| PASTA |
People Against Sensless Television Advertising |
Have you ever seen an ad that didn't make sense? Have you come across one that made you want to boycott the product it was advertising? How about one that was so annoying or stupid, it made you want to throw your TV set out the window? This is the site for those ads. This is PASTA, or People Against Sensless Television Advertising. We, as television-watching consumers, need to take back the airwaves and tell advertisers that we won't stand for low-budget commercials. Who spends the money around here, anyway? We do! The following is a list of advertisements or ad campaigns that I find self-defeating. Sign the guest book and you can let others know what you find stupid about TV commercials.
| PRODUCT OR AD LINE | COMMENTS |
| Old Navy | I don't know who came up with these ads, but I'd like to have five minutes alone with them. I think they just put a few famous faces in front of a camera and told them they were working on commission. Each commercial seems so disjointed that not even drugs would help. |
| Welch's | If you don't think these ads are the worst, then you haven't seen one. The kids can act, but their voices are somewhat irritating. Maybe now would be a good time to hire a famous name. |
| Mattress Giant | What's with their jingle? Is that the best they can do? I think the guy who wrote it was also hired to do the animations. |
| Florida Center for Cosmetic Surgery | I'm sure you've seen a comercial featuring several dozen men and women dancing around a beach to bad music. Where does one find so many "Baywatch" rejects? Seriously, though, I live in Miami, notorious for so-called "babes" and "hunks" and I don't think I have ever, in my 23 years of living here, seen half that many attractive people within a given week. |
| Infomercials | It's bad enough that someone actually wants to sell us some knock-off exercise machine with 28 unique functions. Why do thewy have to make it into an hour-long event? Where one or two customer testimonials would be effective, infomercials give us several dozen genetically-enhanced people telling us how ripped they feel after a two-second workout with the Ultra Thin Thigh Master 2000 Express, compactable model. Pretty soon, we'll have something that works on all major muscle groups, reduces fat and cholesterol, slices, dices, does your tax returns, entertains the in-laws, and works like major credit card, but deducts from your checking account. |
| Plastic | Most ads I've seen have a point. What are these ads trying to sell? I can see cheese and milk because they are supporting something that consumers can go out and purchase. I've never hear someone say, "I'll be right back, honey. I'm going to replenish our supply of plastic," or, "Could you please pass the plastic?" (Try saying that last one real fast three times.) |
| Sprite | If you haven't seen these ads, they're the ones that have major basketball stars telling you, the consumer, not to buy in to all the celebrity advertising. Can you say "hypocrite?" |
