# 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:** 238
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4746 "2023-10-23T17:10:39Z")
I’ve seen a couple of those commercials on youtube. Another lady is dancing around, apparently ecstatic she dropped the weight of a bowling ball from her innards. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4747 "2023-10-24T14:18:24Z")
How about the Lume deodorant commercials? The woman talks about how long Lume compared to other deodorants keeps the funky butt crack stink from raising its ugly head. Then she demonstrates (luckily with just her hands!) how to apply it in your butt crack. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4748 "2023-10-24T19:32:32Z")
Consumer Cellular ads. First is Smuggy McSmugface following people around and saying things like, “Now that Mike has retired, he has vowed to never work for someone else. He has quit his corporate phone plan and uses Consumer Cellular.” Um, non-sequiter? Then there’s the ad where some old coot breaks into song, and the help desk lady tries to sing along. At least they quit showing that part, but no, the guy’s singing is not beautiful. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4749 "2023-10-24T21:42:24Z")
Guys in blue suits with scruffy beards are apparently the best spokespeople. There’s a scary looking one who parachutes into people’s lives for some reason. Another is an obnoxious guy who looks (to me) just like the principal from Ferris Bueller. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4750 "2023-10-25T08:07:39Z")
for me, the calls never stop all year around … ---
**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:** [October 28, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4751 "2023-10-28T03:23:24Z")
Okay, there’s this family of melon-heads who keep getting concussions. I’m not saying anything, but these could just be unreliable narrator takes. What do we know about Mr. Melonhead? Does Mrs. Melonhead have any other bruises on her rind? What about Junior Melonhead? Pretty accident prone, I’d say. Listen, what would be wrong about getting the Fruit Protective Services involved is all I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4752 "2023-10-30T12:18:52Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > But you, Ms Smugpants, were driving. It should be your responsibility, at least as much. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Yeah, I found that. She is the driver. It was her responsibility, Late response - but she is driving _now_ - they just got in the car to find the seats wet, the replay is about who left the sunroof open (presumably) overnight. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4753 "2023-10-31T01:19:42Z")
I’ve seen the Geico commercial with the couple who live next door to an umpire dozens of times. And every time I’ve thought the woman who plays the wife isn’t a very good actress. And at the end, why does the husband say “He’s done this to me before”? It makes no sense! Then tonight, for the very first time, I happened to be looking at the screen during the first one second of the commercial, when a caption identifies them as Ken Griffey Jr. and his wife (_not_ an actress). Okay, _now_ the line at the end makes sense. But don’t advertisers know that people just don’t pay that close attention to commercials anymore? They needed to make it more obvious who he is. And yes, I’m a baseball fan, but I don’t know Griffey Jr. on sight. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4754 "2023-10-31T02:46:54Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > What do we know about Mr. Melonhead? Does Mrs. Melonhead have any other bruises on her rind? What about Junior Melonhead? They have eyes, but no mouth. Yet they speak. That’s a pretty good trick, for a melon ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4755 "2023-10-31T02:48:17Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > They have eyes, but no mouth. Are they able to scream? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4756 "2023-10-31T16:07:29Z")
Yes, Medicare commercials are the spawn of Satan. But [the “Martha” commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5j7R8YmdWE) takes it to another level. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4757 "2023-10-31T16:34:09Z")
I just saw that for the first time yesterday - and all I can say is that if some company thinks that’s what 75 year olds are like, I’m not calling them. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4758 "2023-10-31T19:06:26Z")
Local traffic accident lawyer, Jim Adler, “the Texas Hammer”, has a new commercial. His shtick is hammering the big trucking companies for running over you. In the new commercial, he is carrying a sledgehammer, climbs on to a big rig that is driving down the road (cheap CGI) and comes up to a big red safety stop botton on top of the truck. He’s going to hammer the truck for you, but he doesn’t swing the sledgehammer. Instead, he jams it down on top of the button head first. Looks like he doesn’t even know how to use a hammer. Okay, admittedly he’s old, maybe he’s not strong enough. Then there is a second version with his son, who now shares the firm and the nickname. Well, the son is doing the same commercial, and it looks like the same CGI with his face on the suit. And guess what? He doesn’t know how to use a hammer, either. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4759 "2023-10-31T19:12:47Z")
God I hate that commercial - all of those kinds of commercials. Why do they have to _SCREAM_? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4760 "2023-10-31T21:10:27Z")
The “I’m too much of a spoiled toddler to eat actual fruits and vegetables” and “I’m too stoopid to figure out how to read directions and punch a cook time into a microwave” commercials have been increasing frequency to the point where they seem like a low-rent version of Ludovico Technique torture. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4761 "2023-10-31T21:45:24Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > [the “Martha” commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5j7R8YmdWE) The “Martha” here has a different number: 800-948-8309. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4762 "2023-11-01T00:20:30Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > and all I can say is that if some company thinks that’s what 75 year olds are like, I’m not calling them. Heck, I’m only 41, and I was offended by the portrayal of elderly ladies in that commercial. It reminds me of a print ad that used to run in our electric co-op’s magazine - some stripped-down PC being marketed to seniors as a machine that “just works” without the user having to do any “confusing pointing and clicking.” ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4763 "2023-11-01T15:16:21Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Local traffic accident lawyer, Jim Adler, “the Texas Hammer”, has a new commercial. Hehehe, I kind of like his Spanish radio ads. “YO SOY JIM ADLER!!” ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4764 "2023-11-01T20:14:30Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > [the “Martha” commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5j7R8YmdWE) > > The “Martha” here has a different number: 800-948-8309. And 800-234-5059. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4765 "2023-11-02T01:07:10Z")
Also 800-208-3975. Why does “Martha” have so many different numbers? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=239)