Are there advertisements that make you froth at the mouth in anger? Which ones do you find particularly entertaining? What would you do in your focus group?

(Ad I like: The Volkswagen ad with the guy singing "Mr. Roboto." Wanted to buy one myself after seeing it. Very funny.)

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

Answers

Oh, the worst...THE WORST (!!!) are the commercials for Lite FM by Terri Garr. Who the hell ever let her out of her cage? She needs to be put back...or just give her a muzzle. She is soooo annoying.

In one of these horrid things, she starts going on about how LITE FM made her day so great that she was insprired to write a poem. It goes something like this:

Lite FM makes your do go better.

Whether you're (something) or buying a sweater

The (something) part is where I started to vomit so I'm not sure what she says. There was more to her "poem" but -thank God- I can't remember it.

Everytime I see one of those commercials come on, I mute the tv (seriously!). Then I take out my map and look for a new state to move to that doesn't have Terri Garr doing commercials.

Sheesh, I can't write about this anymore, I'm going to be sick again!

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

Ooops, the word was "day" not "do" See what that commercial does to me? My brain shuts down at just the thought of it!

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

10-10-xxx adds and the washed up comedians/actors that they get to do them. Does anyone actually use that service?

The worst one I saw was the one with Mr. Winslow, the dad from Full House. And did anyone notice the different endings that the one with Dinnis Miller had? Where he was in the movie theater, and the guy came up from behind and said something and Dennis made fun of him. What was with that? There was like five versions. And they all pissed me off!

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

Maggie-don't come to Pittsburgh then because she is hocking Lite FM here too.

And I am shamed to admit it, but sometimes the ferret just cracks me up.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

i think it's geico - some car insurance company, anyway - and the guy gets his letter and starts singing "i'm so happy, blah blah blah" and dancing and all the neighbors start dancing and stuff? oh my god, does it make me crazy.

plus the annoying song gets stuck in my head, too.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

What about the Gap commercials? What do you think about those? I liked the one with the Bill Wither's song, I think the commercial was "Khaki Soul". But I really only liked it because of the song. And how about the Old Navy commercials? I am getting sick of the old lady with Magic, the dog. The latest commercial with those two girls from "Sister, Sister" is completely dumb. It has no direction, it sort of jumps around.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

By far the worst commercials are the 1-800-call ATT with Ed Harris and crowd. This commercial makes me want to boycott AT&T! And now we have that lovely military theme with Sgt. Savings and his mantra "One eight hundred call ATT, save a buck or two or three..." or whatever. This one actually makes me angry!

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

You probably don't have Hardee's commercials out west, but they took the trouble to get Norm MacDonald, then they only use his voice, plus they have him reading some suckass Hardees-indulgent copy that some pinhead copywriter wrote instead of letting him write the stuff. I mean, I assume you hired him because you thought HE was funny. Lame. I hate when company's do that.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

I remember a Paul McCartney interview when Bob Costas was still host of Later on NBC, after Letterman, and I was still in High School. Costas showed McCartney a print ad for Maxwell House using lyrics from Day in the Life. McCartney said it pissed him off that Michael Jackson was renting out the Beatles lyrics like that, and I thought he was making a big deal out of nothing.

Now I'm starting to see the car ads with the Who music in the background, and the commercials using the classic Rock and Roll hits are really getting on my nerves.

What made the Beatles the Beatles was the core message that Love Is All You Need. Pete Townsend smashed his guitar on stage as an outlet for the passions he struggled with as a songwriter.

It's like the paradox of rescuing either the Painting or the Cat from a burning house. The Cat is Life, so if life is the most important thing, you save the cat. But without Art, life has no value, and the Cat is just a thing that makes no difference if it burns or not. It just bugs me that the classsic Rock and Roll hits are being used to give value to things.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

Those damn "Tampax was there" commercials! Or any "oh my god I'm so happy now that I changed bulky pads for microthin ones" ads. Any woman over the age of 13 knows what kinda pad/tampon she prefers. Blech.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

The David Arquette collect call commercials are just as bad as the Al Bundy ones. Those Pepsi commercials with the annoying little girl -- what the fuck is she doing there? She's not cute, the commercials are stupid, and I will drink Coke for the rest of my life now, thank you very much. Terri Garr, jeezus. She used to be funny and now she's the devil. All feminine protection and stomach remedy commercials should be immediately discontinued. The only reason I'm not offended by the fact that they don't advertise condoms on TV is that I know the commercials would be horrendous. "Hey, Bob, what's this? You aren't still using those unlubricated condoms, are you?"

Oh, yeah, Old Navy -- someone kill that damn woman.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

They do condom ads on T.V. Haven't you ever seen the dancing condom that moved to people having sex?

Oh yeah, this ain't your mother's television.

I hate the David Arquette ads. I used to make a joke about how him and Courtney Cox probably watch Friends on Thursday nights and David's dancing stupid c-a-l-l-a-t-t commercials come on and Courtney feels all nauseous inside but then she looks down at her engagement (at the time) ring and says, "Honey, I'm so proud of you!" and gives him a hug so he can't see her tears.

horrid.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

Oh, wow, you Texans are way more progressive than we are here in California, or else those condom ads only show on cable. I've never seen them.

But there is this really awful commercial for AIDS testing that features the two worst actors I've ever seen. They obviously drug them in off the street, because they have no vocal inflections whatsoever and don't even read their cue cards very well.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

Here's a tip: MUTE THE COMMERCIALS. This is a trick I learned from David, and I do it all the time now. Oh, sure, you're still watching them, but at least you're not hit over the head with their extra-loud, buy buy buy message. You also don't get movies ruined for you by overly-helpful trailers.

I still listen to them occasionally, especially when one looks interesting, but I only have to hear it once if I don't like it. Much nicer than getting jingles stuck in your head.

