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bapo! wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 7:24 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 6:45 pm Hopefully they name her CEO
CEOs usually don't have on-screen roles, and Lily doesn't strike me as the Lee Iacocca type.

Also, I'm rather appalled that Discover resurrected that commercial with the woman yelling in her office. I can't remember what she yells because I always mute it, but just seeing her brings back awful memories. There were other commercials in that series, and none of them were nearly that grating. Why would they replay this one?
The only thing I can think of is that the 'chel had to make good to Discover for $$ paid, but ads not shown, and Discover was too cheap to shoot a new, non-annoying ad.
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But they have other commercials to pick from. Like any of the half-dozen from that series. And they've probably made more in the two or three years since then. (I'm not sure since I usually mute commercials. I only pay attention if I see an emu or Lily or Flo.)
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No love for Dr. Rick, or the GEICO aunts?
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govmentchedda wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:17 pm No love for Dr. Rick, or the GEICO aunts?
I think I know who Dr. Rick is, and I've heard good things. I'll unmute my television the next time I see him.

Geico has been consistently great for decades, going back to the caveman days.
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I find the slim Asian woman in the Discover commercial very attractive, and that isn’t normally my type. Mo money mo money!

(I also love Lily and Dr. Rick.)
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sancarlos wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 10:18 pm I find the slim Asian woman in the Discover commercial very attractive, and that isn’t normally my type.
Shouty and obnoxious isn't usually my type, either.
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The latest Geico Dr. Rick turning into your parents commercial set in an airport is several daggers aimed at me directly.
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tennbengal wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:42 pm The latest Geico Dr. Rick turning into your parents commercial set in an airport is several daggers aimed at me directly.
From a marketing standpoint, those ads aren’t very effective if they can’t get target customers to remember which company is doing the advertising.
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sancarlos wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:14 pm
tennbengal wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:42 pm The latest Geico Dr. Rick turning into your parents commercial set in an airport is several daggers aimed at me directly.
From a marketing standpoint, those ads aren’t very effective if they can’t get target customers to remember which company is doing the advertising.
Yeah. Everyone knows geico is the one with flo
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Progressive?

They all run together. The companies that is. The Dr Rick commercials are great.
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tennbengal wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:06 pm Progressive?

They all run together. The companies that is. The Dr Rick commercials are great.
Yeah. Just teasing you. The Dr. Rick ones are good.
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tennbengal wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:42 pm The latest Geico Dr. Rick turning into your parents commercial set in an airport is several daggers aimed at me directly.
Wow, that was funny.

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What I’m assuming is the same one has invaded NBCSN’s PL coverage, too.
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rass wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:39 amWhat I’m assuming is the same one has invaded NBCSN’s PL coverage, too.
And NFL Network.
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Feel like there’s a real dearth of actual couples in the commercial given its “date night” theme. A lot of that country dude shaking his ass by himself, though.
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rass wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 4:27 pm Feel like there’s a real dearth of actual couples in the commercial given its “date night” theme. A lot of that country dude shaking his ass by himself, though.
"Bring your side piece to Applebee's" probably is about as effective a marketing strategy as they can offer.
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When she’s worth all you can eat chicken fingers and $1 Long Island iced teas, it’s got to be the ‘bees!
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Saturdays are for the boys and Applebee's is for the sidepieces!
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Ever since their re-design, Ruby Tuesdays established themselves as the #1 option for your partner. Between the more adult mood mood (darker lighting, no kitschy decor, subtler music) and the lack of ridiculous drinks on the menu, it has staked its claim as the top casual chain restaurant for wedding proposals.
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As many of you undoubtedly know, college football was also not spared.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Sun Sep 05, 2021 2:35 pm As many of you undoubtedly know, college football was also not spared.
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I'm just now learning about this commercial, the song it's derived from, and the TikTok craze about it. It sounds like every country song ever and I can't stop laughing about how enraged it makes people.
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Johnnie wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:27 pm I'm just now learning about this commercial, the song it's derived from, and the TikTok craze about it. It sounds like every country song ever and I can't stop laughing about how enraged it makes people.
The beauty of not watching live TV, I have no idea what this commercial is.
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I'd happily have that be every commercial as long as the Discover card girl screaming in her office is tortured and killed.
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I'm even getting tired of Lily at this point.


