I am already tired of that Dr. Seuss-themed ad for some miracle drug called Crestor (sp?). I don't even know what the drug is for and don't care enough to look it up.

I don't care for Quizno's sponge monkeys but acknowledge that they have a fan base here...

And, what's up with Mitsubishi's slogan, "Wake Up and Drive." As opposed to what?--"Fall Asleep and Crash"? It's been around awhile, but it still kinda bugs me.

So, what commercials do you love to hate?

Well, here's a strange one. The ads about long-term care insurance bug me. They are misleading.

I told you it was strange.

I hate the jewelry store one, where the guy takes his wife to Italy and shouts out "I love this woman!", and she gets all embarrassed until he gives her a big old diamond ring. What? She didn't love him until he gave her a rock?

I'm cracking up at all the Apprentice/Donald Trump ads ... does this guy not have enough money?????

I hate all those pious, holier-than-thou Toyota commercials. The one I hate most is the one with the woman driving in the rainstorm to pick her daughter up.

"For every time the wipers clear, the heater warms and the brakes hold..."

Of course. I know every time I get in my non-Toyota built vehicle, the wipers die, the heater chills, and the brakes fail.



The only commercials that annoy me more are local advertisers. Barry & Elliot: PLEASE GO AWAY!!!!

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Originally posted by cruzn:
I hate the jewelry store one, where the guy takes his wife to Italy and shouts out "I love this woman!", and she gets all embarrassed until he gives her a big old diamond ring. What? She didn't love him until he gave her a rock?

I'm cracking up at all the Apprentice/Donald Trump ads ... does this guy not have enough money?????

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Yeah, I hate, hate, hate that diamond commercial too. And any commerical about vehicles, food chains or allergy medicines.

I hate hate hate that Viagra is using "We Are the Champions" as their song. What, having wood makes a man a champion? Come on. {That was the nicest way I could think of to say that.}

Besides, I'm a huge Queen fan and think Freddy Mercury must be turning over in his grave.

I'm annoyed by the Feebreeze ads where people keep sniffing things.

I enjoy the Tiger Woods/Caddyshack ads. I think they're for AmEx.

Ever notice allergy commercials rattle off the side effects and the side effects are the same as allergies? Dry eyes, sore throat, headaches...

Bring back the energizer bunny! Now there was a fun advertising concept!

Around Christmastime, Lexus always runs those ads showing an adoring wife surprising her husband with a brand new car, complete with giant bow. Or some other variation: adoring parents to college age child, adoring mom and child to Daddy. I friggin' hate those commercials! The ability to do something like that is, for the vast majority of people, inconceivable. Just who, exactly, does Lexus think they're reaching w/ that ad?

eta: Oh, and I really despise to one where the guy comes home and says to his wife "The doctor said it's painful arthritis!" Like, what, as opposed to the non-painful kind?

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Just who, exactly, does Lexus think they're reaching w/ that ad?

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People who can afford a Lexus.

Well, hell, BLG, I can afford a Lexus. If I want to spend a large percentage of my income on it each month. But the idea that A. He doesn't already have a perfectly good car and B. They do it as a "surprise" and nobody sees the car arriving and they also spent 50k without telling their spouse? Sickening. I know, I know, it's just a commercial.

Do people who buy Lexus' willy nilly for their friends and family even watch TV? I thought that was beneath their dignity.

Scully -

There was an article about those ads around Christmas time. One guy who works at a Jeep dealership was planning on surprising his son for Hanukkah. They were going out to a restaurant, having the family truckster valet parked and after dinner the valet was bringing back ths son's gift in place of the family car.

A brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The kid was 15.

Not TOO spoiled, huh?

This year, I got my husband a shop-vac for Christmas. I know, I know. We live high on the hog. I shouldn't rub it in.

15??????? Geez - you can't even get a license at 15.

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15??????? Geez - you can't even get a license at 15.

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In some states you can get a learner's permit at 15. I'm trying to find the link to the article, but it may have aged off.

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This year, I got my husband a shop-vac for Christmas. I know, I know. We live high on the hog. I shouldn't rub it in.

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Did it have a giant red bow and did you run out into the snow in your PJs to get it?

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I hate the jewelry store one, where the guy takes his wife to Italy and shouts out "I love this woman!", and she gets all embarrassed until he gives her a big old diamond ring. What? She didn't love him until he gave her a rock?

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i can't help but shout back "I HATE THIS COMMERCIAL" every time he shouts.

and i do hate all the Old Navy commercials.

plus there's a new one for Continental Airlines that just a bunch of annoying loud "music"/sound effects. i have to put mute on every time it's on. gag.

Yeah - but you can't drive alone with a learner's permit, so what's the point really?

I just thought of another one - I can't remember what the commercial is for, but a heavyset lady is hanging up a flyer because her hamster is missing and she is offering a reward. A guy walks up behind her and sees the hamster crawling around under her shirt and he tries to reach under there and get it in order to collect the reward. Of course she maces him and them dumps a metal trashcan on his head. Anyway - that one is annoying as hell.