BILL ENGVALL WALKS ONTO MY SCREEN AND PAUSES THE SHOW I'M WATCHING!! - The Bill Engvall Show (2007) Discussion

[–] dcf1420022002 17 years ago

I came on here for the sole reason of commenting about that! What the hell? I can't think of a worse way to get people to watch your show than to interrupt what they're currently watching. I see the stupid commercials, I don't need that too. I plan on not watching simply because of that. It's completely ridiculous.

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[–] TommyRob 17 years ago

Don't blame Bill, blame the marketing dept at TBS.

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[–] exodus_laughing 17 years ago

pfft... bullcrap.. i blame him for agreeing to do them. if i was starring in a new show, trying to get people interested would obviously not include PISSING THEM OFF.

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[–] Pelagia 17 years ago

These TV ads have reached an all-time low. How can it get any worse than this?

This is one of the reasons I don't watch TV anymore.

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[–] Jello_on_Springs 17 years ago

Sadly many channels do something similar.

The other night I was watching a Family Guy marathon (Cartoon Network) and this thing of flames would pop up ever 2 minutes or so and engulf about HALF THE SCREEN. It also made a loud sound so it would cover the end of a sentence. Now, it was small enough where I could fill in the blanks, but that doesn't make it less annoying! (They were adverts for some crappy cartoon network movie coming out that I have no desire to see or even knew had a movie coming out.)

I actually had TBS on all today (background noise actually) and didn't hear any Bill Engvall. Except for two commercials. It was kind of surprising considering they were doing it once a commercial break. (Then again, I wasn't really watching either, just going by sound)

*ugh* What a cheap way to advertise. I MIGHT understand it if the show already came out and they were trying to attract more viewers (although that would turn me off), but the show hasn't even come out! They already do commercials for virtually EVERY commercial break, why ADD more advertising into it?!

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[–] Randomusernamenumber5 17 years ago

Did you just call ATHF the movie crappy?

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[–] exodus_laughing 17 years ago

you should find some pitchforks.. ill get the torches.

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[–] Pelagia 17 years ago

I think they come on during Everybody loves Raymond.

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[–] Sydafex7 17 years ago

Umm actually YOU'RE an idiot. The person was giving an example of bad, annoying advertising and well they described was just that, advertising for the ATHF movie. And it was annoying...

Family guy is funnier. ATHF WAS funny up until the 3 season. Family guy is still funny... You're a dousche bag. Go kill youreself...

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[–] tom_niles 17 years ago

ahaha I laughed so hard at that.

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[–] lcalkurabi 17 years ago

damn if bill engvall walked on my screen... that would be the best commercial haha. he's amazingly funny and i like him a lot i would rather watch him than the show haha.
but thats my opinion

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[–] itshardspell 17 years ago

Chill. he only does it literally right before a commercial anyways.

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[–] kylesbeaver 17 years ago

Chill? Are you guys serious?

Remember when commercials only aired during, you know, commercial breaks?

Then these little ads started popping up at the bottom of the screen. Little text saying what's on next, or what's all new tomorrow night...

Then the ads became actual little people and screens. There was actually a little Picture In Picture on my tv with a little scene playing (with no sound) in the corner of my tv.

Then, little dancing people would take up a good 30% of the bottom of my screen, dancing from one end to the other. Or it was a group of women chasing one man. Or vice versa....

Now, call me a dork if you want, but a bill engvall ad popped up on a show again. Not the kind where he pauses the tv, just one where he and his family come up and huge and smile and the title of his show and times are displayed. I kid you not...my tv is 20 inches tall...I paused the DVR and measured the ad...it took up the ENTIRE bottom 11 inches of the screen. That's more than half.

NOW, we have ads that actually have the guy walking onto screen and PAUSING THE SHOW?!

CHILL??

Where do we go from here? What is the next stage of advertising? How can it get worse than this? They broadcast ads in our dreams? They put ads on the bottom of the movie screens??

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[–] Grayson420 17 years ago

we won't chill b i t c h.. we want some god damn justice

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[–] tricoastal 17 years ago

Personally, I prefer the "pop-ups" to 2-3 minute commercial breaks. I'm a big fan of ELR, and I've probably seen most of the episodes. I can't remember one that held me in such suspense that I would have gone off the deep end if it would have been interrupted by a 10 second "talking pop-up." I think the "pop-ups" are creative and much less annoying than additional commercial breaks.

