# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/561 "2018-08-14T03:29:54Z")
There’s a Progressive (I think) ad where a group of people in white aprons are rehearsing “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”. I haven’t paid enough attention to find out what, if anything, that has to do with the ad. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/562 "2018-08-14T03:35:40Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > There’s a Progressive (I think) ad where a group of people in white aprons are rehearsing “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”. I haven’t paid enough attention to find out what, if anything, that has to do with the ad. They don’t sing to Jamie’s level of appreciation till they hold on to the Progressive pricing tool. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/563 "2018-08-14T13:35:47Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Approximated transcript: > [See? I made a metaphor! I’m very clever. > > It’s a simile, douchebag. > > Well played.]([Verizon Unlimited Plans TV Spot, 'Big Scoop' Featuring Thomas Middleditch - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/d2Ac/verizon-unlimited-plans-big-scoop-featuring-thomas-middleditch)) > > I’m really beginning to hate that phrase as much as I hate that toolbag. I just don’t understand how they think that ratfaced asshole helps them sell their product. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/564 "2018-08-14T13:47:40Z")
Maybe this belongs in the Game Room, but there is some battery commercial where the guy’s mouse battery dies while he is drafting his Fantasy Football team, and they go on and on about the horrors of automatically drafting a kicker…in the seventh round. I guess I’m not enough of a sports guy to understand why that’s a bad 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:** [August 14, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/565 "2018-08-14T15:57:25Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Approximated transcript: > [See? I made a metaphor! I’m very clever. > > It’s a simile, douchebag. > > Well played.]([Verizon Unlimited Plans TV Spot, 'Big Scoop' Featuring Thomas Middleditch - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/d2Ac/verizon-unlimited-plans-big-scoop-featuring-thomas-middleditch)) > > I’m really beginning to hate that phrase as much as I hate that toolbag. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > What teenager is obsessed with European cinema? What the hell does phone service have to do with ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/566 "2018-08-14T19:04:54Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Maybe this belongs in the Game Room, but there is some battery commercial where the guy’s mouse battery dies while he is drafting his Fantasy Football team, and they go on and on about the horrors of automatically drafting a kicker…in the seventh round. I guess I’m not enough of a sports guy to understand why that’s a bad thing. 😕 Most fantasy drafts go between 12-15 rounds (depending on the size of the league), so your drafting a dude that either is the last pick of the draft (or never drafted at all) right in the middle. Still stupid? Yup. But kinda logical at the same time ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/567 "2018-08-14T20:09:27Z")
Someone made [an entire thread to ask about the kicker commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21146563&posted=1#post21146563). Wherein I asked “Are there fantasy football pools where IF YOU DON’T CLICK YOUR MOUSE at an exact time, you’ll be given a bad kicker?” Doesn’t sound at all logical. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/568 "2018-08-14T20:35:13Z")
I want to thank Liberty Mutual Insurance for dialing the obnoxious up to 11 with their new “jingle”: \*Liberty liberty liberty… …Liberty\* Now I never have to be worried about the temptation to buy an auto policy from them. > [@Biggirl](#): > > Is it just me or is Go Your Own Way a slightly inappropriate song for COPD medication? You wanted [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwYZ83l22cA) instead? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/569 "2018-08-14T20:39:33Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Most fantasy drafts go between 12-15 rounds (depending on the size of the league), so your drafting a dude that either is the last pick of the draft (or never drafted at all) right in the middle. > > Still stupid? Yup. But kinda logical at the same time OK thanks. I had no idea how many rounds a draft was, and I thought 7 seemed far enough into it that drafting a kicker would be that big a deal. Now, automatically drafting a kicker in the second or third round, _that_ I could see as a problem. > [@digs](#): > > Someone made [an entire thread to ask about the kicker commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21146563&posted=1#post21146563). > > Wherein I asked “Are there fantasy football pools where IF YOU DON’T CLICK YOUR MOUSE at an exact time, you’ll be given a bad kicker?” Doesn’t sound at all logical. Thanks **digs** I didn’t know there was a whole thread about that ad. I’ll have to check that out. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/570 "2018-08-14T21:13:31Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I want to thank Liberty Mutual Insurance for dialing the obnoxious up to 11 with their new “jingle”: > > \*Liberty liberty liberty… > > …Liberty\* > > ? You are not alone. In fact you are the third person \*in this thread \* to complain (I was the second). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/571 "2018-09-26T19:52:17Z")
“It’s possible to be injured during intercourse. If your erection is curved, you may have Peyronie’s disease, which is treatable.” Thank you very much for that information on network TV. :smack: ---
**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:** [September 26, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/572 "2018-09-26T22:51:54Z")
Oh hey, it’s a commercial featuring a female engineer!! Awesome!! Except that it’s for a laxative. WTF??? Also, Chick-Fil-A can stop it with the family night commercials already. Yeah, it’s a sweet and wholesome story, but it doesn’t make up for the fact that the company has donated to some very bigoted causes. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/573 "2018-09-26T23:43:39Z")
That Chevy guy in all of the “these are real people” commercials has one of the top ten punchable smarmy faces in the world today. If there had been any chance of me getting a Chevy before, the association with him would have killed it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/574 "2018-09-27T00:28:37Z")
There’s a new [hotels.com](http://hotels.com) commercial with Captain Obvious where he’s got a pony and says “he’s just a little horse.” Oh, so we’re just going to straight up rip off _Top Secret!_ now? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/575 "2018-09-27T01:28:29Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > There’s a new [hotels.com](http://hotels.com) commercial with Captain Obvious where he’s got a pony and says “he’s just a little horse.” Oh, so we’re just going to straight up rip off _Top Secret!_ now? That joke has been around since about the 14th century. “Prithee, varlet, he is just a little horse”. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/576 "2018-09-27T02:21:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That joke has been around since about the 14th century. “Prithee, varlet, he is just a little horse”. Doesn’t make it any less annoying for me. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/577 "2018-09-27T03:52:05Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > That Chevy guy in all of the “these are real people” commercials has one of the top ten punchable smarmy faces in the world today. If there had been any chance of me getting a Chevy before, the association with him would have killed it anyway. As opposed to fake people? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/578 "2018-09-27T13:27:59Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > There’s a variation with a woman who looks to be Hispanic or maybe Indian-from-India and her daughter, and they run to the living room and watch a movie. Another stupid variation – two kids are running a lemonade stand and mom comes out with a crazed expression on her face and pours all the lemonade into one giant cup so they can go inside and watch football. But the kicker is that it’s an absolutely beautiful day and mom is dragging the kids inside to sit on the couch and watch TV. That’s CPS level of bad parenting. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/579 "2018-09-27T13:45:15Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Another stupid variation – two kids are running a lemonade stand and mom comes out with a crazed expression on her face and pours all the lemonade into one giant cup so they can go inside and watch football. But the kicker is that it’s an absolutely beautiful day and mom is dragging the kids inside to sit on the couch and watch TV. That’s CPS level of bad parenting. I think about mentioning this one every time it comes on. It makes me mad. The two kids are doing something that will teach them about money, customer service and work. And something that doesn’t involve electronics. And the mother wants to drag them inside to watch TV. Yeah, yeah, I get that the advertiser is a satellite provider, but it still ticks me off every time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/580 "2018-09-27T15:59:54Z")
Any commercial with a blaring trumpet/bugle playing reveille. Obnoxious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=30)