I hate commercials

[Jay!]

Spotted yesterday in a Slim Fast commercial:

VO: "Slim Fast made it easy to lose weight."
Tiny disclaimer at the bottom of the screen: "Losing weight is not easy."

[Jimster]

LOL!!!!!! Probably the most honest infomercial ever- that's not saying much though

[Spec2 Girl]

hahaha those ads always crack me up. They're trying to sell their product and tell you how good it is and how quickly it works and then they put the disclaimer "Results not typical". :hehehe:

[Jimster]

Originally posted by Spec2 Girl
hahaha those ads always crack me up. They're trying to sell their product and tell you how good it is and how quickly it works and then they put the disclaimer "Results not typical". :hehehe:

LOL I remember when I was like 19 and I was watching a TV ad for these toys called Gargoyles showing like 5 of them doing all this wierd shit that kids like and there was a disclaimer that read "Only the red one is available in New Zealand"

[boingo82]

I love the Saturn commercial that's playing right now, where there are people dealerships and empty cars driving around looking for just the right people.

[taranaki]

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[Oz]

:thumbup:

Most ads suck, but occasionally you get very good ones.

[SiRI]

I enjoyed that one the first and second time I saw it, but after that its starting to get anoying.

[YogsVR4]

That logic sounds like "take three right hand turns to make a left"

[Jay!]

On the radio:

Announcer: "People come to McDonalds for billions of reasons..."

Umm... Billions? Really? That's a lot! You only have like 40 things on the menu, so where do you count "billions?" Are you counting units sold as 'reasons?' That might be a billion. Or calories consumed? I'm sure that's way over a billion...

I think it's more like, "Billions of people come to McDonalds for just one reason... They're all too lazy to seek out and prepare real food."

[Jimster]

Originally posted by jay@af
On the radio:

Announcer: "People come to McDonalds for billions of reasons..."

Umm... Billions? Really? That's a lot! You only have like 40 things on the menu, so where do you count "billions?" Are you counting units sold as 'reasons?' That might be a billion. Or calories consumed? I'm sure that's way over a billion...

I think it's more like, "Billions of people come to McDonalds for just one reason... They're all too lazy to seek out and prepare real food."

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Then thers the old fashioned- "It's cheaper" excuse

[tazdev]

in the latest NZ Ralph magazine. Full page add for the Rock radio stations


Studies show
Rock listeners
are much
better in bed*



and down the bottom of the page

*Results fabricated in transparent attempt to gain more listeners
:smoker2:

[JD@af]

LOL

I love all these ads for prescription medications that will help alleviate alleviate a couple symptons for let's say some allergies, but have typical side effects including:

-nauseau
-dry mouth
-headaches
-concontrollable projectile diarrhea

I'm exaggerating on the last one, but I can't help but think when I see ads like this "wouldn't I be better off not taking anything at all?!?!" :sun:

Aside from that, I am just getting real tired of commercials in general. I am starting to really think about getting XM Satellite Radio, simply because I am so fed up with having to channel surf through my local radio stations just to find music, rather than deal with intermittent commercials all day long. Commercials on TV aren't much better (though I think they tend to be more entertaining in general), but I'd say I watch a half hour of TV weekly - tops, so for me TV commercials aren't as much of an annoyance as radio ads.

[S Brake]

Growing up in Hawaii I'd always remember seeing the adds for Pizza Hut and other food places that would advertise their specials. then on the bottom of the screen, Deals not available in Hawaii or Alaska. It was like that for almost everything.

[SiRI]

I like the diet dr pepper commercial where its like the med-evil times and the guy goes to sit on a catapolt. It launches off and it swings right around and smack straight into the ground! :hehehe: that one always makes me laugh