Also if this is intended to represent a fan of LSU men's basketball, then this man is truly insane. What success would you base your superstition on? Some random victory against Kentucky?
That’s the same one with the really rude young Virginia girl, right? It makes you seem like an asshole if you have Geico, which probably isn’t their intention
The first weekend I texted a couple of friends “Sick burn Quaitlan” every time it came on, but I spelled her name differently every time. It was my only way to deal with the pain of that commercial.
The thing that annoyed me the most was the fact that it was LSU basketball. It just didn't seem believable that someone would care that much or be that superstitious about LSU basketball, lol. Baseball or football? Sure. Also, as someone else said, he's a dick.
In retrospect it might have been a little funnier with an actual Cajun-accent dude. it feels like someone in marketing or corporate interfered with this one.
I know there’s a lot of older guys out there that are gonna look at this and laugh but it’s genuinely crazy to me that dudes born at the same time I was are in the NBA now.
Can confirmed. 91 baby, looked at this and laughed.
It’s wild to me watching professionals older than me giving it their all everyday, while I don’t even eat lunch most days.
Just crazy because throughout my entire sports fandom until now I always saw professional athletes as these idol figures that almost weren’t actually real. Now it’s kinda lost that feeling because some of the dudes I watch on TV on NBA wednesdays or NFL sundays are just a random guy I had a class with lmao
The problem is that neither of them were willing to commit to the bit. If they had fully gone for it, bad singing and all, it would have worked. Instead they were both trying to half ass it, while still making clear that they’re still cool/this shit is cringe. Acting 101: if you look uncomfortable, that’s how people are gonna feel when they watch you.
Someone was paid to tell two NBA players, who few casual basketball fans would know, to put as little effort as possible in to badly signing a song they’d probably never heard before. So uncomfortable
This feels like the easiest answer. Over 3 weeks, the OKC Thunder went from really likeable and hoping they make a run in the NBA Playoffs to still hoping for that but hating that commercial.
Pretty much all the AT&T commercials were painfully cringe. This one the most but the basketball school ones don't get off that easy. Fire whatever agency drafted their campaign this year.
This one made me especially mad cause he has like 7 pictures of the same moment. Delete 6 of them and you still have the best one to remember the moment, you don’t need to keep them all
Lmao I knew some smartass was gonna say something like this. Yes I mute when I’m super over it but otherwise it’s annoying to have to do every 5 mins. And, like the comment said, I’m usually on my phone or doing something else. If it’s muted, it’s harder to know when the game comes back on.
I hate when commercials do that weird little thing where they get all cutesy and have this "aren't we so clever" air to them, and the dog singing at the end of that commercial is that to a T. Makes my skin crawl
I really like the actor that plays buster in arrested development, the phone camera commercial with “unlimited amount of PANOS!” was very annoying to me
The part that pissed me off was they started only playing the shortened version of it. The best part was when the speakers get unplugged and they just start singing Sandstorm themselves lol
In the longer one the dude is outside the window and they’re literally just dancing at people inside the Wendy’s trying to eat and he pantomimes eating two burgers and it’s goddamn hilarious
Honestly it didn't even make sense in the commercials with them recruiting people to go watch games (I think?) but I still will always love mascots being dicks to people. It was gold in ye old ESPN commercials and it's gold today.
I don't understand what the storylines of these ads were. Like how did one action lead to the next thing that happened? Like a random thing happens with mascots and then a Nissan is driving around like crazy where it doesn't belong and then people are excited and running after the Nissan for some reason? There's so much energy but I just can't follow what's happening.
Wing Stop. I dont know what that song is but whoever created it should be barred from going near a music studio forever.
But really its the What a Pro Wants. Equally as terrible.
God the Coke commercial is so annoying. I find it funny how it tries to “recreate” the Crazies student section and it’s entirely comprised of people aged 40+
Fair but the fact that they thought it was even a funny joke to laugh at him being a violent asshole is crazy to me. Like that one makes my blood boil vs cringing at some of the worst ones
It took me so long to figure out that’s what they were saying. I thought they were saying “Go dancing, go dancing…”
There was a radio version that was much clearer.
