Most Annoying Commercial

[robls]

I hate it when in a 15 minute film on You Tube there can be up to two adverts. Getting to be where the adverts take as much time to look as the short films.

I remember when You Tube did not have adverts.

On Android, get
SmartYouTubeTV https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartYouTubeTV
or
SmartTubeNext https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext
Have not seen an ad on Youtube for years.

 

[robls]

Any commercial is annonying.

 

[MichaelB]

A year ago we subscribed to Hulu ad-free. Since then we’ve also subscribed to Disney plus and Discovery. All are ad free. We get Comcast through our HOA but haven’t watched it in over a year. It is such a pleasure to watch a show without commercials.

Previous to that, the commercial we found most annoying were the promotions for their other reality shows on the Food Network. They were so irritating we stopped watching Food Network altogether.

 

[ElizabethT]

Anything, and I mean anything that has to do with ED. Particularly if it involves a misshapen banana, cucumber or carrot.

 

[Car-Guy]

Anything, and I mean anything that has to do with ED. Particularly if it involves a misshapen banana, cucumber or carrot.

Yep, they have a "warped" sense of humor.

 

[Amethyst]

I have noticed that the liquid going onto sanitary napkins in commercials is no longer blue, but actually red. My Dad would have had an absolute heart attack. All females in the household were required to pretend that menstruation did not exist.

Anything, and I mean anything that has to do with ED. Particularly if it involves a misshapen banana, cucumber or carrot.

 

[Amethyst]

That is because they are aimed at gullible, dim old people.

Then there is the Actual Neuroscientist, touting the "brain supplement" made from jellyfish. How many people, with the first signs of cognitive impairment, are forking over big bucks, thinking this pricey cr@p will help?

The Medicare advantage stuff bugs as well - seniors declaring “I called to get all the benefits I deserve” makes seniors look gullible and dim IMHO.

 

[lesjrp]

Don't know if this has been covered before - but what is the most annoying commercial to you. Without a doubt to me it is anything by Liberty Mutual In. Seemingly an ad on every break. Across all media they have almost 500 per day. I wouldn't buy their product if it was free. Rant over

Fisher investments, we only make money when you make money. Really?

 

[RunningBum]

I only suffer through commercials when watching sports. With college football in particular, the way I watch doesn't make waiting an hour and then catching up by skipping commercials. For me the worst is the Discover card commercial with the Asian lady on the phone saying "More Money More Money Yahhhh". It's in year two at least. Most of the time I have the remote handy to hit mute.

 

[aja8888]

DriveTime auto buying commercials with that girl talking so fast you can't understand her and then the sucker buying the car acting like he won the lottery after paying thru the nose for the loan.

 

[JT90505]

They are all annoying. Between Hulu Plus, YouTube Premium and Netflix we avoid them for the most part. On the rare occasions we are exposed to broadcasts containing ads, I can't believe we used to sit through them and that people still do so. I put them in the same category as commuting.

+1.

Different streaming services, but definitely same category as commuting, put a smile on my face.

 

[pacergal]

Most commercials are annoying.

However, some of the Clydesdale horse ones can be tear jerkers.
And some of the old Christmas ones.

 

[ShokWaveRider]

"We Wanna Buy your Car, House or ??" .......... And give you a completely ridiculously low price for it.

Car Maintenance Programs. Biggest waste of money ever.

They all seem aimed at the gullible.

 

[aja8888]

"We Wanna Buy your Car, House or ??" .......... And give you a completely ridiculously low price for it.

Car Maintenance Programs. Biggest waste of money ever.

They all seem aimed at the gullible.

If it wasn't for the large number of gullible folks out there, these commercials would be pulled off the air.

 

[Gremlin]

As much as I hate this rap music I like the advert where these two guys start singing in this woman’s kitchen.

The duo Tag Team singing their one hit wonder Whoomp, There It Is! That commercial always makes me smile and brings back fond memories. And it includes ice cream, with chocolate syrup. Whoever at Geico came up with that ad should get a raise.

Most hated: the Lume deodorant ad mentioned above, all the medical advantage ones, and the ones that start with, “I was struggling with/hated (fill in the blank) so I started my own company!”