And, if you have to walk away from the set, some TVs now have this "soft mute" function, so you can hear when your program comes back on. Groovy.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

to whomever bitched out old navy, AMEN. those things piss me off to some atrociously long extent. however, i find the latest gap commercials-- the "i wanna dress you up in my love/ all over your body" pieces of trash-- THE worst. it blatantly discourages uniqueness or creativity in dress by stating that "everybody [must drape themselves] in vests." that just pisses me off. what's the big deal with ugly, cheap vests, anyway? i like my nice black hooded sweatshirt that's falling apart at the seams, thankyouverymuch.

other things that bother me to no end: any s.u.v. commercial that uses lenny kravitz's "fly away" for its soundtrack--they're ubiquitous, and they just horrid. those mervyn's commercials with the reeeeally bad techno soundtrack. the k-mart commercials with rosie o'donnell rapping.

i think i watch too much tv.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

I hate the new Gap ad for Vests. The song is really lame, I can't help but think "Those vests are ugly". Does anyone like those things? Why introduce vests in August? I just don't get it.

It's also time to stop ALL collect call service ads. I haven't made a collect call since I was twelve. Is there that big of a demand for collect calls that they have to promote branding? Why don't these people have a calling card?

As the late Bill Hicks used to say "if you're in advertising or marketing, kill yourself".

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

if you think the lizards are bad talkin' all texas and shit, you should come to LA and hear the hilarous riffs they do on hollywood. louie is now writing scripts, talking about getting robert urich to play him in a biopic, and has a "branch phone" (like car phone, get it!? ha!).

what makes me sad is that i've auditioned for most of the above spots. it's one thing to get paid to shoot pool with Urkel's dad, another to just desperately want to get paid to shoot pool with Urkel's dad.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

Here's your answer Pamie... go look at this. http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobs/4313248.htm

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

okay, the new tommy hilfiger perfume ad. for the new fragrance "Freedom". they use... i think it's aretha - singing the great (is it soul?) song "freedom" and there are all these pseudo-typical-american- blond-blue-eyed-perfect-bodied model types in a rock-concert crowd scene and then a couple of them jump off the stage and the camera focuses in COMPLETELY on their perfect model-tummies. GAH! for some reason the hilfiger advertising campaign really bugs me. that whole "all-american" deal drives me nuts. it's wierd, i like one of the perfumes, but because of the ads, i refuse to buy it or wear it.

the whole trend of using really inspirational songs to sell everything from telephone service, to jeans to perfume is really tasteless. here are all these songs that meant something, sometime, somewhere to someone, and now they're used to hawk goods. makes me sick.

as for terri garr - what is UP with that??? those are TERRIBLE. the old navy commercials have been getting on my nerves since they started; i know the old woman in the glasses is some major fashion editor lady who's retired now so i have two questions (a)what the hell is she doing in old navy commercials, old navy is NOT fashion and (b) can we stuff the blond lady and that stupid guy in a sack and drown them? plllleeaasssssseeeee? oh and that damn song from the latest one "shake your groove thang shake your groove thang yeahYEAH" get's in my head until i want to SCREAM.

kristen - thank you SO much for revealing who does the song used in the 'khaki soul' commercial - i LOVE that tune and i had no clue who did it or where to find it. woohoo!

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

For the record, I happen to like that "Dress you up in my love" ad. The first guy who sings is a hottie. I like the way he smiles..grrr.

But I'll admit the ad is dumb. I like the guy, and the song, but not the premise of the ad. What the hell do a bunch of singing people have to do with vests? I would expect maybe something like them telling us how fly they look in the vests or something like that. A song sung by a bunch of quilt-wearing kids is...nothing. A bad MTV video or something. And what's with that white girl at the end of the line? She looks like she has NO chin or face. Just this big white blob with blue eyes and pink lips and a magacially hovering hat. sheesh.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

i am all with mellibee, that guy is hot, and for uds people who live where its cold, in a month we're gonna need those vests, hence, they must advertise the hell out of them so when we need them we know where to get them, while i hate the new old navy ad's for those stupid "tech vests", i did enjoy the past ones, but now they're old and lame, i love gap commercials, remember when they had the ones with famous musicans singing, like steven tyler and ll cool j, yeah, those were great, i like the mr. roboto vw commercail, i see the parking lot with the golf in it and i start giggling, by the end im laughing sooo hard it hurts, i mean, everytime, maybe i should move this to the geek section, cuz im a geek too, but thats beyond the point, ive always hated the budwiser commericals, first those stupid frogs and now the lizards, oy! they bug me. no pun intended. but i like those david whatshisface call a-t-t commercials, the dancing one is soo funny, and the one where he smears pool chalk on his face... heeeheeeee. oh boy, but i agree about the 1800collect ones, those annoy me, i mean, let that married with children guy die already, its not fair, okay, well, ive rambled enough, so thats all

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

I don't know if they have 1/2 Price Stores (used to be Richman Gordman) anywhere outside the midwest, but here in Omaha there exists the most annoying commercial ever. This guy is doing a "poetry reading" in a coffee shop and he's chanting about you can "save up to FIF-ty PER-cent" at 1/2 Price Store. Then he reaches into a shopping bag and pulls out a shirt identical to the one worn by one of the girls in the cafe and proclaims "IT'S THE -SAME- THING!"

There's other ones where he's at a ball game and a restaurant, but I'd say they all suck equally. I was working the other day and a customer who came through my checkout lane was even talking about how horrible it is. Who comes UP with this stuff?

Oh. And a focus group called my house and had me screen a commercial for Stouffer's French Bread pizza that was just completely crappy. One of those "I feed my whole family french bread pizza because it's quick and easy" in a soft voiceover with some family moments and kids playing baseball shot with a soft lens. I told them, "It's not interesting at all. I would completely forget about this commercial ten seconds after it aired."

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

I *LOVE*LOVE*LOVE* the VW "Mr. Roboto" commercial - EXCEPT for the fact (has anyone else noticed this?) the passenger doesn't know the words!!

Either that, or they're playing a different segment in the car than the part that's being played over the video... but it certainly looks like the DRIVER is singing the right words... but not the passenger.

ANY VW commercial is cool. Well, I should specify - for the new beetle. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the one that said: "If you sold your soul in the 80's, here's your chance to buy it back."

AND I loved the one that I think I've heard a LOT of people say they HATE - it's for a Mazda: "Get in. Be moved." The one that has the funky kinda rap song kinda thing that has the guy working at o/`"backslash-dot-com all day long"o/` - I know the lack of appropriate wording there annoyed a lot of people, but that lil' song always made me move my lil' butt.

