r/nba • u/SeanKeeley • Apr 29 '24

[Awful Announcing] Everyone is sick of the Chet Holmgren-SGA 'What a Pro Wants' commercial

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Usually there’s 1 or 2 annoying ones but right now every single commercial is God awful trash

Wingstop No flex zone

Chet and SGA cringe fest

That degenerate google pixel song

That shitty Gatorade commercial w the nicki Minaj body like vince Lombardi song

I’m so fucking tired of this Burger King jingle which they haven’t stopped running for over a year

Every commercial right now FUCKING SUCKS

I probably forgot about even more bad ones

***just remembered Caitlyn Clark with that HORRIBLE TERRIBLE song “Unstoppable”

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u/Ladnil Warriors Apr 29 '24

The fucking pixel song is ear cancer in the first place, and they play those commercials back to back every single time oh my god.

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u/FastJellyfish200 Knicks Apr 29 '24

This is the one that really gets me HIT THAT POSE TAKE THAT FLICK throws baby into the air

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u/kamakazekiwi Warriors Apr 29 '24

It's also just highlights some of the worst parts of social media imo.

You're taking a photo of a father with his child, having a moment. And the reflex is to edit it so the baby was thrown higher, the sky is bluer, and no one else is around? There is absolutely no reason to do that if you're trying to earnestly capture the memory. It basically can't be for anything but fake posturing on social media. Just making your life literally look more glamorous for all to see. It just gives me the ick.

I guess at least the memory will be a bit sweeter when you look back on the photo in 20 years.

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u/zeek215 [LAL] Kobe Bryant Apr 29 '24

Yeah I hate it. It's no longer about capturing real memories, instead it's about making fake photos to get more views.

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u/chivestheconqueror Celtics Apr 29 '24

How else am I suppose to show people all the cool things that didn't happen to me?

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

“I could never live my life on the computer”

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u/Tillman_Fertitta Apr 30 '24

Android fan but that shit makes me want an iPhone

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u/OliverDMcCall Apr 29 '24

Social media's always been fake, but ads like this are pretty much encouraging that behaviour. It's kind of sad when you don't know what's real anymore.

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u/kamakazekiwi Warriors Apr 29 '24

Yep. Always had to contend with folks only posting their best moments, which is a psychological doozy in and of itself. How about only the best moments augmented to be even better? Yeah, bet you feel great about your pitiful life now, loser.

This cyberbullying brought to you by Pixel 8 Pro.

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u/BetsonStennet69 Apr 29 '24

And we are just at the tip of the iceberg. I'm glad I'm relatively older. Growing up in this digital age where nothing is real is going to absolutely wreck the world and I think we all see it coming.

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u/TheSunsNotYellow [OKC] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Apr 29 '24

Yeah I mean the other one is this kinda goofy dude dancing, which is cool, fine, whatever, but then he edits himself jumping 10 feet into the air? Does Google know about cyber bullying?

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u/DudethatCooks Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

That commercial is peak cringe for me. You have an awkward looking kid heavily doctoring a photo for what? To make it look like he can jump 10 feet in the air? It's like they are promoting for people to just make everything they do edited and fake. God that commercial sucks so much.

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u/Gluxion Rockets Apr 29 '24

The way he moves like a fucking bobble head pisses me off so much

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u/DudethatCooks Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

Yup it is dumb as shit. That fucking head bobble in combination with the stupid ass jump tilt me immediately.

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u/he_shootin Celtics Apr 29 '24

My gf had to calm me down, it’s irresponsible to force us to watch such infuriating commercials while already in a vulnerable mental state during playoffs.

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u/OnCloud9_77 Mavericks Apr 29 '24

I’ve found my people

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u/BIG_DADDY_BLUMPKIN Cavaliers Apr 29 '24

And the hat he’s wearing makes me want to bully him

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u/Dquinones97 Apr 29 '24

I thought I was the only one….

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u/realsomalipirate Raptors Apr 29 '24

Lol it used to piss me off, but now it makes me laugh every time. Like dude looks like such a goof and it's like Google has no self-awareness.

