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Baskin Robbins / Ice Cream Complaints - Terrible commercial

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Baskin Robbins / Ice Cream

Posted: 2008-07-17 by Carol Wenger [send email]
Terrible commercial
Complaint Rating:  70 % with 10 votes
Company information:
Baskin Robbins
United States
www.baskinrobbins.com

I can not understand why you would air such a commercial showing a woman kicking a soccer ball in the face of a child and yelling "In you face".
Comments United States TV, Music & Video
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137 days ago by Shawna [send email]
I don't think she was kicking the ball in his face, but away from him, because she wants the ice cream. I thought it was hillarious.
136 days ago by Brad [send email]
sorry but that commercial was worth every second of my time spent watching it because i almost cried laughing. please stop whining its just a funny commercial with a fun joke in it. i doubt any children are going to grow up thinking they can kick their kids soccer balls away from them and scream because they watched that commercial.
Keep up the good work baskin robbins.
134 days ago by Jeff [send email]
Parents should serve as role models to children. It in not OK to teach them to taunt the other team or treat them with no respect. It is no wonder that children grow up with no respect for others when an ad on national TV endorses this kind of sick behavior. If some deranged Baskin Robbins soccer Mom yelled like that to my kid, I wouldn't be laughing. If it was a guy someone would probably have kicked his butt. Baskin Robbins should be ashamed of themselves.
134 days ago by Anna [send email]
In AYSO they spent a lot of time teaching the kids, parents and friends about sportsmanship and proper behavior at the game or practice field. Baskin Robbins needs to attend the training! They would learn how bad their behavior is.

Maybe they wouldn't be so proud to show off their bad behavior on national television.
133 days ago by Danielle [send email]
Anna and Jeff... Find the humor in life... This is the funniest commercial out right now... Look at the adults watching this bored soccer mom taking actions into her own hands... This is great!!!

I haven't laughed like this over a great commercial in years...

MAD SHAKKA

Aloha

Danielle
133 days ago by John [send email]
I thought that commercial RULED!!! That gutteral shreak she belts out is one of the BEST I have ever heard. She was crazed and definetly X-girlfriend material.
133 days ago by J [send email]
You people that think this commercial is funny, are mental midgets.
132 days ago by David [send email]
It's just a commercial about adults being kids again wanting to get Ice Cream, kids are taught sportsmanships, however most adult profesional sports have trash talking, fighting, and they don't like each other. This commercial won't have any influence on the future of kids or sports.
129 days ago by Dcl [send email]
I agree this is offensive and so do dozens of callers who have filed complaints with the national news affiliate I work at. I spoke to Baskin Robbins this morning and they have been logging hundreds of complaints. We have had calls from new parents, Grandparents, and Great Grandparents finding this commercial very disturbing, seeing a woman scream in the face of a little child. People are stating they will stop buying Baskin Robbins immediately.
This is not funny unless you are desensitized to abuse, are an abuser, or are one of those obnoxious parents on the playing field making a fool of yourself. There could be better commercials to promote their product. The advertising team that created this should be fired!
127 days ago by Fard [send email]
Baskin Robbins kicks ass! The only thing better would have been if the mom tripped the kid and pushed him into the mud. She is a tough mama, she deserves to win her ice cream. I am going to Baskin Robbins to find her and other babes like her!
119 days ago by Pete [send email]
It looks like they edited the ad. I saw it on A&E network today she gives a High 5 but sound is muted.
119 days ago by Jo Linda [send email]
Get over it!!! Get a sense of humor!!!
117 days ago by Stacey [send email]
i thought the commercial was funny. it didn't mean any harm and it does NOT teach poor sportsmanship. IT WAS A JOKE!! i couldn't stop laughing and i searched all over the internet to try and find the commercial and send it to my friends. i am not an abuser, i am not a "mental midget" and i am not one of those moms that run up and down the field screaming at little kids. i can't believe that there is all this stuff on tv with sex and drugs and showing people getting killed and people are getting mad over an ad that was supposed to be a joke. most intelligent people would not take that mother to be a roll model and start running out on the field and kicking balls away from kids. and i'm pretty sure that kids aren't going to start acting like that if you pay attention to them and teach them right from wrong. most people would see the humor in the commercial and laugh with it cause it is such ludicrous behavior, like stalking a computer animated gecko on a train...you parents and grandparents and great grandparents who have nothing better to do than complain about a commercial like that, need to go out and get a job or hobby or something because there are way worse things in the world like war and global warming. get a sense of humor and start paying attention to the more important issues at hand...
116 days ago by Brock [send email]
Okay, here we go again. A bunch of people that cannot recognize a sense of humor when they see it. Obviously the company meant no harm with the commercial and are just going with every other commercial out there now days and trying to add a bit of humor into their advertisement. You have all failed at realizing this. And with the current worldly events going on, this is the most outrageous thing that you need to keep your kids protected from you have issues.

I would go as far as to say the people that were so appauled by this commercial are in that Berkeley, California mindset, where they're living in their own perfect little world and wouldn't survive minutes outside of their little comfort bubble they have surrounding them. They believe that everything can be solved peacefully so they *try* and kick the Marine recruiting center out of their town. They also have the beliefs along with others that we should change all of our American beliefs so that people who come into the country aren't "offended".

These are, for the most part, the people who think that we should take the Pledge of Allegiance out of schools, keep English from becoming the "official" American language, and think that America should apologize for all sorts of things that are closely related to those types of topics. I think that is outrageous, and I believe that if they're so easily offended with things of this nature that they should just head on out of the country and head to some place like France, where they have a habit of being "appauled" and complaining about even the smallest events. They would fit in a lot better. I know that is a little extreme but I just get tired of hearing about the small portion of America becoming a weak minded group of, as Bill O'Reilly would say, pinheads.

So to those who fall into the previous group, take the commercial for what it was. As a humorous commercial that wasn't intended to hurt anyone, but to get a few laughs and get their product out there.

That and toughen up some and stop continuing on this current trend of becoming more and more prissy, and let us strive to become more like the generations of the 40's and 50's as far as mental toughness goes. Take the good with the bad and keep on trucking.

Also, If you're so worried about what the kids will see, it's on you, not Baskin Robbins or any other company, to protect them from viewing it.
112 days ago by Big Fella [send email]
LOL, this commercial is great! Lighten up guys, it's hilarious!

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