You forget the times we lived in, when cellular minutes were costly. The two-way radio feature didn't count against your minutes. The owners of one of the studio audience ticketing companies I worked for used that feature constantly when loading in audiences for TV shows.
For me, the worst commercial I can think of right now (I'm sure there will be more) was for Zima (a hideous beverage that hipsters are hoping to bring back... sigh), featuring a pre-hipster hipster as the guy at the bar that nobody liked... worse than Cliff Clavin... if you saw him, you'd turn around and head the opposite direction... as the pitchman for Zima. https://youtu.be/t_uxyXekDjo On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > Inspired by the thread on worst sports announcer, I suggest a discussion > of the worst national commercial ever. > > No local or even regional commercials here. I’ve seen regional commercials > bubble up to the national level that were painful to watch. > > I’m going to go with Dennis Franz using the radio feature of his Nextel > phone. > > Here’s some: > > http://adland.tv/commercials/nextel-dennis-franz-potato- > chip-ad-2002-030-usa > > https://adland.tv/commercials/nextel-dennis-franz-foot- > powder-ad-2002-030-usa > > http://adland.tv/commercials/nextel-dennis-franz-cumquats-2002-030-usa > > How does this show the positive side of the two-way radio feature? A > speakerphone does the same thing without having to push a button each time. > > When I saw this commercial, all I could think about is how annoying it > would be to have someone using this as they stand next to me while they are > shopping. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
