Which ad character drives you up the wall?

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There are some familiar faces on Guyism's list of the 13 most annoying ad characters of all time. Present and accounted for are the Noid, the Mucinex Mucus, the Aflac duck and the "rapey" Nasonex bee. But some of these guys didn't hang around long enough to really be annoying. I doubt anyone besides the author even remembers General Insurance's General (No. 3) or the Arby's oven mitt (No. 10). And consider what they left out—what about the Lucky Charms leprechaun, or Toucan Sam? What makes them any less irritating than, say, Chester Cheetah (No.

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