# 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:** 213
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4246 "2023-04-06T13:08:05Z")
Oh good, we’ve been puzzling over that one also. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4247 "2023-04-06T13:35:46Z")
To be fair - it was also showing off her less than perfect teeth. I think the points are: 1 - You can get anything that you want ~~at Alice’s Restaurant~~ on Amazon, and 2 - Girl Empowerment. Nobody’s perfect, own it. However - If she’s going to dance in her new confidence, while wearing the Jacket from the Magic Tour, she should be dancing to a Queen song. C’mon Bezos, you can afford it. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4248 "2023-04-06T15:22:51Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > 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? I like the commercial but didn’t pay any attention to the music. You’re right, that is very odd chanting. ---
**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 6, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4249 "2023-04-06T16:16:21Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > she should be dancing to a Queen song Like “I Want to Break Free.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4250 "2023-04-08T03:04:16Z")
Oh. I thought it was commercial for the clothing you can get on Amazon. Totally missed the mustache thingy. Yeah, Queen music woulda been better. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4251 "2023-04-08T03:31:43Z")
And now there’s that horrible commercial for the diabetes drug Jardiance, that looks like an 80s MTV video. I e-mailed Boehringer-Ingelheim, who make the drug, to tell them what I thought. ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4252 "2023-04-08T04:16:29Z")
Say what you will about that Amazon ad, it did remind me that I need a new beard trimmer. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4253 "2023-04-08T17:08:03Z")
I feel like the Amazon dancer commercial is exploiting an underage child. Granted the actress may not be a real kid but they want their audience to image a sexy kid. ---
**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 8, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4254 "2023-04-08T17:50:27Z")
Sexy? It’s just a kid dancing in class. You want to see exploitation, check out the whatever drug of the week of it is that has one kid for whom, “dancing is her life.,” … and apparently skin-tight hoochie-mama outfits made by Camel Toe Incorporated. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4255 "2023-04-08T17:54:17Z")
I’m sorry, but the last shot of that commercial makes me recoil in horror. Ain’t no jacket cool enough to fix that. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4256 "2023-04-08T18:05:14Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > You want to see exploitation, check out the whatever drug of the week of it is that has one kid for whom, “dancing is her life.,” … and apparently skin-tight hoochie-mama outfits made by Camel Toe Incorporated. Is that the one that shows three little girls in the outfits running off stage after having performed some kind of routine? What kind of routine goes with the outfits they wear is unclear. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4257 "2023-04-08T20:13:21Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’m sorry, but the last shot of that commercial makes me recoil in horror. Ain’t no jacket cool enough to fix that. At least her teeth are better than Freddie’s. No, the thing that _really_ bugs me about that commercial is theat she has a Hot Space poster. _No one_ has a Hot Space poster. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4258 "2023-04-08T20:27:11Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > You want to see exploitation, check out the whatever drug of the week of it is that has one kid for whom, “dancing is her life.,” … and apparently skin-tight hoochie-mama outfits made by Camel Toe Incorporated. > > Is that the one that shows three little girls in the outfits running off stage after having performed some kind of routine? What kind of routine goes with the outfits they wear is unclear. I think the girl in [that commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/2KBf/dupixent-grace-and-jolie) is wearing makeup, which seems wrong to me. (BTW, the commercial is for Dupixent, to treat psoriasis and/or eczema. My mother’s doctor tried prescribing that stuff for her skin condition, but her Medicare Advantage plan wouldn’t pay for it. Or to be completely correct, they would only pay for a tiny fraction of the cost, so she’d still have to pay something like $3,000 a month for it. That’s barely below the $3,587.92 list price of the drug.) ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4259 "2023-04-08T23:02:16Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > You want to see exploitation, check out the whatever drug of the week of it is that has one kid for whom, “dancing is her life.,” … and apparently skin-tight hoochie-mama outfits made by Camel Toe Incorporated. I felt like I needed to register with someone after seeing that. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4260 "2023-04-10T02:09:33Z")
I’m not naive enough to think that’s her real dance outfit - probably not even her real friends. But dancers that age wear similar. > **[Welcome: Premiere Dance Center, Austin, TX - Premiere Dance Center & School](https://premieredancecentertx.com/)** > > Register For Dance Classes! Proud To Serve Central Texas! Premiere Dance Center provides superior dance education in a fun, family-oriented environment. We welcome students interested in dance for healthful benefits, fun, discipline, confidence,... > **[Teen Dance Classes | Marianns School of Dance | Dance Studio | Ballet, Tap,...](https://www.mariannsdance.com/marianns_teens.htm)** > > Serving Bergen County and Paramus New Jersey since 1982, Mariann's School of Dance provides the best dance classes for kids and adults. > **[San Antonio & Bulverde Teen & Adult Dance Classes | Trilogy Dance Center](https://trilogydancecenter.com/program/teen-adult-dance/)** > > Dancing classes are fun, empowering, and provide a great workout for teens. We offer a wide variety of dance classes for teens including Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Acro, Contemporary & Lyrical dance, PrePointe at our San Antonio & Bulverde... > **[May I Have This Dance, Nashoba?](https://theregional.org/8630/sports/mayihavethisdancenashoba/)** > > Nashoba is filled with many sports teams, but what we are missing out on is a Dance Team. So many people at this school are dancers, and many are ex-dancers that were forced to quit because of the demands of the normal high school sport... [Dance Precisions - Run the World (Molly Long Choreography) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyhl4cWHXaQ) [Kill The Lights - Jazz Competition Dance - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxMjwPODJfg) ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4261 "2023-04-10T02:37:30Z")
I don’t know if you were trying to prove exploration, but congratulation. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4262 "2023-04-10T05:25:14Z")
I had a choreographer who had us, as young teens, in every version of a cocktail waitress outfit you can imagine. For any routine. The Wizard of Oz costumes were outrageous. Dorothy _was not_ in a gingham pinafore. The dance wear world is very ‘unwoke’ Maybe worse than pageant wear. From what I’ve seen. ETA… make-up on stage is a given. ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4263 "2023-04-10T05:57:30Z")
I meant, “exploitation”, not “exploration”. Please don’t call the authorities. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4264 "2023-04-10T17:24:27Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > It’s not his super Caucasian accent either. When I first moved up here, a local Mexican restaurant advertised their arroz con camarones. The voiceover was by a young woman who had a slight Valley accent (1,200 miles north of The Valley). She pronounced the dish ‘arrows con cammaronies’. > [@Wheelz](#): > > Except - the mustard “plays” _from the inside out_. Was this made by someone who’s never played a record? Ruins the whole thing. I noticed that as well. It does bother me. > [@Irishman](#): > > So teenage girl has a mustache forming. She doesn’t know what to do. My wife, who used to be a teenaged girl, scoffs at that commercial. She says the girl in the commercial wouldn’t do what she does in the commercial. A real teenaged girl would get rid of the moustache. If she didn’t, she’d be teased relentlessly. ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4265 "2023-04-10T19:33:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > A real teenaged girl would get rid of the moustache. If she didn’t, she’d be teased relentlessly. I must say! I saw an adult woman with a not-insignificant tuft of chest hair between her boobs. And we weren’t naked at the time - she was working in a convenience store wearing a low cut top. She chose to wear that top in public for all to see… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=214)