Holy hell yes.

Those Geico "True Hollywood Story" ads.

I think Peyton's easily the best on-camera athlete in any ad campaign. If you can post any commercial featuring an athlete acting better, I'd be impressed. He's certainly a lot more natural than LDT reading some lines about "where he came from". That ad bothers me almost as much as all of his Vizio ones. Or is that a Vizio one, too? Hell if I know.

But, yeah, Peyton's money.

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I'd have to agree, but the Frampton ad makes me laugh:

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how about those dumb ass Hanes commercials with MJ and cuba gooding jr. "hey mike i'm weaing your underwear". teehee....so cheeky...so funny.

Anything with Heidi Klum. Victoria's Secret* commercials are some of the most bloated, egoentric things ever. Cheap ass shit they sell.

*Anything in the Limited Brands conglomerate is just awful shit thrust down consumer's throats.

There's a tv show now that is all commercials and nothing but.

On the ION Network, from www.firebrand.com ...most of the ads are the "cool" kind, the kind you only see once or twice during the Super Bowl.

I still laugh about the time when Chicago Hope introduced a character named "Lisa Catera".

I don't change the channel, but I do yell at the commercials often. I often yell at any pitchperson asking me "What are you waiting for?!"
My immediate reply: "For you to shut up!"
The most irksome commercials for me are promos for network TV series upcoming episodes that give away the best moment, or the twist event that turns everything on its ear.

heh. you can tell he got flak for that after the first round of commercials aired 'cause now he attempts to modulate the pitch in his voice and pretty much fails miserably

a friend of mine used to work in the same building with him. he would greet him with "hi mr. geraci" when they passed in the hall

never really had a problem with that one until the current version with the black gospel choir singing with huge smiles on their faces. *cringe*

i like the "true hollywood stories" ones. they don't bug me, anyway. little richard is great. the thing i can't quite figure out is whether the "regular" people telling their stories are just shlubs the producers picked off the streets or actual professional actors

i like the payton manning commercials. he's terrific

the viagra and lexus commercials are terrible but for totally different reasons

a couple commercial types nobody's mentioned:

any diamond commercial
any commercial with talking animals - that got tired real quick and they've continued to do it for years. one that particularly irks me currently is the car commercial with the animals singing along to a bad song with the douchebag driver

LOL Peter Francis Geraci, local celebrity, someone everyone knows without realizing it. I always wanted to run into him just 'cuz you know he'd be totally boring and give you a monotone 'Hello.' My friend pointed out which building he lives in the penthouse in downtown (bringing in bank with the info tapes, whatdoyaknow). Do other lawyers have running jokes about this guy? I always laugh when I drive by his office on Roselle Rd.

Dude needs a new commercial though. Can we at least get a new background?

Yeah, the only thing he's changed in 20+ years(?) is mentioning a web site in addition to the phone number, and the changes in bankruptcy laws.

I've seen those Peyton Manning commercials dozens of times and still laugh. Buy bigger shirts LOL

i have had quite enough of hairy guys in Wendy's red pigtails, thank you

stop raping my childhood

while we're on local commercials, i'll never forget the old classics from daytime TV like eagle auto insurance with the chicken laying the egg on top of the car and the victory auto wreckers one where the lead singer from spin doctors attempts to open his car door and it falls off

Yeah, everyone remembers those. So classic.

If your some dinky company you've gotta pull out the punches to get anyone to notice.

The Wendy's/Air Supply/singing burger is really fucking creepy.

When I first moved to Chicago in '86, this was the first TV ad I remembered seeing. Nice to know it hasn't changed (except for the area code and the phrase "that old car is worth money" to "that old car may be worth money") in 21 years.

From your "Where are they now?" Department

Bingo. I've never liked Wendy's, but those things bug the shit out of me.

Other than that, I only have two words for you: Bob ROAR-mann.

Would somebody kill that guy once and for all?

I was actually going to post that in this thread today. There's one that really annoys me where the guy has his kids start reading Night Before Xmas and then the dad surprises the mom with some bling and she says "I'll never forget how I felt on this day."

There's another one for JB Robinson that must have been filmed in 1996 that they trot out every year.

aka "Count Bob-ula"
the different holiday ones are pretty damn annoying, but can be funny because they are so loopy

How about ol' Savemore Cash?

The new crop of TJ Maxx commercials where the gift giver is lavishing a ton of attention on... the gift recipient? No, it's the gift itself! It's damn near obscene. So, not only can these guys not keep customer credit card numbers safe, they've got the balls to suggest that people will be in near narcotic pleasure from a purchase at one of their stores? Fuck off.

Whats even freakier about this commercial is that she seemed to be switching back and forth between talking like she was talking to a baby and talking like she was about to have an orgasm.

holy shit

"The skinny guy hands over the car's title to another guy, who gives the skinny guy two $20 bills and a third bill you can't read. You hope it's another $20 because you can see the skinny guy could use it."

great

if jared jewlers is owned by a guy named jared i wanna punch that guy in the face and then laugh maniacally when someone tells me "that's jared!"

