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Post by Main Event Mark on Jan 29, 2023 20:56:45 GMT -5
Ch-ch-ch-CHIA
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 29, 2023 21:40:28 GMT -5
Basically they've turned into Funko Pop dolls that you have to grow the hair on.
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Post by fg on Jan 29, 2023 22:02:00 GMT -5
1-900 numbers (if they are even a thing anymore) I don’t think they are. I can remember WWE doing NXT In Your House in 2020, they had Todd Pettingill plug merchandise and he said: “To order call 1-900…” (looks around): “…oh you are telling me that there is no such thing as 1-900 numbers anymore?” Also, anyone remember watching the Pop Channel back in the early 90s when they had on screen TV listings? They used to have a lot of ads for physic hotlines. I wonder if they even exist anymore or if they were ever shown on other channels.
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Post by fg on Jan 29, 2023 22:05:00 GMT -5
Breakfast Cereals. Are Trix still for kids? Does that little feral creature still want Honeycomb? Do applejacks still don't taste like apple but nobody cares because we eat what we like? Is Barney Rubble still f***ing up Fred Flintsone's ability to enjoy cocoa or fruity pebbles? When was the last time Captain Crunch Crunchitized someone? I remember reading that they supposedly aren’t shown anymore because they have sugar and sugar is bad for kids or something.
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Post by Cyno on Jan 29, 2023 23:12:17 GMT -5
Sears brand air conditioners. Even when it's the middle of summer and we're about to face another scorcher.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 29, 2023 23:43:57 GMT -5
One thing I see often pondered on the interwebs is that you never see ads for Microwave ovens. Now I’m old enough to remember when they really started to catch on in the 80s, and I vaguely remember seeing ads, particularly when they started to add new features. But yeah, not seen any ads for microwaves recently. I saw a post on Facebook about the lack of ads for Microwaves, and then it hit me that I have no memory of ever seeing one. That family is going to have a shitty dinner.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jan 29, 2023 23:52:52 GMT -5
Funny, some of the stuff mentioned already I have seen commercials for lately. Gum, condoms, chia pets, cereals... even saw an ad for a 900 number (that was on a foreign language station but it was based in Canada)
Can't say I've seen an ad for Old Dutch potato chips, though.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jan 30, 2023 9:56:25 GMT -5
Even with my cable and YouTube ad diet I have not seen a gum ad for a long ass time Or breath mints, for that matter, now that you mention it. I feel like it's been a decade since I last saw a Mentos commercial. Thanks for making me feel old.
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Post by peaches1 on Jan 30, 2023 10:14:09 GMT -5
On Youtube Squatty Potty and Purple Mattress ads
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jan 30, 2023 11:45:17 GMT -5
I haven't seen an ad for a band's new album in at least 20 years. But I know CDs and records still come out.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 30, 2023 12:37:00 GMT -5
Sears brand air conditioners. Even when it's the middle of summer and we're about to face another scorcher. There's a number of reasons for that, but the most obvious one is the fact that Sears was the victim of a hedge fund merger. As is often the case, a parent company buys multiple companies, determines which assets of the companies are valuable, and transfers assets around the companies under their umbrella. One company will get valuable assets while the company that got gutted will get the debts from the other company added to their ledger. One company emerges stronger and smaller than before. The other is designed to fail and will inevitably enter into bankruptcy, meaning that the parent company simply walks away from their debts (and leaves their debtors out in the cold and financially vulnerable themselves). Sears was a company designed to fail by its parent company. The Craftsman, Die-Hard, and Kenmore assets were stripped from it and transferred to a different company. It entered bankruptcy, shrank down as part of the bankruptcy proceedings, and continued to shrink until today where there are a grand total of 18 Sears locations in total.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 30, 2023 13:41:33 GMT -5
Condoms. And lord knows we need them. The Trojan man commercials that used to air on WWE shoes confused me. Troy was supposed to be a Greco-Roman civilization, right? So why is he dressed like a medieval knight-and when did knights have yellow Mickey Mouse gloves?
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Post by sabretooth on Jan 30, 2023 14:06:11 GMT -5
lobotomies.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 30, 2023 15:17:58 GMT -5
Sears brand air conditioners. Even when it's the middle of summer and we're about to face another scorcher. #I’llcallnow And this is why Sears tanked. They thought their primary sales demographic for central air conditioner units were grade school kids trying to watch Rugrats.
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Post by Matt on Jan 30, 2023 15:50:27 GMT -5
1-900 numbers (if they are even a thing anymore) They are, they are ads on Comedy Central late at night. I see them when I can’t sleep and put South Park on.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 31, 2023 6:51:10 GMT -5
Funny, some of the stuff mentioned already I have seen commercials for lately. Gum, condoms, chia pets, cereals... even saw an ad for a 900 number (that was on a foreign language station but it was based in Canada) Can't say I've seen an ad for Old Dutch potato chips, though. You know, I don’t think I ever, ever seen an ad for Old Dutch, in any form. Ever.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 31, 2023 7:57:42 GMT -5
We love the subs! Because they we good to us!
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Post by Gremlin on Jan 31, 2023 10:40:47 GMT -5
We love the subs! Because they we good to us! Any coupon works! Beware of paper cuts!
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 31, 2023 11:32:27 GMT -5
We love the subs! Because they we good to us! Any coupon works! Beware of paper cuts! They got a pepper bar!!!
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 31, 2023 11:52:20 GMT -5
I haven't seen a video ad for BBQ sauce in like 20 years.
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