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What's the most annoying TV commercial (Original Post) Tribetime Aug 2020 OP
Any prescription pharmaceutical. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #1
Yes JustGene Aug 2020 #32
Second on that! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2020 #34
"Ask your doctor is it's right for you" LakeArenal Aug 2020 #39
I can't see any pharmaceutical ads without picturing this: Initech Aug 2020 #56
That... LakeArenal Aug 2020 #59
all of them dweller Aug 2020 #2
Stupid My Pillow with that guy FM123 Aug 2020 #3
Yes I just saw that assclown again, you're right Tribetime Aug 2020 #93
Discovy For Prep DanieRains Aug 2020 #4
The Liberty Mutual LiMu Emu Still Sensible Aug 2020 #5
Everything from Liberty Mutual is lame, Geico-wannabe crap. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #7
YES! I hate those ads! lastlib Aug 2020 #66
Yes That one is my 2nd choice Tribetime Aug 2020 #26
OMG, yes!!! Mad_Dem_X Aug 2020 #41
Especially the unsafe driving one whistler162 Aug 2020 #63
Tom Selleck Reverse Mortgage Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #6
omg Skittles Aug 2020 #29
I really hate that one. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #8
Gold is at an all time high with... IcyPeas Aug 2020 #9
Can I vote for ... all of them? I almost universally hate commercials ... mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #10
Trumpy Bear. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #11
My sister's MIL has one of those! Mad_Dem_X Aug 2020 #42
WTF?!?!?!?!!!! consider_this Aug 2020 #72
I originally assumed it was satire too, but... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #89
Haven't watched TV in many years. Guess I'm not missing much, eh? nt Binkie The Clown Aug 2020 #12
You're missing... ailsagirl Aug 2020 #24
Our television plays DVDs and Netflix. That's all it does. hunter Aug 2020 #37
Any Newsmax commercial texasfiddler Aug 2020 #13
The one about the guy constantly on his phone underpants Aug 2020 #14
Sonic. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #15
The my pillow guy. brush Aug 2020 #16
HANDS DOWN...ITS CARS FOR KIDS... i won't even play it... yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #17
It is absolutely that bad. 3catwoman3 Aug 2020 #30
oh god...I turn the radio off.... yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #45
On WTOP Radio, they'll often preface the commercial with an announcement... NurseJackie Aug 2020 #71
That song is so annoying..... yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #74
Even more annoying that this... NurseJackie Aug 2020 #76
That song sounds like something from yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #79
In one particular episode of "The Walking Dead" this song was played nonstop... NurseJackie Aug 2020 #81
WOW... yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #82
That song sounds like something from " yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #80
+1 trackfan Aug 2020 #31
ABSOLUTELY!!! DFW Aug 2020 #70
Any ad that uses the word 'diarrhea'. House of Roberts Aug 2020 #18
Does a deep voice make it worse? Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #20
Doc Hogue says the word righteously too Skittles Aug 2020 #54
The Chevy guy with his 5 or 6 average citizens. yonder Aug 2020 #19
That one!!!! LakeArenal Aug 2020 #40
You'll Love This Guy. jayfish Aug 2020 #96
Anything with the OrangeAnus Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #21
That Mo-tor guy - half man, half motorcycle. Creeps me out. Marie Marie Aug 2020 #22
Yes the Motaur ad definitely creeps me out. Geico's ads used to be cleaver or cute, but.... hlthe2b Aug 2020 #25
I hate those bears dancing around, shaking their asses! XanaDUer2 Aug 2020 #73
The First One Was Pretty Good. jayfish Aug 2020 #97
Kars4Kids Jingle ailsagirl Aug 2020 #23
I haven't heard or seen that one Tribetime Aug 2020 #49
I'm in the SF Bay Area ailsagirl Aug 2020 #50
Boy I'm glad I haven't seen that commercial here Tribetime Aug 2020 #51
Actually, I've never seen it-- only heard it on the radio ailsagirl Aug 2020 #55
They run it in Chicago, too. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #68
I'm 1000 percent with you. That commercial COLGATE4 Aug 2020 #27
You guys are lucky that you don't have Jim Adler the Texas Hammer LeftInTX Aug 2020 #28
Yeah, but does he have his own ambulance??? Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2020 #35
I remember this guy from when I lived in SoCal yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #46
Annoying and very long!! LeftInTX Aug 2020 #60
I kinda like that one, yui. It's a hoot with the sound turned off. Glorfindel Aug 2020 #102
All "hurt in a car wreck" ones JustGene Aug 2020 #33
Dental implants Maxheader Aug 2020 #36
I don't own a TV so I don't see a lot of commercials. BluesRunTheGame Aug 2020 #38
Those horrible SPCA commercials Mad_Dem_X Aug 2020 #43
My Wife & I, Too ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #85
Mentos redeemed their formerly cringe-worthy commercials with this classic: Aristus Aug 2020 #44
All the one's that aren't funny, and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #47
The ones with that Burger King character... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #48
"Calm" Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #52
For Me It's The Chase Bank Commercial.... becca da bakkah Aug 2020 #53
Haven't seen that one, but it sounds awful. I loved the Chase commercial with the pet pig: highplainsdem Aug 2020 #61
All Progressive Insurance commercials annoy me. Initech Aug 2020 #57
Yes for sure Tribetime Aug 2020 #58
Liberty Liberty Liberty SCantiGOP Aug 2020 #62
+1 Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #67
Liberty. Biberty.... 634-5789 Aug 2020 #77
any ad that has the phrase SCantiGOP Aug 2020 #83
".....or your mattress is FREEEEEEE!!!!!!" Xolodno Aug 2020 #64
Lmoa 👍👍👍👍👍 Tribetime Aug 2020 #65
Right now? Leaf Filter. Iggo Aug 2020 #69
I'm sick of Flo. 634-5789 Aug 2020 #75
Is that beachwood 45789 Tribetime Aug 2020 #78
Is that beachwood 45789 634-5789 Aug 2020 #88
Wouldn't BEechwood be 234-5789? Dave Starsky Aug 2020 #94
97% of our TV watching is recorded on the DVR OriginalGeek Aug 2020 #84
The Cat Food Commercial, Where Mom... ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #86
Progressive commercials ploppy Aug 2020 #87
All of them! Ahpook Aug 2020 #90
All Liberty Mutual commercials! frogmarch Aug 2020 #91
We Buy Any Car ! DOT COM Captain Zero Aug 2020 #92
I Feel Terrible For Dennis Haysbert. jayfish Aug 2020 #95
LMAO👍 Tribetime Aug 2020 #100
A Lot of My Picks Have Already Been Mentioned. So I'm Going With... jayfish Aug 2020 #98
Yes that guy slapping his hands gets me Tribetime Aug 2020 #99
OMG! jayfish Aug 2020 #101

