WORST commercial ever

[proud2BlibKansan]

It's bad enough sitting here watching my beloved Jayhawks being trounced by Mizzou. But then this commercial comes on. It's Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish dressed up like a cowboy singing a cheesy song about Burger King. :puke:

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[JohnKleeb]

1. So thats who that was

You know I love food but I wouldnt sing about it.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

60. I suspected that guy was Hootie also, but I wasn't sure. n/t

[donco6]

2. Is that the one . . .

. . . where the "country gal" on a swing chimes in at the end?

Freaky.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Yep, that's it

and yes, it IS freaky

[derby378]

35. Recognize the melody, though?

It's Big Rock Candy Mountain - possibly the best hobo bluegrass song ever written in America.

[Richardo]

48. Which is *another* reason to hate the commercial

A bittersweet song with beautiful imagery - completely wasted. x(

[Tom_Foolery]

3. I hate that BK commercial...

It makes me lose my appetite.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Well Super Size Me

made me lose my appetite for McDonald's. Now I guess I will give up BK also.

[Tom_Foolery]

11. I've quit going to all the big fast food places...

I go to my local diners.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. I only rarely eat fast food

Our convenience stores have more nutritional food than most of the fast food joints.

[derby378]

63. Watched SUPER SIZE ME again last night...

...while eating a sandwich from Subway. Hoo-ah!

[Freebird12004]

4. The new anti-smoking commercials

In 1993 a very dear friend lost his battle to emphysema. I can't watch those commercials without crying. I turn to another channel when they come on!

[notadmblnd]

5. It is pretty bad

when I first saw it I thought it doesn't sound like it's hamburgers they're selling.

[Ilsa]

6. We have Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in our version here in Texas

Anything interesting in your local version?

And yes, I feel sad for Darius Rucker every time he opens his mouth to sing that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. It's not even a halfway decent

country song.

[Worst Username Ever]

58. The dallas cheerleaders are standard, we have them in the MN version too.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

7. Boner Bob

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Any Old Navy ads

Ugh, they make me want to hang myself.

[msanthrope]

14. Is that who that is? That commercial just freaks me out---

it's strangely mysogynistic and homoerotic, all at the same time....not that there is anything wrong with homoeroticism..no, not at all, but you get the sense of something terribly disturbing about the proclivities of someone who would fashion such a commercial....

It just ain't right.

[DeaconBlues]

15. A discussion of this travesty has been posted here before

The song is actually a rip-off of the old Depression era folk song "Big Rock Candy Mountain." Whoever came up with the idea to use this tune to hock burgers should be horse-whipped.

[SmileyBoy]

16. Oh GOD, that commercial is HORRIBLE!!!!

I recently saw a thread on here with people PRAISING that piece of crap commercial!!!:puke:

[kcwayne]

17. What could POSSIBLY be worse than those commericials

that painted Bush as a strong, moral leader, and end with
"I am George W. Boosh, and I approved this message"

BARF!

[Gogi]

18. WORSE: Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now!

Blech!

[Skittles]

31. "I approve this MESHAGE"

the halfwit couldn't even say THAT right

[Eurobabe]

19. The Cable Association Ad

Why is Cable Better than Puppies?

So stupid they pulled it after a couple of weeks. I wrote and told them it was the most inane thing I had ever seen. Just didn't get the point.

Second choice, the bug-eyed hoe in the Levitra commercial. Barf, barf, barf!!

[SmileyBoy]

20. Yeah, and she talks with that horribly slutty voice???

:puke:

[skygazer]

22. "Wanna know a secret?"

Some secret, lady - you're blabbing about it on national television. Yeah, that one irritates the snot out of me, too.

[Atlas Mugged]

21. That's pretty damned bad.

But, how does one determine the "worst"???? The biggest offender that I've seen recently is a car commercial with an African American couple making out in the back seat of the vehicle, with the salesman up front in the passenger seat getting embarrassed by their public booty call. So, what's the message here? That blacks can't try out a car without controlling their "jungle urges"???

[Redstone]

23. Those periodic BASF ads...

Here's some commentary from a marketing column I wrote a while back:

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If you’d like to see the “So What” ad developed to its full limits, with a large dose of “Ego Booster” thrown in for good measure, keep an eye on your television. Every year or so, the chemical manufacturer BASF runs what may be the most mysterious series of commercials you’ll ever see.

