Every place has these. When I lived in St. Louis we had some outright horrendous ads.
#1 Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center: The ads are cheesy as hell ("Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center, don't suffer in silence!")
#2 Assorted car dealerships. There's one with assorted "western" noises like bullwhips and cowboy sounds. There's also one for a dealership called Johnny Londoff Chevrolet. The ads have been the same for years. You'd think by owning the building and lot he would have more money to make better ads? Dave Sinclair was just as bad. He would have "editorial" style ads.
#3 Mattress Giant. Need I say anything else?
#4 The Pasta House Company. From what I've heard, they're on their way out.
Chicagoland has a fair number, but this one takes the tamale.
Eagleman from Eagle Auto Insurance. He (yes, he) was an egg laying eagle used in the ads. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Insurance
Bruce Boudreau did this ad when he was the Capitals' coach:
Now that they've won the Stanley Cup, there's a new ad for a truck starring current goalie Braden Holtby that has a similar theme; I think most of us assume it's a tribute to Boudreau's ad. I can't find it online, though, perhaps because it's currently on TV.
The following from the early 1980s is a legendary DC-area ad. It originally aired in 1983 after the Redskins won Super Bowl XVII. The following season, they went back to the Super Bowl but lost, and if you listen closely you can hear the somewhat sloppy editing job where they removed the words "World Champion."
This one aired for years (without the captions). The singer is Nils Lofgren of E Street Band fame. He even put this recording, minus the two kids at the end, on his boxed set. If you lived around here in the late 1970s/early 1980s, you found this ad to be somewhat ubiquitous on the TV. I have a feeling the PC Police would probably object to the two kids today.
Finally, the following from Baltimore is obviously fake. Warning, lots of profanities–be careful where you decide to watch this. It's a classic, though.
Any list of local DC ads that doesn't include the old Lavar Arrington Eastern Motors ad is incomplete.
Quote from: abefroman329 on October 28, 2018, 01:54:54 PM
Any list of local DC ads that doesn't include the old Lavar Arrington Eastern Motors ad is incomplete.
There are so many cheesy Eastern Motors ads that I couldn't decide among them. I think the cheesiest was this one starring Ovechkin, which was so bad it never aired as a commercial (it did air on TV, just not as a commercial). I like it when he sounds out "SUVs" as a word:
The "More Dams, No Trains" ads around Fresno are an ever present reminder that people around here hate the current Governor and think there is some great untapped source of water in the Sierras.
You will always see a "NO LINE" sign on someone's front yard or by the highway near where a power line is due to go up.
My question - why post these signs. What makes these schmucks think I care about this?
Almost any used car ad is usually pretty bad. Many locally-made new car ads are equally bad.
If you lived in Sacramento or Los Angeles in the 1970's and 1980's Cal Worthington did his tacky ads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyD0QDImMfM
If you lived in San Francisco in the 1980's and 1990's there was the cheesy Diamond Center Ads with Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKYy10n6Ln4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWpvFTPC1is
Hi Kids Ads in the Bay Area back in the 1970's and 1980's but the spokesguy in the commercial was allegedly a a fraudster behind the scenes.
KRAAAAAZY KEVIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN POWELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzU3xyEgJs
Here is the tackiest ad of this decade and it is the Celino and Barnes ads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS2ANxt22cc
Long before Bob's Discount Furniture expanded nationwide, you had folksy ads like this in Southern New England.
I realize the fact that they're hokey and don't use professional voice actors is supposed to be part of their charm, but my God do I hate the Penny Mustard Furnishings ads.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 29, 2018, 01:03:43 AM
Long before Bob's Discount Furniture expanded nationwide, you had folksy ads like this in Southern New England.
I thought that ad was dead and buried.
For Michigan, I can't stand the Sam Bernstein Law Firm commercials.
This thread seems tailor-made for a couple of places in Upstate New York.
First, we have Airport Plaza Jewelers in Buffalo:
Then you have the Fuccillo chain of auto dealerships:
Foggs Automotive near Albany is a perennial offender. Their radio commercials often have Bush, Clinton, and Trump impersonators (sadly, I can't find any of those), but I did find some equally cheesy TV ads:
Quote from: Flint1979 on October 29, 2018, 11:43:14 AM
For Michigan, I can't stand the Sam Bernstein Law Firm commercials.
I don't know. The wall-to-wall political ads here are particularly annoying to me this election cycle. I cannot wait for November 7th.
WBZ Radio has increasingly had on-air personalities do ads for several local businesses, typically with the "I'm a customer, you should be one too." angle. This sort of thing rankles me, because it immediately raises the question "OK, what sort of break are you getting for promoting this service on the radio?"
But the latest cheesy ad I've heard is for the pending public stock offering from High Times. The ad itself, which lasts about 20 seconds, isn't that bad. But the 45 second disclaimer that follows it is downright hilarious. For one thing, it starts with the warning "Do not purchase this stock unless you can afford to lose your entire investment."
That old car is worth money!
Quote from: cl94 on October 29, 2018, 12:37:34 PM
Then you have the Fuccillo chain of auto dealerships:
The Fuccillo ads always made me laugh out loud.
To see them in "rapid fire" - priceless!!
Quote from: cl94 on October 29, 2018, 12:37:34 PM
This thread seems tailor-made for a couple of places in Upstate New York.
First, we have Airport Plaza Jewelers in Buffalo:
Then you have the Fuccillo chain of auto dealerships:
Foggs Automotive near Albany is a perennial offender. Their radio commercials often have Bush, Clinton, and Trump impersonators (sadly, I can't find any of those), but I did find some equally cheesy TV ads:
Jerry's Subs and Pizza in DC would do commercials with some godawful celebrity impersonations. Including one of Ozzy Osborne that was really just some guy slurring his words while some of them were bleeped out.
Quote from: inkyatari on October 29, 2018, 12:57:40 PM
That old car is worth money!
Victory Auto Wreckers got their money out of that ad. It ran for three decades, starting in 1985.
Quote from: Brandon on October 29, 2018, 02:55:20 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on October 29, 2018, 12:57:40 PM
That old car is worth money!
Victory Auto Wreckers got their money out of that ad. It ran for three decades, starting in 1985.
The commercial was Chicago TV comfort food, in a way.
It seems that used car dealers have a common theme of having annoying as hell TV ads. In Madison, WI, Mad City Mitsubishi (formerly Mad City Auto before they became a Mitsubishi dealer) takes the cake. "It's a crime to pay more than a dime." "It's Mad City Mitsubishi's famous Nickle Pickle sale!" Honestly, the ads were worse before they became a Mitsubishi dealer. And the thing about these ads and their business model, is you know they're targeting people who are lower income and/or have poor credit in an almost predatory fashion.
https://youtu.be/LfnUJ3evGFY
https://youtu.be/3OMSX7y0K2o
https://youtu.be/5fsM-IX1ufg
https://youtu.be/7VZLo6QVzqI
Quote from: tchafe1978 on October 29, 2018, 04:30:52 PM
"It's a crime to pay more than a dime."
I've heard it here, too (on radio). It's not local to Wisconsin.
As long as we're talking about car dealers, here's some chicago legends...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miKKp7cWl4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftCVZPeE6U8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTt4ilmLQ5s
Then there's the Empire Carpet guy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLJxCURQVJc
And this beauty...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAwOnhzhFIM
Quote from: bing101 on October 28, 2018, 09:07:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzU3xyEgJs
Here is the tackiest ad of this decade and it is the Celino and Barnes ads.
They are a national firm though.
Quote from: 1 on October 29, 2018, 04:36:40 PM
Quote from: tchafe1978 on October 29, 2018, 04:30:52 PM
"It's a crime to pay more than a dime."
