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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe TV commercial I hate the most is ...
the Cheez-it one with the slobby guy shedding his clothes, sliding on his stomach, gobbling the crackers. It makes me want to throw up. I hate it!!

Nittersing
(7,138 posts)I'm a Cheez-It lover but this ad might change that. Blech.
Ocelot II
(123,944 posts)A close second would be the Jardience dance numbers, a/k/a "Diabetes, The Musical." Hate 'em.
dem4decades
(12,543 posts)In fact, I have.
happybird
(5,368 posts)electric_blue68
(20,600 posts)Danmel
(5,374 posts)Is the theme song to the Bad Place.
electric_blue68
(20,600 posts)dem4decades
(12,543 posts)click with mute on
electric_blue68
(20,600 posts)LSparkle
(11,993 posts)WheelWalker
(9,318 posts)XanaDUer2
(15,714 posts)They're not quite as disgusting as when they were talking about skids
3catwoman3
(26,454 posts)...should be stricken with intractable diarrhea.
brush
(59,413 posts)Last edited Thu Jan 9, 2025, 10:07 PM - Edit history (1)
spooky3
(37,264 posts)underpants
(189,677 posts)Not smart stupid either.
Mike Nelson
(10,527 posts)... can't hit the remote fast enough.
JoseBalow
(7,115 posts)
rsdsharp
(10,618 posts)His college major is (was) sports broadcasting. He wants to do play-by-play. Maybe he can bring his βa-doe-ableβ blanket with him in the booth.
brush
(59,413 posts)It's not like he's such a great spokesperson he can't be replaced with an actual child.
Callie1979
(637 posts)rsdsharp
(10,618 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 10, 2025, 04:49 PM - Edit history (1)
and has been since he was at least 17. I certainly sympathize with his medical condition. However, I donβt believe that has anything to do with his speech impediment.
The way he speaks, and the high squeaky voice of the other spokesperson, Kaleb, is probably effective in getting donations for the hospital. However, he aspires to be a play-by-play announcer. What is a help on the (endless) commercials will likely be a barrier in his chosen profession unless he does some serious work with speech pathologists. I say this as someone who worked in on-air broadcasting for 11 years.
3catwoman3
(26,454 posts)...commonly known as brittle bone disease. There a 4 different types, which vary in severity, and the severity varies from mild with normal life span to severe with death in infancy.
Here's a link to more info, if you are interested:
https://orthop.washington.edu/patient-care/articles/arthritis/osteogenesis-imperfecta.html
And here is a link to an interview with the boy on the left, from October 2024:
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/10/kaleb-the-adorable-boy-from-shriners-hospital-commercials-is-grown-up-and-answering-7-questions-with-emmy/#:~:text=Kaleb%20is%20now%2016%20years,with
Callie1979
(637 posts)Jeeze.
Response to JoseBalow (Reply #16)
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LSparkle
(11,993 posts)Omnipresent
(6,794 posts)At least progressive keeps their commercials entertaining.
sop
(13,393 posts)Nittersing
(7,138 posts)3catwoman3
(26,454 posts)I posted this on December 20th - A new low has been reached in advertising - talking pee and poop emojis.
Just yesterday, I saw a new ad campaign for Pull-Ups training pants. If I had kids or grandkids of an age to need training pants, I would NOT be buying this brand.
It features a talking drop of urine and a pile of poop with a vaguely British accent. The emojis are sitting on a roll of toilet paper, discussing how proud they are of a child learning to use the bathroom. They even have names - Yureen and Terd. How crude.
Seriously???!!! I thought the Dude Wipes commercial was gross enough. No dignity, no sophistication.
https://www.designrush.com/news/potty-training-campaign-from-huggies-pull-ups-leo-burnett-animates-poop-pee
I also despise the perennial most-frequently-mentioned Kars For Kids atrocity, and the Jardiance ads. I'm sick to death of the Flo/Progressive ads, especially Jimmy and the whiny-voiced girl with the sourpuss face.
electric_blue68
(20,600 posts)Dude wipes?! Ew.
snowybirdie
(5,979 posts)Its disgusting!
ProfessorGAC
(72,145 posts)It's a short ad, but it's still too long.
JoseBalow
(7,115 posts)
QED
(3,128 posts)Charmin One
(258 posts)Trying to be funny but falling flat.
