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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
I like these two:

Geico

&

Nextel

481 posted on 08/23/2006 9:23:09 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: Charles Martel; Fairview
My current favorite shows a deserted beach in the moonlight. The camera is facing out to see and is focused where the waves lap over the untouched sand. A wave comes up, and as it recedes you see footprints leading out of the sea. Another wave comes up and washes the footprints away. There is nothing. The moon shines on empty waves.
 
You can watch it here:
http://www.navy.com/about/navylife/onduty/seals/?campaign=NSWNSO_FOOTPRINTS

482 posted on 08/23/2006 10:50:25 PM PDT by united1000 ("The price of greatness is responsibility. " Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: TYVets

Have fun with it.

Here's an article to go along with it.

http://www.stockcarreview.com/id85.html

Come join us on the Nascar thread Saturday night.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1688207/posts


483 posted on 08/24/2006 4:08:45 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Earnhardt said. "He can say what he wants. He got run over because he got off the gas.")
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To: Trajan88

Oh I forgot: The VEHIX commercials ! The ones with the nerdy guy that tells his boss those rediculous ideas!


484 posted on 08/24/2006 10:52:33 AM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: Captainpaintball

We love the subs!!!

'Cause they are good to us!!!

They are tasty, they are crunchy, they are warm because they toast them!!!

They got a pepper bar!!!


Ah, yes...the Quiznos ad with the "sponge monkeys"...lol...


485 posted on 08/30/2006 10:31:40 AM PDT by TampaDude (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the PROBLEM!!!)
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To: TampaDude

486 posted on 08/30/2006 10:35:28 AM PDT by TampaDude (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the PROBLEM!!!)
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