Infuriating Commercials

Just with different accents. What's worse is when I see one that's obviously from the US but with Aussie voices taped in.

Roberta - Ben, as in Ben Franklin, who said "Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy." I just stole it from him, tho.

Dang, and I took those Herbal Essences commercials as gospel truth...what am I going to do with the ten cases I bought now?

Hurry up and get rid of them as quickly as you can Cav. That stuff will ruin your sex life ;-)

WAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPP!

How about the pharmacuetical commercials? "ask you doctor about....?"
Especially the annoying viagra ones!
"Did you lose weight, did you get a haircut?"
No, you schmuk..I got laid..by your wife and daughter! At the same time!
Geez!

Montana, You don't have orgasms when you wash your hair? Must be the shampoo. BTW, this reminds me of the time I went to a fancy shmancy place to get my hair done. (The place where Jackie O used to go.) After the shampoo the shampoo person massaged my head. Must have hit a nerve. She sure hit something. Oh. Ooooh. Ooooooooooh. Ahh.

Wilso, I once rented an Aussie film, and it was dubbed in American!

Turner, Thanks for letting me know. Ben was pithy--and frequently wise.

Cav, hang onto the shampoo. Even if it's not orgasmic, it should get your hair clean.

cjhsa, What a relief that those commercials are finally gone. Annoying in the extreme.

hobitbob, Those Viagra commercials are a bit silly. Did you get your haircut? I'm kinda stunned that they managed to get an athlete to promote the product--Rafael Palmiero.

Did I get a haircut? How stupid are you people? Just look down, that's not a gun in my pocket!

I guess it depends on where the hair is, doesn't it?

Well, that's why I bought ten cases...I figured it would cross-reference....

Good think it didn't work out, cav. My wife would be wondering why I suddenly switched to this brand. . .

Jeeez!!! If I got an orgasm every time I washed my hair, Id never leave the house!!!!

You tell me CJ ;-)

Looks like I got something in advance because I live in the German "outback" close to the Austrian border.
We receive this one Austrian channel which broadcasts lots of movies at the same time as the German stations do, but without advertisment.
So...don't know why I told you about it, but it's pretty cool eh?

Well to get back to the main topic: I spent four weeks in Vancouver during last summer holidays and you guys are right: American advertisments do suck. I mean the style and look of most ads there was comparable to the cheapest and lowest in standard ads in Germany. Don't wanna tell you German ads were kinda Hollywood-movie-like - but come on: fat guys standing in front of The Stars and Stripes shouting "It's big! It's looouuuud!! Buy iiitt!!!". OK now sure there doesn't exist an ad with that kind of plot...it's meant in a metaphoric way

I have an incredible desire to become a hair dresser

LOL! :-D

Between Ellen Degeneres and regular SNL skits spoofing commercials, can anyone take them that seriously?

Wilso, down boy! You're rockin' the boat.

Hi User and welcome to a2k. Some US ads are terrible, some are mediocre, and some are quite good. The same applies to movies, tv shows, and whatever else is broadcast. You're fortunate to be in a position to view such high-quality fare.

Wilso, You wanna be a hairdresser? I'd rather be the hairdressee. :-D

If the product need a bikini or an orgasm to sell it, you probably don't need it.

Has anyone heard the radio commercial involving a software vendor who is relentless ?

The character is so annoying that I cannot even listen to the complete actual commercial, which kind of defeats the purpose.