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What Are The Worst/bes Local Ads You Can Think Of?

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Father Amco.

Like I would actually buy insurance from a guy who looks like he'd break my legs if I miss a payment.

And if you don't think you can trust him for insurance, at least you can buy furniture from him!

What is it that makes every half-baked businessman in the Bayou City think the road to riches is through the furniture business? Mattress Mac isn't exactly my definition of success.

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A-Q U-A-R-A-M-A

A-Q-U-A-R-A-M-A

A-Q-U-A-R-A-M-A-!

Aquarama is still in business at the same place- believe it or not. When I was little, I made my mother take me there- about a 30 mile round trip- and it was a dump even back then. Its on the south loop. It was low-down back then and now it looks like it has sunken even deeper into the ground. The building is only about five feet tall now! The base of the walls, always being wet from the leaking aquariams, turns to mush an inch or so every year.

I think their commercials were written by the same people that did the ones for

T-I-L-E

O-U-T-L-E-T

T-I-L-E

O-U-T-L-E-T

T-I-L-E

O-U-T-L-E-T-!

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"being a native houstonian and having a good memory, i remember quite a few cheesy commercials even when i was a kid in the late 70's. one of them drove me crazy because my brother used to follow me around screaming it. it was from a fish store called aquarama and the announcer screamed "A-Q-U-A-R-A-M-A!" over and over." (quote, debmartin)

i wrote this several days back but nobody replied, so i thought i was the only one who remembered aquarama. glad to know i am not the only one with this crazy one committed to memory! i cannot believe they are still in business. did the commercial entice you to visit or were you really looking for aquarium supplies?

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Thanks for another horrible noise in my head.

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Tile Outlet

TILE FREAKIN' OUTLET!

I know it's not strictly local, but those Mattress Giant commercials used to get on my nerves.

"Ooooooooh Ah! Ooooooooh Ah!"

It's like Mister Clean porn.

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Thanks for another horrible noise in my head.

tile outlet

Tile Outlet

TILE FREAKIN' OUTLET!

I know it's not strictly local, but those Mattress Giant commercials used to get on my nerves.

"Ooooooooh Ah! Ooooooooh Ah!"

It's like Mister Clean porn.

I don't like the mattress commerical with the superman holding a flag flying across the screen! What IS that?

If Tilman Fertita is SO rich how come we don't see ads for his places like Kemah boardwalk or Aquarium!

I hardly see the "Eat at Joes" commericals.

BTW, my uncle loved the Grotto and the people in it (staff) until Fertita took over the business. My uncle said the staff is completely different and as far as business goes..my uncle doesn't like him. But my aunt does! LOL!

(This is the same one uncle who is CEO of Redstone)

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If Tilman Fertita is SO rich how come we don't see ads for his places like Kemah boardwalk or Aquarium!

I hardly see the "Eat at Joes" commericals.

He has no reason to run them in Houston because people in Houston already eat at his restaurants. He's running heavy ad loads in other cities where his brands are relatively unknown.

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I know it's not strictly local, but those Mattress Giant commercials used to get on my nerves.

"Ooooooooh Ah! Ooooooooh Ah!"

It's like Mister Clean porn. (quote, editor)

i had forgotten about that one (probably on purpose). right now the houston chron is running a really creepy one showing "new" subscribers who look like bobble heads. they're not even funny like the snapple bottles dressed up for drama like people, they're more like decapitated heads pasted on cartoon bodies. i watched it with my little nephew and he screamed and ran from the room.

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"Raise The Flag, Raise The Flag, Your ready for a little more poncho's mexican buffet!"

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CASA OLE', the one where the lady is like "And there Tacos ----- Que Beuno!" as if she thought it was authentic, to speak her native language, I don't know what, but that always bothered me.

Any commercial with an "play" arguing *Couple script. Where they always roll there eyes dramatically each time the other one talks, and then looks at the camera shaking there head and whispering "No I don't" or somthing... ick.

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CARPET GIANT! the old guy with a motorcycle "Carpet Giant is having a sale, so GET here any way you can!"....

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I know it's not strictly local, but those Mattress Giant commercials used to get on my nerves.

"Ooooooooh Ah! Ooooooooh Ah!"

It's like Mister Clean porn. (quote, editor)

i had forgotten about that one (probably on purpose).  right now the houston chron is running a really creepy one showing "new" subscribers who look like bobble heads.  they're not even funny like the snapple bottles dressed up for drama like people, they're more like decapitated heads pasted on cartoon bodies.  i watched it with my little nephew and he screamed and ran from the room.

