How many of you gag over the commercial, with the mexican lady, who didn"t pay her telephone bill, and blamed it on her cousin. Note the turqouse phone with a round dial, and she is useing screw driver to fix it. If I was of spanish decent, I would be offended. What is some of your most hated commercials?

-- Irene texas (tkorsborn@cs.com), January 16, 2002

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The ones with the smartaleck(sp) kids. Lunchables, Minute Miad Orange juice(I called the company on that)that was a couple years ago, and Hall's, "You're bumbing us out Dad", the dad is sick. It be a long time before those kids would go skiing if they were mind. I have changed brands more than once because of commercials.

-- Cindy (SE. IN) (atilrthehony@hotmail.com), January 16, 2002.

Miz Cleo and Bowflex and Oxi clean and 10-10-321 and......, well you get the picture.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), January 16, 2002.

Most of them are so silly! I always wonder who on the earth thought they were a good idea. They generally insult your intelligence, but are good for a laugh sometimes. I like to dissect them for the kids, when we happen to see some. They do realize that most things aren't like they seem on TV. So in that case they can be educational, I guess.

-- Melissa (me@home.net), January 16, 2002.

I'll definately go along with Miz Cleo...lol. Ugh. I also despise the smart-mouth kids. It not only irritates me no end, but gives kids ideas they don't need.

Actually I dislike most commercials, especially the ones which promote the "you deserve it" idea, the outdoing the Jones' philosophy, also the "buy now-pay later-no payments-no interest". Which seems to be most of the commercials now. I hate that they continue to sell the idea to our young folks that you can have it all, you deserve it just by virtue of existing, and you can have it all now at virtually no cost to you. Very few of our younger folks have a clue as to the meaning of "delayed gratification". Some of the older generation aren't much better!

My favorite commercials? The ones that avoid the above and make you laugh, usually they poke a little fun at themselves. Actually, they are often poor commercials as you are left remembering the funny part and can't remember the product!

-- Lenette (kigervixen@webtv.net), January 16, 2002.

There is a radio ad for Mitsubishi motors that pokes fun at people with short term memory loss. This bothers me because my mom has early stages of Alzheimers.

-- Charleen in WNY (harperhill@eznet.net), January 16, 2002.

I think the Hershey's Kisses commercials are cute and the Puff's. Some of the pet food ones are cute now and then.

-- Cindy (SE. IN) (atilrthehony@hotmail.com), January 16, 2002.

The latest one for Sylvan Learning Centers (tutoring). Mom is telling the kid to turn off the TV, dinner is ready. Daughter says, ok, just one more page (or something to that effect), and you see that she's reading a book (with the TV on). Mom is all smiles, and the upshot is that Sylvan can improve your child's basic skills 1 whole grade.

Why is she watching the TV in the first place? Talk about DUMB!

-- GT (nospam@nospam.com), January 16, 2002.

I HATE any commercial that shows bad manners as being acceptable or cute--usually some food that kids eat noisely. There is one for some kind of something where everyone (young adults) shovel food into their faces and all over themselves and surroundings. Do the sponsers really believe that we believe anyone would act like that? Big-mouth salesmen--oxyclean is prime example.

-- gibson girl (bobtravous@email.com), January 16, 2002.

Commercials are the main reason i like the "mute" button on the remote control! Many times I have not bought products because a commercial has insulted my intelligence or shown rude, disgusting manners. I often wonder if large companies actually know how they are being represented on TV.

-- Ardie /WI (ardie54965@hotmail.com), January 16, 2002.

The ones I find absolutely most offensive are the ones with ladies dressing or undressing. I don't know who does them, because I'm pretty fast on the remote. But honestly, sometimes my young sons watch tv with me, and that's just not right. Also, the ads for other shows tend to show, I'm sure, the most offensive moments. They surely don't make me want to watch the show for more.

-- mary (marylgarcia@aol.com), January 16, 2002.

All of the Anti-Smoking ads, they are disgusting. I know if I were still smoking they would not encourage me to stop. Probably the opposite effect. They are a true waste of time and resources.

Unfortunately we have billions of dollars worth of them yet to view, thanks to the tobacco litigation.

Talk to you later.

-- Bob in WI (bjwick@hotmail.com), January 16, 2002.

I LOATHE the disposable diaper commercials! Ever see the one where they're late for the airport, wake the baby up in the morning, and the diaper hasn't leaked, so they rejoice, dress the baby and leave. The commercials would have you believe that if they aren't spilling out, the poor kid doesn't need changing! And the new one, for pampers adjustables--they show a toddler with the soggy, heavy, droopy diaper. Change the poor thing's diaper? Nope, now you can adjust the tabs and make it tighter around the waist so the weight won't make it fall off! Don't get me wrong, I'm not against disposable diapers, I used them on my boys--but they were also changed as soon as needed, not once they were falling down from the weight, or springing leaks!

-- Kathie in Western Washington (twinrosefarm@centurytel.net), January 16, 2002.

I wish they had more anti-smoking ads, ones that would say "if you smoke, you won't be able to get health insurance, or in some cases a job." Maybe then people would get the message. Smoking and drinking account for a lot of absenteeism, and a lot of money for health care that could be better spent on finding cures for diseases that we DON'T know the causes of.

Although when I was in school, they actually had smokers' lungs preserved in formaldehyde for students to look at during a presentation, and I must say it did make an impression on me. I don't know if they do those presentations anymore. Probably not, they had to make room for the how to place a condom on a banana presentations.

