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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 30, 2019 22:51:52 GMT
joe flacco car ads are wonderful:
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Post by bluerisk on Nov 30, 2019 23:22:29 GMT
joe flacco car ads are wonderful: ...and I'm a Ford Driver. If you can't pay enough to hire Tom Brady.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 1, 2019 2:10:26 GMT
The insurance one with the general is General insurance. And it's not a CGI groundhog. It's a puppet but yeah, it's annoying. Personally I hate Flo and the Progressive ads but I have to admit their insurance coverage is pretty damned good. I hate to admit it, but I like Flo.
So you are the one other person on the planet who likes Flo ! Some of the ads are lame but some are really funny. Progressive insurance IS good !
I also like the Girl in the Toyota ads. She is so damned cheerful and patient with goofy customers.!
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Post by WarrenPeace on Dec 1, 2019 2:31:13 GMT
I will never understand how anyone would want to put something into their system that "could cause suicidal thoughts", yet people buy up this shit. "Hey Alexa, I took these pills to fight my irritable bowels and now want to hang myself, what should I do?" Almost as good as the commercials for anti-depressants (or even better, pills that are supposed to boost your anti-depressant meds) which warn as a side effect the possibility of said drug inducing suicidal thoughts or behaviors. There'd seem to be a little bit of inherent conflict going on there, but OTOH, I suppose blowing your brains out could be construed as a cure for depression. I'm actually working on a pill that I'm going to call Zide-efx that will give you so many side effects to make you forget what the original problem is that you felt you needed medication for. Should be no problemo getting it FDA approved and for quack doctors everywhere to prescribe it seeing as how they love big pharma.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 1, 2019 2:51:33 GMT
I hate to admit it, but I like Flo.
So you are the one other person on the planet who likes Flo ! Some of the ads are lame but some are really funny. Progressive insurance IS good !
I also like the Girl in the Toyota ads. She is so damned cheerful and patient with goofy customers.! She has a nice rump too
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 1, 2019 2:58:38 GMT
Credit card ad .. company ultimately forgettable
Young dating couple go on trip to some Caribbean Island too early in their relationship blah blah blah
SHE instead of using normal tanning lotion tries to smear what looks like a pint of dairy cream on her back and he is too awkward to help her.
What happens after that ?
Dunno because the WHAT A STUPID COMMERCIAL ! rant is usually in progress at that point !
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Post by bluerisk on Dec 1, 2019 3:01:48 GMT
So you are the one other person on the planet who likes Flo ! Some of the ads are lame but some are really funny. Progressive insurance IS good !
I also like the Girl in the Toyota ads. She is so damned cheerful and patient with goofy customers.! She has a nice rump too This made me look her up: Hm...Ok, but not stellar.
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Post by kls on Dec 1, 2019 3:06:50 GMT
You've all seen it if you have watched a US sporting event in the last couple weeks. The guy buys his wife a Peloton exercise bike for Christmas and she rides it all year. So why is it stupid?
What man, it their right mind, buys his better half an exercise bike as a gift? I can see it now
"Merry Christmas dear. It's an exercise bike!!"
after a long pause
"Just what are you trying to tell me. Dear...."
Probably depends on if she's expressed interest in exercise equipment or not. In some cases it could be directly asked for or he paid attention to something she said she wanted.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Dec 1, 2019 3:07:27 GMT
bluerisk Jan the Toyota lady … a pretty lady and the ads are quietly funny and unlike most car ads she never YELLS at you to BUY THE CAR ! She just looks like someone you might know, might want to know, or might buy a car from. Thanks for the Video !
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Post by bluerisk on Dec 1, 2019 3:10:27 GMT
bluerisk Jan the Toyota lady … a pretty lady and the ads are quietly funny and unlike most car ads she never YELLS at you to BUY THE CAR ! She just looks like someone you might know, might want to know, or might buy a car from. Thanks for the Video ! Yelling work for me => Bad hearing. What is why I watch this channel from time to time, albeit he hates Germans more than Holocaust survivors:
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Post by amyghost on Dec 1, 2019 14:25:54 GMT
Almost as good as the commercials for anti-depressants (or even better, pills that are supposed to boost your anti-depressant meds) which warn as a side effect the possibility of said drug inducing suicidal thoughts or behaviors. There'd seem to be a little bit of inherent conflict going on there, but OTOH, I suppose blowing your brains out could be construed as a cure for depression. I'm actually working on a pill that I'm going to call Zide-efx that will give you so many side effects to make you forget what the original problem is that you felt you needed medication for. Should be no problemo getting it FDA approved and for quack doctors everywhere to prescribe it seeing as how they love big pharma.  You just won the thread!
