No, we have them here too... plus we have really awful furniture salesmen who jump around and wave money and cut up beds with chainsaws.

Let me put it to you this way.... my eight year old son HATES a man by the name of Bob Rohrman and told me that if I ever dared to buy a car from the "idiot" my son would NOT ride in it.

-d

It must be just americans, because over here we have car adds that have cars with tinted windows and cool music that plays and there's a voice over telling you how great the car is.

here in L.A. we have Cal Worthington. He's been selling cars for at least the last 40 years or more. His commercials didn't have him dancing, but he did sing the theme song which went in part "Go See Cal, Go See Cal, Go See Cal" which sounds more like PussyCow if you aren't familiar with him. (I'm sure if you google his name you'll find an mp3 of the tune, or maybe even a clip of one of his ads)

His shtick involved a cowby hat, a leisure suit, and "my dog spot" which was a different zoo animal each time. Not kidding. Sometimes a lion, rhino, pig, tiger, leopard, cow, etc. You name it, it was his dog Spot.

No, hon, I think it's everywhere. When I lived in Florida, I noticed it, and up here in Michigan, home of the Big 3 automakers (once upon a time, anyway), they're on every goddamn channel. I think they're in a competetion to see who gets more annoying and who gets cheesier.

My favorite is around St. Patricks' day, though, the people that work at a local dealership dress up like leprechauns and they play the Irish jig song with a little midget voice-over singing to it, "Weeeee've got ... bargains and bargains and bargains and bargains and bargains and bargains and bargains and bargains ............... galooooooooooore!!"

over here we actually have theses kinds of local-commercials (giving you goose-bumps because you feel so bad for the people on it making idiots out of themselves) only in the movie theatre. right after the "real" commercials and previews and before the ice-cream-break. so about the time everybody is sick of commercials anyways and just wants the movie to already start!

we have two guys who dress up in superman outfits. *snort* but you know what? you can't possibly know that pain that is bob of bob's discount furniture. if you're ever up new england way, you'll see him on tv, hear him on the radio, plugging his "barn burners" or "heart breakers" (stupid names for ridiculously priced trashy furniture) in that insane nasal voice of his. i've even seen him at the laundromat on the spanish channel with some poor spanish woman translating for him. oh so sad.

hee hee, i just found bob's website, no sounds, but you can definitely get the gist.

I live in New England(Connecticut, actually)...and agree with Kellen. Bob is evil. It's horrible and what's really scary is that he's toned it down a lot. Someone needs to kick him off his cheap throne!

Yep, we've got bad car salesmen here too. I don't know why they think advertising like that is effective.

I live in Connecticut as well, and I know all too well the pain that is Bob's. "Come on Down!" Did you know that the blonde woman in the commercials is not his wife, but an actress that they actually paid? I always assumed she was his wife until a coworker who knows his cousin's barber or something told me. (I am embarassed to admit that I actually own furniture from Bob's, but that won't stop me from telling you!)

Heh heh heh...we have one of those "guys" here in Las Vegas too. He mimics the Matrix mixed with Austin Powers and fights "evil doers" trying to stop people from buying his cars. I too have found the "mute" button and fast!! LOL.

Nope it is a National phenomenon. Out here in Cali we have this great Nissan dealer that has his own half hour show to sell cars. It has aliens and disco balls.

there are car dealers here in L.A. that also do full 'infomercials', like Foothill Nissan and that one bodybuilder Van conversion guy. I can't remember his name, but he's obviously spent a lot of time in the tanning booth and getting his mullet styled.

let's see...the first in the DFW area to come to mind is David McDavid, then there's that other Ford dealership's owner's wife and family that are annoying...Westway Ford and the guy with the $ sign glasses...head east and they get worse. I think the small local Dodge dealership's owner is the least annoying, he at least talks normal and doesn't sing!

Nope - we have those commercials here in NC. There is one dealership who uses an animated super hero character. The animators have given him a well-defined body including his package in the drawing. I think some people finally complained because he now looks like a Ken doll.

"If you want a car or truck, go see Cal. If you need a blah blah go see Cal. If you blah blah blah, and your blah blah blah, go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal."

The preceeding is brought to you by any Southern California native. Any good SoCal native will also remind you that it sounds more like "pussycow" than "Go See Cal."

And sometimes, I should read comments before commenting. Sorry about that. I was mesmorised by the pussycow.

Oh, and in Houston, we've got some fucking idiot with a red phone that he calls the "Clobber Line" where people can call and get a quote on a car. Clobber Line? The fuck?