[harls]

Now they are polluting my TV with these "lookfab" moments.. god I hate this 'branded entertainment' showmercial marketing bullshit. Especially when they star Tanya Kim.

Speaking of Canadian Idol, I wonder if they're going to do some more blatant product placement again this year, like showing the contestants sitting around in a fake kitchen eating Krap dinner and washing their hair with Pantene shampoo?

[kirjtc2]

Some news regarding The Official Background Noise Radio Station of kirjtc2's Life:

http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/1042/2/

Andrew Krystal has been removed from the talk radio airwaves in New Brunswick. Krystal remains on the air in Hlaifax, with a new, Halifax focused talk radio show. Rumours circulating that Rick Howe will be picked up by Rogers.

The move comes less than a week after the demise of AM 92/CJCH and the Hotline talk back show, with host Rick Howe.

Rogers appears to be making a strong play for the Howe's former Halifax based audience.

The rumour mill is churning with buzz that Rick Howe will be picked up by Rogers for the afternoon time slot now occupied by verteran broadcaster Tom Young. Under the new arrangement, Tom Young would continue to broadcast in the New Brusnwicck market, with Rick Howe featured in the Halifax market.

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So Krystal is now doing 100% Halifax content..as opposed to the 90% he was doing when he was heard on News 88.9 here in NB. Rogers has finally realized we don't give two shits about Halifax city council or whatever up here. It's going to be nice to actually hear about local issues on our local station. I just wish CTV would get the hint.

Unfortunately the new guy (Dan Allstrand or something like that out of Moncton) seems like a deer in the headlights, and stammers through every sentence. Hopefully he'll come around.

[MolsonExport]

Those fvcking yogurt commericals are driving me mad! Probiotics, activia, bullshit-o-rama this-and-that crapola.

Stupid images of molecules orbiting thirtysomething women.

Finally, someone has initiated a class-action lawsuit agains these fraudsters.

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/01/24/probiotics-dannon.html

[harls]

It's interesting that in that past few decades we've been pasteurizing the crap out of everything to kill off the very bacteria that they're now re-injecting into dairy products.

Who the hell is that interested in bacteria... "Oh really, Pre AND Pro-biotics?" give me a break.

[Rico Rommheim]

TV commercials use to piss me off so bad that they actually helped me cutting off on TV altogether. Where I use to watch up to 6-7 hours of tv a day its now no more than 2. Ads are just too contrived, polished and manipulated for me to digest them.

[bigcanuck]

TV commercials use to piss me off so bad that they actually helped me cutting off on TV altogether. Where I use to watch up to 6-7 hours of tv a day its now no more than 2. Ads are just too contrived, polished and manipulated for me to digest them.

PVR baby - never suffer through annoying commercials again.

[vid]

I usually read a book during commercials. :) Bizarre, I know, but aside from sitting on the toilet, it's the only time I have to read books these days.

[IntotheWest]

I'd like to create a separate thread for this in the Canada section - since, I think a lot of folks on this forum (not just Calgarians) would be interested to watch...and may not know about it. But, don't want to hear the complaints :-)

So, if anyone else looking agrees - feel free to move it to a separate thread to reach more forumers:

Calgary stars in dark tale of oil

City gets rare chance to be itself
Eric Volmers, Calgary Herald
Published: Monday, June 09, 2008
It starts with a bloody ambush deep in the Saudi Arabian desert.

A tent city, set up amid miles of sand dunes, is attacked by gun-wielding assassins. Geologists are gunned down in a flurry of sudden violence.

So begins the filmed-in-Calgary TV miniseries Burn Up, a globe-trotting political thriller set in the world of Big Oil that gets its first airing Tuesday night on Global.


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Font:****The opening scene is a suitably violent and tense intro that manages to conjure up both a sinister and international tone to the four-hour Canadian-U.K. co-production.

For the Calgary-based crew that spent a hectic 42 days late last year filming in more than 80 locations, the real thrill was seeing how believably a patch of Saskatchewan sand hills near the Alberta border filled in for a sprawling desert in the Middle East.

