The Worst Canadian TV commercial. EVER.

This is a blog I wrote back in 2006. Whoa.


I've seen a couple of terrible commercials, particularly in the past 15 minutes.
Not only is it because they're crappy Canadian commercials, they're crappy WESTERN Canadian commercials.

Now, don't get me wrong: I once saw a commercial on a station out of Kamloops, B.C. that absolutely blew my mind (I'll blog about it later: this one's for shitty commercials)
But when Western Canadian commercials suck, they REALLY suck.
Unless they're made in Vancouver.

Anyways, the commercial that annoys me the MOST is a new Scotiabank commercial.
Sometimes they have some silly ones, like the husband and wife who go in with poker faces, and lift paper in front of their faces to chat, but the banker hears them anyways.
Goofy, but it gets the point across.

This new commercial involves a new promotion they have involving air miles. Apparently, if you sign up, they'll give you like ten thousand air miles or something.

Now, to further paint this picture, remember the mouthwash commercial (I think it's Listerine; what ever happened to the toothbrush guy?) with the woman doing a monologue in front of the mirror? The woman whose voice cracks apparently whenever she says the word "Reasonable"?

Well, she walks into this ScotiaBank with a suitcase, interestingly enough, and walks up to the desk. As soon as she opens her mouth, her intelligence is cast into doubt.

The first thing she says is "I'd like to buy a ticket, please."

First off, unless you're BLIND, you're gonna know that this place most definitely does NOT sell airline tickets (and before you say it, shut up. I have blind buddies who know when they're walking into a bank and not a freaking airport terminal).

"I only have one bag to check, and no, I didn't leave it unattended."

Instantly, the teller knows what this woman's talking about. Accordingly, she pulls out a pamphlet explaining their new promotion and shows it to this other woman with the suitcase. She actually proceeds to tell suitcase lady about this.

Suddenly, a random bank employee pokes his head out from behind a wall. Who is this guy? The bank manager, or possibly just a fellow, nosy employee.
Who the hell knows?

Anyways, this guy looks out, and suitcase-lady asks "*Gasp* is that the pilot??"
Bank-teller-lady gives her a look that a mother might give to a 3-year-old who mistakenly thinks that a man who just got fired from his job was actually set on fire. Smiling and with a "Oh, isn't that cute!" chuckle, she finishes her explanation: "For only $9.95 a month!"

To the majority of us un-educated heathens, we understand the point of this commercial.
But, dammit, how STUPID do you have to be to waltz into a bank, with it's logo CLEARLY emblazoned on the wall, and continue to persist about a plane ticket??
There's only about 78954 different factors that should tell you that you're not in the right place: The sign out front, the sign inside, the logo embroided on the tellers vests.

Now, I know that this woman is probably not stupid.
But her writers sure are.

Oh, and I'm by no means endorsing this new promotion by ScotiaBank, but as they say, no publicity is bad publicity.
Screw you, Scotiabank