The Commercial Thread

[gravedigger]

Is it just me or is the mom on the Toyota Sienna commercials totally hot? WOULD SMASH.

[BillyG]

AGREED! And who directed those? Black comedy specialist Jody Hill. Blew my mind.

[Abraham Smashington]

I honestly thought this was a joint effort between Samsung and Microsoft when I saw it last night.

[BillyG]

Wow, I would say Samsung about to get sued, but I believe they are helping design the premiere WM7 phone.

[Lisa]

Do you guys get the commercials for Cancer Treatment Centers of America where you live? God, I hate those commercials. That whole theme of "I was dying of cancer and my doctor was mean to me. But then I went to Cancer Centers of America, and they were so nice to me that their niceness cured my cancer!" HAAATE.

And I realize that I'm being overly sensitive because of my brother, but good god - does anyone really think that if someone has a positive attitude and is nice to you that your cancer will magically go away? If that's all it took, then my brother should still be alive, because they were awesome to him at Sloan Kettering. I just think - it's a really irresponsible commercial, you know? Someone who was just diagnosed or has had someone they love diagnosed is going to be anxious for anything that sounds like a cure, and it sounds like they're doing nothing more than taking advantage of peoples' fears. One day, just for kicks, I Google'd consumer reviews about them (after one of their commercials pissed me off again), and it turns out they're not that hot, and they're certainly not saving all the lives they claim to, which I figured as much.

I've been meaning to post a complaint rant in this thread for a while now, but kept forgetting. But one of their commercials was just on, so I remembered to post while their commercial still had me good and pissed off. Rant over!

[Howard]

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[gravedigger]

The Chuck theme song (known by normal people as Cake's "Short Skirt/Long Jacket") is the new iPod theme!

[gravedigger]

I swear I just hear the guy on this Progressive commercial say "Hmm, the Rape Board is acting up."

[BillyG]

I want to torture the stupid corporate Best Buy elf. GUESS WHAT FUCKERS?! YOURE WORKING ON CHRISTMAS DAY!

[V]

A blast from the past...

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[Abraham Smashington]

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[gravedigger]

FUCK that commercial. So creepy!

[Lisa]

I never thought much about the M&Ms commercials, but I love this new one - it's pretty funny!

The M&Ms defend themselves.

[Timothy225]

I just love this guy:

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[I_Cassini]

The Kevin Bacon one... hilarious!!!