I wonder if the pandemic led to shooting less commercials which led to running the same fucking ones over and over again? I feel like "cash money" had been off the airwaves for a while and then the NHL playoffs brought her back with a vengance.
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govmentchedda wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:16 am I'm even getting tired of Lily at this point.
The Lilly commercials have been awful forever now. Frankly, they were never great, but she was cute. Then she got self-conscious about (fair enough) all the attentions she was getting and started directing them herself and they just were bad.
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I'll just echo a comment upthread: I so rarely watch live TV now, the only commercials I see are the rare occasion that we watch a show "on demand" and I typically use those 90-120 second blocks to go to the bathroom, clean dishes, read my phone. I haven't watched a live football game in... Well, the nexus of when MI football started to tear my heart out most Saturdays and when DVR became a viable thing.
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Streamed college games on espn+ made it impossible for me to miss the Applebee’s sadness…
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Shirley wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 1:07 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:16 am I'm even getting tired of Lily at this point.
The Lilly commercials have been awful forever now. Frankly, they were never great, but she was cute. Then she got self-conscious about (fair enough) all the attentions she was getting and started directing them herself and they just were bad.
I believe the last go-around, she was also hiding her pregnancy.
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The Sybian wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:04 am
Johnnie wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:27 pm I'm just now learning about this commercial, the song it's derived from, and the TikTok craze about it. It sounds like every country song ever and I can't stop laughing about how enraged it makes people.
The beauty of not watching live TV, I have no idea what this commercial is.
Read the lyrics to this garbage-ass song.

And then take a shot for every brand named in it.

It was made to be featured in a commercial and played until you wanted to jam an icepick in your ears.
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Johnnie wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 8:40 pm
The Sybian wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:04 am
Johnnie wrote: Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:27 pm I'm just now learning about this commercial, the song it's derived from, and the TikTok craze about it. It sounds like every country song ever and I can't stop laughing about how enraged it makes people.
The beauty of not watching live TV, I have no idea what this commercial is.
Read the lyrics to this garbage-ass song.

And then take a shot for every brand named in it.

It was made to be featured in a commercial and played until you wanted to jam an icepick in your ears.
Wow, the music is so much worse than how I sang the lyrics in my head. It almost like he is trying to blend hip hop and pop country. And it sticks in your head!!! Those lyrics rival the Kid Rock song Rass posted. Maybe worse, name checking menu items from Applebee’s and Wendy’s.

And now I get the post about Bronto’s Tweet.
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And my kids love it. Sigh.
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Giff wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:46 am And my kids love it. Sigh.
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The Sybian wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:17 pm
Giff wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:46 am And my kids love it. Sigh.
Don't raise sons who take dates to Applebee's!
Sons got sidepieces, too, Syb.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:41 pm
The Sybian wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:17 pm
Giff wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:46 am And my kids love it. Sigh.
Don't raise sons who take dates to Applebee's!
Sons got sidepieces, too, Syb.
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I’ve seen two pretty Christmas-y commercials this week. One was for Coffee Mate holiday creamers (there appeared to be a pumpkin flavor but the Christmas flavors were shown, too). The other was the Hallmark Channel advertising wines to drink with their Christmas movies. FBC
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Am I the only one who thinks the Rob Gronkowski commercials for USAA are sort of tone deaf? It's kinda well-known that it's only for veterans and their families, but Gronk is trying (in the two ads I've seen so far) to get his own policy just based off his fame and wants the rules bent because of that, even though he's obviously not a vet, which just seems weird to me.
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I imagine they may get a lot of calls from people who don’t qualify so this may have been an effort to short circuit it? My wife and I talked about this the other day.
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Reaper wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:10 pm Am I the only one who thinks the Rob Gronkowski commercials for USAA are sort of tone deaf? It's kinda well-known that it's only for veterans and their families, but Gronk is trying (in the two ads I've seen so far) to get his own policy just based off his fame and wants the rules bent because of that, even though he's obviously not a vet, which just seems weird to me.
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