Bad Commercials

[KrisM]

^^^ That stopped for buffering at 1:18, gave me a chance to bail out, thank God.

I think it was in response to this one. Another WTF moment.
How does this make one want to buy and consume this shit?

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

I thought the recent Progressive commercials "Progressive can't stop you from becoming your parents....." were funny, but the one where the guy spoon feeds his wife? NO!

Also, the progressive box with the chinchilla. Are we selling insurance or trying to get more people to have chinchillas?

 

[MannyE]

I think it was in response to this one. Another WTF moment.
How does this make one want to buy and consume this shit?

You guys are too old. These commercials are hysterical. Skittles are awesome.

 

[Analog_Ed]

 

[Shominy]

1. The animated Mr. Clean.
2. The overly tight white clothing.
3. The tired, sex-starved, desperate housewife stereotype.
4. The mop grind.
5. The "uncanny valley".
6. That bumbling husbands can't clean.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

You guys are too old. These commercials are hysterical. Skittles are awesome.

Those commercials are just plain GROSS! Nothing funny about them. If having a sense of decency makes me "too old", I'll take that over being young and gross any day.

 

[MannyE]

Those commercials are just plain GROSS! Nothing funny about them. If having a sense of decency makes me "too old", I'll take that over being young and gross any day.

They are nonsensical, I'll give you that, but keep in mind who the audience is. Kids! You only have to see how many hundreds of parody commercials have been made that make fun of the Skittles commercials and then note how many MILLIONS of views all those parodies have garnered to see that the spots, whatever you may think of them are extremely effective. All those millions of views were FREE!

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

They are nonsensical, I'll give you that, but keep in mind who the audience is. Kids! You only have to see how many hundreds of parody commercials have been made that make fun of the Skittles commercials and then note how many MILLIONS of views all those parodies have garnered to see that the spots, whatever you may think of them are extremely effective. All those millions of views were FREE!

Enjoy it if you like it. My opinion isn't changed one iota.

 

[Pio1980]

1. The animated Mr. Clean.
2. The overly tight white clothing.
3. The tired, sex-starved, desperate housewife stereotype.
4. The mop grind.
5. The "uncanny valley".
6. That bumbling husbands can't clean.

I had a different take on this housewife fantasy cleaning commercial, finding it outrageously amusing. After all, it's her husband doing the cleaning exciting her Chippendale fantasy.
Otoh, the Carl's Jr. sloppyburger ads?
https://www.eater.com/2017/3/29/15105878/carls-jr-no-more-slutburger-ads

 

[Pio1980]

Winner for the stupidest ****ing concept.

There is something definitely unappealing about picking and eating Skittlespox scabs off another person. The other two commercials I've not seen aired here.
Skittles sharts? Really??

 

[KrisM]

You guys are too old. These commercials are hysterical. Skittles are awesome.

I'll give you old thing(but no the 'too' part), admit that others might find them funny while I don't, but not that they are awesome.
I formed my opinion of their shittiness way back when I was a kid in the 70s/80s. No idiotic commercial will change that.

 

[MannyE]

I'll give you old thing(but no the 'too' part), admit that others might find them funny while I don't, but not that they are awesome.
I formed my opinion of their shittiness way back when I was a kid in the 70s/80s. No idiotic commercial will change that.

Ha! How can you not like a candy coated Starburst?

Well... actually there is some evidence they are horrible... http://www.newser.com/story/237127/massive-skittles-highway-spill-has-weird-backstory.html

 

[MannyE]

1. The animated Mr. Clean.
2. The overly tight white clothing.
3. The tired, sex-starved, desperate housewife stereotype.
4. The mop grind.
5. The "uncanny valley".
6. That bumbling husbands can't clean.

That commercial made me cringe. So much was wrong with it on so many levels.. And this is from a guy that thinks the Skittles commercials are great!

If Mr. Clean had somehow converted her husband into a sexy cleaning machine, the spot would have worked.

 

[KrisM]

Ha! How can you not like a candy coated Starburst?

Well... actually there is some evidence they are horrible... http://www.newser.com/story/237127/massive-skittles-highway-spill-has-weird-backstory.html

Don't care for Starburst, either!
I think it's the fake fruit flavour thing. I grew up in an era with all manor of gross sugar treats, but those just didn't work for me.

 

[MannyE]

Don't care for Starburst, either!
I think it's the fake fruit flavour thing. I grew up in an era with all manor of gross sugar treats, but those just didn't work for me.

Must be you don't dig the "fuity wax" aspect...lol.

 

[MannyE]

You know what else is worth fighting for Barry? A decent haircut!!!!

 

[Pio1980]

That commercial made me cringe. So much was wrong with it on so many levels.. And this is from a guy that thinks the Skittles commercials are great!

If Mr. Clean had somehow converted her husband into a sexy cleaning machine, the spot would have worked.

It didn't in her eyes?

 

[bobsvinyl]

You know what else is worth fighting for Barry? A decent haircut!!!!

I think it's a bad toupee.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

You know what else is worth fighting for Barry? A decent haircut!!!!

I think it's a bad toupee.

Whatever it is, it's gotta go!

 

[MannyE]

Whatever it is, it's gotta go!

Seriously... if it's a toupee and you're "starting from scratch" why would you go with "Cardassian?"