Always leave the most important guest ‘til last. Make sure there is something nice for them to drink in the green room while they wait. A new celeb will think it’s rude to make them wait, but an old celeb will recognize it as a sign of his/her importance.
Rule of thumb: the better (funnier, cleverer etc.) the ad, the worse the product.I usually hear an announcement like “And now, the news” which never is now because first there’s a sponsor (i.e. concealed ad), then the ads announced as ads. Or first ad ads, then the sponsor adds ads.
Oh Lord… sponsors. I know, the network channel is paid, and that is a good thing, but please, don’t make it 3 minutes or more, it bores the hell out of most of us.
The incessant shower installer commercials are making my brain shrivel! But they must work because they are making enough money to keep putting on more commercials. For the love of all that is sacred – make it stop!!!
One of my fav’ peanuts was Linus watching TV which said “We’ll be right back after a few short words from our sponsor” Linus in the last panel is sitting bolt upright pointing at the TV and declares “YOU LIE!”
Black Friday sale! $2 a month streaming for each of these services!
The catch: lots of adds. The add-free service has no discount. When you start the adds are bearable, but then they increase their frequency to the point that there is at least 1 minute of adds in every 5 minutes of show. You either abandon the show or switch to the expensive add-free version.
It really is that bad now. What little morals networks had, they have sold to the highest bidder and then some. You get 3 minutes of show before another commercial now.
Yes that’s the way ABC evening news is the last half. 4 min commercial and 30 secs of news several times. With all that’s going on you’d think they could come with 20-22 mins of news.
codycab 7 months ago
And it sounds something like, “Yadda yadda.”
Scorpio Premium Member 7 months ago
Advert, 5 seconds of content, Advert …..
Ubintold 7 months ago
More than “a word”I’d say.
The dude from FL (not bragging) Premium Member 7 months ago
I had to quit watching the news, aound here it is the shower installers, the window installers, humana…endless. Bring back the Geico pig!
wmwiii Premium Member 7 months ago
He must be watching MSNBC.
ArcticFox Premium Member 7 months ago
Good time to go get some lasagna, Gar.
jasonsnakelover 7 months ago
Time to eat or sleep instead.
cracker65 7 months ago
Very accurate.
Gent 7 months ago
Can’t skip ads on TV. YouTube better.
DaveG1960 7 months ago
Firefox + uBlock extension. YouTube heaven…….
Macushlalondra 7 months ago
Sooooo tired of ads. I absolutely NEVER see one for anything I’d actually buy. I mean NEVER.
LawrenceS 7 months ago
Always leave the most important guest ‘til last. Make sure there is something nice for them to drink in the green room while they wait. A new celeb will think it’s rude to make them wait, but an old celeb will recognize it as a sign of his/her importance.
win.45mag 7 months ago
Sounds like the next guest is also the sponsor
2AndFour 7 months ago
Too many ads these days it seems.
edmund_graham 7 months ago
This is waaaaaay more accurate than it should be
Jeddo 7 months ago
Rule of thumb: the better (funnier, cleverer etc.) the ad, the worse the product.I usually hear an announcement like “And now, the news” which never is now because first there’s a sponsor (i.e. concealed ad), then the ads announced as ads. Or first ad ads, then the sponsor adds ads.
Liam G.P 7 months ago
Oh Lord… sponsors. I know, the network channel is paid, and that is a good thing, but please, don’t make it 3 minutes or more, it bores the hell out of most of us.
Goat from PBS 7 months ago
Ugh, commercials are the worst.
Slowly, he turned... 7 months ago
The incessant shower installer commercials are making my brain shrivel! But they must work because they are making enough money to keep putting on more commercials. For the love of all that is sacred – make it stop!!!
e.groves 7 months ago
Which is worse, the five minute ads for a drug that may kill you or the thirty second ads that can give you a headache?
greggie1 7 months ago
Sounds like ESPN — 18 minutes of programming and 42 minutes of commercials per hour
Count Olaf Premium Member 7 months ago
The next guest will be Jake from All State
tessotcyrille 7 months ago
the word: buy!
happyinvenice23 7 months ago
Same look I have, except my eyes are rolled up inside my forehead! With disbelief!
CaveCat87 7 months ago
That’s definitely today’s TV ads in a nutshell.
Man of the Woods 7 months ago
Just like real life. I’ve counted commercials five minutes long, so long that I had forgot what I was watching.
trainnut1956 7 months ago
Yep, that’s Cable TV for you. We now interrupt our fifteen minute commercial block with five minutes of program.
ladykat 7 months ago
More ads than shows, these days.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 7 months ago
One of my fav’ peanuts was Linus watching TV which said “We’ll be right back after a few short words from our sponsor” Linus in the last panel is sitting bolt upright pointing at the TV and declares “YOU LIE!”
Clarence 7 months ago
And after that sponsor’s word, they’ll be another one coming
Just-me 7 months ago
Seems to be the state of television today, more commercials than program.
bluecat 7 months ago
Black Friday sale! $2 a month streaming for each of these services!
The catch: lots of adds. The add-free service has no discount. When you start the adds are bearable, but then they increase their frequency to the point that there is at least 1 minute of adds in every 5 minutes of show. You either abandon the show or switch to the expensive add-free version.
This should be criminal.
Mario500 7 months ago
(wonders about the “BLAH-DEE BLAH-DEE BLAH-DEE BLAH-DEE DAH” of this cartoon; senses a cartoon with a story worthy of being continued)
Takos 7 months ago
It really is that bad now. What little morals networks had, they have sold to the highest bidder and then some. You get 3 minutes of show before another commercial now.
pripley 7 months ago
Last weekend, they somehow slipped a football game in between the commercials. I really don’t know how that happened.
jagedlo 7 months ago
“Hey, the bills for this show aren’t going to pay for themselves so we have to get some money somehow…”
BJP 7 months ago
This would be funny if it wasn’t actually true.
EMGULS79 7 months ago
This is why you ALWAYS record shows – even if you’re home at the time – and play them back later when you can skip through all that crap.
maxmacrubymimi 7 months ago
Aw, he remembered Gnorm Gnat. This comes from the 1975-02-20 strip.
T... 7 months ago
Ime wid u Garfy…
rbullfogg 7 months ago
Yes that’s the way ABC evening news is the last half. 4 min commercial and 30 secs of news several times. With all that’s going on you’d think they could come with 20-22 mins of news.
M.K.Staffeld 7 months ago
I’ve seen that done to pad out a really short movie on SyFy some years ago.
Dgwphotos 7 months ago
“We’ll be back after a word from our sponsor.” “Sasquatch” “Welcome back.”
Otis Rufus Driftwood 7 months ago
Think there are too many commercials anymore, Garfield?
lindz.coop Premium Member 7 months ago
When “pay TV” first started in the 70’s, it was advertised as commercial free…that didn’t last long.
lue_driver 7 months ago
is Garfield watching youtube?