Describe your worst local radio commercials! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

laconic1 · 04-22-2004, 01:03 PM

Okay, a blatant ripoff of Halx's tv commercial thread. What is the worst local radio commercial where you live.

Around Denver it would have to be Luby Chevrolet's commercials. I'm not sure if the guy is trying to rap, or what he is doing but he talks in this big fake voice in short bursts and the commercial ends with the announcer saying "The Big L, Lou BEE Chevrolet, Yipee-Yi-Yo-Ki-Yay!" Irritating.

Cynthetiq · 04-22-2004, 01:13 PM

radio?

MP3 player or iPod. still no commercials and my life is much better for it...

even when i was listening to the radio, I can't even remember a single commercial.

Nefir · 04-22-2004, 04:22 PM

Oh where do I begin?

That window commercial with the annoying brain-rupturing ear-splitting squeal of "WE TOLD YOU SO!!!!!". Its repetive and annoying. They do it at least 500 times before the commercial ends.

That car commercial voiced by a guy who sounds exactly like Iago from the Aladdin cartoon - any commercial that screams at me automatically gets ignored. That is doubly true for the kind of grating scream perfected by this man. I describe it as a flock of swans being gently ground up alive in a wood chipper.

KellyC · 04-22-2004, 04:32 PM

*Ahem!*

Of radio commercials are shit!

Either that or I'm too used to video ones....

Spartak · 04-23-2004, 02:29 AM

Ok, this is unbeatable.

It's an ad for an indoor go-cart track called "Daytona Indoor Raceway"

it goes like this:

"3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ?
FRUSTRATED FATHER: No!

3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ?
FRUSTRATED FATHER: No!

3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ?
FRUSTRATED FATHER: No!

3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ?
FRUSTRATED FATHER: No!

3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ?
FRUSTRATED FATHER: No!

3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ?
FRUSTRATED FATHER: No!...."

...for about 30 more seconds.

Then the Father goes "Ohh... ok", at which point all three kinds, in turn in these lame deadpan voices say:

"Yeah. Woo hoo. Go dad."

Then a voicover saying:

"Daytona Indoor Raceway, so much fun, you'll never hear the end of it"

and then the kids chime in...

3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ?
FRUSTRATED FATHER: But we've already been!
3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona...

/fadeout.

Seriously I want to find out what marketing scumfuck came up with this gimmicky ad (blatanly ripping off The Simpsons' Mt Splashmore gag) and punch his lights out.

jwoody · 04-23-2004, 02:45 AM

Quote:

See the world through a @%^&* window,
Come home to a £%^&$£ door,
You know you've made,
The right choice,
No-one gives you moooooooooore,
Than £%^&$$

"$%^£$%^ windows.

This ad has been running for as long as I care to remember. The new version has some wanker talking over top, saying "come on everybody, you know the words... - sing it with me.."

He'll be singing through a wired jaw if I ever get my hands on him.

onetime2 · 04-23-2004, 03:43 AM

There's a guy doing an Arnold Schwarzenneger (sic?) impression calling himself the "governator" and that whenever he's in the area he uses XYZ business. It's pretty horrible. Obviously not very effective either since I can't, for the life of me, remember what business or even what type of business he's promoting.

kl0pper · 04-23-2004, 04:30 AM

i live in thailand
nuff said...

qtpye4u84 · 04-23-2004, 04:36 AM

Quizzno Subs
Man, I want to kick the person who made that stupid song, it so bothers me!!!!! Don't know how to sing it but I hate it so much!!!!!!!!!

CaptainGumby · 04-24-2004, 09:26 AM

Cue music that sounds like a casio keyboard demo:

The brands you want, at a price you like, from people you can trust!
At World Hi-Fi Megastore, we'll be there!

Fortunately, Sirius satellite radio has freed me from commercials.

greytone · 04-24-2004, 10:07 AM

There is one commercial that makes me change stations everytime I hear it; and I don't even know what it is for. It has some moron "training" employees like bootcamp and they just keep repeating "Thank you for your business" over and over. Fortunately I have a button on my steering wheel to advance to my next programed station. That way I can flip over even if I can't lean over to reach the radio.

