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This picture aggravates me. The seat is in the kayak, but it is oriented so that the wind from driving is going to catch it and make all kinds of noise or break the bungee cords. The hatch is also a concern. Those who travel with kayaks at highway speeds know to remove the seat and/or load the kayak so that the seat and hatch won't open from the wind. In this case, that means the back of the kayak needs to be towards the front.

It's almost as bad as seeing people in ads holding fishing poles wrong. The last incidence of that was the State Farm ad where the guy has the dollar on a fishing pole and has a casting reel on the bottom. It also looked like he was using a spinning rod with the casting reel. There was another one for a whiskey a while back in print form that had somebody holding a spinning rod upside down, too.

Well, I think this is an advertising win. I am now browsing Buick's website to learn more about that wagon...

The more you know about any topic the more and more you will see these goofs.

In this Viagra Commercial the "Meguyver" character is old enough to know how to fix anything but apparently his dick doesn't always work.
The irony is that in his "success shot" he is sailing the boat completely limp with the headsail on the wrong side of the boat. This is not the way to go forward successfully but it is good for keeping the boat slow so the camera man could get an easy shot.

I watched the sailing movie All is Lost from home and found myself actually shouting at the screen and the character for some really dumb things done. At the most basic, with a break in the hull high on the starboard side he could have avoid most all of his peril is he had just stayed on starboard tack which would have kept the break high and dry the whole time. But, maybe that is the story...he was in over his head and beyond his knowledge.

Musical instruments. Especially saxophones - they're usually assembled wrong. I suppose this could happen with an oboe, but nobody uses oboes in advertising because they not cool

My favorite way to view ads, particularly on TV, is to take them completely literally. Cellphones will project screens all around you. Little tiny helicopters will follow you around if you play a video game. Fiat 500s can drive underwater. It's so much more fun.

In defense of the State Farm fisherman, he does look like he's 95 YO.

War Room the Movie

Lead character puts on a dust mask to stop smelling stinky feet. Like that would work....but he put it on upside down. How does that metal band feel on your chin?

I am sure anyone who is a cop or a doctor deals with this all the time while watching any TV. I am sure they see, "that is not how it is done" all the time.

You hear about the rise in people requesting DNA samples to be taken when reporting their bicycle stolen, "because that is what the do on TV."

John Welsh wrote: I am sure anyone who is a cop or a doctor deals with this all the time while watching any TV. I am sure they see, "that is not how it is done" all the time. You hear about the rise in people requesting DNA samples to be taken when reporting their bicycle stolen, "because that is what the do on TV."

Sadly this perception has worked it's way into the courtroom and adds to the perception that DNA evidence is infallible.

That Mazda commercial with the guy and the girl losing the ring in the snow rubbed me all the wrong ways.

John Welsh wrote: I am sure anyone who is a cop or a doctor deals with this all the time while watching any TV. I am sure they see, "that is not how it is done" all the time. You hear about the rise in people requesting DNA samples to be taken when reporting their bicycle stolen, "because that is what the do on TV."

It's been the same thing with fingerprints and polygraph tests for much longer. Both labeled pseudoscience by their creators, but locked into "police culture" thanks to tv shows and movies like DNA testing has.

I do like the farmers insurance commercials "we covered it" though.

Jeep used to have a commercial for the grand cherokee showing its off road prowess. Lots of slo mo of the tires going over small rocks and stuff. But they kept showing one front wheel coming off the ground with every obstacle. SO DRAMATIC! Only problem is you want suspension articulation for offroading. It would be like a commercial for a sports car doing one wheel peel with tons of wheel hop.

There's always the inevitable 2 stroke motor sound to EVERY dirtbike put on screen regardless of make, model, engine type.

That white wagon looks grounded to the ground.

I still want tires that chirp on dirt and mud.

RevRico wrote: I still want tires that chirp on dirt and mud.

WRC cars make chirpy noises on dirt.

spitfirebill wrote: In defense of the State Farm fisherman, he does look like he's 95 YO.

I'm actually pretty sure I encountered that guy. I forget the location/situation now, but it sure looked & sounded like him.

etifosi wrote:

RevRico wrote: I still want tires that chirp on dirt and mud.

WRC cars make chirpy noises on dirt.

I've chirped tires on dirt. Hell, I've laid black stripes on dirt doing a burnout. All you gotta do is wait till mid summer on a hard red clay road. That E36 M3's like concrete.

spitfirebill wrote: In defense of the State Farm fisherman, he does look like he's 95 YO.

and he's in a clothing store taunting women with a dollar on his hook, i think the least of his worries is how he's holding the rod

petegossett wrote:

spitfirebill wrote: In defense of the State Farm fisherman, he does look like he's 95 YO.

I'm actually pretty sure I encountered that guy. I forget the location/situation now, but it sure looked & sounded like him.

I've encountered at least 3 people from State Farm commercials. Including Jake!

Not in a commercial, but in the Netflix series "Stranger Things" (incredible show BTW), which is set in the 80s, the boys 20" BMX bikes have threadless headsets, compact bottom brackets, and U-brakes, among other inaccuracies. These werent widely available for another 20 years. Drives me bonkers.

NEALSMO wrote: There's always the inevitable 2 stroke motor sound to EVERY dirtbike put on screen regardless of make, model, engine type.

There's always the inevitable Harley motor sound to EVERY streetbike put on screen regardless of make, model, engine type.

ultraclyde wrote:

etifosi wrote:

RevRico wrote: I still want tires that chirp on dirt and mud.

WRC cars make chirpy noises on dirt.

I've chirped tires on dirt. Hell, I've laid black stripes on dirt doing a burnout. All you gotta do is wait till mid summer on a hard red clay road. That E36 M3's like concrete.

I think I have a youtube video of me screeching tires on dirt... let me see.. here it is.

Yes, I was over-driving a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/fcYMBpGIhQc

It's worth noting that some sand will chirp when you walk on it, too.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/bl7uf_445eo

In reply to Petegossett: the sign in front of our local Shriners clubhouse once read "We help burn and cripple kids." I suppose they might have been the target of some very subtle vandalism, but I doubt it.

Being in the business my dad got hacked when in a movie they set off one fire sprinkler and they all went off and sprayed water everywhere.

That's not how they work. Only the one head goes off.

John Welsh wrote: In this Viagra Commercial the "Meguyver" character is old enough to know how to fix anything but apparently his dick doesn't always work. The irony is that in his "success shot" he is sailing the boat completely limp.... This is not the way to go forward successfully but it is good for...the camera man get an easy shot.

Wow, just a little editing.