dweller

(23,558 posts)
2. all of them
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:34 PM
Aug 2020

and especially WE BUY ANY CAR !!
and i mute it in those few seconds so don't know the rest of it .. 😑

✌🏼

Still Sensible

(2,870 posts)
5. The Liberty Mutual LiMu Emu
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:37 PM
Aug 2020

is the most annoying piece of shit national ad campaign I've seen in years, hands down.

lastlib

(22,978 posts)
66. YES! I hate those ads!
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 10:20 PM
Aug 2020

And I've seen them so much, I hate the company too now.

But then I'm coming to hate ALL product advertising.

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
63. Especially the unsafe driving one
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 04:39 PM
Aug 2020

where the guy passes something to the woman while driving down the road. Yeah, I am really going to get a policy through a company that advocates that kind of action, and I own a Subaru.

IcyPeas

(21,737 posts)
9. Gold is at an all time high with...
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:39 PM
Aug 2020

The siren sound as if it's breaking in to give you a hurricane warning.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
10. Can I vote for ... all of them? I almost universally hate commercials ...
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:39 PM
Aug 2020

And the few that I do like, I'd happily live without them if that meant there were never any at all.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
11. Trumpy Bear.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:42 PM
Aug 2020

I thought it was a comedy show satire sketch when I first saw it on TV, thinking that I accidentally changed the channel or something, but nope.

Mad_Dem_X

(9,522 posts)
42. My sister's MIL has one of those!
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:08 PM
Aug 2020

She's generally a sweet woman, but she loves Trump and she loves that bear.

consider_this

(2,194 posts)
72. WTF?!?!?!?!!!!
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 09:25 AM
Aug 2020

You are saying this is a for real thing??!!??