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 1, 2019 14:51:36 GMT
bluerisk Jan the Toyota lady … a pretty lady and the ads are quietly funny and unlike most car ads she never YELLS at you to BUY THE CAR ! She just looks like someone you might know, might want to know, or might buy a car from. Thanks for the Video ! I don't blame her, but those ads can go fuck themselves. It was a shameless attempt to rip off the awful Flo ads by having a vaguely pretty Brunette that works at the store, has a character name, is bubbly and annoying without being overbearing, and inundates us with an ongoing series with a recurring character and a character name they force us know when nobody liked it in the first place. It's a really obnoxious trend in advertising now. That said, I love the AT&T girl. That campaign is thales same bullshit, but that girl is super hot even though you don't realize it at first. |
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Post by bluerisk on Dec 1, 2019 19:06:37 GMT
bluerisk Jan the Toyota lady … a pretty lady and the ads are quietly funny and unlike most car ads she never YELLS at you to BUY THE CAR ! She just looks like someone you might know, might want to know, or might buy a car from. Thanks for the Video ! I don't blame her, but those ads can go fuck themselves. It was a shameless attempt to rip off the awful Flo ads by having a vaguely pretty Brunette that works at the store, has a character name, is bubbly and annoying without being overbearing, and inundates us with an ongoing series with a recurring character and a character name they force us know when nobody liked it in the first place. It's a really obnoxious trend in advertising now. That said, I love the AT&T girl. That campaign is thales same bullshit, but that girl is super hot even though you don't realize it at first. Holy shit, your prices are nutz! Now wonder that they had to bring their first born with them.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 2, 2019 1:28:50 GMT
Seen one earlier than has Colonel Sanders trying to fuck Mrs. Buttersworth. Disturbing on so many levels. Chicken and maple syrup to start
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Post by ReyKahuka on Dec 3, 2019 14:43:29 GMT
No, the dumbest commercial is the one where there is a woman(presumably the wife) with a baby, a guy in a construction helmet, and another person all talking about how great a guy this guy is then we see the guy crossing the street with an approaching car then they pan to the 3 people singing his praises all crying for some reason or another then back to the guy who avoided being hit by the car which had stopped because it had automatic braking. Toyota I think. But what was the point of the crying? As for the Pelaton commercial, the wife might have wanted one. And if you wanted something where the people do need to lose weight, The Biggest Loser. And there aren't many ads that aren't stupid. I met a real Madison Avenue ad executive once and asked him why they make dopey ads. He asked me to name one. I brought up an old ad campaign from the early 80's for Goodyear Vector tires. You seen a single tire bopping all over and idiots saying "Hiya Vector". Guess it was supposed to mean you liked and trusted the tire. The Ad guy said "20 years later, you still remember the brand, the company and the message the ad wanted to convey. All it had to do it stay in your mind, good or bad. Sounds like a brilliant ad campaign to me." I guess he was right. The bike looked like a surprise. She might have hinted but, to me, its one step ahead of buying my wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas. And she didn't need it.
That's the thing though, these days the ads are so goofy and we're so inundated with them that most of the time I couldn't tell you what it was for. Even the few that I like. There was a great ad a few years back about turning into your dad or whatever. It was a support group with people throwing out phrases like, "Defense wins championships," and "I got this hat for free, what was I gonna do, not wear it?" It cracked me up. I couldn't tell you what it was for. I think insurance. What company is anyone's guess.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 3, 2019 15:37:02 GMT
I met a real Madison Avenue ad executive once and asked him why they make dopey ads. He asked me to name one. I brought up an old ad campaign from the early 80's for Goodyear Vector tires. You seen a single tire bopping all over and idiots saying "Hiya Vector". Guess it was supposed to mean you liked and trusted the tire. The Ad guy said "20 years later, you still remember the brand, the company and the message the ad wanted to convey. All it had to do it stay in your mind, good or bad. Sounds like a brilliant ad campaign to me." I guess he was right. The bike looked like a surprise. She might have hinted but, to me, its one step ahead of buying my wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas. And she didn't need it.