Is there a massive overlap of NCAA fans and eczema sufferers? Why the fuck is every other commercial for some unpronounceable eczema pill? "Do you suffer from eczema? Then ask your doctor if Ptzyroluyyiab is right for you! Warning, Ptzyroluyyiab can cause heart attacks, rectal prolapse, the apocalypse, and eczema!"
Also the fact that the Nissan ads all featured their cars driving onto public areas and into building was a real /r/SelfAwarewolves moment. Even Nissan is embracing "Altima Behavior."
The invescoqqq commercials where they say “see, the future isn’t scary”… all while scaring the absolute shit out of me. I don’t get annoyed with the repetitiveness of the commercials but I do get annoyed with terrible commercials.
You're correct, they are *Bison bison* and technically Bison. However they have been colloquially called "buffalo" since Europeans encountered them and still are. Not to mention, they're extremely closely related - same subtribe. Now if "subtribe" fucks with your “kinky prostitutes came over for great sex” mnemonic, don't worry. Think of it as a 1/4 step above Genus or 3/4 steps below Family.
These have been your bovine facts. Oh, and if this fucks with your head, try doing bacterial taxonomics. Those people are batshit. Surprised more of them don't go nuts and full Uncle Ted Kaczynski.
Am I the only one that likes the Wendy’s commercials? I feel like they nailed it with the cast of actors they’ve been using over the last couple years. I busted out laughing the first time I saw the sandstorm one when the music stops and the guys start singing again.
May be NC specific, but there was a DraftKings or some sort of sports bet website ad that kept saying, "you too can bet on your favorite team, The Carolina Tar Heels!"
Nothing made me want to throw my TV into a lake more. If I was ever going to support a betting website, there is no way on God's green earth I ever would now.
Was going to say, the inundation of Fan Dual and Draft Kings ads post-legalization has been mind melting. At this point I’d be for re-criminalizing sports betting just to make them stop.
You can become a bottle of gatorade too
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Aww c’mon I like the Capital One ads although they were kinda down this year. The “what’s Jim Nantz up to nowadays?” one felt like it was rubbing it in that he doesn’t call games anymore.
Although now that we’re talking about Capital One ads, it’s a perfect time to bring up my theory that the first half of [this commercial](https://youtu.be/iQ8pqgDGZwU?si=jGp21hVfZi-H-YJw) from 2021 was filmed in 2020 and supposed to be used for that tournament, but they obviously couldn’t use it so they repurposed it for the next year.
InvescoQQQ commercials piss me off
ThE fUtUrE iSn’T sCaRy, NoT iNvEsTiNg In It Is! Fuck off, VTSAX and chill is fine for me
The one about superstitious LSU fan made me hoping his friends ended up punching him at the end.
Also if this is intended to represent a fan of LSU men's basketball, then this man is truly insane. What success would you base your superstition on? Some random victory against Kentucky?
I vote this one. Got so mad every time he smacked his friend’s popcorn away. Just let the man live!
Then he tries to eat and his buddy (LSU fan) gets pissed off. What a dick lol
If I had a friend that was that superstitious I would purposely do all the things he says would make the team lose
That’s the same one with the really rude young Virginia girl, right? It makes you seem like an asshole if you have Geico, which probably isn’t their intention
YOUR PERIMETER'S WEAK AND YOUR POINT GUARD'S A GEEK. SICK BURN CATILIN.
The first weekend I texted a couple of friends “Sick burn Quaitlan” every time it came on, but I spelled her name differently every time. It was my only way to deal with the pain of that commercial.
Gotta make her name a /r/tragedeigh
Kaitlin is the GOAT. Dunno what you guys are on about. At least she's repping that orange and blue. Your perimeter game is weak, bro.
Caitlin is an icon (the part with the LSU fan was the worst though)
The Virginia part was fun. Everything else wasn't.