I swear I would have been ROFL if you had not said it was an actual thing. It is so like an amazing satire. Thank Jah I never saw this before.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
89. I originally assumed it was satire too, but...
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 09:33 PM
Aug 2020

... then I realized my TV was on some local FOX station and the program wasn't a comedy show. Then I was irritated by the reminder of the WEIRD people who helped put Trump in office. (I suppose they're "right-wing authoritarians" from what I've read, a personality type that can be found around the world.)

It originally aired around Summer 2017, I think, and it continued for at least 1.5 years. I haven't seen it on TV for many months, thankfully.

hunter

(38,263 posts)
37. Our television plays DVDs and Netflix. That's all it does.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:19 AM
Aug 2020

I can 'cast other stuff to our television, youtube videos for example, but I rarely do.

Once you've broken the television habit it's really hard to go back. Television commercials become intolerable.

I also block ads that move or make sound on my web browser.

Most of the television advertising I see is posted here on DU, for example this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181390644

3catwoman3

(23,812 posts)
30. It is absolutely that bad.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 12:14 AM
Aug 2020

I leap for the”mute” button on the remote when I hear the first couple of notes.

yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
45. oh god...I turn the radio off....
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:32 PM
Aug 2020

and wait 30 seconds... its that bad..and you are right...that first few notes...trigger!!

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
71. On WTOP Radio, they'll often preface the commercial with an announcement...
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 09:08 AM
Aug 2020

On WTOP Radio, they'll often preface the commercial with an announcement... "The following is a paid commercial." (That's just enough time for me to hit the "channel-up" button on my steering wheel and quickly advance to the next station.

Sometimes I'm a little slow and I'll hear "One-eight..."

yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
74. That song is so annoying.....
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:30 PM
Aug 2020

It just grinds on your last nerve.. Maybe we should weaponize it against the Russians

yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
79. That song sounds like something from
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:38 PM
Aug 2020

DisneyWorld, or Disneyland... on their entertainment streets.. its bad but not as bad as

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
81. In one particular episode of "The Walking Dead" this song was played nonstop...
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:41 PM
Aug 2020

In one particular episode of "The Walking Dead" this song was played nonstop as a way to torture and break the spirits of those from rival clans who had been captured.

yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
80. That song sounds like something from "
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:40 PM
Aug 2020

DisneyWorld, or Disneyland... on their entertainment streets.. its bad but not as bad as "Kars4kids" why does advertising take the liberty of spelling stuff wrong? No wonder America has "dumbed-down. "

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
20. Does a deep voice make it worse?
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:08 PM
Aug 2020

I always laughed when I saw them as a kid.

However, I can't remember if they were Pepto-Bismol ads, or some other product.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
22. That Mo-tor guy - half man, half motorcycle. Creeps me out.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:43 PM
Aug 2020

Doug & Limo Emu. Those stupid bears talking about how clean their heinys are. Medicare Advantage ads. All pharmaceutical ads.I could go on for days. FFS, if you are going to bombard us with more ads than actual show content, at least get creative and entertaining. Most ads suck!

XanaDUer2

(10,327 posts)
73. I hate those bears dancing around, shaking their asses!
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:14 PM
Aug 2020

Its images nauseate me, esp the one where they pick the underwear up and it's re-wearable because his heinie's clean.

jayfish

(10,035 posts)
97. The First One Was Pretty Good.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:50 PM
Aug 2020

Where the Motor says he'd rather be motorcycle on the top and human on the bottom. They they started to run it into the ground and make it weird.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
35. Yeah, but does he have his own ambulance???
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:08 AM
Aug 2020

That's what a really good plaintiff's lawyer has. (Very old joke.)

I'm in Texas. We have Roberts & Roberts, Goudarzi & Young 18 Wheeler Accident Specialists and various other lawyers. None as cheesy as Jim Adler, though.

We have one for DOW Auto Complex which has a young woman with a real whiny voice that's irritating as hell. The car dealers who have some hyper guy saying "I'm Joe Blow, and I'm here to tell you about the great deals here" and I'm thinking, who in the hell is Joe Blow and why in the hell should I know who he is?

Glorfindel

(9,706 posts)
102. I kinda like that one, yui. It's a hoot with the sound turned off.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 02:24 PM
Aug 2020

Well, they could have left out the snake....

