McDonalds ad for new McNuggets, etc, "stay away from my..."

Hi Nathan,

I just have to tell you I hate the new ad campaign for McDonalds period.  But I hate the 2 commercials that have 1) a guy at the office near the photo copy machine eating McDonalds food saying "Stay away from my ...I don't know, McNuggets or what, but first of all, there's no body around you and no one is going after your food.  I hate everything about it. 2) the girl with the ugly clothes and hat on (are they trying to be hip for the late 20 to 30 something? - find a better outfit, you're NOT HIP) saying, "stay away from my ... bla bla bla food, I can't remember what specific food they are promoting, but they are trying too hard to be hip and cool and are sooooo not!  Their voices bug me, their commercial lines bug me.... and they are ALONE!...saying "stay away from my Mcnuggest" or whatever, NO ONE is around YOU that you have to stay away from,  but I ABSOLUTELY CAN'T STAND IT!  I complained to my husband about it when I first saw them and continue to see them. I always wanted to be in advertising and unfortunately never pursued my dream.  I always analyze commercials and HATE these new McDonalds ads, even the slogan "I'm loving it".  Do you know what advertising agency created these bogus ads???  I think I could do a much better job.  I know they are trying to break out of the kids commercials and focus on the gen X crowd + or -, but they are certainly not winning me over.  Am I just crazy or do you have an opinion about these 2 commercials I am referring to?

I read about you in the Boston Globe and cut it out saying "OH MY GOD", someone I can complain to other than my husband.  ...  Good job coming up with this idea for bad commercials. 

How has this (your web site) impacted any ad agencies and their clients thus far?

Sincerely,

Jody Bowen

Marshfield, MA

ps: I feel so much better getting this off my chest!

mood change

Nathan,  I was in a bad mood today, then I found your website.  I laughed until I cried.  Imagine a giant fat slob sitting at his desk laughing, with tears mixing with the hostess dingdong crumbs on his chest, and you've lived a virtual version of my morning.

great job.

Great site

Nathan,

My wife sent me the link to your site because I am constantly complaining
about how atrocious most commercials are. My friends can't understand how I
can get so bent out of shape over bad commercials. I'm glad that I've
finally found kindred spirits. I've really enjoyed reading your site and
seeing that other people out there feel like I do.

The series of commercials I was really surprised not to find on the site
(though they were mentioned in the forum) are the McDonald's Chicken Selects
commercials featuring apparently undiagnosed schizophrenics defending their
$3 pieces of chicken against imaginary assailants. What exactly is
McDonald's trying to portray in these ads? "Eating our new Chicken Selects
will drive you insane, causing you to act like a delusional maniac at home
or work!" Not exactly the strongest selling point I've ever heard. Perhaps
these ads are so bad they are better to just ignore. Unfortunately I've been
unable to let them go, and want to throw the actors in them off of highway
overpasses.

Keep up the great work on your site! In some small way, it will make it
easier for me to bear watching hideous commercials now that I know there are
others out there suffering along with me.

Sincerely,

Beau Blackwell

I love your site.

This place rules. I have to makes something clear. That disgusting toenail lamisil commercial is back after being canceled. I saw it yesterday!

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--MIKE--

Medication ads

Love the site. Found it today and went through it all. Hilarious. FYI on the medication ads. There's a law that prevents companies from saying what their product does (ie: treats allergies, arthritis, etc.) if they don't also say what the side effects are. So most companies choose not to list the side effects, hence you never know what the medication is used to treat...unless you go to the doctor and ask.

-chris

love your website

that's all I have to say right now

JGunkler

Great website

Nathan, saw a mention about your website in a suburban Boston newspaper, picking it up from the story Bob Mims of the Salt Lake Tribune wrote. Great site, and I’ve sent the URL on to others who agree many of these commercials are really offensive and most just plain dumb. Keep up the good work, and hopefully this current wave of publicity will get you tens of thousands of new hits to the site.

William R. Sell

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Hello,

I think you do very well at keeping gatorade on their toes. I thought the mention of green fecal matter was hilarious. I wouldn't think a sport's drink would have that affect on the bowels, but they seem to put everything shy of the kitchen sink into edible and drinkable products anymore.

I've noticed the big craze with kids these days is shockingly sour candy and gummy things. I was a hyperactive kid,and would have been bouncing off the walls if i ate this kind of stuff back then. I think this might be the reason so many kids have attention deficit disorder etc....

Scott.

You're Awesome.

Hey man! I heard about your site yesterday while
reading the St. Pete Times and I've been laughing my
ass off ever since! It's hours of entertainment and I
just wanted to say thanks for making such a funny site
and keep it up!

~Jennifer

FOLGERS COMMERCIALS SUCK!!!

Hey Nathan,
I just read about your site in the St. Petersburg
Times, and I must remind you of those sappy FOLGERS
commericals that started in the 1970's. UGGHH! I
can't' STAND them, and I can't believe you'd leave
them out!!

Name Withheld by Request,
Until further notice.