Annoying Commercials
steven_linnerooth
The one I HATE is the "Which beer is darker" and "We Brew Ours 20% longer" I
hate these SO much, I'll go out of my way to change the channel to avoid them.
Take a look at all these postings in this subject. Everyone names a most hated
commercial, and 99% of them have a product named, so I guess they worked. Too
bad, isn't it.
-- -Steve Linnerooth
slin...@nmsu.edu
Robert Church
>
>In a previous article, sh...@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum) says:
>
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>>Hey, Trident Gum: Why don't you chew on *this*?!
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>OK, I'll jump in. The one that annoys me is for Dawn dishwashing soap.
>The Dad is having to do dishes, apparently for the first time in his
>life, and the bratty datughter is giving him snotty orders as to how to
>do it, where the glasses go in the drainer, etc. If I were the father,
How about those rock classic cds? The irony is that the collections look
pretty good. I'd like to buy one, but there's no way I'm going to subsidize
one of those obnoxious ads. Remember, every time you buy a big mac you're
telling them you *like* watching Ronald Mcdonald.
Bob
Jeff Slutzky
particular company; the ones for cheese itself.
KID: Mom, more cheddar!
(she adds more)
KID: That's better!
Gee, how disgustingly cute, it rhymes.
KIDS: Mom, what's for dinner?
(mom puts a cheese-related dish in front of them)
MOM (announcing): Dinner!
KIDS: YAY!!!!
Yes, I always went crazy over dinner when I was five.
Kenneth Luther
>In article <C8oCv...@ra.nrl.navy.mil> lut...@i7140a.nrl.navy.mil (Kenneth Luther) writes:
>>In article <1993Jun15.1...@eos.arc.nasa.gov> sh...@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum) writes:
>>>Hey, Trident Gum: Why don't you chew on *this*?!
>>as long as you have these STUPID "Ah looove this place!" ads giving
>>me a headache every time I turn on the tv. So put that in your Whopper
>>and cook it!
>>
>>(thanks for starting a therapy session, Rick)
>
> VCRs have fast forward buttons and TVs have mute buttons! (going
>through the other channels on commercials is fun too).
>
SOME of them have those features. Not every person is lucky enough to have
had a few hundred extra dollars sitting around with which to purchase a new
TV for the sole purpose of acquiring a remote control or mute button.
As long as my non-remote TV gives me a good picture, I'll stick with
it, barbarian that I am.
Besides, even if you do have a remote control lying around somewhere,
sometimes it's sitting on the other side of the coffee table, where
it's juuuust out of reach. By the time you decide whether it's worth
the effort to actually lean forward to get the thing, the commercial
is already over.
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Jack VandeBunte
>The one I HATE is the "Which beer is darker" and "We Brew Ours 20% longer" I
>hate these SO much, I'll go out of my way to change the channel to avoid them.
One word: Zima.
-xXx-
I want to see that guy dead...
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marc.colten
> In article <1vlou6$2...@apple.com> unk...@apple.com (Matt Ackeret) writes:
> >In article <C8oCv...@ra.nrl.navy.mil> lut...@i7140a.nrl.navy.mil (Kenneth Luther) writes:
> >>In article <1993Jun15.1...@eos.arc.nasa.gov> sh...@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum) writes:
> >>>Hey, Trident Gum: Why don't you chew on *this*?!
> >>Hey Burger King! I HATE your place! I will never spend my money there
> >>as long as you have these STUPID "Ah looove this place!" ads giving
> >>me a headache every time I turn on the tv. So put that in your Whopper
> >>and cook it!
> >>
> >>(thanks for starting a therapy session, Rick)
> >
> > VCRs have fast forward buttons and TVs have mute buttons! (going
> >through the other channels on commercials is fun too).
> >
>
> SOME of them have those features. Not every person is lucky enough to have
> had a few hundred extra dollars sitting around with which to purchase a new
> TV for the sole purpose of acquiring a remote control or mute button.
> As long as my non-remote TV gives me a good picture, I'll stick with
> it, barbarian that I am.
>
> Besides, even if you do have a remote control lying around somewhere,
> sometimes it's sitting on the other side of the coffee table, where
> it's juuuust out of reach. By the time you decide whether it's worth
> the effort to actually lean forward to get the thing, the commercial
> is already over.
Pretty amusing picture though - diving across the coffee table,
knocking over soda cans, pushing away magazines, flailing in a
futile attempt to reach the remote before the kid starts screaming
"Mommy, wow! I'm a big kid now!"
marc colten
Charles Blair
like ``Light: the first element of creation.''
