Thread: What TV commercial guy in the U.S. are you the most tired of?

I was so annoyed by commercials and reality tv that I shut down our cable tv provider. Now my wife and I control what we and our daughters watch through DVD and streaming. The garbage we allow into our homes has great influence! Jared was a liar, subway made me fat!

Originally Posted by WhiskerHarvest

I was so annoyed by commercials and reality tv that I shut down our cable tv provider. Now my wife and I control what we and our daughters watch through DVD and streaming. The garbage we allow into our homes has great influence! Jared was a liar, subway made me fat!

I read this book (Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America: Morgan Spurlock: 9780425210239: Amazon.com: Books) so long ago that I don't remember much from it but I do remember the author mentioning someone who lost a lot of weight eating at Subway. What lost the weight was small portions and sandwiches that weren't the whoppers that are usually featured. He said the guy asked Subway to stop using him for advertising purposes because their claims weren't entirely true. I don't know if it was Jared or not. The author also disputed the claim that the food was as healthy as advertised.

I didn't do portion sizes. I did the 18 inch smorgasbord subway suprise, 3 different 6 inch subs. Rabbit food and exercise made it all better.

The lawyer commercials are also revolting!

Originally Posted by WhiskerHarvest

I didn't do portion sizes. I did the 18 inch smorgasbord subway suprise, 3 different 6 inch subs. Rabbit food and exercise made it all better.

The lawyer commercials are also revolting!

I think the lawyer and doctor commercials are a relatively recent phenomenon. When I was a kid back in the 60s advertising of this nature were considered unethical. It may have been illegal then.

I got the coup de gras from one of those "class action" suits these lawyers are famous for. I was told a class action suit was filed on behalf of one of the mutual funds I had, and it was determined this fund ripped the investors off. In my case I was cheated out of $2900. So the 401K administrator deposited an extra $2900 in my savings and investment plan. Three years later I am unemployed and I get a letter saying the settlement was distributed incorrectly and that I had to pay them $2300 by the end of the month. Of course, this time it comes out of pocket and it is much more painful in my circumstances but I feel I have no choice. A month later, I get a letter saying "thank you for your prompt payment AND BY THE WAY you may have to re-figure your past taxes to reflect our mistake and we aren't sending any tax materials to help you." I tell the accountant doing my taxes what happened and to not let this complicate matters even if it costs me a little. YESTERDAY, after the taxes have been finished, I get two pieces of mail saying IMPORTANT TAX DOCUMENT ENCLOSED. I'm at a slow burn now and still haven't opened it. Yes indeedy, some of these cash awards aren't what they're cracked up to be. The people who made this big mistake aren't responsible, I'm responsible.

I like the commercials more than the programming. But if I could influence commercials at all, I'd say to stop advertising medicine with the unfortunate side effects of schizophrenia, bleeding orifices, skin shedding, brain damage, tooth decay, hair loss, explosive diarrhea, hernias, blurred vision, high blood pressure, etc. You know the ones. They start out with, "Do you wake up everyday thinking you might have a condition that required medicine? Well, you do. And thank goodness for you, we can sell it to you. Here are the side effects in 10 seconds of auctioneer talk."

I have to admit, the sales pitches for designer medicines are the worst. Just when you thought you were in good health the hucksters show up. A hundred years ago these people would have come into town in a small wagon beating a drum and leaving tied to a rail.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

I have to admit, the sales pitches for designer medicines are the worst. Just when you thought you were in good health the hucksters show up. A hundred years ago these people would have come into town in a small wagon beating a drum and leaving tied to a rail.

The side effects, OMG, Medicine X will give you up to four hours of nail driving...well you know, but then you might experience diarrhea, vomitting, nose bleeds, unconsciousness or a sudden urge to kill yourself. If any of these things happen call your doctor at once.

Dennis Haysbert, of Allstate Insurance
I DISLIKE ALL those commercials.

I do LOVE this one though:
AT&T TV Commercial - It's Not Complicated "More" - YouTube