Absolute worst commercials on Versus
07-25-09, 11:59 AM
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AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm assuming you're talking 'future mom'.
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07-25-09, 09:07 PM
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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.
But they do keep the tour on TV. God bless em.
07-25-09, 09:09 PM
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07-26-09, 02:24 PM
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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.
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.
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07-26-09, 03:28 PM
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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!
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!
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07-26-09, 03:29 PM
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Okay, FAVORITE ADS:
1) All the Cisco commercials.
2) There was another. I'll think of it in a few.
3) Bobke
1) All the Cisco commercials.
2) There was another. I'll think of it in a few.
3) Bobke
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07-26-09, 05:33 PM
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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.
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.
07-26-09, 10:26 PM
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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.
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07-26-09, 10:46 PM
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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.
07-26-09, 11:41 PM
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07-26-09, 11:59 PM
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