As for RADIO commercials - I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE (sorry, but I *really* do not like it!) the Carl's Jr ads that are out right now. The one with that REALLY obnoxious guy talking shit about Euros, and most of all JACK. He is SO rude and obnoxious that I have sworn off CJ's for the rest of time. BUT on the flip side - I LOVE Jack's commercials. Tv *and* radio.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

OK. this might sound strange but the Miller genuine draft commercials are so funny. There is one in particular that i love. They keep showing kegs and then very young looking high school/ college kids drinking at different parties with the ad slogan- "we shrink'em you drink'em." then they sort of focus on the young women just boozin it up, dancing, playing ping pong, swimming, what have you. Now, thats not funny, but what is funny is that the song they are playing is some great reggae rift "in the morning I'll make breakfast" This is the most truthful beer commercial i've ever seen. "guys, get 'em drunk-get lucky" I don't know, mabey its just me but i think its hysterical.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Just a comment about the "Mr. Roboto" ad. I used to think the passenger didn't know the words either. But then -- look and listen carefully. He's actually doing the background vocals (the ones that sound like the Cylons from "Battlestar Galactica".

Now which is sadder: the fact I noticed this, or the fact that I just made refernce to "Cylons"?

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

I can't turn on the tv without seeing the Old Navy or Gap commercials. I just don't believe anyone would want to buy a vest after seeing those commercials. I never want to go into either store again. Mellie Bee, you're right. What is up with that pasty faced girl at the end of the Gap ad? She looks like the living dead.

I think the commercial with the Ozzy Osbourne song "Crazy Train" playing in the background is hysterical. Are all those stoner/metal heads I hung out with in high school really buying SUVs?

I also hate the Burger King commercials with the "You Sexy Thang" song playing. IT'S A FOOD ITEM. YOU CANNOT MAKE LOVE TO A BURGER. Sigh.

And finally, I also think the ferret is funny on the Budwiser commericals. I didn't at first, he grew on me.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Old Navy commercials suck. period.

While I was diggin' the Gap commercials....the "dress you up" one is horrible. Lame.

I hate the Fritos commercial with Jeff Gordon and the race car shaped fritos. I mean wtf? but then again, I hate any commercial that has anything to do with nascar.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Re: the Mazda commercial mentioned above: They snarfed the song "88 Lines About 44 Women" by The Nails and changed the lyrics. I keep waiting for them to use some of the real words.

http://www.empire.net/~sgorton/lyrics/88_lines.html

There are some really obnoxious and pretentious ads up here in Toronto.

Nortel Networks has one where some executoid is about to give a speech that is being broadcast and starts speaking the words of The Beatles "Come Together." http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/newsreleases/1999a/3_12_9 999207_MarketingCampaign.html

A local used jewelry store called Oliver's Jewellers has spots where the owner, Russell Oliver, jumps into a phone booth and comes out as Cashman, because he gives you more cash for your used crap. "Oh Yeah!" is his catch phrase. DC Comics are suing him for ripping off the Superman image. http://www.keithn.com/oliver/

Any and every ad from Bad Boy Furniture and Crazy Joes Drapery.

Every frickin' pledge break the Buffalo PBS station has during fund raising time. "We'll get back to the show just as soon as we get 3278 new members. In the meantime, we're total nerds who have no purpose in life other to annoy you and offer these wonderful gifts for your generous donation, such as videos and cds that you could otherwise purchase at your local HMV for a fraction of the cost."

Etc etc, ad infinitum.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

I used to think the 1-800-CALL ATT ads were the worst.

Then I saw the Slim Jim's beef jerky ad. The one where the icky, screechy piece of jerky goes into the pink puffy stomach and starts to put the moves on all the other girlie pieces of food?

Makes my stomach CHURN.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

I was reminded of another annoying commercial last night--the Kentucky Fried Chicken ads with the cartoon Colonel Sanders. I absolutely cannot stand "Go Colonel, Go Colonel" where he does his little dance move with his cane. Does anyone know what I am talking about? I absolutely must mute these commercials when they come on.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Gee, you guys watch a lot of television!

(Okay, so I've got a 14 yr old who is a whiz with a remote so commercial breaks are filled with channel surfing so I rarely seem to see more than a brief piece of a commercial.)

Anyway, last night I saw a commercial that upset me. It was for oldies music (Four Lads, Platters, etc., that good ol' doo-wop 50's stuff) and I might have been tempted to phone their 800 number with credit card in hand except that the couple they kept showing snuggling together lovey-dovey fashion should have been in a medigap insurance or nursing home ad... I mean total plump geezer time... Yeah, so okay, I'll admit to not being a teenager any more but gimme a break, I'm right on target for the age group that would have listened to these songs as a teen and I'm 56 not 76! Pose that couple for the late 30's - early 40's big band music not for Smoke Gets in Your Eyes or Rock Around the Clock. (Ooooh, isn't he touchy about age this morning, must have been too many wrinkles in the shaving mirror?)

And the funny thing is, a few commercial later there was one for doo-wop music that actually had me writing down the 800 number until I caught the quick mention that after receiving this CD you would then periodically receive other Time/Life CD's for your approval. (Actually, about four years ago I saw a commercial for a set of a half dozen or so CD's filled with 50's music that cost about a hundred bucks... but after deciding that, yeah, okay, I'd go for the $100, I've never seen that commercial again... maybe I should watch more late night cable stations?)

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Old Navy Ads, definitely. Next to them are the Burger King ads, which take beloved old sixties' songs that have nothing to do with eating and somehow hawk burgers with them. I'm waiting for them to do Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.--Al

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

I'm glad someone addressed the fact that, yes the passenger does know the words to Mr. Roboto. I think that is the beauty of the comercial. These two guys are just driving around, rocking out, and the driver is singing the lead, while the passenger takes the backup vocals. It looks like they do this every day of their lives.

My friend has a Golf, and we used to rock out on the way to the skatepark in that thing. They do f---in ROCK! The commercial is no lie; when you are driving around in that car, you feel like a pimp.

And by the way, I've made love to a Burger.

...What?

They're good!

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Any commercial featuring Kim Alexis and her laundry list of personal problems. I can't even remember all the ones she's done, I know there was one for a yeast infection cream, and I'm almost positive I've seen some sort of post-pregnancy incontinence commercial.

The pop tart commercial that looks like an iMac commercial. I like the iMac commercials, except for the ones with Jeff Goldblum.