Kevin Thomas
I absolutely LOATHE the commercial for Bausch & Lomb contacts that
they advertise mainly during the Saturday Morning show "Inside Stuff."
This woman is trying on multitudes of glasses frames and finally decides
she should be wearing contacts. The part where she says, "NOT!" is the
part that makes me cringe. She tries on the MOST UGLY frames available to
begin with...
Of course, B&L is the official contact lens sponsor of the NBA.
ARGH, what I hate most is that I actually remember the commercial
because I hate it so bad.
Anybody else?
Kevin
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Kenneth Luther
<giggle>. That commercial might just be a candidate for "screw the
remote, just throw the whole table at the TV."
In college, I had a friend who would throw beer cans at the TV screen
whenever the Snuggle bear came on to advertise toilet paper. I'm not
too sure how long that TV lasted. :)
Virgilio (Dean) B. Velasco Jr.
The commercials I hated the most featured a bunch of people
dancing in the street, as the music blared "Give me a Winston,
the spirit of the USA!"
Tobacco? Toxic substances are the spirit of the USA?
I think that even the most loyal smoker can see through that one.
Give me a Winston? Gimme a break instead!
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Mike Hammond
|> In article <1993Jun15.1...@eos.arc.nasa.gov> sh...@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum) writes:
|> >
|> >Hey, Trident Gum: Why don't you chew on *this*?!
|> >
|>
|> Hey Burger King! I HATE your place! I will never spend my money there
|> as long as you have these STUPID "Ah looove this place!" ads giving
|> me a headache every time I turn on the tv. So put that in your Whopper
|> and cook it!
|>
|> (thanks for starting a therapy session, Rick)
I agree! This is great...commercial revenge!
Hey, Pepsi! Learn to print letters the same size!
And here are some more realistic slogans:
You got the *wrong* one ba-hay-by...uh huh!
Pepsi...gotta hate it.
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>ARGH, what I hate most is that I actually remember the commercial
>because I hate it so bad.
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Don'tcha think this may be intentional??? I've seen several commercials
that have some characteristic that grates like a raw nerve. Any advert.
group that thinks the <insert your company here> commercials are that
annoying purely by accident are either dillberts or brilliant.
"Ever get that not-so-fresh feeling?"
<any infomercial using food products>
"BKTV. I _love_ this place. <brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpp>"
Grrrrr.
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Richard N Kitchen
In a previous article, lut...@i7140a.nrl.navy.mil (Kenneth Luther) says:
><giggle>. That commercial might just be a candidate for "screw the
>remote, just throw the whole table at the TV."
>
>In college, I had a friend who would throw beer cans at the TV screen
>whenever the Snuggle bear came on to advertise toilet paper. I'm not
>too sure how long that TV lasted. :)
>
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Oh, I agree with this sentiment! There's something about that Snuggle
bear that gives me the creeps.
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Rick Kitchen da...@cleveland.freenet.edu
"Do you want me to talk to her about the corpse? Some things are just
easier between women."
--Eve Saskatchewan, "Black Tie Affair"
Mike Quigley
perpetually fun things together in perpetually beautiful surroundings.
Any commercial that features a cutesypie, precocious brat being cooed over
by an overattentive parent.
That commercial that has daddy coming home from a business trip. The
first thing the brat says when she sees him is ``Daddy, what did
you bring me?''
ANYTHING that features Barney, that insipid, syrupy, purple dinosaur.
Extinct him!
There! I've just eliminated about 99% of American TV advertising!
Mike
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AAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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>In a previous article, lut...@i7140a.nrl.navy.mil (Kenneth Luther) says:
>
>><giggle>. That commercial might just be a candidate for "screw the
>>remote, just throw the whole table at the TV."
>>
>>In college, I had a friend who would throw beer cans at the TV screen
>>whenever the Snuggle bear came on to advertise toilet paper. I'm not
>>too sure how long that TV lasted. :)
>>>>
>
>bear that gives me the creeps.
>--
>Rick Kitchen da...@cleveland.freenet.edu
>"
What about the commercial for Lysol or Lestoil or whatever it is. There's
a heavy woman speaking a foreign language obviously cleaning some rich
people's house. I find that ad very distasteful. I get mad every time I
see it and I am neither foreign or heavy.
Since I'm in Canada, any programme I watch that is carried by a Canadian
station too only gets Canadian commercials. It's only when I see a show
that isn't on one of our netwroks that I get to see American ads.
From the sound of it - I'm not missing anything!
