Make your voice heard: Vote for most annoying product spokesman

The Arrakis Street Journal | August 13, 2002 | Paul Atreides

[Paul Atreides]

A. The Verizon "Can you hear me now?" guy...

B. Pier One's Kirstie Alley...

C. Dell's Steve...

[Paul Atreides]

He did have one telling women how to get money from the government for starting a business and going to college for free.

[IronJack]

Carrot Top. Around here he does ads for some long-distance service. The ads are as obnoxious as only he can make them. The only other person capable of inspiring that level of vomitus is Tom Green.

[paul51]

That skinny, annoying runt with the red hair (carrot top) that does some long distance carrier coms.

[Paul Atreides]

I couldn't stand those deodorant commercials with Tom Green.

[hattend]

Oxyclean works great! I use it to clean crud off my beer carboys. Excellent product.

[xsmommy]

he backed down when he had the 4 of us sobbing on the couch. he was threatening to remove xspup, permanently....

[albee]

Right on, Bootless!

They really ought to retire Lottie. If I hear that nasally, whiney voice earlier than 7;30 a.m., I usually throw up!

[Black Cat]

The late Clara Peller.

[bert]

....Why would Dell use such a geek....

Steve is cool.He is young. He is white. He is knowledgeable. He can be trusted. He is free.

Carefully observe to whom he speaks.... a clueless mom wasting time waiting on a store clerk. A black middle aged neighbor who knows him well and respects his opinion, people in a mall. These are all folks who lack the courage to pick up the phone and deal with a faceless person with whom they will spend significant money in a transaction where they don't know what they are buying. If they can be comfortable with Steve, they can be comfortable with the guy on the phone. Dell has sold tons of computers over the phone but there are always folks lacking the very basic courage to deal with someone unknown on thee phone. Steve takes the computer sales battle to the very core market of stores who deal only with those lacking ths confidence to buy something without someone actuaally holding their hand.

To old farts who are veteran computer buyers Steve's message might be off putting, but to a clueless mom who knows she could be well served by Dell, Steve can help her pick up the phone

Steve is a great salesman....when he stays on message.

worst...... The AFLAC duck

[BiffSchneider]

Even if I were forced to be Kirstie Alley's love slave while watching the Dell dude and the Verizon guy read Oprah transcripts 24/7, my numero uno least favorite commercial spokesperson is... the Mastercard guy.

Every time a Mastercard commercial comes on I attempt to change the channel. His voice sounds so wimpy and so choked with syrupy emotion, I half expect him to start crying. His demise would be priceless.

[IronJack]

Actually, I liked that old hoot.

Clara Pellar.

[Jagdgewehr]

Josephine the plumber...

[Aquinasfan]

The Dell kid cracks me up. I vote for the annoying Apple parade of losers.

[xsmommy]

it was...unpleasant...to say the least.

[bert]

My wife bought some and it failed her rigorous tests. It does do lesser jobs however.

[IronJack]

Starzz commercial irritates, too.

How DARE they use the finest piece of choral music ever written -- Beethoven's Ode to Joy -- to hawk Eddie Murphy movies!!!!???

"When I want movies, I wanna see Starzz." If it were up to me, they'd get their wish every time they ran that obscenity.

[Paul Atreides]

Oh man! They just played one of those horrid Big Lots commecials, with Jerry Van Dyke.

[hattend]

The idiot guy eating the onion hamburger for Carl's Jr. Ugh!

Oh Man! ANY Carl's Jr commercial just turns me off. I refuse to eat their burgers. I'm afraid the pigs on the commercials will be there. Man, those are some disgusting commercials.

I'm really surprised all that slurping and gasping for breath actually make people want to buy the product.