# 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:** 122
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2426 "2021-04-06T15:10:42Z")
Yuck. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2427 "2021-04-06T15:46:08Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > it was a top ten hit in 2017 THAT’S what DJ Khaled sounds like? Yuck, indeed. Kids these days. Sheesh. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2428 "2021-04-06T15:52:07Z")
Oh goody. An annoying commercial mixed with a mondegreen; I thought he was say “red alert”. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2429 "2021-04-06T15:59:03Z")
Are you _sure_ that’s DJ Khaled on the commercial? I didn’t hear him shout his name even once. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2430 "2021-04-06T16:00:02Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Can anyone explain the character in the Stanton Optical commercials? Big glasses, flamboyant mannerisms, theatrical costumes. What the fuck is he supposed to be? I think the meme is “Come to Stanton Optical for designer glasses with no drama…” unlike the whole flamboyant designer thing that is rife with Hollywood-style mock-drama. Yes, I had to have it explained to me as well. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2431 "2021-04-06T17:44:11Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Are you _sure_ that’s DJ Khaled on the commercial? I didn’t hear him shout his name even once. I heard it, and I only listened for about 10 seconds. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2432 "2021-04-08T12:51:55Z")
I was watching an episode of Mr. Mayor that involved an avocado shortage and it reminded me of a stupid commercial that used to play a lot, but thankfully I haven’t seen lately: A small neighborhood grocery store has a TV up on the wall, tuned to a news channel. The news anchor is saying a meteorite or something is about to take out all the avocados, so a bunch of young women in yoga pants suddenly appear and start fighting over the avocados in the store. Then the anchor says “correction, there’s going to be a shortage of prunes” and suddenly a bunch of old people appear and start fighting over the prunes. Ha ha, it’s funny because avocados are only eaten by young women who do yoga, and prunes are only eaten by old people because it helps them poop more easily! I don’t even remember what the commercial was supposed to be advertising. I bet there’s ad agency maxim along the lines of “it doesn’t matter if they hate the commercial, as long as they remember the product”. Fail. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2433 "2021-04-08T21:17:55Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I bet there’s ad agency maxim along the lines of “it doesn’t matter if they hate the commercial, as long as they remember the product”. There is, and people on this board beleive it as gospel. They never realize the ones espousing this opinion are…ad execs, trying to justify bad ads. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2434 "2021-04-08T21:37:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > There is, and people on this board beleive it as gospel. > > They never realize the ones espousing this opinion are…ad execs, trying to justify bad ads. Some probably. I always thought it was people who don’t know a thing about it and are just repeating it. One of the dumbest things this (ex) ad person ever heard. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2435 "2021-04-08T21:44:39Z")
> [@TheCuse](#): > > Has anyone mentioned the Yabba Dabba Do commercial? I think it came out last year. It’s been on at least a half dozen times this morning and I want to scream! > [@Skywatcher](#): > > Not while those [Major Bag Alerts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTI0uVjzvwE) These two. It’s like they have them on constant repeat. When I first heard the Yabba Dabba Do one I was like, ‘I like the song, even if I would never buy the product.’ The Major Bag Alert is, and always has been, annoying. I don’t know who Major Bag is, or why we should be alerted to his approach. Or I could be misunderstanding, and the commercial is about giant scrotums. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2436 "2021-04-08T21:54:53Z")
^^That stupid Major Bag Alert is on all the time:( ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2437 "2021-04-09T02:57:10Z")
The latest Fucking GEICO with that stupid fucker, whats-his-name riding around with the cute girl with the mole on her face from the Subaru ad (Jesus, her life must Suck) where the talk about “Driving” And this Bitch does every right turn wrong. Underhand steering. Fucking WRONG! I hate… I hate… I hate… ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2438 "2021-04-09T04:24:47Z")
This bit about the Humira fake rock band is really good: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UaSIIwh8zwY/hqdefault.jpg "Adam Cayton Holland - The Band from the Humira Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaSIIwh8zwY) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2439 "2021-04-10T03:15:04Z")
This would be a better routine if the comic hadn’t gotten a key fact about the Humira ad wrong. The afflicted lead singer does not have “irritable bowel syndrome” a.k.a. IBS, which sounds to some people worthy of mockery, but _inflammatory bowel disease_ (in this instance Crohn’s disease) which carries considerably more serious implications and which can be treated by an immunosuppressive drug like Humira. The ad has eye-rolling aspects, but giggling about someone’s repeated attacks of abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea (which can lead to fun events like fistulas and emergency surgery) seems a bit…off. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2440 "2021-04-10T15:13:13Z")
The Zip Recruiter ads are annoying because I keep wanting to make a joke about a ‘zipper cooter’ but can’t think of one. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2441 "2021-04-10T15:34:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > The latest Fucking GEICO with that stupid fucker, whats-his-name riding around with the cute girl with the mole on her face from the Subaru ad (Jesus, her life must Suck) where the talk about “Driving” For those as confused as I was. Seeing as it was Progressive. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6nCxJBZgo) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2442 "2021-04-10T17:55:37Z")
Sorry. I have a cold. And sorry for the whole post, actually. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2443 "2021-04-11T14:15:43Z")
Ah! I thought it was a new man/motorcycle monstrosity commercial. I like the Progressive crew and really, who throws away good wood? ---
**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:** [April 11, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2444 "2021-04-11T20:44:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Sorry. I have a cold. And sorry for the whole post, actually. Well, it stilll IS an annoying commercial. I like Jamie’s commercials. I prefer him to Flo’s trashy family or that unnamed “Debbie downer” associate. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2445 "2021-04-11T20:48:41Z")
I like the one where the black guy is carrying fishing gear and the Debbie Downer woman says, “You smell like fish.” and the black guy says, “Sorry.” And she says, “I was talking to Jamie”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=123)