Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
By Neal - Johns Hopkins
When you stay up late, you tend to see some really bizarre and awful commercials on TV. Low production value. Crappy jingles. Bad actors. They all add up for a truly painful experience. The latest commercial to catch our attention is CougarLife.com. It’s not often we’re caught slack-jawed, but this one made us question our very existence. It also got us thinking of all the other commercials we’ve seen for online dating sites, both good and bad. See the videos after the post!
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
By M.H.-New York University
No matter how much you wish you could escape the awful local advertising in every city and small town in America, you can’t. Bad jingles, horrible rhymes, and off tune singing seem to be the recipe for horrible, low budget advertising on the boob tube. The culprits are usually car dealers, furniture stores, lawyers, and insurance companies who blind us with their hideous special effects and assault our ears with deafening roars or choppy dialogue. Yet, they still entertaining. We give you The Worst Local TV Commercials.
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
By Nick
There’s something to be said about catchy, pithy, and humorous ads, especially when it comes to beer commercials you see during sporting events and prime time television. These beer commercials, however, are about as funny as watching George Lopez sober. Here are some of our least favorites from some of the most popular beer companies in the country.