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Let us discuss low-budget commercials

PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, manAh, jeezRegistered User regular
edited May 2008 in Social Entropy++
Every city has their own assortment of local, low-budget commercials. Sometimes hilarious, frequently awful. Tell me about your city's. Are there any good ones? Any particularly terrible ones?

When I lived in D.C., the Ranger Surplus store had a series of ads in which, inexplicably, the store's tagline appeared to be "It's the cat's ass." That was pretty funny.

But now I live in L.A., and they're almost all extremely terrible. Which is ironic, given the high number of film students who would probably work for peanuts. This one is one of the worse offenders, making me reach desperately for the remote whenever it comes on. NSFW, since it's for a strip club:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkpSjAlgz50

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  • the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    christ almighty pooro

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  • That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    i can't think of any right now cause i don't really watch the tv that much

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    there's a local insurance company up here called vern fonk insurance

    his commercials are hilarious

    unintentionally so

    it is so obviously this out of touch dude trying to use pop culture to appeal to a younger audience

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    the wook wrote: »
    christ almighty pooro

    That is my official title, yes.

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    aahahahaha

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    these are the worst

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atWcvAch8j0&feature=related

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    how horrifically annoying.

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Holy crap, Air. That is horrible.

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    YOU CAN WORK AT THE VALLEY BALL!

    that's amazing

    also air that is great too

    INTIMATE APPAREL!

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I remember, when visiting for a family reunion in North Carolina, seeing some ads for a soda called Mellow Yellow.

    I found this after some brief searching.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=zrsRjJP1TiA

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    but they did spawn this segment of a local sketch show thingy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGNJghJtrsw&feature=related

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Nothing like waking up to a screaming Australian.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    My favorite had some giant build up about how great their product was and at the end it said "WE COULDN'T SAY IT ON TV IF IT WASN'T TRUE!"

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    There was this certain series of ads.

    For I think a furniture warehouse.

    It had this guy with a really creepy voice, and he's standing in front of all these random mannequins and stuffed animals (of the taxidermy kind).

    And when he pitched his store random noises come from off-screen and he talks to the mannequins.

    Fucking disturbing.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Man, Air we have that terrible screaming guy in commercials in Brisbane too.

    #pipe on
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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    i think we all know the worst commercial is

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_SwD7RveNE

    which has led to one of my all-time favorite commercials:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Yey3eNMxM

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Screaming at people is basically how all Australian commercials work

    Also, all rug stores are always having a clearance

    always

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    The Black Hunter wrote: »
    Screaming at people is basically how all Australia work

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLBrswIju1Y oh man

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    god is that headache medicine too

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Khavall wrote: »
    The Black Hunter wrote: »
    Screaming at people is basically how all Australia work

    WHAT?


    WHAT?


    I DIDN'T HEAR YOU WHAT?

    IMA DINGERI DINGERI DINGERI PETEROL YEAH BLOKE?

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Air wrote: »
    god is that headache medicine too

    it's a stick of wax

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    haha check out this amazing ad i found on youtube
    i have never seen this before cos its so old

    and also probably counts as NSFW
    so you have been warned that it is NSFW

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXglN--SR0g

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I am so offended

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Air wrote: »
    but they did spawn this segment of a local sketch show thingy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGNJghJtrsw&feature=related

    That's actually really funny.

    The premise alone is reasonably amusing, but shooting it Candid Camera style was really effective. Half the fun was just watching the slowly-dawning realization on everybody's face.

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    hang on, apply where?

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    The best one is where he orders at McDonalds.

    JUST LOOK AT THE CHOICE I'LL HAVE A FILLET O FISH JUST 2.99 ONLY TODAY AND IF YOU LIKE FRIES WELL YOU'RE IN LUCK

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    reminds me of that other public prank sketch comedy show

    it was from england

    the hell was that called

    they did that thing where a guy talks really loud on the phone in public except he has this HUGENORMOUS phone that could be used as perhaps a surfboard in an extreme tidal emergency

    my favorite thing from that show is where they have two guys in dog suits fighting

    like one dude in a dog suit will just be standing in a shop, looking at flowers or something, when the second jumps him from out of nowhere and just beats the shit out of him

    s'grand

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  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Trigger Happy TV

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    that's it

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VX1fAl1wqIg

    and

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gc9x1CeGiKE

    hahahaha

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Ah, Trigger Happy TV.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Mkr1hLIYkM

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Also this.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=k1MHY_AFNAM&feature=related

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    My God. This thread was made for Don's Guns.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the pride of Indianapolis:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCsFZ3AS3E

    Yes, that is a gold desert eagle. The man is kind enough to supply the entire city with cheap weapons. He is generally known as being bat-shit insane by anyone who has met him. I really wish I could get the current ad that he is running.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    HONK FOR FONK

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    KWANZAAA!

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I JUST LOVE TO RENT GUNS

    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    INTIMATE APPAREL

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Shorty wrote: »
    there's a local insurance company up here called vern fonk insurance

    his commercials are hilarious

    unintentionally so

    it is so obviously this out of touch dude trying to use pop culture to appeal to a younger audience
    man, Vern Fonk ads are awesome and I'm pretty sure they're intentionally bad and they know exactly what they're doing

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Yea, Vern Fonk is pretty much on the awesome ball

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Davoid wrote: »
    I JUST LOVE TO RENT GUNS

    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

    so very creepy that laugh he pushes forth

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