"It was incredible" says Calgary-based production designer Louise Middleton. "We went and scouted it twice. It was about going and scouting and determining what the angles are and finding that perfect spot. We found a big dune -- a big bowl -- and shot down into it. We thought for sure we would have to use computer generated effects for the horizon but, when we filmed it, it looked incredible. There's no way you're not in Saudi Arabia."

Saudi Arabia, the Arctic, Washington, D.C., London, England and Calgary all play into the complex storyline, which focuses on the battles between big oil and environmentalists and the group of shadowy operatives (led by West Wing actor Bradley Whitford) that hijack public policy to benefit big business.

In the midst of the backroom deals, violence and political intrigue, a romance blossoms between our green-hued heroine (Canadian actress Neve Campbell) and an oil company CEO (British actor Rupert Penry-James) against the backdrop of a Calgary forum on climate change.

In fact, nearly half of the four-hour series takes place in Calgary. While filming in the city is hardly unique, it's rare for a high-profile project to feature Calgary as Calgary. Usually, the city subs in for Denver or other mountainous U.S. locales. Rarer still was producers insisted the city come across as a modern urban centre, not a dusty backwater burg full of cowpokes and ranch hands.

"We didn't have to change signs or cover things up or avoid using the tower," says Middleton. "It was liberating, we could use so many angles and look at the city with fresh eyes. It has a very modern feel to it. I think people watching it will be surprised what an interesting looking city this is."

The Calgary producers of Burn Up have forecasted an international audience of 50 million people for the mini-series, which will also be shown on the BBC in Britain.

With a Calgary crew of 200 and cast of more than 1,000, it was an ambitious project even by international standards. Alberta's film industry types are hoping it acts as another calling card to attract outside productions to the province.

Still, given the underlying politics of the piece, it was perhaps a surprising project to find life amid the "oil-is-good" sentiment of Alberta.

Burn Up asks decidedly unsettling questions about big oil and political expediency, the environmental impact of the Athabasca oil sands and even American foreign policy.

Those involved in the miniseries, though, insist it's not a black-and-white study of good environmentalists versus evil oil execs. Yes, it has a fairly green message and looks unflinchingly at corruption within big oil, but it doesn't offer easy answers, says location manager and veteran Alberta film booster Murray Ord.

"I prefer to look at it as a political thriller that tells a story," he said. "We're all dependent on oil, whether it's you or me or somebody in the oil industry or somebody who is a raging environmentalist. The fact is, we can't live with it and can't live without it. We're all conflicted. On a big scale, that's what the story is about."

Which is a good thing, given the sheer number of locations that required co-operation from Calgary's civic, business and political leaders.

The McDougall Centre, for instance, is the southern Alberta home to the provincial government. It subs in as the U.S. Senate for scenes involving a hearing on global warming. Some of the elegant London homes of oil execs in the miniseries were actually the real-life Calgary homes of people in the industry.

Scenes were shot at Flames Central, the Palliser and Hyatt Hotels and various restaurants, including Teatro and the Belvedere. Calgary courthouses were used, as was the Stampede grounds, the Saddledome and a number of outside locales that required the City of Calgary to shut down streets.

There's even a climactic scene that takes place at the Calgary Tower, with the city in clear focus behind it.

There was also much excitement about the money the shoot generated.

Executive producer Tom Cox, of Seven24 Films, said the production brought $10-million to the province. That may be enough of a payday to make even the most staunch of oil boosters forgive the film's environmental message.

"I'm very proud of it," Cox says. "The message is hugely important. It's a very entertaining piece but it also has a message that is very thoughtful and important. At its core, it's about our relationship to the planet."

Burn Up airs on Global TV Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

evolmers@theherald.canwest.com

[harls]

Cool, sounds like an interesting series.. I think I'll check it out.

[HomeInMyShoes]

I usually read a book during commercials. :) Bizarre, I know, but aside from sitting on the toilet, it's the only time I have to read books these days.

Remind me not to borrow a book from you.

