Commercials we don't need

[Shermann]

This is just off the top of my head.

- Wheel of Fortune / Jeopardy: There are commercials for these shows. Wheel of Fortune has been unchanged for 40 years, including the time that it broadcasts. If you watch it, you have always watched it and already know this information. If you don't watch it, you are unlikely to start.

- McDonald's: The menu hasn't changed significantly in almost a hundred years. There is one within walking distance of every home in America. No commercials are required.

- Commercial for next episode: Shows will often advertise the next episode at the end. If the show was good and/or the cliffhanger was effective, you probably already have it on your DVR. This prodding is unnecessary. Sometimes there will be a "coming up" mini-commercial before the real commercials for the next segment. If your viewers need to be convinced to stick around in this way, your show probably sucks.

- Repeated airings: Why run the same commercial twice during the same show? If the audience wasn't convinced the first time, they are just going to be annoyed the second time around. Sometimes a commercial is even run twice during the same break!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Commercials that tell you that you shouldn't take the drug if you're allergic to the drug (nt)

[CurtEastPoint]

2. "May result in death." Yeah, that makes me wanna get it.

[Shermann]

3. That's often lumped in as just another "side-effect" nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. True, but at least that's a useful consumer warning

When the ad says like 'Do not take Allegra if you're allergic to Allegra' it makes me want to

[NotASurfer]

16. Followed by an advisory to contact your doctor if you experience any of the side effects

So, I guess look up Herman Cain for advice on how to do that after death

[Shermann]

18. We haven't had anybody complain about that particular side effect! nt

[LakeArenal]

12. No pharmaceutical commercials in Cost Rica.

Very few new car commercials here.

Very few US commercials here at all.

It’s so refreshing.

It we live in reruns here so we need them.

[Goonch]

5. 👇👇👇👁️👁️

[XanaDUer2]

6. Lume for crotch odor nt

[Shermann]

8. More of a PSA than a commercial! nt

[claudette]

11. She actually says

“Butt crack” which is strange and kinda funny

[Chainfire]

7. I like it when commercials for the show you are watching are playing during the program.

Dude, I am already watching....

[RainCaster]

9. Ask your doctor if this shit may be right for you

If we weren't paying for all these adverts, our prescriptions wouldn't cost so much.

[claudette]

10. Singing commercials

about colon tests. So weird

[LakeArenal]

13. Just had a terrible experience of good friend turning into a medication addiction.

Asking everyone what pharmaceuticals they take and running out to get it.

Wound up in hospital for a week from overmedicating and turning herself into Zombie. She still is very week and home where we can’t stop her from doing it again.

[Shermann]

17. Yeah commercials can go past just being annoying or pointless and do real harm to some people

Convincing somebody they have an ailment that they don't really have is not good. There can be mental damage as well as physical damage.

[Diamond_Dog]

14. Commercials for the Cleveland Clinic

Or for that matter, any hospital. CC is a sponsor of Cleveland Guardians games, which I watch a lot. Akron Children’s’ advertises a lot, too.

I’d rather the hospitals cut millions of dollars worth of ads and make my bill smaller.

Like, if you need surgery where else are you going to go but a hospital? And it’s not like you really have a choice because you have to go where your insurance tells you to.

Same with our local mall. There’s only one. It’s not like there’s any competition. Yet they advertise it all the time on TV.

[lastlib]

15. Liberty Mutual, Camp LeJeune, Mesothelioma, any drug whose name has no English equivalent.....

Any prescription drug with side effects (for that matter, any prescription drug, period--tell the doctors, FFS!)

Fuck "Doug" and his stupid f*cking bird, f**k big Pharma, f**k ambulance-chasing lawyers who think they're entitled to my compensation for drinking LeJeune water.

That covers pretty much all of 'em.