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Posted 28 April 2004 - 10:31 AM

The commercial I hate is the one for kodak's one-time use camera and the couple so amazed they can get digital pictures from a one-time use camera. People, pictures have been available on CD for years now. just request it when you drop off your film. (And I realize not everyone uses film. I don't)

"you mean we can get digital pictures from that little camera?" (and the guy points to the one-time usage camera, made specifically for digital use, we're led to believe.)

it's a one-time usage camera! why do they still have it? (the developer keeps the camera so it can be stripped and remanufactured- and the consumer gets to pay for it all over again.)

(I tried to find Chef's Shania/Truck rant. maybe this is a worthwhile topic?)
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Posted 28 April 2004 - 12:06 PM

One than never fails to boil my blood is the Juicy Fruit commercial where those two jocks walk in on that guy strummin' and singin' and fucking smash his shit up, and they're made out to be these righteous individuals. There is just too much wrong with that.
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Posted 28 April 2004 - 12:31 PM

QUOTE (Reader @ Apr 28 2004, 12:06 PM)
One than never fails to boil my blood is the Juicy Fruit commercial where those two jocks walk in on that guy strummin' and singin' and fucking smash his shit up, and they're made out to be these righteous individuals. There is just too much wrong with that.

What about the one when that guitar strumming guy gets sucked up off of the street with that big truck thing? I hate his voice when he gets sucked up...

"Juicy Fruit, its gonna move yyyaaaAAAA!!"
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Posted 28 April 2004 - 08:38 PM

That Juicy Fruit commercial is so remarkably unfunny. They may as well make a series of commercials based on incidental cheap gags from well-known films.


"Juicy fruit - it's my bag, baby!"

"You can chew it!"

"I chew in your general direction!"
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 01:10 AM

The old club med commercials. HANDS UP, BABY HANDS UP.

It's dumb, corny, but I like it! It always made me want to go to the tropics.

You can down load the full version from a P2P, there is a 4 minute track titled 'hands up' by ottwan or some other name equally as stupid.

Dumb but lovable.
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 09:28 PM

All comercials Infuriate Barend!
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 09:33 PM

commercialsihate.com

The guy's a good writer. I just found it on Google, am I like three years too late?
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Posted 30 April 2004 - 01:55 AM

I think there are some really terrible commercials that can become good with one magic re-write for the end of 'em. For instance:

There is this one lawnmowing commercial where this kid has this 'high-tech' lawnmoyer and goes to peoples houses offering the usage of this machine in exchange for dollars. At the end you see him counting his money, and as the guy pushes the mower through the shot the kid quips "Missed a spot". The End. What SHOULD happen is right after the kid says that, the mower comes in from the side and envelopes him. Get the picture?
Well, that's one RECENT example... basically all you do is modify all the commercials to make someone die (very quickly) when they say something reviling, and just have it end there.. or at the very best show their logo/slogan and be done with it.
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Posted 30 April 2004 - 05:01 PM

QUOTE (Despondent @ Apr 28 2004, 10:31 AM)
The commercial I hate is the one for kodak's one-time use camera and the couple so amazed they can get digital pictures from a one-time use camera. People, pictures have been available on CD for years now. just request it when you drop off your film. (And I realize not everyone uses film. I don't)

"you mean we can get digital pictures from that little camera?" (and the guy points to the one-time usage camera, made specifically for digital use, we're led to believe.)

it's a one-time usage camera! why do they still have it? (the developer keeps the camera so it can be stripped and remanufactured- and the consumer gets to pay for it all over again.)

(I tried to find Chef's Shania/Truck rant. maybe this is a worthwhile topic?)

Funny thing, the chip in a Palm cradle is exactly the same as the chip that they plug into those one-time use cameras to extract the pictures. So if you get a Palm cradle, remove the chip, cut the cord, and splice the wires the the cord of a USB mouse, you can just buy a crappy little one-time use digital camera and extract the pictures for yourself. Mind you the image quality is garbage, but still...it's neat. I saw it on TechTV so it must be good.
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Posted 05 May 2004 - 04:50 PM

I also hate that camera commerical. Its like they think we're all dumb enough to fall for that crap.

Well, most of America is that dumb I guess.

I hate the McDonalds commericals with a passion. Especially the ones geared toward women- because everyone knows women only eat salad.
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Posted 05 May 2004 - 08:33 PM

I hate the ones that are made poorly, with non-union actors. They're usually for things like government services, or debt relief services.
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Posted 05 May 2004 - 09:49 PM

the only thing i hate more then addds with good looking people who can't act, is adds with ugly people who can't act.

do they have a union... or agency?

need to make a comercial? want more than words on a screen? can't afford watchable actors?...

then come to us!!!

the guild of ugly, talentless, 3am add people
where just having your product mentioned is the only thing that matters

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Posted 05 May 2004 - 11:35 PM

The actor's guild is basically, a union for actors, I believe.
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Posted 05 May 2004 - 11:46 PM

Actually there is (was?) a UK agency of "normal looking" people. they provided the talent for that 1985 music video "cry." (neat shape-shifter effect in the pre-morph days.)
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Posted 06 May 2004 - 05:07 PM

how about this one

"Living With Genital Herpes Can Be a Hassle."

no a leaky faucet is a hassle..not blisters on your winky
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