My major irritance theses days are the original designer guys. I would feel totally ass cheap hawking hair products for Wal-Mart when I'm supposedly a designer. And I mistakenly caught part of their show. I always used to think the rule was radio voices should not be put on television, but there's another rule: designers should not be allowed to do non-design shows.

[MolsonExport]

My wife was watching Canadian Idol last evening. I could not help but look when I heard the nervous voice of the son-of-chin-with-some-elvis-thrown-in. He's getting a little bit porky.

http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20070518/ben_570x250.jpg
credit: bm (bowel-movement), c/o the network that owns the hockey theme.

[kirjtc2]

Did you see Lloyd Robertson flush his credibility down the toilet on that show last night?

http://www.dailymotion.com/igrecman/video/x5q4zp_ci6-ep2-part1-canadian-idol-6_music

[harls]

why Lloyd?

why?

[Rico Rommheim]

Oh...my GOD! !!!!!

At least he didn't suck, but still!

why Lloyd?

why?

because CTV told him to, and what CTV says, Lloyd does.

[mr.John]

Anyone see the new Desjardins financial commercials?, there's one where everyone gets around with wooden wheels (cars, bikes, baby stroller) and another where people fly using only blimps, both are really well done and very funny.

[Rico Rommheim]

The Desjardin Ads are usually above all others.

[harls]

because CTV told him to, and what CTV says, Lloyd does.

Ha.. I can see it now.


Lloyd - "You want me to do what? Are you joking?"

Ben - "You will do it, and you'll like it, old man...or we'll yank you from the anchor chair.

Lloyd - "This is idiotic. I refuse!"

Ben - "Tanya, fetch me the battery cables..."

[vid]

Poor Lloyd Mansbridge. :(

(They got married. She took his name.)

[MolsonExport]

Ha.. I can see it now.


Lloyd - "You want me to do what? Are you joking?"

Ben - "You will do it, and you'll like it, old man...or we'll yank you from the anchor chair.

Lloyd - "This is idiotic. I refuse!"

Ben - "Tanya, fetch me the battery cables..."




Haha!

Tanya - "I am using them to tighten my facial muscles!"

[MolsonExport]

http://www.currumbin-sanctuary.org.au/graphics/popups/wildlife_birds_barking_owl.jpg

"Craig Owliver, CTV News, Ottawa."

[IntotheWest]

^LOL. That's funny.

[Stanzmastertron3000]

http://www.currumbin-sanctuary.org.au/graphics/popups/wildlife_birds_barking_owl.jpg

"Craig Owliver, CTV News, Ottawa."

:ack:

[kirjtc2]

Another diginet bites the dust:

Attention CoolTV Subscribers:

Effective July 21 2008, CoolTV will no longer be available for viewing. Canwest Broadcasting continually reviews its assets and determines which have the most potential for growth, profitability and warrant investment. It is through our analysis, we as broadcasters are sometimes left with difficult choices. With the decision to discontinue CoolTV, we can now invest more in the channels that have the greatest potential and look forward to bringing our viewers more great specialty programming in the future.

We appreciate your support and we've enjoyed being the first in Canada to have a channel entirely devoted to Jazz music in its diversity.

If you interested in finding out more about subscribing to more and exciting specialty channels, please call 1-866-396-0003.

Thank you again.

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Show of hands: how many of you even knew this channel existed?

[vid]

I did. I have never seen it though. Shaw doesn't carry it here. We only get, like, 120 channels on digital cable. For $85+ a month.

It's bullshit.

[harls]

the "viagra intermission" commercials are getting annoying. They get played in groups, which makes it more annoying.

Also annoying:

- the Caltrate woman over 50.

- the listerine dork with the lampshade on his head, along with his toothbrush counterpart.

- the golden lab puppy with a toilet paper / buttock fetish.

- william "shat"ner and all-bran regularity

- the grey power insurance guy

- the ING woman that whines about 5 dollar withdrawls.. 'am I reading this right? just for the privilege of having their top interest rate?'

- the ctv voiceover guy's voice.

- sass jordan without makeup.

