[zcaveman]

I sit and watch TV with my wife and I never remember most of the commercials. For some reason they ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ past my brain.

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[KayakerNC]

With my BPH, my bladder is happy to see commercials.

[Patty55]

I hate the ones with the family with wires.

[Cobh521]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

I vote we get rid of all commercials - and I do have more serious issues.

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I agree. Years ago we paid for cable to have tv without commercials. What happened?

[bluedog103]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Flo flows and that's why she is still going strong after 8 years. As some of you may recall she played a telephone operator on the first season of Mad Men

The commercials that annoy me are the ones making "the father or mother"an idiot and his kids so much more informed. its disrespectful and harmful

[Halibut]

Companies spend a lot of energy, manpower, and money to create brand awareness and I would suggest Progressive's brand awareness has increased ten fold or more with the Flo campaign. As long as she is increasing brand awareness and product recognition, and sales are rising she will continue to annoy us and laugh all the way to the bank. On a similar note, Sonic tried to replace the two guys who banter in the car a few years ago because their salary demands were deemed too high. Three or four other combos were tried and the campaign began losing steam. Soon the original pair were back, and have continued as the faces of Sonic for the last four or five years. Virtually every company would love to stumble on a face of the franchise like Flo, the Sonic guys, or Subway's Jared.

Wasn't there also consumer backlash when Wendy the Snapple lady was replaced?

As far as Flo goes, the ads are lighthearted and bordering-on-semi-funny so what I see of them through all my fast-forwarding doesn't bother me. There are Halloween costumes/wigs for Flo and her trademark hairdo, which must mean something in terms of popularity, ironic or not. It would make me laugh if someone wore the costume to an office party.