# 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:** 118
**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:** [March 18, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2346 "2021-03-18T13:51:24Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Coke Zero? It’s been out longer, 15 or 16 years. Just renamed to Coke Zero Sugar in the last few years. So it’s been changed from Coke Zero to Coke Zero with sugar? That was my brain the first time I saw the new label… might be the most useless re-branding ever. (worse than “I Can’t Believe It’s Not I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2347 "2021-03-18T14:32:03Z")
> [@solost](#): > > If I was the CEO of LM I would fire the ad agency responsible for those commercials and the guy who hired the ad agency, with extreme prejudice. Which is apparently what happened at The General Insurance Company. They even tell us so in their new, still not good commercials. “I didn’t realize you were a legitimate company based on your commercials”. A campaign based on how bad their commercials used to be does not inspire confidence. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2348 "2021-03-18T16:14:53Z")
> [@solost](#): > > …a sidewalk vendor is talking about how great the insurance is, when a passerby tries to buy a hotdog-- only he’s not a hotdog vendor, he sells wet teddy bears. Guaranteed wet! So weird and hilarious! 🙄 Yeah, I am not getting that one, either. Maybe it’s an East Coast thing? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2349 "2021-03-18T21:10:57Z")
I’m from the East Coast and I’m here to tell you we don’t put teddy bears in our dirty water dog vending carts. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2350 "2021-03-18T21:49:03Z")
Nope, I saw that stupid ad here in CA. I dont get why anyone would want a wet teddy bear. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2351 "2021-03-18T23:12:41Z")
They should have, “The Car Insurance commercials with the HORRIBLE CGI military guy” was a staple of comedy routines for the past decade at least. Once Family Guy actually jumped on that band wagon (since it usually takes them a few years to catch up) that meant absolutely nobody respected them anymore. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2352 "2021-03-18T23:53:00Z")
And what was up with that [penguin](https://cdn.imgbin.com/16/9/10/imgbin-car-vehicle-insurance-the-general-national-general-insurance-general-insurance-XFXcMfHuPhzXB27TSh8tLeZiK.jpg)? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2353 "2021-03-19T00:05:59Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > And what was up with that [penguin](https://cdn.imgbin.com/16/9/10/imgbin-car-vehicle-insurance-the-general-national-general-insurance-general-insurance-XFXcMfHuPhzXB27TSh8tLeZiK.jpg)? - Penguins are cool. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2354 "2021-03-19T00:39:53Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m from the East Coast and I’m here to tell you we don’t put teddy bears in our dirty water dog vending carts. Mmm, mmm! Ain’t nothin’ like a Brooklyn street party when they open a fire hydrant and the old guys with their dirty water dog carts show up… … “Dirty water dog vending carts?” (I assume that’s dogs from dirty water, and not dirty Irish Water Spaniels for sale…) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2355 "2021-03-19T01:56:13Z")
[Dirty Water Dogs](https://newyork.cbslocal.com/guide/1010-wins-iconic-food-10-dirty-water-dog/) in case you weren’t kidding. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2356 "2021-03-19T15:42:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Dirty Water Dogs](https://newyork.cbslocal.com/guide/1010-wins-iconic-food-10-dirty-water-dog/) in case you weren’t kidding Interesting! I thought NY vendor hot dogs were just kept in ordinary water to keep them perpetually warm and not dried-out. But it turns out that they are soaked in a, quote: > …vat of water seasoned with onion, vinegar, red pepper, cumin and nutmeg for not more than one hour before it’s served. That actually sounds pretty tasty! _Ya gotta love that dirty water…_ ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2357 "2021-03-19T16:04:38Z")
> [@txtumbleweed](#): > > There’s a new one out from, I don’t even know who, where the dad is walking around Pompeii eating a sandwich as Vesuvius erupts. He’s asking the citizens running for their lives what year it is until one responds “it’s 79AD!” > > Every time I see it I want to shout “A Pompeiian would have no idea what AD was! They counted years from the founding of Rome! Argh!” Not to mention, a Pompeiian in 79 AD would not be able to understand nor speak present-day English. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2358 "2021-03-19T16:46:37Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > [Dupixent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuxX_OOX5i8), a pharmaceutical. The guy in the marching band seems like the only one in his group who rolled-up his sleeves. My main complaint is the people they pick seem somewhat un-natural for the stuff they have them doing. Yeah, I didn’t remember the name when I wrote the complaint. The actions shown do seem kind of stiff. They are some ad agent’s idea of what marching band or cheerleading or whatever are like. > [@DrDeth](#): > > I dont get why anyone would want a wet teddy bear. I think that’s the point. Nobody would, so you wouldn’t expect that at all. > [@cochrane](#): > > Not to mention, a Pompeiian in 79 AD would not be able to understand nor speak present-day English. The TARDIS takes care of that. Just talk normally, don’t affect an accent. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2359 "2021-03-19T16:57:27Z")
I hate the Liberty Mutual commercials. But duh I just figured out LMU Emu was Liberty Mutual (LMU). The cell phone one freaks me out. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2360 "2021-03-19T16:58:36Z")
I think it’s “LiMu Emu”, not “LMU Emu”. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2361 "2021-03-19T19:24:46Z")
Yeah that! Still took me this long ! Facepalm😀 ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2362 "2021-03-19T19:29:03Z")
I can’t stand the O’Reilly Auto Parts commercial. There seems to be just one–in which they sing their jingle song–and when I am trying to watch _anything_ to do with cars on YouTube, they unleash this ad. Over and over again. Sometimes multiple times per video. For about a year now. ARRGH! It goes: “Oh, oh, oh, O’Reilleeeeeeeee… Auto Parts. OWW!!” Yeah, Ow. I’m never going to shop there UNTIL they stop with this stupid ad and jingle. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2363 "2021-03-20T09:20:12Z")
This sort of thing is what Nationwide should’ve had Petyon Manning doing rather than [that static suburbia – which is all CGI according to the posts in this link – and its backstories](https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/38031). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R669l5CA1YA/maxresdefault.jpg "Miniatur Wunderland OFFICIAL VIDEO - world’s largest model railway | railroad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R669l5CA1YA) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2364 "2021-03-20T16:50:53Z")
Whatchutalkinbout? Surely he’s the Liberty Mutual University’s mascot. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2365 "2021-03-20T16:53:32Z")
Aren’t they in the same conference as Hamburger University? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=119)