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Old 08-07-2011, 04:28 PM   #1
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Commercials....
is it just me or does every commercial these days exist solely to annoy? i don't think i'm exaggerating when i say nearly all of them feature some repetitive/annoying/fingernails on a blackboard element, whether its a song thats used or a sound effect. i walk around all day with these earworms rattling around in my head. i'm almost literally unable to watch tv anymore and when i do the commercials are immediately muted.

did the people doing todays marketing go to the "head on" school of commercial production?
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Old 08-07-2011, 05:22 PM   #2
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Even worse are radio ads.

Since they can't use visual aid, they desperately want to make you remember the aural effects; and for some reason, this usually leads them to make the advertisement as annoying as possible.
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Scottrade commercials are good See here
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Old 08-08-2011, 01:18 AM   #4
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i'm almost literally unable to watch tv anymore
Couldn't agree more. In fact I find the commercials a welcome break from the diabolical psychic torture that is most television these days.
At least the commercials end after a minute but yes, they are mostly horrible. (Local Mattress Ranch guy I'm looking at you . Please stop dancing.)
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Old 08-08-2011, 03:47 AM   #5
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In Dutch tv advertisements there seems to be trend to use children and those are usually very creepy children. But what's most annoying is that some ads you see almost every ad break, for me that's a reason not to buy the product.
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Haha! That's not bad.

I generally don't like videos with babies or animals in them, but this one was not bad.
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Haha! That's not bad.

I generally don't like videos with babies or animals in them, but this one was not bad.
Some of the best commercials ever, the Jack links ones are pretty good too. As seen Here, and Here
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I wonder if those videos are real...?
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The FCC really should regulate TV commercials and make it so they cannot be louder then the program they are advertising with.
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The FCC really should regulate TV commercials and make it so they cannot be louder then the program they are advertising with.
Some commercials are louder, but generally they simply use compression to make it sound louder without a significant difference in amplitude.

Commercials are certainly one of the reasons I don't miss TV.
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I wonder if those videos are real...?
I saw them on T.V first so they're real .
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