-- GT (nospam@nospam.com), January 16, 2002.

Neil & I think that the Bowflex ads are run by terrorist organizations to drive us all insane..we dive for the "mute" button when they come on..and those OBNOXIOUS kids on the Halls ad as someone above mentioned.."Cmon, Dad, you're bummin' us out"....Neil and I have very un-Christian thoughts about those little kids jumping on the bed taunting their father...I would like to have them for two days...alone. When our youngest was here for a visit, a commercial for Victorias' Secret came on and we all nearly died..it was like a porn movie..absolutely disgusting. Neil hates all the car commercials because he says they never talk about the car, just the stereo system and the fact that the colors are pretty..he especialy hates the one where the bike rider zooms up the hill to get a bandage from the trunk of some ATV thing...aside from those mentioned, I cannot stand the whiny kids on commercials where they have them being smarter than the parents...I guess it is supposed to be "cute"..our children were NEVER allowed to be "cute"...and then there are the inane Subway commercials with those STUPID songs about the guy who lost a zillion pound by eating subway sandwitches.."My buddy Jared, he lost that weight..la la la la lala lala.." Now those make me scream and shut the TV off...I don't much like it anyway, LOL

-- lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), January 16, 2002.

WOW, reading all these makes me Praise the Lord once again, we got rid of the TV. People talk about commercials and shows, and I am ignorant and proud of it. =)

-- Mike & Marci (TheBlubaughs@amazinggrazefarm.com), January 16, 2002.

This is not to insult Ohio or any other state that might be using Leslie Neilsen(I think that's who it is) to promote their Lottery, but I think that one just hit an all time low or at least tied it. And to think people get paid for this stuff.

-- Cindy (SE. IN) (atilrthehony@hotmail.com), January 16, 2002.

What is needed is a stupidest/most dispised commercial award for the company and ad agency. I remember something like that from the 70's, anybody got any ideas how to put it together?

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), January 16, 2002.

I really hate the Carls Jr. commercials where they drip catsup and whatever else out of the hamburgers everywhere...made me sick!!!!

-- Jenny (auntjenny6@aol.com), January 16, 2002.

I dont mind good commercials the first time. Its the 300th time I am forced to see it that bothers me.

-- Gary (gws@columbus.rr.com), January 16, 2002.

Another of the rare commercials that I actually LIKE is the one where the dad? or big brother is washing dishes or something at the sink in the background and there is a baby in a highchair pounding 2 pan lids together in time to some loud music. Cracks me up every time I see it. It's another example of a bad advertisement....I have watched this numerous times and I still have no clue what the ad is about, I'm too busy enjoying the little guy pounding his lids together.

-- Lenette (kigervixen@webtv.net), January 17, 2002.

LOL Lennete! I LOVE that commercial and my husband thinks it is inane..I just sort of start to boogie when I see that one and I will NOT let dh mute it....and I have NO CLUE what the product is! LOL

-- lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), January 17, 2002.

The "What's up" commercials!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Need I say more!!!!!!!!

-- Micheale from SE Kansas (mbfrye@totelcsi.net), January 18, 2002.

I was waiting for someone to mention one that we saw during Christmas while in Alabama. It's the one where the guy is taunting this dog through a board fence, he then places bar-be-que sauce on his tongue, inserts tongue through hole in fence and the dog breaks loose from his chain and bites the guys tongue off and eats it. Thoroughly disgusting and when my daughter(12) told me about it, I didn't believe it. I had to see it myself. BTW, I have no idea what they were advertising.

-- LaDena,Tx9 (littledena77458@yahoo.com), January 18, 2002.

I hate adds that portray men as stupid, inept, fully grown children. For example, I can't stand the add for a large clothing store where a man is alone at home whith his child (mom is shopping the big sale). The kid is dumping ice all over the floor via the ice dispenser on the fridge...huge mess. The dad says in dispair "where IS your mother?"

The stupid ass isn't even capable of communicating with his own child, leaving that responsibility to the intelligent, worldly mom, that is really in charge of the "dad" as well as the kids.

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

-- chris f (chrisflodberg@shaw.ca), August 21, 2002.

Chris, I absolutely agree with you!! The thing that bothers me the most about this commercial is that not only is the Dad portrayed as inept, but he is portrayed as not wanting to be with his children! God forbid he should spend a day alone with his offspring; he can't wait till his wife shows up to relieve him. I find this not only anti- father, but anti-child as well, as if spending time with one's kids was a torture beyond compare.

On the same vein, there is a Staple's commercial which deliriously celebrates the beginning of school as a time when one no longer has the untenable burden of tending to ones own children, celebrating that the summer is finally over. It's revolting. And sad.

What is wrong when people actually do not like their own children??

-- Earthmama (earthmama48@yahoo.com), August 23, 2002.

The latest detestable [is that a word] advertisment is about cheese. Two young boys ridin in the back seat of the car, mom drivin when they start hittin each other. Rather than her turn around and backhand'm she gives'm some kind of cheese snack. They immediately start playin with it and actin like morons, mom is smiling so sweetly and everything is hunkey-dorey. When they have et their little cheese snak-they start hittin eachother--with sound effects! No wonder kids act the way they do--their folks are STUPID! old hoot. Matt.24:44

-- old hoot (hoot@pcinetwork.com), August 24, 2002.

Commercials send waves into your brain and make you buy their products. That is what the aliens say when they took me for a ride.

-- Pete Zahut (jack@meoff.cum), September 15, 2002.