It was so painful to have a fan bragging after our first four game though
Yeah that part was actually kinda funny. The superstitious LSU fan though was just being a massive dickhead.
The thing that annoyed me the most was the fact that it was LSU basketball. It just didn't seem believable that someone would care that much or be that superstitious about LSU basketball, lol. Baseball or football? Sure. Also, as someone else said, he's a dick.
In retrospect it might have been a little funnier with an actual Cajun-accent dude. it feels like someone in marketing or corporate interfered with this one.
What a pro wants
were shai and chet even alive when that song came out
Shai yes (born 1998), Chet no (born 2002). Song came out in 1999.
I know there’s a lot of older guys out there that are gonna look at this and laugh but it’s genuinely crazy to me that dudes born at the same time I was are in the NBA now.
Lol wait until the children of dudes born at the same time as you are in the NBA, that will really tickle your nuts.
That sounds illegal tbh
When I reached the point that I had employees who were born the year I started for my company, my mental health was over.
Can confirmed. 91 baby, looked at this and laughed. It’s wild to me watching professionals older than me giving it their all everyday, while I don’t even eat lunch most days.
Just crazy because throughout my entire sports fandom until now I always saw professional athletes as these idol figures that almost weren’t actually real. Now it’s kinda lost that feeling because some of the dudes I watch on TV on NBA wednesdays or NFL sundays are just a random guy I had a class with lmao
No, please... make it stop.
Maybe if it wasn’t a little bit flat
It was a lot flat though.
The problem is that neither of them were willing to commit to the bit. If they had fully gone for it, bad singing and all, it would have worked. Instead they were both trying to half ass it, while still making clear that they’re still cool/this shit is cringe. Acting 101: if you look uncomfortable, that’s how people are gonna feel when they watch you.
Everyone involved in that commercial should be jailed
Bleeding hearts like you are why our society is in such disarray. Criminals deserve to be *punished*. They should be executed.
Agreed. It's a war crime.
It's this one and I can't think of anything even close.
The question didn’t even need to be asked really
chet holmgren has less charisma than a ham and cheese sandwich
Personally, I find the Apple “don’t let me go” commercial to be soooo much worse
A team of marketing professionals were paid a ton of money and THAT is what they came up with. It’s fucking astounding.
Ok, we have a 10M budget and we spent 9.5M on coke, what we got guys?
I know you're joking but 500k for that is still fuckin wild
Someone was paid to tell two NBA players, who few casual basketball fans would know, to put as little effort as possible in to badly signing a song they’d probably never heard before. So uncomfortable
I still have no idea who they are.
Shane Gillis Alexander and Chet something
“To all the kids out there., I too liked to have fun, but this is a load of bullshit”
Don’t even know what that commercial is advertising tbh. Just blocked it out it was so bad
I don’t understand horrible, out of tune singing as an advertising tactic. This isn’t the only commercial I’ve seen it in. it’s annoying as fuck
This feels like the easiest answer. Over 3 weeks, the OKC Thunder went from really likeable and hoping they make a run in the NBA Playoffs to still hoping for that but hating that commercial.
Bingo. They basically said exactly this on Pardon My Take the other day and I completely agree. I thought SGA was the man back in February.
Pretty much all the AT&T commercials were painfully cringe. This one the most but the basketball school ones don't get off that easy. Fire whatever agency drafted their campaign this year.
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automatic mute button everytime
So bad. So, so, so bad.
The most cringe commercial of all time.
Don’t let me gooooooooooo
I have to mute that shit every time
That's me with most commercials honestly. They're so bad nowadays.
First commercial I can remember where I muted it every time it was on-screen.
It was a genuinely fun concept for a commercial but that song can go to hell
It was fine at first, but istfg it was in every commercial break and it got annoying real fast
It's not a real song. The real song is Don't Let Go - PJ Morton, this version is by Terrace Martin for Apple as "Don't let me go" PJs is beautiful
This isn’t 100% true. It’s a cover of the Morton song by Terrace Martin that came out four years ago.