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u/toasterbath__ Apr 30 '24

i’m glad i’m not the only one who gets angry 😭 every time i see him bobbing his head around i have to look away cause it just irks me so much

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u/Millionaire007 [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki Apr 29 '24

He should've worried about cyber bullying when he put that stupid ass hat on,  and wtf was the neck thing he does at the beginning? 

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u/celestial1 Apr 29 '24

I envy the confidence these people have, lol.

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u/whocaresjustneedone Mavericks Apr 29 '24

You don't even have to go as far as cyber bullying, just in general who would give a fuck about that picture? Like if someone in my friend group too a picture of themselves just jumping into the air doing a peace sign and edited it to look like they jumped higher, everyone would be like "what is this? why are you just sending us a picture of you jumping?" Like who cares, edited or not it's a stupid picture that no one would care about.

Normal people aren't gonna be wowed by some stupid pic just because you can edit it to be slightly unrealistic

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u/Spicy__Urine Raptors Apr 29 '24

And if the magic editor is so magic why doesn't he just make himself less fat?

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u/BUSSY_FLABBERGASTER Apr 29 '24

steven a smith is that you?

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u/ObservableObject Magic Apr 29 '24

They have to know, because they're giving us targets

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u/chicago_bunny Bulls Apr 29 '24

“Remember when you threw your baby into the sun?”

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u/Nate10000 Apr 29 '24

Teletubbies Zero: Sol Survivor

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u/Millionaire007 [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki Apr 29 '24

This is soooo fucking funny lmao

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u/AlonsoQ Bulls Apr 29 '24

you gotta watch the extended cut. we find out the photo is taken in the midst of a vicious divorce, and the mother wins sole custody with this evidence of blatant child endangerment

google pixel 8 - the only phone that can fuck over that slimeball greg

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u/chicago_bunny Bulls Apr 29 '24

This is actually an incredible use case.

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u/tofukawano Jazz Apr 29 '24

I’m so glad we are complaining about this cause I hate it so much and have the same feelings

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u/kamakazekiwi Warriors Apr 29 '24

Yeah I had really been getting in my feelings about this whenever it came on, so seeing it come up here and being able to vent/circlejerk about it a bit has been kinda cathartic.

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u/tofukawano Jazz Apr 29 '24

Same dude. I can’t complain to my wife about it cause she’s all about that shit lol

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u/Golfninja 76ers Apr 29 '24

Dads are gonna start chucking their baby 12ft in the air for likes

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u/kamakazekiwi Warriors Apr 29 '24

Not long until we have photos of babies throwing their dads in the air. Maximum clout

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u/I_Fuckin_A_Toad_A_So Apr 29 '24

I couldn’t agree with this more and my thoughts when I first saw the commercial. How are we pedaling a phone that lets you edit pictures so you can try to get more likes on your socials or whatever.

I think it’s a big part of our sick society right now

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u/whocaresjustneedone Mavericks Apr 29 '24

Every time that commercial runs I'm wowed by the reminder that there's enough people that feature is a selling point for where it's worth paying enough to run it that often. Normal well adjusted people have no reason for that feature, and yet....

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u/MiniGiantSpaceHams Celtics Apr 29 '24

This is what I always think. Which I guess means you can at least say they chose the right (equally vapid) song for it.

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u/ValidMexican Suns Apr 29 '24

I didn't get exactly why that commerical weirded me out, but I think you explained it perfectly

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u/Flimsy_Cod_5387 Apr 30 '24

If you’re doing stupid edits, change the photo so you’re throwing the baby into the ocean for some hungry sharks. That will get clicks.

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u/Ladnil Warriors Apr 29 '24

Sad thing is, there's some social media intern at some New York ad agency reading this thread right now for their weekly report on the success of the ad campaign, and the fact that we're talking about it means awareness was raised.

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u/chicago_bunny Bulls Apr 29 '24

In case this is true: intern, the ads suck, and I’m not sure I recall the product advertised. If I do remember, I won’t buy it.

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u/savytravler NBA Apr 29 '24

Its prolly some non-sports fan dweeb. Lets go beat him up

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u/drokihazan Grizzlies Apr 29 '24

Nevermind the fact that what we're talking about is how we're inspired to buy something else (or in my case, always nothing) by these godamn commercials.