Jolt · 04-25-2004, 06:55 PM

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04-22-2004, 01:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
laconic1 Junkie	Describe your worst local radio commercials! Okay, a blatant ripoff of Halx's tv commercial thread. What is the worst local radio commercial where you live. Around Denver it would have to be Luby Chevrolet's commercials. I'm not sure if the guy is trying to rap, or what he is doing but he talks in this big fake voice in short bursts and the commercial ends with the announcer saying "The Big L, Lou BEE Chevrolet, Yipee-Yi-Yo-Ki-Yay!" Irritating.

04-22-2004, 01:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	radio? MP3 player or iPod. still no commercials and my life is much better for it... even when i was listening to the radio, I can't even remember a single commercial. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

04-22-2004, 04:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	Oh where do I begin? That window commercial with the annoying brain-rupturing ear-splitting squeal of "WE TOLD YOU SO!!!!!". Its repetive and annoying. They do it at least 500 times before the commercial ends. That car commercial voiced by a guy who sounds exactly like Iago from the Aladdin cartoon - any commercial that screams at me automatically gets ignored. That is doubly true for the kind of grating scream perfected by this man. I describe it as a flock of swans being gently ground up alive in a wood chipper. __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance Last edited by Nefir; 04-22-2004 at 04:25 PM..

04-22-2004, 04:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
KellyC Comment or else!! Location: Home sweet home	Ahem! Of radio commercials are shit! Either that or I'm too used to video ones.... __________________ Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe? Me: Shit happens.

04-23-2004, 02:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	Ok, this is unbeatable. It's an ad for an indoor go-cart track called "Daytona Indoor Raceway" it goes like this: "3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ? FRUSTRATED FATHER: No! 3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ? FRUSTRATED FATHER: No! 3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ? FRUSTRATED FATHER: No! 3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ? FRUSTRATED FATHER: No! 3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ? FRUSTRATED FATHER: No! 3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ? FRUSTRATED FATHER: No!...." ...for about 30 more seconds. Then the Father goes "Ohh... ok", at which point all three kinds, in turn in these lame deadpan voices say: "Yeah. Woo hoo. Go dad." Then a voicover saying: "Daytona Indoor Raceway, so much fun, you'll never hear the end of it" and then the kids chime in... 3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona ? FRUSTRATED FATHER: But we've already been! 3 WHINEY CHILDREN: Will you take us to Daytona... /fadeout. Seriously I want to find out what marketing scumfuck came up with this gimmicky ad (blatanly ripping off The Simpsons' Mt Splashmore gag) and punch his lights out. __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...

04-23-2004, 03:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
onetime2 Junkie Location: NJ	There's a guy doing an Arnold Schwarzenneger (sic?) impression calling himself the "governator" and that whenever he's in the area he uses XYZ business. It's pretty horrible. Obviously not very effective either since I can't, for the life of me, remember what business or even what type of business he's promoting. __________________ Strive to be more curious than ignorant.

04-23-2004, 04:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
kl0pper Crazy Location: thailand	i live in thailand nuff said...

04-23-2004, 04:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
qtpye4u84 Flavor+noodles Location: oregon	Quizzno Subs Man, I want to kick the person who made that stupid song, it so bothers me!!!!! Don't know how to sing it but I hate it so much!!!!!!!!! __________________ The QTpie

04-24-2004, 09:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
CaptainGumby Crazy Location: Location: Location:	Cue music that sounds like a casio keyboard demo: The brands you want, at a price you like, from people you can trust! At World Hi-Fi Megastore, we'll be there! Fortunately, Sirius satellite radio has freed me from commercials. __________________ Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. -Groucho Marx

04-24-2004, 10:07 AM	#11 (permalink)
greytone Junkie	There is one commercial that makes me change stations everytime I hear it; and I don't even know what it is for. It has some moron "training" employees like bootcamp and they just keep repeating "Thank you for your business" over and over. Fortunately I have a button on my steering wheel to advance to my next programed station. That way I can flip over even if I can't lean over to reach the radio. __________________ I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing. Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"

04-25-2004, 06:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
Jolt Insane Location: Over here	"Country Propane gives you peace of mind...the others just give you gas!"