# 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:** 168
**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:** [March 20, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3346 "2022-03-20T16:02:46Z")
This Sirius/XM commercial with Kevin Hart. **WHAAAAATTTTT?** [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocwXCEWCGSA) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3347 "2022-03-20T18:46:26Z")
O.k. I still hate the True Classics T-shirt guys. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3348 "2022-03-20T19:32:41Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > What made these people think that making me want to stab out my ear drums with an ice pick would also make me want to buy their damn car??? Yeah. But also, since she is supposed to be one of the parents, then she should listen, anyway. > [@Folacin](#): > > Which, since being able to hear things outside your car (sirens, pedestrians screaming in agony after you hit them, etc) is important when driving. Yep. Annoying noises = AAA Insurance with a bell every 5 seconds. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3349 "2022-03-20T20:24:35Z")
**WHAT?** [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNX7xnmTTUk) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3350 "2022-03-20T20:27:40Z")
I’m hating New Jake From State Farm more and more with every new ad. Also, I never thought I’d say this, but Sonic? Please bring back Pete and T.J. These cars full of cretins in your latest ads are unbearable. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3351 "2022-03-20T22:21:46Z")
Many, many years ago an art project called “The Most Unwanted Song” was created, featuring audio elements that people supposedly find to be particularly annoying. One of the most prominent, repeated features is a chorus of children belting out advertising. Apparently, the people in Harris Teeter’s marketing department are not familiar with this piece of media; their recent TV ad features children (and other people, but the children are the most obnoxious) bellowing the store’s jingle in a soulless, grating monotone. Also, the ad starts with a mom tuning her van’s ridiculously old-looking stereo to a station just to hear the Harris Teeter jingle. The van doesn’t seem to be as old as the stereo, which may have been a mock-up of some sort to easily display the station and jingle info…but it was jarringly out-of-place to me. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3352 "2022-03-21T21:13:54Z")
Do you have bulging eyes? Take TEPEZZA I’m so sick of that stupid woman and her non bulging eyes. Commercial runs at least three times an hour on Sundance. Worst part, her eyes look normal to me. Nothing like Marty Feldman. I use to mock the commercial with bulging package. Even that’s grown tiresome. Now I hit mute whenever it comes on. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3353 "2022-03-21T21:29:56Z")
Not annoying in a “oh, geez, not this commercial again!” way, but annoying in a “are you freakin’ serious?” angle - there’s a Jeep commercial running during the NCAA basketball tournament where they proudly banner the price of their Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer on the screen. The Grand Wagoneer - from Jeep, mind you, not a niche high-quality specialty carmaker, not a luxury brand - _starts_ at **over $89,900.** Even given the current inflationary pressures in the new car market, that seems like a _hell_ of a lot of money for a Jeep. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3354 "2022-03-21T23:50:23Z")
I can’t imagine taking a 90k vehicle off roading or doing any typical jeep activities. At that price you’d have to treat it like a cadillac. Keep it in a garage, wash and wax regularly. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3355 "2022-03-22T16:03:20Z")
I would recon the majority 95%+ of SUVs never leave a paved road or drive in the snow and as you a mention the higher the cost and more luxury the less likely either of those will happen. Buyers want that capability but rarely/never need it - Jeep and every car manufacturer know this and profit from it. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3356 "2022-03-24T00:08:51Z")
I don’t think the Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer even qualified for the company’s “Trail Rated” badge due to the wheelbase. (My pet theory that no one asked about: Jeep will eventually have to stop using ‘Cherokee,’ so they wanted to reintroduce the Wagoneer name to the car-buying public as a high-end, luxury name.) > [@aceplace57](#): > > Worst part, her eyes look normal to me. Nothing like Marty Feldman. Is this the commercial that instructs you to go to a special website to see the bulgy “before” pictures? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3357 "2022-03-24T00:17:12Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Do you have bulging eyes? Take TEPEZZA > > I’m so sick of that stupid woman and her non bulging eyes. Aside from the weirdness of a normal-looking person wearing 88 pairs of sunglasses, I’ve wondered why they used a model who doesn’t fit the physical profile of someone with classic Graves’s disease\* (i.e. thin, jittery etc.). I know, a piddling objection. \*it’s true that it’s possible to have thyroid eye disease without thyrotoxicosis. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3358 "2022-03-24T02:12:02Z")
There may be photos on the companys website. I haven’t looked. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3359 "2022-03-24T17:23:13Z")
She looks like someone who’s had a good chunk of her Thyroid removed as a treatment for Graves’. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3360 "2022-03-24T17:38:25Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m so sick of that stupid woman and her non bulging eyes. Commercial runs at least three times an hour on Sundance. Oh gawd yes! Ironically, there is also an overplayed commercial about some woman buying skin cream (?) in England and the clerk telling her she can get it in the US now. The British clerk? She’s got Marty Feldman eyes. Maybe they should use her in the other commercial? Just a thought. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3361 "2022-03-24T17:57:40Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > think the kids are only pretending to play their instruments, and what we’re actually hearing are professional musicians intentionally playing badly. They’re at least giving a better imitation of playing their instruments than the Kars4Kids ensemble. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3362 "2022-03-24T18:06:20Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I would recon the majority 95%+ of SUVs never leave a paved road or drive in the snow and as you a mention the higher the cost and more luxury the less likely either of those will happen. Buyers want that capability but rarely/never need it - Many people buying SUVs are less interested in its offroad capabilities. What they want is the space over a sedan (now that sedans are scrunched to hell for fuel efficiency) without getting the dreaded minivan. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3363 "2022-03-24T23:19:26Z")
Ok, I went and looked at the pictures on the TEPEZZA site. The eyes are still a bit bulgy in the after pictures, to be honest. The first before/after set is very dramatic though. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3364 "2022-03-25T06:52:02Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The British clerk? She’s got Marty Feldman eyes. Fuck yeah! She is TERRIFYING! I hate the ad that goes, _“Turmeric. Turmeric that is better than other Turmeric. It’s Turmeric Turmeric Turmeric. So get this Turmeric because its Turmeric Turmeric Turmeric Turmeric Turmeric Turmeric Turmeric. The Better Turmeric!”_ Say Turmeric Again Motherfucker! I don’t even know what the fuck Turmeric is! But drilling that word into my mind don’t make me wanna buy it! ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3365 "2022-03-25T11:42:50Z")
Turmeric is a ground dried spice from a root (actually a rhizome) similar to ginger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=169)