Tom Vatne
>In college, I had a friend who would throw beer cans at the TV screen
>whenever the Snuggle bear came on to advertise toilet paper. I'm not
>too sure how long that TV lasted. :)
When I was in college, my roomate and I would occasionally cover the TV
with clear plastic, then use water pistols to blast every offensive thing
to appear on the screen. Great way to reduce aggravation.
Thomas Vatne, Sys. Mgr. tva...@pearl.tufts.edu
Psychology Dept.
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richard.f.j.soyack
beautiful, sexy, half naked women in it.
Have fun,
Rich Soyack
Take me Baby!
>
I hate the commercial for diet Mountain Dew. It has four guys
saying " Did it! Doing it tommorow and so on." Then they grab a dew
and they can't believe the taste.
This really drives me wild.
Kevin White
Paul Anderson
The most annoying commercials are those that look like they were taped during an
earthquake. I suppose they're supposed to look like somebody's brother taped it
on their new camcorder, but they make me friggin' dizzy. Thank goodness for
commercials where the camera stays still!
Paul
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Terry Carroll
> One word: Zima.
>
> -xXx-
> I want to see that guy dead...
Or at least very zick.
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Aaron L Dickey
>Every Pepsi Commercial that says "I gotta have it!". Sorry but I refuse
>to drink anything that someone says "I gotta have".
YES! I absolutely DESPISE those Pepsi ads that blatantly state, "If you
don't drink Pepsi, YOU ARE NOT COOL." Hey Pepsi: Bite me! And stick a
syringe in it....heh heh...
--Aaron
--Join the Pepsi Summer Heroin Challenge!
Janis Wallace
Vatne) wrote:
>
> In article <C8py7...@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, lut...@i7140a.nrl.navy.mil (Kenneth Luther) writes...
> >In college, I had a friend who would throw beer cans at the TV screen
> >whenever the Snuggle bear came on to advertise toilet paper. I'm not
> >too sure how long that TV lasted. :)
>
> When I was in college, my roomate and I would occasionally cover the TV
> with clear plastic, then use water pistols to blast every offensive thing
> to appear on the screen. Great way to reduce aggravation.
>
What a GREAT idea!!! (this can improve one's aim, also!)
I just HATE any commercials that have ANYTHING to do with "female"
problems!!!!!!!
Janis
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Laura Williams
Don't forget this winner............
"K-F-C has an all you can eat buffett...OK!"
With the three geeks employees. One is trying to look like Luke Perry
from 90210 and the woman uses every facial muscle to wink.
EEEEEEKKKKK!
Matt Ackeret
>YES! I absolutely DESPISE those Pepsi ads that blatantly state, "If you
>don't drink Pepsi, YOU ARE NOT COOL." Hey Pepsi: Bite me! And stick a
>syringe in it....heh heh...
At least they're being "honest".. Every other commercial says that type of
thing only infinitesimally-less blatantly!
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Lorne Epp
> In article <C8py7...@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, lut...@i7140a.nrl.navy.mil (Kenneth Luther) writes...
>>In college, I had a friend who would throw beer cans at the TV screen
>>whenever the Snuggle bear came on to advertise toilet paper. I'm not
>>too sure how long that TV lasted. :)
>
> When I was in college, my roomate and I would occasionally cover the TV
> with clear plastic, then use water pistols to blast every offensive thing
> to appear on the screen. Great way to reduce aggravation.
>
When I was in college, several of us would spit on the TV, sans plastic.
Now there's some fun!
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Robert Church
>> with clear plastic, then use water pistols to blast every offensive thing
>> to appear on the screen. Great way to reduce aggravation.
Imagine doing a bad job with the plastic. I'd hate to fill out that accident
report.
Jackie Gratrix
>Hey Burger King! I HATE your place! I will never spend my money there
>as long as you have these STUPID "Ah looove this place!" ads giving
>me a headache every time I turn on the tv. So put that in your Whopper
>and cook it!
The only one worse than the "BKteevee Guy" is the
Christian-Slater-wannabe on the Subaru Imprezia commercial.
Yuk.
Aaron L Dickey
>Steven Linnerooth writes:
>>The one I HATE is the "Which beer is darker" and "We Brew Ours 20% longer" I
>>hate these SO much, I'll go out of my way to change the channel to avoid them.
>One word: Zima.
>
> -xXx-
>I want to see that guy dead...
Uh, care to elaborate? You seem to be talking about a regional
commercial; I've never heard of "Zima".
--Aaron
Aaron L Dickey
>Oh, I agree with this sentiment! There's something about that Snuggle
>bear that gives me the creeps.
