Last year I traveled up and down the East Coast for a couple of months. In watching local TV in over 20 states I realized everyone has their own local television embarrassments.

What do you think is the most embarrassing OKC commercial?

My vote goes for the 1-800-2-Sell-Homes people. I just saw one where she has a dog with her. The dog is dressed with some kind of humiliating court jester collar. (Which somewhat matches her own outfit, sadly.) Every time one of their commercials comes on I pray local hotels are blocking them from out-of-town visitor's rooms.

Probably first runner up is any commercial with the guy wildly swinging his disjointed arm.

I can't stand that lady.

But the wavy-arm guy is hilarious.

That arm and those eyes have likely made Mr. no say no a large level of income here and elsewhere.

As for the lady and her dog ... I'd live in a car first

are we talking current or all-time, here?

'cause if we're talking all-time, nothing stacks up to the ads for oklahoma discount furniture. thread over.

-M

are we talking current or all-time, here?

'cause if we're talking all-time, nothing stacks up to the ads for oklahoma discount furniture. thread over.

-MYou do have a good point, although Linda Soundtrack would give him a run for his money.

I really dislike the one where the guy is shouting Fowler Dodge! Fowler Dodge! Fowler Dodge! The Richardson Homes "Let our family build your family's home" is another one.

I vote for the new Edmond Hyundai ad where a motley collection of people just chant "Edmond Hyundai" over and over and over.

Yep - what Redland just said.....

And then come December, the BC Clark ones get my vote every year............

Right now, the Edmond Hyundai gets my vote, too. I'm grabbing for the mute button every time that thing comes on.

What about that old commercial that went something like this:

"But I have a BRILLIANT personality!"

That thing was running while I was in college and it looked straight out of 1985. Remember that?

What about "Are ya Christian? Are ya Single? If you're Christian AND Single..." then they would play the Oklahoma Discount Furniture and then run the Christian Singles thing agin...and then OK Discount Furniture again.

Can't stand disjointed arm man. What a looker, though. Man. He pulls me in with his buggy eyes.

But, since the advent of the DVR, I haven't been subjected to many local commercials. Except the 7-11 Icy Drink commercial with the kids in the band. One of my students was in that commercial. I give him props but wow, WOW, that girl...I couldn't stand that commercial.

are we talking current or all-time, here?

'cause if we're talking all-time, nothing stacks up to the ads for oklahoma discount furniture. thread over.

-M

I hated those so much...Oh man. Linda Soundtrack and the 2sell homes lady have nothing on that place.

I even gave the stores the stinkeye when just driving by because I'd hear that crap in my head.

Grrrrr.

My vote goes for the 1-800-2-Sell-Homes people. I just saw one where she has a dog with her. The dog is dressed with some kind of humiliating court jester collar. (Which somewhat matches her own outfit, sadly.) Every time one of their commercials comes on I pray local hotels are blocking them from out-of-town visitor's rooms.


Oh, what is going on with them putting up two fingers when they say 2 Sell homes. Good lord! I wanna gouge my eyes out!

Oh, what is going on with them putting up two fingers when they say 2 Sell homes. Good lord! I wanna gouge my eyes out!

I agree and to make things worse they were investigated for ripping folks off! I am surprised those sucky commercials are still on YUKKKKKKKKKKK

I dont know if this is accurate but from what I gather the guy spent time in prison for the 1-800-no agent they had a few years ago.

Probably first runner up is any commercial with the guy wildly swinging his disjointed arm.

That commercial may be local, but believe it or not, that guy gets around. I've seen him in commercials in other areas well beyond the OKC viewing area.

I vote for the new Edmond Hyundai ad where a motley collection of people just chant "Edmond Hyundai" over and over and over.

It most definitely gets my vote too. Glad I'm not the only one.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Oklahoma Discount Furniture. Ugh!

The "brilliant personality" thing was for Wright Business School.

I honestly have not watched nor listened to a commercial since 1985. That includes the Super Bowl. All commercials are so offensive I refuse to allow them into my brain.

Oh I wouldn't say that. Some of them are quite entertaining. But not very many of the entertaining ones are made locally. The only exception I can think of are a few of the Fowler car dealer commercials. And not even all of those.

I honestly have not watched nor listened to a commercial since 1985. That includes the Super Bowl. All commercials are so offensive I refuse to allow them into my brain.

