# 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:** 126
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2506 "2021-04-29T19:51:10Z")
How has the FemiClear “Singing Hooha” commercial not been mentioned yet? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2507 "2021-04-29T20:24:54Z")
OMG. Thanks a lot (not) for bringing this one to my attention. 🤢 ---
**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 29, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2508 "2021-04-29T20:46:15Z")
Exactly why is the old basketball player in the red striped suit living in the Wendy’s? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2509 "2021-04-29T20:59:39Z")
The Colace one might be trying a bit too hard, but it doesn’t bother me. I may have even chuckled a little bit. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2510 "2021-04-29T21:09:58Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Exactly why is the old basketball player in the red striped suit living in the Wendy’s? Somebody thought it was a good way to advertise Wendy’s breakfast lineup. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2511 "2021-04-29T23:33:08Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > How has the FemiClear “Singing Hooha” commercial not been mentioned yet? - Very good ventriloquist. The lips don’t move at all. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2512 "2021-04-29T23:54:55Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > > > Assuming this is local to Phoenix: I used to see ads for “The Husband and Wife Law Team” once a day, > > You must not watch Suns/Diamondbacks. They are inescapable. I hope they are only local - no one else should have to suffer their earnestness. I did say “used to”. Now they are everywhere. Seems to have just happened in the past few months. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2513 "2021-04-30T00:44:33Z")
Does it say “Hi, men”? 🤨 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2514 "2021-04-30T00:47:08Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Does it say “Hi, men”? 🤨 - A long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2515 "2021-04-30T00:56:26Z")
I see they changed the ending to the automobile commercial where the little boy has to pee. Instead of him saying “Too late!” as they arrive at their destination, the mother hustles him out of the car and says “Come on!” I guess someone somewhere finally realized that failing to make it to a toilet on time is not a good way to flog automobiles. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2516 "2021-04-30T01:08:46Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I see they changed the ending to the automobile commercial where the little boy has to pee. Instead of him saying “Too late!” as they arrive at their destination, the mother hustles him out of the car and says “Come on!” > > I guess someone somewhere finally realized that failing to make it to a toilet on time is not a good way to flog automobiles. - “And you can hose out the back seat!” ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2517 "2021-04-30T19:22:26Z")
This “Tiny House” commercial for [Spectrum](https://youtu.be/gwqqZPSFjOQ) plays constantly here in St. Louis. I pretty much hate it because it appears to be three commercials back to back (sometimes I think they only play one of the segments) with the whole thing being a minute long. Which nowadays seems interminable. I do like only one thing about it. In the first of the segments, the guy who lives in the tiny house (evidently named Tony) says that he downsized to match his internet speed while pointing to his head like he thinks “what a great idea” but to me it looks like he had to downsize to match his tiny brain. That little bit makes me chuckle, but the rest of the commercial is kind of silly with him and his guest bumping into stuff inside the tiny house, the dish falling off the roof, Tony trying to duck-tape it back on. The absolute worst part is at about 40 seconds in the production where his guest tells him that Spectrum will buy out your dish contract and tiny house guy says "I never knew! " in such an annoying voice. At the very end of the commercial, the words “to be continued” appear. Please, no more. There were already several commercials with these two guys. Tony was always coming into the other guy’s house to use his internet, have a Super Bowl party on his big screen TV, and so forth. And as many times as I’ve seen those two guys (Tony is the taller, clueless one), I can’t even tell you whether the shorter, Spectrum-having guy is ever called by name. I am so not eagerly awaiting the continuation, but it might be better than seeing the current iteration seven hundred more times. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2518 "2021-04-30T20:07:32Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > > > Exactly why is the old basketball player in the red striped suit living in the Wendy’s? > > Somebody thought it was a good way to advertise Wendy’s breakfast lineup. That bunch of ads was originally linked to the NCAA basketball tournament. Since that ended nearly a month ago, God knows why they’re still running them. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2519 "2021-04-30T21:24:23Z")
They’re also still running the Geico commercial with Dick Vitale. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NI3VKRRuPr0/maxresdefault.jpg "Chris Aquilino - Geico (with Dick Vitale)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI3VKRRuPr0) ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2520 "2021-04-30T21:42:44Z")
Who remembers that guy, and among those who do, how many care, _baby_? ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2521 "2021-04-30T21:49:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Once you go chrome… ♫ Chrissy, my little chromosexual Chrissy, my love is ineffectual Lusty as can be with chromosexualty ‘Get out of my way! I’m a chromo!’ ♫ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2522 "2021-04-30T22:09:14Z")
Umm, who is he? Nevermind, I dont really want to know… ---
**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:** [May 1, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2523 "2021-05-01T03:11:41Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Umm, who is he? Imagine a more obnoxious version of Howard Cosell. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2524 "2021-05-01T03:15:42Z")
I true miracle would be GEICO never raising your premium. We had them, until they decided we were using their roadside service too often and making too many claims – for accidents that weren’t even our fault! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2525 "2021-05-01T04:08:11Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Umm, who is he? > > Nevermind, I dont really want to know… He’s a former college and pro basketball coach and is a basketball announcer for ESPN. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=127)