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Best and worst commercials of the year
MSNBC ^ | Aug 22, 2006 | Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

Posted on 08/22/2006 6:50:44 PM PDT by indcons

Only one commercial can top the sheer hatred our readers have for the winner of this year's worst-commercial contest. Yes, only creepy, toenail-snapping Digger the Dermatophyte is more hated than the horrendous repetition that is this year's winning loser, the HeadOn headache remedy commercial.

In case you haven't seen it (you can find it on YouTube, but really, why would you want to?), the commercial is as insanely simple as it is annoying. A female voice repeats "HeadOn: Apply directly to the forehead!" three times as a blissed-out smug woman rolls what appears to be a Bonne Bell LipSmacker on her head.

What in the name of a glue stick in disguise is going on there? First off, does anyone believe that this works any better than, say, rubbing your head with your hand? Who decided that a commercial where only the product name and tagline are repeated over and over was good advertising? What kind of drugs is the model in the ad actually on? And does anyone know anyone who has ever, ever used this product, or seen it for sale anywhere outside these ads?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ads; commercials; notnews
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To: indcons

Corona commercials.. are the best...


201 posted on 08/22/2006 8:07:57 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

The King is Pennywise in disguise...


202 posted on 08/22/2006 8:08:01 PM PDT by Axenolith (Got Au? Ag?)
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To: Axenolith

I can't stop laughing at your description, it is perfect. I am tired and punchy, but that is priceless.


203 posted on 08/22/2006 8:08:09 PM PDT by mojo_the_migo
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To: Joan Kerrey; All

I'd crawl naked across broken glass to get away from Greta Van Sustern's tabloid-mercials.


204 posted on 08/22/2006 8:08:22 PM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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To: andysandmikesmom
There was one (I think Viagra) commercial a few years ago that was so strange. A guy is standing outside in the yard, trying to throw a football through a tire swing. His wife is standing on the porch, and she frowns when he throws a wobbly pass and the ball and it bounces off the side of the swing. They do the voiceover for the product, and then cut back to the back yard, where the guy throws a screamer right through the middle of the tire swing. His wife smiles, and they walk inside, with his arm around her waist, apparently to throw the old football through the tire swing.

I always thought it looked like a sequence that should have been on "Married With Children."

205 posted on 08/22/2006 8:08:38 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (The most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy.)
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To: indcons
Here is a more recent beer ad:

Click Here

206 posted on 08/22/2006 8:09:02 PM PDT by P8riot ("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
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To: Axenolith
Matthew Lesko. Patron Saint of Parasites.

Too funny (and true)...LOL
207 posted on 08/22/2006 8:09:04 PM PDT by indcons (Islam Delenda Est)
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To: indcons

The one that cracks me up lately is the fake one-minute "documentary" recounting the evolution of eating chicken in NASCAR cars.


208 posted on 08/22/2006 8:09:15 PM PDT by JennysCool (Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
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To: Richard Kimball

I never saw that commercial....I usually wind up seeing all the 'Bob' commercials...


209 posted on 08/22/2006 8:10:34 PM PDT by andysandmikesmom
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To: NCC-1701

Well mama cat has been out prowling agains so she may be ready to crank out more. 4 litters now of 3 kittens each.


210 posted on 08/22/2006 8:10:38 PM PDT by packrat35 (guest worker/day worker=SlaveMart)
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To: P8riot

Those guys. Herded cats. Into the river.

Sam JAckson could use a little help with his snake problem.


211 posted on 08/22/2006 8:10:57 PM PDT by Killborn (Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
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To: hosepipe

"Corona commercials.. are the best..."

One thing's fer sure, they are always laid back. (Except the Cinqo de Mayo in Ireland).

I like 'em too.


212 posted on 08/22/2006 8:11:29 PM PDT by hotshu
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To: Cobra64

I'll bring the alcohol and salt water filled hudson sprayer so we don't "get an infection"...


213 posted on 08/22/2006 8:12:19 PM PDT by Axenolith (Got Au? Ag?)
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To: Richard Kimball
Wonder how many products they're sellin.

I hear they sell them all to Magellan.

214 posted on 08/22/2006 8:12:19 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: Joan Kerrey; freedumb2003
"nothing to distract. The voice itself is distracting and offensive and the repetitive nature is annoying. it's like, Ok, alright already, I heard you the first time Bi*ch. Now shutup"

But, it got your attention, you heard it and you remembered the product name and how to use it. Now you may or may not buy it, but the commercial achieved what it wanted to achieve, as annoying as it may be to some.

215 posted on 08/22/2006 8:12:34 PM PDT by DaGman
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To: packrat35

So the clock is ticking on the eviction, eh? :-)


216 posted on 08/22/2006 8:12:40 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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To: indcons
My Worst Commercials:

1. Every commercial that works us into a frenzy about the Osteoporosis crisis faced by women. These: "If it weren't for strong shoulders, who would support them?" and "I've got my grandmother's hump!"

2. The Adelphia commercials that make men look like bumbling stumbling morons. On one of them, a guy is actually struck by lighting while his family laughs and smiles.

3. The Blue Cross/Blue Shield commercial with the guy (Hank) climbing a rock wall while the narrator (his "beloved" wife) tell us what a dumbass he is.

4. The Doctor Z. commercials.

5. The Progressive commercials with the smug jerk wearing the cheesy light blue suit.

217 posted on 08/22/2006 8:12:50 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: P8riot

This one is good but the EDS ad was really thought-provoking. I suppose that ad's appeal (for me) lies in the fact that organizational behavior and communication is one of my pet interests. It helps that the EDS ad is extremely funny too!!


218 posted on 08/22/2006 8:13:20 PM PDT by indcons (Islam Delenda Est)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

219 posted on 08/22/2006 8:13:21 PM PDT by packrat35 (guest worker/day worker=SlaveMart)
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To: indcons
i am not reading over 200 posts so forgive me if i repeat.

first of all, since that commercial came out, sales of Head-On have in creased something like 450%. shows the smarts of the average american.

also, has anyone mentioned the worst commercials currently on television? Dr. Z of Daimler-Chrysler?

220 posted on 08/22/2006 8:13:24 PM PDT by thefactor
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