That's the thing though, these days the ads are so goofy and we're so inundated with them that most of the time I couldn't tell you what it was for. Even the few that I like. There was a great ad a few years back about turning into your dad or whatever. It was a support group with people throwing out phrases like, "Defense wins championships," and "I got this hat for free, what was I gonna do, not wear it?" It cracked me up. I couldn't tell you what it was for. I think insurance. What company is anyone's guess. Yeah, that's yet another insurance ad. The big thing in big marketing is 'brand awareness.' Just knowing that a brand exists is the first, and kind of the main, hurdle. That's why Coca Cola still spends more on advertising than anyone else. Their logo is one of the most recognized images on the planet, but it's important to just constantly keep themselves in the public consciousness. Other ads with annoying jingles or irritating voices that repeatedly say the name of the brand are designed just so you know that such a thing exists. Even if some of us hate those ads enough to vow to never buy those products, there are enough others that won't care that much and now everyone knows that the blue lettering that says Progressive means insurance. The thing that doesn't make sense to me is just what you're talking about. An ad, or campaign of many ads sometimes, that uses a gimmick or running gag that vaguely relates to the product. Even when they're good they're more like little comedy sketches than they are effective ads. If I can see a commercial a million times and still forget not just the brand, but even the general type of thing it's supposed to be promoting then I'd have to say that's kind of a failure. |
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Post by ReyKahuka on Dec 3, 2019 15:52:33 GMT
That's the thing though, these days the ads are so goofy and we're so inundated with them that most of the time I couldn't tell you what it was for. Even the few that I like. There was a great ad a few years back about turning into your dad or whatever. It was a support group with people throwing out phrases like, "Defense wins championships," and "I got this hat for free, what was I gonna do, not wear it?" It cracked me up. I couldn't tell you what it was for. I think insurance. What company is anyone's guess. Yeah, that's yet another insurance ad. The big thing in big marketing is 'brand awareness.' Just knowing that a brand exists is the first, and kind of the main, hurdle. That's why Coca Cola still spends more on advertising than anyone else. Their logo is one of the most recognized images on the planet, but it's important to just constantly keep themselves in the public consciousness. Other ads with annoying jingles or irritating voices that repeatedly say the name of the brand are designed just so you know that such a thing exists. Even if some of us hate those ads enough to vow to never buy those products, there are enough others that won't care that much and now everyone knows that the blue lettering that says Progressive means insurance. The thing that doesn't make sense to me is just what you're talking about. An ad, or campaign of many ads sometimes, that uses a gimmick or running gag that vaguely relates to the product. Even when they're good they're more like little comedy sketches than they are effective ads. If I can see a commercial a million times and still forget not just the brand, but even the general type of thing it's supposed to be promoting then I'd have to say that's kind of a failure. Sadly this is why Super Bowl commercials suck now. The Super Bowl used to be every company's opportunity to go off the wall and not worry about how much sense the commercial makes. Just have fun, everyone will be talking about it no matter what you do, because it's the Super Bowl. Now everyone is constantly going off the wall just to get the public's attention, like you said. Not only do I have to believe it doesn't work on 90% of the audience, but it ruins the fun of the Super Bowl commercials because we've been watching this goofy shit all year. As a sports fan, the worst part is they play the same four commercials 400 times a game, which really gets rough by the end of the season-- and don't even get me started on March Madness. When you're paying for this much ad space to the point of redundancy, I don't know why you bother hiring an ad agency at all. Just go 1950s style with placards and the show host telling you why you should use this product to complete your life.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 3, 2019 16:07:16 GMT
Yeah, that's yet another insurance ad. The big thing in big marketing is 'brand awareness.' Just knowing that a brand exists is the first, and kind of the main, hurdle. That's why Coca Cola still spends more on advertising than anyone else. Their logo is one of the most recognized images on the planet, but it's important to just constantly keep themselves in the public consciousness. Other ads with annoying jingles or irritating voices that repeatedly say the name of the brand are designed just so you know that such a thing exists. Even if some of us hate those ads enough to vow to never buy those products, there are enough others that won't care that much and now everyone knows that the blue lettering that says Progressive means insurance. The thing that doesn't make sense to me is just what you're talking about. An ad, or campaign of many ads sometimes, that uses a gimmick or running gag that vaguely relates to the product. Even when they're good they're more like little comedy sketches than they are effective ads. If I can see a commercial a million times and still forget not just the brand, but even the general type of thing it's supposed to be promoting then I'd have to say that's kind of a failure. Sadly this is why Super Bowl commercials suck now. The Super Bowl used to be every company's opportunity to go off the wall and not worry about how much sense the commercial makes. Just have fun, everyone will be talking about it no matter what you do, because it's the Super Bowl. Now everyone is constantly going off the wall just to get the public's attention, like you said. Not only do I have to believe it doesn't work on 90% of the audience, but it ruins the fun of the Super Bowl commercials because we've been watching this goofy shit all year. As a sports fan, the worst part is they play the same four commercials 400 times a game, which really gets rough by the end of the season-- and don't even get me started on March Madness. When you're paying for this much ad space to the point of redundancy, I don't know why you bother hiring an ad agency at all. Just go 1950s style with placards and the show host telling you why you should use this product to complete your life. Back in my football watching days, this commercial nearly drove me to commit murder: I hear it in my nightmares. SAVED BY ZERO! SAVED BY ZERO!! SAVED BY ZERO!!!
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Post by njcardfan on Dec 3, 2019 17:20:01 GMT
The greatest Super Bowl commercial ever made:
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Post by njcardfan on Dec 3, 2019 17:31:45 GMT
IMO, the best ever ad campaign was by Wendy's in the early to mid 80's. Produced by the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising agency, their ads were hilarious and showed their product in a good way. From Clara Peller and the "Where's the Beef?" campaign to the Soviet fashion show these were the best commercials of the 80's. This same ad firm also produced the Fed Ex commercials with the fast talking guy too. Here they are. Oh, fun fact, Clara Peller actually got the line wrong. it was supposed to be "Where's all the beef" but she just said "Where's the beef" and they went with it:
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