Ha, no, its part of the Sterling empire that also owns Kay and a bunch of other diamond peddlers.

Sorry if someone already mentioned these--the Carl's Jr. (they're called something else in Chicago...Hobee's? Hardee's?) ads where some slob is eating a burger in the noisiest, most nauseating manner with amplified chewing, slurping and lip-smacking. Blechhh. Triggered an email complaint from me to their Marketing & Customer Service depts. I don't watch commercials anymore, hopefully these aren't still running.

I don't need to see the Joe Perillo goober any more.

these are beyond hilarious, though of course for none of the reasons that Hanes intended.

Peyton Manning ads are pretty much across-the-board awesome. Even that Sprint one.

definitely terrible, though: Those fucking Barkley - Wade My Five commercials.

turbll, turbll

There's a Ford Edge commercial that gouges "The Funeral." Glad you got the dough, fellas, but dang.

The Viva Viagra commercials are painful to watch, where the guys are playing instruments and hyperactively lip-synching along to the song. I guess it's a paycheck, but man, that's exhibit #12,492 of why I could never be an actor.

i'd say those are in the same league as the manning spots

need some help here - there's this unbelievably awful infomercial type thing playing recently with some indian guy dancing and clapping and singing songs about jesus's birthday. children surround him and clap, dance, and sing along and follow him like he's the fucking pied piper. it's one of those things that's so bad it just transfixes you. anyway, anybody know what i'm talking about? what's this guy's name??? nass[something] i think. nassino? nutino? i dunno. something like that

anyone happen to see that commercial for Luna carpet with the little girl at the lap top and her creepy looking parents. supposedly the little girl is shopping for flooring online when all of a sudden daddy finds out what she's doign and starts prodding her about why she's shopping luna. "A little birdie told me", says the little blonde gal. the whole time the dad is giving this little girl and the mom the creepiest look ever...like he's about to strangle and rape the both of them with a strapon curling iron.

am i the only one seeing this?

Ok, it's really sad that I came here to bitch about the latest Luna commercials and the last post in December by Skinny was also about Luna. Apparently creepy and obnoxious commercials are their specialty.

Anyhow I HATE HATE FUCKING HATE the latest Luna commercials where the person is rolling around seductively on the floor while talking to the new carpet/floor (depending on which commercial) and the significant other comes in the room and says, "Honey are you talking to the new floor again?" ARGH!!! That commercial makes me stabby.

Hands down the flavored bottled water commercial with the dancing lizards and the fake Naomi Campbell chick.

I HATE that commercial.

I've got to think there's an upcoming Intensities in Ten Suburbs column dedicated to the Candace Parker ad.

My dad's a lawyer. Not a running joke, but every time he's brought up, he says "Peter Francis Geraci? That guy is a fucking asshole." I'll have to get more behind that to fully explain, been a while since he's said that.

Commercial I hate: Boflex; quote- "I gave my fat clothes to my fat friends". Look, I don't like fat people as much as the next guy, but you aren't going to sell work out equipment by making fun of your target demo. Fucking stupid.

I haven't watched a television commercial in years. Since...2005, I want to say.

Have to agree - it's just bizarre. I keep wondering what the hell they're selling - the 25th Anniversary Thriller package, that girl, or Sobe? it has too much going on at once to be clear.

Is that one of those "She Wouldn't Say That" ads? I haven't had too much of a problem with them thusfar, but I dunno if I've seen the one with CP3(2).

The two that really piss me off at the moment are the AT&T ones where the personifications of peoples' cell phones explain to you why they're not answering the phones and how they will suffer for it as a result (using words like "dilweed" in the process), and of course the Sonic ones where two people in a car talk about Sonic food in a way that's supposed to be hip and relatable but is really just horrific.

I'm glad for you...

Indeed. It's odd to see people discuss advertisements for 5 pages. Advertisements.

Seems like an old fashioned idea.

I don't usually like to do this, but:

post/av combo.

When it comes to TV I'm old fashioned. I don't watch enough of it to bother with DVRs, Tivo, or any of that stuff. And I don't even know 95% of the commercials people are talking about in here. Like this flavored water commercial...never seen it.

Right, but are you not wasting your time watching commercials?

Battlestar Galactica is truly only a 45 minute show. Don't see any reason to waste 15 minutes on adverts.

It's better than wasting my money on a modern convenience that I can't justify due to the little time I spend in front of the tube. Besides, I usually jump up and do other things while the commercials are on.

The beer commercial where a burly, outdoorsey man hands a beer to a Hindu chick, who then hands the beer to another person out of their element. All the while an indie sounding song that goes "it's love it's love it's love la la la la..." is playing.