The first mystery is why they run business-to-business ads on television in the first place.

The second, and larger, mystery is why they run these ads at all. You see, the narrative of all the commercials goes something like this (loosely paraphrased, but this really is the message of these spots):

We don’t make diving boards; we make them springy.
We don’t make car tires; we make them black.
We don’t make glue; we make it sticky.
We don’t make pillows; we make them soft.

We make the stuff that other things are made of. You’ll never know if our products are in the things you buy. It’s impossible for you to even figure out whether you’re using anything that we make or not.

In fact, there is absolutely no way you can make a conscious decision to use our products, no matter how hard you try, so this commercial can’t influence you to buy anything we make.

So why do we continue to spend all this money on these pointless advertisements every year?

Because we can.
---------------------------------

Anyone else notice these?

REdstone

[jmowreader]

25. They run them for the same reason Halliburton advertises

Remember that BASF is in a competitive market. There are lots of companies who make chemicals--Akzo Nobel, DuPont, 3M.... And the people who buy this stuff watch the news--which is the only time I've ever seen a BASF ad.

I've also seen DuPont ads. DuPont has a far broader range of consumer products than does BASF, but both companies sell mostly B2B.

Just because YOU don't buy Sovran fungicide or Pluracol polyol (I know I don't--I had to do a major search) doesn't mean no one else does.

[Redstone]

32. I appreciate your commentary, but...

do you really think the CEO of a company that uses plastics will be swayed by these commercials to use BSAF Styropor instead of somebody else's version of Styrofoam to make insulation boards?

I don't buy it (not pun intended). The commercials are so vague that you can't even tell what the hell it IS that BASF makes.

I can't picture a CEO jumping on the phone after watching one of these spots and barking: "Jenkins! BASF says they make stuff that makes our stuff better! Buy some, and buy it NOW if you value your job!"

I still beleive these commercials are a waste of money.

But I do appreciate your comments.

Redstone

[BrewerJohn]

33. I've figured that this kind of ad

is generally an ad for the company's stock, not its products.

[Redstone]

42. I've heard that theory before as well...

How, exactly, does it pump up the stock? Just by getting people to call their broker and say "Hey, how about looking into this company?"

Does that actually happen, and how can they measure it if it does?

Serious question.

Redstone

[jmowreader]

46. A lot of consumer products are sold on warm fuzzies

I consider BASF to be the equivalent of a Budweiser ad.

Go to ddb.com and watch the old Bud "Whazzup?" ads. What does "Whazzup?" tell you about the product? Not a damn thing, but "Whazzup?" just about doubled the sales of beer.

At least BASF isn't running pictures of pretty poppy fields.

[NYBlackCat]

24. My Story

I recently saw my favorite song of ALL TIME, Blues Traveler's "Mountains Wil Again" used to shill Busch beer. To me, it is the most beautiful song about lost love ever recorded, and I sat their in serious pain as I saw it tied to this stupid mountain climbing beer ad......SIGH. ;-)

[Catchawave]

26. Same answer I always give....

Any commercial that has yelling, screaming and/or phones ringing....really screws up a good nap :)

[Speck Tater]

27. Dancing packs of Lucky Strike

on the old Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950's.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. I liked that commercial

It was cute.

[CO Liberal]

29. It Was a Pack of Old Golds

OLD GOLD SUPPORTS TWO FOR THE MONEY
1952---1957

Game and variety shows were a very popular staple of early television. NBC's Two for the Money was a game program sponsored by Old Gold Cigarettes and hosted by Herb Shriner and Dennis James. Commercials were filmed live, and featured the Old Gold dancing cigarette packs. Petite Dixie Dunbar of 20th Century Fox musical film fame was underneath the 70mm regular box. Gloria Vestoff's long legs were seen below the king size Old Gold pack. When Dixie and Gloria finished their prancing around on stage, they crossed their legs and bowed. One of the big cigarettes at the top of each costume was then extended toward the audience--truly a Surgeon General's nightmare.

http://www.wclynx.com/burntofferings/adsoldgold_dancing.html

[Speck Tater]

30. Well golly gee, you're right!

[derby378]

34. "Chunk Chunk Chicken!"

That commerical died a quick and deservedly painful death. Ugh.