You have not seen or heard a commercial in 28 years? Yet, you can make this statement: "All commercials are so offensive I refuse to allow them into my brain." How would you know? You apparently haven't seen, or heard, a single commercial in the 21st century.

Of course, I read in another thread where you said you've voted for Alan Keyes for president in every election since 1988. How did you manage to do that? By the way, if you have done that (which there's no way you could have) you would know his name is spelled, "Keyes" not "Keys."

No commercials since 1985? Alan Keyes for president since 1988?

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At least the "2 Sell" lady in not as "plastic" as she used to be, so she has obviously had some coaching. She has violated two of the unspoken rules of the biz though.

1. Don't work with kids
2. Don't work with animals.

And who's the new "old" dude with her? He looks like the old SW Ford guy, or some other local commercial.

Actually, I think she's learned her lesson about working with kids. She started with just one or two and ended up with that one commercial with the whole gang. Some people are just desperate to get their kids on TV, who cares how? So once they see you have kids in your commercial, they start calling and asking you to put their kids in your commercials. But people stopped complaining about how bad the commercials were about the same time. I have a vague idea who the guy is, and if I'm right, he's not particularly a nice guy. Then again, I guess you can't be super nice and have a successful business in that field.

The guy with her is Wade Carter. He did car commercials and was a DJ at KOMA in the 70's.

Then he isn't who I thought he might be. I cast no aspersions on the character of this Wade-person. Never heard of him.

i can't stand the bob howard guy....i can't even watch the news because he's on more than the actual newscasters

About the ONLY car commercials that don't make me want to carve my eyes and ears out with a rusty spork are the Automax ones with Paul Newsom.

He just talks about the cars...Doesn't yell.

Plus, I've met him (dad went to HS with him) and he's a really nice guy.

Doesn't mean I don't still skip his commercials.

About the ONLY car commercials that don't make me want to carve my eyes and ears out with a rusty spork are the Automax ones with Paul Newsom.

Doesn't mean I don't still skip his commercials.

I'm horribly compulsive about commercials. They aren't allowed to be heard or seen in our house. Thank goodness for the MUTE and the fast forward on the DVR. If I go to a friends house to watch a baseball game or something I'll just get up and go to the kitchen and wait for someone to yell, "it's on!"

As far as the radio goes, I have a watch with a countdown timer set to 55 seconds.

It's better to miss part of a program than see/hear any part of a commercial.

Oh, I don't want them to be done away with. They pay for the stations and programming. After all free enterprise is very important.

I just refuse to watch/hear them, period.

> that guy gets around. I've seen him in commercials in other areas well
> beyond the OKC viewing area.

The first time I experienced a 'local ad guy' elsewhere was in the early 90's. I was killing time in ATL and suddenly Tom Parks was hawking Dodge vehicles on the TV. Until that time I had just assumed he was the best face available in the Lynn Hickey stable. I later saw him on a western KS station for the larger Dodge dealer in that area.

Folks like TP and Mr. no say no (I can never recall his name) have what folks respond to I suppose. Gee, I wonder if Chad Stevens hawks his awful gimmicky wares for anyone other than Fowler. Probably a nice guy but I canna stand his commercials, although I do admit his take off on Gundy did make me laugh

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Folks like TP and Mr. no say no (I can never recall his name) have what folks respond to I suppose.

Tom Parks is known as "One Take Tom". He does the commercial and it's finished. That saves the company a lot of money and them to record future commercials instead of wasting time rehearsing.

That's the way the commercial business is in music. We go in, go over the tune once, lay down a track and start the next session.

About the ONLY car commercials that don't make me want to carve my eyes and ears out with a rusty spork are the Automax ones with Paul Newsom.

He just talks about the cars...Doesn't yell.

Plus, I've met him (dad went to HS with him) and he's a really nice guy.

Doesn't mean I don't still skip his commercials.

Where is his son Bo Newsom at these days?

I think 1-800 2 sell homes is by far the worst we have...also worth mentioning is the Automax commercial poorly filmed from a helicopter. The camera is so shaky it looks as if the helicopter may go down at any minute.

Where is his son Bo Newsom at these days?

Eating a cheese coney at a Sonic in Ardmore.

Tom Parks is known as "One Take Tom". He does the commercial and it's finished.

