Professional Cycling For the Fans - Absolute worst commercials on Versus

I didn't want to chime in until watching the later stages, but here goes:
The commercials this year have been much less annoying than in years past.
The Cadillac ad is okay, but can't Cadillac afford more than one spot? Even the best joke is annoying on the 100th telling.
Will someone PLEASE make those cavemen extinct?
The pirate spots should be annoying, but aren't. Is a puzzlement.
The girl on the mountain bike gets cuter every time I see her. Excuse me for a minute....
What is the natural life span of a gekko?

why doesn't the girl on the MTB ever sweat?
I really want to push her off the bike/mountain.

Commercials . .. what commercials? :lol:

I watch the Versus feed from http://www.fromsport.com/video-40383.html. No commercials.

Must think we're envious of the Neanderthals who watch cage fighting and bull riding. :rolleyes:

whoa there. let's not equate two atheletes willing to get into a ring/cage and beat the snot out of eachother for 10 minutes with some guy in a big hat climbing onto a frightened animal with its genitals strapped down tightly (with sharp barbs sticking into its side). two very different "sports".

also, im sure its not impossible to be a fan of more than one type of sport. thats a broad stroke you're brushing some of us neanderthals with. (yes im a fan of cycling and MMA.)

that said, i think those VS. specific commercials are really annoying. but im glad to be able to watch the tour live, so im not going to complain too much.

why doesn't the girl on the MTB ever sweat?

Because women don't sweat. Horses sweat.

Women glow.



... sometimes wetly.

whoa there. let's not equate two atheletes willing to get into a ring/cage and beat the snot out of eachother for 10 minutes with some guy in a big hat climbing onto a frightened animal with its genitals strapped down tightly (with sharp barbs sticking into its side). two very different "sports".


Whoa yourself, there, bud. Bull riding is far more dangerous than cage fighting.

And if you're going to attack something, learn about it to avoid making ignorant statements.

The bulls aren't frightened, they're pissed and they want to stomp something. They're pissed because there's a tight cinch strap around them (not genitals and no barbs) and some girly-man looking to get stomped is sitting on them.

The result is inevitably flying girly-man.

Cage fighters, meanwhile, don't weigh as much as a Prius and can be called off.


But you have a point. The Versus commercials are by far the worst!

Worst 'normal' (i.e., not an ED ripoff or a 1-800 shill) commercial: the Autozone one where the kid works all summer to fix a car so HE WON'T HAVE TO RIDE HIS BIKE. How completely inappropriate is *that* one?

+1 My jaw dropped and I guffawed when I saw that. It got a mention over on the Boulder Report as well.

I also have hate for the Free Credit Report commercials. Not so much because of the commercials themselves, however. See, when I ride I tend to hum songs to myself when I start working hard. Disconnects my brain from the pain. When I went out to do hills the other day, guess which commercial's tune got stuck in my head? :notamused:

+1 My jaw dropped and I guffawed when I saw that. It got a mention over on the Boulder Report as well.

I also have hate for the Free Credit Report commercials. Not so much because of the commercials themselves, however. See, when I ride I tend to hum songs to myself when I start working hard. Disconnects my brain from the pain. When I went out to do hills the other day, guess which commercial's tune got stuck in my head? :notamused:

Not helped by the knowledge that the name of the site is a complete fraudulent lie, and after all these years I'm still wondering how they get away with it. (For those few who've never looked, that last moment mention of "Credit Advantage" just before the commercial goes black is the punch line - you don't get the free credit report unless you subscribe to the service, first).

On the music in the head category, worse things can happen. The night before I mounted my Triumph for a 900 mile trip I made the mistake of watching a VH1 70's retrospective. The next morning, there's disco in my head and it did not go away for the entire trip. By South Carolina, I was ready to cross the lanes on I-95 and run head-on into a semi, just to make it stop!

Whoa yourself, there, bud. Bull riding is far more dangerous than cage fighting.

And if you're going to attack something, learn about it to avoid making ignorant statements.

The bulls aren't frightened, they're pissed and they want to stomp something. They're pissed because there's a tight cinch strap around them (not genitals and no barbs) and some girly-man looking to get stomped is sitting on them.

The result is inevitably flying girly-man.