I've heard it here, too (on radio). It's not local to Wisconsin.
We get that here, too. Again, mostly radio ads. Most markets have one dealership that does that.
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on October 29, 2018, 04:39:54 PM
Quote from: bing101 on October 28, 2018, 09:07:33 PM
Here is the tackiest ad of this decade and it is the Celino and Barnes ads.
They are a national firm though.
Incorrect. Cellino & Barnes is only in New York. The Barnes Group (run by Barnes) is in California.
Quote from: tchafe1978 on October 29, 2018, 04:30:52 PM
It seems that used car dealers have a common theme of having annoying as hell TV ads. In Madison, WI, Mad City Mitsubishi (formerly Mad City Auto before they became a Mitsubishi dealer) takes the cake. "It's a crime to pay more than a dime." "It's Mad City Mitsubishi's famous Nickle Pickle sale!" Honestly, the ads were worse before they became a Mitsubishi dealer. And the thing about these ads and their business model, is you know they're targeting people who are lower income and/or have poor credit in an almost predatory fashion.
https://youtu.be/LfnUJ3evGFY
The first one there is JUST like the radio ads for Foggs, all the way down to the voices, music, and the $350/week $30,000/credit thing.
Bob's Discount Furniture started out as one store in Newington, CT in 1990. It was up by Kitt's Lane off the Berlin Turnpike (US 5/CT 15). The current store is a mile and change south, on the southbound side. The woman in most ads is Kathy. I don't think she was with him on a personal level. I think their current base is somewhere in Manchester, CT, visible to the right from I-84 East, maybe a mile before you reach the Vernon town line.
A long running radio series here which gets on my last nerve is for Kia of East Hartford, CT. Their ads always feature a Trump impersonator. WDRC-FM 102.9 of Hartford (102.9 The Whale - Hartford's Classic Rock) plays those ads incessantly! :banghead:
Quote from: OracleUsr on October 28, 2018, 06:09:37 PM
KRAAAAAZY KEVIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN POWELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Yes, he really says his name like this. To explain, Kevin Powell is a Triad (NC basically Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point region) area automobile dealer who yells throughout his commercials. His voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Quote from: inkyatari on October 29, 2018, 04:38:04 PMAnd this beauty...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAwOnhzhFIM
That's the greatest commercial in the history of commercials.
Quote from: abefroman329 on October 30, 2018, 07:10:11 AM
Quote from: inkyatari on October 29, 2018, 04:38:04 PMAnd this beauty...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAwOnhzhFIM
That's the greatest commercial in the history of commercials.
They could have given the Empire carpet guy a better line, but still it's awesome.
I've mentioned it before, but one of the greatest websites in the history of websites is http://fuzzymemories.tv The Museum of Classic Chicago Television, although they've branched out to a few other cities. Lotsa good classic commercials, TV shows, news reports.. Great stuff.
Quote from: inkyatari on October 30, 2018, 09:07:35 AM
Quote from: abefroman329 on October 30, 2018, 07:10:11 AM
Quote from: inkyatari on October 29, 2018, 04:38:04 PMAnd this beauty...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAwOnhzhFIM
That's the greatest commercial in the history of commercials.
They could have given the Empire carpet guy a better line, but still it's awesome.
It's still decidedly cheesy. Wah, wha, wah, wah.
Thank you, I'll be here through Thursday! Try the beef!
Quote from: renegade on October 29, 2018, 12:41:56 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on October 29, 2018, 11:43:14 AM
For Michigan, I can't stand the Sam Bernstein Law Firm commercials.
I don't know. The wall-to-wall political ads here are particularly annoying to me this election cycle. I cannot wait for November 7th.
I get sick of Lee Free too but the other Lawyer commercials don't bother me. Honestly I swear you can't be a Michigan resident and not know what 1-800-CALL-SAM means.
Quote from: roadman on October 29, 2018, 12:43:53 PM
WBZ Radio has increasingly had on-air personalities do ads for several local businesses, typically with the "I'm a customer, you should be one too." angle. This sort of thing rankles me, because it immediately raises the question "OK, what sort of break are you getting for promoting this service on the radio?"
But the latest cheesy ad I've heard is for the pending public stock offering from High Times. The ad itself, which lasts about 20 seconds, isn't that bad. But the 45 second disclaimer that follows it is downright hilarious. For one thing, it starts with the warning "Do not purchase this stock unless you can afford to lose your entire investment."
I've heard those commercials on WBZ before. Ironically when every other 50,000 watt station is having trouble coming in at times WBZ is always coming in so I listen to that station a lot at night.
Pieroway's commercials in western MA were pretty horrible...and then he started trying to come up with catch phrases: "Hey, It's Your Money". Ugh.
There was also a car dealership in Duluth, MN/Superior, WI called something luke Englebrecht or Egglebrecht (?) where a plodding spokesman said, "...where you, the customer, are number one." My father-in-law was in a band and he saw the guy in the crowd at a concert. He said the venue's name and repeated the infamous commercial line. The guy left after the crowd snickered.
Bedding Barn, with stores in CT, MD, and FL, has had some pretty hokey, fast talking ads over the years.
Quote from: vdeane on October 29, 2018, 08:33:48 PM
The first one there is JUST like the radio ads for Foggs, all the way down to the voices, music, and the $350/week $30,000/credit thing.
$350/week? Talk about predatory.
There's one for Norm's Bargain Barn out in St. Louis. The guy (owner) and his "grandkids" are all dressed up like yokels.
Quote from: roadman on October 30, 2018, 01:06:39 PM
Quote from: vdeane on October 29, 2018, 08:33:48 PM
The first one there is JUST like the radio ads for Foggs, all the way down to the voices, music, and the $350/week $30,000/credit thing.
$350/week? Talk about predatory.
Well, if people have no credit, that's where predatory lenders come in.
Quote from: bing101 on October 28, 2018, 09:13:28 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS2ANxt22cc
800, 8 million. I busted out laughing for some reason.
iPhone
Quote from: Tonytone on October 30, 2018, 05:20:10 PM
800, 8 million. I busted out laughing for some reason.
The jingle flowed better when the guy's original NY firms had numbers that weren't 800-888-8888. The Buffalo office was 854-2020 (area code 716 went unsaid).
Quote from: cl94 on October 30, 2018, 05:35:46 PM
Quote from: Tonytone on October 30, 2018, 05:20:10 PM
800, 8 million. I busted out laughing for some reason.
The jingle flowed better when the guy's original NY firms had numbers that weren't 800-888-8888. The Buffalo office was 854-2020 (area code 716 went unsaid).
I seen the older commercial too. I can see why it was changed. But the voice they have sayin it is to funny. It just says it so random.
iPhone
Quote from: Tonytone on October 30, 2018, 05:38:44 PM
I seen the older commercial too.
Slightly off-topic... I have friends that say "seen" instead of "saw", too, and it bugs me! I thought it was just a Midwestern thing, but maybe not.
Quote from: webny99 on October 30, 2018, 08:21:12 PM
Quote from: Tonytone on October 30, 2018, 05:38:44 PM
I seen the older commercial too.
Slightly off-topic... I have friends that say "seen" instead of "saw", too, and it bugs me! I thought it was just a Midwestern thing, but maybe not.
Agreeable. Probably because I was posting the minute I had "seen" the commercial. But It's correctly supposed to be "saw" . Even tho, Those two words sound alike.
iPhone
Over the past two years or so in NY, we've had cheesy local ads from James Provenzano for his car dealerships. He has dealerships across NY, and it seems like he's trying to be the next Billy Fuccillo. I first heard him on Radio 95.1 out of Rochester. When I first mentioned the cheesy ads to my friend who lives in Oneida, he said that he'd heard the ads on radio stations near him.
