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Having seen the commercial in the video clip above, I have to say that the viewers of this ad must be a very lucky bunch because this is by no means the most irritating or disturbing ad on TV - Skittles and Burger King already have a head start in those departments, and the recent Folger's ad is in its own category of weirdness. Death threats? It's just breakfast.
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9-11-2006 @3:35PM Kevin said... I love it! Keep em coming.
http://weird-news.blogspot.com
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9-11-2006 @4:33PM RWD fan said... I'm hooked on this one currently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooS8iTqo1w
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9-11-2006 @7:20PM ~Nikki~ said... I have to admit the kid is abnoxious, nothing to send death threats over though!
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9-11-2006 @10:15PM Dr. Electro said... I never make death threats before breakfast.
I also don't eat Frosties by any name. However, I like obnoxious TV commercials. That kid is really obnoxious enough to become a cult hero.
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9-12-2006 @3:51AM Constance said... I was really taken aback by the news. I never really thought that cereal ads can trigger death threats.
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9-12-2006 @3:49AM RCote said... I was in the UK while this ad was running. What made it uber annoying is that is was running two or more times per commercial break. He was on *all the time*. It went from being annoying to being psychotic.
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9-12-2006 @9:54PM David T said... Death threat over that? Maybe they've never heard the Empire Carpets jingle. That always makes me want to go postal in the company's marketing department.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spedi-e2_sk
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