I also think The Bill Engvall Show looks like good fun family entertainment. We need more of those shows on TV. It may not be for everone, but I look forward to watching it with my family!

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[–] Diablo_Robotico37 17 years ago

That might be a valid point, if the on-screen ads actually replaced commercials. Instead, networks that do it are just trying to squeeze out more money from advertisers.

I was alright with the on-screen ads at first, then they started getting more intrusive. I can't remember which show it was(or which show it was advertising on) but a part of the ad was a series of loud gunshot sounds. I couldn't hear anything for several seconds. That angered me.

All I can say is I'm glad we can watch shows on DVD, without those annoying ads. Until, of course, someone decides to test that idea.

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[–] Pelagia 17 years ago

Kylesbeaver you took the words right out of my mouth. Great post.

One more thing you forgot to mention is when a sports game is being broadcasted they zoom in onto actors for their hit TV shows. Some speculate that the networks set up the actors with the tickets so that they can get more exposure for their show. Good example was the recent NBA finals on ABC, you get a shot of Eva Longoria "the actress from ABC's hit show Desperate Housewives" or something to that effect.

It's a subtle but effective way of advertising their network lineup without you being aware of it.

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[–] NaNcYTrAvIsROX 17 years ago

I have literally sat and watched TBS for hours simply to see this and have not seen it yet! Someone said that it airs during Everybody Loves Raymond.. is that when everyone else has seen it?

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[–] Pelagia 17 years ago

I've only seen it during Everybody loves Raymond. I think the tie-in is that Bill Engvall's show is slated to air after Raymond reruns.

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[–] mannwithnoname 17 years ago

They're trying to get us trained. Now any sort of moving ad at the bottom of the screen doesn't bother us. I saw one once that covered the entire picture. I think it was TNT. These people are incredible.

I love my Raymond. You people have pissed me off for real.

For this reason alone, I refuse to watch this mediocre show that won't pass 1 whole season of running.

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[–] wrccozza92 17 years ago

I swear, people anymore will complain about evry god damn thing that happens. Be glad it was only 30+ seconds and they didn't cut off the whole damn episode. And that leads mme to this question, what show could you possibly be watching on TBS that is apparently so good? TBS doesn't have many good shows, except for reruns of older shows. And hey, at least they paused it and didn't go right threw it. It's not Engvall's fault, complain to someone that cares.

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[–] kylesbeaver 17 years ago

wrccozza92...you sorry, yet perfect example of what they're trying to do.

Be glad it was only 30 seconds? They've totally conditioned you. You're at the point where you're GRATEFUL that these ridiculous ads only interrupt your program for a little while.

To satisfy your curiousity, I was watching reruns of Everybody Loves Raymond, which is apparently the key show to watch to get these "Pause your show" ads, because Bill Engvall speaks about how his family is dysfunctional, much like Ray's.

And you may or may not be right about it being Engvall's fault, but (oh no!) guess what? This isn't Bill Engvall's board. It's the board of a television show. The one that was being advertised. Thus, I posted this here. Thus it seemed like the appropriate place for the complaint.

Nice try, though.

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[–] Rite_Of_Spring 16 years ago

Kylesbeaver. Your a friggin genius, k? like seriously genius.

wrccozza..take that to your back face.

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[–] TheKGB42 17 years ago

You seem to be the only one on this board who does NOT care (imdb needs italics).

There are no limits to free speech.

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[–] william_tur 17 years ago

Television is free.........

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[–] uscdude 17 years ago

I personally think that the ad was outrageous. It makes sense that they place it in the middle of the show, and I'm surprised other marketing retards at other stations haven't started it yet. It's completely unacceptable, however. They split up the show especially for these annoying commercials, but now they're just stopping the show to advertise. IT IS UTTERLY OUTRAGEOUS AND SHOULD BE STOPPED. My parents and I were absolutely flabbergasted upon viewing this atrocity.