Cage fighters, meanwhile, don't weigh as much as a Prius and can be called off.


But you have a point. The Versus commercials are by far the worst!

guess we're going to have to disagree about both of those statements, and about which one of us is making the ignorant ones.

have a nice day cowboy.

Simple question: Would you rather be attacked by a 175 lb. cage fighter, or a 2000 lb. bull?


..that's just as quick and at least as evil?

The Caddy woman is delicious. So is the granola bar chick. Yum.

http://www.hecklerspray.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/01.jpg

The Caddy woman is delicious. So is the granola bar chick. Yum.

Yeah I know. What makes the ad so annoying is that they talk about her "departure" but never show it! :mad:

Damn. I'm glad to see some comments about the cadillac commercials. I can't understand how they could sponsor TDF? Cadillacs suck the worst of just about all the gm crap.
And their engines, wow, what junk.
And the auto zone, getting that old pollution monstrosity running? That thing belongs in the junkyard, along with the lumber wagon cadillacs.
I'm an old old man and I have never seen any cadillac driver who could or would ride a bicycle.
Puggrussive insurance? Every quote they ever gave me was the highest quote I got on the issue.
Yeah, caddies are wonderful, aren't they, that's why gm just sucked up more than 50 billion in corporate welfare, then declared bk.
Gm & Ford have the worst fleet average mpg in the entire world.
I do like the mountain bike girl. Not bad. A little skinny, but ...
dc

You been out of the loop for too long. About 10 years ago Caddy started some serious performance-oriented engineering. Even went racing at LeMans. And up until this ghastly Station Wagon I've even liked the recent styling philosophy.

In terms of "why sponsor the TdF", the demographics are excellent. Cycling competition fans tend to be older, richer, and performance-oriented. Exactly the market Cadillac is aiming at. Frankly, I'm more surprised at the lack of BMW ads...


The mountain bike girl is skinny on top but has an amazing ass.

Damn straight I'm out of that loop. There are other loops. Oh, yeah, BMW. I think I'll spend the rest of my life in that loop. No ad needed for me on that, tho' I did see one today on the new Z4. I may have to go and look at that upgrade for my current loop.
But the good ole caddy lack loop. You couldn't get me back into that one with a gun.
dc

I have never seen any cadillac driver who could or would ride a bicycle.


thats me! 25 y/o guy driving a 1998 seville on 20's with 70% tint until I sold it earlier this year

This was the worst last year:

For the perfect balance of fuel efficiency and power, we take energy from exhaust and recycle it.
For the perfect balance of fuel efficiency and power, we take energy from exhaust and recycle it.
For the perfect balance of fuel efficiency and power, we take energy from exhaust and recycle it.

My vote goes for any of the eHarmony commercials. Seems they show at least one every commercial break. But to their credit at least they have a dozen or so of them to cycle thru. Unlike last year where SAAB had ONE commercial that was horrible and drove me absolutely crazy!

There are no BMW commercials on the TDF as that would be preaching to the choir. Preaching to the converted.
I hate all commercials, basically. The only thing I ever got out of a commercial is hatred for a product, if I don't like the commercial.
I turn all the commercials off. Mute, look away, take a break, etc.
I don't make my decisions based on a commercial. Most commercials have little or nothing to do with the product anyway.
dc

whoa there. let's not equate two atheletes willing to get into a ring/cage and beat the snot out of eachother for 10 minutes with some guy in a big hat climbing onto a frightened animal with its genitals strapped down tightly (with sharp barbs sticking into its side). two very different "sports".

also, im sure its not impossible to be a fan of more than one type of sport. thats a broad stroke you're brushing some of us neanderthals with. (yes im a fan of cycling and MMA.)

that said, i think those VS. specific commercials are really annoying. but im glad to be able to watch the tour live, so im not going to complain too much.

Sorry. I detest WEC. I watched it once, and some guy snuck behind another and grabbed in in a choke hold and held it until the guy passed out to "win" - and apparently, that's not against the rules. :eek: That in particular is morally reprehensible.

Knees to the groin? Elbows to the face? No problem! That's not sport. That's mindless evil.

