RadioActive wrote:

I never thought it was possible that I would hear a spot on the radio that was more irritating than the gang at Spence Diamonds. But they've done it! 

It's the one where a woman is in a shower singing horribly off key in the background, at one point screeching horribly towards the end. I'm not entirely sure what it's for, because the screaming is so distracting, I totally tune out what the copy voice is trying to sell me. 

And it's not just me. By sheer coincidence, just as I was thinking about this, I heard John Moore wondering about the agony of the audition process for this commercial, where the person who sings worse than anyone else got the part. I hadn't thought of that, but how hard would it be to sound that awful? 

In any event, I hope whatever this is is short-lived. Then they can use this awful spot to torture spies and get them to talk. 

Haven't been subjected to this one yet, fortunately, but I find it hard to believe anything could possibly be worse than 'Pay att-en-tion to punc-tu-ation!' Fiona.
 

They've really got to stop with the fake Dutch accents. Yeah they've made their point sticking it to that other Dutch goof from the other jewelry store, but now it's just beating a dead corpse.

It's the type of anti-humour that would have Jim Richards in stitches. No-one else, though.

I believe it is brought to us by the Toronto Police Association.

RadioActive wrote:

Oddly, in a great moment of good timing, this week's Under The Influence was about terrible radio and TV spots that were so bad they became famous and lasted for years. 

Among those that are explored:

-I've Fallen & I Can't Get Up
-It's Patrick. He Bought Life Insurance 
-Russell "The Cashman" Oliver and of course,
-The "Nooobody" catch phrase from the soon to be defunct Bad Boy

This was a great episode and if you have about 27 minutes, you can hear it here. 

Spence hears about these atrocities, and says 'Hold my beer...'