# 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:** 212
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4226 "2023-03-29T14:56:33Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What is this commercial selling: a young Black female astronaut comes back from space, and realizes she dropped her car keys on the moon. She operates her car using a phone app. That’s all I know. It’s a KIA ad. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4227 "2023-03-29T15:04:07Z")
We’re being inundated with ads from 72Sold, a real estate hawker who guarantees the best price for your house within a few days. It’s apparently a legit company out of Arizona (which is a non-starter for me), but it’s the spokesclown that is really annoying, waving his arms around like some sort of deranged muppet. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0al0P110A2g/maxresdefault.jpg "72SOLD National Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0al0P110A2g) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4228 "2023-03-29T15:14:55Z")
When you think that guy couldn’t look creepier, they change camera angles so you can get a fresh look. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4229 "2023-03-29T15:22:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > but it’s the spokesclown that is really annoying, waving his arms around like some sort of deranged muppet. - There’s a Muppet who’s _not_ deranged? ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4230 "2023-03-29T15:22:23Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > legit company out of Arizona (which is a non-starter for me), You’re lucky. I get daily calls from assclowns wanting to buy my house. These guys might be one, but I hang up as soon as I can. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4231 "2023-03-29T15:31:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > There’s a Muppet who’s _not_ deranged? Well, there’s [Keith Morrison](https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/meet-keith-morrison-correspondent-killer-role-n1262523) from Dateline, who is a walking advertisement for sun screen lotion. He really does look like a human sock puppet. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4232 "2023-03-29T15:56:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Well, there’s [Keith Morrison](https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/meet-keith-morrison-correspondent-killer-role-n1262523) Surely Guy Smiley was modeled after him. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4233 "2023-03-29T16:21:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Well, there’s [Keith Morrison](https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/meet-keith-morrison-correspondent-killer-role-n1262523) from Dateline, who is a walking advertisement for sun screen lotion. He really does look like a human sock puppet. Fun fact / hijack: Keith Morrison is the stepfather of Matthew “Chandler Bing” Perry. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4234 "2023-03-29T16:56:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > If memory serves, Taco Bell has recently been running ads around the same theme. “I’m gonna blow up a promising relationship because I’ve gotta stuff my face with these crappy enchiladas.” Yes, the stupid bell sound and they sprint off like Pavlov’s dog. They just found the ONE person in the world that shares their particular niche interest, but no, that takes a back seat to Taco Bull[shit]. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4235 "2023-03-30T23:56:29Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’ve never been able to stand ads showing customers abandoning activities (and sanity) in a mad rush to acquire a product Yep.Two new ones. The new iPhone, with the only thing mentions is that it is YELLOW!!!. Not how it works, does it take good pictures, nothing. just yellow. Then there is the new Chinese take out ad where the big selling point is that it steams up your glasses. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4236 "2023-04-01T00:39:37Z")
There’s a Wagoneer commercial running now that actually has a cute premise…the people are headed into the wilderness to go on a bear hunt, but it’s revealed that the “bear” is really Bear, their dog. Awww. But the commercial is accompanied by a call-and-response song performed by an increasingly unhinged adult and shrieking, chanting children. Creepy! Did they lose the original song rights at the last minute or something? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4237 "2023-04-02T15:28:07Z")
Just saw this animated stop-motion ad for Oscar Mayer. There’s a sandwich on an old-school record player turntable, and the stylus is a tiny mustard bottle distributing the mustard in a spiral onto the sandwich. Very fun concept and cute execution of the idea. Except - the mustard “plays” _from the inside out_. Was this made by someone who’s never played a record? Ruins the whole thing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hd3UfG1afG8/maxresdefault.jpg "Keep It Oscar | Turkey Record") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd3UfG1afG8) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4238 "2023-04-02T15:43:19Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Except - the mustard “plays” _from the inside out_. Was this made by someone who’s never played a record? Ruins the whole thing. - The mustard is the backward track that’s so controversial. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4239 "2023-04-03T00:11:57Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Except - the mustard “plays” _from the inside out_. Was this made by someone who’s never played a record? Ruins the whole thing. Odds are that the makers figured–quite correctly–that the vast majority of viewers would have NO idea how a record turntable works/worked. (Particularly if the ad is viewed mostly online.) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4240 "2023-04-03T16:45:17Z")
Have y’all seen the whiskey glass on the turntable ad? Pisses me right off - getting sticky bourbon all over the vinyl record. I can’t find it on Youtube. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4241 "2023-04-03T18:01:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The mustard is the backward track that’s so controversial. .doG si dratsuM .luaP deirub I ---
**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:** [April 3, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4242 "2023-04-03T21:20:54Z")
Saw John Oliver do a throwaway slag at the Kars 4 Kidz ad on his most recent show (4/2/2023) and it did my heart good. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4243 "2023-04-06T03:31:18Z")
So teenage girl has a mustache forming. She doesn’t know what to do. Then she notices Eddie Murphy in “Coming To America” and a bobblehead of Freddie Mercury. Quick overnight shipment and she dances her way in to class wearing a Freddie Mercury style yellow jacket. Um, okay. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4244 "2023-04-06T04:46:59Z")
I’m with you on that one. Totally baffled. You can buy things on Amazon. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4245 "2023-04-06T05:30:25Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > So teenage girl has a mustache forming. My Chi, Dented. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=213)