Most irritating cable news commercials?

[sixmile]

New York Times "the week, the weekend, and the weekender..."

Residence Inn with the circus freaks/contortionists

Exxon Mobil squeaky geeky scientist "it may surprise you that Exxon..."

Clean Coal Technology

Holiday Inn's "hot" bars

Korean Air "what Korean Air is made of..."

Campaign commercials with foreboding voices

Any T. Boone Pickens ad

Feel free to add:

[C_U_L8R]

1. "you know that song 'time in a bottle'?"

"well we were too cheap to actually license it"

[sixmile]

2. Snaggle-tooth actress

How'd she get a national? She wears more makeup than John McCain. Ha!

[hamsterjill]

45. I know!

That commercial bugs me. I cringe every time it comes on.

[amerikat]

11. The Travelocity ad with the jackhammer

The guy is trying to ask his wife a question and every time he opens his mouth the jackhammer starts. I think for the rest of my life whenever some says "hey honey" i'll reach for the remote and try to mute them.

[TexasObserver]

14. Why would anyone think that is a good commercial?

I can't get to the mute fast enough.

[amerikat]

22. I never get to the remote fast enough

I alway hear some jackhammer. It's one of those commercials that has the opposite effect of what they want. I would never ever book a trip with Travelocity. Never ever!!!!!!!!!!

[TexasObserver]

12. Yes, and if they played the song, I wouldn't have to mute the damn thing!

[TwilightZone]

3. I'd take every, single one of those over Cialis ads

And those idiotic Viva Viagra ads.

[TexasObserver]

13. but but but isn't sitting in bath tubs outside cool?!

Maybe if they'd get out of that cold water, they wouldn't need a dose of WeinerBeHard.

[sixmile]

15. Those are geared towards the right wingers

Male pattern baldness, erectile dysfunction and double chins haunt most male members (no pun intended) of the right wing.

[DireStrike]

4. STUBBORN BELLY FAT

MAY BE DUE TO THE STRESS HORMONE CORTISOL

Thankfully I can't really remember it anymore. But my GOD those were awful.

[supernova]

5. I'm actively boycotting NYT because of

that damnable commercial!!

:grr: x( :grr: x( :grr:

[sixmile]

7. Call!

Arghhh!

[vanderBeth]

6. Any commercial that gets louder than the program.

x(

[DireStrike]

21. Thank you.

An age-old practice on par with those damnable ads that make daring forays out of the commercial break and take up part of the screen.

[TexasObserver]

8. New York Times "the week, the weekend, and the weekender..."

I realize those commercials are designed to appeal to a certain demo, and that demo is full of it.

It's the "I need to get a New York Times to drag with me to brunch on Sunday to look cool" demo.

It's on the intertubes. FREE!!

[blues90]

9. every single last one of them are irritating crap

and you can add all local networks to the list.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

10. Travellers Insurance

"What have you been doing?" You know, the one that plays 15 times per 1/2 hour... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGTKGTs1jic

[sixmile]

16. I almost forgot...NUTRISYSTEM!

All the pseudo celebrities and the worst of all "my husband says I'm hot"...

[question everything]

17. YES! YES! YES! (remember that one?)

That NYT is really annoying. That woman has an annoying voice, the way she use a cadence to say Week, weekend, etc.

If I've ever wanted to subscribe to the NYT, this commercial would be a good reason not to.

Also, the Holiday Inn Express with the hottest bar in town, where one guy skips his breakfast since he is the "designated driver" and that woman with a horrible "cute" voice says how fun he is.. or something.

[sixmile]

18. Yes. As I jam burning Q-tips into my ears

Yes. Yes. Commercials these days are written for the LCD. It used to be an art (see Mad Men).

[DianeG5385]

19. The "Male Enhancement" commercial with the guy who looks like Colbert

and the ditsy woman who talks about " a certain part of the male anatomy". I cannot change the channel fast enough!

[madeline_con]

23. Who, Bob? Bob rocks!

Love the wood background and the adjectives they use! :rofl:

[tularetom]

26. "Male Enhancement"? Never heard of it. Where do you get it?

Not for me of course, heh heh. It's for my er, um, cousin. Yeah that's it, my cousin.

