Lanthey Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Christmas was sooo busy that I recorded a ton of things off the TV to watch at a later date.... Have been watching some things today and have discovered the most annoying advert in the world.... It's played every add break every other advert..... Luckily I remembered I can fast forward TV I've recoded..... (duh) Otherwise I fear my head would have exploded. Link to comment
Guest little_jonny Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 my laptop was muted and i still found it annoying.. i was more interessted in a commerical on the radio then this. Link to comment
D_Rainger Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I don't even understand a lot of the commercials any more. -DR Link to comment
AutieAB Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 At least they got rid of that stupid "singer" woman who used to do it. Link to comment
Guest lilme Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 At first I was like, well... that's not so bad. But by half way through I was totally annoyed lol Some commercials are so stupid Link to comment
Angelica Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I watched it twice at different sound volumes just to try to understand what they were saying. I wasn't sure if it was an advertisement for Iceland Tourism at Christmastime or a food advertisement for the various foods from Iceland Link to comment
diaperpt Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 It is annoying when ANY commercial/advert is played over and over! In the US, I'm sure anyone who watches sports on TV will attest to how the same ads appear over and over within the same broadcast. It may put that product in your mind, but when it's in my mind it's only as an annoyance! haha...maybe THIS is the time to pull out your smartphone and connect! (direct contradiction of what I just posted in response to the thread on smartphones) Link to comment
LuvsGurl Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 The lack of commercial variety in the US really bothers me. Each company only makes one commercial per product anymore, and they show it over and over again. Commercials for prescription medicine should be banned, if you needed that particular drug your doctor would have you on it. Also, commercials for "ED" drugs should not be shown before 11:00PM. Do you want to explain to a 5 year old what an erection is? I know I don't and frankly I'm surprised that parents have allowed it to go on for this long. Commercials for "check your credit score" are a complete scam. By law each US citizen is entitled to one free report per year from each of the 3 major credit bureaus, so run one every 4 months. You don't need to check your score more often than that. Commercials for online universities are also crap. A huge percentage of these for-profit colleges aren't even accredited, so any degree you get from them won't do you a bit of good. The people really need to push congress for a "Standards in Advertising" act to get this garbage off of TV. 2 Link to comment
BBB Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I really really like the Sprint commercials... And they're pretty repetitive. Link to comment
Baby Jordan Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 oh my god my sound was off i didn't even listen to it & it looks annoying. and it goes on for a whole minute??? that sucks. i suggest having ur computer there n mute t.v. during commercials. Link to comment
BBB Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5s1QNfXGn4&feature=youtube_gdata_player That one gets stuck in my head alot too Link to comment
Lanthey Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 It doesn't help that they turn the volume up for adverts over here... So you're watching TV and a normal level and the BAM ITS ADVERTS AND THEY'RE REALLY REALLY LOUD!!! Link to comment
Depends1578 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 1-800-Kars4Kids is the worst one down here. Link to comment
Angelica Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Gee that one with the baby in the walker speeding down the roads weaving in and out of traffic!!!! I can just imagine that child growing up to ride motorcycles like that Link to comment
Mark0307 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'm just glad that there are no more "Cash for Clunkers" commercials Link to comment
AutieAB Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I don't know if they still air it (I hope for the sake of the UK populace that they don't ) but the ad that always made me want to throw the nearest heavy object through the screen was this one. Just to let you know, it's bloody awful. Don't watch it then complain 'cos I'm not making you click! Link to comment
AutieAB Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Also, probably my favourite advert ever is (watch it on Youtube - it looks better in full screen) Aside from hiding the barrels, it's all real - it is not CGI Link to comment
Lanthey Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 I don't know if they still air it (I hope for the sake of the UK populace that they don't ) but the ad that always made me want to throw the nearest heavy object through the screen was this one. Just to let you know, it's bloody awful. Don't watch it then complain 'cos I'm not making you click! ICK!!! Totally forgot about that one!! >_< Link to comment
Yvhuce Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 It is annoying when ANY commercial/advert is played over and over! In the US, I'm sure anyone who watches sports on TV will attest to how the same ads appear over and over within the same broadcast. It may put that product in your mind, but when it's in my mind it's only as an annoyance! haha...maybe THIS is the time to pull out your smartphone and connect! (direct contradiction of what I just posted in response to the thread on smartphones) It's worse when they appear multiple times DURING THE SAME COMMERCIAL BREAK... And nowadays, almost every commercial is paired with another one for the same product/company! So, you get to suffer though Flo's idiocy back-to-back... It really sucks for those of us who can't afford tivo or DVRs... Also, weren't they supposed to pass a law banning commercials from jacking up the volume? Link to comment
diaperpt Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 It's worse when they appear multiple times DURING THE SAME COMMERCIAL BREAK... And nowadays, almost every commercial is paired with another one for the same product/company! So, you get to suffer though Flo's idiocy back-to-back... It really sucks for those of us who can't afford tivo or DVRs... Also, weren't they supposed to pass a law banning commercials from jacking up the volume? You are SOOOOOOOO right! You set the volume to listen to a show and all of a sudden a commercial comes on and blasts you out of your seat! Link to comment
AutieAB Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Also, weren't they supposed to pass a law banning commercials from jacking up the volume? If "they" is the legislature of the US, then yes, they were and they did. Look up the CALM Act. Doesn't come into force until December this year though, unfortunately. Link to comment
anondl Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I tivo everything I watch therefore I don't see commercials. The commercial I hated most was for free credit report .com. Before their welcomed demise they were running 4 or five versions 24/7 on all channels. These ads were amusing 5 years ago but like "who wants to be a millionaire" the networks and cable ran it into the ground. Now they have started the same with Ben whats his face, the guy who does Dirty Jobs. I mean really, do we have to endure him twice during the commercial break? Anondl Link to comment
Yvhuce Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I tivo everything I watch therefore I don't see commercials. The commercial I hated most was for free credit report .com. Before their welcomed demise they were running 4 or five versions 24/7 on all channels. These ads were amusing 5 years ago but like "who wants to be a millionaire" the networks and cable ran it into the ground. Now they have started the same with Ben whats his face, the guy who does Dirty Jobs. I mean really, do we have to endure him twice during the commercial break? Anondl You're thinking of Mike Rowe. Apart from Dirty Jobs and all of those commercials, he also does narration for a few different shows. Ben Stein also does a credit report commercial, though. He once had his own game show, has voiced a number of dull cartoon characters, and is the the Visine eye drop commercial guy. Personally, I'd rather listen to Mike Rowe. Link to comment
timmyc Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 To anyone who complains about commercials, that's why God invented remote controls Link to comment
Yvhuce Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 To anyone who complains about commercials, that's why God invented remote controls The problem with that is 2-fold: 1: Muting commercials can sometimes lead to one ending up muting an entire section of the show that you were trying to watch. 2: Channel surfing during commercial breaks is am even more risky a way to miss out on a good part of the show you were trying to watch. This' especially true when the breaks are always of different lengths. It also exacerbates the "what the hell happened before the commercials so rudely interrupted the show?!" effect caused by extended commercial breaks. Especially if you're trying to watch a movie (but, that's what you get for trying to watch movies on non-commercial-free channels [and yes, there are commercial-free movie channels, like Encore]). Link to comment
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