Anyway, very annoying. But not really, because the mute button is my friend.

 

[Qs Laptop]

It's gotta be insurance commercials.

First of all, they try to be humorous. Ad execs must be thinking we will choose the insurance company that makes us laugh because everyone knows catastrophic losses are not fun to think about. So get potential clients to equate insurance products, which cover disasters, with fun. Throw in some animals and a song.

Think of Liberty Insurance's Doug and the emu, or the Geico gecko. Met Life and Snoopy. Progressive Insurance and Flo.

Second, have a catchy, extremely short jingle.

"We are Farmer's, bum bah-dah, bah, bah, bah, bah, DAH!" (someone got paid to come up with this?!)

"Liberty, Liberty, Liberty!" (must have taken the songwriter days agonizing over this one.)

"American... Family... Insurance."

"Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there."

"Nationwide is on your side."

"You're in good hands with Allstate."

Third, know that in most states carrying insurance is legally (or otherwise) required so we are a captive audience. We gotta buy it, so why advertise?

Fourth, realize insurance ads are EVERYWHERE, all the time. TV, internet, radio, print. They are relentless. Ads aren't cheap which tells me these companies have extremely healthy profit margins and likely spend tons of money on advertising to expense those profits to therefore reduce taxation.

Fifth, insurance is a product you pay dearly for and hope and pray you never need to use it.

Yep, insurance ads are the worst.

 

[mystang52]

Oh my vote is those idiotic Liberty Insurance adverts.

The Liberty Mutual commercials, which are non stop. Medicare Advantage in 2nd place.

It's gotta be insurance commercials.

First of all, they try to be humorous. Ad execs must be thinking we will choose the insurance company that makes us laugh because everyone knows catastrophic losses are not fun to think about. So get potential clients to equate insurance products, which cover disasters, with fun. Throw in some animals and a song.

Supposedly funny, and the Liberty Mutual not-funny-at-all, commercials will not get me to buy a product. I mute Liberty commercials because I find them grating.
I believe it is a NYC-local charity, but Kars for Kids is another one with an unbelievably annoying jingle. They have an occasional TV commercial, but frequently advertise on a local radio sports program. I wonder if they're even a legit charity, but regardless I change the radio station whenever their annoying jingle comes on.

 

[ivinsfan]

State Farm for sure because of all the money they pay those pro football players. We all know how short Aaron R and Pat M are for money..

 

[Timeisprecious]

As much as I hate this rap music I like the advert where these two guys start singing in this woman’s kitchen.

Me too! That's one of my favorite ads. ("Sprinkles!" )

 

[mitchjav]

I was taught in my marketing classes in college that doesn't matter whether folks like the commercial or not, as long as they remember it!!!! Brand recognition is what it's all about... supposedly, the brand stays in the forefront of one's mind at purchase decision time....

 

[Timeisprecious]

I was taught in my marketing classes in college that doesn't matter whether folks like the commercial or not, as long as they remember it!!!! Brand recognition is what it's all about... supposedly, the brand stays in the forefront of one's mind at purchase decision time....

Yeah, right - I've heard that too. But some ads are so bad that after watching you can determine NOT to buy the product, based solely on the ad! I've had it happen a couple times.

 

[blueskyk]

Fisher investments, we only make money when you make money. Really?

To which I always quip, “And we make money when you loose money”


DH and I actually have a bit of a quipping contest on commercials. Often we mute them and make up our own dialogue.

 

[blueskyk]

There is one commercial that I adore and will sprint to catch all of it if DH is watching and I’m occupied elsewhere - the Applebee’s one with a current C&W tune and clips of people dancing. Honestly, it’s just so freaking happy and upbeat.

For most of my life, a dinner at a restaurant was indeed, a big deal.

 

[Timeisprecious]

"We Wanna Buy your Car, House or ??" .......... And give you a completely ridiculously low price for it.

Car Maintenance Programs. Biggest waste of money ever.

They all seem aimed at the gullible.

+1

 

[friar1610]

Here in the Boston area there’s a political ad for a mayoral candidate who claims she’s “a mothah and a teachah who wants to be your mayah.” Seemed clevah the first time. Increasingly annoying the hundreds of times after that.