My brain has been programmed after this many years of TiVo to no longer store commercials or information relating to them. LOL So although there have been many annoying commercials in the past, I just can't come up with one. :S

First, YAY! Thanks Alesia.

I can't think of any truly annoying commercials off the top of my head. Maybe I'm just repressing them.

Alesia, you are the WOMAN, and that is just not gratuitous sucking up.

The commercial that makes me completely insane -- beyond livid -- is the NutriSystem commercial with the brunette cheerleader-type that can't wait to tell ALL OF US "I lost 33 pounds! Now I'm a size TWO!" She's bouncing with the joy of letting all of us know that she feels GREAT! She now feels SEXY! She's a SIZE TWO, like this is the pinnacle of her achievements in life.

Obviously, my ass should have its own zip code. I'm just one of the half of American women over a size 14. I want to know when size seven became fat, because Miss Bouncy Brunette was probably a size 5 before she started her NutriSystem regime.

One of the sadder afternoons of my life was listening to someone else's ten year old soccer playing, very active daughter explain to me that she couldn't have ice cream when we visited Baskin-Robbins. It was "fattening", according to her mother.

I hate LOTS of commercials aimed at women.

But, I've recently seen some that I like. LOVE, LOVE the new DOVE stuff. Check out their site. Their whole self-esteem program for Pro-Age, and mother-daughter self-esteem building is awesome.

http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/flat4.asp?id=6909

http://www.arghink.com/2007/04/17/save-the-commercial-save-the-world/

And, I'm warming up to those new Slim Fast commercials that are commenting about women being their "bestselves" and all the models are more "average" in size.

Good Wednesday to All.

We have some pretty icky local ones--liposuction results without surgery (shown during the morning news shows--like I want to watch that when I'm having my oatmeal) and my favorite squidge factor is for something called Aussie--it's a mysterious product/procedure for your "down under." I'm not kidding.

Love the Mac/PC commercials and I've gotta go with Marcia about the new Slim Fast commercials. Real looking women--what's next?

We have some pretty icky local ones--liposuction results without surgery (shown during the morning news shows--like I want to watch that when I'm having my oatmeal) and my favorite squidge factor is for something called Aussie--it's a mysterious product/procedure for your "down under." I'm not kidding.

Love the Mac/PC commercials and I've gotta go with Marcia about the new Slim Fast commercials. Real looking women--what's next?

There's one for a fast food/pizza provider (maybe KFC?) in which a teenage boy phones his mom to ask permission to have "family dinner" at his friend's house and his mother assumes he's giving her some B.S. cover story because never in her life has she bothered to have a family dinner...because she selfishly works for a living.

And we're supposed to feel sorry for the boy because his home life is nonexistent and he must seek solace with his friends' stay-at-home moms (and fast food, apparently, which is the hallmark of quality parenting???).

It makes me IRATE.

There are just too many to name...I haven't seen the Nutri-system one that Julie mentioned but it would drive me nuts. I have been known to throw a book against the wall and refuse to pick it up again when the heroine moans about being "fat" because she can't wear a size 6 anymore. And it kept going on about how overweight she was and how her life would be better if only she could lose that 10 pounds and fit back into her size six clothes...I mean, when did a size 8 (or a 10 or a 12 or a 14, for that matter) become *fat*?

I try to block out the commercials I don't like and focus on the ones that amuse me. Thankfully, there are some of those. I, too, love the Slim-fast commercials with the "real" women in them. However, the Jenny Craig commercials with Kirstie Alley and now the ones with her and Valerie Bertinelli drive me batshit.

The kidlet is also 7, turning 8 in July. Luckily, he doesn't focus in on weight but always asks if something is "healthy" or not. So we spend a lot of time discussing healthy eating choices and how even then there's room for special treats like Popsicles, ice cream, and cookies sometimes.

People who tell kids that they're "fat" (especially when they aren't!) or who do things to run down their self-esteem or confidence drive me nuts. Yes, some kids do have eating disorders, even at a young age. But making them feel even worse about themselves isn't going to help. Grr.

Yeah, I have strong feelings on this issue. When our son was born, making sure he was healthy and developed good eating habits was a high priority due to the fact that both my husband and I are overweight and so are many in our extended families. But never do we tell him that something is "fattening" and he can't have any. As a result, he's going to be 8, is abour 48 inches tall and weighs about 55 pounds. In other words, he's kid-sized.

Alesia- I screamed at the exact same commercial the other night. We have a DVR so I backed it up and showed my hubby. He nearly spit out his drink. I these type of things would be getting better since the fashion industry brought it's collective head out of it's behind. Guess I was wrong. As the mother of 2 girls (ages 13 and 1) I'm worried and will be watching for signs of eating disorders. I have already looked at website info.

