Does anyone else feel violent when a Carl's Jr. commercial comes on t.v.?

Question

Whoever is responsible for writing these commercials should be killed. And ground up. And sloppily eaten in an obnoxious commercial. Ok, just kidding. But seriously, how could their commercials be any worse? They combine the disgusting sound effects with some stupid, sexist sentiments, and that voice-over guy who speaks as if he is too lazy to enunciate.

The latest one that I really hate is for some spicy chicken sandwich (or 'samidge' as the narrator pronounces it), with the guy eating on his deck, and then his severely anorexic girlfriend comes out in a bikini and sees that he's 'crying', which is actually from the spiciness... so she says something like 'oh honey, it's ok we can stay in and watch the game.' I can't even organize all the things that I hate about this commercial. Anyone with me?

Every time I see one, I'm glad that I'm vegan.

Answer 1

I think that one is ok.

The one that REALLY KILLS me is the stupid one for Marshalls, I think. In it, this woman is walking around and the voice over goes "she doesn't pay full price..." or something like that and then other women take off a shoe and hold it up. It's soooo dumb.

The other one that really gets on my nerves is the Nutri-system commercials especially the one with Jillien Barbarie. She looks like a prostitute in her bikini talking about how she lost all this weight by eating "burgers, pasta and even chocolate." Which by the way is the SAME tag line for all the Nutri-system spokes people. The food is horrid BTW.

But I guess that's the point. To get under your skin so that you remember the product. I personally boycott the product if I don't like their commercials.

The link below is for bic razors that are really funny. I like #1 and the one next to it.

Answer 2

do you have a remote? what happened to the on/off switch? or the channel selector? and frankly, most people use the commercial segment to go to the bathroom or make a "sammich" anyway...

I think it's a pretty stupid thing to get so worked up about a commercial which is not directed at you in the first place. so much wasted emotion on something this trivial makes no sense.. (unless you have waaaaaay too much time on your hands or that your life is so mundane that the petty becomes a life or death issue...)..

Or maybe it's because I don't TV that often...

Answer 3

Lol, we luckily don't have any Carl's Jr.s' where I live (Ohio) so I don't have to see those commercials.  I have seen the one where stupid Paris Hilton was in a bathing suit though, yikes!  

The one I see around where I live that I hate is a Burger King commercial that keeps saying that "Real men eat meat."  God that bothers me so much because I actually know a couple of guys that believe that and it is SO not true!  Real men don't eat meat and have compassion for animals!  Lol, just kidding.  Although guys who don't eat meat are hot:)

Answer 4

ahh i hatttte!!! those comercials sooo much!!!!  the kfc ones make me sick, whenever i see one, i start gaging, and i have to cover my eyes im so mad!! EWWW!!!

Answer 5

I live in the UK, so i have never seen those commercials before.

But, ugh!! They are disgusting! I especially hate the video in the second link. They're nasty.

Answer 6

Yeah, those commercials offend my sensibilities. And I know what you're saying about the sexist part... they're pretty degrading towards women, especially that horrible one with the girl on the mechanical bull, gyrating around and eating her burger erotically.

"exsft"- Good for you for being so disciplined to never watch tv! You are obviously a stronger person than anyone who has seen these commercials. But let me ask you this, don't you have anything better to do with your time than troll around on YA! being a jerk?

And Michael H - a Yahoo Answers account? How common! :)

Answer 7

I personally hate the Subway 5 dollar foot long commercials.  Stupid concept, stupid jingle...like they asked a kindergartener to think it up for them.  I've stopped eating Subway since.

Answer 8

I change the station when commercials come on.  Love those barbeque bacon cheeseburgers.

Answer 9

haha, michael h, that is exactly what i was thinking.

fact: in some parts of the country, including where i am, carl jr's is known as hardee's. this is of course because one of these two chains bought out the other and company big wigs decided to leave the established names in areas where the 2 chains were not both represented. food, menus, ect are identical commercials are shot in a manner that they can be easily adapted for both company names and the logos are designed in a way that is similar so that it is easy to recognize by out of towners.

i think that buy outs and fast food oligopolies are disgusting regardless of their commercials. dont you?

Answer 10

You watch commercial TV channels ?

Oh, how common.

;-)

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Wire and String: I agree completely about chains. I avoid them like the plague. Whether it be food or other products. You just have to look at many Q&A on this site - the majority of people cannot comprehend shopping at places other than Tescos, B&Q or Matalan. Countries are becoming one cloned city after another and gradually morphing into UK PLC, or US inc.

Answer 11

What I don't like is the fact that Paris Hilton claims she is such an animal lover but she has no issue with eating the meat of a dead cow in a Carl's Jr. commerical.  It makes you wonder if she is such an animal lover after all?

Answer 12

I hate the pharmaceutical companies ads.