Am I the only one who pays attention to commercials partly to identify "big" commercial actors (those who appear in major nationwide campaigns regularly - for instance, the blonde woman with longish hair who's recently been in Campbell's soup and Totino's Pizza Roll commercials, or "Pat" from the Toyota commercials who's recently turned up with the ( Read more... )

So you may wonder if there are any commercials out there that I like. Here's one. If you don't get Jack in the Box commercials where you live, you're missing out. They're some of the best advertising, ever. IMHO, of course.

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I mean - "cows the size of schnauzers"?

There's a radio commercial playing here for a company selling land out in rural AZ somewhere. The commercial says, "Find out why we've sold more ranches in the last three months than in the last year ( Read more... )

Note to Geico ( Read more... )

You know that BP commercial, where there interviewing a bunch of people, all of whom say, "The oil companies need to consider themselves 'energy' companies and get into alternative energy production ( Read more... )

You know those Charmin commercials with the bears about how nobody wants a toilet paper that leaves pieces behind? Where the kid waggles his butt playing football with his dad, who totally loses interest in the game when he sees all the TP stuck to his child's behind?

Leaving aside the undefinable creepiness factor, I really want to know just how ( Read more... )

That Celebrex commercial - all two minutes of it - is one of the most boring things on television.

I'm really getting sick of the infomercial-style commericals (most of which figure combinations of the same lousy actors). The Christy Lane ones have blessedly ended since Christmas is over, but the others ( Read more... )

We have explored the commercials of Free Credit Report.com in this space before. This was before the latest commercials were released.

I wish to talk about one of these. The lyrics are as follows:
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HD Vision wraparound sunglasses.

If you've never seen the commercial, it's hereThey're super cheap-looking plastic wraparounds that, supposedly, enhance the color and clarity of everyday life, much like HDTV enhances the color and clarity of everyday TV. And they're so attractive, too. Real designer-looking ( Read more... )