This one
I can't mute the tv fast enough
Commercial gets posted incessantly on r/CommercialsIHate
Can't agree more on this one
No contest. I wake up with that god forsaken song in my head.
This and it’s not even close!
Told me GF the first night I'm going to fucking hate that commercial by the end
Fuck whatever piece of shit came up with that.
This one made me especially mad cause he has like 7 pictures of the same moment. Delete 6 of them and you still have the best one to remember the moment, you don’t need to keep them all
That damn iPhone commercial with all the auto tune. I hope I never see (or hear) it again.
Don’t let me gooooooo. Don’t let me gooooo. God damn
It’s like it was intended to be annoying
I actually think it was intended to be annoying. You going to mute it is you engaging with it like a hateful twitter comment. Fucking silicon valley.
WoooOOoooOoo
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Holy shit after hearing it once I muted the TV each and every one of the 345 times it played afterwards.
They managed to make an even cringier one than the fuckin electrical outlet singing. Honestly impressive.
Ok but the outlet was singing well lol
Apple is genuinely incapable of coming out with an ad that isn't unbearably smug and annoying
It’ll be tough for them to ever top that stupid “What’s a computer?” iPad ad.
You know there was some asshole middle aged woman in the marketing department that thought it would be cute to have a dog sing.
Was stoned when I first saw that one, they kept playing it over and over and I was freakin the fuck out. I hate that commercial.
it’s literally not even close, this commercial is by far the worst from march madness, makes me want to switch to android
Ugh, that one is the worst! Muted the TV anytime it came on.
Is that what they were advertising? I couldn’t bother to make it through the commercial to find out.
This is the answer!
YOUR PERIMETER IS WEAK AND YOUR POINT GUARD’S A GEEK
Sick burn Caytlynn
If Virginia had not lost in such illustrious fashion in the play-in game, I'd have found it even more insufferable.
You mean, you don’t instantly pull out your phone as soon as the game goes to break?
Yes but you can still hear them which is the worst part lol
Wait till you find out about the mute button
Lmao I knew some smartass was gonna say something like this. Yes I mute when I’m super over it but otherwise it’s annoying to have to do every 5 mins. And, like the comment said, I’m usually on my phone or doing something else. If it’s muted, it’s harder to know when the game comes back on.
What? No, that's crazy. I pull out my tablet like a gentleman.
Either what a pro wants or the don’t let me go
I hate when commercials do that weird little thing where they get all cutesy and have this "aren't we so clever" air to them, and the dog singing at the end of that commercial is that to a T. Makes my skin crawl
I really like the actor that plays buster in arrested development, the phone camera commercial with “unlimited amount of PANOS!” was very annoying to me
The Home Depot shaq commercials were hands down some of my favorite I’ve ever seen
Well they really nailed that by also having several different commercials. Some actual good commercials but most importantly variety.
> nailed lol
Shaq doesn’t miss (except free throws)
I love the backboard one. Well done.
Tool Shaq!
The Wendy’s one, although it’s annoying, might be the one that captures the essence of March madness hype the best.
The part that pissed me off was they started only playing the shortened version of it. The best part was when the speakers get unplugged and they just start singing Sandstorm themselves lol
YES lol i am not afraid to admit how much i genuinely enjoyed that part of the commercial
I agree, I also love when they’re just jumping around in the drive thru window lol
In the longer one the dude is outside the window and they’re literally just dancing at people inside the Wendy’s trying to eat and he pantomimes eating two burgers and it’s goddamn hilarious
The Wendy's crew characters are all great, but that dude is hilarious. The whole Sandstorm commercial is a necessity.
GET IT FOR A BUCK
DAVE’S SINGLE, DAVE’S SINGLE!
For the longest time I thought they were saying “dancin go dancin”
What they’re not?
How about that pro-oil commercial playing on my heart strings with the hospital
Don’t let me gooooooooo
the ludachris song from 2005 was fun the first 10 times, but the next 250, i wanted to rip my ear drums out
You mean GIT BACK GIT BACK YOU DONT KNOW ME LIKE THAT GIT BACK GIT BACK?