Imagine my surprise last year when I was in New Jersey and there was Tom Parks hawking cars on the local station. That dude gets around!

Not sure what to make of this clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_KZuCh6lCw&feature=related).

Eating a cheese coney at a Sonic in Ardmore.

Really you know him? I think i went to HS with his son Bo

I like the late night car commericals, the guy from the place on 122nd that "the city was going to throw me in jail for my sign," statement always cracks me up.

Really you know him? I think i went to HS with his son Bo

I said I'd met Paul Newsom and I thought he was a nice guy. I didn't say that we were pals or I knew his family.

I have no idea where his son is, I didn't even know his name until you said it.

The Richardson homes commercials drive me crazy! So does the 1-800-2-sellhomes. At least she doesn't yell anymore! I do like Gibson Diffee. He's adorable.

I guess I'm the odd guy out .. the little girl in the Richardson ad doesn't bug me. But I've spent a large part of my adult life around youth. Her voice is true bliss compared to others I've heard.

1. ICY Drink Concert (Worst commerical ever)

2. Beef Jerky Emporium (Funny yet sometimes annoying.)

3. Affordable Furniture (Annoying voices)

4. Galleria Furniture (I will give them credit for the hot chick)

5. Fowler Honda (hilarious when you first see them annoying after awhile)

I will give Chad Stevens credit, I met him in my old job nice guy, very friendly a true class act. His wife and kids were with him and they have been in the Fowler commericals.

My favorite (Although not local) the Watson's commericals. That chick is hot. I love her cleavage.

Yep - what Redland just said.....

And then come December, the BC Clark ones get my vote every year............


I can agree about the Edmond Hyundai commercials, but I have to disagree about the BC Clark jingle. That is one of the things that lets me know Christmas is officially here, and I've heard it ever since I was barely able to crawl.

For me, I guess it is more about the sentimentality attached to it (the song.)

A few come to mind.
Remember:

SOUTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE--"Now I got a skill--no one can take from me."

That chick who said "No, but I have a BRILLIANT personality."

WAVA--Of course, she's not reading!

The ads with George Tomek and Jack Bowen. You know Tomek was like "This is MY gig dammit!" Wasn't there one with Tomek in a swimming pool with some babe?

OKLAHOMA DISCOUNT FURNITURE--Need I say more?

BUT THE ULTIMATE...............MR. SPRIGG'S BARBECUE (Sprigg's barbecue, Sprigg's barbecue)
My kids sing that stupid song EVERY time we drive by that restaurant. Of course, so do I.

BAD ADS THAT I ACTUALLY MISS:

TALL PAUL
TRUST HOUSE JEWELERS
PULL-A-PART

Hi torture time again...
Allan Merrill Chevrolet route 66 Yukon.

The Cimmaron Steakhouse commercial that starts with "YEEEE-HAWWWW!"

It airs twice every time I see it, too.

A few come to mind.
Remember:

WAVA--Of course, she's not reading! I'm with ya on this one!


The ads with George Tomek and Jack Bowen. You know Tomek was like "This is MY gig dammit!" Wasn't there one with Tomek in a swimming pool with some babe?Multiple babes. I think it was for some mortgage company, wasn't it?


OKLAHOMA DISCOUNT FURNITURE--Need I say more? Nope.


TALL PAUL Hubby and I were talking about this one the other day. What was that number... 524-3541? Something like that?


TRUST HOUSE JEWELERS Yes, dear Gloria and Jim - reigning King and Queen of late nite tv spots - have now passed on, bless 'em. I remember them WAAAY back when they were still at French Market Mall. The "motion" rings got me in every time.

I'm surprised this thread has made it this far with no apparent mention of Bob Mills :Smiley199 , his lovely 90s multi-colored knit sweaters, the thumb, his fake teeth, overly-coiffed hair, the new "See how much money I have" pin striped suits, and now "Dr. Angie!" (who's actually a really nice gal)

His slogans through the years crack me up:
"The Working Man's Friend"
"Your Home's Best Friend"
...can't think of the current one, but I know there is one.

I just put everything on the DVR, so ff through most commercial interruptions.

Close...524-1541

Can't remember the guy's name, but he runs the no credit insurance place upstairs in Crossroads Mall across from Waldenbooks. He does the wacky arm spinny thing. Really goofy guy. I've seen him up there a couple times waving at people.