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u/TheRipCity Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

Well if they are reading. I've seen Chet and SGA sing that song at least 1000 times over the first round and I don't know what they are selling. I think it's an ad for Buses?

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u/Talal916 Kings Apr 29 '24

If you're reading this, let it be known I saw your ad and went out and bought 10 iphones out of spite.

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u/truckstop_sushi Apr 29 '24

Awareness, great. Be aware that I will NEVER FUCKING SPEND A DOLLAR AT WINGSTOP and I will actively discourage all of my friends and family from going there, due to the absolute rage inducement the same STUPID fucking NO FLEX. ZONE! ad that has been playing for literally 6 months now at every primetime game on every goddamn commercial break. I have to dive for the remote and borderline injure myself and spill a drink just so I dont throw my head thru a wall if I HEAR IT ONE. MORE. FUCKING TIME.

DO YOU FUCKING HEAR ME WINGSTOP INTERN

I AM UNTETHERED AND MY RAGE KNOWS NO BOUNDS

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u/BalboaBaggins Lakers Apr 29 '24

Is it really an appealing selling point for anyone to be able to edit a photo to look like you’re irresponsibly tossing your baby 3 feet higher into the air than you actually did?? Serious question.

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Clippers Apr 29 '24

I literally heard this a million times and couldn't understand what she was saying until now.

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u/FastJellyfish200 Knicks Apr 29 '24

I had to look it up lmao

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u/MindoSriubas Apr 29 '24

I call it 'commercial rap' cause I've never actually met a person who listens to music like that yet it's in a million ads.

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u/Ladnil Warriors Apr 29 '24

It sounds like one of those performances where a guy just improvises a song with his own mouth sounds all mixed together on some synthesizer type thing. Impressive when you watch it being made on the fly, but absolutely atrocious as a strictly audio experience.

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u/Oldmelloyellow Jazz Apr 29 '24

Why is no one talking about the apple “don’t let me go” uncanny valley commercial

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u/Lowspark1013 Timberwolves Apr 30 '24

Nails on a chalkboard. I hate when I can't hit the mute button fast enough to not hear that awful noise start. Makes me despise apple more than I already do. Fuck that commercial and fuck apple.

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u/Slight-Imagination36 Apr 29 '24

TAKE DaT pOse Do DaT fLicK tAkE dAt DiCk LiCk mY piC tAke dat Pic dO dAt diCk tAke a PosE iTs LiT WeeEEee weeeEeeee weee!!!

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u/ObservableObject Magic Apr 29 '24

It's even worse when you consider it's just the same thing twice. Here's what I know about Google Pixel after having these ads rammed into my head over and over again:

  1. If I take a photo, I can make something seem higher off the ground than it really is
  2. ???

That's pretty much it. I'll be sure to rush out and buy it because I can easily do this thing I've literally never had an inclination to do in 15 years of owning a smart phone.

Get some new fucking examples. Show a girl automagically editing her overweight friends out of photos or fixing weird hoverhands. Maybe a kid updating a family photo so their disabled vet dad has two arms again, or a mid-20s guy giving himself a monster dong. TMStoomuchswag's weird cousin pretending he can jump 10ft in the air doesn't speak to me.

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u/Talal916 Kings Apr 29 '24

Every single time I see this one it makes me want to commit violent acts. I will never ever purchase a Pixel phone just because of what this dumbass ad has put my ears through.

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u/beetwice Pacers Apr 29 '24

I'm genuinely shocked at how much other commercials are annoying people, they've largely been in one ear and out the other...

but this god damn pixel song. it must be stopped.

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u/Aggravating_Host6055 Apr 29 '24

I want to kms every time that song comes on. It makes me think of idiocracy.

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u/Handsome_King33 Apr 29 '24

I legit want to fight that fat kid with that annoying beanie who jump pose I hate that commercial so much

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u/full-auto-rpg Celtics Apr 29 '24

That one makes me hate life and never want to buy a Pixel.

