UPDATE: Polls have now closed. Results will be announced Monday. Thanks to everyone who voted!
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More than 100,000 votes have already been counted in this year’s Worst Ad In America awards but some of the races are still separated by less than 1%. So make sure to get your votes in now — or forever hit your fast-forward button! [More]
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By 10.14.11
Max From Blue Tax Responds To Worst Ad Nomination
By 10.12.11
In the two years we’ve been running the Worst Ad In America awards, we’ve received responses from nominated companies that ranged from the defensive to “it wasn’t us.” But this is the first time we’ve actually received a response from an animated character. [More]
Experts, Critics, Other Loudmouths Sound Off About 2011 Worst Ad In America Nominees
By 10.11.11
For the second year in a row we’ve convened a round-table of cognoscente to discuss, defend, assault and insult the current slate of Worst Ad In America nominees. [More]
Vote Here For The Worst Ad In America Awards!
By 10.7.11
You told us which TV ads annoy you the most, now it’s time to select the worst of the worst! [More]
Samsung Tries To Distance Itself From Worst Ad-Nominated TV Spot
By 10.6.11
Yesterday, we announced this year’s slate of nominees for the Worst Ad In America awards, and among the TV spots slugging it out for the title of Absolute Worst Ad is one that appears to be for the Samsung Infuse 4G… or so you might think. [More]
Verizon Internet To Share Your Location With Advertisers So You'll Get Ads "Of More Interest"
By 10.5.11
As a favor to you, Verizon internet says they’re going to start sharing your local geographical location to advertisers so you’ll get ads “of more interest.” For instance, “a pizza chain may want to deliver their ad to give a special offer to people living in a particular area.” Here’s how to opt out. [More]
Announcing The 2011 Worst Ad In America Nominees!
By 10.5.11
For the second year in a row, we asked you to tell us which TV commercials get on your last nerve, and you didn’t hold back. After sifting through hundreds of comments and e-mails, we’ve finally whittled down all those annoying ads to the elite few worthy of recognition in the Second Annual Consumerist Worst Ad In America Awards. [More]
Purina Goes After Desirable Doggy Demographic With Sounds Only Your Pet Can Hear
By 10.4.11
While fast food advertisers have taken a lot of heat in recent years for packaging and marketing that is targeted heavily toward children, the evil ad geniuses of the world have found another demographic on which it can focus its marketing laser — your furry friends. [More]
Lime Mexican Grill Turns Arizona Immigration Controversy Into Marketing
By 9.28.11
Among the many hot-button debates of the last few years has been the state of Arizona’s controversial proposals to deal with the issue of illegal immigration. But while both sides of the debate take the topic very seriously, the folks at Southeastern restaurant chain Lime Mexican Grill have decided to have some fun with it. [More]
Reebok To Fork Over $25 Million In Refunds For Deceptive EasyTone Ads
By 9.28.11
As we reported yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission was going to announce a huge settlement, involving millions in refunds to consumers, with some big name shoe company over deceptive advertising claims. And today it was revealed that it’s sneaker biggie Reebok that has agreed to fork over $25 million in refunds to buyers of its EasyTone shoes. [More]
Cheech & Chong Still Encouraging Baby Boomers To Get High… On Fiber
By 9.26.11
Once upon a time, the comedy duo of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong (some refer to them as Cheech and Chong) were as closely associated with marijuana as rolling papers and bongs. But oh how times have changed and priorities have shifted from getting high on pot brownies to getting high amounts of fiber from brownies. [More]
Treat Your Baby's Mom Nice If You Live Near This Pawn Shop
By 9.21.11
Getting revenge on an ex can be tempting, and this pawn shop in Albany, NY, seems to be tapping into that desire for comeuppance in its new storefront marketing campaign. [More]
Has Honda Finally Killed Off Mr. Opportunity?
By 9.14.11
For years, Honda has been irritating TV viewers by continuing to bring back its smug animated shill, Mr. Opportunity. The spots grew so grating that Consumerist readers voted it as the third-worst ad in the country last year. But several of you have noticed Mr. Opportunity’s absence from your TV sets and wanted to know if Honda had finally put the toon out of its misery. [More]
Nivea Fined For Saying Skin Cream Makes You Slimmer
By 9.8.11
The distributor of Nivea in Canada has been fined nearly 400,000 Loonies for marketing the “My Silhouette” skin cream as making you slimmer. As opposed to the usually vague nonsense talk surrounding skin and beauty product pitches, this one claimed users could expect a “reduction of up to three centimetres on targeted body parts, such as thighs, hips, waist and stomach.” [More]
Worst Ad In America Nominations Period Extended!
By 9.6.11
The nomination period for this year’s Worst Ad In America Awards was supposed to have ended last Friday, and even though you’ve nominated hundreds of bad ads, we’ve decided to extend the nomination period through the end of this week in order to flesh out some of the possible new categories. [More]
Consumer Reports Not Starstruck By Celebrity-Branded Foods
By 9.6.11
It seems like celebrities of all stripes will allow their names to be attached to any number of products, from Whitesnake wine to the bottled manly essence of Bruce Willis. And just like all retail goods, the quality of celeb-branded items can vary wildly. That’s why our test-lovin’ cousins at Consumer Reports recently decided to try out a slate of food products with star-powered names. [More]
It's Time To Nominate The Worst Ads In America For 2011!
By 8.22.11
Last year, we asked readers to nominate and vote in our first ever Worst Ad In America awards, and more than 100,000 of you responded, selecting Staples’ grating “Wow! That’s a low price!” shout-fest as the commercial that most got on your nerves. But while that abomination appears to have vanished into memory, plenty of new contenders for the crown have popped up. [More]
Comcast Withdraws Complaint About DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Ads
By 8.19.11
UPDATE: A DirecTV rep tells Consumerist that Comcast is “grossly misrepresenting” the situation. [More]
