Lame cultural cliches used in TV commercials

[IronMan]

I personally don't have cable TV but visited the folks and watched the Super Bowl and had to sit through all the lame commercials that were supposed to be funny. This inspired me to make a list of cliches used in commercials that are more annoying than anything.

People moonwalking
People doing the "robot"
Afros and 70's fashion throw backs (mainly used for irony's sake)
Use of cliche songs to add irony (Songs like Eye of the Tiger etc.)
The use of products causing you to get laid (Axe body spray)

And the big one is any lame/nerdy looking white person trying to do something hip for the sake of irony (add extra points if they are senior citizens or suburban dads). Usually involves doing some kind of idiotic dance moves to a hip-hop or rap background beat.

The advertising agencies must all be run by hipsters because irony is their greatest weapon and like The Dillinger Escape Plan puts it "Irony is a dead scene".

[bawjaws]

Useless man being shown how to do something by a smart woman
Women doing lunch together and disussing how they can't have a shite..sorry they've got digestive blockage or something
Car adverts where there is only one car on the road
adverts that imply that you'll suddenly become a babe magnet because you sprayed some
shitty smelling anti-pespirant on yourself
little kid splashes mud all over a new carpet with his boots and mum just smiles and gives him a big hug

[beutelwolf]

perfume ads - where they call it "fragrant" at the end - often with French or Italian accents, where the entire ad has nothing to do with the product whatsoever

[lothian]

The pecking order in any family is .

A) Mum ( the supreme being )
B ) Female child
C) male child
D ) The dog
E ) some gibbering , clueless . dickless moron that no woman would want to father her children ( AKA Dad )

[Mad Koala Bear]

Commercials consist generally of people behaving in way that no normal human being would behave, and doing things that would usually get you and me moved on or arrested.

[mizlaplan]

The advertising industry works on the theory that all adult males with a brain are either playing GTA-type games or are visiting sites like this (for the articles ).
They therefore slant everything to a female viewpoint.
Hence the insufferable parade of sarky cows who put down men in ads which portray women as the stronger sex.
If you want to save money then watch the adverts
Be insulted
Don't give the tossers any of your money on principle
Use said money to buy a random luxury item for your man cave

[otokonomidori]

Originally Posted by beutelwolf

....perfume ads - often with French or Italian accents....,

I've got a 20 yr old French girl staying at my place just now - she is just like the girls in the ads - the looks, the faint smell of expensive "fragrance", the clothes, the Parisienne accent [ Jesus Christ the accent, when she speaks I think I'm going to faint!!!].

I know why the perfume ads are like that because I'd sell what's left of my soul if I could just once sniff the places on to which she dabs that expensive perfume .

[billybunter]

Cillit Bang ads, the household wonder cleaning lotion. "Hi i'm Barry Scott" or something and proceeds to clean stains it would take ages to clean in seconds.

[tygrkhat40]

Any commercial for a "miracle" kitchen product. The people in the ad are totally incompetent at using knives, frying pans, vessels to boil water and then using this product will turn them into a master chef. If the only thing you can make for dinner is reservations, then this product won't help you.

[moreteavicar]

Infomercials where you are asked if you spend hours doing whatever. These are usually in black and white, women have no make-up, men are sweating from every pore, hair is greasy and lank and it looks like the person doing the job usually uses a nail brush to scrub acres of decking!

Then your product comes into view, usually an item that does a job that you never ever thought needed doing at a vastly inflated price for the piece of crap they are trying to flog you. Hold on though! It's a real bargain because they are giving you 2 for the price of 1 when you probably never needed one in the first place!!!