# 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:** 141
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2806 "2021-08-28T13:50:17Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The one where Incontinent Mom and Trying-Real-Hard-To-Act-Like-She-Cares daughter interact like patient nurse robots? Yeah, I hate those too. I came here to hate on that very commercial. The daughter character really sounds smarmy, especially when she adds “oh good” at the end of her reply. The mother character seems pleasant and normal by comparison. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2807 "2021-08-28T13:55:04Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Suction is not measured in kilowatts. I’m looking at you, Dyson. Hey, they used to measure it in RPM so they’re getting better! ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2808 "2021-08-28T14:32:59Z")
There’s a series of AWS commercials, where hyper-annoying kids ask hyper-annoying questions in hyper-annoying tones of voice, using language no kid of their age would use. They’re instant channel changers for me. > **[AWS is how](https://aws.amazon.com/awsishow/)** ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2809 "2021-08-28T17:15:28Z")
Applebees is using that country song _Fancy Like_ in their commercials, since it has the line “Applebee’s on a date night”. To me, the song is satire, making _fun_ of Applebees, not praising it. Maybe their target audience thinks they’re fancy, but most everyone in my circle stays away from the place. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2810 "2021-08-30T12:37:48Z")
Well this clears a few things up. From the few words I can actually make out, I’d assumed the song was written for the commercial. Definitely sounds mocking to me. _“Bougie like Natty in the styrofoam”_? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2811 "2021-09-05T01:57:42Z")
Not an annoying ad per se, but… If you’re an online dating website, try not to have your TV ad run during a true crime show episode about a woman who was murdered, dismembered and had her body parts distributed among neighborhood recycling bins - by a guy who met her on an online dating site. Way to go, eharmony®! “Don’t Waste More Time On Casual Dating. See Who Our Experts Match You With” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2812 "2021-09-05T17:42:41Z")
Serena-Wonder Woman. Enough said. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2813 "2021-09-05T17:47:05Z")
I wonder how many commercials those sisters have been in? Isn’t there such a thing as overexposure nowadays? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2814 "2021-09-05T18:01:16Z")
I don’t understand the plot (such as it is) of the commercial featuring a large redheaded woman tightly swathed in red cloth who ends up eating a bowl of Cheerios with great gusto. It’s kinda grotesque. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2815 "2021-09-05T20:43:53Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I don’t understand the plot (such as it is) She’s supposed to be one of those hard assed TV cooking show hosts who (usually) rips into the contestants. But Cheerios made her so happy she overlooks the obvious “train wreck” entry. There’s a drill instructor one, too, in the series. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2816 "2021-09-07T13:01:55Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I don’t understand the plot (such as it is) of the commercial featuring a large redheaded woman tightly swathed in red cloth who ends up eating a bowl of Cheerios with great gusto. It’s kinda grotesque. That one puzzles me every time. The woman is so oddly . . .styled(?) Or maybe it’s her posture. Something just looks wrong and I spend those few seconds wondering “why’d they dress her like that? why is she standing like that? Is she supposed to look bad?” that I never remember what the product is. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2817 "2021-09-07T15:08:24Z")
FYI: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8PhD4hRI4w) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2818 "2021-09-07T15:10:46Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Serena-Wonder Woman. Enough said. I did laugh when a tennis ball smashes into John McEnroe’s lunch tray, and surprised, he says, “You cannot be serious!” ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2819 "2021-09-07T15:48:19Z")
Maybe “annoying” isn’t the right word for this one… But if I happen to be watching broadcast TV in real-time and can’t skip the commercials, I’m generally not paying attention to the commercials. I’ll check my phone, work on a crossword, and so forth. My eyes are rarely on the TV screen during a commercial break. I suspect I am not in the minority when it comes to this. Which is why I don’t get why anyone would produce an ad with no spoken words in it whatsoever. There’s one currently running that consists entirely of drumming. I’ve “seen” it probably a hundred times, but it had to have been at least the 50th time before I happened to glance up and saw what was actually being advertised. Seems like a big waste of money to me. (It’s some telecom company; I don’t recall which one. A voiceover might have helped me remember.) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2820 "2021-09-07T16:25:19Z")
Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2821 "2021-09-10T06:27:34Z")
The Naked commercials from El Pollo Loco Female version [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cK12-Kk0gEE/maxresdefault.jpg "El Pollo Loco: Even People Who Love Being Naked Hate Naked Chips On Nachos!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK12-Kk0gEE) Male version [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AMTyvgNEMGE/maxresdefault.jpg "El Pollo Loco: Even People Who Love Being Naked Hate Naked Chips On Nachos!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMTyvgNEMGE) Likes: The female is fairly attractive and the commercial is fun and cute The old man is horrifying and I hope for the sake of the crew that he really wasnt naked but that makes it funny and shocking Dislikes The reminder of what Ill look like when Im 80. But ill be 80 so who gives an eff, right? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2822 "2021-09-10T08:28:39Z")
Well, I for one am happy to see the above mentioned few ads (and many, many more recently) are cracking the industry open for truly ‘attractiveness-disadvantaged’ people. Brad Pitt? Hell, No! Let’s get Freaky with the Triscuit Gal who looks like an extra from a Primus video! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2823 "2021-09-10T14:27:46Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > And Kerasal with the creepy talking feet. I pretty much hate talking body parts - especially butts. I don’t need to see khakis scrunching and bulging weirdly. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2824 "2021-09-10T14:48:44Z")
There’s one for, I want to say an online car buying app(?) but I can’t seem to find it. Anyway, it features a young man with Down Syndrome bumbling through various scenarios (one where he’s trying to jog with a Walkman type thing). I’m very glad to see a member of the DS community represented in a commercial but does it have to be one where they’re failing at everything they do? The message is supposed to be along the lines of “some things in life are hard but using our app is easy”. I get that, but it feels somehow like inappropriate casting. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2825 "2021-09-10T15:50:02Z")
Is this the commercial you are referring to?: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TMA7jYv9zC8/maxresdefault.jpg "CarMax - "Old Ways" featuring Aaron Takahashi") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMA7jYv9zC8) I do not pick-up on the whole Down Syndrome thing you are seeing there. To me, they are just showing an awkward person stumbling thru every-day activities, trying to do them “old school” style, but since CarMax is so easy, it’s easy for him, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=142)