Vote: Worst Ads in America

[Spurminator]

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Here Are Your Nominees For Consumerist's Worst Ad In America 2010!
September 22, 2010 10:00 AM

Readers of Consumerist: We asked you to tell us which commercials you hate the most, and oh boy, did you let us know. Finally, after sifting through thousands of your suggestions, we bring you your nominations for Consumerist's First Annual Worst Ad In America Awards.

Looking through the nominees below, you'll see there's little overlap between the companies listed here and those involved in Consumerist's most recent Worst Company In America tournament. There's no Comcast, no TicketMaster, no AIG.

And judging by the comments sent along with your nominations, most readers' problems were with the presentation of the nominated ads -- bad acting, loud spokespeople, irritating but infectious jingles -- than they were with the products and services the ads are selling.

The one glaring exception to that statement can be seen in the Celebrity category, where many readers expressed disgust with Ben Stein's endorsement of FreeScore.com.

In terms of numbers, the insurance industry is the most represented, with 7 nominations shared among 6 companies. Geico -- whose animated gecko barely merited a mention in your nominating e-mails -- tied for the lead in total nominations by a single company with two. Perhaps surprisingly, Dannon also received enough reader hate for its ads featuring Jamie Lee Curtis and Heidi Klum to earn two nominations in the same category.

There were only two commercials among the nominated ads that we couldn't locate online -- the Wendy's spot featuring the employee who finds the words "pico de gallo" hilarious, and the ad for Chase where two newlyweds get busy in their honeymoon suite... with Chase's new iPhone app for depositing checks. In all other cases, we've linked below to places you can find the specific commercial or campaign.

The polls are now open, so start voting now. VOTING FOR ALL CATEGORIES WILL END AT 8 p.m. ET on TUESDAY, 9/28/2010.

So without further ado, here are your nominees!


ABSOLUTE WORST AD IN AMERICA

Honda: "Mr. Opportunity -- Paparazzi"

Progressive Insurance: "Flo Dishes Out Discounts"

Quiznos: "Singimals -- Starring Kittens"

Staples: "Wow! That's a low price!"

State Farm: "Pocket Agent"


MOST GRATING PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN

1-800 Dentist: The last woman on Earth you'd want in the elevator with you

5-Hour Energy: Mr. "Do You Know What 2:30 Feels Like?"

McDonald's: The "Not Until I've Had My Coffee" jerkface

Nationwide Insurance: The World's Greatest Spokesperson In the World

Wendy's: That "Pico De Gallo!" loudmouth


MOST ANNOYING ANIMATED SPOKESTHING:

Charmin: The Sticky-Bottomed Bears

Geico: The Squealing Piggy

Michelin: The Happy Roadkill Crew

Omnaris: The Scientists From the Uncanny Valley

The General Insurance: The General


DUO OR GROUP THAT MOST NEEDS TO BE BROKEN UP

Capital One: Barbarians (or are they Vikings?) at the ATM

Chase: The honeymooning newlyweds who are way too excited about the check-depositing iPhone app. (NOTE: Can't find this one online anywhere. If you locate is, please let us know!)

Geico: Geico Cavemen, ft. Cast Of The Deadliest Catch

JG Wentworth: The Opera Singing Bus Riders

Toyota: The Toyota Sienna Couple


CELEBRITY WHO MUST HAVE LOST MOST MONEY IN HOUSING CRASH

Dannon Activia: Jamie Lee Curtis

Dannon Light & Fit: Heidi Klum

Extenze: Jimmy Johnson

FreeScore.com: Ben Stein

Rent-A-Center: Troy Aikman & Hulk Hogan


CREEPIEST COMMERCIAL

Allstate: Mr. Mayhem

Apple: iPhone Facetime -- "Smile"

Dodge: "Kittens"

Liberator Medical: No More Used Catheters

Old Navy: The Super Modelquins


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[SpursWoman]

ABSOLUTE WORST AD IN AMERICA


Staples: "Wow! That's a low price!"


I freaking hate this commercial.


MOST GRATING PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN


McDonald's: The "Not Until I've Had My Coffee" jerkface

ing ....


MOST ANNOYING ANIMATED SPOKESTHING:

Charmin: The Sticky-Bottomed Bears

Gross ....


DUO OR GROUP THAT MOST NEEDS TO BE BROKEN UP

Chase: The honeymooning newlyweds who are way too excited about the check-depositing iPhone app. (NOTE: Can't find this one online anywhere. If you locate is, please let us know!)

these people ... and Chase for only having this app for the iPhone. assholes.



CELEBRITY WHO MUST HAVE LOST MOST MONEY IN HOUSING CRASH

FreeScore.com: Ben Stein

is this commercial like an hour long?