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LOL!!! I don't think I have seen that one. Matress Giant is probably related to Mr.clean. They look alike!!

mr%20clean.gif -Mr. Clean

bllck.jpg Mattress Giant

y'think?

Raise the flag...raise the flag isn't that like "Raise your hand if your "Sure"!

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I found this one...

http://www.comingsoon.net/forums/showthrea...?t=30397&page=3

Its pretty funny LOL! :)

Not local ads but its still funny!! :D

"I saw that goddamn gellin' commercial where the two guys get in a CAR ACCIDENT, and then resolve it by realising they were gellin' this morning. I swear, if some assh*le hit my car, i'd get out and i'd kick their ass if they asked me if i was gellin'."

-what Tenacious 1212 wrote on that board is hilarious!

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I love the Jack N the box commercials, but has ALWAYS hated the Skittles and Mc D's... (Not Local, but so what)

Hey at this point local, notlocal doesn't matter ;)

I loved the Coke commerical with that black girl singing in it and giving Cokes away. thing is if someone gave me a Coke and sang about it I wouldn't take it!!

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"being a native houstonian and having a good memory, i remember quite a few cheesy commercials even when i was a kid in the late 70's. one of them drove me crazy because my brother used to follow me around screaming it.  it was from a fish store called aquarama and the announcer screamed "A-Q-U-A-R-A-M-A!" over and over."  (quote, debmartin)

i wrote this several days back but nobody replied, so i thought i was the only one who remembered aquarama.  glad to know i am not the only one with this crazy one committed to memory!  i cannot believe they are still in business.  did the commercial entice you to visit or were you really looking for aquarium supplies?

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No, you are not the only person brainwashed and traumatized by that awful, shrill sound. I know others who also remember it. Should we call Jim Adler to set up a class action law suit? We need to be paid for their abuse to our ears. That one and Tile Outlet actually did hurt me. And that was before we had remote controls so we could not turn them off very quickly. We were not supposed to change the channel fast either because it would wear out the TV! To a child, the commercial for Aquarama made it look like an aquarium super-store. Anything ending with 'rama' had to be great back then. You must admit that as awful and painful as those commercials were, they did a great job in getting their names remembered. How many national ads costing millions are that well remembered?

Any time someone around me says, "Tile Outlet", my eyes glaze over and I must say it again two more times before I can resume what I was doing. Now that is bad!

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I meant "Burger King" of course.

I saw that and I was like.. ugh...there's a king in this guys bed! Whoever wrote this...I think they got the wrong concept of what our minds are thinking.

"Wake up with the king"

I want a fattening greasy burger king breakfast pushed in my face when I wake up.

That commerical IS creepy!

I DO love the Jack in the Box commerical for 50's week! when they sing "sha la la" and one guys head kinda turns or spins in a circle with the beat.

LOL!

The Jack in the Box Men's kids meal. Ugh no! that's just plain stupid!

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I meant "Burger King" of course.

Burger King has had some bad commercials lately. The giant plastic King in bed is awful. What was going on with the Dr. Angus ads. Was that for Burger King? I think so but it was so weird it took a while to figure out what they were even talking about. What a waste. I think they took those off already. Do you think we are a test market for their ads? Surely they don't pay to put those awful things out nation wide! They are not cool or funny and they do not even make the food look good.

It will be difficult for Burger King to compete with Jack. His are the best. Especially the Phili Cheese Steak ad. Another campaign I love is the identity theft group where the thieves speak through the victim. They are funny.

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Burger King has had some bad commercials lately.  The giant plastic King in bed is awful.  What was going on with the Dr. Angus ads.  Was that for Burger King?  I think so but it was so weird it took a while to figure out what they were even talking about.  What a waste.  I think they took those off already.  Do you think we are a test market for their ads? Surely they don't pay to put those awful things out nation wide!  They are not cool or funny and they do not even make the food look good.

It will be difficult for Burger King to compete with Jack. His are the best.  Especially the Phili Cheese Steak ad.  Another campaign I love is the identity theft group where the thieves speak through the victim.  They are funny.

If you watch channel 51 you get the "NIT" ad with the guy doing advertisements like "PBS" ...the guy with the microphone interviews someone and the the person interviewed says "I got a call right now"...

The phone didn't even ring and the guy was smiling on the phone not saying anything for like 2 mins!

