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    Major Spoilers Question of the Day: Your Favorite Stupid Commercial Edition

    Matthew PetersonBy 3 Comments1 Min Read

    Some years ago, during a period of unemployment (probably transitioning from one terrible call center to an even more terrible call center), I found myself watching a lot of ‘ER’ on TNT.  During this time frame, they were playing the heck out of the Free Credit Report Dot Com commercial featuring the rock band forced to work in a seafood restaurant due to poor credit.  It’s a particularly stupid commercial, but has a catchy hook and a charismatic bunch of doofuses in it, leading to about a half a dozen sequels and variations on a theme.  As with so many commercials, the well was truly dry before they stopped making them, leading to today’s thirty second query…

    The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) still doesn’t know why a cartoon soldier, Shaq and a penguin are try’na sell me cheapjack insurance, asking: What’s your favorite stupid commercial?

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    3 Comments

    1. Frank on

      The car commercial with the hamsters. Are they saying the car is so small only hamsters can ride in it?

    2. Lemmy Caution (@_Lemmy_Caution) on

      Prevägen. You know, the memory boosting drug that must be good because it uses a chemical found… (wait for it) …in jellyfish.

      I love how he says jellyfish with a slight chuckle in his voice like he’s letting us in on a big secret.

    3. Ron on

      An old Heinz gravy commercial where a man is arm wrestling someone to choose which gravy to have with dinner. He bests his opponent and loudly announces, “Onions, it is!” It turns out his opponent was his young son.