Annoying TV commercials during Stanley Cup playoffs - US and Canada

[Bizz]

I don't know what's more annoying, that Chipotle commercial they keep playing, or the fact that the bowl they show at the end costs like $30 these days.

 

[Shesty31]

Easy two for me

1: What a pro wants
2. That annoying “dont let me go” apple iPhone commercial

 

[Dr Pepper]

Those super-obnoxious Questtrade ads still going strong, averaging at least one every single commercial break on Sportsnet last night.

Also, that "Roz and Mocha" jingle ad has been around since before Christmas and for some reason still getting airtime. Not sure how or why anyone decided to promote a Toronto radio show to this extent, but damn is it persistent.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I hate that commercial with the song Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now by Starship.

Liked the song a little bit when it came out but now I hate it. Definitely not one of the 80s finest songs and certainly doesn't go with hockey.

Blasphemy.

That song is amazing.

 

[thegazelle]

I find it hard to believe that playing a 40-year-old Bronski Beat song is going to get me to switch over to Scotiabank. Bronski Beat are richer than they think with the residuals from all those times the ad plays.

My Best-Carey

What's funny is that the premise of the original Smalltown Boy song is antithetic to what Scotiabank is trying to promote. I loved that song in the 80s and stupid Scotiabank has just ruined it for me.

What I personally don't like are how politically correct these commercials are - it's like these companies are deliberately trying to make people believe there are no Caucasians in existence, and that everyone is in an interracial relationship.

I am saying this being a visible minority guy myself, who takes issue with these companies trying to push a narrative that is not reflected in reality. I don't like discrimination period, whether it is directly or in reverse. Two wrongs don't make a right.

 

[These Are The Days]

This is still the only one, true, most correct answer. May that horror be remembered forever so we feel better about this year

 

[GrumpyKoala]

Any ad for gambling

Bingo

The meta of this reply is so f***ing perfect

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

I still laugh at how tone deaf the Boston Pizza commercial asking Canadians to cheer for each others teams is.

Like asking a Devils fan to cheer for the Rangers or a Sharks fan to cheer for the Kings

I mean based on what I read around HF Boards, they aren't far off at all. There's some alliance of Canadian team fans rooting for other ones once theirs is out with the goal of bringing the Cup "home."

So they may as well have gotten that idea from HF Boards where Leafs fans root for the Canucks, Habs fans root for the Oilers, and I've seen years with Flames/Oilers fans rooting for the other team solely because they're a Canadian team.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I mean based on what I read around HF Boards, they aren't far off at all. There's some alliance of Canadian team fans rooting for other ones once theirs is out with the goal of bringing the Cup "home."

So they may as well have gotten that idea from HF Boards where Leafs fans root for the Canucks, Habs fans root for the Oilers, and I've seen years with Flames/Oilers fans rooting for the other team solely because they're a Canadian team.

I feel like the whole "Canada's Team" thing is a false narrative that gets pushed every year by the media here.

Like every hockey fan in Canada is supposedly rallying around the idea that that Cup "belongs here" or some crap - despite the fact that every single season the Cup is won by an American team comprised mostly of Canadians anyway, and every single season is followed by a summer that sees the Cup make regular trips up here with those aforementioned Canadian players.

 

[HockeyVirus]

I mean based on what I read around HF Boards, they aren't far off at all. There's some alliance of Canadian team fans rooting for other ones once theirs is out with the goal of bringing the Cup "home."

So they may as well have gotten that idea from HF Boards where Leafs fans root for the Canucks, Habs fans root for the Oilers, and I've seen years with Flames/Oilers fans rooting for the other team solely because they're a Canadian team.

Not sure where you saw that, those fans are in the extreme extreme minority.

If any Canadian fans are cheering for the Canucks, it's to eliminate the Oilers and then we will cheer against them next round

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

I feel like the whole "Canada's Team" thing is a false narrative that gets pushed every year by the media here.

