I was just thinking to myself that since the late Billy Mays died, who owns the mute button award?
I have two to start with, Stanley Steamer, and those bears that shxt in the woods and use toilet paper, anybody else?
I was just thinking to myself that since the late Billy Mays died, who owns the mute button award?
I have two to start with, Stanley Steamer, and those bears that shxt in the woods and use toilet paper, anybody else?
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Those activia yogurt commercials with Jamie Lee Curtis.
Those erectile enhancers that have the people sitting in bathtubs outside getting horny.
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I want a tv with voice command that you just yell shutup, silence, quiet or what not to mute it.
>>>I want a tv with voice
>>>I want a tv with voice command that you just yell shutup
Awesome Idea! You oughta take that one to the bank.
I can't stand that woman who sells insurance and looks like Peggy Bundy.
She's HOT!
OK
One person thinks so, besides herself
OK, I found proof that I'm not alone.
http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress/stephanie-courtney/
insurance lady..
I don't know who peggy bundy is but if you're talking about the perky little cupcake who pushes insurance while wearing an apron then i must agree. Just makes me insane......temporarily.
On the other hand the wood chucking woodchucks.. I've alarmed the dogs by laughing out loud there.....
GEICO and R Lee Ermey has brought a new word into the vocabulary.
At my wife's HOA they had someone call the HOA president a "jack wagon" in a town hall meeting.
It took a couple minutes to restore order.
The Chantix commercials are the most bothersome to me, just because of the length. I want that woman to keep smoking. Maybe she will lose her voice.
And i often wonder what some TV stations are thinking when I see some commercials on at 5:30AM. One had a loud car alarm loudly blaring the whole time and another had two people screaming at each other. Sorry, I either turn you off or switch to a competing station.
I can just picture the scheduling meeting:
"When are we going to air the car alarm commercial?"..."Ahhh, Let's see, 5:14AM, 5:18AM, 5:22AM, 5:26AM and every four minutes therafter until 7AM."
And down the hall in the ratings meeting:
"I can't figure out why our ratings start to drop at 5:14AM. Happens every morning too. Strange".
Doug
Commercials are aired when the sponsors want them aired, more or less. That early time is cheaper, even though there are fewer people watching, and some sponsors are cheap.
>>>That early time is
>>>That early time is cheaper, even though there are fewer people watching, and some sponsors are cheap.
Yeah, but they ought to think about how they are presenting themselves... car alarms shreaking at 5am while I'm trying to get my head clear and full of coffee? My thoughts would retain "annoyance" rather than "effective". Marketers should know this.
*Scott calls his brother in LA who's a market intelligence pro.....
They're not marketing to you.
>>>They're not marketing to
>>>They're not marketing to you.
Hahaha...Nor you, I'm guessing.
Yup, every now and then it's wise to consider the ENTIRE demographic spectrum.
My point exactly. One would think the advertising agencies could come up with a way to market a product that wouldn't cause me anyway to switch to a competing station.
Doug
They don't give a rip about the station. And the station, by law and convention, has relatively little say as to which ads run when, other than to slot them as paid for by the advertisers. (Plus, most stations have more ad time than ads and are loath to refuse any ad.)
I'm guessing that advertisers do
I'm guessing that advertisers do give a rip about customers. And designing a commercial that would likely be obnoxious anytime, but more so at 5:30AM, is probably going in a direction exactly the opposite of where they would probably like to go. That commmercial with the car alarm going takes the cake. Some commercials at that hour are pretty darn good while others cause me to reach for the remote.
Doug
Well, one reason they're advertising at 5:30 AM is because they're not selling well enough to justify higher-priced advertising. This lack of sales may be beyond their control, or may be because they're idiots.
I agree
or may be because they're idiots.
And then of course that begs the question of what idiots are going to be up at 5:30AM to pass judgement on this horrible stuff....Opps. Past my bedtime. Gotta go to sleep now!!!
Doug
I've been up at all hours because this damn shoulder won't let me sleep, but I come here rather than turn on the Boob Tube. Not sure whether that's better or worse.
My kids dive for the remote when the "Your Baby can Read" commercials come on. It's funny to see them develop a pathalogical HATERED for a product just based on its advertizement.