annoying tv commercials

United States
April 17, 2007 12:44pm CST
is there a commercial you wish would go away? granted,you can change the channel, but sometimes it ends up on all stations. what is the most grating one you can remember? mine right now is that dancing "berries and cream" guy for starburst candies.sad thing is,i've seen things like that waiting for buses.
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@freak369 (5113)
• United States
17 Apr 07
The Geico one, Taco Bell (long gone thankfully) and the caveman ones for car insurance are really becoming taxing to me.
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• United States
17 Apr 07
I started out liking the Geico gecko but have since become tired of him. You don't like the cavemen? I still get a kick ouf them, I'm afraid to say. :) I'm with you all the way on the Taco Bell front.
• United States
18 Apr 07
you guys know the cavemen are getting a tv show,right? i can't imagine them expanding that joke into 30 minutes,though.
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• United States
22 Apr 07
That doesn't surprise me. I just came across this: http://www.cavemanscrib.com/ Wow, I guess those cavemen are really popular! *laugh out loud* I wonder if that show will last more than an episode or two.
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@Dumpertaker (1187)
17 Apr 07
The most annoying advert for me in the UK is the "Cillit Bang" commercials where the guy seems to only have one volume for his voice...bloody loud!
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• United States
18 Apr 07
yikes-i don't think i'd like that commercial either LOL thanks for your response :)
22 Apr 07
thank heavens for that, I was beginning to think that I was the only person who didn't like that commercail! thing is though it does it's job well, because of it's huge annoyance factor it sticks in your head and so you remember the product...damn psychology!
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• United States
22 Apr 07
that is very true-the annoying ones do stick longer. i remember some from 10 years ago for that very reason LOL
@nnsb75 (632)
• United States
23 Apr 07
i hate tv commercial all in all coz sometimes they run much longer than the program that im watching, sometimes it s about 20 commercial before it go back to the program, its very annoying...
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• United States
23 Apr 07
i know exactly what you mean.some channels run so many,it seems like the show is only 15 minutes long because of all the commercials.comedy central's particularily bad for that late night.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
17 Apr 07
There sure is a television commercial that I wish would go away. It is very dumb and annoying any more. It is the Rallys hamburger commercial. They keep saying this side comes with rap cat and they play that dumb music and the guy actors are not funny at all like they are portraying to be. It is really getting on my nerves. I think they need to make a new commercial because the ones they have out are very dumb.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
18 Apr 07
I haven't seen the roller skating one. That rap cat one really gets on my nerves though.
• United States
18 Apr 07
oh-i remember rally's-they used to have them when i lived in the southwest. they used to have a roller skating one i couldn't stand either.
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• United States
18 Apr 07
omg. I would definatley have to say the skittles one where this guys opens up a black bag and pulls out a little man who hangs on the ceiling to stop the ceiling from leaking.They played it mainly ont the saturday morning toons. I mean every time the commercials came,there it was ! I hate it with a passion and can't wait til they stop playing it.It's not even funny
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• United States
18 Apr 07
lol.that was funny.I like that.I do love the geico and especially the caveman ones. What abuse they are taking,lol!
• United States
22 Apr 07
the talk show one is kind of funny. i think i'd say "what?" too LOL
• United States
18 Apr 07
i hate that one-all i can think is i'd bale up those skittles and resell them LOL
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@Modestah (11179)
• United States
23 Apr 07
I absolutely detest the "Happy Bob" commercials, but think they may have gone off the air finally. I also do not like feminine personal hygiene products commercials nor the birthcontrol patch type commercials. The six flags commercial with the dancing man. my husband is disturbed by: the head on commercials and I would have to agree with him on that one!
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• United States
24 Apr 07
eww..i don't care for the hygiene products either- i'll second you on that.
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
22 Apr 07
Okay...I've read the responses and no one's put in my all time hated commercial. I have cabel tv, so have a few channels I flip through. They have finally taken this commercial off the air, but I still remember it. It was for "male enhancement" and had a man with a hugh stupid grin on his face all the time and talked about his very happy wife! ARGH! YUCK! Terrible! Annoying! Tacky! Just Awful! I just hated it!
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• United States
23 Apr 07
that one is definetly tacky. i guess they only have so many ways to sell that product with out getting in trouble LOL
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
18 Apr 07
Nearly all of them are annoying. I can't think of the worst one. However there is one good one, well, a series really. Optus, a telephone company in Australia, make fantastic commercials. They always copntain real animals in them. Whoever desgned these Optus commercials has got a way with relating animals to the need to use Optus. They are so clever. PS. I use the opposition telephone company.
• United States
18 Apr 07
sounds almost like our geico commercials. they'll have animals (particularily a gecko) in scenes that have absolutely nothing to do with insurance.
22 Apr 07
Barry Scott and his Cillit Bang cleaner, the way the guy shouts is SO ANNOYING
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• United States
22 Apr 07
i have got to find this commercial-that's two votes for that guy.he must be hell grating.
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• United States
18 Apr 07
Well, i think themost annoying commercials have GOT to be those Head-On commercials. "Head-On, apply directly to the forehead!" over and over and over! NOW they have even MORE annoying ones where that phrase wil be going on and then someone will come out and interrupt it and say "ead=On, i can't STAND your commercials, but you've got a great product!" Why on EARTH would they go and make an already overly annoying commercial even MORE annoying?
• United States
18 Apr 07
somebody was telling me about these-i haven't seen one yet-but they were saying something about the guy yelling it too
• Pakistan
18 Apr 07
i do annoy T.V. commercials. they interupt the programms being watched with a rhythem but some of them are too much interesting that they overcome this intereption..
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• United States
19 Apr 07
there's a few good ones out there,but not many.. thanks for your response:)
• United States
18 Apr 07
I hate that new starburst commercial. IT starts out as some guy in a elf costume passing by 2 other guys. The 2 guys say that they have the new berries and cream starburst. The guy in the elf costume is like " Did you say berries and cream". The other guys are like yea and he does this weird dance and sings " Berries and Cream Berries and Cream im a little lad who loves berries and cream". Then he goes like crazy and does another stupid dance and starts screaming the berries and cream song. It makes me wanna punch someone lol.
• United States
19 Apr 07
exactly!! god i hate that one-he is so annoying..i'm not sure i could resist punching him either LOL