# 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:** 216
**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:** [April 17, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4306 "2023-04-17T11:38:00Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > He _was_ Also the cop who helped John McClain with his problem in _Die Hard_. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4307 "2023-04-17T13:58:42Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > I know the “TV Dad” has been mentioned. But that guy with the huge grin is growing on me. He is certainly affable and should indeed be a TV Dad. And he has a cute puppy. The first one, where the son listens to the TV dad over his real dad despite the fact that his real dad said the same thing, was mildly amusing. Haven’t seen the dancer one. But the puppy one comes off as straight-up meddling and manipulative. The TV dad represents Progressive Insurance. Picture a more direct exchange: **Mom** : I’m sorry kids, but a puppy is just too expensive. **Progressive** : Switch to us, and you’ll save hundreds, and can afford a puppy. **Mom** : I’ll think about it. **Progressive** : Here’s a damn puppy already, now you _ **have** _ to switch to us! ---
**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:** [April 17, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4308 "2023-04-17T14:11:14Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I don’t like [this commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/bmen/kfc-mac-and-cheese-bowls-big-bowl-jingle-order-on-the-app) for a KFC product that combines chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, and more cheese in a bowl. It looks really unappetizing. Kind of gross actually. Before I muted it last night, it appeared that KFC had an ad for its chicken nuggets with music from Vivaldi’s _Four Seasons_. There are no words, except maybe ecch. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4309 "2023-04-17T14:30:16Z")
I agree 100% with this. I might have even said as much, but without the dumbness of puppy one spelled out so succinctly. ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4310 "2023-04-17T14:31:05Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Also the cop who helped John McClain with his problem in _Die Hard_. Now I recognize him! ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4311 "2023-04-17T14:37:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I don’t like [this commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/bmen/kfc-mac-and-cheese-bowls-big-bowl-jingle-order-on-the-app) for a KFC product that combines chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, and more cheese in a bowl. It looks really unappetizing. Kind of gross actually. It’s a variation on my favorite bar food, Buffalo chicken mac-n-cheese except the chicken pieces do not have hot sauce. Applebee’s makes a version with a honey sauce. The best version ever was at Quaker Steak & Lube. Theirs was the classic version with a nice hot sauce and with blue cheese crumbles and diced celery. Damn it was good but they no longer offer it. I am quite capable of judging a bar based only on their mac-n-cheese. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4312 "2023-04-17T15:11:08Z")
That may be one of those things that’s really good when prepared well, but from a fast food chain, it’s not good. ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4313 "2023-04-17T20:11:38Z")
Heh, I hate all mac n cheese. ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4314 "2023-04-17T22:42:40Z")
I was at a company function a few months ago, and was genuinely surprised when a) the mac n cheese was brought out in large crocks meant to be shared, and b) adults promptly began arguing about who would be the first to scoop some onto their plate. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4315 "2023-04-18T03:49:18Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I hate all mac n cheese. It is abhorrent. Not even the Dachshunds would eat it. Well, they would. They eat Cat Shit, so there? ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4316 "2023-04-18T18:00:30Z")
‘Kitty Roca’. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4317 "2023-04-18T18:17:29Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > It’s a variation on my favorite bar food, Buffalo chicken mac-n-cheese except the chicken pieces do not have hot sauce. [Here’s a pretty good pulled pork BBQ version.](https://www.mariecallendersmeals.com/sites/g/files/qyyrlu306/files/images/products/kc-pulled-pork-84226.png) I made my own version of that with some Easter leftovers. ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4318 "2023-04-18T22:59:04Z")
Did I just see a Toyota commercial that touted the vehicle’s ability to move the driver out of range of a child’s repulsively horrible breath? Poor child actor. ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4319 "2023-04-18T23:18:47Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Heh, I hate all mac n cheese. Me, too. I could never see the appeal. My stoner college buddies would make it with the wrong ingredients\* at 1 am. Then they’d pass out in the hallway. A nuclear burrito would have been much better. \* yes, I know. They usually got both wrong. They’d use water and…something, something not butter. And they cooked it in a coffee pot. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4320 "2023-04-19T13:03:08Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > Heh, I hate all mac n cheese. > > Me, too. I could never see the appeal. I hate to be one of those “you just ain’t tried mine yet” guys, _ **but…** _ I always hated mac & cheese too, but that was when I thought the Kraft Dinner stuff was the only kind that existed. Even as a kid I thought of it as pure garbage. Then I discovered a copycat recipe of a famous version of it from a local restaurant. 3 or 4 types of cheese melted into a bechamel sauce and baked with penne pasta. Still not my all-time favorite side dish, but I understand the appeal now, and it’s a big crowd-pleaser whenever I have a BBQ. ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4321 "2023-04-19T16:23:50Z")
Not a fan of penne or heavily cheesy sauces … if it’s just cheesy sauce. With nothing but pasta, it’s just too bland and stodgy. After two bites, I’m out. No matter how good it is. ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4322 "2023-04-19T16:37:22Z")
Please, no more mac 'n cheese hate speech 🙂 ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4323 "2023-04-19T19:51:13Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Please, no more mac 'n cheese hate speech 🙂 Mac n cheese is the Bud Light of comfort food. 🙂 ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4324 "2023-04-19T19:57:25Z")
I’ll continue eating it no matter how woke it is. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4325 "2023-04-19T19:59:45Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The first one, where the son listens to the TV dad over his real dad despite the fact that his real dad said the same thing, was mildly amusing. Haven’t seen the dancer one. But the puppy one comes off as straight-up meddling and manipulative. Yes, and also the dancer girl is the older puppy girl. Soooo, are they not taking the advice? How many times can you switch to Progressive and get more savings? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=215) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=217)