# 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:** 221
**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:** [May 21, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4406 "2023-05-21T13:27:34Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > When the camera comes back to the mailman, he’s not talking anymore, even though the voice-over has continued unbroken. There was a toothpaste commercial playing not too long ago, don’t remember the brand, where this happened— a woman is at the sink about to brush, looking into the camera, saying “do I want a toothpaste that fights cavities, or one that whitens?” Then she holds up the wonderful does-it-all toothpaste and the same voice says “now I don’t have to choose!” But with the second statement her lips were not moving. It was all one camera shot, so the effect was sort of weird and jarring. I thought it was a strange editing choice. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4407 "2023-05-21T22:32:40Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > You found the #7 The salesgirl’s eyes terrify me! ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4408 "2023-05-22T18:08:19Z")
The first Kim Crawford wine commercial I saw, ‘Liquid Gold’, has a trio of women walking sexily and confidently in a restaurant toward the camera like a posse. Originally, at the beginning, there is fog (depicting steam, I think) appearing at the bottom of the screen… right about the level of the lead actress’s butt. The first time I saw it I thought that it looked like she was fetting out a particularly toxic fart. Other people may have thought the same thing because now it looks like there’s a slight jump cut, with a waiter carrying a flaming dish. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4409 "2023-05-22T18:58:46Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That’s a weird commercial in a few ways. The actress is dancing, and then we see the mailman giving his spiel about the product. The camera cuts away, but the speech continues. When the camera comes back to the mailman, he’s not talking anymore, even though the voice-over has continued unbroken. > > Maybe I’m just overly critical because that commercial ruined my vacation. It’s a commercial about Jardiance that shows these people _making a commercial about Jardiance_, which 1) is kinda weird in its own right and 2) isn’t even the only example of this among drug commercials. The amazing now-he’s-talking-now-he-isn’t mailman is just part of the whole scene, man, can you dig 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:** [May 22, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4410 "2023-05-22T19:26:14Z")
There’s one in that vein that cracks me up, with two crew members wrapping up a commercial filming seniors taking a swim class. The gist is, these companies all see us as alike taking goofy swim classes. But then the wrap up is, “and now I’m taking a cooking class and learning to meditate.” So, basically, swimming classes without the water. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4411 "2023-05-22T20:35:56Z")
There is a commercial for a Depends type product where the woman is dancing in a club or maybe a wedding where her cheap product fails her and she becomes a mermaid. It absolutely squicks my husband right out but I think it’s hilarious. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4412 "2023-05-23T15:16:10Z")
I haven’t actually looked to see what they’re charging for this “Balance of Nature” stuff being pushed as a substitute for eating actual fruits and vegetables, but I know it must be outrageously overpriced if the vendor can afford to run commercials for it every five freaking minutes… ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4413 "2023-05-23T16:11:58Z")
And all the “real people” touting it seem so fake. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4414 "2023-05-23T16:17:38Z")
That reminds me of the CBD commercials. The actors (or real people, I don’t know what they use) don’t seem fake, but their messages all seem to boil down to ‘Life is so much better when I’m high!’ ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4415 "2023-05-23T16:36:02Z")
I envy the fuck out of people whose tolerance is so low that they can get off on these otc gummies. If they ever smoke a proper bowl they’ll turn into a puddle. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4416 "2023-05-23T16:47:48Z")
I don’t use cannabis in any form, so I don’t actually know what the effects of CBD are. I also don’t know the people depicted in the commercial, or what CBD actually is supposed to do for their symptoms. But since CBD is related to marijuana, I can’t help but think what I think. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4417 "2023-05-23T23:07:21Z")
Huggies has a new commercial that features a narrator with a _cutesey-wootsey-widdle-baybee_ voice reciting a list of the types of butts one might associate with babies. Yup, including _stinky butts_. I guess you have to be a parent to appreciate this one? The voice alone makes me want to knock the TV into the next room. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4418 "2023-05-23T23:29:16Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I guess you have to be a parent to appreciate this one? Might be necessary; isn’t sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4419 "2023-05-24T15:53:19Z")
Etrade has come back to their campaign from a few years ago with babies talking like adults. I do NOT need to hear a baby taking about being “single and ready to mingle”. Talking babies in general and baby voices for adults are all horrible. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4420 "2023-05-24T16:27:22Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Etrade has come back to their campaign from a few years ago with babies talking like adults. I do NOT need to hear a baby taking about being “single and ready to mingle”. > > Talking babies in general and **baby voices for adults are all horrible.** - Why do you hate [Haribo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAnwmmPFYgU)? I know why _I_ do. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4421 "2023-05-24T18:01:21Z")
I actually don’t mind the Haribo commercials… … But in the little kid’s voice, it sounds like they’re saying **hairball**. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4422 "2023-05-24T18:12:38Z")
Why would dogs need, want or be interested in Pizza flavored ‘Beggin’ Strips’? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4423 "2023-05-24T18:28:27Z")
If it’s vaguely edible and smells bad, they’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4424 "2023-05-24T18:55:16Z")
Dogs are human extensions. Pizza is very umami, so they’ll like it. It’s like cat food in flavors of beef, chicken, and tuna. Everything on a wild cat’s diet. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4425 "2023-05-24T19:08:31Z")
If my dogs picked flavors, they would be Dead (recently) Mouse, Cat Shit and Ass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=222)