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Maybe save up for erotic vacation.

Ah, I think you mean exotic.

Is difference?

Uhhh....yeah.

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The way she says "eess dee-frunce" kills me.

hahaha they had to change the song.

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What happened? Are they no longer using it in the commercial?

Yeah, there's now a different Matthew Santos song without the keening. I can't tell you anything else about it because I don't remember, which I consider a plus.

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The security service commercial with the knight on horseback riding up to deliver the message "All is well" or similar and offering to "take this duel to the stable". Just listen to the "Z copy" at the end of the pot. Take that to the stable.

Is it Merlin or Merherin? Because, according to your stupid jingle, it's the latter.

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I just heard it, and it's about as bad as the first one...which is really quite an accomplishment.

The tone of these commercials really irks me, as if they're some benevolent entity that exists for the sole purpose of unselfishly granting people the ability to achieve their dreams.

Fuck you.

I am sure this has been mentioned previously, but I cannot search such a massive number of pages.

The commercials that irritate me the most lately are the fake interview commercials. They will get a lawyer or a mortgage broker and he will be "interviewed" by a radio personality. I find these commercials to be a complete insult to anyone's intelligence.

I am going on record as saying that I will never purchase a product from any business marketing itself in this way. Also, I will never buy American Family Insurance, because I am still holding a grudge over that commercial that was mentioned a few pages ago.

Why would anybody think it is a good business plan to sell insurance by playing one of the worst songs that has ever been recorded? To me, by playing this horrific song, you are practically begging people to not buy your insurance. But what do I know? I was an accounting major - not a marketing major.

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Yeah, aside from the horrible singing, the commercials don't even make sense with respect to their core message of "protecting your dreams." This is just some guy who is trying to get airplay for his music. It's a dream, but not something insurable, which is the whole point of their commercials.

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I'd extend that sentiment to businesses whose commercials give you a phone number to call but don't give you a website to research.

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So, let's leave aside the commercials themselves just for a second: is there any actual evidence that Jake's Mint Chew doesn't cause cancer? I'm no oncologist, but it seems to me having anything in your mouth like that could possibly cause cancer. I don't see how it being non-tobacco or "natural" is supposed to help all that much.

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Is mint a carcinogen?

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I suppose it depends on the processing.

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Really getting tired of these lazy writers:

Sportsclips: "Instant win" ticket, where you can "win instantly."
Comcast: "Business specialists, specializing in business."

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Oh, what luck! I've found a transcript of that Comcast spot. I was afraid I'd have to do it myself.


PROLOGUE
::ker-chunk:: Built for business.

Press 1 to speak with someone who knows nothing about business. Press 2 to speak to someone who knows just enough about business to make you regret you called. Press 3 to hear these options again. With something as important as your business internet, wouldn't it be nice just to speak directly with a business expert? That's why Comcast Business has vetted and trained more than 1,700 dedicated business specialists to provide business-grade service 24/7/365. Business specialists, specializing in business. If you switch to Comcast Business Internet today, they're giving you a thirty-day money back guarantee, with speeds up to 150 megabits per second, and better value. It's a pretty smart call. Speaking of calling, here's the number: 800.501.6000. Or visit comcast business dot com. Comcast Business.

EPILOGUE
::ker-chunk:: Built for business.

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They say "business" 14 times in a 60-second spot.

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This commercial for a radio antenna in your phone invokes 9/11. I wish it didn't.

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His new, less-terrible song sounds too much like Hercules & Love Affair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtDP8iNr-_4

Sue him for $7 million.

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I don't regularly read this thread so I don't know if this has been mentioned, but I always laugh at that Subaru commercial where the mom says of her daughter, "She grew up in the back seat of my Subaru." What genius marketeer let that get past him? In the end a cute teenage girl looks at the mom staring at her and says, "What?" I'm figuring the mom found the used rubber in the back seat.

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I have a thing for the mom.

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The kind of genius marketeer who doesn't think about preteen girls having sex?

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I have no clue what the fuck is going on in their latest commercial. Sounds similar to the one in which Matty A sits down with whatshisfacetheattorneyorrealestateguy.

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Companies pay big $ for advertising campaigns. I have no idea how the executives of this insurance company came to the conclusion that playing shitty Mathew Santos music in an ad would entice people to buy their insurance.

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It displeases everyone. They're little better when speaking. I've said it time and again, but children should not be featured in ads, especially radio ads, where you have to hear them.

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A Personal Relationship with Jesus?

That fucking commercial where the guy calls into his cell provider asking about his "stolen" data plan. Read your contract bitch. Fuck that guy.

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Yeah, I think I'm echoing what Curious Hair or someone said in this thread, but any commercial where the protagonist, with whom we are supposed to identify, is taking shit out on a $10 an hour call center employee, or a drive thru employee, or the return clerk at a big box store, loses me. That one in particular, and the smarm in that guys voice, seems to think little of even the people it is targeting. "That's me, I'm a dick just like that guy! I bet she never saw that coming. Hoo, boy! Fuck you, Verizon lady!"

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I've been meaning to post about this one for a while. Like you said, that's about as unsympathetic of a protagonist as you're going to find. His voice is so annoying he sounds like a composite of Adam Hoge, Adam Harris, and David Schuster.

Those On-cor commercials where the family members are humming the jingle and then mom brings out a lasagna smiling like she actually cooked a meal. Bitch, all you did was open a bag of lettuce and put something in the oven.

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