tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5025092298298750665..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Are you ready for some idiotic commercials? By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50577648642473361482015-10-21T01:24:55.261-07:002015-10-21T01:24:55.261-07:00By the way, that's an evacuated city centre. B...By the way, that's an <i>evacuated</i> city centre. Because of the bomb. As you would.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83375615562550875172015-10-20T06:06:05.267-07:002015-10-20T06:06:05.267-07:00I don't watch sports but if I did, I'd wis...I don't watch sports but if I did, I'd wish they were on Hulu. Two commercials max and you're on to the next fumble. Dianahttp://www.imtoofancy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84474245426502049432015-10-20T04:44:41.494-07:002015-10-20T04:44:41.494-07:00They seem to use Figueroa Blvd. a lot. I kept see...They seem to use Figueroa Blvd. a lot. I kept seeing the same buildings in different commercials -- Look! There's the Independence Day Building! And there's the Daily Planet way back there! -- so I Google Earthed it. I was in Los Angeles once, for a day or two, forty years ago. My mental picture of Los Angeles is those aerial shots they always opened Dragnet with.thirteennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41447741358194576892015-10-20T02:30:30.566-07:002015-10-20T02:30:30.566-07:00Perhaps it is my age, but it seems there are an aw...Perhaps it is my age, but it seems there are an awful lot of Pharmaceutical drug commercials for medical issues or diseases that I did not know even existed. Most have side effects that seem even worse than the problem.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86858970648301305672015-10-19T22:22:30.076-07:002015-10-19T22:22:30.076-07:00Both LA teams didn't win.Both LA teams didn't win.Breadbakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14697379964134743292015-10-19T16:14:04.193-07:002015-10-19T16:14:04.193-07:00No, no, no, MikeK -- dream Super Bowl: Falcons or ...No, no, no, MikeK -- dream Super Bowl: Falcons or Panthers vs. Bengals. Neither team has won a Super Bowl, and they are more than QBs. (I prefer <i>team</i> football.)VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68415233392188512042015-10-19T16:11:06.315-07:002015-10-19T16:11:06.315-07:00Only exception, baseball on Fox. Unwatchable and u...<i>Only exception, baseball on Fox. Unwatchable and un DRVable......</i><br /><br />The Yankees and Red Sox, nor the entire NFC East, wasn't playing, so Joe Buck was confused.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-27343893569610148042015-10-19T16:08:55.030-07:002015-10-19T16:08:55.030-07:00" I saw no football this weekend. Was busy wi..." I saw no football this weekend. Was busy with THE SITCOM ROOM. Who won? :)"<br /><br />The Packers and Pats, who else? It would be a great Super Bowl to see Brady vs. Rodgers. MikeK.Pa.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16991125176540874042015-10-19T15:13:29.537-07:002015-10-19T15:13:29.537-07:00@Ken Levine: Who won the 'SitCom Room'? Do...@Ken Levine: Who won the 'SitCom Room'? Don't ask me. You'd know if you'd been there instead of at home, watching the game.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38696789479895141082015-10-19T14:56:32.977-07:002015-10-19T14:56:32.977-07:00Ken,
You would make a splendid professional movie...Ken,<br /><br />You would make a splendid professional movie reviewer.<br /><br />Ever since Roger Ebert, I've wanted somebody I could trust as much as Roger.<br /><br />You have a lot of goodwill with your reading public. Maybe they'd like you to write about movies...if you could stand watching bad ones mostly.<br />Max Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706524941272103444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78019349019167220212015-10-19T14:44:16.546-07:002015-10-19T14:44:16.546-07:00Another follow up article on the actors equity sit...Another follow up article on the actors equity situation.<br /><br />http://deadline.com/2015/10/actors-equity-lawsuit-responds-bargaining-power-1201587983/Jason Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70585839556527908452015-10-19T14:38:07.074-07:002015-10-19T14:38:07.074-07:00The funniest commercial ever, for a company that m...The funniest commercial ever, for a company that made taco shells: A Mexican gaucho with ammunition belts crisscrossed on his chest and a sombrero atop his head, bites into a taco and it crumbles down his chest. He says (in a sad, whiny voice), "Now look, it's all over my bullets and everything." Absolutely no one ever saw this but me. It must have been jerked off the air after one day for political correctness reasons. Joe Blownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78794211037364118312015-10-19T14:34:05.812-07:002015-10-19T14:34:05.812-07:00You forgotten the ridiculous amount of daily fanta...You forgotten the ridiculous amount of daily fantasy football ads. I think by sheer numbers they outweigh all other commercials combined.notworthreadinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938114874872354702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8531120893026705152015-10-19T13:46:33.455-07:002015-10-19T13:46:33.455-07:00Re watching sports, any sport, thank heaven for DV...Re watching sports, any sport, thank heaven for DVR! Only exception, baseball on Fox. Unwatchable and un DRVable......