You know what really grinds my gears?

Taken from a Family Guy episode... But seriously. It really gets to me when men are portrayed like idiots in commercials. I was watching a Time Warner Cable commercial with a man and woman in a kitchen. The woman is talking on the phone and the man is taking care of the stove. The pot catches on fire (I think, well put the lid on it to cut off the oxygen supply, etc). All the guy does is look stupid and grabs a spatula and a spoon etc. Then the woman comes out with the lid to put the fire out. Man=Stupid, Woman=Holding the world together. I am tired of man being portrayed as stupid animals. Please, were is the Boy Scout in the audience?

Orville Redenbacher Natural Snack Commercial

I saw this commercial just a minute ago and it is hilarious! I think I find it so funny because I can relate. My sister is completely into natural snacks and I spent a week with her a few months ago. She brought all these snacks on our trip that were basically awful. I am glad that large food companies are finally catching on to this trend and allowing us "normal" foods that are healthy and tasty. My favorite part of the commercial is when hes lying on the floor with all of the food strewn all around him.

Watch the commercial here

Orville Redenbacher Natural Popcorn website, should you so desire.

FedEx Leaders to Lemmings Commercial

I like this rather new FedEx commercial. It uses the little creature of the Lemming, which is known to blindly follow each other (they were thought to be suicidal at one point), to try to influence people to be leaders. The people in the room crawl after the Lemming after it bites the speaker's hand and leave the room. I am not sure whether or not it influences me to use FedEx, as it is more of funny little show than anything else. I think the funny part is when all of the people follow the lemming out of the room after they are supposed to be leaders after the man's speech.

See the commercial here

Wiki page about Lemmings

New Wendy's Fish Filet Commercial

The new Wendy's commercials are a lot more fun that the old ones, for sure. I like how the new Wendy is animated (my girlfriend suggested to me that this was a first). I like her facial expressions and how she is fishing. This commercial may actually persuade me to go and buy one of the fish sandwiches. I like how it uses a mix of eye candy and real promoting. The mix of the animation and discussing how their fish is actual Cod makes it sound pretty good. I think I may actually go to Wendy's after this post but to grab a cheeseburger... delicious!


Watch the Commercial Here!

Kinoki Foot Pads

Wow... I really don't know what else to say about this wonderful new product. When I first saw the add, I thought that there might be some truth to these things (my roommate and I wanted to buy some). There is truth to toxins floating around the body and, thinking of Asian secrets, I thought that this was a secret to helping my body out. I looked it up online and after hearing about the pads being some sort of sweat release causing the discoloration, it sounds like its just a scam... sadly. I think the true test would be for someone to get their blood tested for toxins before and after the Kinoki treatment and see if there was a drop. I would say that a safer bet would be to hold off on spending any money on this.

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Kohler Force Flush Toilet - Jo's Plumbing Commercial

I never really knew Kohler was a great brand, but there commercials kind of hinted at this to me. I thought about getting a new faucet for my kitchen and went to Home Depot and saw they were about $800. I decided to use old faithful instead.

Anyways, this toilet commercial is pretty funny because the guy tries flushing everything he can find into his new toilet until his female partner (wife?) catches him. I thought it was pretty original so I wanted to put it out there... maybe one day I can afford one!

See the commercial here

Sales Genie

I cannot stand Sales Genie! Their ads make me want to scream.
First it was the ads with the guy in an Office. Everyone is worried and this one guy has some sales leads, so he drives a Ferrari? Give me a break.
Then came the set of ads with children and gifts "Mommy is a salesman and last year she worked really hard, but she didn't make a lot of money (frowny). But then my daddy got her this thing called SalesGenie.com, now she spends a lot more time with me and (whisper) she's making a lot more money" The mom then appears with two yellow labrador puppies and your heart melts as the girl screams "PUPPIES!."
My initial reaction to this ad was "Brilliant." It made making money for your family the important thing, and I bet they have more people buy their product.
Sadly, I work on a trading floor and I hear this ad on CNBC ALL DAY LONG. I have to cover my ears, literally, when this commercial comes on!!!