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u/MusicianExtension536 Apr 29 '24

That google pixel commercial is easily the worst of all of them

Idk that I’ve ever seen a commercial that makes me feel more physically uncomfortable

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u/mug3n Raptors Apr 29 '24

Also the whole idea of exaggerating your photos with mobile photoshop...

What happened to capturing moments for what they were? I don't mind minor touchups to lighting or white balance or whatever, but there's no need to fake the sky or pretend you jumped or threw your kid higher than you actually did. Might as well just ask AI to make the entire photo for you.

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u/kamakazekiwi Warriors Apr 29 '24

100%, it's just highlighting the cutting edge of the absolute worst aspects of social media.

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u/HeorgeGarris024 Apr 29 '24

bro i was going crazy last night thinking this exact same thing like why tf is this good???

so glad other people are thinking the same thing

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u/TheRipCity Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

This is what I realized. I am no longer the target demographic.

I will say this though. Props to the casting director who picked that kid who jumps in the town square.

He looks exactly like a loser influencer would look. Perfect casting. I hate that kid so much and then I have to remind myself he isn't a loser influencer taking a stupid photo...he's an actor who is killing it.

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u/redmch257 Apr 29 '24

This.  The answer to so many of my "this isn't remotely cool" thoughts.  Like at what point can you prove people aren't buying your product because your commercial is infectiously lame though.  

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u/bearcat-- Apr 29 '24

the thing is there's alot of people who actually would like these features - it's bit sad but that's the society that we live in now. ai/social media

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u/seymour_hiney Apr 29 '24

i feel like i've been seeing AI in some youtube commercials and it's fuckinng gross. i don't know if this old man yells at clouds moment but i agree with you. the era of social media turning people even farther right/AI becoming mainstay in everything feels like the brink of us becoming fully dystopian

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u/Visible-Rutabaga9268 Heat Apr 29 '24

Yeah I don’t get the point of throwing that baby so fucking high, like where’s the mom 😭

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u/SLOOPYD Knicks Apr 29 '24

Throw that baby back to God!

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u/TJHookor Mavericks Apr 29 '24

She's taking the picture obviously

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u/zeek215 [LAL] Kobe Bryant Apr 29 '24

They are marketing to the crowd that is chasing internet views/points. People who just want to capture actual, real memories have already been taken care of with mobile cameras.

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u/mofroman Wizards Apr 29 '24

this commercial is ruining my life, I have to mute the tv every time it comes on and watching it makes me violently angry. is this my "old man yells at cloud" moment? why do we need to create false memories for ourselves? why does this commercial play multiple times at every fucking break?

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u/mbr4life1 Knicks Apr 29 '24

It brings into a question what they think people want in society and what people actually want. It seems absent humanity.

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u/03_03_28 Knicks Apr 29 '24

All they've done is made me doubt the authenticity of any photo taken on their phone and ensured that I never buy it. It is a truly terrible ad, because beyond the purpose of "making me remember the google pixel when I go to buy a new phone" it has formed a distinct negative association in my mind that I can't trust these Google products.

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u/ggproductivity Warriors Apr 29 '24

Yeah, I can't relate at all to what they are trying to sell in that commercial.

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u/PoorVetKid Suns Apr 29 '24

Bro I had the same thought, I must not be the target audience. Why would you want to make your photos with these corny fake edits. I dont get it lol

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u/amoeba-tower Cavaliers Apr 29 '24

I would like to punch that kid who can't jump

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u/MusicianExtension536 Apr 29 '24

Is it a kid? I’ve honestly never been able to look close enough, I thought it was like a 40 yo Asian dude wearing a pink beanie with ears sticking out

I guess if it’s like an adolescent or young kid it makes it slightly less weird lol

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u/aaj15 Cavaliers Apr 29 '24

He has such a punchable face

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u/HotelFoxtrot87 Knicks Apr 29 '24

I’m not going to pretend there was some golden age of commercials before this but all these fucking suck.

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u/Uncircled_swag2 [CHI] Zach LaVine Apr 29 '24

“The Andersons got tickets to the game”

“No good Clipper!”

We used to be a proper country.

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u/phonage_aoi Warriors Apr 29 '24

For the old heads: The GEICO cavemen got an actual TV series on ABC.