[vid]

"Osteoporosis?! I'm too young for that!!"

Oh, I want to punch her in the ribs.

You also forgot the Peek Freens commercial where the women are being "bad" to each other, and the Tostitos commercials where she "pours chips in a bowl and puts salsa on them! It's a great recipe!"--no, it's not a recipe. It's pouring chips and a bowl and putting salsa on top.

[Rico Rommheim]

I don't know man but there has NEVER EVER been a commercial that pissed me off more than the stupid charmin ads. You know with the stupid bears and fucking around with toilet paper?! UUUHHH!

[HomeInMyShoes]

Singing lip-synced animals.

[mr.John]

Well Tim Horton has done it again, the latest abomination (commercial) features two retarded dorks arguing over when to eat a hash brown.

[Ayreonaut]

Yep, I've seen that one. It makes no sense, who the fuck has ever stated that if something comes from the oven, it must be eaten last?

[vid]

Nobody. That's who.

Last night while watching Orthello (Don't ask why. I don't know why.) the local station didn't replace any of the commercials from CBLT (Is it CBLT? CBC Toronto anyway) and they had a PSA about dumping shit into storm drains, using rubber duckies as an example of how it accumulates into a larger problem. I thought it was cute.

[Ayreonaut]

Haha, I saw that one too.

[SpongeG]

Another diginet bites the dust:

Attention CoolTV Subscribers:

Effective July 21 2008, CoolTV will no longer be available for viewing. Canwest Broadcasting continually reviews its assets and determines which have the most potential for growth, profitability and warrant investment. It is through our analysis, we as broadcasters are sometimes left with difficult choices. With the decision to discontinue CoolTV, we can now invest more in the channels that have the greatest potential and look forward to bringing our viewers more great specialty programming in the future.

We appreciate your support and we've enjoyed being the first in Canada to have a channel entirely devoted to Jazz music in its diversity.

If you interested in finding out more about subscribing to more and exciting specialty channels, please call 1-866-396-0003.

Thank you again.

-------------------

Show of hands: how many of you even knew this channel existed?

totally forgot about it - but being in bc with shaw they never carried it :rolleyes:

[MolsonExport]

the "viagra intermission" commercials are getting annoying. They get played in groups, which makes it more annoying.

Also annoying:

- the Caltrate woman over 50.

- the listerine dork with the lampshade on his head, along with his toothbrush counterpart.

- the golden lab puppy with a toilet paper / buttock fetish.

- william "shat"ner and all-bran regularity

- the grey power insurance guy

- the ING woman that whines about 5 dollar withdrawls.. 'am I reading this right? just for the privilege of having their top interest rate?'

- the ctv voiceover guy's voice.

- sass jordan without makeup.

:jester:

Have you watched an American affiliate recently? The ads on local American TV make Canadian advertising look like academy-award material.

Every second ad is for some drug. Accompanied by 12 minutes of some guy in the background groaning about the side-effects of the drug, and groups that should avoid the drug (pregnant women, emasculated men; if you've suffered from high blood pressure, sleep apnea, colitis, diarrhea, sunburn, mosquito bites, cracked toenails, grey hairs, vaginal discharge, paper cuts, tennis elbow, etc.).

Then there is the good ol ads of women yelling at you to "ASK YOUR DOCTOR! ASK YOUR DOCTOR! ASK YOUR DOCTOR! ASK YOUR DOCTOR! " without hinting as to what the drug is for. Note that these ads plague Canadian airwaves as well.

Most of the other ads are for Walfart, Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers, and Chevrolet ("Like a Rock." "Built Chevy-tough").

[A4Regina]

Im surprised no one has mentioned those sky rocketing Capital one ads, they were funny at first, but now it's just annoying.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EPI_yPomrhY

[harls]

Those ads suck. Same with the older versions, with the bankers invading homes like rats... and that annoying 'hand in my pocket' song.

I just saw that Babybel cheese commercial, with those skydiving idiots. That kid at the end who eats the cheese makes this annoying face of pleasure that is so fake.. everytime I see it I want to put his head in wet cement and let it set.