[98geoduck]

36. No

[deadparrot]

37. The annoying Six Flags one...

with the dancing old guy.

[Freebird12004]

41. I think the dancing old guy is cool.

I like to laugh at :silly: things.

[WoodrowFan]

52. I heard that music at a Hindu wedding

but I never did find out what it was! Folks were dancing to it too.

[Freebird12004]

57. We hum that tune around here whenever we need a pick-me-up.

Hindu ... hmmm.

I would love to have access to more happy sounds like those.

[WoodrowFan]

59. yep, but

neither the bride nor the groom knew the name of the song. It was something from Bollywood they thought but that's as far as they knew...

[Freebird12004]

62. ...never of "Bollywood"

great ... another thing for me to research.:thumbsup:

[njdemocrat106]

38. Commercials that used pop and rock songs that have nothing to do with the

product being sold. Verizon now uses "Video Killed the Radio Star", and I think I caught Cingular using "The Weight". Fidelity Investments is notorious for doing this too (they've used Bowie's "Young Americans" and "Changes" recently). And all the GM brands must be using the same advertising agency, because all their recent commercials feature songs that have nothing to do with cars (Buick using "Dream On", Pontiac using "Should I Stay or Should I Go", of course Cadillac used "Rock & Roll"). And I can't count the numerous commercials that are whoring out the Who/Pete Townshend catalog.

[Hardrada]

39. I'd love to be an Oscar Meyer Weiner?

WTF?

[orleans]

40. radio spots put out by the saudi embassy after 9/11

telling us what a good friend saudi arabia is

[bbernardini]

43. What about the "I LOVE THIS WOMAN" jewelry commercials?

The one where the couple is in some big plaza, and the guy is yelling "I LOVE THIS WOMAN", then gives the woman some jewelry. She then whispers "I love this man", while hugging him. Ugh.

[Enraged_Ape]

44. "How do you get your shirts clean, Mr. Lee?" "Ancient Chinese secret!"

"My husband. Some hotshot. Here's his ancient Chinese secret: Calgon!"

"We need more Calgon!"
"Ancient Chinese secret, huh?"

Anyone who was born after 1969 will probably not remember this television ad, but it is the worst EVER made. Anyone born before 1969 should be able to type the dialog verbatim, as I have.

And BTW: The Hootie BK commercial is AWESOME. Best on TV. It's nowhere near in the same league as the above travesty.

[calico1]

45. Any drug commercial,

especially the Levitra one. The woman looks like she is doing an ad for a porn movie. Also hate almost every auto commercial. They are almost all annoying as hell. And Verizon with the "are we there yet" ads? I think I have had enough of that!

[fishwax]

47. Bad ad, but a great game

particularly from the perspective of a Sooner fan :D

I hope you guys get Langford back before too long, though. I heard he might miss the whole big 12 tourney, but he'd help a lot in the big tournament. Good luck :)

[WoodrowFan]

49. Mr Whipple

who the f*** cares if you squeeze the toliet paper in the store!

[MissMillie]

50. It was for a Toyota van

A woman speaking: "It was raining, and it was just me and the kids. I know I should have been afraid, but I wasn't."


:wtf:

[MissMillie]

51. that one is pretty bad (n/t)

.

[Joe Power]

53. I LOVE that commercial!

If Rucker is making BK commercials, he isn't likely to record any new albums, and certainly won't be taken seriously. Can we sign up Noel and Liam next?

Besides, one version of that commercial has a wonderful "ending", so to speak. ;)

[fit4life]

54. BILLY MAYS HERE FOR OXYCLEAN!!!!!!

Shut the fuck up moron, yelling won't make your product work.

[loudestchick]

55. Just have to say M*I*Z*Z*O*U*R*A*H!!!! "Can you hear me now?"

Good.

[ewagner]

56. Anybody see "Trajectile Disfunction" ads?

It's for golf Clubs!!!!

It's done up like the Cialis Ad and talks about giving you "power when you need it"...has a pic of a man hitting a golf ball through a swinging tire (ala Vaigra Commercials with "Iron Mike" Ditka)

Punch line?

In rare cases power may last for more than four hours. In that case play 36!

Funny Commercial.......

[NoSheep]

61. So that's Darius!! I thought the commercial was hilarious. I can't stand

that band though.

[Missy Vixen]

64. GEICO

Need I say more?

Julie