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The Coffee-Crisp commercial with the loser and his kids, y'know, "Just because you say it doesn't make it saying Dad".

And the little boy, the one who obviously takes the school-yard beatings every day because his father is such a loser.

That whole family just kinda creeps me out. Well, maybe not the mother - she knows enough to stay the hell away from the rest of them. Smart lady.

I am shocked that the first thing that didn't come to everyone's mind was the commercial for HeadOn.


HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD.

It didn't even say what it does, I had to go figure it out for myself.  So freaking bizarre. We were making parody ytmnds of it over at NSider.

I'm kind of annoyed that Apple doesn't use someone in their ads that actually uses a Mac.

Zetetic Apparatchik wrote:

Phydeaux wrote:

HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD.

What the hell is "HeadOn"? It sounds scarily like Poke-it-ons from Terror Firma.

(Google goes against my religious beliefs or something. Whatever I'm damn angry about it.)

I think it a headache remedy that you apply directly to your forehead. And yes that is a extremely annoying commercial. All it is for 30 second is some idiot saying HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. while a lady is rubbing what looks like a glue stick to her forehead

vonage

I hadn't seen a HeadOn commercial until there was a segment on Olbermann. After that I saw the ActivOn ad a few times. Still haven't seen a HeadOn ad in the wild, thank God.

The 'Hummers are for losers with no self esteem' commercials bug me, too. That's basically what they are saying right? How can that possibly sell a vehicle? GM's ads in general seem to be geared toward people with poor self image.

I'm not even acquainted with anyone who drives a hummer, so I don't know what kind of person drives one. I like the "smurf you and your h2" web site, though.

I always email a complaint about commercials I hate. Mostly because I really believe in the power of marketing. If they know we dont like it they wont apply it. Besides, I like complaining.

The-Cynic wrote:

Don't tell me you haven't seen these commercials! There was even a follow-up on the nightly news (NBC) about the commercial. The basic ploy was, take a simple product repeat the name 3 times, get people to say "thats annoying" or "is the tv broken?" and they obviously are now going to notice, and remember the commercial and the product.

It is an absurd commercial. Its a product, its basically a glue stick or chapstick that evidently when pasted onto your forehead will take care of headaches...the product has too low of budget for me to trust its worth...doesn't seem safe.


Here's a link to the youtube recording of the original commercial: for your pleasure:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GOvFIxUz2XY

Also, if you check youtube at this link below, you can see a hilarious parody of the HeadOn commercial.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2zqnASjunx8& … mp;search=

WOW! Whoever came up with that commercial should be dragged into the street and set alite with napalm.

macfiend wrote:

headon apply directly to the forehead.. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

http://www.petitiononline.com/headon12/petition.html

Oh, and what's beautiful about them not even saying exactly what it's for... it's more than likely a placebo.

It doesn't do ANYTHING.

Phydeaux wrote:

HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD.

I saw the Daily Show parody but didn't understand it until this thread, having never seen the commercial.

Miles wrote:

Phydeaux wrote:

HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD. HEADON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD.

I saw the Daily Show parody but didn't understand it until this thread, having never seen the commercial.

here it is.

Last edited by MrJ in OZ (2006-08-10 12:58 am)

mtpalms wrote:

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I'm not even acquainted with anyone who drives a hummer, so I don't know what kind of person drives one. I like the "smurf you and your h2" web site, though.

You might check out I Humped Your Hummer.

As to the original question: I just fast-forward through all of them so none of them are particularly annoying. Yes: I rarely watch TV as broadcast, preferring to record and watch later.