Are you implying that the Snuggle bear may be a :gasp: homosexual? :)
--Aaron
Paul Andresen
him how good he smells. They then have this cutesy "quality time" sort of
conversation.
Yup, my wife and I have those sorts of talks all the time.
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hwn.
gra...@spot.Colorado.EDU writes:
>The only one worse than the "BKteevee Guy" is the
>Christian-Slater-wannabe on the Subaru Imprezia commercial.
>Yuk.
Christian-Slater-wannabe? Huh?
More like a Paula-Poundstone-wannabe... with worst clothes, of course.
hwn.
Marcia Politovich
paid to produce it...
Just after it came out I passed by a KFC in Denver which had up
on their sign "sorry about the crummy commercial".....
tsm...@cerritos.edu
> In article <jvbunt80.740238154@uther>, jvbu...@uther.calvin.edu (Jack
> VandeBunte) writes:
>> One word: Zima.
>>
>> -xXx-
>> I want to see that guy dead...
Better Yet.....
Zi want zo zee zhat zuy zead! -zzz-
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Matt Ackeret
>Uh, care to elaborate? You seem to be talking about a regional
>commercial; I've never heard of "Zima".
No it's not regional. It's a clear "malt beverage". I guessed it would
taste like beer, but my parents said it's closer to a wine cooler type taste.
Richard N Kitchen
NO! I think he's a demon from hell! :-)
Rick Shrum
>In article <16JUN199...@pearl.tufts.edu>, tva...@pearl.tufts.edu (Tom
>Vatne) wrote:
>>
>> In article <C8py7...@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, lut...@i7140a.nrl.navy.mil (Kenneth Luther) writes...
>> >In college, I had a friend who would throw beer cans at the TV screen
>> >whenever the Snuggle bear came on to advertise toilet paper. I'm not
>> >too sure how long that TV lasted. :)
>>
>> When I was in college, my roomate and I would occasionally cover the TV
>> with clear plastic, then use water pistols to blast every offensive thing
>> to appear on the screen. Great way to reduce aggravation.
>>
>
>
>What a GREAT idea!!! (this can improve one's aim, also!)
>
>I just HATE any commercials that have ANYTHING to do with "female"
>problems!!!!!!!
>
>Janis
...and diah...diarr..diera...the shits! Abso*lutely* guaranteed to come
on whenever you're eating!
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Jeff Slutzky
cleaner. I can't remember the brand, but in all the
commercials someone spills something on a carpet and the
mother/housewife (now, if that's not reactionary...) says,
in a whiny voice, "That's okay!"
THAT'S NOT OKAY!!! TEACH YOUR KIDS TO BE CAREFUL OR ELSE
THEY'LL GROW UP TO BE BIG SLOBS!!!
This is the kind of thing that contributes to the erosion of
our society. :)
Matt Ackeret
>I CAN'T STAND the commercials for a particular brand of carpet
>cleaner. I can't remember the brand, but in all the
>commercials someone spills something on a carpet and the
>mother/housewife (now, if that's not reactionary...) says,
>in a whiny voice, "That's okay!"
>
>THAT'S NOT OKAY!!! TEACH YOUR KIDS TO BE CAREFUL OR ELSE
>THEY'LL GROW UP TO BE BIG SLOBS!!!
Hey, it's an annoying commercial, but you're being prejudiced
against slobs. Slobs of the world unite!
(this isn't meant 100% seriously..)
Rich Carreiro
>
> In a previous article, lut...@i7140a.nrl.navy.mil (Kenneth Luther) says:
>
> ><giggle>. That commercial might just be a candidate for "screw the
> >remote, just throw the whole table at the TV."
> >
> >whenever the Snuggle bear came on to advertise toilet paper. I'm not
> >too sure how long that TV lasted. :)
>
> bear that gives me the creeps.
Well, didn't you know? Snuggles the Fabric Softener Bear was the
Antichrist. Letterman said so. Of course, Snuggles has since been
dethroned by Barney.
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Phil Saladyk
> OK, I'll jump in too.
>
> The one I HATE is the "Which beer is darker" and "We Brew Ours 20% longer" I
> hate these SO much, I'll go out of my way to change the channel to avoid them.
>
> commercial, and 99% of them have a product named, so I guess they worked. Too
> bad, isn't it.
> -- -Steve Linnerooth
> slin...@nmsu.edu
How about the ZIma commercials both on tv and radio. I can't stand the
way the guy always turns his 's' into 'z'. And when he says
"It's not a beer, it's not a wine cooler. WHAT THE HELL IS IT !
I wouldn't try one just because of the commercials.
