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Post by DocD83 on Dec 22, 2003 21:14:30 GMT -5
You should collect the good ones and make it a category for the next round of Muties.
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Genetic Mishap
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Post by Genetic Mishap on Dec 22, 2003 22:43:51 GMT -5
Aw, shucks. I am honored. ;D
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Post by DocD83 on Jan 16, 2004 9:54:09 GMT -5
I forget what it was advertising, but there is that one commercial where a guy is trudging through deep snow to get to what we find out is a charcoal grill covered in snow. A couple of times it looks like he crunched through and sunk down to his knees, but the last time he does it his legs are in the shot...he's on his knees. Why in god's name did they leave that in the final cut?
And does anyone watch the Daily Show? Jon Stewart was really being an idiot yesterday. Lewis and Clark were not looking for the Northwest Passage, and there is a difference between the phrases "touch ourselves" and "touch for ourselves." Gah.
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Post by Hucklebubba on Jan 23, 2004 15:14:49 GMT -5
Spike, or ex-TNN if you prefer, has been airing a commercial lately about some sort of get-rich-at-home ATM-like video rental machine.
The whole thing reeks of sleaze to me. And even if it isn't a scam, I don't think it'll catch on well.
It doesn't help that the whole commercial is scored by a 70s wakka-wakka car chase theme.
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Post by Hucklebubba on Mar 10, 2004 15:07:36 GMT -5
Today's Dubious Commercial centers around the very definition of cure-worse-than-disease, Zoloft!
I was actually on Zoloft for a brief period some years back, and I must admit it was highly effective, in that I felt much better after I stopped taking it.
Much to my amazement and general indifference, Zoloft is used to treat not only depression, but social anxiety disorder as well. At least, that's the claim these commercials make. And, seeing as how the crux of said commercial's advertising machine is a sad little cahoney-shaped fellow, I'm inclined to believe it.
Unfortunately, this advertising gimmick, while highly effective in one sense, is also prone to backfiring. You see, there's just something about a whimpering gonad with a face that naturally garners sympathy, and therein lies the problem. When I'm watching these commercials, I tend to become less concerned with my own well-being, and more concerned with whether or not our bulbous little hero is ever going to form meaningful relationships with the other Testicons.
I believe in you, Nut-man!!
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Post by dajaymann on Mar 11, 2004 17:38:06 GMT -5
My least favorite commercial as of late has to do with some sort of drug called "Cialis" or something. Actually, "Cialis" would probably make a kickass name for a female Final Fantasy character, but I digress. Apparently, you use "Cialis" whenever right now becomes "the right moment" but it is marred by "Reptile Dysfunction".
I didn't realize that reptile owners had problems with their various reptiles that not only warranted a drug, but also national TV ads. I mean, if you're waiting for your new pet python to "unleash the rage" on an unsuspecting rat-meal, and it just ain't happening, just take it back to the pet store. And get something a little more lively. Like a rattlesnake, or cobra. At least, that's how I feel.
And how someone's pet Iguana has anything to do with two old people sitting in a tub, I know not.
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Post by Al on Mar 11, 2004 23:58:39 GMT -5
That's one of the funniest things I've seen all week. Thank you Jay for making me laugh that hard.
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Post by dajaymann on Mar 12, 2004 10:35:24 GMT -5
Well I was shooting for Worst. Post. Ever.
Sadly, I appear to have failed...in at least one person's eyes...
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Post by penguinslovedw on Apr 23, 2008 13:13:38 GMT -5
There's this god-awful commercial for A1 steak sauce. There's this average looking guy putting A1 sauce on his burger in a really fancy restaurant. Next to him is this snobby rich guy (think "Do you have any Grey Poupon?") who sneers at the fact that he's putting steak sauce on his burger. He asks "Can I see that?" and the average-looking guy, thinking that he wants the steak sauce says "Certainly" and reaches over to the get the steak sauce, and while he's reaching for it, the rich guy steals his hamburger!! And the average-looking guy just sits there looking sad. This commercial ticks me off so friggin' much!! First of all, you're rich, you can have all the hamburgers you want , why do you have to steal this poor guy's? And the guy doesn't look that rich , so he must've saved up for a long time to get to go to this fancy restaurant. It's things like that that started Communism, you know. Second, the poor guy would've been perfectly within his rights to say "Get your own, this is mine." But he doesn't! He gives the rich snob, who could've also bought his own steak sauce, HIS steak sauce, and look how he's rewarded.
Who comes up with this stuff?
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coccatino
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whose baby are you?
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Post by coccatino on Apr 23, 2008 14:08:06 GMT -5
Holy resurrection of a defunct thread! So while we're on the topic, some of you PA folks might have seen this gem. It offends me on so many levels, and it's on so often that I know all of the lyrics. |
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Apr 23, 2008 21:57:05 GMT -5
DW, I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger to-day.
-D
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Post by StarOpal on Apr 23, 2008 22:05:00 GMT -5
penguin, did you ever see the A1 commercial where the guy's eating the steak and the woman is whispering at him to cut it out, then he gets up and it turns out her husband was away checking on the kids?
1) The guy who not only was concerned about his children, but had the manners to leave and not bother the rest of the restaurant is punished. 2) I always felt that there was some chauvinistic subtext about the ineffectiveness of women in there. Seriously, lady, stand up for yourself! Or at least your husband's steak! Geeze!
But then maybe I read too much into commercials.
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Post by penguinslovedw on Apr 24, 2008 9:21:23 GMT -5
I remember that one! And all in all, I don't think that sends a good message about A1 steak sauce, like "Hey, people are willing to do stupid and basically illegal things in order to get our sauce!"
And I am not Wimpy!
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Post by Al on Apr 24, 2008 14:08:24 GMT -5
Holy resurrection of a defunct thread! So while we're on the topic, some of you PA folks might have seen this gem. It offends me on so many levels, and it's on so often that I know all of the lyrics. Wow, it's like a Fanta commercial but... worse, somehow. |
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Post by StarOpal on Apr 24, 2008 21:24:13 GMT -5
Holy resurrection of a defunct thread! So while we're on the topic, some of you PA folks might have seen this gem. It offends me on so many levels, and it's on so often that I know all of the lyrics. *loss for words* |
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