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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2009, 12:55:32 PM »
Almost as annoying are the "fake" announcer ones.

"We'll be back to the show in a minute, but I just saw here, what did I do with that paper.... Oh here it is.  Did you know that you can make a bazillion dollars/cure rectal cancer/lose 300 lbs, just by calling this number....."

My blood pressure rises at the thought.  I don't know how well they work on the commercial music stations, but they sound extra-fakey on talk stations, where any voice other than Ingraham/Hannity/Limbaugh immediately sounds out of place.
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2009, 01:13:47 PM »
VINCE! That's what he's saying, I was hearing either "Fitz" or Finch". Thanks Bogie. Something tells me I can't afford him.  :laugh:

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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #27 on: March 21, 2009, 01:16:10 PM »
Interesting about the Scientology angle.

The guy's still annoying as hell, though.
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #28 on: March 21, 2009, 01:22:45 PM »
http://vinceoffer.net/

and yes, I did contact him.  :laugh:
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #29 on: March 21, 2009, 01:39:39 PM »
Maybe I should get ahold of Billy Mays too and have a war of the announcers.  =D
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #30 on: March 21, 2009, 02:13:01 PM »

Maybe I should get ahold of Billy Mays too and have a war of the announcers.  =D

It'd be interesting. While I was surfing for info on him I found an audio recording from Adam Corolla's show, on YouTube, of Billy dissing Vince. No love lost there.

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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #31 on: March 21, 2009, 03:57:28 PM »
link please!  :laugh:
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« Reply #32 on: March 21, 2009, 04:35:46 PM »
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #33 on: March 21, 2009, 05:24:42 PM »
Daaaamn, maybe I SHOULD get ahold of BM and set up the pitch off for my show!  :laugh:
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #34 on: March 23, 2009, 08:20:53 AM »
I'm not nearly so vexed by the delivery of the pitchman.  What annoys me to the point of spontaneous human combustion are the ads for personal injury lawyers.  Asbestos and mesothelioma has replaced car wrecks and whiplash as the jackpot in our casino.  Well, that and small rifle primers.
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #35 on: March 23, 2009, 08:58:42 AM »
Can I use OxyClean to launder my Sham-Wow?

Or will combining merchandise from different pitchmen be sort of like mixing up a batch of Tannerite?
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #36 on: March 23, 2009, 01:41:06 PM »
Probaly tear a hole in the space time continuum. Nobody needs THAT!
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #37 on: March 23, 2009, 08:00:09 PM »

Thanks. I couldn't figure out why he looked familiar when I first saw him.

He kinda reminds me of Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley....


As for my own most-hated commercials, there's several (mostly TV, but oh well,)

Taco Bell's 'drag queen nachos'

Those goddamn "Hoveround" (sp) wheelchair commercials just drive me batshit.


Although, on the other hand, there was one hilarious commercial for a gun shop in Bakersfield, CA on TV a few times... http://www.bearmntsports.com/

The commercial is down towards the bottom.

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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #38 on: March 23, 2009, 08:17:43 PM »
HOVERROUND!!  :lol:
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #39 on: March 23, 2009, 11:07:33 PM »
if you want the hovercrap ads to really annoy you, try to get them to send you(or your grandmother) some information without the inhouse swindle  :O

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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #40 on: March 24, 2009, 08:43:05 AM »
The one commercial that really gets my blood pressure up is the commercial for the Sunsetter retractable awning where a man is doing most of the spiel and a woman (presumably his wife) is constantly nagging him to "tell them about the discount, Harry". This year they re-edited it a little to make it even more annoying. Something about her whiney voice and persistant nagging interruption to his sales pitch just makes me want to punch her right in the nose.

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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #41 on: March 24, 2009, 10:53:34 AM »
Wouldn't you know my wife just showed me literature on the awnings! Spooky man,,,  :O

Should I ask her about the discount?  =D
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #42 on: March 24, 2009, 11:47:51 AM »
Wouldn't you know my wife just showed me literature on the awnings! Spooky man,,,  :O

Should I ask her about the discount?  =D

Nahhh, just punch her in the nose..... =D =D :O :O
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #43 on: March 24, 2009, 12:47:11 PM »
The one commercial that really gets my blood pressure up is the commercial for the Sunsetter retractable awning where a man is doing most of the spiel and a woman (presumably his wife) is constantly nagging him to "tell them about the discount, Harry". This year they re-edited it a little to make it even more annoying. Something about her whiney voice and persistant nagging interruption to his sales pitch just makes me want to punch her right in the nose.

Oh Lord I hate that commercial.....
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #44 on: March 24, 2009, 01:37:39 PM »
After absorbing said ads for many years, I have come to the conclusion that radio ads must be absolutely rock-bottom cheap.  Free, almost.  A lot of them sound like they just cut one take and ran with it. 

Worst of all are the ads by local businessmen (or women) who simply don't understand that they might not have the best voice or best acting ability to be hawking their own stuff on the radio.  Some places around here I'd be loathe to patronize, simply because of their commercials. 
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #45 on: March 24, 2009, 07:15:28 PM »
Nahhh, just punch her in the nose..... =D =D :O :O
I would but she might hit me back, and she's been working out!  :O

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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #46 on: March 24, 2009, 09:11:41 PM »
I heard one today that reminded me of this thread.

It's a Coca-cola ad. In our area, they replaced the 20 oz bottles (that were retailing for about 1.49 at the convienience store) with a choice of either 16 oz bottles for 99 cents or a 24 oz bottle for $1.49.

There's a commercial with an effeminate sounding man extolling the virtues of Coca-cola, and then at the end he says in a whispered voice "Did you know there giving away Coca cola in 16oz bottles for 99c? That's not even a dollar! I mean, that's not even a dollar!"

Annoys the hell out of me, that one does.
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #47 on: March 24, 2009, 11:14:01 PM »

One of the fast food joints had a TV commercial that made me want to run through the wall. Touting an "any three items for five dollars" special, a guy at the counter note the price, asks for three items and says, "How much?" Countergirl says, "Five bucks." He says, "What about if I get (three other items)?" "Five bucks." He says, "OK, what if I get (three other items)?" "Five bucks." And so on, and so on...

ANY THREE ITEMS FOR FIVE DOLLARS, ahole! GOT IT?


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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #48 on: March 25, 2009, 12:11:38 AM »
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Worst of all are the ads by local businessmen (or women) who simply don't understand that they might not have the best voice or best acting ability to be hawking their own stuff on the radio.
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Re: Anyone else annoyed by radio ads for...
« Reply #49 on: March 25, 2009, 01:00:28 AM »
The Total Transformation ads always make me laugh.  A guy with a New York goombah accent talking about how to make your kids behave.  I don't know what he actually says.  To me, it always sounds like, "When I get through with your kids, they'll be afraid to sneeze without my permission.  And I'll teach YOU how to beat the sass out of 'em without leavin' a single mark."   :laugh:
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