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12154112149523975052015-10-19T12:53:43.898-07:002015-10-19T12:53:43.898-07:00I wrote this column last week but only posted it t...I wrote this column last week but only posted it today. No, I saw no football this weekend. Was busy with THE SITCOM ROOM. Who won? :)By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37137467418900731212015-10-19T11:29:47.717-07:002015-10-19T11:29:47.717-07:00Maybe I'm thinking more of magazine ads, but t...Maybe I'm thinking more of magazine ads, but the automotive fantasy I grew up with was set against beautiful European countrysides and mountains without any sign of the 20th century except the car itself. Always ended with the car parking in directly in front of a perfect old inn or pub, still without another motor vehicle in sight. DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64006985731208293812015-10-19T10:54:53.568-07:002015-10-19T10:54:53.568-07:00The cat herding commercial is for EDS (a now defun...The cat herding commercial is for EDS (a now defunct consulting co. founded by Ross Perot.)<br /><br />It's freshing brilliant.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8Luigi von Merks IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18218377330106130282015-10-19T10:36:05.409-07:002015-10-19T10:36:05.409-07:00@ Matt: I think that cat wrangling commercial was ...@ Matt: I think that cat wrangling commercial was for Budweiser or some other beer. But it might have been for kitty litter, it was so long ago I've also forgotten.YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47192191779581467762015-10-19T10:13:57.019-07:002015-10-19T10:13:57.019-07:00You were watching the game yesterday when you were...You were watching the game yesterday when you were supposed to be giving the seminar? Students, grab those refunds!<br /><br />"Yes, I always like to wear a suit & drive an expensive car when I'm called out to defuse a nuclear warhead in a city centre. It exudes a cool air of highly-paid professionalism which calms the client. Of course, if the client has an unpaid account, I'll stall for thirty minutes, look confused and push & prod the wires around until the count's down to single digits."Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69566002622672776762015-10-19T10:10:11.049-07:002015-10-19T10:10:11.049-07:00SNL skit with Steve Martin and an ad pitch for Nut...SNL skit with Steve Martin and an ad pitch for Nuterrific candy bars<br />"... It tastes Nut Very Good."MikeNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89405901202250587422015-10-19T10:05:22.141-07:002015-10-19T10:05:22.141-07:00Worst culprit? Dunno, that new Carls Jr./Hardees c...Worst culprit? Dunno, that new Carls Jr./Hardees commercial on the Mexican border is entertaining as can be. I've seen the long and short versions of the commercial, and I prefer the longer one. Heck, I'd like to see a 10-minute version. <br /><br />As for football players on TV, while I mostly agree with Ken, you have to admit that Peyton Manning is a natural in front of the camera - very charismatic and humorous. He's one of the few who can pull off a joke.Orwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30440052204634869362015-10-19T09:50:48.861-07:002015-10-19T09:50:48.861-07:00Carl's Jr./Hardee's is the worst "hot...Carl's Jr./Hardee's is the worst "hot babe" fast-food culprit, going back to their Paris Hilton spots. And kudos to NFL-related ads that <i>don't</i> feature quarterbacks. It's not a one-player game.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17230551071406154662015-10-19T09:46:07.896-07:002015-10-19T09:46:07.896-07:00Food in slow motion, breaded shrimp revolving as g...Food in slow motion, breaded shrimp revolving as glistening gobbets of goo spatter off twinkling...yeah food commercials. Everything else in slow motion.Bill Avenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19500155107924947862015-10-19T09:15:47.807-07:002015-10-19T09:15:47.807-07:00The Beloved Spouse and I have it both ways. We sta...The Beloved Spouse and I have it both ways. We start sports events about 45 minutes late, then skip the commercials and halftime or intermissions. we've about caught up by the end of the game.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14770394085874934682015-10-19T08:23:50.242-07:002015-10-19T08:23:50.242-07:00Damn Phillip, you stole my line. That was a great...Damn Phillip, you stole my line. That was a great commercial, however I have no idea what it was for. So maybe it wasn't a great commercial.<br /><br />Honestly, my favorite commercial of all time was on a Superbowl and was about Cat Wrangling. It showed a bunch of withered ranch hands describing the trials of herding cats. It was hilarious. Great commercial except I have no idea what it was for. <br /><br />At least the car commercials are clear.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777496001166356949noreply@blogger.com