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[–] mannwithnoname 17 years ago

Now that we've interrupted your show and you've forgotten all about what was happening, we're bringing you three and a half minutes of more ads and previews for our lineup.

While I don't blame Engvall, this is the most ridiculous display of advertising since the invention of the ballpark.

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[–] Diablo_Robotico37 17 years ago

What you might not realize is that TBS cut parts off of Everybody Loves Raymond episodes to begin with. Some jokes don't even make sense because they reference something that was edited out so TBS can make more money from commercials. Now, with Engvall pausing the screen, they have to edit more out(because, obviously, they wouldn't remove a commercial or two to fit it in).

I already have the ELR DVDs, but I'm still bothered by this. How are people supposed to enjoy the show when TBS butchers it for some probably lame family sitcom. Based on Bill's TvGuide blog, he seems like an alright guy, so I almost feel bad for him. He gets a chance to have his own show and TBS ruins it by shoving ads down their viewers' throats.

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[–] flyseks 17 years ago

Every time the advertisement comes up, the show is LITERALLY 5-6 seconds away from a commercial break anyways. The punchline has been said, the only thing it disturbs is hearing the studio audience laugh. To people who say they will never watch TBS again because of it please cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it. I'm sure they don't care if a few drama queens stop watching their channel.

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[–] Promontorium 16 years ago

LIES. They come on after commercials, before commercials, and exactly in the middle, and some are random.

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[–] Wicked_Lil_Diva 17 years ago

I do like Bill, but I have to admit that it does get on my nerves.

Remember the old days where all you would see at the bottom of the screen was the channel logo? Not crazy, not annoying, not overly distracting.

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[–] koconnor-1 17 years ago

I admit that I have not seen this advertisement technique or heard about it till now, but if it exists, it is indeed an outrage. We are paying the satellite and cable companies to bring us the shows. We are paying the sponsors by watching their ads and buying their products. We are paying the networks that run the shows and ads by (see above). In other words, we are paying out four or five times for the pleasure of seeing our 22 minutes of whatever we want to watch. The fact that these little ads creep up on screen in the middle of a show is kinda like having your three-year-old grab the remote and switch to something else just to grab your attention. This is tacky, and not at all the proper way to advertise something.

If you really want to bring attention to the injustice of this sort of thing, here's what you want to do... Write a nice (not mean), professional-sounding letter to the address below, explaining why you did not like them doing this, and telling them that you will not watch their network unless changes are made to the way they do things.

[email protected]

Or go to www.wtbs.com and use their online forums and "contact us" pages...

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[–] icy_wind03 17 years ago

Its not that bad, like someone said, its right before a commercial and cuts like nothing off. Its actually pretty smart. I'd much rather watch him before the commercials then some person walking across the screen while I'm watching.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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[–] kylesbeaver 17 years ago

To you people this doesn't bother...

I can't believe you find nothing wrong with this guy walking ont your show and pausing it. I understand, it's usually right before the commercial break. So why not just wait the 5 seconds, and just have a real commercial?? Oh wait, they do THAT too!

Do you not feel insulted? TBS knows you will just put up with this. And this resistance isn't about this ad inparticular, because if we allow this to happen, it will only get worse.

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[–] Diablo_Robotico37 17 years ago

Actually, it does cut parts off. TBS cut scenes from ELR prior to this, so pausing the episode for thirty seconds undoubtedly caused them to cut more out of each episode.

I watched an ELR episode recently, and Debra made a reference to something TBS cut out. Anyone who is watching the show for the first time would be confused. That's a different level of ruining than just a small ad on the bottom of the screen.

Luckily, I have the Raymond DVDs anyway so I can avoid TBS's butchering altogether. I would suggest other fans of the show(and other shows on TBS) to buy the DVDs, because you're probably not getting the whole experience.

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[–] The_sun_is_up 17 years ago

Wait so are you all complaining about the 20 second advertisement that pauses the TV right before the show "officially" goes on commercial break (even though it just started)? Get a life, this is called TV and advertisement get used to it.

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[–] operadogs 17 years ago

"watching their ads" ?!?