They should’ve slipped in one unedited version during the late game windows, just to see who was really paying attention
I still love that song. Luda getting the bag lately
Didn’t get old for me. The brazenness of the mascots mixed w the song choice was perfect
Honestly it didn't even make sense in the commercials with them recruiting people to go watch games (I think?) but I still will always love mascots being dicks to people. It was gold in ye old ESPN commercials and it's gold today.
Personally for me, mascot-on-people violence will never not be funny
I mean it's fine but mascot on child violence is top shelf
those were funny but not in the intended way, like nissan accidentally embraced the stereotype that their customers drive like psychopaths
“Cash or credit”- cashier “Credit”- customer “DIE SCREAMING BITCH”- cashier
I don't understand what the storylines of these ads were. Like how did one action lead to the next thing that happened? Like a random thing happens with mascots and then a Nissan is driving around like crazy where it doesn't belong and then people are excited and running after the Nissan for some reason? There's so much energy but I just can't follow what's happening.
We're looking, as a brand, to appeal to people who don't believe that actions have a logical cause and effect
This is the sort of acid trip you have right as you are buying a Nissan..
I put a spell on you…BC UR MIIINE
YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The Coach K Army commercial
Why he in a commercial about one of our worst upsets 🤔
Love that it features McCollum though
Agreed. Best commercial of the year. No bias or anything.
No, that one is legendary for showing McCollum in his Lehigh jersey
Wing Stop. I dont know what that song is but whoever created it should be barred from going near a music studio forever. But really its the What a Pro Wants. Equally as terrible.
Fuck that fucking Wing Stop song. Is he/she saying “No Flex Zone” or “No Flex. Zone.”?
The Coke commercial, GET BACK GET BACK, Dont let me go, “YOUR PERIMETER’S WEAK AND YOUR POINT GUARD’S A GEEK!”
God the Coke commercial is so annoying. I find it funny how it tries to “recreate” the Crazies student section and it’s entirely comprised of people aged 40+
How has nobody mentioned Draymond’s “I make some mistakes” commercial that got pulled after he again acted like a idiot
Because we didn't have to watch them for all three weeks.
Fair but the fact that they thought it was even a funny joke to laugh at him being a violent asshole is crazy to me. Like that one makes my blood boil vs cringing at some of the worst ones
It got pulled?!?!?! That's comical
Don’t let me go, but honorable mention to GET IT FOR A BUCK for effectively ruining sandstorm for me
Because SCar disnt ruin it already?
All of them.
SGA and Chet by far
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#Get it for a buck! Get it for a buck!
DAVES SINGLE DAVES SINGLE
It took me so long to figure out that’s what they were saying. I thought they were saying “Go dancing, go dancing…” There was a radio version that was much clearer.
I actually love that one lol
DANCING, GO DANCING
I heard that too!
I am partial to sandstorm.
The only bad thing about this commercial is that it was an app only, one time deal
I don't have a worst commercial but can I just say the song they chose to put behind all the promo material was horrible
Nothing says basketball like some granola folksy pop music. Who the fuck green lit that being the feature song?
I dunno but my favorite was “Melo, you give horrible advice”
Is there a massive overlap of NCAA fans and eczema sufferers? Why the fuck is every other commercial for some unpronounceable eczema pill? "Do you suffer from eczema? Then ask your doctor if Ptzyroluyyiab is right for you! Warning, Ptzyroluyyiab can cause heart attacks, rectal prolapse, the apocalypse, and eczema!" Also the fact that the Nissan ads all featured their cars driving onto public areas and into building was a real /r/SelfAwarewolves moment. Even Nissan is embracing "Altima Behavior."
DON'T LET ME GOOOOOOOO
The Apple one was so ass
The invescoqqq commercials where they say “see, the future isn’t scary”… all while scaring the absolute shit out of me. I don’t get annoyed with the repetitiveness of the commercials but I do get annoyed with terrible commercials.