1. We don't care if you smile on the phone we CAN'T see you!

2. Who talks for 2 mins w/o the guy saying anything like "Thank you for calling "NIT" how may I help you?"

3. Did this guy hear a phone ring but we didn't during his "television interview"?

I don't like the Dr. Angus commericals either!

I love Jack's commericals (just not the men's kids meals one)

The Sonic guys through the drive thru are starting to get on my nerves a little bit.

So is the "Unofficial Wendy's spokeman" he was good the 1st time but we figure he IS a spokeman AFTER 2-3 more ads of Wendy's (BTW they changed the sauce on their chicken sandwich) -blech!

(I rather liked the mayo and lettuce) not this newer sauce

Jack in the Box STOPPED putting secret sauce (guess its not a secret anymore) on their burgers!

okay I'll stop kvetching :P

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So far as local/regional ads, I like Bluebell (the best ice cream in the country). Sure they're not flashy, but they're sweet and wholesome - like ice cream.

The best national ads IMHO are Target, the Gap, iTunes and Geico.

Hate ALL Jack In The Box ads. I'd like to smack that smug little smile off his plastic face. (Does anyone here remember the Jack-Onz? a local band whose schtick was mocking JITB. They hoped to get sued for the publicity).

Those Sonic ads confuse me. Are those guys supposed to be ironically witty, or are they plain stupid? And are they 'just friends'...?

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So far as local/regional ads, I like Bluebell (the best ice cream in the country). Sure they're not flashy, but they're sweet and wholesome - like ice cream.

Speaking of Bluebell ads (which I've always liked), they've just started using one again that is almost 15 years old that has the choir director from my church and high school when I was a kid in it. Watch for the ad that starts with a guy playing an accordian in a field singing the first line of the song. The next line of the song cuts to an African American woman and man - he's playing the piano and she's standing next to him singing. The woman is her. I was in high school when that ad was made around 1990 and I hadn't seen it in several years but it's just started running almost every night during the 10:00 news on channels 2, 11, and 13.

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"I want my baby back ribs!" - Chili's (loved it!)

Biggest pet peeve are commercials for:

Anything that mentions erectile dysfunction or the word Viagra or anything else related to that for horny old bastards! (apologies to all horny old bastards...) :lol:

I loved the Chili's ad! :)

and I hate the personal ads as well like feminine protection, Viagra, and the medical pill ads!

I am sorry I can't see the Bluebell ad running @ 10 PM I am usually in bed. (I go to work early)

My biggest pet peeve is the ads in the movie theatres! I mean we went to the theatre to get away from ads and they show like 15 of em' before the previews!

The ones I usually hate are the blue jeans one at the movie theatre.

I like that gap ad with the guy playing a guitar and women are dancing (is that...whosit from Sex and the City?) sorry names escape me right now) -the main actress from Sex and the City- it looks like her!

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Sarah Jessica Parker, and it IS her! The irony is that considering who she is and who her character "Carrie" was on Sex and the City, she probably would be the LAST person ever to be found in a Gap store! I never saw that show when it originally aired on HBO or whatever, but now that it's on TBS (tonight!), I try not to miss it, it's a guilty pleasure (like the Sopranos)! B)

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It's not a local ad but I really love the new HP digital photography ad where the people pick up empty white photo frames and hold them over their face and their expression instantly freezes and becomes a photo, which they set down or hand to another person who holds it in front of his/her face. It's a really creative ad with a catchy song. There are a couple of versions of it running on TV, with a long full version running at some of the movie theaters around town.

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It's not a local ad but I really love the new HP digital photography ad where the people pick up empty white photo frames and hold them over their face and their expression instantly freezes and becomes a photo, which they set down or hand to another person who holds it in front of his/her face. It's a really creative ad with a catchy song. There are a couple of versions of it running on TV, with a long full version running at some of the movie theaters around town.

I thought it was just one guy!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOohh its different people!?

i like that ad too! CLEVER! :)

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Sarah Jessica Parker, and it IS her! The irony is that considering who she is and who her character "Carrie" was on Sex and the City, she probably would be the LAST person ever to be found in a Gap store! I never saw that show when it originally aired on HBO or whatever, but now that it's on TBS (tonight!), I try not to miss it, it's a guilty pleasure (like the Sopranos)! B)

I love the music from that ad!! I was looking for a mole or something on Sarah Jessica Parker. :)

But she looks great in that outfit!

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