Commercials I never, ever, ever want to see again

After a whole weekend of watching football, my distaste for the following is greater than ever:

The Coors Light ads featuring NFL coaches (except for the one with Jim Mora).

Sam Waterston for TD Ameritrade.

Any ad for Cingular.

Any ad for Sprint.

Any ad for Verizon. (Are you starting to see a pattern here?)

The IBM ads with the big red tablecloth.

The Jeep Wranglers-as-insects commercials.

The Jeep Wrangler skateboarding commercial.

The Jeep Compass bobblehead commercials. (Geez, what advertising agency did these guys get?)

The Chrysler Sebring commercial in which the car's "skirt" is blown upwards. Wrong on many, many levels. (Plus, according to the latest Car and Driver, the car sucks.)

"It's amazing. It's the mirrors."

"That's a Bombardier. That's my train." (These ads only air on Canadian television, but since they're rubbing in the fact that they get so many of my tax dollars, I'm including them anyway.)

The Diet Pepsi commercial in which NFL players and coaches are talking about Diet Pepsi. Funny idea, poor execution.

The McDonald's "Dollar Menunaires" commercial, which inexplicably features the guy who played Ben on Growing Pains.

And, of course..."This is ouuuuuuuur country." When Bill Simmons is using your ad campaign as a running gag, that's a pretty good sign your ad campaign isn't working.

Damian P.

Posted by damian at January 7, 2007 09:38 PM