[Rico Rommheim]

BwAP3wuIG2A

[crooked rain]

I don't know man but there has NEVER EVER been a commercial that pissed me off more than the stupid charmin ads. You know with the stupid bears and fucking around with toilet paper?! UUUHHH!

The newest one is their worst one yet - you know the one where the little bear playing football exposes himself and there is residual paper left over.

We know what their product is for, why does Charmin insist on being tacky about it.

[vid]

I just saw that Babybel cheese commercial, with those skydiving idiots. That kid at the end who eats the cheese makes this annoying face of pleasure that is so fake.. everytime I see it I want to put his head in wet cement and let it set.

You know it's a lie because Babybel tastes like fart!!

[Rico Rommheim]

The newest one is their worst one yet - you know the one where the little bear playing football exposes himself and there is residual paper left over.

We know what their product is for, why does Charmin insist on being tacky about it.

Oh! That one drives me fucking insane! I don't wanna know that some retarded bear can't wipe his fat ass! What kind of society is this? What kind of people are we when we use cashmere and triple-rolled designer paper to wipe our asses? Oh the brutality of this!

[Rico Rommheim]

The newest one is their worst one yet - you know the one where the little bear playing football exposes himself and there is residual paper left over.

We know what their product is for, why does Charmin insist on being tacky about it.

Oh! That one drives me fucking insane! I don't wanna know that some retarded bear can't wipe his fat ass! What kind of society is this? What kind of people are we when we use cashmere and triple-rolled designer paper to wipe our asses? Oh the brutality of this!

[vid]

The mall downtown here doesn't use toilet paper. Instead, they have 3 inch wide newsprint on a roll. Also, their sinks are really high tech. They apparently use infrared sensors to turn one, when you put your hands underneath them. That's how I found out I don't have hands.

I hate public bathrooms. But wouldn't that be a good place for advertising??

[Rico Rommheim]

They apparently use infrared sensors to turn one, when you put your hands underneath them. That's how I found out I don't have hands.


uh yes, these things are pretty much everywhere. ;)

[vid]

But They Do Not Work!!

[Rico Rommheim]

But They Do Not Work!!

sure they do!

[vid]

No! They do not! I have tried! :(

[kirjtc2]

They don't.

And those hand blow-dryers don't work either.

[vid]

I hate those things too. Especially when you come across a restroom that only has those and no paper towels! That's fucking bullshit.

[Rico Rommheim]

kirjtc2 and vid, I don't know what the hell is going on in the small towns you live in but those sinks and hand blow driers work fine here, and everywhere I've ever been. :shrug:

[vid]

Well we aren't all rich like Montreal, with efficient toilet facilities and whatnot. :(

[Rico Rommheim]

Well we aren't all rich like Montreal, with efficient toilet facilities and whatnot. :(

oh please this city's falling apart, and is DECADES behind cities in europe. You guys should the the cans in Paris, Italy and London, puts even the most modern ones here in canada to absolute shame! Shame I tell ya! The ones in Paris even wash Themselves! No really, you close the door and some machine washed the whole goddamn thing. Its a scene all right.

[Ayreonaut]

Oh! That one drives me fucking insane! I don't wanna know that some retarded bear can't wipe his fat ass! What kind of society is this? What kind of people are we when we use cashmere and triple-rolled designer paper to wipe our asses? Oh the brutality of this!

Their ads may blow (or wipe), but Charmin is damn good, it's like using a blanket.

[Rico Rommheim]

Their ads may blow (or wipe), but Charmin is damn good, it's like using a blanket.

what a waste, let me asky you something gringo...how much is your ass worth!?

[Ayreonaut]

No, not a waste, you can use less because it's so thick, half as much.

[vid]

True, I buy generic toilet paper and go through, like, one roll a week.

