Dumb ads

Mountain Dew ads
Car ads
That fucking pepsi girl, i wish she'd be dragged out into the street and shot
That creepy old Navy lady, who is she?

Now there are also ads that are so bad/dumb that they are fun, these are basically all ads for local matteress and coat stores and car dealerships

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and a voice was screaming: Holy Jesus! What are these damn animals

New Mentos ads. What's up with them? Talk about wanting to fail.

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Where's the creep that turned me into a spider-eating man-bitch?

Ads for cheap foreign labor. Like we need more cheap labor.

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Those f**king Truth ads piss me off so much that they actually make we want to take up smoking.

Add my name to the list of Taco Bell haters as well.

I'm sick of those damn election ads, but their shelf life is almost over thank god.

Any Calvin Klien ad pisses me off..

As do those ads for Cleo the Psychic...

Forgot about the worst one.

McDonald's new Fiesta Ads which at least 'round here in this hood seem only an excuse as to why you walk into one and never hear any English...

I hate the fxing Truth ads because they perpetrate the "I'm not responsible" way of thinking. Smokers choose to smoke, and lets be serious, has a cig ad ever made you take up smoking? Get serious! Just my 2 cents.
I also dislike the Pillsbury ad jingle that has a woman singing somethign like:
"I've missed you all day, so I'm bakin' you big ole' biscuits, my heart to yours".

I absolutely hate those constant Psychic Tarot Card readings ads starring the large black woman with the silly Jamacian accent. You can't seem to get away from them -- every goddamn other minute their they are. She looks like that fat momma of Rog's on "What's Happening?" Unless your name is Rerun and your fat ass can dance like you got a red-hot wire coat hanger up your flabby ass every time you hear that late 70s era funky music you should not be looking for personal advice on how to run your life from the momma of Rog and Dee.

they make ads that arent dumb?????
now, those I'd like to see!

Cruikshank, those would be the ads for Cleo the Angry Psychic...

Those "Truth" ads are just the most recent load of shit stuffed down the throat of the American Public.

I don't remember the details, but the jist of it is that one of the terms of the billion dollar settlement reached with the Tobacco companies a couple of years ago is that Tobacco companies would make public service commercials targeted at kids.

The flip side, of course, is that independent public service commercials couldn't be made and definitely couldn't include the real facts of smoking, the addictive nature of nicotine, the cancer, the death, and any attacks on specific tobacco companies.

Hence the euphimism used in those ads, "Big Tobacco." Corporate America doesn't give a flying fuck about the public and obviously thinks we're stupid enough to buy this charade. (From the lack of public outrage, maybe they're right.)

The "Truth" campaign, funded by Tobacco Companies, is, make no mistake, INTENDED to be INEFFICTIVE and annoying. Of course they don't want kids to stop smoking - where do you think they get their life long customers from?

Jesus Christ, I'm gonna be sick...



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Has anybody else seen this new and incredibly cheap-looking commercial for the Lionel train set alarm clock? It's hysterically awful.

"Hey, Moms and Dads, how would your little Lionel train set conductor like to wake up in the mornings?"

ALL of the Geico Insurance ads make me want to evacuate. Including the fucking pretentious Gecko.

Yes, the TRUTH ads suck loudest. Especially the one where the little prick is sitting in front of mommy's computer chatting with some evil smoker then says some holy-er-than-you shit to the camera. That kid needs to be made the love-slave of a Greek Army contingent.

Whenever yoou hear someone trying to convince you of "truth" when they are being forced at gunpoint beware. It should be titled "propoganda". After all, wasn't the Ministry of Truth actually the Propoganda wing of Big Brother's government in Orwell's 1984?

I believe the idea of those ads being purposely ineffective is spot-on. Which on the surface is rather devious on the Tobbacco Companies' part, but who cares? Those who will smoke will, those who won't...won't. End of sentance, you know?



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The fact that you guys are talking about these ads means they are effective. If you hate them so much, fucking change the channel.

Diva, welcome to the boards. That's a retarded statement, though. Because we're commenting on "The Truth" ads means they're "effective"? I don't get it.

The commercials for Sun Microsystems. The ones that look like trailers for movies. They just annoy the piss outta me. Im not sure why. Also (although I havent seen one in a while) the Michael Jordon/sports chic commercial that has that 'Anything you can do I can do better' thing goin' on. Its annoying. Or to me it is...

Thanks for welcoming me.

I was simply trying to comment on all ads -- they all suck! We don't have to use or buy their products for the ads to be effctive. The fact that we know the names of these companies means we are now familiar with their product. That's the point of ads.

As for the Truth ads, I agree with devilf that it is a known fact that tobacco companies target children -- who are VERY influenced by commercials. The average age to start smoking is 12. That says something about our society and about the effectiveness of tobacco ads whether they are in magazines, tv or on billboards.