# Again with the annoying commercials! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [June 28, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089 "2017-06-28T22:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 101
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2005 "2020-11-18T14:55:10Z")
I started seeing a commercial for Glock. (I can’t find a link to it on line, but I did find out there is a whole series! Some with R. Lee Ermey, so they must go back quite a while. Still, this is the first one I saw in the wild, so to speak. I think iut was on the Olympic channel, during figure skating! Just in time for Christmas! Nothing says peace and love like handguns. ) As an early-adopter of the “plastic handgun” I’m not bothered by guns or gun commercials in general, but the one being shown is more like a beer commercial. It shows families doing family things, and the gun doesn’t get shown until like the 20 second mark. Until the gun shows up, it’s as generic as every “ask your doctor if \_\_\_is right for you” commercial. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2006 "2020-11-18T15:01:39Z")
[This commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/t7bk/nestle-toll-house-semi-sweet-morsels-how-to-share-love) for Nestle Toll House chips amuses me, because of the tagline “The Original Way to Share Love”. I thought the original way to share love involved genitalia. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2007 "2020-11-18T15:22:52Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > As I said, I want to kick that young, beautiful couple right in their teeth. They’re the same couple on House Hunters, looking at $5m houses, while he’s a street performer and she teaches basket weaving to underprivileged wombats, complaining about paint colors and the fact the marble bathroom floors won’t match their $500 bathmat. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2008 "2020-11-18T16:03:19Z")
Is anyone else getting tired of seeing the Watts family all over the TV? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eMKnfHE848) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2009 "2020-11-18T19:12:23Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I can’t unsee the girl on the right licking her fingers before handing a piece to the other. And the worst part: she’s responding to “Take a piece if you’re the best at sharing.” Yeah, sharing _germs_! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2010 "2020-11-18T21:41:51Z")
nvm it’s technically correct. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2011 "2020-11-18T21:44:39Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > [This commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/t7bk/nestle-toll-house-semi-sweet-morsels-how-to-share-love) for Nestle Toll House chips amuses me, because of the tagline “The Original Way to Share Love”. I thought the original way to share love involved genitalia. It does. Only for some reason, they use a revised recipe on the bag. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2012 "2020-11-21T16:45:31Z")
A current car commercial is using a horrible, sappy, treacly song with lyrics including “blow a kiss into the sun.” Every time I hear it, I picture John Belushi grabbing the guy’s guitar and smashing it against a wall. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2013 "2020-11-21T16:57:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I started seeing a commercial for Glock. (I can’t find a link to it on line, but I did find out there is a whole series! Some with R. Lee Ermey, so they must go back quite a while. My two favorite commercials that were gun related were long ago. One is the classic ad for Master Locks which shows one of their laminated steel locks hanging on a hasp. After a few seconds the lock gets blasted by a bullet and swings violently before settling down seemingly undamaged. Then the tag, “Master Locks” appears. Followed a few months later but what seems to be the same commercial. But this time the lock is blasted into pieces and only the shackle remains swinging there. Then the tag, “Sierra Silver Tip”. Ha ha! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2014 "2020-11-26T02:50:04Z")
Look, you two, just get it over with! Shower together and _share_ the Old Spice body wash! Unless you’re supposed to be brother & sister. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2015 "2020-11-27T09:11:53Z")
“Say no to crack, say YES! to roller skating” [Say NO to Crack, Say YES! to Roller Skating - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0LSkX46dS4&fbclid=IwAR0y5YYxgKpQELHytPL9596re1a0oQbfuxOHDxapwUxUr7zB0oQELQT2KCs) This commercial is one big WTF??? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2016 "2020-11-27T12:09:35Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Look, you two, just get it over with! Shower together and _share_ the Old Spice body wash! > > Unless you’re supposed to be brother & sister. - If that’s the case, get some coffee. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2017 "2020-11-27T14:28:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > “Say no to crack, say YES! to roller skating” > [Say NO to Crack, Say YES! to Roller Skating - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0LSkX46dS4&fbclid=IwAR0y5YYxgKpQELHytPL9596re1a0oQbfuxOHDxapwUxUr7zB0oQELQT2KCs) > This commercial is one big WTF??? As was intended. Made by Rhett and Link, the same guys who did the [Cuban Gynecologist: Local Car Commercial.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b5CKSqlz60) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2018 "2020-11-27T15:59:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If that’s the case, get some coffee. ISWYDT ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2019 "2020-11-27T18:24:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Look, you two, just get it over with! Shower together and _share_ the Old Spice body wash! That couple just does not appeal to me. I mean, they are handsome, cultured and live in an apartment with a $3000 a month view. But they seem, I don’t know - superficial. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2020 "2020-11-27T18:34:28Z")
Why am I suddenly seeing soft core NSFW bidet ads on this site? Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2021 "2020-11-27T23:42:42Z")
What ad is this? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2022 "2020-11-28T01:45:14Z")
There’s a series of 'em. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RVCDWrbyp4E/maxresdefault.jpg "Taking Stock | Old Spice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVCDWrbyp4E) They fight over deodorant, too. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uf574n796U4/maxresdefault.jpg "Give and Take | Old Spice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf574n796U4) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2023 "2020-12-02T18:17:13Z")
My latest annoyance is the Progressive ad about people turning into their parents. Okay, most of the things they list are actual annoying things, like talking on speaker phone while in a public place, or giving someone unsolicited advice, or not knowing how to silence a phone for the movies. But then they put in guy whose big problem is … he likes to read books about submarines. And? How is that a problem? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2024 "2020-12-02T18:19:39Z")
Yeah, I like those commercials, but that one doesn’t fit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=102)