[SpongeG]

the infa red sinks work fine here

as do the infa red sensor garbage cans and hand dryers and paper towel dispensers - those provide many moments of amusement when one is drunk at the club - lol

and aberdeen centre has little tv's over the urinals so you can watch advertising when peeing

[HomeInMyShoes]

Infra-red sinks and hand dryers work if they are maintained, but some of the designs put the sensor in the stupidest place so it's awkward to get the sink to turn on or to keep the flow on while you rinse the soap off.

I hate Ford commercials. "Because a car is just a car, until it's powered by you." And then it turns into a crazy machine dealing out death and carnage around every corner. GTA 37.

[harls]

The woman wearing a toilet paper dress is outstandingly bad. Boy, I'd like to be caught in a rainshower wearing that.

The ad with the kitten brand buttwipe is also dumb.. you know, where the guy is sleeping on the couch with a kitty and his kids replace it with a roll of toilet paper... why, it's so soft he doesn't even notice. I think I'll start wiping my ass with cat fur to see how soft it really is.

[MolsonExport]

^I'd offer my cat, just 'cause she is currently on my 'shit list' :D

She is guilty of the crime of waking up my 6-week-old daughter...just after it took several hours to get her to sleep.

[SteelTown]

and aberdeen centre has little tv's over the urinals so you can watch advertising when peeing

Haha sort of the same here and there always condoms or beer ads with some hot chicks in bikinis. Its like they are trying to give you an erection well you pee.

[McMahon]

- the ING woman that whines about 5 dollar withdrawls.. 'am I reading this right? just for the privilege of having their top interest rate?'

I like her :(

Anybody ever see the Nutrisystem adverts. They seem to play on CBC in the early hours, or at least that's when I see them. There are two versions with women talking about losing weight.

The thing is I swear they're aimed at men, especially with the delivery of some of the lines:

"My husband loves my new body"

"I haven't had this smoking hot body since I was in college"

"For the first time, in a long time, I can now prance around in a bikini"

It's hilarious.

My favourite line though is the woman who lists the foods you can eat and says "You can even have chocolate and I LUURRVE chocolate"

There is also an ad that I've just seen once recently and not since then with a man changing a baby and when he takes off the Huggies or whatever, the kid shoots a stream of piss that bounces off the ceiling. Crazy ad. Has it been pulled? And please tell me someone else has seen it.

[MolsonExport]

reminds me of those ads about 2 years back with Kristy Alley snorffling cupcakes while asking "have you called Jenny yet??!" (as in Jenny Craig). She has been dumped [as I guess she may have eaten one (or one-hundred-thousand) cupcakes too many] in favor of a recently slimmed-down Valerie Bertinelli.

[Rico Rommheim]

what about those detestable "pro-biotic" ads? Hey listen bitch, its a goddamn cup of yogurt, pro-biotic cell and this and that, why won't you shut up already!? And she's walkingf around with stupid biotic orbit around her waist, which is why her door is shaped the way it is. hah haha. Fuck off.

[MolsonExport]

Goddammit. I kept switching around to different stations to watch the CTV news (could not get all of it at once, on account of my newborn daughter's activities). I'd put on the news, get up and away from the TV for 10 minutes, and--PRESTO!--ETALK daily with the annoying Tanya Kim (and her tight-as-a-snare-drum face), and the excruciatingly unbearable BM (bowel movement ben mulroney)!

Same thing happened no less than 3 times (I have cable, so the news is 'always on' but apparently so is Etalk daily).

[mr.John]

Make sure to keep your baby away from the TV when the bowel movement is on,or else she'll be traumatized for life

[Rico Rommheim]

Looks like that new Mike Myers movie 'The love Guru' has tanked in the box office after tanking really bad with critics and pre-screenings. Good, just another joke to ad to the laughs rafter!

[crooked rain]

^ anyone could see that coming a mile away. The commercials made it look worse than Zohan.

[crooked rain]

This song keeps getting stuck in my head everytime I see that car commerical:

FIRE IN THE DISCO!

FIRE IN THE TACO BELL!


