# 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:** 257
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5126 "2024-02-09T14:10:51Z")
Rybelsus, Rybelsus, Rybelsus, Rybelsus, WHIRRRRR, Rybelsus, Rybelsus, Rybelsus, Rybelsus, ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5127 "2024-02-09T20:48:42Z")
The one that @K364 is referring to is getting tiresome. “Did you ask your doctor about Rybelsus?” “I’m seeing him later today. I’ll ask about Rybelsus.” “Did you say Rybelsus? I take Rybelsus.” “So do I. It’s great—” WHIRRRRRR “Order up for Rybelsus … I mean, Rachel.” Cripes, the commercial itself it overdosing on Rybelsus. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5128 "2024-02-12T14:51:31Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > There’s a new video, sung to the tune of (hang onto your seats) “We Built This City” where a woman sings, “I fixed this toilet/on video!” I think that ad campaign started with last year’s Super Bowl. Could’ve sworn I mentioned [the Shania Twain one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ7K9jtarEQ) with a comment about “getting old fast” but I can’t seem to find that post anywhere. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5129 "2024-02-12T17:12:38Z")
Was it [this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4342) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5130 "2024-02-12T18:17:15Z")
That’s it! No wonder I couldn’t find it, I was looking for “fast”, not “quick”. Thanks. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5131 "2024-02-13T20:34:56Z")
I like when commercials use old songs I like and if they can change the words to fit, I find it funny-- the first 3 or 4 times. After that I get annoyed and my annoyance grows into hate and after that deep and burning abhorrence. But not off the bat hate. Except for Tag Team’s Scoop! There it Is GEICO commercial. They didn’t play that one enough for me and it will never get old. Unlike when the commercial re-does the song wrong. I think I have mentioned my annoyance at how some dumb women-hating-on-other-women TV show ruined You’re No Good by changing the ending cadence. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5132 "2024-02-13T20:45:16Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Tag Team’s Scoop! There it Is Sprinkles! Nope, never gets old. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5133 "2024-02-14T03:09:40Z")
Again, I can’t even remember what product this is for, but it’s the commercial with the two little boys sitting on the front stoop of a house and the younger of the two says something about, “then I can invite little whatshername to my party,” and they show the two little kids dancing in the basement. Listen, those kids are way too young to be fantasizing about dancing and romancing. What is that kid? Nine? Ten? When I was that age, if I liked a girl it meant we played GI Joes together and she got to use her Barbies. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5134 "2024-02-15T20:36:57Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The Jim Beam commercial where the entire bar is singing Sweet Caroline as if it was going to usher in the Second Coming. I posted this in November and PLEASE GOD MAKE IT STOP! They play it, usually twice, in every Phoenix Suns game. Thank goodness for DVR and that I am usually in the living room with the remote close enough. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5135 "2024-02-20T05:27:12Z")
I normally don’t mind the latest Wendy’s ads, but there’s one in heavy rotation that’s bugging me. They have a mix-and-match 2 for $3 breakfast menu. The main girl comes on and says, “The crew has a code name for every combination.” Cut to the skinny guy pointing to two different kinds of breakfast biscuits and proclaiming: “Bis squared!” Back to the girl who says, “Two biscuits… I’m impressed Tyler knows what squaring means.” But _ **that’s not what squaring means!** _ And I don’t think that in itself is supposed to be the joke; if it is, it’s not a very good joke. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5136 "2024-02-22T00:21:56Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > But _ **that’s not what squaring means!** _ And I don’t think that in itself is supposed to be the joke; if it is, it’s not a very good joke Yeah, but I think that is the intended joke. That’s why they have to go to such efforts to explain it’s a math joke. Except people who actually know math are outraged - OUTRAGED! I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5137 "2024-02-22T00:41:37Z")
I’m getting tired of the well-dressed businesspeople sitting around a corporate boardroom table, and talking about how much they like Haribo gummy bears. In toddlers’ voices. It’s not the only time I hit the mute button, but lately it seems to be the most frequent reason. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5138 "2024-02-22T04:16:39Z")
There’s a commercial for some insurance company that starts with narration, followed by the voice of an actor in the commercial: Narrator: Losing a loved one is hard Voice: Did you check the file cabinet? They are looking for a life insurance policy I think but I wasn’t watching and only heard it and laughed. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5139 "2024-02-22T17:23:29Z")
E-Harmony, in an attempt to reach younger folks I assume, shows a young man with a giant, ready to burst pimple on his back. He contorts and wiggles around trying to pop it. Luckily e-harmony hooked him up with a woman who is only too happy to pop it. See? They get each other 🤮 🤮 🤮 ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5140 "2024-02-22T19:01:27Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Narrator: Losing a loved one is hard > Voice: Did you check the file cabinet? Mom: It’s been three years since we lost your father at the mall. Why didn’t you tell me he died? Oh he didn’t die. We just lost him. I assume he’s still there, somewhere. > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Luckily e-harmony hooked him up with a woman who is only too happy to pop it. Back in the day, there was a gross cartoon in some men’s magazine showing a prostitute wearing safety goggles, popping zits on a guy’s back, with the caption something like “I get extra for this!” ---
**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:** [February 22, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5141 "2024-02-22T19:07:35Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > E-Harmony, in an attempt to reach younger folks I assume, shows a young man with a giant, ready to burst pimple on his back.- He contorts and wiggles around trying to pop it. **Luckily e-harmony hooked him up with a woman who is only too happy to pop it.** See? They get each other 🤮 🤮 🤮 Some people make a career of it. And a [Youtube channel.](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgrsF4TYwmrV0QsXb8AoeHQ) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5142 "2024-02-22T23:55:32Z")
They’ve got a new one with football players. At least I assume they use the toddler voices, since as soon as I saw the Haribo logo I hit the fast-forward button on my DVR before they could start talking. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5143 "2024-02-23T04:22:33Z")
I think it was Buddy Hackett who had the old joke: “I recently lost my husband.” “Did you look in the park?” ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5144 "2024-02-23T14:01:47Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > > [@Wheelz](#): > > > > But _ **that’s not what squaring means!** _ And I don’t think that in itself is supposed to be the joke; if it is, it’s not a very good joke > > Yeah, but I think that is the intended joke. The real joke is that the guy is dumb. 🎶 Dumb boy! Dumb boy! 🎵 ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5145 "2024-02-23T14:03:53Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > They’ve got a new one with football players. At least I assume they use the toddler voices, since as soon as I saw the Haribo logo I hit the fast-forward button on my DVR before they could start talking. Conversely, there’s a new E\*Trade commercial featuring toddlers who have adult voices. Apparently first ran during the Super Bowl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=256) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=258)