Phil
John Bruner
>
> Take a look at all these postings in this subject. Everyone names a most hated
> commercial, and 99% of them have a product named, so I guess they worked. Too
> bad, isn't it.
I suppose it depends upon what you mean by "they worked." Advertising
is suppose to promote product recognition and increase sales.
However, I am so annoyed at commercials for nearly all Pepsi products
(particularly "be dumb, be noone, drink Pepsi") that I consciously
avoid them in situations where I have no soda alternatives. (For
example, in fast food places where I previously would automatically
get a cola I'll opt for tea if the cola is Pepsi.)
So, I'm more aware of Pepsi's advertising, but the effect it has had
upon my buying habits is, perhaps, not what the company intended.
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Sharon Levine
these kitchens probably cost $50-100K, yet these people are
washing dishes by hand, because they don't have a dishwasher?
RIIIIGHT!
Deliverance
"I'll borrow my mother's sweater, her scarf, but my mother's tampon??
NO WAY!!"
ARGH!! It catches you 'fore you even have time
to change the channel.
-\todd
Roy Matthew Thigpen
> In article <C8rqv...@world.std.com> kie...@world.std.com (Aaron L Dickey) writes:
> >Uh, care to elaborate? You seem to be talking about a regional
> >commercial; I've never heard of "Zima".
>
> No it's not regional. It's a clear "malt beverage". I guessed it would
> taste like beer, but my parents said it's closer to a wine cooler type taste.
> --
> unk...@apple.com Apple II Forever
Zima beer is indeed regional. The market I'm in, Virginia/D.C/Maryland
has yet to see these commercials, or as far as I know, the product.
I've tried Miller Clear Beer, and I was put off. It tastes like mineral
water.... call me strange, but I actually *like* the taste of beer.
Phineas Narco
> Any commercial that features perpetually happy, upscale families doing
> perpetually fun things together in perpetually beautiful surroundings.
>
> Any commercial that features a cutesypie, precocious brat being cooed over
> by an overattentive parent.
>
> That commercial that has daddy coming home from a business trip. The
> first thing the brat says when she sees him is ``Daddy, what did
> you bring me?''
>
> ANYTHING that features Barney, that insipid, syrupy, purple dinosaur.
> Extinct him!
>
> There! I've just eliminated about 99% of American TV advertising!
>
>
> Mike
Don't forget 'Docker-style' commercials, shot from crotch level by
drunk, epileptic midgets with palsey
--Phineas Narco
John Switzer
>mi...@freddy.cna.tek.com (Mike Quigley) writes:
>
>> Any commercial that features perpetually happy, upscale families doing
>> perpetually fun things together in perpetually beautiful surroundings.
>>
>> Any commercial that features a cutesypie, precocious brat being cooed over
>> by an overattentive parent.
On a similar note, any commercial that plays on the parents' guilt factor
by telling them that buying a portable phone, non-thermal fax paper, or
whatever will allow them to spend more time on what's important - going
to your son's Little League game, dance recital, sixth-grade graduation,
etc.
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Blake Beller
I've never seen that ad before, but thanks for the warning! ;-)
Dennis McGee
> Not every person is lucky enough to have had a few hundred extra
> dollars sitting around with which to purchase a new TV for the
> sole purpose of acquiring a remote control or mute button. As
> long as my non-remote TV gives me a good picture, I'll stick with
> it, barbarian that I am.
My poor friend, how do you survive in this world without a mute button
for your TV? Especially considering the fact that the sound is usually
cranked up 1/3 higher for commercials than the regular program you're
watching.
And let it be known that the commercials guaranteed to make me go
straight for the mute button are those "warm and fuzzy" anti pro-choice
brainwashers.
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John Switzer
>And let it be known that the commercials guaranteed to make me go
>straight for the mute button are those "warm and fuzzy" anti pro-choice
>brainwashers.
Yeah, God forbid that someone actually have all the information they
need for a choice, and God forbid someone actually be in favor of life.
Those really are annoying commercials, aren't they? Aren't they?
Matt Ackeret
>Yeah, God forbid that someone actually have all the information they
>need for a choice, and God forbid someone actually be in favor of life.
>Those really are annoying commercials, aren't they? Aren't they?
Yes they really are annoying.. Also, how can a non-existant being forbid
something?
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Aaron Dickey
> In article <gmVD6B...@jackatak.raider.net> den...@jackatak.raider.net (Den
> >And let it be known that the commercials guaranteed to make me go
> >straight for the mute button are those "warm and fuzzy" anti pro-choice
> >brainwashers.
