What's the worst Air America Radio ad?

[nyhuskyfan]

I consider myself to be a pretty romantic guy -- I really enjoyed When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless In Seattle and When A Man Loves A Woman and Joe Versus the Volcano. Well, okay, maybe it was just Meg Ryan.

But I have to turn the volume down when the e-harmony.com ad comes on. That woman's voice is sappier than a Vermont forest.

[AmandaRuth]

1. i wouldl ove to be able to answer that question

AA is not available in my area. :( :(

signed

wahuskyfan :D :D

[Placebo]

2. 'Worst' Implies that there is a 'Best'...

and they all suck. not as bad as the commercials during the old Mike Malloy show where they would repeat the same one for some PET show 5 times in a row...oy, shoot me now

[nyhuskyfan]

3. True...

Although I should also add that we should support these companies whenever possible, no matter how we feel about their ads. That'll make AAR more financially stable, and make buying ad time more appealing to bigger companies who can afford better advertising executives.

[nini]

4. I will gladly tolerate them all since it keeps the station on the air.

guess I've gotten good at tuning things out.

[NightTrain]

6. Couldn't agree more!

:hi:

[Jeebo]

5. It's this anti-marijuana ad ...

It's the one that goes "There is no scientific evidence that use of marijuana necessarily leads to use of any other drug. Feel better? Well, here's a reality check..."

This ad uses COMPLETELY fallacious and bogus reasoning and I started a thread complaining about it back in May. Here's a link to that thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1102637

Ron

[AspenRose]

7. GEICO

"Your hair dresser can't tell the difference between burnt auburn and burnt toast."

[sleepyhead]

8. The flower shop lady who grinds her teeth.

Her voice is so annoying.

[Kire]

9. Amnesty International - Corta Slim - Super Cuts

I wrote this in the AAR Yahoo! group in June and everybody jumped on me as if I were trying to bring the radio station down, how dare I question the commercials that are bought and paid for and keep AAR on the air?

--- In [e-mail], "kire6975" <kire1975@c...> wrote:
> I have some complaints about the commercials that Air America Radio
> chooses to air.
>
> The Supercuts commercial where the mother fawns over her son who asks
> her for a hair cut. The only audience that I can think of that this
> appeals to is covertly incestuous parents.
>
> Dr. Greg Sinamone, whose field is psychology. What's up with him? Who
> cares about "his opinion"? The way he says the word "fat" is so
> creepy. What about checking how your clothes fit has anything to do
> with the difference between the diet pill he is selling and any other
> diet pill? His field is psychology, so he can't give a "medical"
> opinion.
>
> Lastly, the Amnesty International ad where children are singing John
> Lennon's "Imagine". The Irish kid who says "Imagine that everyone
> would live in peace and harmony"; again, this is so creepy. The way
> that this kid pronounces the h in harmony. AUGHHHH! I don't think I
> will ever get that out of my head. By no means am I a right wing
> critic of AI, but it is hard not to come to any other conclusion
> than: this commercial is propoganda. The hairs rise up on my spine,
> then I get a warm fuzzy feeling that I am not supposed to get from a child.
>
> I completely understand that Air America is a commercial driven
> enterprise, but Will they ever get some Variety? They play these
> commercials 5 or 6 times an hour, for gosh sakes. It gets so that I
> look forward to the Home Depot commercials, therefore feeding the
> machine that is killing off small carpenter businesses.
>
> Anyway, I appreciate this opportunity to vent. I hope I am not alone.
> Does anybody at AAR read these group messages?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Erik

thanks for this thread, nyhuskyfan

and thank AAR, that these commercials aren't on the air anymore