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purple hayes
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 Posted: 05/25/04 - 10:57 Post subject: Icebreaker question for 05/25/2004
What TV (or radio) advertisement bothers you the most? Why?
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:09 Post subject:
there's a radio commercial, maybe its a PSA, against sniffing chemicals, that is on all the time.
It's a good message and all. But, they haven't changed it in over 2 years. It's the same thing everytime. It's a guy hosting a fake talk show, and taking calls from teenagers.
It wouldn't be so bad, except it's been on so long, the kids around here think it's a joke, and it's kind of a serious subject matter, so I wish they would change it.
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jrjo
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:10 Post subject:
The Chrysler one where the wife flips down all the van seats while the husband struggles to collapse a simple baby stroller. Commercials protraying men as stoops inspire me more to boycott a product instead of buying it 
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akern
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:14 Post subject:
Lose weight without diet or exercise!!
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Maddies Wench
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:17 Post subject:
My name is ___________________________ and I want to be your jeweler.
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robp
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:17 Post subject:
A cell phone radio commercial (cingular maybe) where the daughter's mouth is running like a birds ass in berry season to her dad about why she needs her own phone...
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keltic63
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:17 Post subject:
I hate any commercial (radio mostly) that sounds like a casual conversation but turns into one of the parties giving detailed info about the product or service; the other party asks leading questions "How do I find out about that?"
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bpdou
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:22 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | ...running like a birds ass in berry season... |
Inscribed in the "Best Phrases of All Time" Book...
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robp
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:39 Post subject:
| bpdou wrote: | | robp wrote: | | ...running like a birds ass in berry season... |
Inscribed in the "Best Phrases of All Time" Book... |
Compliments of my dad - I think he was the originator, I've been hearing it for 40 plus years....
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bpdou
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:42 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | bpdou wrote: | | robp wrote: | | ...running like a birds ass in berry season... |
Inscribed in the "Best Phrases of All Time" Book... |
Compliments of my dad - I think he was the originator, I've been hearing it for 40 plus years.... |
Well then mucho thanks to Dad. It's going in there right under "Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit..."
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keltic63
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:42 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | I hate any commercial (radio mostly) that sounds like a casual conversation but turns into one of the parties giving detailed info about the product or service; the other party asks leading questions "How do I find out about that?" |
along the same line: the tv commercial for teeth whitener in which one of the young women meets up with her friends and they all are trying to guess why she looks so much younger and happier. "she stayed on the 30 day diet for 2 weeks...."
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phoenixdna
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:45 Post subject:
I love the "Real Men of Genius" commercials, but there is one that ticks me off. The "Over the top carb counter". Its not funny because its like the commercial is making a statement against low-carb diets rather than trying to make us laugh. The other ones are funny. This one is a fricken "statement" and I wish they'd keep their opinions on diets to themselves and leave the Bud Light commercials for a light hearted laugh rather than personal opinions.
I'm not on a low-carb diet, but the words of the commercial are just stupid. "The over the top carb counter who tosses aside such folly as his family and career ..." Now that is just quite simply preposterous!
Another one I hate is the diamond commercial where the idiot is screaming "I LOVE THIS WOMEN" and gives her a big rock. Then she says "I love this man. I love him I love him I love him." Wow! How superficial can you get? She loves him because he gave her a diamond ring. 
I'm done. 
*steps down from soap box*
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cherylpf
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:48 Post subject:
| phoenixdna wrote: | | Another one I hate is the diamond commercial where the idiot is screaming "I LOVE THIS WOMEN" and give her a big rock and she said "I love this man. I love him I love him I love him." Wow! How superficial can you get. She loves him because he gave her a diamond ring. |
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gretriever
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 11:51 Post subject:
Any commercial (TV or radio) from Comcast.
LC and I have a debate over a phone commercial from SBC. It's the one with a kid who's about two, maybe. He's talking to his grandmother, and say "Look, Grandma, I can count, see? One....... one.." She says he looks exactly like Dave at that age. I don't think so.
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Cappy
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Posted: 05/25/04 - 12:27 Post subject:
Any political ad, no matter which party affiliation
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