# 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:** 289
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5766 "2024-08-13T02:57:55Z")
oh ok i thought it was around here because for the commercials I see they use a well known LA TV announcer ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5767 "2024-08-13T02:58:50Z")
They have stores _in_ Southern California but they’re not _from_ there. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5768 "2024-08-13T11:37:19Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I happened to catch one where everyone was seriously obsessed with the weather. Like “calling a friend in another part of the country because you saw a weather report for their area” obsessed. Before she moved in with us, my MIL would call us (in Maryland) from Florida asking if we were OK during a tornado/rain storm/blizzard/ whatever that she saw on the Weather Channel, even if it only affected New England. Even now, she panics over storms that are too far away from us to affect us, and if anyone even whispers the word _hurricane_ she needs to know where it is and if it will hit us. So, yeah, there are people who are that obsessed. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5769 "2024-08-13T15:19:35Z")
Oh My Bob is having a sale on couches. I can only think of one thing when they mention couches… ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5770 "2024-08-13T15:56:24Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Before she moved in with us, my MIL would call us (in Maryland) from Florida asking if we were OK during a tornado/rain storm/blizzard/ whatever that she saw on the Weather Channel, OTOH, in 1992, there was a tornado in Wisconsin that made national news, and my coworkers asked me if it affected my mom. And I’m like, sheesh, Wisconsin is a big state, what are the odds? Turns out, 100%. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/01/us/tornado-in-wisconsin-kills-2-and-injures-30.html](https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/01/us/tornado-in-wisconsin-kills-2-and-injures-30.html) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5771 "2024-08-14T00:09:44Z")
I’m willing to be the horrible person who steps up to complain about this one: St. Jude has a new, super long commercial. The content is the same - sad story about a child with a horrible disease - but the music makes my skin crawl. It features a breathy female singer, but the vocal track sometimes splits into two or more tracks before merging back into one. [Maybe this is just a problem with my TV.] The worst part is the _freakin’ xylophone_ that’s played on top of the music. I suppose it’s meant to evoke the sweetness and innocence of nursery rhymes, but the key is just a tad ~off~, and the longer it plays the more I’m convinced they ripped it from the soundtrack of an old horror movie. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5772 "2024-08-14T00:58:52Z")
That’s Christina Perri. The song is a lullaby. But they use it horribly. Doesn’t fit. And _Oh My Bob_ is on TV in Arkansas too. The closest store to Arkansas is in Colorado. Duh. I won’t be driving over to look at a new end table _Bob_. Sorry. Too much of a drive. I’m pretty sure I’m beyond your delivery limits too. I wonder why they would waste Ad money here. The commercial is on 50 times a day, easy. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5773 "2024-08-14T16:47:48Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > Also, filling your balcony with that many plants would cost a lot of money. I would like a running total of how much this woman is spending on all of those plants and pots and potting soil and plant food. I just saw the commercial and thought of this thread. One thing I wondered is, where did she move to-- North Korea? When they show the outside shot of her apartment building at the end, that is some brutalist damn architecture. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5774 "2024-08-14T19:38:51Z")
The thing I hate about that commercial is the crazy over-acting. I’m lonely, what do I do. What’s that? A tree on the TeeVee. That gives me inspiration (cue widening eyes) Amazon! Of course! I’ll order things. (cue sitting up in bed). What is this mysterious tool that I don’t know if I’ll every figure out how to use. Lord bless this water squirter bottle (cue slack mouth). Oh no. I don’t know how to grow plants (cue drooping head over empty pot full of dirt) Amazon! Of course! I’ll order more things (cue determine look of fortitude) My plants are growing (cue slight lifting of only one side of mouth). I have plants all over my balcony! (cue knowing smirk while staring off into the distance - a look that must be mastered by every commercial actress ever, whether you’re sipping a cup of coffee or applying Preparation H to your bung-hole). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5775 "2024-08-14T21:28:12Z")
Urine stains? 🤨 > [https://youtu.be/Vqk0rEtNcVs](https://youtu.be/Vqk0rEtNcVs) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5776 "2024-08-14T23:40:32Z")
On the topic of “Oh my Bob,” how does everyone feel about the little mascot/puppet guy? Seeing the little guy doesn’t freak me out, but I don’t think I would want to find him bouncing around on my furniture. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > That’s Christina Perri. > The song is a lullaby. But they use it horribly. > Doesn’t fit. Good to know, and I agree!! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5777 "2024-08-14T23:44:54Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > On the topic of “Oh my Bob,” how does everyone feel about the little mascot/puppet guy? > > Seeing the little guy doesn’t freak me out, but I don’t think I would want to find him bouncing around on my furniture. That little puppet is a representation of [Bob](https://wjbq.com/whatever-happened-to-bob-of-bobs-discount-furniture/) [Kaufman](https://today.uconn.edu/2016/08/no-phony-gimmicks-guy/), the founder of the company. Before he sold the company, he would appear in the commercials. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5778 "2024-08-15T00:17:25Z")
That’s actually neat…sort of how the Empire flooring guy switched over to an animated version of himself. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5779 "2024-08-15T00:58:45Z")
That’s another thing that advertises here and there’s no place in Arkansas. Why is that a thing? Wouldn’t ad money be better spent where you actually can get customers? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5780 "2024-08-15T01:14:42Z")
Progressive Becoming Your Parents I don’t understand this ad campaign. How does it apply to insurance? Why is getting older and transitioning into a parent with responsibilities undesirable? The tone and condescending attitude bugs me. I usually like commercials Progressive. The Flo ads lasted for several years. Link [https://youtu.be/r9MgbexiVkA?si=g060ozvmcit2k3rD](https://youtu.be/r9MgbexiVkA?si=g060ozvmcit2k3rD) ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5781 "2024-08-15T01:32:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Progressive Becoming Your Parents I still like them, just for trying to be funny. I’m not taking them too seriously. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5782 "2024-08-15T01:37:31Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > That’s another thing that advertises here and there’s no place in Arkansas. > > Why is that a thing? Wouldn’t ad money be better spent where you actually can get customers? Empire Carpet? My impression is that they don’t actually have physical stores but instead send someone to your house with a collection of carpet or flooring samples in their car trunk. It’s a great way to cover a large area without the expense of a store location. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5783 "2024-08-15T01:41:11Z")
Oh. Did not know that. My son called them for a quick turnaround carpet install. They said they had no place here. I took it to mean no stores. Could’ve been not in their selling area or something. Still they advertise. Incessantly. (Home Depot would sell him carpeting but had no installers. He went to a localish place, they were out in two days) ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5784 "2024-08-15T03:05:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Still they advertise. It’s one of those places where you call a central number and they send an independent contractor out . And those people are not necessarily going to reach as far as a TV/Radio station - there is a local sports network in my area that reaches four states but it’s unlikely a single Empire location is going to cover that whole area. It’s at least four hours from one side to the other. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/5785 "2024-08-15T03:09:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Progressive Becoming Your Parents > > I don’t understand this ad campaign. How does it apply to insurance? Why is getting older and transitioning into a parent with responsibilities undesirable? > > The tone and condescending attitude bugs me. Yeah, there was one where the dude was BBQing and the asshole came up and ordered him to go inside and take off his funny apron. I would have told him to fuck himself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=290)