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merlinjones · 05-06-2021, 06:58 PM

Say it ain't so, Joe.

Those Medicare Advantage ads run more than once every half hour on every oldies digital broadcast channel I watch.

Please stop! Or put a cap on how many times and hour this runs - or make some alternate ads. I now have to mute it for sheer repetition.

Mrgman · 05-06-2021, 07:49 PM

I am a jets fan and I'm even annoyed by them

Zoneboy · 05-06-2021, 08:57 PM

I'm more annoyed by Mike Ditka and Joe Theisman than Joe Namath.

Charley Knox · 05-06-2021, 09:25 PM

If it was up to me, I would put a 30sec cap on their commercials.

stevea · 05-07-2021, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoneboy

I'm more annoyed by Mike Ditka and Joe Theisman than Joe Namath.

The Ditka ad has some brief screech noise at the start. They could have bothered to edit it out.

I don't remember what he's advertising but I'd bet it's Medicare.

MA · 05-07-2021, 10:46 AM

I don't mind Mike Ditka and Joe Theismann, but Joe Namath I cannot stand.

Yong Fang · 05-07-2021, 11:20 AM

My father is a Fox News addict (seriously he watches Fox News 95 percent of the time...literally). I watch it a little bit and will watch Tucker Carlson on YouTube (which isn’t here nor there) but if I am home it’s FOX on almost all the time blaring since my father is in his late 80’s.

Fox skews an older demographic and see a lot of ads for insurance, medicine or precious metals, hawked by way over the hill actors like William Devane (who I think hawked precious metals) and Morgan Fairchild. So it makes sense for Namath to sell crap to seniors because he is a recognizable face to that generation (I was a baby when he won the Super Bowl so he is before my time). But stuff sold to older folks are going to be sold by people recognizable to them. Makes sense.

I think TV commercials are in decline and slowly dying. People are now buying subscriptions for channels they want to watch, the “on demand” thing, or do what I do and find websites that show programming without commercials (Google “watch series online free”).

LUNCH · 05-07-2021, 01:07 PM

I don't see the purpose in watching commercials anymore, unless you want to know what junk or scam to avoid. With maybe an exception or two, if it is advertised on TV these days it cannot be any good. And that does not even count the unacceptable amount of ads or how obnoxious modern ads are.

MA · 05-07-2021, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yong Fang

My father is a Fox News addict (seriously he watches Fox News 95 percent of the time...literally). I watch it a little bit and will watch Tucker Carlson on YouTube (which isn’t here nor there) but if I am home it’s FOX on almost all the time blaring since my father is in his late 80’s.

Fox skews an older demographic and see a lot of ads for insurance, medicine or precious metals, hawked by way over the hill actors like William Devane (who I think hawked precious metals) and Morgan Fairchild. So it makes sense for Namath to sell crap to seniors because he is a recognizable face to that generation (I was a baby when he won the Super Bowl so he is before my time). But stuff sold to older folks are going to be sold by people recognizable to them. Makes sense.

I think TV commercials are in decline and slowly dying. People are now buying subscriptions for channels they want to watch, the “on demand” thing, or do what I do and find websites that show programming without commercials (Google “watch series online free”).

William Devane hawked for Rosland Capital.

Gottacallphelp · 07-25-2021, 01:02 PM

Ugh, I agree, but the Jimmy "JJ" Walker one is even worse!

MA · 08-04-2021, 09:56 AM

I just saw a new Joe Namath Medicare commercial when watching Perry Mason on MeTV.

05-06-2021, 06:58 PM	#1
merlinjones Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 30, 2019 Location: los ángeles Posts: 933	Retire Joe Namath! Say it ain't so, Joe. Those Medicare Advantage ads run more than once every half hour on every oldies digital broadcast channel I watch. Please stop! Or put a cap on how many times and hour this runs - or make some alternate ads. I now have to mute it for sheer repetition.

05-07-2021, 10:46 AM	#6
MA Member Moderator Forum Idol Join Date: May 20, 2017 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 128,706	I don't mind Mike Ditka and Joe Theismann, but Joe Namath I cannot stand.
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05-06-2021, 07:49 PM	#2
Mrgman Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 12, 2005 Posts: 658	I am a jets fan and I'm even annoyed by them

05-06-2021, 08:57 PM	#3
Zoneboy RIP, I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU :( Moderator Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 13, 2003 Location: AT HOME WISHING ALL THIS WAS JUST A DREAM AND THAT I'LL WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE. Posts: 34,472	I'm more annoyed by Mike Ditka and Joe Theisman than Joe Namath.

05-06-2021, 09:25 PM	#4
Charley Knox Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 09, 2019 Location: Tn Posts: 634	If it was up to me, I would put a 30sec cap on their commercials.

05-07-2021, 11:20 AM	#7
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,072	My father is a Fox News addict (seriously he watches Fox News 95 percent of the time...literally). I watch it a little bit and will watch Tucker Carlson on YouTube (which isn’t here nor there) but if I am home it’s FOX on almost all the time blaring since my father is in his late 80’s. Fox skews an older demographic and see a lot of ads for insurance, medicine or precious metals, hawked by way over the hill actors like William Devane (who I think hawked precious metals) and Morgan Fairchild. So it makes sense for Namath to sell crap to seniors because he is a recognizable face to that generation (I was a baby when he won the Super Bowl so he is before my time). But stuff sold to older folks are going to be sold by people recognizable to them. Makes sense. I think TV commercials are in decline and slowly dying. People are now buying subscriptions for channels they want to watch, the “on demand” thing, or do what I do and find websites that show programming without commercials (Google “watch series online free”).

05-07-2021, 01:07 PM	#8
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	I don't see the purpose in watching commercials anymore, unless you want to know what junk or scam to avoid. With maybe an exception or two, if it is advertised on TV these days it cannot be any good. And that does not even count the unacceptable amount of ads or how obnoxious modern ads are.

07-25-2021, 01:02 PM	#10
Gottacallphelp Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 02, 2020 Location: Midwest, USA Posts: 33	Ugh, I agree, but the Jimmy "JJ" Walker one is even worse!

08-04-2021, 09:56 AM	#11
MA Member Moderator Forum Idol Join Date: May 20, 2017 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 128,706	I just saw a new Joe Namath Medicare commercial when watching Perry Mason on MeTV.