What about all the obnoxious Mike Munday spots with all the yelling, same sound effects and scripts.

Thats it TRUST HOUSE JEWELERS.
Augggh I see them now in my mind.

That little lynn Hickey dude always in the van up in the air on a crane,
Who cares stay up there. Where is the tornado when you need one?

Can't remember the guy's name, but he runs the no credit insurance place upstairs in Crossroads Mall across from Waldenbooks. He does the wacky arm spinny thing. Really goofy guy. I've seen him up there a couple times waving at people.

Johnny Ross. Our own version of Billy Mays.:dizzy:

Beef Jerky Emporium (Funny yet sometimes annoying.)


There's actually something called the Beef Jerky Emporium?

Edmond Hyundai. Ugh.

There's actually something called the Beef Jerky Emporium?

Yes, they are located on the corner of Britton and May. If you have Cox Cable turn on channel 53 NEWS9's newcast repeats the lastest newscast until a new newscast comes on the air. You will see that commerical and every two bit commerical know to man on there. Not to mention a few psa's that are played extremely loud.

There was also a series of car commercials in the last few years, I think for a Norman car lot, that drove me crazy because the spokesman was sporting a major mullet. Every commercial he proudly displayed his Oklahoma variation on a Donald Trump hair-do. I couldn't stand to look at it. I wanted to call him and ask him to please get a haircut from this century.

Is this the same guy in some of the commercials you guys are talking about? I can't remember which car lot he represented.

Also, I know it's a not a local commercial but it is a local company - I'm about done with the two guys in the car on the Sonic commercials. Some of the commercials were amusing, but I am over them now and they're getting on my nerves.

There was also a series of car commercials in the last few years, I think for a Norman car lot, that drove me crazy because the spokesman was sporting a major mullet. Every commercial he proudly displayed his Oklahoma variation on a Donald Trump hair-do. I couldn't stand to look at it. I wanted to call him and ask him to please get a haircut from this century.

Is this the same guy in some of the commercials you guys are talking about? I can't remember which car lot he represented.

Also, I know it's a not a local commercial but it is a local company - I'm about done with the two guys in the car on the Sonic commercials. Some of the commercials were amusing, but I am over them now and they're getting on my nerves.

That sounds like Brad McRae, former owner of Big Red Sports & Imports. He's now doing commercials for Fowler Dodge, and his style is very much the same.

Gawd here is the worst....DAVID STANLEYS BOY......he looks like one of those little punching dolls dressed as a football player that you seen at the games.....I cant even stand to watch him!

Not a mega fan of the two guys in the Sonic commericals, but the lass and the guy who play their roles as lil' beauty and the geek still manage to crack me up most of the time.

I forgot to mention I cannot stand the Knipplemier radio commericals. They sound like somebody's 80 year old grandmother doing Karaoke.

Worst radio spot out there right now is for some Heat & Air company. These people make the folks on Hee-Haw sound sophisticated. I'm "Merican" and I approve this message.

Any commercial that has a siren or tone that sounds like the EBS....there was one recently but I can't remember whose it was...It should be illegal.

The diffee commercials....ok at first I thought Gibson was a cute kid, still is, but now that hes getting older they seem to be focusing on the younger brother. Whats wrong, Gibson not cute enough anymore? And it gets worse, now every furniture commercial has either a baby or a puppy in it.....WHY?????

And this isn't a commercial per se but the severe weather tone that Cox uses.....that basically covers up any useful weather info you might NEED to hear to save your life. This spring our tv was still WAILING that a tornado warning was in effect although the weather service had cancelled it more than an hour before. Unbelieveable!!!

Any commercial that has a siren or tone that sounds like the EBS....there was one recently but I can't remember whose it was...It should be illegal.

I don't know which commercial you're referring to, but I agree this should not be allowed. That tone should only be used for real emergencies and tests, and for absolutely no other reason. Not even for news promos. And along the same lines - radio commercials with sirens or car horns should not be allowed either. Speaker systems are getting a lot better these days and sometimes, the sound can be incredibly realistic and not in a good way. But I pretty much stopped listening to the radio when I got my mp3 player, so no problem there anymore - for me anyway.

Im not sure exactly how the FCC rule is worded but commercials that have alert tones that are close to the EAS tones or references to EAS or EBS are illegal.