Dec 15, 2008

Painful television ads

In no particular order, here are the most grating ads (and series of ads) on television right now: 

1) The Rogers mobile teenagers: Who are these kids, who actually relates to these spoiled brats and why hasn't anyone shot all of them yet? At least pick attractive unbelievable commercial characters. I find Rogers often uses unattractive actors, as if it's on purpose, but I can't imagine what that purpose is considering the way the commercials are actually shot.

2) The Best Buy reactions: Please. Please stop. You're ruining Christmas.

3) The Ford minority report: I suspect they purposely went for the "everyman" and "every-woman" actors to appeal to middle class families who want affordable cars. Despite that, they both seem like losers -- particularly when the guy holds the words 'Air Conditioning" and says "cool" like some wayward boomer who wandered into a rap concert. 

Honorary mention: Anything that has Galen Weston in it. That man has been drinking way too much of his PC Brand Kool-Aid. 

2 comments:

Steph said...

I agree using ugly people in ads so people can relate to them is dumb. Only beautiful people should be on tv hahaha. Funny thing is they only ever cast ugly males to represent "normal" people, all the women in ads are always above average looking.

ehbaba said...

I hate the Secret commercial where that lady is pretending to hail a cab and high-fiving strangeres and mocking a doorman. I get very angry.