Any commercial featuring professional wrestlers.

All the car commercials that pander to the soccer moms of my generation (late 20's). The midsize sedan commercial with "Lust for Life" playing is probably the worst of the bunch.

The new law that requires drug companies to disclaim side effects in their commercials. They show these soft-filtered pretty commercials with the speed-read laundry list of side effects at the end, like a car commercial. The side effects are either terrifying or disgusting. The worst one I've heard so far I heard last night: "May cause decreased semen volume."

For what it's worth, I like the Bud commercials except for the "Lone Lizard" one. I adore the ferret. I love the "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" one.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Isn't it intresting how people like different things? I love that "Dress you up" ad - it will not lead me to buy any vests, however. And I really like the VW "Mr. Roboto" ad.

I am so glad someone mentioned the Slim Jim commercials where he sexually harrasses the other food. What is that? And then the "EAT ME" tag line? It's horrible.

I, too, wonder about those drug commercials and how effective they could possibly be when the end with: maycauselossofvision,brainshrinkage,uncontrollableurination,attraction tomonkeys,oronearmedbabies.

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-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

ok... i was reading and agreeing but then i saw people dissing my Gap commercial! i, and some other people i know, love that commercial AND the song. i don't know why but i think its really cool. so if you have a prob with that... well... you have a prob with that.

anyway, i do agree that those Old Navy commercials have no point what so ever. the first Old Navy commercials they ever had were ok, but now their totally dumb. i still like Old Navy though... i just ignore the commercials.

as for the commercials that really annoy me its those local commercials that i see sometimes on tv. you know those really fake ones tape by hand held video cameras for local stores? the ones with really REALLY bad acting by people picked off the street... those are the ones that annoy me.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

You know the Rogaine (sp?) commercials and how they say that pregnant woman should not take nor handle broken tablets because of a possible birth defect? Someone told me the defect is hermaphroditism! This was one of my science geek friends. Scary.

In new "dress you up" Gap ad, there is a curly haired Asian man, and I could SWEAR he is Kevin, one of Madonna's Blond Ambition dancers, who consequently, sued her after Truth or Dare was released because he felt he was "outed" without his permission. I wish I could confirm if it is truly him.

Does anyone remember those old tampax commercials with Brenda Vaccaro? Her voice was so raspy, and everytime she inhaled her throat would positively HISS. Soon after, jokes started circulating that she was weezing because she had toxic shock syndrome! Ultimately, the tampax people edited the commercial so that you couldn't hear her breathing anymore.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Ilike the one SUV commercial that asks who you had on your lunchbox when you were a kid:

Isaac Newton?

Shakespeare?

Or The A-Team?

And then they show the SUV tearing up the countryside. And then the white-sounding announcer say, "We pity the fool..." Funny.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

I don't really hate this commercial but I do crack up laughing everytime I see it, well laugh and then get kind of queasy. It's the Erectile Disfunction commercial with Bob Dole (Sponsered by Viagra) . I was flipping around one day and stumbled upon it I thought it was the funniest thing I had ever seen I had to call my mother immediately so I could share my joy. Then I ended up kinda sick cause Bob Dole was talking about his penis. ick I have chills I have to go now

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

And you know he isn't just calling it my penis, but Bob Dole's penis!

Bob Dole's penis has erectile dysfunction! Bob Dole is very brave talking about Bob Dole's penis! Bob Dole takes drugs so he can have sex with Bob Dole's wife, and make her scream "Bob Dole!"

Any guesses which hand he holds it in?

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

Pamie, how could you forget the commercial where Louie (the one that managed to piss off the Texans by electrocuting "Weis", or whatever) talks about being English, and in a very fake Cochney talks about "The bloody stuff's beechwood aged." To which Frank replies, "You're gonna have a bloody nose in a minute..." That's gotta be the funniest one of those out there, and the only one I can stand. I also love the one from a couple of years back where the frogs are riding the alligator to Bob Marley's "Jammin'".

I think it'll be interesting to see where ABC goes with the commercials where they take a popular song (or song that they think could be) and set a commercial over it. I liked the one they had for when Dharma & Greg switched nights; Love the song ("Body Rock" by Moby), and Jenna Elfman writhing around in that tight red dress... Rrrrowr!

My recommendation for anyone who stars in a 800 collect call ad is a firing squad at sunrise. High noon for the ad agency people who came up with them. Sunset and midnight for the 10-10-whatever people, in the same order as the 800 # people.

The Old Navy commercials do serve to point out that who's washed up in Hollywood for good, though. Think of who they've had: Sherman Helmsley, Joan Collins, Tia & Tamara Mowry, RuPaul, Ginger from Gilligan's Island... Didn't Susanne Sommers show up for one?

I HATE the one Burger King commercial with "You Sexy Thing" (To quote my mother: "Since when have chicken sandwiches been sexy?") and the Denny's commercial with some song about "I'm just a love machine"

Commercial Catharsis complete....

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

You don't like the Denny's commercial, where the rooster jumps out of the car, and all the chickens follow it to the roost, to the disco beat of I'm just a love machine? Everytime that commercial comes on, I have to drop what I'm doing and watch it! I don't even like disco, and I still can't imagine what anyone would have against that commercial!

-- Anonymous, August 14, 1999

It is for an egg breakfast, after all.

-- Anonymous, August 14, 1999

My friend loves that Denny's commercial too. I think it's a TAD on the annoying side. THANK YOU to those that pointed out that the passenger in the "Mr. Roboto" commercial is doing background - that is SO cool, and I'm just SO oblivious that I didn't notice it! Oh yeah, and another car commercial that I totally giggle at is the one for... umm.... I don't remember... but it's the one where the woman is driving (which i think is COMPLETELY cool) and the guy is sitting in the passenger seat - looking deep in thought. Him: Huh.
Her: What?
Him: You know that lil' "home video" we made a while back?"
Her: (mischievious grin) Yeeeessss
Him: I think we just returned it.
SCREECH!

Then the announcer says "Anti-lock brakes, just one of the many new features you'll find on blah blah blah"

The kicker, though, is the end clip, where everyone in the video store is watching the "home video" and they all jump at one point. That's funny! And one more car commercial thing: Any commercial that Steve Young is in can kiss my fruity tooty bootie. And can someone PLEASE explain his romantic life to me? In one commercial he's with his supposed fiancee, and in the next commercial he's going on some blind date?! Wtf?

