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Post by famvir on Jul 20, 2015 17:10:40 GMT -4
My dad and I hate the Buick commercial where the woman is looking for her friend and the friend says she's in the Buick. Woman can't find her because none of the cars looks like a "Buick". Just look at the front grill of the car, lady! This hit a nerve, chitowngirl. I was waiting to be picked up at LAX and asked the driver of the vehicle what kind of car I should be looking for. He said a BMW and a bunch of letters and numbers. No "SUV", no "sedan" no "convertible".... When I asked the color, he said, "no color". Okay, dude, you find me. I'm a woman. I have a suitcase, and I'm waiting for you to pick me up outside baggage claim at LAX. Now we're even.
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Post by eclair on Jul 20, 2015 20:20:52 GMT -4
Okay, I love the Coneheads shilling for State Farm. "DESCRIBE YOUR APPAREL, JAKE FROM STATE FARM!" The Coneheads will never not be funny to me. Whenever I see them, I'm 12 again. (Apparel described and explained) "Sounds most appropriate."
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Post by scarletprincess on Jul 21, 2015 22:18:30 GMT -4
I'm sure I missed a few others, but I just saw my first back to school commercial. On July 21st. Ugh. IT'S STILL SUMMER!
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sumire
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Post by sumire on Jul 22, 2015 1:59:00 GMT -4
Does school still start in September where you are? Over here, all the public schools transitioned to something like a year-round calendar a while back, so kids are going back to school starting next week, I think.
It feels weird as hell to me, though. I don't have kids, so I haven't been forced to assimilate.
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Post by eclair on Jul 22, 2015 8:47:44 GMT -4
How can someone have that back to school feeling in July?
I haven't noticed any back to school ads, but year round school will help explain it when I do.
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Post by Mugsy on Jul 23, 2015 12:36:40 GMT -4
Walmart,has been showing commercials since the beginning of July where kids beg mom for markers and only after she is surprised by the low low price, does she say okay. Begging for markers seems like a back to school ad to me. They could have had the same ad, but had the kids begging for water guns, if the intent was not back to school.
I thought it was ridiculous, and yes, school here starts after Labour Day, which is as late as it can be this year - Sept 8. So plenty of time for BTS ads.
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Laira
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Post by Laira on Jul 23, 2015 12:59:49 GMT -4
I hate the phone commercial where the customer keeps interrupting the sales clerk. It's not funny, it's not cute, it's rude as hell. I figure that underneath her smile, she's mentally composing a post for the Customers Suck LJ.
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Post by FotoStoreSheila on Jul 23, 2015 19:43:00 GMT -4
I must be easily amused because I am loving the State Farm commercial showing what their agents were doing before being summoned by customers in crisis. It's like a comedy version of The Leftovers.
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Post by scarletprincess on Aug 3, 2015 20:33:34 GMT -4
The xfinity commercial with Rashida Jones and her friends sitting in the kitchen and Rashida gets a Facetime call from a guy. And the wireless connection is weak and cuts out just as the guy is about to say something. And they all speculate what he was about to say. And once the connection comes back and the friend yells "GO BACK TO YOUR WIFE YOU SOCIOPATH!!" I chuckle every time I see it.
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smockery
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Post by smockery on Aug 4, 2015 13:31:37 GMT -4
I am perplexed by the Haagen Daz commercial that just shows shots of their ice cream bars while some woman sings about wanting to make love to "you". First, is she singing to the ice cream because ew. And then there's the way she says "love", it ends up sounding like "luff" and it bugs. It has gotten so irritating that at least two of us dive for the remote when it comes on just to mute it (the ice cream looks awesome).
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