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Dr. Dan
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Geez, only three + one? OK here goes:
Nationwide
Progressive
GEICO
(Dis)honorable mention: Toyota
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Triple J
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1. Budweiser ... I know your product exists. You don't have to keep showing grown men with mussed-up hair and stubble, wearing t-shirts with plaid unbuttoned shirts on top, and making asses of themselves. You are BANNED!
2. Freecreditscore.com ... Quit shoving crappy musicians in my face. You are BANNED! 3. Sonic ... I've got nothing against your restaurant, mostly because I've never been to one, so I can't judge you on that. But over the years, you've constantly crossed the line by hiring annoying actors saying annoying things and/or singing annoying songs. Because of that, guess what? You. are. BANNED! Honorable mention: McDonald's. Only because of that stupid... freaking... "I'm Lovin' It..." song. Lose the song, Mickey D's, or you are banned... BANNED!
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NJtoTX
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Did anyone actually call it Mickey D's before they planted it in their ads? I don't think so. I really, really hate that. The worst ad was the one where the woman kept calling the guy pet names, he doesn't like it, but then he uses "Mickey D's" when he's thinking of how to reply. The sick irony. |
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Thor
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I really hope McDonald's didn't make that up...and then people bought into it.
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NJtoTX
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"Mickey D's" was McDonald's attempt at catering to urban pop culture. They trademarked it on September 30, 1982, when hip-hop, breakdancing, and rap was making it's debut nationally. Edit: just found this online - Random House Dictionary of Historic American Slang indicates that the term "Mickey D's" was in a newspaper article as long ago as 1977. The origin of the term is given as "student." |
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tvpirate05
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1. McDonald's...at least until they go back to using everyday people in everyday situations, like most of their 80s and 90s commercials. None of this "oatmeal blogging" or "slapping the table" garbage. Stop trying so hard to be so hip.
2. Geico...I can deal with the gecko, but make the Cavemen extinct once and for all, and lose Maxwell the pig 3. Skittles...the only thing I've taken from these commercials is that Skittles is slang term for "drugs". That's the only way their commercials can make any sense. |
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Ad Endless Nauseum
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1. Vonage
2. MagicJack 3. eTrade talking babies HM. All of the current insurance ads. All of them, especially including Mayhem. |
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"Si vis pacem, para bellum"
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Ad nauseous
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Mcdonalds
Progressive Geico Dishonerable mentions: Magicjack, political ads, JG Wentworth, Freecreditscore.com only because they're a shady organization that should be stopped. oh and also AT&T. |
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One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off
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msubulldog
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Capital One featuring either Alec Baldwin or Jimmy Fallon
Any diamond commercial aired during Christmas, Valentines, or Mother's Day(like Jared) Digornio pizza |
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tvpirate05
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I'd like to add AT&T as a Dishonorable Mention. Any product where the actors/characters act like smarmy a-holes for 30 seconds is a company I will not give my money to.
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Wankel
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1. That Goddam GEICO.
2. QuickenLoans, esp. the ones with the runt Jay Varner gushing "Yourgage!!" The latest in a long line of punk, pee-wee hustler CEOS (usually with the first name "Scott") from places who want to sell me gold or some kind of financial product.
3. The Foundation for a Better Life "Pass it on" group. Especially when I see the commercial of the two pencil-necked breeders who have misplaced little Bratigan at a concert, only to have their wonderful little prodigy, the product of their uninspired gamete-fusion who is undoubtedly the axle upon which the rest of the universe rotates, show up on stage with some fru-fru pianist, no doubt a new age musician. They applaud... and weep with pride and joy.
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dutchman063
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Tax masters (with neck beard guy)
J.G wentworth Progressive Ins Geico
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parrotheada1a
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These are from New England & the Boston market. YMMV depending on how close you are.
1. GEICO... Unavailable (not for sale) AFAIK in Massachusetts. Instant mute. 2. East/ West mortgage. No point in calling if the only loan you can qualify for is 10+% APR. STFU already. 3. Lawyers seeking clients from class action lawsuits. I do not have Mesothelioma nor have I taken Yaz. STFU, I do not need a free book. 4. I don't need another car commercial. PERIOD. I do not need to know about another Toyotathon or Nissan 'you should know' minute. |
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The ad I'd really love to see has the GEICO Gecko being run over and flattened by the Energizer bunny.
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PitLoad413
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The following companies should be exempt from making advertisements:
1. Allstate 2. Subway 3 Wal-Mart 4. Every pharmaceutical company in existence. |
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TheBoomMan
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I would ban:
1. McDonalds commercials 2. Sprint commercials 3. Progressive of course since their commercials are uncreative, stupid and overplayed. I have plenty of more commercials to hate. |
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Titus77
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I sure agree with all these, in particular the eTrade talking babies and ESPECIALLY the Mayhem spots. Absolutely horrible.
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Where's The Beef?
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aka ron
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Zach6848
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Any politician, no matter who they are or what party they're affiliated with. Also, these Super PACs and 'Grassroots New World Order' or whatever. Basically, fronts for other politicians to support politicians that are in their best interest without actually coming out and lending a hand.
All of these need to be banned. Get money out of politics. Period. |
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PrincessOfTheAncient
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AXE.
Actual product and prurient nature aside which makes these commercials unlikeable by default, aesthetically, they posess a sleazy, portentous, unsettling, almost "serial killer" movie kind of vibe. The commercials look like they've been shot by the same film crew who shot "Hostel" or the "Saw" movies. It doesn't help that the actors always look like they're coming down from a five day drug bender. Add tacky montage of lustful women, all cut from the same cloth as Victoria's Secret models, and "sexy" sound effects, and you've gots yourself an Axe commercial!
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zippyjet
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Great thread! Here are my three but I could come up with more:
Nissan's Gay Glee Dancing commercials are nox=vomitus. Here's their latest POS hawking their fugly cars. As others have mentioned Micky Dees. Folks I feel rap is crap. And this is from a lover of classic R & B Motown 1950's and 1960's music. Mc Donald's ghetto centric bad English "I'm Lovin It" campaign has outlived it's welcome. Well, I hated these commercials from day 1 and enough is enough! Kohl's should get the death penalty for their "Black Friday" Holiday commercial. And of course Target should be permanently excused from submitting commercials. It's sad because every once in awhile they have a really good one but the sh** are the majority. |
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