Commercials that give you the creeps

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:00pm

What is the general concensus on the Quiznos Subs commercial? it makes my skin crawl. (and certainly doesn't make me want to try their food!)..just what ARE those things singing that jingle (for lack of a better word)? WEIRD.

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:10pm

and yet, we crack up every time we see them...

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:16pm

I cannot deny that it makes me laugh - but at the same time - I shudder...

[emmamia]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:25pm

that commercial scares me .... those singing micey things .... i was at the gym and i almost fell off the treadmill cuz it scared me ...

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:25pm

I hate the commercial where the girl uses a tampon to plug the leak in the boat.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:36pm

oooh - I haven't seen that one! a tampon to plug a leak in a boat? I guess I don't watch enough TV!

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:37pm

DON'T!!! PLEASE DON'T!!!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:39pm

Funny. I read the title and was gonna post the same commercial. I believe they are actually monkeys. Here is another thing that they sing...
We Like The Moon - the Spongmonkeys try and cash in on the kittens ...

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:43pm

see, now if only the little hans brinker had been heidi brinker, she would have had a tampon and could have stuck that in the dyke as opposed to her finger.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 12:52pm

Missed that tampon ad, but I love the Quiznos ads, that they even agreed to have creatures that looked like the spawn of Snuggles and a Foster Farms chicken breast promoting their food is progressive as hell. Love it!
Quizno's is a PUNK deli, man. It's total punk rock.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 2:02pm

I don't know why this one creeps me out, but it does:

The storage bin ad, wherein the woman wants her guy to toss all his stuff. Cut to: her igniting a tower of his belongings with a stream of fire that traverses a whole street. The music is jarringly dark, and the image has an eerily violent feel to it. Sort of like Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 3:19pm

Tiger Woods and the ghost of Buick past with the jingling keys.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 4:32pm

I agree Auggie, what is up with all the violent women ads? Like the one where the wife goes ape**** with a baseball bat on her husbands study because he is "sneaking carbs".

And ENOUGH WITH ANTHROPOMORPHIC ANIMALS!!! The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Lassie thing is creepy.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 6:16pm

You know....it's not like I don't watch TV, but I must automatically tune out commercials. None of this sounds familiar. I am apparently and ad company's worst nightmare.

[CJR]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 6:52pm

Dear God in heaven, I HATE the quizno's commercial. Those little rodents are soooo nasty looking... it definitely doesn't reflect well on the establishment/food. lol

I too, am a little disturbed by the tampon plugging boat commercial.

Annnnnnnnnd I'm HIGHLY amused/disturbed by the commercial for Cealis (the newest "viagra"). There's a vocal disclaimer in the add talking about the side effects and one of the things they warn against is: "If your erection should last more than 4 hours, seek immediate medical attention." ROTFLMAO

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 7:15pm

Have you guys seen the Travelocity one? The troll lawn ornament talking and stuff. Creepy.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 7:29pm

I don't know if it a nationl ad or not (it is so cheaply made) but here in Chicago there is a commercial for something called "Airborne" that used a bunch of old child stars (Barry Williams, Johnny Whitiker, Butch Patrick) that is downright frightening.

Updated On: 3/1/04 at 07:29 PM

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 7:33pm

Ok this is an old one, but does anyone remember the "I'm coming out" singing belly button commercials? I hated them! They made my skin crawl.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 10:04pm

"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!"

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 10:13pm

vishie, you are not old enough to remember that!

[CJR]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 10:48pm

Hey now, I remember that commercial!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 10:54pm

I'm old enough to remember the Retromercial.

I'm also old enough to have commercials from my childhood featured as Retromercials.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 10:55pm

ugh. now my youth has become retro. that's a spicy meataball!

[johny0828]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 11:00pm

i have nightmares about those fuzzy things. i heard they are from some show in england?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/1/04 at 11:29pm

Mamma mia!

"Mmm.... Chocolate." "Mmmm.... Peanut Butter."