The new Yahoo TV commercials may be content free nonsense, but at least they aren’t driving people to violence. I can’t say the same thing for the Ask.com campaign, which combines nonsense with a jingle that’s driving people crazy in a bad way. Just watch one, you’ll see what I mean. And if you really want to lose it, check out this site which plays the jingle on a never ending loop of insanity.
And the saddest part is, Ask.com used to have really awesome (albeit sometimes completely sexist) commercials with stripper poles and women with swords.
Some of my favorite Twitter comments on the ads:
xGRANTxLEGACYx: “That ask.com commercial makes me want to club baby seals”
ZombieRiot: “I went to Ask.com & asked “How can I kill everyone in your annoying new commercials?”
kristy: “Uhm…just saw a commercial on TV for Ask.com. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
cszmansky: “Terrible new Ask.com commercial: http://bit.ly/SKen1 Reminds me of Yahoo’s awful new campaign”
KevSlider: “That ask.com commercial I just saw on TV was douche-chillingly bad. “Hey fellas who uses ask.com?” I DON’T I DON’T”
steverechtman: “Ask.com’s new commercial is absolutely horrible.”
ChurchesWife: “I just realized how sexist that ask.com commercial is. “Ladies, who wants a deal?” Examples are shoes and coupons. Guys get videogames.”
MrAnthony: “I just saw the worst Ask.com commercial. I feel very embarrassed for them.”
nuttyfruitcakes: “Is it me, or are those new ask.com commercials really fucking stupid?”