Help stop the madness, PLEASE...

Nathan,

You have rip on these two crappy trends of advertising that has been going on for what seems like years.  Its the slogan that makes the product or service seem so fast and simple a monkey could do it, or the "question" slogans.  Examples

Chilis to go - Get in, Get out, Get on with your life
T-Mobile - Get More
Visa Check Card - Visa. It'll get you in, out and on with life
Quick (a local paper here in Dallas) - Grab it, read it, go
Texas Department of Public Safety - Drink, Drive, Go to Jail
Diamond Shamrock - Drive in, Drive out
Voicestream wireless - Don't pay more, just get more
Diet Pepsi - Think young. Drink young
Anheuser Busch - Think Fresh. Drink Fresh 

and the damn questions...

Microsoft - Where do you want to go today?
Milk - Got milk?
Gatorade - Is it in you?
Yahoo - Do you yahoo?
Ford - Have you driven a Ford lately?
Arbys - What are you eating?
Fort Worth Star Telegram - What do you want to know?
Cadbury's Fruit & Nut - Are you a Cadbury's Fruit & Nut case?
even Allstate has a radio spot that goes - Are you in good hands?

What the hell?  Someone comes up with an idea then everyone runs with it?  Its such a rip-off, where is the creativity in it?  These marketing geniuses suck.  These two slogan types are especially abundant in local area marketing where they just copy what is popular.  I'm sure with you expansive resources you could triple the amount of examples I came up with.  Come on, man, help stop this crap!

Your loyal fan,

Shane

Jews and Christians in LA

Yo,

Found your site looking for commercials.

I was struck about the Jews Don't Exist rant. I agree with you entirely, but
if you go even further, these fuckers even take most of the Christianity out
of Christmas, as well. It's like they're even fucking scared to do that
these days. They try to hit the middle so hard that they go right past
everyone and through the wall with there fat asses sticking out!

I mean, did you see ELF? Funny as hell, but like most of these things, it's
all turned into Santa Claus, who isn't even Christian. Shouldn't he be in
church Christmas Eve? Does fucking Santa Claus get nailed on the cross or
trek through the desert, or hide scared for his life in a closet during WWII
or anything? He's done nothing! Wasn't Santa Claus invented in the early
20th by an advertising firm? Funny they would elect one of their own
creations to take the place of any religious symbols! The list of offending
movies that just toss any religious context out the door is far longer than
any that even mention religion, other than as evil.

So what I am saying is, you're not alone. They've alienated everyone. Put
another way, have any parents through time told their kids that GOD doesn't
exist once they "outgrow" it? Why do we put kids through this trauma! Why
not just be honest and tell them Santa is a crock of shit!


Tongue planted firmly in cheek,

John P.

From a kindred spirit

Nathan,

I stumbled across your site today and it's hilarious.  I'm glad you included the category,stupid men commercials, as that's one that's bothered me for a long time.  Some of them are truly offensive.  If a minority was portrayed that way with such consistency, there would be law suits and protests galore.

A category you may have missed that bothers me is "regular" people singing a product theme song- like the Kitkat song.  It's an annoying song and I've never known someone to spontaneously sing it.  They've been showing them for years and I've been waiting for them to go away.  Now, instead, Chili's- a Tex Mex restaurant chain- has copied it.  I've seen two now- both show musicians singing the Chili's theme song.  The worst part is that on the bottom they say who the musicians are- "Bob Whatever, school teacher."  So, they're part time musicians?  Like wedding singer bands?  I don't get it.

You also seem to have ignored an entire genre- car commercials.  I generally don't find them as bad- except for a recent truck one that emphasises a Hemi, which is shown to be some impressive male power thing. I'm especially irritated by it, because I don't know what a Hemi is and apparently should, so I'm reminded of how un-manly I can be.  But I digress.  My overall problem with the car commercials is with the volume of them.  I seriously don't think there is a prime time commercial break without them.  I'd rather pay $1,000 less for my car and not have to endure all those commercials.

Rather than create a website to vent my frustration, as you did, I bought Tivo.  Since installing it a few weeks ago, I haven't seen a commercial I didn't want to watch (I watched the trailer for Lord of the Rings).  I highly recommend it.

Thanks for the website,

Kit

nominations for new commercials to hate

First off, fucking brilliant site.  Very funny.

I don't know why this is, but suddenly I find that there are certain commercials I hate so much that I am actually talking to people about it when I'm away from my TV.

Chili's

I'm sorry, I can't take the awful songs.  Not only that but I just think that only a morbidly obese person would love the food so much they have to sing about it.

Nexium-"The Little Purple Pill"

Ugh.  Really annoying in general.  Also, if you start hearing voices in your head at parties, in restaurants, and just as you're about to climb into bed with your wife....maybe the commercial should be for:  Lithium: The Little Pill That Fixes BIG Problems.

Once again, I love the site.  That's all yer gettin'.

Susan

Had to tell you I loved the Site!

Hello Nathan,

Just wanted to let you know I came across your Site when I was looking for the New Hanes Commercial.

And I forgot about looking for that when I saw all the funny things on your site!

Alot of the Same Commercials Drive me insane also. I'm Actually Pretty freaking happy I haven't seen a taco bell "dog" commercial in a couple years now. I think the dog wanted more money. :)

anyway, I would love to see some Updates to see what commercials you can't stand Today.

Your New Fan,

Jennifer

gatorade sucks!

Nathan,

Thank you for relinquishing my doubts about why I was the only person in
the world that hated these new Gatorade flavors. I have also written
Gatorade to receive the same stupid yet well-rehearsed answers. Love your
web-site!!!

Heide K. Dans

Your website

Hello Nathan,

I run a fanpage website for a local morning radio show that airs
in Tucson, AZ and Reno, NV. I feature a website every week on my
site. I love your website and I chose it to be my featured site
this week, and depending on my laziness it could very possibly be up
for several weeks :) I just wanted to let you know and I hope that
it is ok with you.

You can check it out by visiting http://www.ilovethefrankshow.com

Thanks!

--
~lesley
~webmistress
~www.ilovethefrankshow.com

Collection Agency

Name: Rana Ramjas
Subject: Collection Agency

I had, on two occasions made appointments with the dentist and was turned back when I arrived at her office because she was "overbooked". I was never aware that there is a “no show” policy in which the dentist would charge me. When I received a bill for $25.00 from the dentist I called her office and explained that I didn’t think that I should pay the bill because of the two reasons set out above. I explained to the assistant that I wasn’t aware that there was a “no shown” policy and I should have been notified when I first came to visit and furthermore I have shown up for appointments and was turned back because they had overbooked. Now the dentist has turned over this matter to a collection agency who is asking me to pay $75.00 and threatened me on the phone that the amount will go up. I feel as if I am being robbed and a bit helpless because the collection agency is so nasty and I really think that it is unfair to pay this kind of money for no service rendered.

HELP!

No. 212-450-4811

It is a form of harassment for a claim in the amount of $75.00 for no service rendered to be submitted to a collection agency.