CREEPIEST COMMERCIAL


Old Navy: The Super Modelquins


creepy and stupid

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

ABSOLUTE WORST AD IN AMERICA

Honda: "Mr. Opportunity -- Paparazzi"
Progressive Insurance: "Flo Dishes Out Discounts"
Quiznos: "Singimals -- Starring Kittens"
Staples: "Wow! That's a low price!"
State Farm: "Pocket Agent"


MOST GRATING PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN

1-800 Dentist: The last woman on Earth you'd want in the elevator with you
5-Hour Energy: Mr. "Do You Know What 2:30 Feels Like?"
McDonald's: The "Not Until I've Had My Coffee" jerkface
Nationwide Insurance: The World's Greatest Spokesperson In the World
Wendy's: That "Pico De Gallo!" loudmouth


MOST ANNOYING ANIMATED SPOKESTHING:

Charmin: The Sticky-Bottomed Bears
Geico: The Squealing Piggy
Michelin: The Happy Roadkill Crew
Omnaris: The Scientists From the Uncanny Valley
The General Insurance: The General


DUO OR GROUP THAT MOST NEEDS TO BE BROKEN UP

Capital One: Barbarians (or are they Vikings?) at the ATM
Chase: The honeymooning newlyweds who are way too excited about the check-depositing iPhone app. (NOTE: Can't find this one online anywhere. If you locate is, please let us know!)
Geico: Geico Cavemen, ft. Cast Of The Deadliest Catch
JG Wentworth: The Opera Singing Bus Riders
Toyota: The Toyota Sienna Couple


CELEBRITY WHO MUST HAVE LOST MOST MONEY IN HOUSING CRASH

Dannon Activia: Jamie Lee Curtis
Dannon Light & Fit: Heidi Klum
Extenze: Jimmy Johnson
FreeScore.com: Ben Stein
Rent-A-Center: Troy Aikman & Hulk Hogan


CREEPIEST COMMERCIAL

Allstate: Mr. Mayhem
Apple: iPhone Facetime -- "Smile"
Dodge: "Kittens"
Liberator Medical: No More Used Catheters
Old Navy: The Super Modelquins

[Chachachango]

I can't stand the State Farm guy. They have to worst commercials on tv, and my neighbors don't have state farm. Get rid of that mother er, I want to punch him so bad. He's even on the Spanish channels.

[Spurminator]

ABSOLUTE WORST AD IN AMERICA
Honda: "Mr. Opportunity -- Paparazzi"

Cheap looking, cheap sounding, irritating character (especially in the radio spots) and all based on a stupid premise.


MOST GRATING PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN
Wendy's: That "Pico De Gallo!" loudmouth

Ha ha, Spanish words are funny...


MOST ANNOYING ANIMATED SPOKESTHING:
Haven't seen any of these, but WTF would they nominate the squealing pig? That commercial is awesome.


DUO OR GROUP THAT MOST NEEDS TO BE BROKEN UP
Capital One: Barbarians (or are they Vikings?) at the ATM

These guys were never funny and the campaign has been going for a ridiculously long time.


CELEBRITY WHO MUST HAVE LOST MOST MONEY IN HOUSING CRASH
Extenze: Jimmy Johnson

No commentary needed.


CREEPIEST COMMERCIAL
Liberator Medical: No More Used Catheters

Also no commentary needed.

[Spurminator]

I'm disappointed that Miller Lite and MetroPCS didn't make the cut.

[mrsmaalox]

ABSOLUTE WORST AD IN AMERICA

Progressive Insurance: "Flo Dishes Out Discounts" *starting to wear me down

Staples: "Wow! That's a low price!"


MOST GRATING PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN

*they are all pretty bad

Nationwide Insurance: The World's Greatest Spokesperson In the World


MOST ANNOYING ANIMATED SPOKESTHING:

Charmin: The Sticky-Bottomed Bears *too cute

Geico: The Squealing Piggy *hilarious

Michelin: The Happy Roadkill Crew

*but where is that AFLAC duck and those Kia hamsters?


DUO OR GROUP THAT MOST NEEDS TO BE BROKEN UP

Capital One: Barbarians (or are they Vikings?) at the ATM *funny

Geico: Geico Cavemen, ft. Cast Of The Deadliest Catch *too funny

Toyota: The Toyota Sienna Couple


CELEBRITY WHO MUST HAVE LOST MOST MONEY IN HOUSING CRASH

Dannon Activia: Jamie Lee Curtis *love, love, love her

Extenze: Jimmy Johnson

CREEPIEST COMMERCIAL

Allstate: Mr. Mayhem *he's great

Old Navy: The Super Modelquins

[scampers]

The Quiznos commercial with the cats is by far the worst ad I've ever seen. It's terrible.

JG Wentworth opera... I have to admit, if I ever have a structured settlement and I need cash now, I know exactly what phone number I can call. The ad did it's job.

[PM5K]

I'm so tired of Flo, why haven't they moved on to a new campaign yet?

[CuckingFunt]

I hate all of the commercials nominated, except Mr. Mayhem. That's a funny campaign.

Special shout-outs of hate to:

The Charmin bears -- less because it hints at the proverbial ting in the woods than because of how much time brother and sister bear spend looking at each other's assholes. "Mom! I see pieces!!" Well, then, stop looking at your brother's asshole with a telescope.

Flo -- Just ing die. Now.

Liberator Medical -- you, I'm eating. The last thing I want to do mid-meal is contemplate your repeated re-use of catheters.

The Super Modelquins -- One of the few current ad campaigns that I find legitimately offensive. Nothing makes me want to shop at a store more than the promise I'll turn into a vapid, catty, plastic person obsessed with landing a man and staying skinny.

iPhone Facetime -- Another of the few current ad campaigns that I find legitimately offensive. A pretty impressive piece of technology with countless possible applications, and Apple decided to sell its importance with several ads of men reassuring the women folk they were still pretty, and could therefore still be happy, despite their short hair and braces.

[024]

the wheat thins commercials. i hate them so much.

[Dex]

iPhone Facetime -- Another of the few current ad campaigns that I find legitimately offensive. A pretty impressive piece of technology with countless possible applications, and Apple decided to sell its importance with several ads of men reassuring the women folk they were still pretty, and could therefore still be happy, despite their short hair and braces.

I think you need to over-analyze things a little harder.