-- Anonymous, August 14, 1999

Here's a commercial that I love. It goes something like this:

A man and woman are driving along (the woman is driving)

Man: Honey? Remember that private movie we made of us?
Woman: (big smile) Yeah... (giggles)
Man: Well, I think we just returned it.

Then the view is of the outside of the car and you see it stop short. Cut to inside of the video store. People are standing around looking up at the tv (although you can't see the tv itself) and hear the "sex sounds" coming from the tv. Towards the back of the screen, you see the couple pull up, get out of the car and run towards the store.

I think the commercial is for some kind of car. I don't remember, but that commercial makes me laugh everytime I see it.

You see, sometimes advertisments can backfire. I love the commercial and will remember it....I just can't remember the damn product. Hehe!

-- Anonymous, August 14, 1999

For the sake of some more Canadian content, I totally agree with Ron Collings and our lame commercials in the Toronto area! And I hate the Nortel commercials too (even though my hubby works for them and *loves* them - must be a Nortel thing).

-- Anonymous, August 15, 1999

Hate hate hate the GAP vest ads. First of all, it's such a painfully obvious attempt by them and Old Navy to manipulate what the public wants by totally saturating the airwaves with the exact same product (i guess that's the goal of advertising, but i still yearn for a world in which fashion trends follow popular opinion, not the other way around). The sad part is I know that come October, I'm going to be seeing those damn vests all over town. Secondly, "Dress you up in my love, all over...from your head down to your toes"...except for your arms... and anything below the waist...okay, gonna dress your torso up in my love and the rest of your body will have to do without.

Another detestable trend is the cool gum onslaught. "The temperature of a normal mouth is a steamy 98.6 degrees"--cut to guy making yuk-mouth face superimposed with jungle images--"but inside a Winterfresh mouth its"--cue the singers-- "much, Much, COOLER!" Oh sure, and it fills your Q-zone with pure gum goodness, too.

Finally, there are the #800 information ads with James Garner. Here's a synopsis- "Are you old and crotchety? Can you barely remember your name, much less all those crazy area codes that are constantly changing every 3 years. Are you frightened by machines and prefer to deliver your message of bitching to a live operator? Well, here's a simple 11 digit number we're sure you'll remember." And to top it off, it takes place on a farm, to give it that natural feel.

Commercial I love: the Web MD ad with the grandma in the bed who jumps up smiling when they move the furniture around, then drops back down when they screw it up and the caption, "Does feng shui really work?" That lady's smile cracks me up.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

I don't know if anyone lives around the Indianapolis area, but if they have, they've probably seen the low-budget "Don's Guns" commercials. For those who haven't, I'll enlighten you.

This short, squat man in a leisure suit and gold chains with slicked-back gray hair and a handlebar mustache stands in front of his store, which is covered in neon painted signs ("Sale! Sale! Sale!" "Discounts!" "ALL RIFLES 30% OFF!")

This man, Don, rattles off something about his merchandise ("I'm the best in the business, we gots everything you can shake a stick at", etc., etc., etc.) and then points at the camera and goes, "I don't like to make money... I just love to sell guns!"

Oh, man. It's times like those that make me proud to live in Indiana.

Guilty as charged: I do like those "Come Together" commercials, although I think they'd be a little better if it was Aerosmith's version rather than the Beatles. But... I digress.

I despise those Slim Jim commercials. They were a lot better when that wrestler dude - was it Randy Savage? - just yelled something while holding the package.

Another one I can't stand is the Mug Root Beer commercial with the pregnant lady and the baby playing the drums inside of her. It really bothers me.

Does anyone remember those HBO Saturday Nights commercials? There would be different people on there that would be showing up on your door for a date, i.e. the redneck who told you that you looked "finer than a new set of snow tires." These were my favorites, and those bastards at HBO took them off the air. I guess they all have to go sometime.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

Anyone live up in Wisconsin? I have three words for you people: "Blain's Farm Fleet." Three more words: "What the hell?"

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

Okay, just one more... anyone remember the commercials from last fall for BMW's (I think that was what they were)? At any rate, this man and this woman are listening to their radio inside their car. They drive down this little alley and everything going on (the windshield wipers, a man sweeping the sidewalk, train crossing lights, etc.) are all keeping time with the music. Ring a bell to anyone? This is one of my favorite commercials. It's awesome. If you catch it again, please tape it for me and I'll send you my address along with the shipping costs. :)

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

That was a Volkswagen commercial, I think, for the Jetta. You really liked that? It was always mildly annoying to me (which for me is actually pretty close to praise).

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

My partner and I were talking about commercials this weekend. We love the commercial for "Beggin' Strips". Every time we cook bacon, we quote it.

"beggin beggin beggin beggin.. I smell beggin beggin beggin beggin.. what's it's say?

I CAN'T READ!"

Gaa, it cracks me up even now.

And put my vote in for those VW Mr Roboto ads. I think the guy in the car is TOTALLY cute (the driver I mean). [drool]

I also liked all the commercials for Infiniti with Jonathan Pryce.. 'cause I like him.

Oh, and kudos to American Express for their various "famous people" ads. We love seeing Stephen King.

I also like that car commercial where the beats of the music matched the windshield wipers and the people outside. It's not effective ('cause I don't even remember the product), but it took me a while to actually figure out the commercial and what they were saying "cool" at the end to.

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-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

The best commercial ever made (in my oh-so-humble-opinion) was the Nissan commercial where GI Joe jumps off the dresser (Van Halen's: You Really Got Me playing in the background) and jumps into the remote control 300Z and goes to pick up Barbie in the little sisters room.

Member that part where Ken came out and he was all like looking sad and everything, and then GI Joe was driving off with Barbie all happy and stuff......

... that was awesome.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

yes, it was a jetta ad that was all in time to the music. that is one of my favorites, along with mr. roboto. every time the commercial comes on my husband and i instantly freeze and stare at the tv for the entirety of the commercial. the guy actually does the robot in the car! ha!

this has nothing to do with the fact that i used to work for volkswagen, nor that i owned one for several years. really.

now, for the not so favorite ad... anyone seen the one for smint? the one where the futuristic boy and girl are walking toward each other...

boy: how you been?

girl: missed your kiss...

then they go to mash face and BAM! invisible shield. then the tag line...

no smint, no kiss.