The actual video is kind of funny in a bizarre way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQQeg3jYgOA

[SpongeG]

not even promise of seeing justin timberlake in a speedo could save love guru :(

[Rico Rommheim]

Yeah a complete flop! Opened with $14,000 000. Will gross no more than 45 million domestic. Budget: 65 million. Take that! :banana:

[vid]

Haha! Poor Toronto. Finally gets a chance to play itself in a big movie and the movie is a piece of crap! :haha:

Toronto > :pet: < Thunder Bay.

At least when Thunder Bay stars as itself in a movie, the people who see it agree that it's good. Of course, the people who see it are all in Thunder Bay because they're amateur films. :P

[MolsonExport]

That movie has made the Laughs a Leafing-stock.

[wild wild west]

Looks like The Love Guru sucks as bad as the team that inspired it!

[SpongeG]

reminds me of those ads about 2 years back with Kristy Alley snorffling cupcakes while asking "have you called Jenny yet??!" (as in Jenny Craig). She has been dumped [as I guess she may have eaten one (or one-hundred-thousand) cupcakes too many] in favor of a recently slimmed-down Valerie Bertinelli.

kirstie is suppossed to be starting her own weight loss company soon - at least thats the spin they put on why she is no longer with jenny...

[harls]

What is this new stupid commercial for yeast infections... you know, the one with a woman who wakes up with a thunderstorm raging in her crotch? She takes the product and then the clouds clear and rainbows and birds and sunshine appear. WTF? is there really a microclimate down there? are some peoples netheregions like the sahara? the amazon? who comes up with these crazy ideas?

[MolsonExport]

^ just a little bit of "crotch-pot cookin'"

[SpongeG]

everyone is familiar with the Canadian version of this commercial i am sure - its on all the time and it uses the original brit accents

this is the US version which has dubbed out the i assume offensive accent - lol

-IZ9CL4phPk

[canucklehead2]

I actually saw The Love Guru, and I didn't think it was all that bad! Sure the jokes were tacky and stale, like leftovers from Austin Powers, but so what. Adam Sandler does the same thing, as does Jack Black and Ben Stiller. Plus it was nice to finally see Toronto play itself. Too bad it flopped though... Compared to Get Smart, which I did see, TLG was ten times funnier...

[crooked rain]

^ Sandler, Black and Stiller suck too. Did you see Zohan? Ugh!

[Rathgrith]

Looks like CityTV has dumped Ed the Sock. I just love how Rogers is making television as white bread as possible one take over at a time.

[canucklehead2]

Canadian TV in general is pretty white bread. I will give CTV credit though for taking a chance on airing cable TV drama's in primetime uncut, like Nip/Tuck. That show is pretty crazy, it's been on the air for a few years now...

[vid]

Thunder Bay Televisions parent advisory board decided not to air Nip/Tuck, and replaced it with something else.

They also axed The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Family Guy, American Dad, and took a while to begin airing Desperate Housewives. Ah, prudes. :)

And yet This Is Your Day and 100 Huntley Street continue unabated?! What the fuck?!

And if CBC or CTV decide to air a movie that they don't agree with, we get two hours of infomercials for the Magic Bullet, The Best of Country, and Custom Family Bibles. :rolleyes:

It's been less than ten years since they started airing advertisements from organizations other than The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and War-Amps.

[canucklehead2]

C-R-A-Z-Y! I'm kind of glad that Edmonton now has corporate owned stations only... It kind of prevents this kind of localized censorship...

[vid]

Yes, if it wasn't for local news coverage I'd say get rid of them altogether. :P

Dougall Media is always getting in trouble though. It's only a matter of time before the CRTC dissolves them and gives CBC and CTV control of the stations. CTV will probably become part of the former MCTV system, we'll probably get CKND or CIII for Global and CBC will probably stay the same. As long as we maintain our local news. It's one of the best in the country. No sensationalizing and it has good coverage. Sure, the production values are low (Seriously, if you have Satellite, watch tonight's TBT Neuss at 6 and see for yourself what a joke these people can be!) but it's content level is good for a small market TV station in this era.