>
> Yeah, God forbid that someone actually have all the information they
> need for a choice, and God forbid someone actually be in favor of life.
> Those really are annoying commercials, aren't they? Aren't they?
It's not the point-of-view, it's the damn ADS. They're sickeningly sweet,
and in one case damn near disgusting (the of-course-beautiful-and-perfect
Good Christian teen girl who was "aborted at birth"). The ads are simply
obnoxious and annoying.
If someone wants to pay a ton of money to run hundreds of pro-life ads that
aren't going to change a single person's mind, fine. But at least spend
some of the money to hire GOOD copywriters who can get across a logical
argument for the pro-life POV instead of producing substandard
pseudo-tearjerkers.
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Graham K. Johnson
>In article <jrsC8y...@netcom.com> j...@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:
>>>And let it be known that the commercials guaranteed to make me go
>>>straight for the mute button are those "warm and fuzzy" anti pro-choice
>>>brainwashers.
>>
>>need for a choice, and God forbid someone actually be in favor of life.
>>Those really are annoying commercials, aren't they? Aren't they?
>
>Yes they really are annoying.. Also, how can a non-existant being forbid
>something?
I was going to follow up with an opinion about the annoyingness or
lack thereof of these commercials, but When I saw this I decided otherwise.
This thread appears to be getting out of hand very quickly and
rec.arts.tv is not the place for it. Note the Followup-To line above.
However, if for some reason you must continue this thread on this
newsgroup, please at least use a new subject heading, such as the one
given for this article, as I was enjoying the thread. I even inserted
the original post so that there is no need to follow up using a
previous reply.
No flames to me please and please realize that this discussion is out
of place and can not possibly lead to anything productive.
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Jeff Slutzky
Pat Steward
>>straight for the mute button are those "warm and fuzzy" anti pro-choice
>>brainwashers.
>
>Yeah, God forbid that someone actually have all the information they
>need for a choice, and God forbid someone actually be in favor of life.
>Those really are annoying commercials, aren't they? Aren't they?
Elvis forbid people should actually discuss this topic in an
appropriate group.
The subject is "annoying commercials," shall we continue in that vein?
--
Patricia Martin Steward pat...@oz.plymouth.edu
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is;
I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express senti-
ments that differentiate me from a doormat. Rebecca West, 1913
Kenneth Luther
>
> > Not every person is lucky enough to have had a few hundred extra
> > dollars sitting around with which to purchase a new TV for the
> > sole purpose of acquiring a remote control or mute button. As
> > long as my non-remote TV gives me a good picture, I'll stick with
> > it, barbarian that I am.
>
>My poor friend, how do you survive in this world without a mute button
>for your TV? Especially considering the fact that the sound is usually
>cranked up 1/3 higher for commercials than the regular program you're
>watching.
>
Well, I *am* accepting donations :-).
Say, if every person who reads this were to send me $1.....
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Barbara Hlavin
>I can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned yet! The sponsor escapes
>me at this time but all you hear is this boring monotonic guy speaking
>slower than shit. I mean its like a 4 second pause before he says the
>next word. AAAAHHHHH! I think the dialog is like "the........more........
>you.........like........others.........the.........more.........you.....
>will........like........yourself. Anyone knw this commercial? I'd actually
>spend time in jail to maul this guy with a sawed off shot gun.
Tsk! And yet some will contend that television doesn't encourage violent
attitudes.
--Barbara, who parades around in her underwear only when there's a Sousa
march on the gramophone
Jeff Slutzky
>I can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned yet! The sponsor escapes
>me at this time but all you hear is this boring monotonic guy speaking
>slower than shit. I mean its like a 4 second pause before he says the
>next word. AAAAHHHHH! I think the dialog is like "the........more........
>you.........like........others.........the.........more.........you.....
>will........like........yourself. Anyone knw this commercial? I'd actually
>spend time in jail to maul this guy with a sawed off shot gun.
I know what you mean. I've only seen that commercial twice
(luckily) and it was even more annoying the second time.
I also really dislike the voice of the guy who does the Volvo
commercials, the voice with the slight lisp and the elitist
tone. He does the series of commercials that are based on
current events, like last summer when Volvo did commercials
with the phrase "family values" (yecch).
Arif Osman
The tv standard in the UK is PAL-I.
Does anyone know the approximate cost of converting a tv
from PAL-I (UK) to PAL-B (Australia)?
Thanks in advance.
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Dennis McGee
> Yeah, God forbid that someone actually have all the information
> they need for a choice, and God forbid someone actually be in
> favor of life. Those really are annoying commercials, aren't
> they? Aren't they?
and Dial soap. I happen to be pro-choice, but I would feel the same way
about commercials expousing that belief.