Like every hockey fan in Canada is supposedly rallying around the idea that that Cup "belongs here" or some crap - despite the fact that every single season the Cup is won by an American team comprised mostly of Canadians anyway, and every single season is followed by a summer that sees the Cup make regular trips up here with those aforementioned Canadian players.

That's what was always funny to me. Mostly Canadian teams, though based in the US, wins the Cup seems like a win for Canada. It definitely runs in the media and in comment sections across the internet.

I don't live in Canada so I'm sure I'm missing some context, I just go based on what this site has and what I read online.

Not sure where you saw that, those fans are in the extreme extreme minority.

If any Canadian fans are cheering for the Canucks, it's to eliminate the Oilers and then we will cheer against them next round

This site is definitely one place I see it every year. I see numerous fans from Canada stating they want a Canadian team to win and don't care who it is. Additionally I'll read comments on websites echoing the same sentiment.

Like I said above, I believe anyone who says that's not actually the case, especially if you live in the area. I'm just going based on what I've read online.

 

[Ezekial]

Easy two for me

1: What a pro wants
2. That annoying “dont let me go” apple iPhone commercial

Same, but what's crazy is i have a coworker who said he likes both of those commercials but thinks they've just been played too much. I hated both from first viewing. I hate still pictures with moving mouths and the song is just awful to listen to. I like dachshunds though.

 

[Ezekial]

I don't know what's more annoying, that Chipotle commercial they keep playing, or the fact that the bowl they show at the end costs like $30 these days.

Is guacamole $20 in California? I get Chipotle 2-3 times a week because the food options around work are awful, and if I get a chicken bowl it's $9.

When i get double steak and guac it's $18.

The commercials suck bad though.

 

[DitchMarner]

There are a lot of annoying commercials; there aren't many I like/enjoy.

This Kayak one is f***ing hilarious. I literally laugh at the part where the lady crows.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Crushed it.

brrrr Auston Matthews
brrrr Auston Matthews
brrrr hit 'em with the flow like Auston Matthews

 

[EpochLink]

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

The iPhone 15 ad with the grating, nails-on-chalkboard, heavy autotune-effect singing.

That lame, soul-destroying shit was interesting exactly 1 time in 1 song back in the 90's, but has now been a pox on audio for 30 years and if, for the good of humanity, I was given a time machine and licence to go back and kill three 20th century figures before they could wreak their havoc on the world I'd save an entire magazine of bullets for whoever the asshole was that first applied that technology to music.

I can't believe the "computer-voice" is still a thing. Music is supposed to change. It sucked then and it sucks now. Move on dammit!

 

[Frank Drebin]

Now this, is where I want to retire

 

[lawrence]

not annoying but that Jake Oettinger cartoon commercial is pretty cool.

 

[Sticktape]

Crushed it.

brrrr Auston Matthews
brrrr Auston Matthews
brrrr hit 'em with the flow like Auston Matthews

This is so goddman annoying. It's even worse because TO is out of the playoffs.

 

[Ezekial]

Why do they pay Steve Buschemi and Henry Winkler to be pidgeons or Steve Martin and Martin Short to not be funny in commercials?

 

[wunderpanda]

TNT's commercial for Naked and Afraid XL is irritating.

its a giallo version of blair witch project, commercial will be better than the show too.

 

[604]

I can’t get over the board ads being replaced on TV by the network.

Seems rediculous and too fake.

 

[HanSolo]

Sometime, it's more interesting the game. as a Vegas fan whose team doesn't often turn up,,,, trust me I know this

Naqvi Injury LaaaAAaAwwww

(Squidward's face is a perfect representation of the Vegas fanbase every time the VGK broadcast would do a stoppage advert with Naqvi's terrible ass jingle)

 

[hangman005]

Naqvi Injury LaaaAAaAwwww
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(Squidward's face is a perfect representation of the Vegas fanbase every time the VGK broadcast would do a stoppage advert with Naqvi's terrible ass jingle)