 'breakfast nook' in the first place that's the problem - and, her terribly enthusiastic voice level when she says it.
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:00 PM   #210
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Your office has a breakfast nook? Wow.

It was brought up when my company was doing the finances for our latest renovations, but in the end we decided we were not "nook" people.
I wasn't a 'nook' person either, but in an industry such as mine, it's not completely surprising that it's there.
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:03 PM   #211
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I might be the only one here that doesn't really find the scotiabank ads too annoying. Overplayed absolutely, but nothing compared to most of the crap out there (the reminder of the R-E-S-P-E-C-T ad sent chills down my spine).
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:09 PM   #212
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I don't feel like reading through 11 pages so I apologize if its been mentioned. The ones that bug me to no end are the stupid peptobismal comercials. When I sit down to watch live TV I use my PVR to pause for 30secs so I have a get out of comercial free card and always use it on that garbage.
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:49 PM   #213
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Oh. And her friggen microwave makes the exact same sound mine does - so everytime this commercial's on in the other room I run to the kitchen to make sure nothing's on fire.
Damn that is funny, I actually put my hands infront of my face cause I laughed so hard

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Same with me, I like those commercials. Any commercial without dialog, and a hot girl doing simple, non-stupid things are good in my books.

The less annoying lines, the better!
Amen - if I have to watch a commercial half naked women selling anything is OK with me and better than majority of the stuff out there.

Kokanee has a couple of good commercials but you have to visit their site since they are not work safe.

PVR is the best thing to get, pause your show do a couple of things and then start watching, you fast forward through all the commercials. Best $500 I spent.
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Old 04-21-2008, 05:34 PM   #214
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Why, if the lady is changing a light bulb, does she go get a step stool when there is a perfectly good box to stand on? I've never found boxes to be great conversation either...
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Old 04-21-2008, 07:43 PM   #215
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Koodo Mobile ads are awful. Only thing good about them is Telus blew their monthly wad on those, so no stupid parrots commercials at the moment.

The Nook.

I HATE and I mean HATE that freaking jobshop ad with the dad and his little girl. I can hear it is some stupid woman doing a "little girl" voice. I want to punch that woman in the head. In the off chance that it IS a kid, I would still punch her in the head. I HATE that voice.
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Old 04-21-2008, 07:59 PM   #216
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Is there even one Flames jersey in the Pepsi Lays and Gatorade bring home the cup commercial? I see every other team that made the playoffs... Uh actually I don't remember a Caps jersey. There are multiple Ducks jerseys. No Flames. Boo-urns.
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Old 04-21-2008, 08:06 PM   #217
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Any commercial that switches between various different people reciting the same sentence, especially with some profound theme such as identity or trust. An alternative take is for the various people to say unique sentences but each of them starting the same: "I believe there are no boundaries." "I believe the future is what we make it." etc. crap.

This must be the latest trend on Madison Avenue but it is so cliche now that I laugh each time I see a new one. I mean how formulaic and cheeseball can you get?
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Old 04-21-2008, 08:12 PM   #218
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Can I add that damned anoying Boston Pizza one that plays Habanera from the opera Carmen. The composer is frickin French and the song is originally Spanish. and they use it for a damned Italian food commercial.

This pisses me off on so many levels. The fact that I'm Italian, and that BPs is an abomination to Italian food, the fact that it is a great song ruined by crappy singing and worse lyrics...I could go on. But either way this commercial needs to be stopped.
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Old 05-21-2008, 09:05 PM   #219
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Some other ones as of late. Those damn Pro-Active commercials with the cheesy Bruce Horsnby like music in the background, it goes on forever! The new Subway commercials of course. The current champ though has to be the Purina dog food ones with a dog slurpin and gobblin it's food. That noise reminds me of a friend of mines ex gf who was a total slut and made a similiar noise when she would walk around in shorts....ewww! Horrible sound!
Just a disgusting sound!
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Old 05-22-2008, 07:02 PM   #220
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A couple of note recently:

The Kia one with the slightly overweight salesman dancing. The hip thrusts while on one knee towards the one car are highly disturbing.

Who's this trying to target? He's not good looking enough to attract ladies, but not weird enough to get people to laugh and take it lighthearted.

Also what bugs me is the Nissan commercial with "God" walking in. Not so much that cheesy angle, but the "we're trying to be current and hip so lets put a Starbucks cup of coffee in the salesman's hand" tacked on gimmick.
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