Pop culture with a hangover

Sean Gunn in the new KGB commercials

May 20, 2009
I like the fact that Sean Gunn, brother of Troma alum and director extraordinaire James Gunn (and onetime brother-in-law of The Office’s Jenna Fischer), is in the new KGB information service commercials. He was cool in Gilmore Girls and I met him once, so that must be worth something.Here’s one of the ads now…

New sister site! Ad Nauseous, for all your advertising humor needs

April 15, 2009
Dearest friends and readers, I am proud to announce that I, Laura, have started a new website! From now on, whenever I write about a disturbing or hilarious TV advertisement, it will be on my new site…http://www.adnauseous.comYay! Rejoice, sound the trumpets! And check out the awesomeness for yourself, today, tomorrow, and forever.

That “Dream Girl” Free Credit Report commercial is harsh

April 14, 2009
Have you seen the new Free Credit Report (dot com) TV ad where he sings about how “I married my dream girl, but she didn’t tell me her credit was bad…”?Here’s a clip to refresh your memory….Click here to continue reading this article at its new home, Ad Nauseous….

Whoa! The Unicorns in a Crayola commercial?

March 27, 2009
I was just watching TV when a commercial for Crayola came on, and I wasn’t paying attention but found myself bobbing my head along to the song. Then as the ad ended I realized what I’d been listening to….Click here to continue reading this article at its new home, Ad Nauseous….

Am I the only one who hears “Senokot Ass Tablets”?

There’s a laxative ad that’s been playing pretty regularly (heh heh, regularly) on TV lately. The product is Senokot-S, which I’m sure is a fine and effective constipation relief product…Click here to continue reading this article at its new home, Ad Nauseous….

Those Pledge cleaning product ads remind me of “Saw”

March 20, 2009
You know those creepy Pledge cleaning product ads, where some faceless British-sounding narrator diabolically traps innocent women in glass boxes with furniture in them, and forces them to clean against their will? At the end of this one, the woman even knocks and asks if she can go home….Click here to continue reading this article [...]

What’s the big deal about Eva Mendes’ banned Calvin Klein ad?

August 5, 2008
Have you watched this ad yet?  Calvin Klein was apparently forced not to air this “controversial” ad featuring sultry Eva Mendes….Click here to continue reading this article at its new home, Ad Nauseous….

The creepy woman in the new Chips Ahoy ad looks like the Bride of Chucky

March 13, 2008
Judge for yourself by watching the following handy videos…Click here to continue reading this article at its new home, Ad Nauseous….

Those Reggaeton ads for Optimum Cable will not get out of my head

December 12, 2007
Have you seen these, or is it just my Puerto Rican neighborhood that attracts such ads?   The first is the original ad in Spanish, and the second is the new English version, which I was excited to see, being a fan of the original (I spend a lot of time watching Univision at my local [...]

These new anti-steroid ads are giving me an odd urge to do steroids. And I don’t even work out.

December 7, 2007
Have you seen these new ads for not doing steroids?……Click here to continue reading this article at its new home, Ad Nauseous….