Funny how an aversion to an ad campaign would affect one's use of a product. So true!

I'm almost tempted to find out what Ad agency wrote and conceived that pompous disservice to client.

That's why I've been staying away from Burger King...I hate that creepy Burger King dude....ick *shivers*

That is another one I can't stand. Maybe we can banish them both off in the African Savannah with that kewpie doll photographer bitch who's always got perfect hair and makeup as she skulks through the wildebeest herds.

I don't know who the kewpie doll is but I, too, despise the King, and also the egg and cheese croissanwiches that I ate with him every morning for nine months because pregnant women are supposed to eat breakfast. Curses!

Yeah, I'm clueless on the kewpie as well, but I'll be happy to banish anyway. 

 

I was addicted to McDonald's sausage biscuit and egg when I was pregnant, never had one until I was pregnant, but once I could eat food, I needed them like a dying man in the desert needs water...damn cravings.

it's a shampoo commercial. There is a beefcake version too.

SOMETHING is getting pinched.

I didn't say the catchphrase....so

OK, OK.  You get to live.

My nipples thank you.

I miss the old "Mike's Hard Lemonade" commercials.  You know, when the guy gets his arm bit off by a killer whale while feeding it a fish, then his buddy asks "Does it hurt?" and he says "Stings a little" ?  Or another one I recall, where a construction worker gets a long steel rod through the chest, then he ends up drinking Mike's at a bar with his buddy, and they are using the rod to pop the tops.  We used to crack up over those.  (Okay, so we have a kinda sick sense of humor)

My son and I used to have a ball making up new ones using whatever stupid mishap we had just managed to avoid as the basis.  *grin*

I once heard a hysterical PowerBar commercial on the radio:  This guy is talking to his room-mate, telling him he was going to go ocross town to pick up a new mattress.  Room-mate asks if he needs a ride, and the guy says no, he's taking his bicycle.  Room-mate is flabbergasted.  The guys says "It's okay, I've got a PowerBar!"

I loved that.  I have ridden many many miles on horseback powered by those disgusting sticky bars.

Sadly, I must admit that I still do that hokey hand gesture from the Taco Bell commercials whenever I find myself "good to go!"

Dude, I'm with you.  What does that mean "Stay thirsty, my friends"??  Does that mean if I drink your beer, I'm still going to be thirsty? 

 

I mean, I actually kind of like some of the one liners they come up for "the most interesting man in the world", but it's their slogan that annoys the crap out of me.

I have a friend who teaches behavioral economics at Harvard. She may be able to explain to me how these ads incent anyone to drink Dos Equis.

One night, while taking a break from studying for his doctorate, my friend's brother was sitting in a bar.  He happened to be watching the TV, at the time, it was an advertisement for some Miller product.  He turned to the guy next to him, and made a comment about how he just didn't get the ad.  Lo and behold the guy happened to be some advertising guru, and after asking a few general questions [age, education, etc], explained simply that the ads were not geared towards him.  In short, he was too smart for the ads. 

 

I choose to believe that those of us who are educated, formally or at least via life, and having trouble understanding some particular marketing ploy are simply not the target.  We're too "high brow" if you will.

I think you are right. I have to remind myself that I passed out of the prime demographic 3 years ago. What's aimed at me now are ads for brokerage houses and laxatives. It's why I don't feel the need to try to stay "hip" on trends in music and whatnot anymore. It isn't made for me, therefore, I needn't concern myself with it.