BARF!

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

oh, and todd?...

loved the chris farley reference in your answer. still laughing.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

ooh! ooh! just one more, i promise.

any southern california insurance company ad. freeway, survival (especially those two), they all rot.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

you know, the funny thing about those cool minty gum ads is that chewing gum supposedly makes the temperature in your mouth *warmer.* heh.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

My favorite lately was the Serta commercial with the woman in a gazebo having tea with her high school sweetheart and Cornelius from Planet of the Apes. Anybody else see that?

Someone told me that the Menards guy retired, which is why the chirpy brunette chick has been in all the commercials lately. So we've dealt with one annoyance factor, but that goddamn banjo still won't shut up.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

That Menards guy scares the shit out of me. One that's cute is the guy in the hospital with the heart machine and the IV and they all start singing "Tainted Love". One that bothers me though is for the medicine that prevents herpes breakouts. At the end it says "Consult your doctor before taking this medicine if you have AIDS". Any of those silly Miller Lite commercials by "Dick" is great!

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

Just to clear up why Old Navy and the Gap are both saturating the airwaves with vests: They're both technically the same company. Old Navy is the low-end, Gap is middle, and Banana Republic is the high-end stuff.

Anyhoo, I think the nice thing about the Gap ads with the various styles of dancing was, not only was the music cool, you actually get to SEE the product and it's on a bunch of different people... sort of a moving catalog. Unlike Nike ads where shoes don't seem to be as important as IMAGE.

I'm sure some of you have seen this film that this guy did called "Production Notes" (i think) where he took the production notes from some commercials from the mid-80s and read them, monotone, over the top of these commercials (i remember mostly McDonald's). It was very revealing, if not a bit obvious to those of us jaded by slick advertisers. But still quite funny.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

So we've got this furniture/mattress store in Massachusetts called Bernie and Phyll's. And it's run by an elderly couple (Bernie and Phyll). I don't know if anyone has seen their new comercial, but it goes a little something like this...

(Couple half naked making out in the background, slighty fuzzy so that it looks like cheap porn) Bernie- Is that one of our blah blah blah mattresses that they're "sleeping" on? Phyll- Sure is Bernie! Bernie- Well if that's sleeping, I'm pretty tired....

It is one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 1999

Maggie, I used to live in Indy and I sure do remember those Don's Guns commercials! CWEEPY! You forgot to mention that he makes a "gun" with his hand and points at the camera and works his thumb like he's, um, shooting the gun at you when he says, "I just LOOOVE to sell guns". Then he laughs this manical laugh.

He almost always has a special offer for the ladies too. "Ladies, you're walking home at night and someone jumps out from behind your car, whachta gonna do? Well, this here stunner comes with a detachable cord, you shock them, but if they get it away from you the cord comes out and the device in inactive...only $79.99!"

Something like that. He had a cult following at Franklin College for awhile.

-- Anonymous, August 17, 1999

The one thing that really annoys me is how a new drug commercial will come out and it will never tell you what the medication is designed to treat or cure. It just says that you should 'ask your doctor if it is right for you.'

Yet, I'm told to say 'no' to drugs...what's up with that, anyhow?

-- Anonymous, August 17, 1999

"IT'S A FOOD ITEM. YOU CANNOT MAKE LOVE TO A BURGER."
I am speaking on behalf of all burgers in America when I say-
If you can make love to a pie(American Pie)you can make love to a burger also.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 1999

Love this area!

Agree with pretty much everyone! I LOVE the Mr. Roboto ad. I worship that ad. Great. Also liked the VW Beetle ads when they first came out. I actually used to run around singing "Old Navy, Old Navy, Old Navy Performance Fleece" to the point I thought my husband would suffocate me. I hate the Vest commericals though. And I hate: ALL Burger King commercials (especially the one where they brought back the guys from the 70s), the Jedda commercial "on the beat", Col. Sanders the Cartoon, ALL the Call ATT commercials (I use Sprint) and the 10-10-eatsh** commercials, the Slim Jim, the trailers for "The Sixth Sense" and the ANNOYING Pepsi Girl. I also hate the Bob Evans guy saying "if I had a million dollars I'd walk up to people on the street and say does anyone have change for a million dollars?" NO, but maybe they'd shoot you for it. I LOVE the Chicken dancing to Love Machine, the Ferret and Louie, the Staples Commercial "they're going back" to the tune of The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and most ESPN commercials.

Just my opinions; thanks.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 1999

I almost forgot -- The Bob Dole ED commercials are just horrible. What a thought. And then, I think it may have been Miller Lite or something that had this really old couple sitting on the couch making out with sirens playing. How gross.

Then there was the Denny's Big Skillet commercials (everything looks small compared to our skillets) where this annoying woman with bad lipstick is calling this dog that she perceives as a puppy. She says "here puppy puppy puppy" to the point I want to put my foot thru the TV.

Don't even get me started on infomercials.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 1999

Dammit! Now you've got me singing the cute little ditty! "Save big money - you'll save big money - you'll save big money at Menaaaaaaaaaaard's!" I've actually never seen a commerical from Indiana that features Menard's in it, but people in Northern Chicago (Barrington, Lake Zurich, Buffalo Grove, etc.) swear by them. They love Menard's. Anytime anyone needs anything, their family and friends automatically say, "Go to Menard's!" I don't get it.

-- Anonymous, August 19, 1999

THE GAP VEST COMMERCIAL IS COOL ! I LIKE IT! ALL YOU PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR OWN OPINIONS,BUT SOME OF YOU,I THINK JUST DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE FOLLOWERS BY LIKING THAT COMMERCIAL CAUSE IT'S POPULAR.

-- Anonymous, August 20, 1999

The Gap ads make me uneasy. On the one hand, I like the clothes-- khakis are comfortable and nice, I look good in vests --and there are some attractive girls in the ads as eye candy. But... I'm an awkward size and difficult to fit, and I'm depressed about never looking 'good enough' to wear the clothes...

The VW ads are just fun... I like those...

-- Anonymous, August 21, 1999

I must admit the GAP ads get me up dancing and singing while I'm watching tv, but those Old Navy ads, especially that new, "Sister Sister, Brother Brother" ad drive me nuts. That is the most rejected thing I've ever heard, and those guys are serious goobers.