James is a "dealer for the people", and I noticed that "for the people" had a registered trademark symbol. After a bit of Googling, I found other dealers using that phrase, and it turns out that it's registered to what looks like an ad agency in Florida. I'm guessing it's an ad package that dealers can buy and use.
The best (or worst) part is how James delivers the ads. Here's a long version of one of his ads:
Obviously, there's just the audio on the radio.
The cheesiest one was for Pokémon Go. From my Facebook chat history when it came out:
QuoteHe caught a Jigglypuff at his dealership and said there were a bunch of other Pokémon there too. He even has a $5 down promotion, which he promoted as "driving away for the cost of 100 Pokéballs". I was LOLing through the whole thing!
They're so cheesy that my friend and I have started to look forward to the beginning of each month to see what his ad will be for the month. I was a bit disappointed this May since he reused his "Yes You May" ad from last year.
Quote from: Michael on October 30, 2018, 08:30:13 PM
Over the past two years or so in NY, we've had cheesy local ads from James Provenzano for his car dealerships. He has dealerships across NY, and it seems like he's trying to be the next Billy Fuccillo. I first heard him on Radio 95.1 out of Rochester. When I first mentioned the cheesy ads to my friend who lives in Oneida, he said that he'd heard the ads on radio stations near him.
Oh, he's had his Johnstown dealership forever. Didn't realize he had more. "I'm James Provenzano, the dealer foooooooooooooor the people..." I hear those ads multiple times a day on the radio in Albany.
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2018, 09:32:40 AM
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
I'm altogether very glad they didn't change the jingle when they added the (800), though. I like how they snuck the (800) in within later commercials.
And kudos for @Brandon for posting the all-time worst cringefest I've ever seen in the very first reply to the OP lmao
Quote from: paulthemapguy on November 01, 2018, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2018, 09:32:40 AM
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
I'm altogether very glad they didn't change the jingle when they added the (800), though. I like how they snuck the (800) in within later commercials.
And kudos for @Brandon for posting the all-time worst cringefest I've ever seen in the very first reply to the OP lmao
Hey, how can you ever forget Eagleman? Once seen, it cannot be unseen! Just remember,
I've....got....something....for....you....[sound effect of a male eagle laying an egg].
Quote from: paulthemapguy on November 01, 2018, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2018, 09:32:40 AM
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
I'm altogether very glad they didn't change the jingle when they added the (800), though. I like how they snuck the (800) in within later commercials.
Empire Carpet has locations everywhere now. We get the same stupid commercials in New York. I honestly didn't realize it was a Chicago company. I first thought the "Empire" name was a reference to New York, which was the only place I have ever seen commercials until recently.
Quote from: cl94 on October 30, 2018, 03:03:26 PM
Quote from: roadman on October 30, 2018, 01:06:39 PM
Quote from: vdeane on October 29, 2018, 08:33:48 PM
The first one there is JUST like the radio ads for Foggs, all the way down to the voices, music, and the $350/week $30,000/credit thing.
$350/week? Talk about predatory.
Well, if people have no credit, that's where predatory lenders come in.
We get ads for these types of "no credit/bad credit, no problem" places in Eastern Massachusetts from time to time - the last being JD Byrider (until the AG's Office slapped them with a lawsuit for defective cars and predatory practices). But I've NEVER heard of a $350
per week car payment from one of these firms before.
Quote from: roadman on November 01, 2018, 04:30:00 PM
Quote from: cl94 on October 30, 2018, 03:03:26 PM
Quote from: roadman on October 30, 2018, 01:06:39 PM
Quote from: vdeane on October 29, 2018, 08:33:48 PM
The first one there is JUST like the radio ads for Foggs, all the way down to the voices, music, and the $350/week $30,000/credit thing.
$350/week? Talk about predatory.
Well, if people have no credit, that's where predatory lenders come in.
We get ads for these types of "no credit/bad credit, no problem" places in Eastern Massachusetts from time to time - the last being JD Byrider (until the AG's Office slapped them with a lawsuit for defective cars and predatory practices). But I've NEVER heard of a $350 per week car payment from one of these firms before.
I hear the ads for Fogg's all the time with the "bring home 350 a week, get 30,000 in credit", but my assumption has always been that you can get up to $30,000 in credit if you show that you have a $350/week in take home pay. I don't know what portion of that $350/week they expect will become your car payment. It is certainly a failure of math education if someone who takes home $350/week believes it's appropriate to borrow $30,000 to buy a used car. I don't know if that "offer" is in conjunction with their "it's a crime to pay more than a dime" down payment program. Talk about trying to get people into worse financial trouble than they're probably already in...
Here local ad from the Great White North.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_oW5MzXGk
Quote from: Brandon on November 01, 2018, 10:56:05 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on November 01, 2018, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2018, 09:32:40 AM
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
I'm altogether very glad they didn't change the jingle when they added the (800), though. I like how they snuck the (800) in within later commercials.
And kudos for @Brandon for posting the all-time worst cringefest I've ever seen in the very first reply to the OP lmao
Hey, how can you ever forget Eagleman? Once seen, it cannot be unseen! Just remember,
I've....got....something....for....you....[sound effect of a male eagle laying an egg].
The Eagle..... damn I haven't seen that since the early 2000s :-D :-D :-D
Quote from: paulthemapguy on November 01, 2018, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2018, 09:32:40 AM
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
I'm altogether very glad they didn't change the jingle when they added the (800), though. I like how they snuck the (800) in within later commercials.
And kudos for @Brandon for posting the all-time worst cringefest I've ever seen in the very first reply to the OP lmao
Speaking of annoying ads that originated in Chicago, I believe Luna originated there too, although I guess their ads no longer qualify as "local" for this thread. The ad a few years ago with the geek who sang "Free Floorin'" and his hideous wife was probably their most cringeworthy ad, IMO.
(To be fair, though, I'd probably rather see a Luna ad or any of the ads in this thread over all the negative campaign ads that have taken over our airwaves. For the past week or two, I basically mute the TV when they go to commercial and unmute it when the ad break ends.)
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 02, 2018, 09:04:16 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on November 01, 2018, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2018, 09:32:40 AM
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
I'm altogether very glad they didn't change the jingle when they added the (800), though. I like how they snuck the (800) in within later commercials.
And kudos for @Brandon for posting the all-time worst cringefest I've ever seen in the very first reply to the OP lmao
Speaking of annoying ads that originated in Chicago, I believe Luna originated there too, although I guess their ads no longer qualify as "local" for this thread. The ad a few years ago with the geek who sang "Free Floorin'" and his hideous wife was probably their most cringeworthy ad, IMO.
(To be fair, though, I'd probably rather see a Luna ad or any of the ads in this thread over all the negative campaign ads that have taken over our airwaves. For the past week or two, I basically mute the TV when they go to commercial and unmute it when the ad break ends.)
Yes, "773-202-LUNA".
Local for Chicago as well, "Glenn Learner is the lawyer for you, call 222-2222"
What's funny is as the years went on, his commercials added more CGI and I saw his billboards is such odd places (Like US-30 in Big Rock IL, about 50 miles west of Chicago)
Quote from: cl94 on November 01, 2018, 11:45:40 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on November 01, 2018, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2018, 09:32:40 AM
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
I'm altogether very glad they didn't change the jingle when they added the (800), though. I like how they snuck the (800) in within later commercials.
Empire Carpet has locations everywhere now. We get the same stupid commercials in New York. I honestly didn't realize it was a Chicago company. I first thought the "Empire" name was a reference to New York, which was the only place I have ever seen commercials until recently.