A better solution might be to make CHFD a full affiliate of CTV, get rid of it's Global programming and set up a repeater of CIII or CKND. That way they would have to air more of CTVs schedule. They've actually threatened to do stupid things if Shaw continued airing CIII and I think they wanted Bell and Starchoice to block other channels from the market on Satellite! :rolleyes: They're really eccentric there.

And the control they have over CFQK/CKED is more than questionable. The CRTC said that they were to have no influence over it at all yet not only do they control its marketing, they actually claim it as part of their company! It recently became a country station. It'll be a Hot AC station again in about a year though. I can't even get its signals on my radio.

[SpongeG]

you always hear about american affiliates dropping "risque" shows - who knew it happenned in canada

[vid]

The US has more private affiliates. CHFD (Thunder Bay, owned by Dougall Media, a local company), CJBN (Kenora, owned by Shaw), and CITL (Lloydminster, owned by Newfoundland Capital) are the only privately owned stations in the CTV Network. All others are owned directly by CTV itself.

In the case of CBC, it has more private affiliates, and most of them air the least amount of programming they can. CKPR airs almost none of CBC's arts programming and doesn't include much of its weekend schedule either, aside from sports. CBC still owns most of its stations, though.

Global owns all of its stations outright. Other stations will buy rights to their programming but they are not affiliated. (All three of NWOs TV stations do this; for a while, CJBN and CHFD aired a majority of Global content.)

[Stanzmastertron3000]

I'm getting pissed off at that mind numbing commercial for Maple Leaf 'Simply Fresh Pasta Shakers' with the incredibly void and stupid women at the Eaton Centre talking about how easy it is to shake and how it didn't even confuse them at all! They make a strong case for violence against women.

(Just kidding, but myyy God)

[Ayreonaut]

OMG! I specifically came to this thread to complain about those.

[harls]

anyone see that DioGuardi Tax Lawyer commercial? They show little men dressed up in shades and suits, popping out of envelopes and computers, with that dumb-ass whispery song.. "here I come, TAX man" or something.. it sounds like porno music.

[mr.John]

This is probably not the thread to ask this question, but I'm curious to know when telemarketers phone your home do you get a 3-5 second delay before those weasels start yakking?

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Yes, that's the time I usually hang up.

[mr.John]

Same with me

[harls]

I think it's the delay where their computer (complete with pre-emptive response phrases) connects to your phone line. I have an unpronouncable last name, so I let them try to tackle it.. and laugh.

Then I say 'he's not in, I'm just the butler.'

[Rico Rommheim]

Then I say 'he's not in, I'm just the butler.'

yes that's usually what I say. I usually say that I'm housekeeping, or I'm a friend. In fact the other day some teleM dude called and went on a long explanation about Radio polling and finally asked me if I was Mr. xyz, when I said that I wasn't (even though I was) he went on anyways! I gave him a fake name "Alex Goldfarb" a portemanteau of the first name of my sports idol and the last name of a friend of mine. Damn him! I'm expecting his polling cahier in two weeks addressed to those names!

[HomeInMyShoes]

^You could also try the "hang on, I'll get them" and then just leave the phone there for twenty minutes and hang it up later. But that's mean, and I'd never do something bitter, deceptive and petty.

[Rico Rommheim]

^You could also try the "hang on, I'll get them" and then just leave the phone there for twenty minutes and hang it up later. But that's mean, and I'd never do something bitter, deceptive and petty.

I did that a while ago, I don't remember why it didn't stick, but I guess it didn't make the cut. :(

[vid]

Are you bilingual?

Speak in another language. It'll teach 'em.

[Rico Rommheim]

Are you bilingual?

Speak in another language. It'll teach 'em.

tele-marketers in Quebec are all bilingual. I am learning spanish...next year so that'll have 2 wait.

[vid]

Then just speak in some sort of fake native language. It isn't hard: "Nuglukpuk tipuktuk pickup truck tlingut pituk iqaktitut."

(Is that racist? I'm sorry. :()

[Ayreonaut]

Is there a worse commercial on TV right now than the one where the lady orders a McDonald's thing at a fancy restaurant?

No, no there is not.