Head On, the classic annoying ad

I can't believe that I've been posting for a month now and have forgotten to mention the King of all Annoying Ads, Head On. Here's the one that started it all.

Xenadrine

Years ago, it occurred to me that this type of ad was probably filmed in reverse. In other words, they probably pay nice looking people to put on weight. I really doubt that most of them actually use Xenadrine to take it off afterwards...

We do it all

Copeland Toyota is a local ad. If these two folks really "do it all", what are all the rest of the employees for? They seem like really nice folks, but most nice folks shouldn't do their own ads unless they have training.

AT&T's rollover minutes

A better job of editing by AT&T, please. Mom's mouth is moving but nothing is coming out. Or is that supposed to be the point? If so, I don't get it. Is it like a dropped call?

SciFi--->Syfy. Why?

Trying to shed your geek image? Not gonna work! Syfy can be copyrighted and Sci Fi can't? Now we might be getting somewhere...

Cavemen and Geico

Great song from Three Doors Down. Not such a great ad from Geico. Is the caveman thing getting tiresome to anyone else?

Verizon Friends and Family Pinata

I really do love the Verizon guy. Most of the Verizon commercials are quite clever, but I'm not a big fan of any of the recent Friends and Family series. Maybe funny the first time, but not so much after that.

SoyJoy

Take pure natural soy beans. Mix them with pure natural fruit and bake it into something processed and gross. Oh joy! How about a handful of edamame and an apple instead?

Progressive insurance ads

Flo is really only funny the first time in each new Progressive ad.

Cialis bathtubs

Overall, the Cialis ads are pretty ok, but the bathtubs are puzzling to a lot of people. And embarrassing to the rest!

I really don't believe that part about being able to respond to your partner ONLY when you're both ready, though. Yeah, right.

Comcast rabbit thing

Annoying. Repetitious. Even the shortened versions were too long. And then having to hear them on radio was just too much.

Match.com

Surely Match.com could find better examples to broadcast. These are funny, but they don't exactly make me want to run for the computer...

Sham Wow

Offer Vince Shlomi, aka Vince Offer, is the pitchman for both ShamWow and the Slap Chop. Arrested in February 2009 for beating up a prostitute (looks like she got some licks in too), his pitchman future remains to be seen.


In the meantime, the ubiquitous Sham Wow ad is not only tiresome, but many many customers say it's misleading.

Skittles: Warped

Skittles has some pretty warped ads, but this is probably the worst.

Bob's Furniture

I'm guessing that only those living in the New England area have to see these gems by Bob's Furniture. This is an example of people who shouldn't be allowed to do their own advertisements, a special treat that you usually only find in local ads.

Trojans

Most people detest mimes. Maybe Trojans should have remembered that.

Omnaris...who are those creepy little men?

I haven't quite figured out who these tiny people are, or why they are sticking a pointer up this woman's nose. What I do know is that all of the Omnaris ads have more cartoon info about nasal passages than I want to see larger than life.

Burger King

The plastic-faced Burger King is horrible and creepy in all of the commercials, but the way he is integrated into this ad for a KID'S MEAL is beyond creepy.

Just in case you're wondering, I love Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back, but not for the grade school set. This is just sleazy.

Blipverts: the mother of all bad ad ideas

We loved Max Headroom and were so so sorry when it got canceled. Here is a clip from the original movie that was later slightly recast for the television series. It was all about an evil corporation that was trying to suppress the rather deadly results of its newest ad campaign...

I know, we're geeks. We can't help it.