This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
Finger pointing
This bitch is concerning the television commercial where the asshat apparently has a radio in his finger. Which advertising firm came up with this concept and how the fuck did they sell anyone on it? Seriously, this has got to be sitting in top spot for
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I hate that ad. I hate that guy…whoever he is. A chimp could create a better concept for an ad campaign. Q104 just keeps getting worse. Hotel California and Don’t Look Back….anytime you turn on the station it’s the same song. Between the giggling idiots in the morning and the endless playing of Stairway to Heaven Q104 truly deserves our collective “fingers”.
Classic crap is what it is. Their music library consists of maybe 20 cds. These commercials are almost as annoying as the monotone moron that does the voice overs for the Lotto 649 commercials on tv or on the radio. I first heard him when he was doing the radio commercials for Rogers. How does one keep hiring him to do monotone voice overs????
Thank you so much for “pointing: this out. This commercial is so horrible it has actually managed to make me an angrier person. As soon as that idiot comes on the screen i frantically try to change the channel. I hate that fucjung commercial!!
The dude with the finger should be in the same car as those dudes who rep cigarette additives in the ‘don’t smoke in the car’ campaign.
Dude reminds of of the kid on “2 1/2 men” grown up, so he kind of makes me laugh. although i am getting tired of the commercial.
One of the worst ads ever…It’s even worse having cable, because it’s being shown for another “cool” station in the US…so someone produced it and then sold it to multiple markets. So sometimes, if we’re lucky, we’ll get to see it a bunch of times a night. One more reason to think about giving away my tv.
While we’re at it. Those new health canada ad to stop smoking are REALLY annoying. On New Year’s Eve they ran the same ad 14 TIMES in 1 hour (Air Farce). My blood pressure went thru the roof and I lit up to calm my nerves. Three other people in the room were just as irate and we just turned the tube off. For your viewing pleasure?
Q: “I wonder what’s on my other finger?” (ala the Q104 commercial)Possible answers: “a booger”, ….”ear wax”….”belly button lint”, etc….
The “asshat” is a comedian named Eugene Mirman. The commercial is based on one of his comedy routines about a robot and it is used for a conglomerate of radio stations. I’m not a fan of boring rock music from the 1970s, but – and I know this is against the “bitch” mentality – I do like Mirman.
With the type of lame ass material that he showcases in that shitty commercial, note to self, skip going to Yuk Yuks when Eugene is doing his act….