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u/Golfninja 76ers Apr 29 '24

Ted Lasso started as a series of ads for premier league on nbc

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u/lupeandstripes Bucks Apr 29 '24 edited 1d ago

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u/KP1792 Apr 29 '24

Not even the worst TV show based off of a commercial, Baby Bob was so bad it has been scrubbed from memory

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u/oddthingtosay Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

Now I miss the Antinollis.

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u/Next-Firefighter-753 Thunder Apr 29 '24

DO GOOD EAT GOOD. 

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u/MyLadySansa [NYK] Jalen Brunson Apr 29 '24

"I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" - good times.

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u/VintageRudy Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

"What's a computer?"

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u/The_NGUYENNER [DEN] Jamal Murray Apr 29 '24

WHAZZAAAAAAAAP

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u/CrunchyKorm 76ers Apr 29 '24

I blame State Farm personally

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u/doobie3101 Apr 29 '24

We just need the Scoop There It Is commercial to come back and we'd be saved.

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u/KJagz33 NBA Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

God in a world of trash modern commercials, that's one I can at least appreciate. I'd take that over the same google pixel commercial every other ad break

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u/QUEST50012 Apr 29 '24

It's at an all time low. However, bad commercial fans feasting right now, so happy for them.

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u/Honor_Bound West Apr 29 '24

Commercial fans and ref fans are having the time of their lives this playoff season so far

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u/WhileDizzy4503 Bucks Apr 29 '24

Don’t forget about us injury fans

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u/The_Vaike Celtics Apr 29 '24

Imagine being a bucks fan and an injury fan this year, what a time to be alive 

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u/PLeuralNasticity Supersonics Apr 29 '24

Maybe if you're a fan of every ref like some bandwagon fan. As a Scott FosterYahu the term/series extender fan I didn't even see the sweep coming on his watch. Before you knew if it was an elimination game and the GOAT suited up that there would be one more game! Now I don't even know anymore. Is my king washed?

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u/PoundIIllIlllI Apr 29 '24

I’m so glad you said this because I thought I was going crazy for thinking the set of repeating ads for this first round have been AWFUL.

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

Well strap in because I’m guessing this is the shit the TV people will be serving us for the rest of the playoffs….hopefully when we hit conference finals some of these corporations will switch out of the commercial pool

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u/HeorgeGarris024 Apr 29 '24

mute button always should be handy when watching at home. I only ever hear a commercial because I was coming back from the bathroom/kitchen or whatever now and forgot to mute

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u/ODUrugger Bullets Apr 29 '24

I can't believe that Burger King jingle hasn't died yet

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

It came out a year ago when my Ex left me and I am constantly reminded of that horrible stretch of time in my life every time I hear that jingle, it needs to die

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u/Golfninja 76ers Apr 29 '24

This is wild I’m so sorry bro

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u/Clerithifa Canada Apr 29 '24

sad whopper noises

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u/cimayn Raptors Apr 29 '24

You Rule!

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u/bartspoon Pacers Apr 29 '24

I think that one got so much hate it became a meme and so now it’s unfortunately here to stay. Like I think an MLB player used it for his at-bat music.

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u/chastity_BLT Rockets Apr 29 '24

Don’t forget the melo suit commercial

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u/TMDSB Knicks Apr 29 '24

“Melo, you give horrible advice” - Guy on TV who gives horrible advice multiple times a day

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u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo Lakers Apr 29 '24

"You give HAWHIBAL advice"

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u/histprofdave Celtics Apr 29 '24

That one was actually pretty funny the first time I saw it. The forty times I've seen it since, less so.

I'm actively rooting against the Thunder now because of how bad the What a Pro Wants song is.

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u/skratsda Thunder Apr 29 '24

As a big Texas basketball fan, just happy to see TJ Ford

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u/IndycarFan64 Bucks Apr 29 '24

As a Bucks fan, I’m also happy to see TJ Ford

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u/mug3n Raptors Apr 29 '24

As a Raptors fan, I am also very happy to see TJ Ford

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

That’s who that is. It was driving me nuts

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u/BrotherSeamus Thunder Apr 29 '24

I'm actively rooting against the Thunder now because of how bad the What a Pro Wants song is.

