Most horrible TV commercial

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:33 am

Those of you who do not own TVs are blessed to have missed this.

I saw a commercial last night hawking Kellogg's so-called "organic" Rice Criskpys.

There's a flighty looking woman sitting at a table with her androgenous child, I think a boy, about six years old. This woman is fawning over the kid's breakfast as if he'd never eaten before. I mean hovering over him with this huge obnoxious grin as if her life depends on sticking her face in the kids bowl. Then she actually feeds the little crotch spawn. Of course the kid, equally mindless, is writhing over this bowl of cereal and his "mommy" with Oedipal delight. My GAWD it was horrible.

I was so appalled and offended I nearly passed out.

I needed to get that off my chest.

Anyone else have a commercial horror story?

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:06 am

William Shatner makes regular appearances in the commercials for Kelloggs All-Bran here.

http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/all-bran/home.html

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:11 am

Not recent Fly. But I still can't void my mind of this horrible ad from my youth:

Dad and Kid in line for unidentified sporting event...
Kid: Can I OPEN my Sugar Daddy now?
Dad: No son, wait'll I get my ticket.
Kid: But Sugar Daddy's my FAVORITE!
Dad: Hang in there Champ.
(1.5 seconds later, dad buys ticket)
Kid: NOW??
Dad: Now.
Kid: (handing ticket inside wrapper to window person)
Here's my FREE ticket from Sugar Daddy!!

I'm not sure why it rankles me so much. Something about the timing and the horrible overacting on the part of the kid. But then, it's typical for acting-coached kids in commercials to appear to be experiencing unearthly delight over mundane toys.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:49 am

Actually I have two:
1) An Architect shows up on a job site and begins to unroll the sheaf of drawings. But she unrolls them north to south, rather than east to west. Construction drawings are done east to west. I think it was a truck commercial

2) A college teacher is giving a lesson in maco biology or at least a science course with a bunch of atom lattice models on the chalk board. At the end, they do an over voice and papers and a slide rule are shown. All I could think was what class was that-what'sa slide rule and a chalk board??? No over head projector and a bunch of slides??

These aren't really bad, but the details make me laugh.

missy · Post by **missy** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:50 am

fel bautista wrote: At the end, they do an over voice and papers and a slide rule are shown. .

I still have my slide rule. It's a great "aid" for teaching the kids significant figures and scientific notation.

hyldemoer · Post by **hyldemoer** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:06 am

Flyingcursor wrote:...
Then she actually feeds the little crotch spawn. Of course the kid, equally mindless, is writhing over this bowl of cereal and his "mommy" with Oedipal delight. My GAWD it was horrible.

I was so appalled and offended I nearly passed out.

I needed to get that off my chest.

You're saying you found the three gnomes (Snap, Crackle, and Pop) more persuasive in marketing the product to you?

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:16 am

This was years ago. It was an ad for some sort of toothbrush I think. Maybe toothpaste. I think the announcer was someone I recognized.

The Sink Test Ad
The person in the ad was shown vigorously brushing his teeth. Then the announcer said "Let's do the sink test." It showed a close-up of food particles in the sink that the person had spit into the sink! My god! I really was shrieking at that. It just made me almost sick. I couldn't believe they would show something so gross. It was supposed to show how effective the toothbrush or toothpaste were.

I remember thinking surely I couldn't be the only person who found that ad revolting. I never saw it again, so maybe someone told them it was not a good way to sell a product.

Although in my mind this ad was on TV, I almost think it could just as well have been a large ad in a magazine or something. Anyway, I've never forgotten how tasteless and insane it seemed.

I couldn't find any trace of it on the Internet. I'd love to see it again.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:31 am

As a doctor (podiatrist) the ones I REALLY hate are the drug ads where they sort of talk all around the actual use of the drug they're selling, then tell you to ask your doctor if this drug is right for you. I've been asked about Cialis, meds for depression, osteoporosis, etc.

The other mysterious ones are where they show all sorts of seemingly unrelated images (often very pretty and interesting) with some sort of ethereal music, then one word for the name of the company e.g. Nike. I can never figure out how those are supposed to make me want to buy their shoes.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:44 am

There are only one or two ads per year I actually like or will watch. This year it s the Burger King ad "I am man, hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore, and I have had my fill of chick food...." or, something to that effect. That one usually gets a giggle out of me and a roll of the eyes from my wife.

The rest are simply bovine poop.

Crysania · Post by **Crysania** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:02 am

I'm not sure if I was horrified or horribly amused as I don't like the product anyway.

But I remember seeing a commercial for some SUV a few years back that used this very dramatic music as the SUV was seen whipping over all these roads, showing its offroading skill or whatever. The music was from Verdi's Requiem. The text translates as "The day of wrath, that day which will reduce the world to ashes, as foretold by David and the Sybil."

Oops.

~Crysania

WhistlingArmadillo · Post by **WhistlingArmadillo** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:14 am

Doxidan's "The Ballad of a Gentle Laxative". Ewwww!

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:52 am

Cynth wrote: The Sink Test Ad
[snip]
Anyway, I've never forgotten how tasteless and insane it seemed.

I'd love to see it again.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:26 pm

Gee, with hot stuff like this, maybe I should start watching TV!

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:29 pm

yep! Makes me want to get one!

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:42 pm

There's a locak radio station called BOB FM. Their ads on the local news TV show are undescribably awful. I've never seen ads so bad for any nationally advertized product. In the current one there are people with what look like mops on their heads. The male of the duo is talking in a phoney British accent and the female just sort of hangs around. It's supposed to be funny, I think. One of my favorite ads was the "won't print" series of ads that was on several years ago. I guess it must've been for printers or computer stuff but I don't remember.

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