BluesRunTheGame

(1,586 posts)
38. I don't own a TV so I don't see a lot of commercials.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:44 AM
Aug 2020

But every now and then I’ll find myself in a hotel room and turn on msnbc for a while. I have to say that ALL of the commercials are annoying.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
85. My Wife & I, Too
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 03:58 PM
Aug 2020

We're doting pet owners.
I know they're supposed to make me sad. They work.
But, we already donate, so I don't need to see those ads.

 

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
47. All the one's that aren't funny, and...
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:09 AM
Aug 2020

-

most of them aren't.

I like the funny ones like Geico and the old Miller Light commercials.

I grew up on commercial TV so it really seems weird to binge watch a whole series w/o seeing one.

Thank God for Hulu!
=========

 

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
48. The ones with that Burger King character...
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:13 AM
Aug 2020

-

always made me cringe, and I have not found one person who ever thought he was cool.

Especially the one where this couple woke up and found him in their bed.

What the hell was Burger King thinking anyway?
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becca da bakkah

(426 posts)
53. For Me It's The Chase Bank Commercial....
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 03:31 PM
Aug 2020

....where the little girl wins a trophy in a dance competition, and runs screaming down the hall holding the trophy in front of her. While her parents smile indulgently at the loud little brat. She is so obnoxious!

SCantiGOP

(13,855 posts)
83. any ad that has the phrase
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:49 PM
Aug 2020

"Act now and get two for the price of one!"

No, you are trying to force me to buy two of these damn things, and your pricing is set accordingly.

Xolodno

(6,330 posts)
64. ".....or your mattress is FREEEEEEE!!!!!!"
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 04:41 PM
Aug 2020

"Because you're killing me Larry"

Nothing annoys me as much as that one.

Side note, would love to see a spoof on the Insurance Commercials.

Allstate's mayhem guy gets busted for domestic terrorism.

Progressive's Flo gets laid off and she has a massive meltdown.

Gieco's Gecko gets squashed when someone accidentally steps on him.

Professor Burke of Farmers gets busted for having a fake degree.

The State Farm office in employee's are on "casual day"....one is in drag, the other in the buff.

The Allstate Safe Driver 40% guy gets hit by a car and goes flying by an unsafe driver.

I could go on....

Iggo

(47,486 posts)
69. Right now? Leaf Filter.
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 10:03 AM
Aug 2020

Dude with the unnaturally black hair asking three old people if they want to climb a ladder to clean their rain gutters. “Oh no. Not me.”

634-5789

(4,175 posts)
88. Is that beachwood 45789
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 04:21 PM
Aug 2020

YEP. I was going to go with LO-nesome 7-7203, but how many old farts would remember that?

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
84. 97% of our TV watching is recorded on the DVR
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 03:41 PM
Aug 2020

my daughter has faster reflexes than I do so I let her FF through the commercials . She gets on it before a word is spoken and stops right when the show is coming back up but our favorite part is yelling "COMMERCIALS ARE FOR SUCKERS!" during the fast forwarding.

So my wife's reply to this question is probably "Hearing those 2 yelling commercials are for suckers at every fast forwarding break."

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
86. The Cat Food Commercial, Where Mom...
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 04:01 PM
Aug 2020

...clearly doesn't care her kid fell & is bleeding. "Grab 2!"
Really?
BTW: I actually like those Allstate commercials with Haysbert!

frogmarch

(12,144 posts)
91. All Liberty Mutual commercials!
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 11:47 PM
Aug 2020

I don't hate the emu or Doug, but I hate the commercials that feature them. I also hate the Liberty Mutual commercials that don't feature them.

I think I might be the only one here who doesn't like the Geico commercial with Idina Menzel singing, but eek!

jayfish

(10,035 posts)
95. I Feel Terrible For Dennis Haysbert.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:45 PM
Aug 2020

He went from the first black president to Safe Drivers Save 40%.


jayfish

(10,035 posts)
98. A Lot of My Picks Have Already Been Mentioned. So I'm Going With...
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:55 PM
Aug 2020

the Goli (apple cider vinegar chews) spot. Not only is it some of the most egregious snake-oil advertising I've ever seen but I want to smack everyone in the commercial too.

jayfish

(10,035 posts)
101. OMG!
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 02:01 PM
Aug 2020

I hate him. And the redhead standing in her kitchen bobbing her head while she chews a GD gummy? ...drives me to distraction.

/hyperbole

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