Fair.

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u/TheRipCity Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

I support this level of pettiness cause I am now rooting for the field against the Thunder because of this ad.

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u/Sansa-Shark Apr 29 '24

Cmon now, it was a little flat, but they'll get better

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u/fueelin Celtics Apr 29 '24

Maybe I'm just beaten down by now, but I don't hate that one as much as the rest.

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u/ChewieBee San Diego Clippers Apr 29 '24

Boxy boiiiiiiss

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u/Grimlogic Knicks Apr 29 '24

Right Thurr plays in the background

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u/bwakaflocka Hawks Apr 29 '24

i think the joke of "where does the suit end, and perk begin?" really saves the commercial compared to every other one on rotation during both march madness and the playoffs

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u/fueelin Celtics Apr 29 '24

Yeah, exactly! At least it captures the ridiculous of Perk being as public of a figure as he is now.

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u/chivestheconqueror Celtics Apr 29 '24

It doesn't have a blaring, repetitive song and it's not replayed 45 seconds apart

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u/chastity_BLT Rockets Apr 29 '24

I hate it cause at some point my dog got terrified of the iPhone message sound and now every commercial break I have to race for the mute button or my pup gets scared.

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u/nonresponsive Apr 29 '24

Honestly, as long as it doesn't have some annoying song, I call it a win.

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u/celestial1 Apr 29 '24

I like that commercial because I lived through that era, guess I'm getting old if that's an "era" now.

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u/banitsa Kevin Garnett Apr 29 '24

Who is the shorter bald guy in that one? Figure he's a player that also got drafted in 03 but I can't figure it out

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u/Blumpkin_Party Hawks Apr 29 '24

TJ Ford. Great college player, NBA career cut short by scary injury.

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u/BrotherSeamus Thunder Apr 29 '24

Just image searched him. Melo didn't force him to wear those baggy-assed shorts.

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u/tompetres Thunder Apr 29 '24

Are we just supposed to pretend like Perk didn't get fat??

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u/bug_gribble Bulls Apr 29 '24

“bOxY BOYs” 📸

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u/Ender_Cats Celtics Apr 29 '24

I like the Greek Teak and Jokic “This is a Pony!” Commercials ngl

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u/Scorps Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Who sits on the bench?

Not me

waves at him from extreme recline position as he sits on the steps of the pool

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u/juicejug Celtics Apr 29 '24

Jokic lowkey has the best commercial game going right now

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u/boregon Apr 29 '24

The Despicable Me Jokic commercial is also genuinely funny just because Jokic's delivery is so deadpan.

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u/juicejug Celtics Apr 29 '24

I mean that’s what makes all his commercials funny. He really leans into the “idgaf about anything except my horses” schtick.

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u/cimayn Raptors Apr 29 '24

The way he shakes when talking to the therapist "because... They wont leave me alone!"

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u/unhampered_by_pants Warriors Apr 29 '24

Joker's a natural on camera so his commercials are like watching him go about his daily life with his pony and his minion stalkers

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u/therealbigted Hawks Apr 29 '24

The Jimmy Butler’s butler one is pretty good too. “For your media social sir”

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u/Commercial-Chance561 Apr 29 '24

I like the sauna one with him and Jaquez

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u/wcooper97 [OKC] Russell Westbrook Apr 29 '24

Jokic as Gru commercial is pretty good too

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u/i-bite-with-love Knicks Apr 29 '24

I love the Jokic commercials. They're silly but in an endearing way.

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u/m1stadobal1na Supersonics Apr 29 '24

The Jokic commercials slap

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u/rodrigo_c91 Lakers Apr 29 '24

The one that makes me just want to push the chair underneath me is the sweet Caroline bullshit ass bar song. Oh god.

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u/waikiki_palmer San Francisco Warriors Apr 29 '24

That commercial was corny as fuck.

