TV Advertising Messages

[Running Arrow Bill]

We all know 99% of those TV commercials cater to the lame brained minds of the public...lol. Of course, the more stupid the commercials are, the more people remember them...at least theoretically.

Now...

My "list" of bad commercials that have subliminal messages (or innuendos) about stuff...what is your "diagnosis" of these messages? (I know what mine are...):

The "Bad" Commercials:

• 1. Burger King Commercials
  2. Sonic Commercials
  3. Transitions (photo sensitive eyeglasses)
  4. Domino's Pizza (2 guys and a girl in a hot tub)
  5. Arby's (3 construction workers eyeballing a guy walking)
  6. Haggar (2 guys + 1 roofer)
  7. Comfort Inn (2 guys + Pirate)
  8. Dairy Queen (those big red lips + set of dentures)
  9. Geico (fat kid with tongue wagging)

Some historic "good" commercials:

• 1. Burma Shave Signs
  2. Camel (I'd walk a mile for a Camel)
  3. Lucky Strike (LSMFT)
  4. Marlboro Man
  5. Alka-Seltzer
  6. Beer Commercial ("From Land of Sky Blue Waters")

Some of most irritating commercials (including above "bad" ones):

• 1. Erectile Dysfunction
  2. Toilet tissue ads (Charmin & Bears)
  3. Feminine Products
  4. Geico's Guys in Mattress fight
  5. House Cleaning Gadjets (e.g., "Swifter", etc.)
  6. Billy Mays' advertising all those $19.95 (P.T. Barnum) things.
  7. The "Sanitizing" sprays to kill all those BAD germs.
  8. All those Cell Phone & Wireless commercials.
  9. The Home Based Business commercials (scam, scam...)
  10. Vehicle Commercials that teach you to wreck your truck over impossible terrain
  

 

[fit2btied]

I hate the cell phone commercials with the reverse psychology arguments - mute it every time! I also hate the Geico caveman commercials. A new one I get a kick out of is the Miller High Life ad where they confiscate the beer from a restaraunt selling hamburgers for $11.50.

 

[dun]

I pretty much change the channel when any of them come on especially the red headed pitching satellite internet. The only one I like is the weanie dog getting scanned when it gets a new toy. Don;t know who;s commercial it is though

 

[john250]

I agree with your 1/2 placement of Burger King and Sonic. Takes my appetite every time.

 

[Gate Opener]

Lawyer commercials.

We have one here that is some sort of home lending that has a stuffed dog and a humans mouth moving on the dogs mouth. Yuk! I turn those as fast as I can. Very annoying.

 

[funky 4-Her]

The ones with people pretending to be cats have to be the worst in my mind...
The best one I can think of is Montana's steak house (with the deer betting the moose)

 

[Sir Loin]

My favorite:
Puppy singing " There ain't no bugs on me".

Most confusing:
The commercial for erectile dysfunction medication that ends with " If erection lasts for over 4 hours contact a professional".
Do they mean a doctor or a hooker?
SL

 

[Tegerian]

The worst older ones were the old Quiznos commercials, one where they had what looked like 2 dead gerbils with makeup and used as puppets and then they had one where a guy was suckling from a wolf, nasty.

The worst new one is the skittles commercial with the guy hooked up to a milking machine.

 

[backhoeboogie]

The old lady in the "Where's the beef?" commercials were excellent.

Superbowls were made for good commercials. Last year was a bit of a letdown.

Plop, plop. fiss, fiss, Oh what a relief it is......

 

[Beefy]

Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.
Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead.

 

[funky 4-Her]

I agree Beefy that one gets sooo annoying !!

 

[Victoria]

We don't have TV but some in the past I always liked were the Hanes commercial with the women's underwear on the line and they would show for him and for her. That was one of the most successful marketing campaigns in history. Stores were sold out of Hanes underwear. We spent nearly an entire marketing class discussing why.

I found any commercial that showed half dressed women offensive. Especially the ones that were selling to women. Blonde bimbos are a dime a dozen and that's why they use them but I want some creativity. Thank goodness we got rid of TV before the gay commercials started, like the ones you are talking about.

I also liked the Reitman's commercials - Clothes designed for the real women where normal women are pretending to be super models while doing real life things.

 

[Crowderfarms]

The commercial for erectile dysfunction medication that ends with " If erection lasts for over 4 hours contact a professional".
Do they mean a doctor or a hooker?
SL

Heck IF I got one that lasted for 4 hours, I'm headin' to town so everybody will know!

 

[Tegerian]

I think the new Hanes commercials with Michael Jordan and Cuba Gooding Jr are pretty funny.

 

[cattleluvr18]

I love the 'Happy Cows Come From California' ones. Those are ssoo cute! The Pace commercials where they have the city slickers always make me laugh.

The Skittles commercials are ALWAYS weird.

but other then that i wouldnt know, i dont watch alot of TV.

 

[flaboy?]

Like = Any commercial with half naked women.
Any commercial with Blond Bimbo's. I have plenty of dimes but no bimbo's. Where are they?
Commercials with the Holstien cows.

Dislike = Any drug commercial stating all the bad effects of taking them.
Toy trucks performing tasks impossible for much larger trucks.
Any quacking duck, talking dogs, talking birds, anything with Jeff Gordon or never was a driver Michael Waltrip in it.

 

[dun]

Dislike = Any drug commercial stating all the bad effects of taking them.

Speaking of same, there is one that I can;t recall what it's for but one of the side affects is compulsive gambling and compulsive sex.
Most cases it seems like the side affects are worse then what it's supposed to cure.

 

[flaboy?]

Dislike = Any drug commercial stating all the bad effects of taking them.

Speaking of same, there is one that I can;t recall what it's for but one of the side affects is compulsive gambling and compulsive sex.
Most cases it seems like the side affects are worse then what it's supposed to cure.

You know I heard that the other night. I was in another room and thought "did they really just says that"?

 

[john250]

Dislike = Any drug commercial stating all the bad effects of taking them.

Speaking of same, there is one that I can;t recall what it's for but one of the side affects is compulsive gambling and compulsive sex.
Most cases it seems like the side affects are worse then what it's supposed to cure.

You know I heard that the other night. I was in another room and thought "did they really just says that"?

Within six weeks that will be a defense in some court. "It was my prescription that made me take all my money to the casino and buy a hooker". Oh well.

 

[Crowderfarms]

My all time favorite has got to be the Stanley Steamer commercial with that Dog doin the Scooter on the carpet, and that voice screaming TOBY!!!!!