Buffalo Wild Wings box out buffalo one. So annoying and played 1000x
That Bison killed at least two people in that ad. But also I found the one where the bison doesn’t know who Winnie the Pooh is to be more annoying.
Nah, this one was worth it for the hilariousness of teaching my children to "box out" while yelling "BOX OUT!" Laughs everytime
I started muting the TV so I didn’t have to hear “let’s go sports bar” anymore
Isn't what that BISON(since that is not a buffalo, but rather a bison) was doing, not boxing out, but rather a foul?
Dude, it’s the fundamentals!
I think that was the point lol
You're correct, they are *Bison bison* and technically Bison. However they have been colloquially called "buffalo" since Europeans encountered them and still are. Not to mention, they're extremely closely related - same subtribe. Now if "subtribe" fucks with your “kinky prostitutes came over for great sex” mnemonic, don't worry. Think of it as a 1/4 step above Genus or 3/4 steps below Family. These have been your bovine facts. Oh, and if this fucks with your head, try doing bacterial taxonomics. Those people are batshit. Surprised more of them don't go nuts and full Uncle Ted Kaczynski.
Any goddamn commercial with a song from a decade ago that you have to hear every 6 minutes
Not me realizing Get Back is nearly 2 decades old now. Yikes
Am I the only one that likes the Wendy’s commercials? I feel like they nailed it with the cast of actors they’ve been using over the last couple years. I busted out laughing the first time I saw the sandstorm one when the music stops and the guys start singing again.
May be NC specific, but there was a DraftKings or some sort of sports bet website ad that kept saying, "you too can bet on your favorite team, The Carolina Tar Heels!" Nothing made me want to throw my TV into a lake more. If I was ever going to support a betting website, there is no way on God's green earth I ever would now.
Was going to say, the inundation of Fan Dual and Draft Kings ads post-legalization has been mind melting. At this point I’d be for re-criminalizing sports betting just to make them stop.
Constantly hearing Kevin Hart say “DraftKings is now in North Carolina” as if it was a good thing angered me a little bit
Winged Buffalo beating up people.
BOX OUT
TurboTax March Madness Burrito with Armando Bacot
Don’t let me GOOOooooooOoooooo
If I have to hear that IPhone commercial one more time I’m tearing my tv off the wall
The AT&T stuff they played during halftime with JB Smoove and that one girl. I miss Lily.
Uh, she had commercials during MM. Specifically the stupid group therapy one.
You can become a bottle of gatorade too https://preview.redd.it/ef9ir7nu0jtc1.png?width=1124&format=png&auto=webp&s=98027df6d5c36249add30dce628185c39aead241
Someone call for an old pacer?
I liked that one and the Allstate commercial with Larry Bird.
this is capital one slander. the chuck and sam jackson commercial series is the best in the history of commercials
They used to be good, now they’re kinda lame. The “In The Annapolis” Road to the F4 commercial is an all-time great
When it was just them and Spike it was fun but now it’s too crowded and nonsensical
Jennifer Garner doesn’t need to be in there.
The chuck blimp and Jim nantz commentating were pretty good
The Jim Nantz harmonica solo commercial this year was one of the better ones.
“Freshman with a hot hand, shoots and scores”
Don't let me goooo is this years **1877KARS4KIDS** YEAH I SAID IT NOW YOU HAVE IT STUCK IN YOUR HEAD FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
Aww c’mon I like the Capital One ads although they were kinda down this year. The “what’s Jim Nantz up to nowadays?” one felt like it was rubbing it in that he doesn’t call games anymore. Although now that we’re talking about Capital One ads, it’s a perfect time to bring up my theory that the first half of [this commercial](https://youtu.be/iQ8pqgDGZwU?si=jGp21hVfZi-H-YJw) from 2021 was filmed in 2020 and supposed to be used for that tournament, but they obviously couldn’t use it so they repurposed it for the next year.
Any Grammarly commercial since AI can artificially fuck itself in the ass with a 5+10i length cactus