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* In the late nineties, early two thousands, there was an [[StealthCigaretteCommercial anti-smoking campaign sponsored by the tobacco companies]], it had the slogan [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnhBNwLWdHQ \
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* In the late nineties, early two thousands, there was an [[StealthCigaretteCommercial anti-smoking campaign sponsored by the tobacco companies]], it had the slogan [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnhBNwLWdHQ \\\"Tobacco is Wacko (if you\\\'re a teen)!\\\"]] So wait, [[UnfortunateImplications tobacco\\\'s bad, but only if you\\\'re a teen?]] In other words \\\"we don\\\'t want you to smoke underage because it reflects badly on us, but once you\\\'re legal feel free!\\\"
** \\\"If you\\\'re a teen\\\"? They didn\\\'t say anything about \\\'\\\'[[UnfortunateImplications kids]]\\\'\\\'?
*** [[AcceptableTargets It\\\'s a tobacco company...]]
** There\\\'s a popular theory that the tobacco companies intentionally backed anti-smoking ads so painfully corny that they\\\'d actually encourage teens to take up smoking just out of spite.
If I understand this example (and the text in the page for StealthCigaretteCommercial) correctly, this is more an example of a BrokenAesop than a horrible commercial. Remember, to qualify for this page, the ad has to fail to appeal to its target audience. If said target audience is actually \\\'\\\'lighting up\\\'\\\' more than before \\\'\\\'because\\\'\\\' of this commercial, it doesn\\\'t count, regardless of the content. That said, the production values are no worse than some of the other entries listed.
* The most recent Prego commercial poses the viewing audience a truly compelling dilemma: eat pasta sauce from a jar (illustrated by someone dropping a jar onto a pile of spaghetti) or eat Prego (illustrated by someone lovingly spooning it over another pile of spaghetti)? It doesn\\\'t sound stupid at first (at least no dumber than any average commercial)... until the camera pans out, to reveal the \\\'\\\'JAR\\\'\\\' OF PREGO. What?! The thought process behind this is mind-boggling. Are they implying that people are so stupid that they would drop an entire jar of (Classico, judging from the shape of the jar) pasta sauce onto their pasta, or the jar itself? Would they drop the jar of Prego if the ad didn\\\'t come with instructions? Has Prego developed new, magical, fresh-sealing jar technology? Why is your jar better than anyone else\\\'s jar?
** The message seems to be that tasters preferred Prego over others when they didn\\\'t know which jar it had come out of. Unfortunately, that\\\'s not the strongest message in the ad.
This doesn\\\'t describe how the ad is horrible. It only describes a kind of backhanded message. Either rewrite it with an indication of how it drove audiences away, or leave it out.
* There is an ad on Tvtropes as of this post for Raheem Devaughn\\\'s album The Love & War Masterpiece. Normally this wouldn\\\'t be bad, but it features sound, like those annoying smiley ads. Not only does it slow down this Troper\\\'s internet to horrible levels, but every time this troper opens a new page, it seems to be there, playing a song that isn\\\'t even that good.
Aside from the fact that this reads like LicenceToWhine, there is still a market for this guy\\\'s type of music. You\\\'re not the demographic who would listen to this guy, the ad will probably be gone in a couple weeks anyway, and you\\\'re complaining more about the issue of sound than anything else. There are hundreds of online ads that are just like that, and none of them are considered SoBadItsHorrible. If you really can\\\'t stand the ad, just download Firefox and AdBlock Plus.
** \\\"If you\\\'re a teen\\\"? They didn\\\'t say anything about \\\'\\\'[[UnfortunateImplications kids]]\\\'\\\'?
*** [[AcceptableTargets It\\\'s a tobacco company...]]
** There\\\'s a popular theory that the tobacco companies intentionally backed anti-smoking ads so painfully corny that they\\\'d actually encourage teens to take up smoking just out of spite.
If I understand this example (and the text in the page for StealthCigaretteCommercial) correctly, this is more an example of a BrokenAesop than a horrible commercial. Remember, to qualify for this page, the ad has to fail to appeal to its target audience. If said target audience is actually \\\'\\\'lighting up\\\'\\\' more than before \\\'\\\'because\\\'\\\' of this commercial, it doesn\\\'t count, regardless of the content. That said, the production values are no worse than some of the other entries listed.
* The most recent Prego commercial poses the viewing audience a truly compelling dilemma: eat pasta sauce from a jar (illustrated by someone dropping a jar onto a pile of spaghetti) or eat Prego (illustrated by someone lovingly spooning it over another pile of spaghetti)? It doesn\\\'t sound stupid at first (at least no dumber than any average commercial)... until the camera pans out, to reveal the \\\'\\\'JAR\\\'\\\' OF PREGO. What?! The thought process behind this is mind-boggling. Are they implying that people are so stupid that they would drop an entire jar of (Classico, judging from the shape of the jar) pasta sauce onto their pasta, or the jar itself? Would they drop the jar of Prego if the ad didn\\\'t come with instructions? Has Prego developed new, magical, fresh-sealing jar technology? Why is your jar better than anyone else\\\'s jar?
** The message seems to be that tasters preferred Prego over others when they didn\\\'t know which jar it had come out of. Unfortunately, that\\\'s not the strongest message in the ad.
This doesn\\\'t describe how the ad is horrible. It only describes a kind of backhanded message. Either rewrite it with an indication of how it drove audiences away, or leave it out.
* There is an ad on Tvtropes as of this post for Raheem Devaughn\\\'s album The Love & War Masterpiece. Normally this wouldn\\\'t be bad, but it features sound, like those annoying smiley ads. Not only does it slow down this Troper\\\'s internet to horrible levels, but every time this troper opens a new page, it seems to be there, playing a song that isn\\\'t even that good.
Aside from the fact that this reads like LicenceToWhine, there is still a market for this guy\\\'s type of music. You\\\'re not the demographic who would listen to this guy, the ad will probably be gone in a couple weeks anyway, and you\\\'re complaining more about the issue of sound than anything else. There are hundreds of online ads that are just like that, and none of them are considered SoBadItsHorrible. If you really can\\\'t stand the ad, just download Firefox and AdBlock Plus.
