# 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:** 222
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4426 "2023-05-24T20:47:26Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Talking babies in general and baby voices for adults are all horrible. There’s a series with talking pets, too, for Chewy. Most of the pets are jerks. I’m not really sure that’s the best way to appeal to pet owners. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4427 "2023-05-26T00:47:30Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > It looks like there’s another new (?) Humira ad that I think answers the question of who the actress is. The original ad at [ispot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/dtvM/humira-keep-us-apart) lists both Chelsea Carbaugh, who is being referenced in the above quotes, and [Stevie Steel](https://www.ispot.tv/topic/actor-actress/YNh/stevie-steel). It’s the latter who is in that commercial, but the new commercial has both of them. Stevie is at 0:51 in the new [Citrate Free](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IuM7/humira-psoriasis-citrate-free) commercial, and I think it’s Chelsea at 1:00 (even though neither are listed at at that link. I’m not trusting ispot identifying the right people! Wow, I think you’ve found the right actress! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4428 "2023-05-27T06:24:40Z")
It’s no secret that I loathe prescription drug advertising, and I sure hope nobody decides it’s a good idea to make a direct-to-consumer ad for THIS. It would be worse than those Peyronie’s commercials. > **[NOW APPROVED | VOWST™ (fecal microbiota spores live-brpk) capsules](https://www.vowsthcp.com/)** > > Learn more about VOWST™, the first and only FDA-approved microbiota-based therapeutic in oral capsules to prevent C. diff recurrence following antibacterial treatment. ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4429 "2023-05-31T02:34:25Z")
I just saw a commercial for some sort of topical botox type of thing – a product that you spray on your face to tighten up those wrinkles. The name of the product that you squirt all over your face? Xeomin … pronounced, “ZEE-men.” I swear it wasn’t a parody. This company is asking women to put Xeomin on their faces to improve their complexions. Who’s Vice President in charge of Marketing? Andrew Dice Clay? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4430 "2023-06-11T17:52:55Z")
Is it just me, or does the dark haired woman in a lab coat in the ProNamel toothpaste commercial sound _exactly_ like Christina the blond shower remodel spokesperson? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4431 "2023-06-11T18:01:39Z")
Yes! She does. I was out of the room when I first heard that commercial, and I was sure it was her. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4432 "2023-06-11T18:43:10Z")
Vocal fry! That’s the key. They both vocally fry every word they say and it’s like a power drill into my frontal lobe. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4433 "2023-06-11T19:10:20Z")
Same with me, sort of. It has come on a couple of times during a show my wife is watching, and I’m looking at my phone instead of the TV, and I expect to hear “Hi, it’s Christina!” and then I look up and, “nope.” ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4434 "2023-06-11T19:11:45Z")
It’s more than that. She sounds just like her. People with vocal fry don’t all sound the same. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4435 "2023-06-11T23:44:26Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Is it just me, or does the dark haired woman in a lab coat in the ProNamel toothpaste commercial sound _exactly_ like Christina the blond shower remodel spokesperson? It’s not just you. I’m wondering if it is a combination of common background and popularization of vocal fry among the current generation of spokespeople/performers. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4436 "2023-06-11T23:47:21Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Vocal fry! That’s the key. That’s still a thing? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4437 "2023-06-17T22:06:09Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Hey! Litter Robot! Make me not dumb! Given that [these things can run $800,](https://www.amazon.com/Whisker-Litter-Robot-Pro-Bundle-Grey/dp/B0BWH8G3VP/ref=sr_1_3_sspa) I’ve decided [that guy](https://youtu.be/aFp-xu-2IqA) is actually unintentionally subversive, not dumb. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4438 "2023-06-18T00:07:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > Vocal fry! That’s the key. > > That’s still a thing? Yeah. I love Andrew Weissmann, but I’ve been seeing/hearing him a lot on the TV lately, and he has horrible vocal fry. It surprises me, because he’s a middle-aged man (bordering on old; he’s 65) – not the usual demographic for vocal fry. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4439 "2023-06-18T01:03:00Z")
I don’t get the “Sixt” ads (Rent THE Car!). When you rent a car, do you fret that it’s “boring?” Thank God for boring, the last thing I want is unpredictability in transportation that I’m usually using in an unfamilar place because I have to be somewhere on time. It’s like they are begging people to drive like maniacs. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4440 "2023-06-18T01:12:49Z")
ALL of the prescription medicine commercials. First (as I think I posted earlier, though maybe it was in another thread) they tell you what they’re for at the beginning, and then rarely mention it again. So I never know what the drug is for. But the _names!_ I want to call all of the actual names ‘adaba-diba-dab’. The trade names? I’m still waiting to hear one called Sosumi. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4441 "2023-06-18T01:15:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > But the _names!_ I want to call all of the actual names ‘adaba-diba-dab’. The trade names? Seriously. How do they come up with these semi-pronounceable words that don’t have any relation to the name of the ingredients? ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4442 "2023-06-18T01:22:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > So I never know what the drug is for. Moderate to severe symptoms. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4443 "2023-06-18T17:00:44Z")
On the subject of drug commercials, there was one I wasn’t able to fast-forward through quickly enough the other day which is driving me nuts. When they started listing the possible side effects near the end one of them sounded like something I won’t mind having. Unfortunately, at the time I didn’t think to reverse my DVR to check on what the drug was, or what it was supposed to be for; it wasn’t until later that I tried to remember, and drew a complete blank. And of course I haven’t seen it again. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4444 "2023-06-18T17:25:44Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Seriously. How do they come up with these semi-pronounceable words that don’t have any relation to the name of the ingredients? I interviewed a graphic designer who’d designed some innovative packaging for a new prescription drug. I said the name was clever, too, and she beamed: “They didn’t have a name for it yet, so I suggested one and they chose it!” ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4445 "2023-06-18T17:53:46Z")
I heard one today I could have sworn was “Uvalde”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=223)