My wife hates the Capital One commercial with Disco Santa.
Upthevibe
(9,465 posts)OMG! I can't stand that one but was trying to remember the name of the company. I mean it's just an creepy, irritating guy doing creepy and irritating things...
Skittles
(163,051 posts)has this EVER made anyone want to eat those crackers?
doc03
(37,630 posts)that is so bad, but it is on every break sometimes even repeated on the same break.
MIButterfly
(186 posts)When I saw the title to this post, that's exactly the one I thought of: the Cheez-It guy! It is so stupid.
I guess great minds do think alike!
rsdsharp
(10,618 posts)Different Drummer
(9,079 posts)The one where the guy is wearing his baseball cap backwards and sets up a FaceTime conversation with his dad to tell his dad just how great the razor is.
claudette
(5,261 posts)never seen it! Sounds horrible.
EarnestPutz
(2,843 posts)......it will pop up (!) on the TV tonight for the first time?
electric_blue68
(20,600 posts)multigraincracker
(35,284 posts)brush
(59,413 posts)then sees it's melting.
Can't get any stupider.
FalloutShelter
(13,208 posts)With a Frisbee.
Stupid squared. Maybe saucered.
brush
(59,413 posts)applegrove
(125,391 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:12 AM - Edit history (1)
attention back when Burger King introduced their creepy king character 3 decades ago. I guess provoking positive good vibes has been overdone in ads. And look at us: we remember the names of the products.
Dulcinea
(8,117 posts)They're for some insurance company. I'd rather become my parents than that asswipe.
Callie1979
(637 posts)Paladin
(29,964 posts)The one with the teenage girl going berserk on her family, because she expected "a steak-cation, not a vacation!" You know, the one that seems to be playing 46 times a day, now.
Fortunately I live in an area with plenty of first-rate steakhouses, so I don't ever have to patronize Outback again.
Conjuay
(2,337 posts)I'm proud to say I can invent all sorts of
mindless stuff to keep me amused -without commercials.
I stopped watching in early November, 2016.
Coincidence?
Perhaps.
OldBaldy1701E
(7,545 posts)Danmel
(5,374 posts)Ewwww....
jmowreader
(52,054 posts)Doctors have a hell of a time with these commercials because they'll present with an illness and demand the most recent wonder drug they saw in the commercial...even if the drug treats something they don't have.
Different Drummer
(9,079 posts)I can imagine they make some people who have never spent a minute in medical school feel like they know just as much as those who have spent years there.
"Hey, these commercials tell you what the medicine treats and what the side effects are. What else is there to know?" It drives me bonkers when they say "ask your doctor about/for..." at the end of those commercials!!
Different Drummer
(9,079 posts)It's the current Safelite commercial with a kid wearing his baseball cap backwards. I can't find a video of it, but I've seen it on TV a lot recently. Besides the backwards baseball cap triggering me, he gives off a smarmy vibe.
electric_blue68
(20,600 posts)One my then best friends who was a cat lover would sing it over the phone, and would not shut up!
Ohhhh, how I wanted to smack her!!!
That's how annoying it was; because I still remember it under the rare "right" circumstance!
PJMcK
(23,417 posts)They are almost all stupid and pander to the lowest common denominator of the American public.
Our hyper-commercialized capitalism is a big part of the problems that we face as a nation, in my opinion.
But to answer your question, I find the Charmin toilet paper commercials featuring bears (Does a bear shit in the woods?) to be offensive, inane and insulting. We prefer Scott.
Callie1979
(637 posts)Yes I'm shallow.
Mark.b2
(540 posts)streaming service I have. Itβs ruined me with live TV!
Of course, with most live sports, thereβs no way around commercials. However, NASCAR does what they call βside-by-sideβ, where theyshow commercials on the right side of the screan and the live action on the left at the same time. Itβs not too bad.
madamesilverspurs
(16,202 posts)The old guy with measuring tapes and pencils and a mannequin bust explaining how he designed the "lift and separate" bra. Cringe.
Then there was "ring around the collar" wherein the husband berates his wife because he doesn't know how to shower.
As for today, I'm among the haters of Kars for Kids ad.
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electric_blue68
(20,600 posts)One result of it said...
40% reported annoyance at just the word - "Barney".
Omg! Baaaahahahaaaaa! πππππ
I totally get that!