My favorite ad of all time would have to be that VW Jetta ad with the music and everything outside going with the beat of it. Then playing that music on the radio, and saying "Is this a cool car company or what?" just makes me want to buy a Jetta, though I think they are awful looking. I'm horrible. :)

-- Anonymous, August 22, 1999

I can't believe no one has mentioned the "If it doesn't get all over the place ..." Carl's Jr. ads. Those ads make me sick. The first couple actually made me gag. They make me never want to eat another hamburger.

But I did like the one where the guy punches his friend in the face, the first 9,000 times I saw it.

Clever ads almost always get old quickly. Some of the Dr. Pepper ads (Johnny? Can I have yours?) were cute the first few times, but now I scream and turn off the TV whenever they show.

-- Anonymous, August 22, 1999

What I don't understand is the push by Gap and Old Navy to make these vests a new trend. Let's face it: vests aren't cool anymore, and even when they were... well, they still weren't cool.

I'm in my car alot, so I soak up a lot of radio advertising. I know some people previous have knocked the Jim Rome/Carl Jr. commercials, and I have to admit, I find them pretty funny (I also find Rome pretty funny, being a semi-regular listener to his radio show). However, those "How to Eat Meat" commercials really disturb me. I really don't need to know that there's a How To Eat Meat Man out there. I really don't.

-- Anonymous, August 23, 1999

I really hate the PSA (public service announcement) that features the song "I'm Free" by The Who. It's an anti-drug add (I'm [Drug] Free!). What annoys me the most is that the song they choose was written by one of the most drug-laden bands of the 60s/70s. Does anyone else find that odd?

I also hate all commercials that are shown before the previews in a movie theatre! I can't stand paying $8 or $9 or $10 for a movie and then being subjected to STUPID commercials. JUST GET TO THE DAMN PREVIEWS, ALREADY! Harumph.

Michele

-- Anonymous, August 23, 1999

I have to agree that the Carl's Jr's ads are the worst ads on television and the only ones that make me change the channel, turn off the TV, or run screaming from the room. I first saw those ads for a different hamburger chain in the midwest, however.. Ralleys? Yuck.

I would also like to point out that Don's Guns was robbed at gunpoint. What justice.

I do like this ad:

(dawn breaking, rooster crowing, farm couple waking up to look at clock) (repeated for a couple of days) One morning, the couple wakes up, and it's like 10 a.m., and the rooster never crowed. They look at each other in surprise. Cut to the fence where the rooster normally sits: nothing there. Announcer: It's chicken salad week at Subway! Come on down!

-- Anonymous, August 23, 1999

Disclaimer: I haven't had much time to watch television lately so some of the commercials I talk about may be old.

I don't like the 10-10 commercials, but I do use one of their numbers.

The Carl Jr. ads (Is this strictly a Southwestern chain? I never heard of it in the Midwest): Dorky and just a little stupid. I hate seeing the ketchup dripping from the hamburgers. Looks like blood. Ick. And I do like the food.

I LOVE the Buddy Lee commercials!! The little guy is my hero. :o) A lot of the commercials they do with him make me laugh.

Some of the ESPN ads are very good, too. There's one currently running for the NFL. It's a Hallmark scene, very touching. It's a dad saying good bye to his family and he wipes away tears from his daughter and hugs his family. Then he walks into the house leaving them on the lawn. Then they cut to show the NFL logo. Cracked me up!

And don't let me forget the women's soccer commercials! There was one where this poor guy had to take out one of the girls, right? Except the whole team comes with her on the date and he's gotta pay for them all and whatnot. And at the end one asks what they all thought of him. That's cold, man! :o)

I hate any local commercials. They're all poorly produced and either the people pitching their product are speaking too softly or screaming like banshees. Get a grip, people, be normal!

I think the Budweiser Lizards are one of the dumbest things to come across the screen. Why'd they replace cute frogs with these ugly reptiles?? Yeah, I want to be thinking of lizards when I'm emptying a bottle of Bud Light, thanks. The frogs were cheesy enough.

Staying on the beer trail, I hate the Bitter Beer Face (is it Keystone?) commercials. It's SO overdone. The crowd chanting the words is just too much.

I remember the Randy Savage/Macho Man Slim Jim commercials. Still trying to eradicate that vision, thanks.

I liked the Steve Young American Express commercials. Where he'd be out on some date and the camera would keep on panning after the couple was shown and off to the side you'd see Steve giving his coat to Jerry Rice to make sure he was warm, at the expense of his date. You have to be a football fan to really get the humor, though.

Video game ads: So many of them are so stupid. I get annoyed because they all blare punk music and show only extreme style or very nerdy players. I want them to show NORMAL people!

A lot of these ads try to "order" you around. Have you noticed that? 'Get in. Get moved.' 'Just do it.' 'Must see TV.'

If I wanted a boss, I'd ask one from work to move in with me or get a girlfriend of that nature.

-- Anonymous, August 25, 1999

Okay, I had totally forgotten about the soccer commericials. I love the one where the one girl has to get two fillings, so everyone in the team stands up and says, "Then I will have two fillings" and then the receptionist says "Then I will have two fillings."

Also there's one for OfficeMax or something lately that I love where you watch the boy grow up-- VOICEOVER: "Someday he'll be able to say I love you, someday you won't have to hold his hand when he crosses the street... someday you won't be his best girl anymore..." and they show him working at his dorm desk and it says, "I mean just look at him, with his little pencil! I mean, couldn't you have bought him a computer or something, I mean, he's a GOOD BOY!" and the kid hands the voiceover guy a tissue. Cracks me up.

Love Buddy Lee, too. Totally forgot about it. "That's not my car, THAT'S my car!"

And I hate, hate, hate, hate, HATE Bitter Beer Face. That's the dumbest line of commericials ever. I have to turn them off.

-- Anonymous, August 25, 1999

okay - when back to school time rolls around, that one office depot add comes one. and there's the dad, pushing the cart down the aisle, tossing staplers and pencils and stuff in, and the two kids are giving him just THE most evil look and they're all sour and pissed looking and the song is singing "it's the most wonderful time of the yyeeeaarrr" and at the end, the kids are standing facing a wall of school supply shelving, and the dad goes rolling by on the cart with one leg in the air and just the most joyous expression on his face. for some reason, that ad makes me collapse in giggles every time.