And given that NY is the Empire State, it would've been an obvious reason for your thinking. The spirit of Lynn Hauldren (the local actor who portrayed the company's mascot) is still there, as the ads evolved from sketches of him bursting into a woman's home and plopping down new carpet to CGIs of multiple brown-haired, mustachioed men with the glasses and blue uniforms scattered all over another house and doing different tasks at the same time.
Quote from: Brandon on November 02, 2018, 09:18:50 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 02, 2018, 09:04:16 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on November 01, 2018, 09:55:32 AM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2018, 09:32:40 AM
Growing up in Chicago, my vote would go to those ubiquitous Empire commercials, when it was completely local and the number was just 588-2300, with the (800) part not yet in place.
I'm altogether very glad they didn't change the jingle when they added the (800), though. I like how they snuck the (800) in within later commercials.
And kudos for @Brandon for posting the all-time worst cringefest I've ever seen in the very first reply to the OP lmao
Speaking of annoying ads that originated in Chicago, I believe Luna originated there too, although I guess their ads no longer qualify as "local" for this thread. The ad a few years ago with the geek who sang "Free Floorin'" and his hideous wife was probably their most cringeworthy ad, IMO.
(To be fair, though, I'd probably rather see a Luna ad or any of the ads in this thread over all the negative campaign ads that have taken over our airwaves. For the past week or two, I basically mute the TV when they go to commercial and unmute it when the ad break ends.)
Yes, "773-202-LUNA".
The jingle/number for Luna has been changed to "877-241-LUNA", IIRC. The most annoying part is the sound of the phone dialing before the LUNA is sung. However, I don't mind that as much as Empire.
^^^^
It's a sad commentary on modern life that I know Luna's phone number (due to hearing their jingle so many times) but I don't know my brother's phone number, nor the phone numbers for various other relatives who call us with some regularity.
Quote from: ET21 on November 02, 2018, 09:23:31 AM
Local for Chicago as well, "Glenn Learner is the lawyer for you, call 222-2222"
What's funny is as the years went on, his commercials added more CGI and I saw his billboards is such odd places (Like US-30 in Big Rock IL, about 50 miles west of Chicago)
This scuzz has offices nationwide. I saw ads and billboards for him in Phoenix, AZ back in 2014
In Charleston there are several cheesy lawyers with commercials. You flip on the TV any time between 9-6 on a weekday and you usually see these 3-4 in a commercial set on the OTA stations.
George Sink "George Sink on the line, call 999-9999," Akim Anastopoulo (the guy from the "Eye for an Eye" TV show), Shelly Leeke, Bill Green, John Hawkins. All have cheesy catch phases and mostly deal with folks who have been injured in accidents (which is much of the audience on daytime OTA TV).
There are also some bad ones you often see on the local news about this company that sells hearing aids "that are the size of a pencil eraser!"
But the most memorable one is probably Gerald's Tires. They are an institution here. They have had about 4 ads in a 30 year period. All of them still play. He has one that still plays which is from about 1993 or 1994. It shows a NationsBank ATM (that chain merged with Bank of America in 1998!), and in the commercial they were working on a Toyota Cressida (last model year was 1992).
Here it is: https://youtu.be/5QCuixgn3aQ
Here is one of George Sink's: https://youtu.be/uDzq-6Xk_Ec
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 02, 2018, 10:11:08 AM
^^^^
It's a sad commentary on modern life that I know Luna's phone number (due to hearing their jingle so many times) but I don't know my brother's phone number, nor the phone numbers for various other relatives who call us with some regularity.
The only phone numbers I have memorized are the ones I used to have to dial, back before I had a cell phone with a phone book.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sammy Stephens
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 02, 2018, 09:04:16 AM
Speaking of annoying ads that originated in Chicago, I believe Luna originated there too, although I guess their ads no longer qualify as "local" for this thread.
Quote from: Brandon on November 02, 2018, 09:18:50 AM
Yes, "773-202-LUNA".
Quote from: Henry on November 02, 2018, 09:46:16 AM
The jingle/number for Luna has been changed to "877-241-LUNA", IIRC.
I remember Empire commercials from the 80s and 90s and can still picture the man and hear the jingle–but did Luna have a catchy jingle for their phone number before the 773 area code came into existence?
Quote from: kphoger on December 13, 2018, 02:39:10 PM
I remember Empire commercials from the 80s and 90s and can still picture the man and hear the jingle–but did Luna have a catchy jingle for their phone number before the 773 area code came into existence?
Lynn Hauldren. Originally just the ad representative, became the face of Empire when he & the owner couldn't find a suitable actor. He lives on as an animated character in current advertising.
From the Dallas area, a dumpy furniture store...
...not too far away, a Ford place with a popular wrestler...
...I'm sure there are more, but it's time to call it a night.
Thanks, Good Olde Tom for many cheesy local commercials like this:
Arkansas had Dan Ivy, Rebel Attorney
For a short time, our transit system had ads from a lawyer who used the tag line "Better Phone Stone". The ads were removed, so I wonder if AMC threatened to file a lawsuit against them.
There's a radio ad for a car dealer in the Mohawk Valley that attempts to use a traffic stop as it's theme. It basically goes like this:
Cop: Are you [dealer owner] at [dealer]?
Motorist: Yes, sir.
Cop: Is that the place with [insert sales pitch 1]?
Motorist: Yes, sir.
Cop: With [sales pitch 2]?
Motorist: Yes, sir.
This goes on and on for a full minute or two. It's downright painful to listen to. But when listening to another ad for a local dealer, it got me thinking about how many ads try to make something that sounds like a normal conversation with all the talking points, and end up sounding like anything but because nobody talks that way. I actually wrote an example (not a real commercial, though I did use bits of the real ones):
Real Life:
Wife (who sounds like a normal woman): I'm going to Foggs.
Husband (who sounds like a normal man): OK. See you later.
Commercial:
Wife (who sounds like a character from a 1940s detective movie): I'm going to Foggs. Foggs Automotive. In Scotia/Glenville.
Husband (who sounds like a 1940s detective from a movie): Is that the place where every vehicle is only one dime down?
Wife: Yep. And if you bring home $350 a week, you get up to $30,000 in credit!
Husband: And your engine is covered for life!
Wife: Even oil changes, for life!
Husband: And all you need is a dime!
Wife: One. Dime Down.
Husband: So head off to Foggs today!
Quote from: vdeane on December 14, 2018, 09:26:42 PM
There's a radio ad for a car dealer in the Mohawk Valley that attempts to use a traffic stop as it's theme. It basically goes like this:
Cop: Are you [dealer owner] at [dealer]?
Motorist: Yes, sir.
Cop: Is that the place with [insert sales pitch 1]?
Motorist: Yes, sir.
Cop: With [sales pitch 2]?
Motorist: Yes, sir.
This goes on and on for a full minute or two. It's downright painful to listen to. But when listening to another ad for a local dealer, it got me thinking about how many ads try to make something that sounds like a normal conversation with all the talking points, and end up sounding like anything but because nobody talks that way. I actually wrote an example (not a real commercial, though I did use bits of the real ones):
Real Life:
Wife (who sounds like a normal woman): I'm going to Foggs.
Husband (who sounds like a normal man): OK. See you later.
Commercial:
Wife (who sounds like a character from a 1940s detective movie): I'm going to Foggs. Foggs Automotive. In Scotia/Glenville.
Husband (who sounds like a 1940s detective from a movie): Is that the place where every vehicle is only one dime down?
Wife: Yep. And if you bring home $350 a week, you get up to $30,000 in credit!
Husband: And your engine is covered for life!
Wife: Even oil changes, for life!
Husband: And all you need is a dime!
Wife: One. Dime Down.
Husband: So head off to Foggs today!
