# 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:** 159
**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:** [December 23, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3166 "2021-12-23T15:34:27Z")
> [@solost](#): > > BTW, what are ‘FIBs’?? A less-than-complementary sobriquet for our neighbors south of Wi. It stands for Fuckin’ Illinois Bastards." 🙂 > [@solost](#): > > What do you Arizoners call a Summer day in the 90s- a cold front? Windbreaker weather? I don’t know, it’s never happened! ---
**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:** [December 23, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3167 "2021-12-23T16:12:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > A less-than-complementary sobriquet for our neighbors south of Wi. It stands for Fuckin’ Illinois Bastards." 🙂 What’s Wisconsin’s beef with Illinois? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3168 "2021-12-23T16:23:01Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What’s Wisconsin’s beef with Illinois? Well, let me esplain…no there is no time, let me sum up. Deer hunting. Those Fine Illinois Blokes come up to farm country. don’t follow hunting etiquette, trespass on private land, shoot at anything that moves (cows, me), and generally think their shit don’t stink. Plus that can’t drive for shit. And anything south of say Springfield is really the unreconstructed trump-worshipping South. Other than that., Mrs Lincoln… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3169 "2021-12-23T18:50:57Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What’s Wisconsin’s beef with Illinois? > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, let me esplain…no there is no time, let me sum up. > > Deer hunting. Those Fine Illinois Blokes come up to farm country. don’t follow hunting etiquette, trespass on private land, shoot at anything that moves (cows, me), and generally think their shit don’t stink. Plus that can’t drive for shit. And anything south of say Springfield is really the unreconstructed trump-worshipping South. > > Other than that., Mrs Lincoln… 🙂 I thought it had more to do with the rivalry between the Packers and the Bears. Also, here’s the Wikipedia page about the woman singing the song in the commercial, [Beverly Kennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Kenney). ---
**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:** [December 23, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3170 "2021-12-23T19:35:36Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I have a relative who lives near Tahoe, NV. They are currently being washed away. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3171 "2021-12-23T20:43:16Z")
The Shriners commercial with the kids faux-singing _I’ll Be Home For Christmas_. If ever anything was more designed to tug at people’s heartstrings and loosen up the pursestrings, I’ve yet to see it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kVYWhD1KE5c/hqdefault.jpg "Shriners Hospitals for Children Home for Christmas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYWhD1KE5c) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3172 "2021-12-24T15:53:10Z")
Is that the ad that shows the family returning to their home in the desert to find a magical snowfall occurring? The one I’m thinking of (didn’t pay attention to what product it was pushing) shows snow falling on a lizard who will soon be dead of cold along with whatever other warm-weather creatures have been surviving on their manicured property. Nothing says Xmas like exterminating the native fauna. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3173 "2021-12-24T16:10:26Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Yeah, I picked-up on that as well. To me it sounds like “peet-ZA!” Who says it that way? Tim Curry, for one. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SHoB8jKORgY/hqdefault.jpg "Tim Curry is unfamiliar with the concept of Pizza") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHoB8jKORgY&t=16) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3174 "2021-12-24T18:33:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Is that the ad that shows the family returning to their home in the desert to find a magical snowfall occurring? Yes, though the magical part is not the snow itself- there’s a brief shot of the husband working a snow- making machine. The magical part is that the snow didn’t melt the instant it hit the ground. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3175 "2021-12-24T18:36:42Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The magical part is that the snow didn’t melt the instant it hit the ground. Better living through Chemistry ---
**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:** [December 24, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3176 "2021-12-24T19:31:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Hey, Gainiac- I guaren-goddamn-tee you I will not be checking out your drawers! > > What an abhorrent idea. I’m disgusted! And why dump your clean laundry out on the grimy laundry room floor? You’re going to have to wash it all over again. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3177 "2021-12-24T21:56:47Z")
That should be Beverly _Kenney_, BTW. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3178 "2021-12-26T16:29:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > And why dump your clean laundry out on the grimy laundry room floor? You’re going to have to wash it all over again. I’m sorry, I love that commercial. But I remember the popularity of Flashdance. Even Snoopy did a parody. (37 years ago, true) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3179 "2021-12-26T18:10:23Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The magical part is that the snow didn’t melt the instant it hit the ground. That and the fact that snow machines don’t chill the water. They just spray a mist into the air. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3180 "2021-12-30T13:39:29Z")
The Career Builder commercial that takes place in the company lunchroom with the dickhead heating up his disgusting fish glop lunch, The concept is spot on and the look on the face of the suffering co-worker is priceless, but it is so nauseating, I have to look away. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WVTAEdUmo1M/maxresdefault.jpg "CareerBuilder: Go Fish") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVTAEdUmo1M) ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3181 "2021-12-30T14:15:43Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > The Career Builder commercial that takes place in the company lunchroom with the dickhead heating up his disgusting fish glop lunch, The concept is spot on and the look on the face of the suffering co-worker is priceless, but it is so nauseating, I have to look away. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVTAEdUmo1M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVTAEdUmo1M) [Barney Miller got there first.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJQoJ_3g4-I) ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3182 "2021-12-30T17:54:01Z")
Hee! I forgot all about that ep. Of course, I saw it many years before I entered the workforce so it wouldn’t have had the same impact, having not experienced the torture of dumbasses polluting the common area with their reeking food. Also, at least Yemana didn’t defile an appliance that is meant to be shared by everyone. Plus, you can’t stay mad at Yemana 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3183 "2021-12-30T18:25:36Z")
“Mushi mushi!” ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3184 "2021-12-30T19:05:45Z")
I love that guy’s look at the camera at the end. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3185 "2021-12-31T00:14:11Z")
I really dislike the Gain commercials. The new set has people making ugly faces and the VO announcer has a voice like rusty nails on a chalkboard. Their attempts at humor are worse than lame, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=160)