That's the problem. With Tivo and other DVRs we AREN'T watching the ads, we are buzzing right through them. The advertisers know this and aren't as willing to pay the same for ads the viewers are going to skip. The only way around this (to make sure the viewer sees the ad) is to put the ad in the actual program. Blame the DVR makers, not the networks. The networks don't exist to entertain you, they exist to make a profit, like ANY OTHER COMPANY.

Maybe before people comment on the state of the television industry, they should actualy WORK IN THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY!

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[–] urban_girl_85 17 years ago

So what i was watchin an eppy of ELR a few days ago and then they had the Bill Engvall thing where he pauses it and it didn't bother me at all. So the *beep* what dude ELR is nothing but reruns now anyways so i'm sure you've all seen the eppys a million trillion times. They're just tryin to get ppl to watch their show so it will have good ratings and *beep* It lasts like a few seconds so grow up already. Quit bitching about it and get on with ur life.

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[–] Promontorium 16 years ago

You fools obviously don't get the issue. TV isn't free, and leastways cable you morons. We pay for TV through advertising. Essentially it's a market, and to put in more ads is like jacking up the price. No outrage, they get away with it. Outrage, they might back off, and if they don't, THOSE OF US WHO FIND THIS INTOLERABLE STOP WATCHING, THEY LOSE MONEY, AND THE INVISIBLE HAND FORCES THEM TO BACK OFF.

But to just sit back, blame the watcher, excuse the advertiser, and talk about how it's no big deal, you have just bought into it. You have just admitted you're willing to pay more for less. You are admitting to having no standards and want to be parted from your money, soon.

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[–] urban_girl_85 16 years ago

yea we all posted those almost a year ago so why bother replying now. but whatever

~~Jessica~~

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[–] Fresh-Tomatoes 16 years ago

Hm. So I saw one yesterday, and it was a shame that it paused the show right before the commercial, and then they showed a commercial for the bill engvall show. they're annoying the crap out of me. About a year ago, they were showing "Titanic" on TBS, and they were promoting "The Closer" like crazy in the corner. Right towards the end when Jack and Rose reunite after she dies, then they go and kiss all of a sudden the closer lady comes popping out of the corner shining a bright flashlight in my face. Way to ruin the moment

I'm a fruit fly! Abraham fruit fly!

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[–] Promontorium 16 years ago

Because they started doing it again.

Also, why did you come back? Only to say nothing at all...

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[–] urban_girl_85 16 years ago

on 2nd thought i guess i could understand what people are saying cause when they were advertising for The Closer i hated it anytime she'd come out and shine the flashlight in my face. I'm just a fan of Bill Engvall's thats all thats why i'm defending him. I have double standards apparently. Idk oh well.

~~Jessica~~

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[–] urban_girl_85 16 years ago

thought about that after i had posted but i only came back cause it said someone had replied and i had long forgotten about this post so yea. but whatever. i guess i just don't see the big deal with this whole thread but oh well.

~~Jessica~~

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[–] RooterTooter 17 years ago

It must have been a pretty damned good show you were watching to get you so upset.

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[–] kylesbeaver 17 years ago

*shakes head*

You people just don't get it. This is just the beginning. If we let them get away with this, they'll keep pushing and pushing.

And for the record, I saw a "Pause the show" ad tonight... Bill came on and paused during Raymond. And then when he unpaused, the characters continued dialogue for about 40 seconds and THEN went to commercials.

At least when it was right before the commercial break you people had an arguement, but now it's, literally, interrupting scenes and characters, the flow of a plot, etc...

And RooterTooter...I can't help but notice that you only have three comments in your post history...all three of which defend the Bill Engvall program. Studio troll, anyone?

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[–] Jennifer19 17 years ago

I TOTALLY agree with you Kyles.
It really is too much, comercials already got way longer. They used to only be allowed to be up to or around 2 minutes. I can rewind and forward my tv now, so I see how long the comercial times are, and they're a lot of times over five minutes, and always longer than 2.
Anyways, it's just getting more and more ridiculous.

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[–] Jennifer19 17 years ago

Rooter, show quality is not the damn point! It's your freaking tv, comercials and interupting advertising are bad enough, as they so ruthlessly shove it down your throat, but to PAUSE it, and controll YOUR tv, *beep* UP. They need to back the *beep* off, cause the controlling *beep* is ridiculous.

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