My least favorite radio ads are the ones that make it sound like the ad is part of the programming. There was one for a scam company called "Internet Speedway" which was promoting some wok at home bullshit where the ad started with a DJ saying "We'll return to the program in a minute..." or some such bullshit, and then he'd go into the spiel.
I wish I could wok at home, I'd save a fortune on what I spend at Panda Express :bigass:
If I haven't mentioned Penny Mustard Furnishings, I'm gonna mention Penny Mustard Furnishings again, because that's how much I hate those commercials.
Quote from: abefroman329 on December 17, 2018, 09:38:30 AM
I wish I could wok at home, I'd save a fortune on what I spend at Panda Express :bigass:
Wal-Mart sells woks :)
Quote from: abefroman329 on December 17, 2018, 09:39:08 AM
If I haven't mentioned Penny Mustard Furnishings, I'm gonna mention Penny Mustard Furnishings again, because that's how much I hate those commercials.
What a horrible name for a store.
Quote from: inkyatari on December 17, 2018, 10:43:47 AM
Quote from: abefroman329 on December 17, 2018, 09:39:08 AM
If I haven't mentioned Penny Mustard Furnishings, I'm gonna mention Penny Mustard Furnishings again, because that's how much I hate those commercials.
What a horrible name for a store.
It is a horrible name, yes. And I'm sure you've heard these commercials. They're all over FM radio in Chicagoland.
Does Krazy Kaplan's Fireworks do Radio/TV ads? As in, the single most aggressive business I've ever seen when it comes to billboard space purchases. You'll never get that goofy Uncle Sam caricature out of your head after you've driven the south half of I-294 and the Borman Expressway in summer.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 17, 2018, 10:43:23 PM
Does Krazy Kaplan's Fireworks do Radio/TV ads? As in, the single most aggressive business I've ever seen when it comes to billboard space purchases. You'll never get that goofy Uncle Sam caricature out of your head after you've driven the south half of I-294 and the Borman Expressway in summer.
"BUY ONE, GET 9 MILLION FREE!"
Here in Huntsville, I'd have to go with Charles Pitman's ads, especially his older ones (which I can't seem to find on YouTube, for some reason), so I'll just have to go with this one:
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on December 14, 2018, 10:57:52 AM
Thanks, Good Olde Tom for many cheesy local commercials like this:
Man, that acting is top notch, isn't it? :-D
I'd give an honorable mention to Bob's Discount Furniture...but he's not just Connecticut anymore. I think he's in like 12 or 13 states now, including ME, NY and IL.
^^ Go to the :13 mark for a map of locations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9PRV4xRwOo
Quote from: inkyatari on December 18, 2018, 09:05:36 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 17, 2018, 10:43:23 PM
Does Krazy Kaplan's Fireworks do Radio/TV ads? As in, the single most aggressive business I've ever seen when it comes to billboard space purchases. You'll never get that goofy Uncle Sam caricature out of your head after you've driven the south half of I-294 and the Borman Expressway in summer.
"BUY ONE, GET 9 MILLION FREE!"
No, that's JoS. A. Bank:
"Buy a suit, get two shirts, 70% off! Buy a third shirt, get a tie, free! at JoS. A. Bank! (Now through Monday)
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 17, 2018, 10:43:23 PM
Does Krazy Kaplan's Fireworks do Radio/TV ads? As in, the single most aggressive business I've ever seen when it comes to billboard space purchases. You'll never get that goofy Uncle Sam caricature out of your head after you've driven the south half of I-294 and the Borman Expressway in summer.
They seem to have a large number of billboards in a state where their product is actually illegal to use. (That being fireworks and Illinois - doesn't stop the locals from going to Indiana to procure them every 4th of July.)
Quote from: Brandon on December 20, 2018, 01:06:10 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 17, 2018, 10:43:23 PM
Does Krazy Kaplan’s Fireworks do Radio/TV ads? As in, the single most aggressive business I’ve ever seen when it comes to billboard space purchases. You’ll never get that goofy Uncle Sam caricature out of your head after you’ve driven the south half of I-294 and the Borman Expressway in summer.
They seem to have a large number of billboards in a state where their product is actually illegal to use. (That being fireworks and Illinois - doesn't stop the locals from going to Indiana to procure them every 4th of July.)
The fireworks places in New Hampshire, where the product is legal, do a considerable amount of billboard advertising in Massachusetts, where the product is illegal.
Quote from: US 89 on December 19, 2018, 11:46:05 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on December 18, 2018, 09:05:36 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 17, 2018, 10:43:23 PM
Does Krazy Kaplan's Fireworks do Radio/TV ads? As in, the single most aggressive business I've ever seen when it comes to billboard space purchases. You'll never get that goofy Uncle Sam caricature out of your head after you've driven the south half of I-294 and the Borman Expressway in summer.
"BUY ONE, GET 9 MILLION FREE!"
No, that's JoS. A. Bank:
"Buy a suit, get two shirts, 70% off! Buy a third shirt, get a tie, free! at JoS. A. Bank! (Now through Monday)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adambertram.com%2Fimages%2FDay4-Chicago%2FKrazyKaplans.jpg&hash=0b53cd3b5ec885f47450dc1afdb9895d3ac293ad)
A regional chain of furniture stores based in Oklahoma, Furniture Factory Outlet (now known as FFO Home) featured Edna and Earl.
Another ad featured Earl saying "Furniture Factory Omelet", or "Funnier Factory Outlet".
Earl was Harlan Jordan. from Kaufman, Texas. His voice was heard on Wolf Brand Chili commercials "Neighbor, how long has it been since you had a big, thick, steaming bowl of Wolf Brand Chili? Well, that's too long!"
Quote from: Brandon on December 20, 2018, 01:06:10 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 17, 2018, 10:43:23 PM
Does Krazy Kaplan's Fireworks do Radio/TV ads? As in, the single most aggressive business I've ever seen when it comes to billboard space purchases. You'll never get that goofy Uncle Sam caricature out of your head after you've driven the south half of I-294 and the Borman Expressway in summer.
They seem to have a large number of billboards in a state where their product is actually illegal to use. (That being fireworks and Illinois - doesn't stop the locals from going to Indiana to procure them every 4th of July.)
MN (illegal) and WI (legal) have a similar symbiotic relationship. I don't think I've seen many billboards in MN advertising WI fireworks shops, but I have heard radio ads for such.
I've heard a radio ad here in CT for a fireworks place in West Chesterfield, NH. It's just over the Connecticut River from Brattleboro, VT, along NH Route 9. I think it's called Area 51. I remember seeing a UFO looking fixture by its entrance while walking around there once. Funny to heard the ad distinctly mention "Take VERMONT Exit 3 and head east".
I have also seen ads for Phantom Fireworks in PA, along the interstates in NJ and NY near the border. One in particular was along I-80 West in NJ near Delaware Water Gap, PA.
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on December 19, 2018, 11:17:54 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on December 14, 2018, 10:57:52 AM
Thanks, Good Olde Tom for many cheesy local commercials like this:
Man, that acting is top notch, isn't it? :-D
I'd give an honorable mention to Bob's Discount Furniture...but he's not just Connecticut anymore. I think he's in like 12 or 13 states now, including ME, NY and IL.
Yeah Bob's is now as far west as CA and as far south as VA.
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on December 22, 2018, 07:28:42 AM
I've heard a radio ad here in CT for a fireworks place in West Chesterfield, NH. It's just over the Connecticut River from Brattleboro, VT, along NH Route 9. I think it's called Area 51. I remember seeing a UFO looking fixture by its entrance while walking around there once. Funny to heard the ad distinctly mention "Take VERMONT Exit 3 and head east".
I have also seen ads for Phantom Fireworks in PA, along the interstates in NJ and NY near the border. One in particular was along I-80 West in NJ near Delaware Water Gap, PA.