Alesia- I screamed at the exact same commercial the other night. We have a DVR so I backed it up and showed my hubby. He nearly spit out his drink. I these type of things would be getting better since the fashion industry brought it's collective head out of it's behind. Guess I was wrong. As the mother of 2 girls (ages 13 and 1) I'm worried and will be watching for signs of eating disorders. I have already looked at website info.

I absolutely detest the new Dairy Queen commercials that are promoting their new waffle sundae cone. It involves a Barry White (I think) sound alike and a ton of sexual innuendo -- they were made for each other... Involves a man wearing a giant waffle cone and a woman as vanilla ice cream. In the latest, the woman comes home and follows a trail of chocolate covered waffle cone to the bedroom where the man is waiting for her.

How do you explain that to kids? Argh!

What happened to Dennis the Menace?

Yes, I HATE the new Dairy Queen and that KFC ad!! aargh. haven't seen the NutriSystem yet. Love the Pro Age. I also hate any commercial that makes women look like all they do all day is clean toilets or compare the brand of their floor wax. REALLY? DID I WAKE UP IN THE 1950s????

First of all - YAY! I won! This IS the book with the kinky sex in it right?

I have to admit that I like the DQ ad. I thought it was cute. I am very much in agreement with the skinny women obsessing over their size zero butts though. I warned my sister against taking my niece to watch The Devil Wears Prada. "Size six is the new fourteen." Puh-leeze!

Hate that new DQ commercial too! I haven't seen the Special K one but it sounds horrible. My daughter is nearly 14 and slightly curvy but very active. Every magazine for teens and every show seems to shout that she's nothing if she isn't skinny. I hate it!!

I can't stand almost any commercial that uses model thin women in skimpy clothing. I recently watched a commercial for some department store (Kohl's or something like that) where it was a bunch of women in bikini's. Um, hello! My body would never look right in one of those bikinis. What makes you think that I would want to shop at your store for a bikini that won't look as good on me as it does on the size 0-2 models? Give me a commercial that shows me that you sell swim gear that I can wear.

Dia, I'm going to bet that the boys won't worry about their weight at your son's age. My son just turned 7 and although he picked up the habit of looking at the calories and fat from packages (I have no idea where he got this because I don't do it)he doesn't stop eating something just because it has a lot of them. I think he doesn't worry about weight because of the fact that my husband and I don't worry about it.

I was laughing at the irony in the magazines and tabloids today as I went through the checkout. Three mags were lamenting the tragedy of anorexic celebrities, while pasting their cadaverish photos on the cover. "Who will save them?"

Then, right next to them, innumerable women's mags. You know the ones. They have have the "How Bertha lost 400 pounds and you can too" right next to their article on how "You can bake this 9,000 calorie cake in 10 minutes!"

Commercials? If it's for a drug or medication, I HATE it. I do, however, adore the drug parody commercial for coin collecting. That one absolutley cracks me up!

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one irritated by those commercials. Is it just me or are the models on TV getting more and more Kate Moss-esque these days? For instance, the Yoplait commerical with the girl on the beach in the yellow bikini! She's disturbingly eating-disorder skinny. YECK!

Just came across this blog when I was doing a search to see if anyone else noticed this terrible Special K ad. I also have TiVo and rewound it to make sure I had heard it correctly. I was appalled. My next step was to go to Kellogg's website and express to them how their ad showing women not needing to lose weight starving themselves was sending the wrong message. Sure, they are trying to propose eating breakfast is better than skipping a meal, but the point is these women don't need to lose weight in the first place. If they showed these women eating breakfast as a part of their healthy lifestyle - fine! But they don't.
If you feel strongly about it, I say let them know. Kellogg responded to me and if more people express their dislike for this ad, maybe they will pull it (or change the voice over)!

Just came across this blog when I was doing a search to see if anyone else noticed this terrible Special K ad. I also have TiVo and rewound it to make sure I had heard it correctly. I was appalled. My next step was to go to Kellogg's website and express to them how their ad showing women not needing to lose weight starving themselves was sending the wrong message. Sure, they are trying to propose eating breakfast is better than skipping a meal, but the point is these women don't need to lose weight in the first place. If they showed these women eating breakfast as a part of their healthy lifestyle - fine! But they don't.
If you feel strongly about it, I say let them know. Kellogg responded to me and if more people express their dislike for this ad, maybe they will pull it (or change the voice over)!

I don't watch a lot of TV but I can say one comercial I like because they don't use a bunch of skinny people, Dove. They use real women, curves, no curves, wrinkles, freakles, they have it all.

I have been harping on that commercial all week. I have posted a reply of a complaint I filed with Special K about this commercial on my blog. Thank you for talking about this. I think it is totally irresponsible.

right on! that special k commercial sucks!!!evertime I see it, it makes me sick, mad, outraged, and I will write to them too!