Jeff Bamford
anywhere. "La-batt-ice" *Shiver*. Out of principal I refuse to buy the
damn stuff because the commercial is so annoying. Just this guy trying to
sell the stuff. Then they have to take a perfectly good song by the
Smiths and use it the background. It's actually kind of funny when you
think about. Knowing what the song is about, "How Soon Is Now?" is hardly
appropriate.
Jeff
Vidiot
<The tv standard in Australia is PAL-B.
<The tv standard in the UK is PAL-I.
<
<Does anyone know the approximate cost of converting a tv
<from PAL-I (UK) to PAL-B (Australia)?
Nothing. The standard mentioned is the transmission standard. The PAL
recorded on the tape is the same. Just stuff the tape in the VCR and enjoy.
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Arif Osman
|In article <20c3om$1tl...@nemesis.muppet.bt.co.uk> ar...@muppet.bt.co.uk writes:
|<The tv standard in Australia is PAL-B.
|<The tv standard in the UK is PAL-I.
|<
|<Does anyone know the approximate cost of converting a tv
|<from PAL-I (UK) to PAL-B (Australia)?
|
|Nothing. The standard mentioned is the transmission standard. The PAL
|recorded on the tape is the same. Just stuff the tape in the VCR and enjoy.
You missed the point. Would a UK tv (PAL-I) be capable of receiving
programs transmitted in PAL-B? I suspect not.
magr...@merrimack.edu
> In article <gratrix....@spot.Colorado.EDU>,
> gra...@spot.Colorado.EDU (Jackie Gratrix) writes:
> |>
> |> The only one worse than the "BKteevee Guy" is the
> |> Christian-Slater-wannabe on the Subaru Imprezia commercial.
> |> Yuk.
> |>
>
> I will never buy a Subaru, just on the basis of the Impreza ad with the obnoxious
> woman explaining that the '69 Mets succeeded solely because the Cubs choked.
>
> The triumph of the '69 Mets was a miricle of the human spirit, a triumph of
> humanity over the dead hand of history, and no one but an Orioles or Cubs fan can
> say anything different. Besides, the Cubs went from 9.5 gaves up to 8 games
> down; even the 1978 Red Sox only had a 14.5 game fall. The Cubs may have choked,
> but the Mets deserved some credit too.
>
> By the way, don't tell me about the '93 Mets; I don`t like vomiting on my
> terminal.
>
> Eric
You know, I think we should find that Denis Leary wannabe lady, perhaps her
name is Denise, and proceed to beat the hell out of her. She sucks, I think
she knows shit about baseball. The'69 Mets were indeed a triumph of the human
spirit and this is coming from a devot Red Sox fan. Anyways after we get her,
we get Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and any other former Met we can
find and then we have them throw fast balls at her. Then we will ask the
question, "WHO CHOKED??" Ha, that will show her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Later Gators
bm
Byron Magrane
George Fergus
> The tv standard in Australia is PAL-B.
> The tv standard in the UK is PAL-I.
>
> Does anyone know the approximate cost of converting a tv
> from PAL-I (UK) to PAL-B (Australia)?
The video portion of the TV signal is pretty much the same in PAL-I
and PAL-B. The difference occurs in the audio portion, which is at
a different subcarrier frequency. If it is not adjusted, you won't
get any sound. How easy this is to adjust will probably vary with
the design of your particular TV set, but it should be inexpensive.
-George
Vidiot
Oops! I stand corrected. For some reason I read video tape into the
conversation.
Your suspect is probably right. The channel allocations alone would probably
kill the whole thing.
Dennis McGee
Ackeret):
> This was a pretty cool thread; does it *have* to degenerate to
> this? Any discussion on newsgroups seems to be intrinsically
> drawn toward abortion women's rights, or homosexuality, no matter
> what the subject matter started out being. BTW, *you* don't
> exist.
Hmm, doesn't seem that way in the newsgroups I monitor--you must be
against all discussion related to women's rights and homosexuality in any
context. In the first place, most of the people who posted on this topic
weren't debating abortion per se, they were commenting that these
particular commercials annoyed them. In the second place, nobody died and
made you moderator.
Laura L. Barnes
a Cubs fan has built lots o' character!
Laura
PS I hate MCI and AT&T ads. Your mileage may vary.