We once got our fireworks from there I think...or it was the Easton location. Don't remember exactly the exact location where we bought them.
Quote from: jemacedo9 on October 29, 2018, 01:02:42 PM
Quote from: cl94 on October 29, 2018, 12:37:34 PM
Then you have the Fuccillo chain of auto dealerships:
The Fuccillo ads always made me laugh out loud.
To see them in "rapid fire" - priceless!!
We have Fuccillo dealerships in our area as well. Can't say we appreciate his commercials, though.
Quote from: kevinb1994 on December 22, 2018, 04:11:09 PM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on December 19, 2018, 11:17:54 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on December 14, 2018, 10:57:52 AM
Thanks, Good Olde Tom for many cheesy local commercials like this:
Man, that acting is top notch, isn't it? :-D
I'd give an honorable mention to Bob's Discount Furniture...but he's not just Connecticut anymore. I think he's in like 12 or 13 states now, including ME, NY and IL.
Yeah Bob's is now as far west as CA and as far south as VA.
And Good Olde Tom has a couple locations in the Phoenix area from what I saw.
Lawyer Ads in general are cheesy though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWpvFTPC1is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK-w5_UJTjk
Furniture USA they used to be big in the San Jose area but theres been stories of Ed Barbara being accused of Fraud at one point.
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on December 22, 2018, 07:28:42 AM
I've heard a radio ad here in CT for a fireworks place in West Chesterfield, NH. It's just over the Connecticut River from Brattleboro, VT, along NH Route 9. I think it's called Area 51. I remember seeing a UFO looking fixture by its entrance while walking around there once. Funny to heard the ad distinctly mention "Take VERMONT Exit 3 and head east".
I have also seen ads for Phantom Fireworks in PA, along the interstates in NJ and NY near the border. One in particular was along I-80 West in NJ near Delaware Water Gap, PA.
I think I stopped there once. I was driving up US 209 taking the back way from Lancaster, PA to the Lake George area, and I stopped at a place called Odd Lots in East Stroudsburg just after getting off PA 33. They had quite the supply of fireworks, including bottle rockets, which you can't get in NH. Looks like the fireworks store is in a separate building now.
poconofireworks.com (http://poconofireworks.com)
This ad featuring two Caps players is airing regularly this year:
(Never mind that ordering via an app IS ordering online....)
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 05, 2019, 09:50:27 PM
This ad featuring two Caps players is airing regularly this year:
(Never mind that ordering via an app IS ordering online....)
They sound like they've take a few pucks to the head.
Quote from: US71 on February 15, 2019, 09:45:43 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 05, 2019, 09:50:27 PM
This ad featuring two Caps players is airing regularly this year:
(Never mind that ordering via an app IS ordering online....)
They sound like they've take a few pucks to the head.
In Burakovsky's case, English is not his first language (he's Swedish), so I suppose that excuses a bit.
My wife says they sound like they're reading from cue cards and not doing it very well.
I can't stand this Capital One commercial that's been on both YouTube and streaming TV services for a while now. It's the one that shows Taylor Swift choosing what to wear for the day, and all she has in the closet are cardigans. Then the spokesman says of choosing to bank with Capital One: "Is it really a decision?"
Yes, Capital One, actually it is. There are plenty of banks out there, so here's how you sound to my ears: If you don't bank with Capital One, you're basically an idiot. Gee, thanks for being so condescending. Someone thought that would be a good marketing strategy, huh? No thanks.
Quote from: kphoger on August 05, 2021, 12:46:41 PM
I can't stand this Capital One commercial that's been on both YouTube and streaming TV services for a while now. It's the one that shows Taylor Swift choosing what to wear for the day, and all she has in the closet are cardigans. Then the spokesman says of choosing to bank with Capital One: "Is it really a decision?"
Yes, Capital One, actually it is. There are plenty of banks out there, so here's how you sound to my ears: If you don't bank with Capital One, you're basically an idiot. Gee, thanks for being so condescending. Someone thought that would be a good marketing strategy, huh? No thanks.
The other one that's also playing is the one with the kids playing basketball at a playground where they're choosing teams, and Charles Barkley celebrates that he is the first one picked.
There is one for Feldco windows. It starts with ice cream truck music, but it is a window salesman and all the adults are overly excited to see him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi3VF2k0znI
Quote from: txstateends on December 14, 2018, 01:29:10 AM
From the Dallas area, a dumpy furniture store...
The guy in the video is named Johnny Ross (https://tulsaworld.com/archive/perfect-pitch/article_7b701017-683b-53d4-818f-944290fae1f7.html). He got hired to do commercials for small businesses like these in cities throughout the country. He actually lived on the same street as me in Goldsby when I was growing up.
anyone who's listened to denver-area radio growing up:
'now you have a friend in the diamond business. The Shane Company. just off arapahoe road on emporia street, one half mile east of i-25'.
somehow i always felt more comfortable knowing i had a friend in the diamond business.
The grocery store chain HyVee has some annoying ads running for about the last year. They've remade the 80's pop hit "Our House, in the Middle of the Street" into a jingle for their ads. It's so annoying hearing that jingle, and then to hear the actual song play half a dozen times throughout the day over the PA at work.
There was a furniture store jingle, "You've got an uncle in the furniture business, Joshua Doore."
Not a local ad, but one I thought never made any sense. One of the chain office supply stores used, "Takin' Care of Business". They neglected to note that the end of the chorus is "workin' overtime" - something I'm sure they didn't really want to associate with shopping at their stores.
If you like to play the grammar police, then you'll be offended by Chick-fil-A's ads where almost every word is spelled wrong, "EAT MOR CHIKIN" being the primary example.
Quote from: tchafe1978 on August 06, 2021, 10:15:16 AM
The grocery store chain HyVee has some annoying ads running for about the last year. They've remade the 80's pop hit "Our House, in the Middle of the Street" into a jingle for their ads. It's so annoying hearing that jingle, and then to hear the actual song play half a dozen times throughout the day over the PA at work.
Allstate also uses it to advertise home insurance.
Quote from: Henry on August 06, 2021, 01:31:04 PM
If you like to play the grammar police, then you'll be offended by Chick-fil-A's ads where almost every word is spelled wrong, "EAT MOR CHIKIN" being the primary example.
I like to play the grammar police, but I'm not offended by CFA's ads. I have no problem with words that are very obviously and intentionally spelled wrong for a reason (in this case, the reason being that they're written by cows).
The more concerning thing to me about CFA's "EAT MOR CHIKIN" posters (and just their posters, not going to get into their politics) is that they seem really out of step with the rest of their business. Their store in East Norman feels a lot like I'm in the kitchen of a bland suburban mom who cares very much about keeping up appearances, who has invited me over to express disdain for the fact that her daughter might not make the cheerleading squad this year–I half-expect to see a "Live, Laugh, Love" plaque on the wall somewhere. The "My Pleasure" routine definitely enhances the Stepford vibe of the whole place. And their more recent TV ads feature plucky music over people purporting to be CFA employees discussing their product while sitting on those too-high stools that people with more marketing degrees than sense think people like to sit in.
In comparison, the "EAT MOR CHIKIN" stuff feels like a vestigal remnant of a time when CFA was just that weird chicken place you could only go to as a part of a trip to the mall, before they had a drive thru or a lobby to decorate.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2021, 02:55:14 PM
The more concerning thing to me about CFA's "EAT MOR CHIKIN" posters (and just their posters, not going to get into their politics) is that they seem really out of step with the rest of their business. Their store in East Norman feels a lot like I'm in the kitchen of a bland suburban mom who cares very much about keeping up appearances, who has invited me over to express disdain for the fact that her daughter might not make the cheerleading squad this year–I half-expect to see a "Live, Laugh, Love" plaque on the wall somewhere. The "My Pleasure" routine definitely enhances the Stepford vibe of the whole place. And their more recent TV ads feature plucky music over people purporting to be CFA employees discussing their product while sitting on those too-high stools that people with more marketing degrees than sense think people like to sit in.