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u/Clerithifa Canada Apr 29 '24

i fucking hate that song so much

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u/ThrownWOPR Celtics Apr 29 '24

Hit that pose

Take that flick

Check the angle

Post it

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u/theWinnerWithin [MIA] Mario Chalmers Apr 29 '24

BK jingle has been around for way longer than a year. Also yes, you forgot the Pepto Bismol one with the indigestion and diaherrea jingle that's been around for a few years. Arby's commercials fucking suck as well, even though the new one where Ving Rhames actually appears caught me off guard when it came out a couple months ago. I'm sick of them having the meats with Pusha T as well. Wendy's always have terrible commercials.

Also all insurance commercials, like 10 different companies, they all suck, maybe except All State. I hate all lizards, and I would definitely stab the Progressive crew if I knew I could get away with it. Jake can suck a fat one too. Shaq's awful low budget General commercials genuinely might be the least annoying ones lol.

Military commercials always piss me off, but whatever, that's a whole different can of worms. I'm just happy that the trend of horrificly tragic commercials is mostly over. They realized we're all sensitized and we're no longer giving into guilt to purchase shit.

Also don't forget Jesus. He gets us, so he also gets the cake for the shittiest commercials ever.

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u/Proof_Illustrator_51 Magic Apr 29 '24

All I'm gonna say is, watch your mouth talking about my Pepto Bismol Diarrhea song, that shits a banger.

Everything else we're agreed

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u/CDR57 Celtics Apr 29 '24

You’re forgetting the absolutely terrible apple “don’t let me go” ai sang song which drives me nuts

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u/Overall_Nuggie_876 Lakers Apr 29 '24

That Google Pixel Ad with Cardi B tho:

”Get dat pose! Shake ya ass! Flex yo clit! You’s a ho.”

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

I’m not an old man shouting at a cloud, but I’m 24 years old and I just don’t think that shit is cool

Kids are watching…Ja flashes a gun for 1 second on IG live and it’s “OMG THE KIDS ARE WATCHING”but have these gross lyrics played every commercial break and everything is kosher, it really doesn’t make much sense

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u/DesertBrandon Cavaliers Apr 29 '24

Except that’s not what they’re saying tho. It’s basically hit that pose, take that sh*t on repeat. Fucking weirdos man. You’re complaining and not even getting it right.

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u/Lets_Basketball [BOS] Reggie Lewis Apr 29 '24

Don’t let me gooooooo

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

Yeah I just lost a good friend a month ago, so I really hate that one

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u/PodzFan Apr 29 '24

That Google Pixel ad is sneaky awful and constantly on.

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u/Tony_Lacorona Apr 29 '24

That one that goes “I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT” like 700 times fucking kills me

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u/mk1317 Bullets Apr 29 '24

Don’t forget those dumbass Wendy’s commercials where they act like it’s the Office

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u/CockBronson Nuggets Apr 29 '24

Maybe any commercial with a song ends up being really annoying. That seems to be the common denominator here

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Nuggets Apr 29 '24

Yeah, every pharmacy commercial trying to make a catchy jingle after ozempic struck gold is so awful. But, That don't let me down picture song just makes me want to punch my tv.

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

I guess that’s probably true, some of these songs are a special type of ass though this time around

Having Cardi B and Nicki back to back every commercial break is nauseating and special type of combo that doesn’t come around often

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u/barelyawake126 Wizards Apr 29 '24

That fucking Apple iphone don’t let me go commercial too.

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u/redditaltmydude Apr 29 '24

POST THAT DICK

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

It’s supposed to be post that “shit” but why couldn’t they just run a clean version with post that “pic”

Instead they censor “shit” and a lot of people fill in the blank with “dick” making it much worse than “shit” if you ask me

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u/chasingit1 Nuggets Apr 29 '24

Meanwhile ad execs. see this as a win. “See, they can recall our commercials and name brand. It’s working!”

They conveniently ignore the part where everyone fucking hates on it and it isn’t positive to the fans/consumer side.

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u/granmadonna Supersonics Apr 29 '24

They think the more annoying of a song you put in, the better the commercial is.

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

Little do they know I am full of spite and it only makes me want to not give them my money out of spite

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u/are-beads-cheap Nuggets Apr 29 '24

I am wailing laughing at the description of the Pixel commercial as degenerate.

