Saturday, May 23, 2009

The most obnoxious people in TV.

There's two types of annoying advertising: There's the big leagues, with the likes of Cash for Gold or GoDaddy with beyond-annoying Super Bowl appearances, and then there's the everyday stuff, companies that can afford to buy space in the shows we watch. This is prime time garbage. Prime shit.



The woman from the rollover minutes.

Bad concept + Bad acting = An obnoxious mom who will remind everyone who had an obnoxious mom about their obnoxious mom.




The yelling bitch from Progressive.

How much of this can you take? I go for mute when I see the blue and white screen on. Her voice has the power of projecting what hell must be like.




The guy from the Verizon network.
Who the fuck is he? No. Seriously.




All the people who have ever appeared singing "5 dollar footlong" on Subway ads.



Enough said.


John Schnatter (Papa Johns' CEO.)
It's so archaic to think that having the company's CEO will add either value or credibility to your message. It's something that only local businesses that don't know better do (for those of you living in Richmond I can reference the guy who sells cars in a gown.) But a nationwide pizza company could be a bit more engaging than having this guy say "Better ingredients. Better pizza. Papa Johns" at the end of every commercial.




The money you could be saving with Geico.
OK, we get it, really, we get the jokes. But do you have to shove it up our asses every 10 minutes and run the ads back to back? We put up with the over exploited cavemen (thankfully I never saw the show), then with the Gecko (and the asshole that followed him around) and now the money with plastic eyes. Bonus points for having heard the radio ads.




The asshole from Shamwow.
If we owe anything to Billy Mays and Tony Little is enabling assholes like this to pollute our screens everyday. Vincent, so I learned his name is, has even gone as far as beating the hell out of a prostitute (true story) and became a scandal. If his sad TV act is not enough to get him off the air, this should.




BONUS: The asshole from Shamwhow, Spanish version. (AKA: El pendejo de Shamwow)

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