Least favorite kinds of ads

[BurtWorm]

[AlCzervik]

1. all of the above.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Advertising period.

I know it's a necessary evil, but it bugs the daylights out of me.

[Left Is Write]

4. Awwwwww....

I'm going to send you my many many tapes of ads that I wrote, produced, and/or voiced.

:)

Go ahead, smack me one. ;)

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. Whack!

Actually, I could probably design an ad that would tug at the most hardened heart string. I'm just uber-suspicious.

[Left Is Write]

16. My favorite ads to voice were restaurant/food ads.

Nothin' like being able to make hot roast beef sandwiches sound sexy! :)

My LEAST favorite ad ever involved the words "cholesterol clinic and blood pressure screening." I did not write this ad. It was about 70 seconds' worth of copy for a 60-second spot. So, not only did I have to say "cholesterol clinic and blood pressure screening" four or five times, I had to do it fast. And still be clear. Yikes!

[Pacifist Patriot]

18. I could do a killer 527 ad.

I described one yesterday using Hitler quotes. Geez, I want to do it so badly. I really need to win the lottery.

[bloodyjack]

3. do you remember when they used the first 30 seconds of "heroin"

for a Nissan SUV commercial? I just about up and died when I saw that.

Nissan also used 'How soon is now?' and it was painful to watch as well.

[BurtWorm]

6. No!

Heroin?! I mean Carnival Cruise using Lust for Life is bad, but...

:wtf:

[bloodyjack]

13. Yeah. It was heartbreaking.

Showed a small bunch of people going rockclimbing. What's more, it was a completely inappropriate choice in songs.

Rockclimbing.

[BurtWorm]

20. They could've used Chinese Rock.

:eyes:

[AlCzervik]

7. seeing Roger Daltrey on a infomercial was very disappointing

he was hawking some time like 70's rock collection.

[Ron Green]

5. Ads that tell you "You're worth it" while trying to convince you to

overcome some sort of false fear, such as not looking right or not having the right car.

[BurtWorm]

8. Good one!

I hate those too. :toast:

[Left Is Write]

19. Like the :'Oreal ads of days gone by?

"Sure, my hair color costs a bit more. But I'm worth it."

L'Oreal still uses the "you're worth it" line, but they've stopped admitting in ads that they cost more.

[Phillycat]

9. Other: Two Words. Old Navy.

Or, alternatively, The Gap.

[KurtNYC]

10. It's not just a (category), it's a (brand name).

This is the lamest slogan(s). I swear when an agency just comes up dry they default to this one and the clients take it. Examples:

It's not just a beer, it's Michelob.
It's not just a Hummer, it's a tax break.
It's not just a car, it's a Volkswagon.

If your agency pitches this crap to you walk out.

[CO Liberal]

11. Ads For Home Refinancing...

...that don't tell you that if you miss ONE payment, you lose your house.

[BurtWorm]

14. True story?

:evilfrown:

[mark11727]

15. SAY WHAT?!?!?

I'm in the middle of negotiating a 2nd mortgage, and oddly enough, the subject was never once brooched...

[Left Is Write]

17. How could someone lose his house

for missing only one payment? What kind of a shyster finance company are we talking about?

[CO Liberal]

22. I Heard Something About It On NPR A While Back

Don't remember all the details, but there are apparantly some shady operators out there....

[seafey]

21. The kind that end up in my child's school cloaked as fundraising...

My child's school had a fast-food joint truck come to their school one day for lunch. Tickets for a meal were $4 for a cheeseburger or hamburger and chips and a soda. $3 went to the school, $1 went to the fast-food joint's charity cover organization. In return for this "service", they got to PLASTER the school with their logo for two or three weeks, and the school tried to name the event "Parent Involvement Day." (Parents were invited to have lunch that day at hte school with their child, and bring siblings aunts uncles grandparents (all buying tickets of course...)

After I sent a letter, they changed the name of the event to "fast-food joint Day" since at least that's HONEST, and they informed us there would actually be a vegetarian option offered for the ticket. I attended but didn't participate- brought our own food.

If you haven't already, you should read No Logo by Naomi Klein!

Edited it by taking the brackets around "fast-food joint" twice! I didn't realize brackets make its contents disappear! :)

[BurtWorm]

23. I have read No Logo

Anything involving selling to children sucks, but especially when they move into a school.

[Shoeempress]

24. Pharmaceutical ads, Take our pill and "get back in the game"

What F!@## game do they think I'm missing. They never tell you exactly what the stupid thing allegedly cures, although I am sure it is generally something that doesn't need curing anymore than breathing needs to be "cured".

[BurtWorm]

26. I can't believe I forgot about those!

I wish they'd be banned again! That's all pharmaceutical companies seem to spend their money on nowadays. :grr:

[Shoeempress]

28. No, they also host insanely expensive trips and parties for

Doctors and their sales reps.

[BurtWorm]

29. Not to mention Republican members of Congress.

[UdoKier]

25. All the erection pills.

With their tacky euphemisms.

Get prescription drug ads OFF the TV.

Also, "Girls Gone Wild" ads. Tacky, sleazy, pornographic and UNsexy.

Blech.

[jmm]

27. The ones where dead people dance with vacuums.

If I was famous and my family made money letting some company do that to me I'd haunt them until the day they died.

[CO Liberal]

30. David Oreck Isn't Dead - He Just Looks Like It!!!!

:-)