Rick Shrum
>sh...@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum) wrote to unk...@apple.com (Matt
>Ackeret):
>
> > This was a pretty cool thread; does it *have* to degenerate to
> > this? Any discussion on newsgroups seems to be intrinsically
> > drawn toward abortion women's rights, or homosexuality, no matter
> > what the subject matter started out being. BTW, *you* don't
> > exist.
>
>Hmm, doesn't seem that way in the newsgroups I monitor
I've seen it happen millions o' times.
--you must be
>against all discussion related to women's rights and homosexuality in any
>context.
And you must draw hasty conclusions from unsupported evidence. I don't mind
discussion of womens rights and homosexuality at all - but stick with 1 train
of thought please (ie stick to the subject).
In the first place, most of the people who posted on this topic
>weren't debating abortion per se, they were commenting that these
>particular commercials annoyed them.
Those aren't even commercials - they're bought time to express a particular
POV. A commercial is derived from the word commerce, which suggests business
dealings - y'know, tran$action$?
In the second place, nobody died and
>made you moderator.
Oh geez guy!
>
>
>--
RS
Shari Lazarus
> me how cars react during braking, then another commercial, then the same
> jerk drawing on my screen again.>
The worst infiniti ad is the one where the guy paints on the floor with black
paint, explains something about infiniti's distinctive design and how it breaks
the common stereotypes, the he lifts the paint broom and rests his arm on it.
Sure, he likes to ruin his expensive suits. These ads were annoying enough
befor this one, now I wonder what infiniti is trying to tell us - if you can
afford to ruin your clothes, then you might be able to afford our cars?
Shari Lazarus
sh...@spring.sas.upenn.edu
> --
> Alan Hepburn "A man doesn't know what he knows
> National Semiconductor until he knows what he doesn't know."
> Santa Clara, Ca
> al...@berlioz.nsc.com Thomas Carlyle
Louise Penberthy
>> Later that evening, I saw the jerk asking to borrow my TV screen to show
>> me how cars react during braking, then another commercial, then the same
>> jerk drawing on my screen again.>
>
>The worst infiniti ad is the one where the guy paints on the floor with black
>paint, explains something about infiniti's distinctive design and how it breaks
>the common stereotypes, the he lifts the paint broom and rests his arm on it.
>Sure, he likes to ruin his expensive suits. These ads were annoying enough
>befor this one, now I wonder what infiniti is trying to tell us - if you can
>afford to ruin your clothes, then you might be able to afford our cars?
I'm late joining this thread, but so far all I've seen is
postings lambasting these ads. I _like_ them. The "jerk" is
Jonathan Pryce ("Brazil," "Jumping Jack Flash," "Praying
Mantis,"), whom I like. The ads have attitude and wimsy (both in
one!), and if you catch the last few frames of the ad with the
paint roller, you will see Pryce look at his arm, as though he's
just suddenly realized what he's done.
The ads may be pure BS (all right, probably _are_ pure BS :-),
but I like Jonathan Pryce and I enjoy the ads.
-- Louise Penberthy
Louise Penberthy | "You're shull of fit, Weezie, but
Dept of CSIS, Kennesaw State College | I love you anyway."
PO Box 444, Marietta, GA 30061 | -- Tony Vila, to me
lou...@pravda.cc.gatech.edu |
Mike Quigley
>paint, explains something about infiniti's distinctive design and how it breaks
How about the Mercedes ad showing the pensive, upscale family musing over
buying a Mercedes ``not to impress the neighbors, but to protect our most
prized possession...''
(Camera cuts to little junior sucking his thumb, and then to a Mercedes
doing an endo).
Makes you hope that little junior is actually in the Mercedes doing the endo.
Mike
Jon Locker
one that came on every day throughout the NBA playoffs. Not only was it
annoying, but borderline racist as well, as it seemed like Reebok was
pandering to gang-bangers.
"You come strong, or you don't come at all!" please, i want to puke...
--
Jon Locker
U of Illinois
marc.colten
> > Later that evening, I saw the jerk asking to borrow my TV screen to show
> > me how cars react during braking, then another commercial, then the same
> > jerk drawing on my screen again.>
>
> The worst infiniti ad is the one where the guy paints on the floor with black
> paint, explains something about infiniti's distinctive design and how it breaks
> the common stereotypes, the he lifts the paint broom and rests his arm on it.
> Sure, he likes to ruin his expensive suits. These ads were annoying enough
> befor this one, now I wonder what infiniti is trying to tell us - if you can
> afford to ruin your clothes, then you might be able to afford our cars?
The one I hate is there he explains that with their car the tires
are at the corners just like the legs on a chair for extra stability.
What have the rest of us got under our cars, rollerblades?
marc colten