<stepping off soapbox>

Thank you Zorro. I ask, is it sport, or is it the Three Stooges?
Haha.
dc

they are bad. sure. but they pays the bills and make TdF coverage possible. so i am not going to complain about it.

I love the Cadillac commercials, but it might just be Kate Walsh.
I hate the Progressive commercials.
I have no opinion on the other commercials. I am thankful someone provides advertising revenue. The repetition of commercials doesn't bother me, except when I have to watch Progressive commercials every break (see above).

I think the mom in the Volkswagen Routan commercial is hot.

I think the mom in the Volkswagen Routan commercial is hot.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm assuming you're talking 'future mom'.

They had commercials??? Thanks Tivo!

Nothing will never be as bad as the Saab commercials from 2008 during the Tour. Those repeating words over and over still give me nightmares. And 2008's commercials about the guy on his bike fixing his car.....

But they do keep the tour on TV. God bless em.

Nothing will never be as bad as the Saab commercials from 2008 during the Tour. Those repeating words over and over still give me nightmares. And 2008's commercials about the guy on his bike fixing his car.....

But they do keep the tour on TV. God bless em.

Those Saab commercials were around since at least 2005. :twitchy:

Word of warning, the Volkswagan Routon is a rebadged Dodge Caravan.

Hmm, the bodies appear different:

http://www.acarclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/dodge_journey1.jpg

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2009_vw_routan_red.jpg

Agree with comments complaining about E-Harmony & GEICO. Have GEICO but hate all their commercials - getting old. Like the Progressive & Volkswagon commercials. Both red heads get my attention for different reasons. Do not remember seeing AUTOZONE or male enhancement products during TDF. Last three commercials were CISCO, Bass Pro Shops, & Mobil one(by the way I need an oil change).

Did anyone have local commercials? Our LBS chain(CONTE's 10 of them) had a commercial, not to bad, but showed women mostly on mountain bikes with a theme similar to NIKE's "Just do it.".

Update: Homebusinessmatch.com commercials are awful. Stating people can make $40,000+ annual income while working part time @ home.

Yeah, we do. The "R*** Bicycles" ad is highly annoying and ran almost every break during live b'cast. And there is one for local Trek stores (I didn't know they had stores) that was fair. But those ads don't seem to run on HD. Odd.

Oh! I forgot the most annoying bit of the broadcast: The Versus bugs! And especially the need to overlay half of all beautiful copter shots with some info block that takes the most interesting half of the screen. Okay, Versus, we know that your colors are black and red, but solid black background are just wrong!

Okay, FAVORITE ADS:

1) All the Cisco commercials.

2) There was another. I'll think of it in a few.

3) Bobke

http://home.mindspring.com/~dforcier/bobrollqu3.jpg

The worst commercial for me was the Progressive Insurance commercial where Flo helps to empower the world’s wimpiest male (I just can't bring myself to call him a man) who keeps uttering some indescribable sound. (It’s almost like a high-pitched combination of a giggle and a woman during love-making.). It’s become like nails on a chalkboard for me. Now when I see the Progressive Insurance commercial I flip the channel for a minute or two, then back to the TDF.

Flo is pretty easy on the eyes and she is funny, too, but if I needed new insurance, I sure wouldn't sign up for Progressive Insurance after being subjected to repeated viewings of this commercial during the past three weeks.

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm assuming you're talking 'future mom'.

The bald one? She's beautiful.

She and the redhead look like the same girl. edit: Oh, that's the theme of the commercial. Guess I should pay closer attention.

Bald chicks ftw.

The bald one? She's beautiful.

She and the redhead look like the same girl.

Duh. Do I have to explain it to you?

Actually, it's not the baldness that gets to me, it's the flirtatious look she gives her husband of the past after he compliments her hair, and then her look of "we'll try to forget I just did that" to her other husband. That juxtaposition of sass and restraint, expressed in just her eyes, is irresistible.

Duh. Do I have to explain it to you?


Be my guest.

TV is only a pip in my monitor. Commercials sort of fade into the background.

Hmm, the bodies appear different:

http://www.acarclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/dodge_journey1.jpg

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2009_vw_routan_red.jpg

That's because your top photo is not a Caravan, it's a Dodge Journey. The Routan is based on the Caravan.

- Mark