In comparison, the "EAT MOR CHIKIN" stuff feels like a vestigal remnant of a time when CFA was just that weird chicken place you could only go to as a part of a trip to the mall, before they had a drive thru or a lobby to decorate.
I'll take that over creepy old Ronald McDonald any day.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/f1/97/73f197844f43c20bdfd4dc1794b66c30.jpg)
There's a furniture store chain based in Michigan that uses "The Stars and Stripes Forever" as background music in their ads, starting about a month before Memorial Day continuing through Halloween every year. I like to consider myself patriotic, but hearing it 6-8 times per hour all day on the TV gets a little (a lot) annoying after awhile.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2021, 02:55:14 PM
like I'm in the kitchen of a bland suburban mom who cares very much about keeping up appearances, who has invited me over to express disdain for the fact that her daughter might not make the cheerleading squad this year–I half-expect to see a "Live, Laugh, Love" plaque on the wall somewhere. ... plucky music over people purporting to be CFA employees discussing their product while sitting on those too-high stools that people with more marketing degrees than sense think people like to sit in.
By the way...
Now who's waxing poetic? :clap:
Quote from: kphoger on August 06, 2021, 02:58:47 PM
I'll take that over creepy old Ronald McDonald any day.
Yeah, Ronald McDonald is sort of weird, but I don't think I've actually seen him used in an McD ad since I was a teenager. Maybe he still shows up in the ones I don't see, the more kid-oriented ones they show on Nickelodeon or whatever.
Quote from: kphoger on August 06, 2021, 03:06:50 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2021, 02:55:14 PM
like I'm in the kitchen of a bland suburban mom who cares very much about keeping up appearances, who has invited me over to express disdain for the fact that her daughter might not make the cheerleading squad this year–I half-expect to see a "Live, Laugh, Love" plaque on the wall somewhere. ... plucky music over people purporting to be CFA employees discussing their product while sitting on those too-high stools that people with more marketing degrees than sense think people like to sit in.
By the way... Now who's waxing poetic? :clap:
Don't you expect that out of me by this point? :biggrin:
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2021, 02:55:14 PM
–I half-expect to see a "Live, Laugh, Love" plaque on the wall somewhere.
Funny, my local 90's era Arby's has one of these on the wall. I've always thought it looked completely tacky.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2021, 02:55:14 PM
like I'm in the kitchen of a bland suburban mom who cares very much about keeping up appearances, who has invited me over to express disdain for the fact that her daughter might not make the cheerleading squad this year
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 06, 2021, 03:17:40 PM
Quote from: kphoger on August 06, 2021, 03:06:50 PM
By the way... Now who's waxing poetic? :clap:
Don't you expect that out of me by this point? :biggrin:
I recently started reading a novel by Dostoevsky–my second so far. For some reason I get the impression that, were he writing in 21st-Century America rather than 19-Century Russia/Europe, that might be just the sort of family scene he might describe.
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on August 06, 2021, 08:23:21 AM
anyone who's listened to denver-area radio growing up:
'now you have a friend in the diamond business. The Shane Company. just off arapahoe road on emporia street, one half mile east of i-25'.
somehow i always felt more comfortable knowing i had a friend in the diamond business.
Those were also played in Atlanta (Different locations of course).
Quote from: GaryV on August 06, 2021, 11:24:27 AM
There was a furniture store jingle, "You've got an uncle in the furniture business, Joshua Doore."
How about when they tried to adapt it under a different name? "You've got an uncle in the furniture business, Robinson is your furniture store."
The whole "Uncle Robinson" theme was just ... weird. I haven't seen that commercial in a few
years decades.
Clicky for some creepy nostalgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5akfGZ-y54
It's a crime to pay more than a dime.
Many car dealers from Memphis to Jacksonville use the same female voice in their ads.
One catchphrase and one voice for all.
I remember back in the 80's and 90's when there was a grocery store chain in Flint and the Tri-Cities (I don't think Midland had one though) called Kessel. The owner did his own commercials and would toss items across the store lol. Dumb ad and then he'd be like Save at Kessel this week, why? Because we're with you.
The whole chain was developed to get rid of the union that Kroger had and the stores were bought back by Kroger in the late 90's.
Menards
https://youtu.be/axi1SLB5_Pw
SM-G950U
Quote from: Big John on August 06, 2021, 04:51:49 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on August 06, 2021, 08:23:21 AM
anyone who's listened to denver-area radio growing up:
'now you have a friend in the diamond business. The Shane Company. just off arapahoe road on emporia street, one half mile east of i-25'.
somehow i always felt more comfortable knowing i had a friend in the diamond business.
Those were also played in Atlanta (Different locations of course).
well, i learned something new today. i always thought shane co. was a denver thing. didn't realize it was national.
thanks for that!
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on August 06, 2021, 08:23:21 AM
anyone who's listened to denver-area radio growing up:
'now you have a friend in the diamond business. The Shane Company. just off arapahoe road on emporia street, one half mile east of i-25'.
somehow i always felt more comfortable knowing i had a friend in the diamond business.
Twin Cities had their own version burned into our brains.
"Now you have a friend in the diamond business, the Shane Company. in Minnetonka at 394 and Hopkins Crossroads, and in Woodbury at I-94 and Radio Drive. Open weekdays til 8, Saturday and Sunday til 5. Online at shaneco dot com."
Others I remember:
"Sonju Two Harbors. Where the cars are."
"Go! Go now to Kia of (city)" in an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression
There was a car dealership in Longwood, Florida that would smash the window of one of his cars in his TV ads.
Then a former Van dealer in Winter Park, before the owner ran for public office, used to jump up and down on his vans and scream during the commercial. Tropic Traveler Vans owned by Artie Grindle was that now defunct dealer.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on August 07, 2021, 12:10:15 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on August 06, 2021, 08:23:21 AM
anyone who's listened to denver-area radio growing up:
'now you have a friend in the diamond business. The Shane Company. just off arapahoe road on emporia street, one half mile east of i-25'.
somehow i always felt more comfortable knowing i had a friend in the diamond business.
Twin Cities had their own version burned into our brains.
"Now you have a friend in the diamond business, the Shane Company. in Minnetonka at 394 and Hopkins Crossroads, and in Woodbury at I-94 and Radio Drive. Open weekdays til 8, Saturday and Sunday til 5. Online at shaneco dot com."
Others I remember:
"Sonju Two Harbors. Where the cars are."
"Go! Go now to Kia of (city)" in an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression
What was the car dealer, though? Eggebrecht? "Where you the customer are number one."
I knew someone in a band that played in a bar where he showed up. So, they said between songs, "Welcome to Sparky's, where you the customer are number one." They discovered he didn't like being made fun of. :D
Quote from: inkyatari on November 02, 2018, 10:30:00 AM
Quote from: ET21 on November 02, 2018, 09:23:31 AM
Local for Chicago as well, "Glenn Learner is the lawyer for you, call 222-2222"
What's funny is as the years went on, his commercials added more CGI and I saw his billboards is such odd places (Like US-30 in Big Rock IL, about 50 miles west of Chicago)
This scuzz has offices nationwide. I saw ads and billboards for him in Phoenix, AZ back in 2014
He started in Las Vegas, then slithered into Phoenix about 20 years ago. The firm is now Lerner and Rowe. I didn't know he/they were in Chicago as well.