[sixmile]

28. Go ask at freak republic

I'm sure they're flush with the stuff.
No softies here.
No hard guys there.

[tularetom]

20. Free credit Report.com (any one of them)

the Montel Williams health insurance thing with the big RV all painted up.

and the comcast ads with the turtles.

:puke:

[Initech]

32. Those commercials make me want to go on a rampage similar to Michael Douglas in "Falling Down".

[pokerfan]

40. F to the R to the E to the E to the C to the R to the E-D-I-T

RE to the PORT to the DOT to the COM
Come on everybody grab your bike and sing along

[Initech]

43. Oh come on!

:rofl:

[pokerfan]

44. it's very mathematical...

F ^{R E E C R E-D-I-T} RE ^{PORT DOT COM}

[Supply Side Jesus]

24. "From The Free State of Maryland!"

:mad:
Hate her voice....
Whole damn Pharmamericial is bullshit!

And that fuckin Oxyclean asshole who feels the need to yell the whole commercial!!!!!!!!

[TexasObserver]

25. Worst casting ever!!

Did they try to get uninteresting people?

[MisterP]

27. some shameless car dealer: buy an efficient car and your

children will die in an accident!
earnestly: "our cars are designed to withstand sudden impact..."

[tjwash]

29. Vivaaaaaaaaaa Viagra

Old guys like me, should not put the image of us with boners in everyone's mind.

[Berry Cool]

30. There's a car dealer here in Cleveland called Ganley who must pride himself on airing

the worst possible TV commercials. There's one where he's got a bunch of kids with him and they're singing a reworked version of "The Candy Man" to a horrible out-of-tune piano: "The Ganley Man can, 'cuz he'll do anything to make your car deal good!"

Listen to it once, and you will feel like sticking flaming ice picks into your ears and eyes.

[Initech]

31. Any commercials advertising "medications"

If you ask me, if you're dumb enough to buy pills from an advertisement off the TV without seeing a doctor first, you deserve whatever side effects you get.

[4lbs]

33. Those Erectile Dysfunction ads (Viagra, Levitra, Cialis)

Why is that these ads for the boner pills show couples doing everything EXCEPT the one main activity that they are supposed to be doing?

:silly:

[Captiosus]

35. You know what's worse than the ED ads? Ads that rip them off!

Starz/Encore have completely ripped off the Cialis ads and damn is it ever annoying.

It looks like, sounds like, has the same imagery as (down to the stupid twin bathtubs) the Cialis commercials - even has a cheesy voice over - except the text is subtly changed to talk about having a premium movie package.

[KharmaTrain]

42. You Missed The Train In The Tunnel

Don't they always end up in the bedroom with the door closed? What's strange is why? One assumes if they had kids, they're grown or there's no one else in the house...why close the door? :rofl:

My favorite is the disclaimer that if you're "erection lasts more than 4 hours see a physician"...hell, I'd look for another woman.

:rofl:

Maybe I'm strange...I'm of that target demo they're trying to reach and I figger if I need that stuff, it just ain't worth it.

:rofl:

[Mollis]

34. Commercials for the local newscasters

They things like..."I've been doing this for 20 years. And I still love it! I LOVE weather!"

They call themselves the "First Alert Weather Team"

...I found a youtube. HAHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ56r9xOaGE

And...one of the weather people is named Chita (Cheetah) Johnson. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg7IUEr4-qs

[Gwendolyn]

36. Jamie Lee Curtis selling Activia yogurt to keep you "regular."

She says it's guaranteed to "work" or your money back. Who would bring a half-eaten carton of yogurt back to the groceria to get a refund for THAT?

[Captiosus]

37. I think the better question is:

How could you return it with a straight face?

"Why are you returning this product today?"
"Well, see, it.. uhm.. I ate it for a week like they said and.. uhm.. hmm... I, uh.. still don't have regular poops."

[Gwendolyn]

39. Exactly!

:D Anyway, I guess they'd have to take your word for it and hand over the $2.49.

[TahitiNut]

38. ExTenZe

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[Political Tiger]

41. Progressive.com!!

The ones that air every 5 minutes featuring that irritating woman who pretends to be the cashier! Drives me crazy!

[sixmile]

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