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Favorite/Most Annoying Korean commercials?
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SCE2AUX



Joined: 15 Dec 2007
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:44 pm    Post subject: Favorite/Most Annoying Korean commercials? Reply with quote

Favorite.
Guy falls asleep on the beach.

Most annoying
The 35 year old Dorothy singing "Welcome" to the tune of YMCA.
The commercial for CNN International "No borders, nor SHOULD there be..." (Oh really?). "You NEEEED to see the TOTALITY!!!"
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cj1976



Joined: 26 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The ad (can't remember which product), where they completely destroy the "Smoke on the Water" riff, by singing it in a childish K-pop tone. For the love of god, show some respect!
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IAMAROBOT



Joined: 16 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is my all time favorite one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IF1NKarDy4

Here's what I think happens: The cameraman asks the grandmother how she makes her gochujang and he suggests she put wheat flour in the gochujang instead of rice flour and she gets pissed off and tells him to go away.


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emacs



Joined: 08 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

favorite, zero

most annoying

- beer/soda commerical, really cheesy.
- car commerical, a same voice actor with a funny accent.
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Bloopity Bloop



Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the soju commercial where this girl is in a bunch of awkward situations but as soon as a bottle chamisol enters the picture, little people and animals start walking all over the place and everyone has a good time.
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SeoulNate



Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Favorite:

The milk commercial where the dad is drinking out of the carton and the little girl yells and calls for mom.

Most annoying:

ANY of the 'HITE power of BEER' commercials.

More like 'Power of pee water!'
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Troglodyte



Joined: 06 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's quite old now, but I loved this ramen ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXfakp2gajs
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Bloopity Bloop



Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Troglodyte wrote:
It's quite old now, but I loved this ramen ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXfakp2gajs


I knew this was gonna be posted sooner or later............
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida



Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw one last year while on holiday. It had a horror theme and it was for a bank. The animated character had it's backside swiped by a woman holding a bank card. Then it proceeded to scold the woman then run away. Weird but funny. Wish there was a YouTube link.
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Kaypea



Joined: 09 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I sort of liked but was kind of weirded out by the one for... oh, I forget which product... but there's this naked young guy with a blanket kind of wrapped around him and over his head a little (Snuggie style), and he kind of teases, like the camera gets close and you think you're going to see the full monty, but then you can't...

What the hell were they selling? I saw it at the gym and almost fell off the treadmill.
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jomiro



Joined: 10 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

matiz commercial

and

the hyundai commercial where they use britney spear's song in it. i just never get them. real bad commercial. guy drinking beer, hanging out with women and then you see the car.

and

that commercial where they tell you, if you call that number your calls are cheaper. it sorta looks animated, but the people are real.
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Who's Your Daddy?



Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like Lee Hoe Ri commercials.

I mute Rushy n Cashy
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hwa jang shil



Joined: 20 Oct 2009

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I loved this advert last year, not sure why, it wasn't just that the girl was good looking, think I liked her enthusiasm for being in Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRYpysqRhEQ

I cannot stand those insurance adverts, late at night, often between Simpson episodes, that go on for about 10 minutes and seem to be made by someone with old 80s editing equipment.
Oh and the one with the boy upset that no-one knows where or what South Korea is, that ends with some handsome Korean man addressing a boardroom of foreign business types, repulsive!!!
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PatrickBateman



Joined: 08 Jun 2009
Location: American Gardens Building, West 81st Street

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Favorite? Any hot girls shaking their sh*t.

Least favorite? Any girls not shaking their sh*t.
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curiousaboutkorea



Joined: 21 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Favorite- Olleh! and anything with SNSD (Goobne, Samyang)
Least favorite (sheer annoyance)- Won Cashing
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