# 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:** 136
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2706 "2021-07-19T15:07:41Z")
> [@ajmakria](#): > > I’m so sick of these stupid commercials these days, they keep getting overplayed and they keep using the same characters. Car insurance commercials are the most notable I’d support a law banning the use of national monuments and parks in TV commercials. It’s entirely coincidental that such a law would pull the rug out from under Liberty Mutual’s advertising. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2707 "2021-07-19T15:16:35Z")
I’m annoyed by the Lipton Ice Tea commercial because it really makes me want to own a revolving house like at the end, and I got no money. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2708 "2021-07-19T15:19:12Z")
Those commercials where they say “Free! Free free!” ad nauseum make me stabby. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2709 "2021-07-19T16:27:12Z")
Here in Houston endlessly running Gallery Furniture commercials with Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale. I’ve heard him all my life! “FREE FREE FREE!!!” “SAVES YOU MONEY!!!” Ugh. Just stop already. I jump to mute him as soon as I can. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2710 "2021-07-19T18:02:17Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It’s entirely coincidental that such a law would pull the rug out from under Liberty Mutual’s advertising. If Liberty Mutual is going to advertise, I much prefer the ones by the Statue of Liberty to “Limu Emu (and Doug)”. ---
**Author:** ![ajmakria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@ajmakria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajmakria)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2711 "2021-07-19T18:03:45Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > > [@ajmakria](#): > > > > I’m so sick of these stupid commercials these days, they keep getting overplayed and they keep using the same characters. Car insurance commercials are the most notable > > I’d support a law banning the use of national monuments and parks in TV commercials. > > It’s entirely coincidental that such a law would pull the rug out from under Liberty Mutual’s advertising. Agreed, but you know as well as I do that they’d find something else as a backdrop to continua to make their incredibly annoying commercials. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2712 "2021-07-19T18:24:44Z")
No! Don’t get rid of spokecharacters! I love Flo (I know I’m in the minority here) and the adorable AT&T girl and I miss Mayhem from Allstate (don’t you even THINK about getting rid of President Haysbert). The deliberately asshole spokesthings annoy me. Raymond’s Jimmy’s John’s tops this list but it also includes Sam Adam’s Masshole and Progressive’s dumb-ass box of insurance. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2713 "2021-07-19T18:33:50Z")
They might try to get around the law by using this backdrop: [https://i1.wp.com/www.dailysquat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20130705-lady-liberty-shutterstock\_110632307-story.jpg?resize=640%2C428&ssl=1](https://i1.wp.com/www.dailysquat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20130705-lady-liberty-shutterstock_110632307-story.jpg?resize=640%2C428&ssl=1) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2714 "2021-07-19T18:39:27Z")
> [@ajmakria](#): > > you know as well as I do that they’d find something else as a backdrop to continua to make their incredibly annoying commercials. And if forced to change mascots, they’ll likely find one even more annoying. I’ll take Flo over the box and that weird-ass motorcycle thing anytime. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2715 "2021-07-19T18:51:48Z")
I find the various Gain commercials annoying. First of all, the announcer’s voice sounds horrible, like music being played off key. The scenarios are also stupid. Plus Gain is crap. When I wash dishes with it, they come out greasier than when they go in. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2716 "2021-07-19T19:00:46Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > No! Don’t get rid of spokecharacters! I love Flo (I know I’m in the minority here) and the adorable AT&T girl and I miss Mayhem from Allstate (don’t you even THINK about getting rid of President Haysbert). I won’t go so far as to say I _love_ them, but I have gotten chuckles from Flo, Mayhem, and others. Way better that many others. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2717 "2021-07-19T19:46:45Z")
Gain isn’t a dish soap. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2718 "2021-07-19T20:13:33Z")
Unfortunately for your olfactory sense, it is now. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2719 "2021-07-19T21:00:58Z")
Who the hell wants their dishes to smell like lemons or whatever? If I want my dishes to smell like lemons, I’ll put lemons on them or in the food on them. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2720 "2021-07-20T00:16:59Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > No! Don’t get rid of spokecharacters! I love Flo (I know I’m in the minority here) and the adorable AT&T girl and I miss Mayhem from Allstate (don’t you even THINK about getting rid of President Haysbert). I’m okay with those you list here. The one that annoys me now is the new Jake from State Farm. It makes sense that they wanted to have the new Jake be a person of color, but what annoys me is that they clearly chose the guy they chose because he resembles the great Donald Glover. So every time one of those commercials comes on I’m thinking 'I’d MUCH rather be watching a clip from _Community_ or a snippet from _This is America_. But what I get instead is this extremely poor substitute. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VYOjWnS4cMY/maxresdefault.jpg "Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2721 "2021-07-20T00:27:14Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > they clearly chose **the** guy they chose because he resembles the great Donald Glover. Cite? **THE** guy? (bolding mine), like the only guy? I don’t think Jake looks much like Toby/Don/Childish. Except in a “fit, kinda beardy, black Millennial” way… ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2722 "2021-07-20T00:30:57Z")
Well, to me the casting _does_ look like the imperative was ‘find me someone who resembles Glover.’ I’ll grant that it is subjective, though. ETA: I don’t think a citation would or could exist–what advertising agency or insurance company would be willing to make public a decision like that? In much the same way, there is _highly_ unlikely to be a linkable citation to any AAG page (or page at the site of their ad agency) admitting in public that they pay Tom Selleck massive bucks because he’s better than almost any other old guy at suckering in the seniors. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2723 "2021-07-20T01:29:45Z")
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**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:** [July 20, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2724 "2021-07-20T02:22:43Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I find the various Gain commercials annoying. First of all, the announcer’s voice sounds horrible, like music being played off key. The scenarios are also stupid. > > Plus Gain is crap. When I wash dishes with it, they come out greasier than when they go in. I kind of like those commercials. Especially the one with the dog. “Hey, mi towel, su towel.” ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2725 "2021-07-20T02:33:28Z")
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