Television Ad Campaigns That Suck

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I'm in a bit of a salty mood. Yesterday Lemontwist had a mog rolling with some regard to the exploitation of music in advertising. I'm following up on that in a way, because I was watching TV last night and realized how insultingly stupid some commercials are, with or without good tunes... This Mog is dedicated to those advertising campaigns that suck. Here's my top 5 most annoyingly lame, in no particular order:1. McDonalds--I'm lovin it(I particularly enjoyed the one featuring a group of 20-something hipsters clubbing into the wee hours of the morning and then going to McDonalds for a burger and fries, set against the backdrop of a shitty rap song. Maybe it's just me--but eating McDonalds is the very last thing on my mind at 5:30 in the morning after an all nighter of clubbing!)2. Old Navy(If you want to know how stale 'white-bred' can get, you don't have to look much further than an Old Navy commercial.)3. Travelocity (I simply cannot stand that fucking gnome)4. The Olive Garden (stereotyping does happen... In Olive Garden commercials, it happens shamelessly. And the acting in them is terrible--the actors pretending to be a family look more like actors pretending to be a family of uncomfortable people pretending to enjoy each others company)5. Subway(congratulations Jared... We get the fucking point)I know that there's plenty more where that came from, but that's all I've got for now. If you're feeling salty too, please feel free to offer up your own top 5 list of shitty commercials...

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etcvisitor says i have noticed a lot of crappy restaraunts going for that all night clubing demographic. i personally hate atleast 95% of commercials and find the majority of them to be insulting.

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champy says hahaha 1.) Any car commercial, more specifically, the fucking "zoom zoom zoom!" (sing songy bullshit for some car manufacturer I don't remember) 2.) Match.com. If i was in any of those relationships i would kill myself 3.) KFC commercials,because they always showcase some woman, mother type bringing home chicken to her ridiculously happy family---a lot of commercials are like this but KFC takes the cake ****also, because they feature some weird remix of Sweet Home Alabama-and their chicken is supposedly from kentucky 4.) The "its the network" commercial for verizon wireless. there is ALWAYS that one guy repelling down from some unknown ediface in a harness and it just reallly irks me. 5.) Sonic commercials because there are absolutely no Sonics anywhere around where I live and I always want to go to one after watching them

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Manos says I hate Carl's Junior commercials for one reason - the way people eat burgers in them. They must have a consultant who shows the actors how to eat, because it's the same in every single freaking one. They look like they're trying to commit suicide by blocking their windpipes.

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Manos says Good news, champy - Sonic's food sucks dog balls. Trust me, you aren't missing anything.

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Lord Helmet says These are great you guys; excellent examples--I'm with you on all of them. "...repelling down some unknown ediface"--that if fucking classic!

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Lord Helmet says ...And Sonic's food does indeed suck dog balls.

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terese says the saddest thing is when they cut up and destroy my faves from Ratatat, MIA, Kings of Convenience and Iron and Wine.

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sugarbaby says I hate those Old Navy commercials too. Blech. I don't what rocket scientist thought it was a good idea to put a car crash, crying people, and law enforcement in an advertisement, but trauma is not something I want to associate with a car. I know VW is trying to be cutting edge and prove a point ("Look! The people are still alive!! They are scarred for life, but still alive!!!"), but when I see a car in an accident, I start thinking deathmobile. Also, those Lamasil ads with "Digger The Toe Fungus Monster" are really creepy. I feel the need to disinfect my television afterwards. I also really don't need to hear about why people need to take Zelnorm. Constipation and anal leakage are not things I want to think about. Ever. And why would anyone take Zelnorm if one of the side effects is to potentially turn your abdominal discomfort into severe abdominal discomfort?

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Lord Helmet says "Digger the Toe Fungus Monster" is definitely the unnerving brain-child of somebody with problems that run much deeper than toe fungus.

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Kate says Hm, how about using "Lust for Life", an ode to Heroin, for a freakin' Cruise Line! So annoying in so many ways. But I still love you, Iggy.

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chucky says Was Old Navy the one that just ran the "Get Your Fash On" ads? That annoys the piss out of me. I also don't like the Dove commercials - any of them. I buy beauty products because I wan't to look pretty. I don't want to associate pretty with a bunch of women hanging out in their granny panties.

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Lord Helmet says "Get your fash' on"... Yea, that definitely sounds like an Old Navy thing. I do not want to ever associate pretty with granny panties either... Fortunately, I don't think I've been exposed to this Dove campaign yet.

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lemontwist says Oh man, I haven't watched TV in a while so I can't really comment on recent TV ads. But I hate pretty much every single radio ad ever. Ugh. Especially on the AM station I listen to baseball games on. The ad for Time Warner Cable's deal for phone, internet and cable is terrible. Just because the guy doing the commercial will all of a sudden say it's "CHEAP! CHEAP!" in a really annoying voice. I also hated the commercials that GE sponsored that were anti dredging (they dumped PCBs in the Hudson and spent millions on advertising to get people to ask their elected representatives to get them out of cleaning it up), this was maybe six or seven years ago. Anyway, they were in the newspapers, TV, radio, billboards, everywhere. Not only was the message filled with propaganda (they would show scenes of the Hudson up in the Adirondacks where it's beautiful, and not down in Schenectady or Albany where the fishes probably glow in the dark) but you couldn't escape them. They'd come on every five minutes. Ugh.

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