Quote from: Rothman on August 07, 2021, 12:52:24 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on August 07, 2021, 12:10:15 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on August 06, 2021, 08:23:21 AM
anyone who's listened to denver-area radio growing up:
'now you have a friend in the diamond business. The Shane Company. just off arapahoe road on emporia street, one half mile east of i-25'.
somehow i always felt more comfortable knowing i had a friend in the diamond business.
Twin Cities had their own version burned into our brains.
"Now you have a friend in the diamond business, the Shane Company. in Minnetonka at 394 and Hopkins Crossroads, and in Woodbury at I-94 and Radio Drive. Open weekdays til 8, Saturday and Sunday til 5. Online at shaneco dot com."
Others I remember:
"Sonju Two Harbors. Where the cars are."
"Go! Go now to Kia of (city)" in an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression
What was the car dealer, though? Eggebrecht? "Where you the customer are number one."
I knew someone in a band that played in a bar where he showed up. So, they said between songs, "Welcome to Sparky's, where you the customer are number one." They discovered he didn't like being made fun of. :D
I remember those Schwartzenegger ads in Orlando along with Bill Clinton and later Obama.
I also remember Sonny King Buick- GMC in Orlando had an Andy Rooney impersonator back in the 90s who even had me fooled right to the " I like that." In fact at the time I watched it, I never knew of the real Andy Rooney. So when my dad watched 60 minutes back then and saw Rooney on their with his catchphrase, I thought he was the car announcer until my dad told me that the guy in the commercial was an imposter of him on 60 Minutes.
It's just like, it's just like, a mini mall
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/greatest-Bay-Area-commercials-ads-of-all-time-15166484.php (https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/greatest-Bay-Area-commercials-ads-of-all-time-15166484.php)
Here is a list cheesy Bay Area Commercials in this article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmZ7EyYWAZg
Back when Disco lived.
Here's a Chicago ad that recently surfaced...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJy9EFf-tiM
In Shreveport / Bossier the ORR Kia radio commercials (to the tune of LaBamba)
You should be driving a KIA
From Orr Kia From Orr Kia.... (I think it loops from here.)
Here in the Maritimes back in the '70s our US TV stations came out of Bangor, Maine and one local program on WVII was 'Dick Stacey's Country Jamboree' along with some real cheesy locally produced commercials.
Dick Stacey owned some local gas stations around the time stations were switching to self-serve.....but Stacey's commercials were 'If your hands smell — we pump the gas!'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COmDN6BVIQE
He also did a commercial for 'Stacey's Plaza Motel' aimed at Canadians...taking Canadian $$ at par. The Jamboree had quite the following here and many Canadians would head down to Bangor to attend along with a weekend shopping trip!
Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMy-9o1tkk
There used to be a commercial on WNEW FM in NY back in the late eighties that had a man say " I love you." He then came out with a jingle sung by some ladies singing "Uncle Steve he loves you" with Uncle Steve in the background saying he loves his customers.
The problem was his accent where you couldn't figure out if his store is in Canarsie or on Canal Street. However I liked his commercials as though cheesy they were entertaining.
BTW I do not hold his accent against him nor think it's funny. I know he tries and can't help his mispronunciations of common words and I welcome him being of service to us in industry.
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on August 06, 2021, 08:23:21 AM
anyone who's listened to denver-area radio growing up:
'now you have a friend in the diamond business. The Shane Company. just off arapahoe road on emporia street, one half mile east of i-25'.
somehow i always felt more comfortable knowing i had a friend in the diamond business.
Those ads were in San Francisco too on KCBS Radio and KGO-AM! Apparently Shane Company had ads in Minneapolis too besides San Francisco and Denver.
In the San Francisco Shane Co edition the locations were in San Mateo, Cupertino, Walnut Creek.
Surprised no one has mentioned Woodman's Food Markets in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
https://youtube.com/user/WoodmansFood (https://youtube.com/user/WoodmansFood)
Great store, but ay caramba....... terrible cheesy ads
I'm unable to find an example online, but if you've ever driven through central Iowa and listened to local radio, you're guaranteed to catch at least one Capital City Motor Company commercial on Des Moines stations. "ApprovedByJoe.com, ApprovedByJoe.com, www dot Approved By Joe dot com!"
Annoying, annoying, annoying. I subscribe to satellite radio for that reason.
Any ad that gives the phone number or web address more than three times is fair game for changing the channel.
"Call today! 444-8111! 444-8111! Call now! 444-8111! Operators are standing by! That's 444-8111! 444-8111! Call NOW!!! 444-8111!"
I searched all over the net for video evidence of this one, but was unable to come up with anything.
Back in the late 1970s / early 1980s there was a series of ads that ran on local TV in the Jacksonville FL area for a company called (if I remember correctly) Southern Brick and Stone.
Their spokesperson was a fellow named Dolph, with a crew cut and Bermuda shorts with a telephone handset connected to his belt with a cord. His schtick was frenetically yelling into the camera about how you needed his products and "Call me today at 555 - 9 OHHHH 92 (paraphrasing the phone number, but there was an "oh" in it), which waving the phone handset in a huge circle during the exaggerated OHHHH.
I later found out that he was Dolph Agloff who was the actual owner of the business.
By chance is there anybody who lived in the area during that time that remembers those cheesy ads?
I don't know if you could call them cheesy but we have some famous ads here in Houston...do yourselves a favor and do a YouTube search for "Jim Adler Texas hammer"
Quote from: renegade on August 23, 2021, 06:18:35 PM
Any ad that gives the phone number or web address more than three times is fair game for changing the channel.
"Call today! 444-8111! 444-8111! Call now! 444-8111! Operators are standing by! That's 444-8111! 444-8111! Call NOW!!! 444-8111!"
How times change that by now it sounds funny to me to hear a phone number without an area code first.
Quote from: renegade on August 23, 2021, 06:18:35 PM
Any ad that gives the phone number or web address more than three times is fair game for changing the channel.
"Call today! 444-8111! 444-8111! Call now! 444-8111! Operators are standing by! That's 444-8111! 444-8111! Call NOW!!! 444-8111!"
Are we channeling a bit of Robin Williams "Reality, What a Concept"?
Maybe a little ... :colorful:
Destination Kia's ads around here used to be fairly normal (aside from including their pets and kids for whatever reason). Then the pandemic hit and they went animated - and never went back. Before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3ks6uj7aE
After:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OcE2htavI
Quote from: achilles765 on August 29, 2021, 11:11:13 AM
I don't know if you could call them cheesy but we have some famous ads here in Houston...do yourselves a favor and do a YouTube search for "Jim Adler Texas hammer"
>>ugh!!<<
Those don't need to be searched on YT by me, not a day goes by that he, his son, and their sledgehammers parade around and almost get run over by truckers. And that awful laugh at the end of one of them...
This guy was the original (now some woman does it), he busts windows and screams YEE-HAA!! for 2 places that sell surplus building materials. As many times as the ad airs, I'm surprised they have any windows left ;-) :-D
The Saw Mill San Francisco
Quote from: -- US 175 -- on August 30, 2021, 09:26:23 AM
Quote from: achilles765 on August 29, 2021, 11:11:13 AM
I don't know if you could call them cheesy but we have some famous ads here in Houston...do yourselves a favor and do a YouTube search for "Jim Adler Texas hammer"
LOL I think every texan feels that way about the hammer family. Their Spanish ads are buy bueno as well
>>ugh!!<<
Those don't need to be searched on YT by me, not a day goes by that he, his son, and their sledgehammers parade around and almost get run over by truckers. And that awful laugh at the end of one of them...
This guy was the original (now some woman does it), he busts windows and screams YEE-HAA!! for 2 places that sell surplus building materials. As many times as the ad airs, I'm surprised they have any windows left ;-) :-D