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At U.S. Democrazy we watch a lot of T.V. (for purely research purposes, of course). Watching the tube all day has definitely exposed us to a lot of weird commercials (example: Urine Gone). But we weren’t expecting a political ad to make us do a double take. …read more.
Despite the leaps in special effects and graphics available today, there still remain some TV commercials that look like they were conceived in the dark Ages ( You know, the 1970’s).
Meanwhile, there are other ads you can find that may be professionally polished but are just plain strange.
To demonstrate our point, we would like to share with you some of this year’s weirdest and worst TV ads, according to AdFreak (a blog of AdWeek Media) and SodaHead.
Above, this Italian PSA for sexual abuse awareness depicts a boy carrying a dying version of himself through his daily life. It leaves an eerie feeling, but is really effective in transmitting the feeling of a victim of abuse.
This ad comes from a small police department in Wales that wanted to show the devastating effects of texting while driving – then, the clip went viral. They definitely got their point across in this graphic look inside of the car during a crash. Warning: this clip is a bit gruesome!
This one got AdFreak’s award for weirdest commercial of 2009. We won’t spoil it for you, but expect to be a bit disturbed while learning about why you shouldn’t buy prescription drugs without a prescription. Check out the full list of weird ads at AdFreak.
If you even only watched a bit of television this year, you surely caught all of the Free Credit Report madness. SodaHead rated this one of the worst commercials of the year for its “annoying tunes.”
What do you think? Anything you think these lists left out? Be sure to let us know – and don’t forget your reactions to what you saw above!
We at USdemocrazy like to believe we are above all that marketing-consumerism- hullabaloo. Still, we are suckers for a clever engaging TV ad. Of the tens of thousands of ads produced in the past 10 years (and we saw most of them) there a few that stood out as classics. In this week’s Film Festival we are celebrating some of the decades best commercials as voted by AdWeek Media.
Above is one of our favorites as Honda’s fluffy rabbits, rainbows, real-toe tapping tune makes us whistle about a diesel engine.
Sneaker squeaking and basketball “rapping” never made a pair of Nike’s look this good.
One of Ikea’s famous “unböring” commercials. To feel bad for the lamp or not to feel bad for the lamp?
“Bad Korea!” says the Security Council.
Finally, Franken’s fight finishes.
Phil must have lost that lovin’ feelin’.
Bad news for TV-watchers! Those dang commercials are inescapable.