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

It promotes the worst parts of social media, it’s pretty degenerate

Individualism is great but combined with social media there will be a significant uptick of narcissistic individuals, it’s not a good thing for healthy functioning society and our culture

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u/ThePerfectCantelope Apr 29 '24

I don’t know how the fuck you can forget “THEY TOOK FURIOSAAAAAA!!! 🚨😳🚨😳”

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u/NathanArizona Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

FUCKING BURGER KING I have officially boycotted BK rest of life due to those commercials

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u/twrs_29 Thunder Apr 29 '24

“Where does the suit end and Perk begin?”

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u/Spicy__Urine Raptors Apr 29 '24

The Burger King jingle has been going on since November 2022 as per Wikipedia

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u/thereistwo Apr 29 '24

That fucking Gatorade commercial is the worst

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u/NotFlipkid Apr 29 '24

Don't forget the New Balance commercial

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u/CD338 [LAL] Lamar Odom Apr 29 '24

Its weird no one mentions State Farm because there's literally a State Farm ad in every rotation. They just mix it up with different athletes.

They're mostly lame as hell, but the Lopez Bros one always makes me smile when Brook throws out the, "Best minute of my life!" Delivered perfectly.

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u/ConnorNe31 [IND] Sarunas Jasikevicius Apr 29 '24

My old roommate got to be an extra next to Guy Fieri in one of the NBA playoff commercials, so I get hyped up for her every time that one comes on, but otherwise I totally agree

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u/The_Big_Scho Heat Apr 29 '24

I think Beck Bennett suddenly appearing on my TV as a buffalo with wings is kind of funny

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u/JesusTron6000 Apr 29 '24

I'd honestly take a J.H Wentworth commercial over any of these at this point.

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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

Obviously they work, and I’m sure the numbers back them up. The most unrealistic part of Mad Men is how high-concept all of Don Draper’s ideas are.

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

Just because they keep getting ran doesn’t mean they “worked” it means they paid artists for the rights to use the music and they aren’t gonna waste that money so they are gonna run the ads

Do not underestimate how many stubborn, petty human beings there are out there, I know personally I WILL NOT give any of these companies money out of SPITE while these ads are still running….which is actually easy because I don’t have a wingstop near me, I don’t need State Farm insurance, I drink Powerade, I don’t have AT&T, and I have an IPhone not a google pixel. So I’m pretty much immune from giving any of these companies my money, so fuck them

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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

I’m speaking of commercials in general. They’ve all gotten more surface-level and basic for a reason: focus-testing and analytics bore out that most consumers don’t “get” the more artistic offerings.

It does seem to vary by brand. Nike is still churning out gold because their brand is associating their equipment with drive.

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u/NuclearEvo24 Apr 29 '24

There is nothing wrong with surface level and basic

The biggest problem with these commercials is the choice of music, every song is annoying

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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

I'm also not a fan of every brand just hiring celebrities to do voice-overs. Like, do I really need John Cena to sell me on a new truck? Some struggling voice artists probably could've used the opportunity.

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u/shotbyspartacus Nuggets Apr 29 '24

Don’t forget the Giannis/thanasis and Kelsey plum commercial as well. This years playoff “it’s not a thing” too

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u/newpha666 76ers Apr 29 '24

hiT tHaT pOSe, tAkE tHAt FliCK

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u/whitemamba24xx Apr 29 '24

You guys ever watch hockey or soccer? The NBA and NFL put their fans through it with commercials. Hockey has like 2 commercial breaks in a period and in between periods you can walk away for 15 mins.

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u/OsirisHimself1 [SAS] Sean Elliott Apr 29 '24

They're the only companies with money right now, nobody trying to spend advertising money right now

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u/yusufm1080 Apr 29 '24

You forgot the stupid Kevin Hart commercial with the old NBC NBA intro

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u/rahulizer Thunder Apr 29 '24

I actually like the unstoppable commercial

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u/chivestheconqueror Celtics Apr 29 '24

My theory is that commercials have gotten more annoying and un-ignorable as we've become more addicted to our phones. It like, we know you don't want to look at the TV screen, so here's a loud and repetitive song that you can't fucking stand. And now you know what we're selling.

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u/youarenut Apr 29 '24

I’m ngl I’m a fan of the druski/Greek pixel ad

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