-- Anonymous, August 25, 1999

Just saw one more commercial worth smashing the tv over. Kibbles & BEEFY Bits. aiiieee!

Two dogs walking along, one singing "I'm gonna beef up I'm gonna beef up." Then the (supposed sound of punching) arrgh!

The only thing that should have been punched were the ad agents!!

-- Anonymous, August 26, 1999

Can't stand that Mug Rootbeer commercial. That lady looks like she's getting her jollies from the baby playing the drums inside of her. Plus, can she be anymore more big? Looks like she's carrying twins. Very fake looking pregnancy.

I also can't stand any commercial with Jennifer Love Hewitt. This girl is 20 now or something, but still looks like she's 14. She's so perky and probably never had a pimple in her life. Neutragena, my a$$.

Hugs and Kisses!

~Katie

-- Anonymous, August 26, 1999

Ok... the new Gap ad with "Mellow Yellow" being sung is driving me nuts!!! I have had the song in my head for 3 days now!!! Grrr...

-- Anonymous, August 26, 1999

I haven't seen a Volkwagen ad yet that I don't like. They're fun. I am thoroughly sick of the Old Navy ads; they were cute at first, now they just make my teeth ache. And whoever keeps coming up with those Godawful 1-800-COLLECT/CALL-ATT/10-10-whatever ads needs to be drwan, quartered, and tun out of town on a rail.

-- Anonymous, August 27, 1999

Durrrr...that should read "drawn, quartered and run out of town on a rail." Sorry...

-- Anonymous, August 27, 1999

Here are some ads that can literally cause me to turn off the TV and wait until I think the ad is over:

- any Sprint Canada ad (Candice Bergen advertising for a long distance phone company. That should say it all.)

- those goddamned Sunny Delight ads with a group suburban brats running to the fridge, looking for something to drink. The groups of kids change from time to time, but the lines don't: "Let's see, we've got cola, some purple stuff, and, hey! Sunny D!" at the end of the ad, the mother gives them another bottle, and one kid says "Wow, you're mom's cool!" Yeah. Here's a parenting tip. Screw those $200 Nikes they've been pestering you for. All your kids really want is some orange juice.

- those ads for Benylin or Benilyn or however you spell it. They're just bad, OK?

- that Cover Girl ad where Brandy's crooning about the wonders of mascara

I know there are many, many more, but I must have temporarily blocked them out of my mind. One ad I love, however, is that ad where this big parrot is perched on a telephone wire or a branch or something, and he starts singing this love song to the little female parrot perched next to him (I can't remember who it's by, but it's a famous song), and she slowly starts to inch away from him. You have to have seen it to appreciate how funny it is.

-- Anonymous, September 10, 1999

TACO BELL SUCKS! I HATE that stupid dog. I am an animal lover, but would have no problem watching that dog slowly and painfully die. And then if the commercials don't deter you from their business, when you go to the drive-thru, they play a commercial through the speaker at 80 decibels!!! Auhhh!! In Oregon we have a brand of chicken called Foster Farms, and they have some clever commercials. It has these talking chickens that drive around trying to be bought, but no one belives they're not from out-of-state. "No, we're from Foster Farms, we swear!" Then someone notices freezer burn on their feathers, "No, that was a curling iron accident". Or the person says "Foster Farm chickens are corn-fed", and the passenger chicken's eating a bag of potato chips and slurping a soda, and there's food wrapers all over the car. They're really funny. Much funnier than a talking dog.

-- Anonymous, December 13, 1999

i loath these sports utility vehicle ads. all of them. especially the ones that show one of those polluting gas-guzzlers tearing up some unspoiled wildness while the announcer uses phrases like "the new nature loving (SUV)" to describe them. (by the way, i wasn't making up that phrase. they've actually used it!)

"nature loving?" "nature loving?" god! i'm frothing at the mouth just thinking about it! SUV's are one of the primary contributers to the fact that houston, tx was named the smoggiest city in the US, and they've got the gall to show their SUVs tearing through the forest and calling it "nature loving?"

oh, another phrase they use that pisses me off is, "you'll be equipped to handle anything that nature might throw at you."

what's with this contempt for nature? does that really sell?

-- Anonymous, December 23, 1999

The Gap ads are breaking even with me. All the ones with the pale Zombie kids staring at the camera with their Zombie stares and singing a song if they weren't singing it in their Zombie voices really annoy me. What could possibly be appealing in these ads? "Oh yes, I wanna be a 18-year-old anorexic that wears expensive clothing too."

However, I like some of their ads where they're dancing the latest thing. I loved the swing dancing one of course. I'm taking swing dance lessons now. I also liked the one where they've got the dancers dancing on the transparent floor, with the camera underneath so we're watching them from below. Did you know that commercial was choreographed by that "Oh Mickey, you're so fine" cheerleader girl? Well there you go. (Sorry, can't remember her name.)

-- Anonymous, January 21, 2000

Sorry, I meant to say that the song in the ad would be cool if they weren't singing it in their Zombie voices.

-- Anonymous, January 21, 2000

I love all those commercail that all you guys are making fun of!!!! There is nothing wrong with them all they are doing is trying to sell there products!!!! I hate when people piss me off!!!!!! I drives me crazy!!!!!! So for your on good say something nice!!!! I bet all of you guys that are making fun of gap all own gap clothing!!!!

-- Anonymous, April 24, 2001

I hate the pespi girl because she does not know how to sing her voice suck and she does not like coke!!!! Coke is the best!!! Peipsi is fake!!!

-- Anonymous, April 24, 2001

I agree with you hello!!!! peipsi tastes like dirty dish rags that someone cleaned up dog piss with!!!!

-- Anonymous, April 24, 2001

Montclair suck the hole!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, April 24, 2001

Um.. The cat should be saved! Your life may not have meaning without art, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't let anyone else have life. Besides, a painting has no real soul. It's just an inanimate object. Actually, I believe it's the other way around: Without life, there is no art!

Okay on to the comercial that pisses me off. Okay I hate that one, I think it's Levi's, where that guy is listening to music while he's walking and his legs are moving all weird! I hate it! It bugs me so much!

-- Anonymous, March 02, 2002