# 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:** 187
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3726 "2022-09-15T18:51:12Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > One radio version I heard a month or two back had the somewhat confused narrator pronouncing it “Camp Lujerne.” That is a legitimate pronunciation, but it’s not very common. I’ve heard it mostly from older military people. ---
**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 15, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3727 "2022-09-15T20:38:29Z")
One of the Camp Lejeune lawsuit ads has a background showing a modest shower of $1 bills. Doesn’t seem like the firm is getting much of a settlement for its clients. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3728 "2022-09-17T23:56:48Z")
> [@solost](#): > > > [@Lare](#): > > > > I want to gripe about “Dr. Rick” in the Progressive ads. He purports to be helping mid-aged adults not turn into their parents. In some commercials the things he advised against things like velcro-ing the TV remote to the coffee table or wearing socks with sandals. I can get behind that. > > > > But the tone of the recent ads has made him much more annoying to me… > > I think this is a case of ‘ad campaign running out of ideas’. The returns are diminishing. The early ones were amusing, but they already picked the low-hanging fruit. [And the longer this campaign lasts, the less sense it’s going to make.](https://abancommercials.com/progressive/dr-rick-his-fans-commercial/185480/) “Line monitor”? Who _does_ that? With functional adults, I mean. ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3729 "2022-09-18T00:15:39Z")
Are people really more likely to drive over to Jimmy John’s for a sandwich if there are a couple of nutcases puncturing holes in the tires of parked cars? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3730 "2022-09-18T00:32:47Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > One of the Camp Lejeune lawsuit ads has a background showing a modest shower of $1 bills. > > Doesn’t seem like the firm is getting much of a settlement for its clients. I suppose it might be truth in advertising about what the clients (as opposed to the attorneys) will end up receiving. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3731 "2022-09-18T00:48:11Z")
In one of those types of mass action lawsuits, the lawyers get all the money. The victims will likely get a coupon for a free bottle of water. > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I suppose it might be truth in advertising about what the clients (as opposed to the attorneys) will end up receiving. Yep. I got a new one. Young woman decides to just walk out of her job to stay home and eat yogurt. 🤨 ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3732 "2022-09-18T05:24:29Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Are people really more likely to drive over to Jimmy John’s for a sandwich if there are a couple of nutcases puncturing holes in the tires of parked cars? Yeah, I don’t understand what the fuck point they are trying to make with this stupid waste of air-time. It doesn’t help that there ain’t a JJ within a 4-hour drive of the rock I live under. And again, Fuck Dr. Rick. He wears a Goddamn sweater vest, and wants to lecture me about being a fucking nerd??? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3733 "2022-09-18T10:51:35Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > And again, Fuck Dr. Rick. He wears a Goddamn sweater vest, and wants to lecture me about being a fucking nerd??? - I expect that’s part of the joke. It’s too late for him so he’s trying to save future victims. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3734 "2022-09-18T20:32:24Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Dr. Rick. He wears a Goddamn sweater vest, Maybe I’m a potential client of his because I hadn’t noticed that before now. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3735 "2022-09-18T20:47:18Z")
I hate the commercials for new cars where people are being shown as being in total awe. Toyota is the worst: The car will drive by and the person who sees it is mowing their lawn, and is so amazed by this new car that they will lose their train of thought and mow right through their flower garden. Or is walking down the street and sees it and walks into a goddamn sign post because they are so in awe. ---
**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 18, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3736 "2022-09-18T20:53:04Z")
I still can’t figure out the one where the family is camping out in a dealership showroom. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3737 "2022-09-18T20:54:31Z")
^^Me either ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3738 "2022-09-18T21:44:54Z")
Linky? ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3739 "2022-09-18T21:47:42Z")
^^^ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SK55uDgpkjw/hqdefault.jpg "Jimmy Johns TV AD SPOT 0:15 'Tires: 20%' Featuring Tony Bolognavich") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK55uDgpkjw) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3740 "2022-09-18T23:57:36Z")
Oh yay, Subaru has another commercial about how their car’s safety systems will save you and your family when you decide to stop paying attention to the road. 🙄 (I just had one of those cars as a rental. Nice vehicle, but it doesn’t take much to disable that particular system – in this case, an electronic toll transponder just inside the sightlines of one of the cameras.) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3741 "2022-09-19T20:31:12Z")
> [@TheCuse](#): > > I hate the commercials for new cars where people are being shown as being in total awe. …and it’s a _Corolla,_ for god’s sake. The generic standard. I loved mine, because it was dependable but unexciting. . Way back in the 70s, I heard a theologian (Francis Schaeffer) speak, and he made a great comment (paraphrased): > Western society has figured out that you don’t have to improve your products, just market them better. > > You don’t have to make your car more ecological. Just start an ad campaign showing how ‘green’ it is! > > Oh, and if it’s prone to falling apart, show how dependable it is, maybe with someone handing it down to a grandchild. > > And if it’s ordinary, or even slow? Don’t actually work at making it sportier. Paint racing stripes on it and show it doing tight turns on a ‘closed track’. (Soon after that, I switched from campus ministry to advertising, and that always stayed with me as a cautionary note). ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3742 "2022-09-19T22:27:24Z")
^^^Thanks. And Schaeffer was pretty smart! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3743 "2022-09-21T16:26:15Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Way back in the 70s, I heard a theologian (Francis Schaeffer) speak, and he made a great comment (paraphrased): So theologians in a ministry degree program teach advertising? ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3744 "2022-09-26T20:53:33Z")
I’ve mentioned the ads here in California against the ballot proposition allowing sports betting apps to operate here. Well, they’ve outdone themselves. A little background is in order: The measure would allow online sports gambling companies to do business in California. In exchange, they would give back 10% of their profits to the state, earmarked for homeless programs. That 10% is projected to be in the hundreds of millions. The big talking point for the anti-Prop 27 folks is “90% of the profits will go to out-of-state corporations!!!” Well, duh. That’s like being mad that when I buy something from Amazon, Amazon gets the money and not California. So the latest ad (I can’t find a video on line, but trust me, it’s terrible) features people in the streets of New York and Boston (apparently where the two biggest companies are headquartered) with exaggerated east coast accents laughing and saying stuff like “I can’t believe Califawnya’s givin’ us all their money!” and “Imagine, a whole state fulla _suckahs_!” As if any of these idiots are getting that money. That would be like thinking that Amazon passes out their profits to all the people of Seattle. Whatever you may think of sports gambling, these tactics are dishonest and disingenuous. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3745 "2022-09-26T21:18:31Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > The big talking point for the anti-Prop 27 folks is “90% of the profits will go to out-of-state corporations!!!” Well, duh. That’s like being mad that when I buy something from Amazon, Amazon gets the money and not California. Their big talking point should be the [idiotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3694) [commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/2805) which would follow the passing of Prop 27. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=186) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=188)