# 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:** 307
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6126 "2024-11-26T16:11:15Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > and he _still_ calls for basic laundry questions. He should as Gemini or some other AI. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6127 "2024-11-26T16:18:41Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > “Dad, I got a really bad BBQ sauce stain on my shirt - what do I do?” > > How the hell did this kid manage to get accepted to college? He calls his dad to ask him how to do laundry? Not to mention … you’re a college student. You pour a little beer on it, wring it out and wear it inside out for a few days. Kids these days are soft. I saw another laundry detergent commercial in which a girl asks, “This is yellow; is it lights or darks?” That’s actually not a bad question, though I separate my laundry into colors (of all sorts) and whites (to which bleach is added). So the yellow item would go in my colors load. ---
**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 27, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6128 "2024-11-27T00:57:00Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’m no expert on Ariana Grande but I believe she does have slightly-crossed eyes. Maybe it gets more pronounced if she’s looking in a certain direction. I had no idea! A quick Google search shows that this is indeed the case. ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6129 "2024-11-28T01:06:31Z")
It’s not even Thanksgiving yet and I’ve already had enough of Zales and Augie Rios. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S5j7EQPfmRw/maxresdefault.jpg "ZALES | ZALES COMMERCIAL 2024 | ZALES - EARLY BLACK FRIDAY SPECIALS | ZALES HOLIDAY COMMERCIAL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5j7EQPfmRw) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6130 "2024-11-28T01:14:26Z")
Is it supposed to be interesting the way the color is so fucked up? ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6131 "2024-11-28T01:38:42Z")
Seems to have been recorded off someone’s video screen and their saturation is way up. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6132 "2024-11-28T03:21:26Z")
Egad, so bad. The only thing that makes that song tolerable is if there are Llamas, a la Amazon. It’s what I imagine commercials on a public access channel look like. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6133 "2024-11-28T19:42:17Z")
Not to mention the jewelry is ugly and cheap-looking. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6134 "2024-11-29T16:45:02Z")
Which reminds me of the rapper GLD commercials. I think they sell some genuine gold and silver, a lot of it is gaudy gold plated/cubic zirconia chains and such festooned around their necks. I guess the less well-off want to ape their betters who make millions and millions. But doesn’t it seem kind of silly for belligerent he-men to be wearing fake bling? (Costume jewelry seems fine, traditional, for women to wear, though.) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6135 "2024-11-29T22:05:06Z")
Medicare Advantage commercials have outdone themselves in obnoxiousness with the latest “We’re sorry we have to annoy you every year” ad. Bonus negative points for naming the annoyed viewer “Karen” to imply that objecting to this crap is unreasonably entitleed. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6136 "2024-11-29T22:46:00Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Medicare Advantage commercials I saw one that was inadvertently funny. (dialog from memory) Wife: Here is a plan that has dental and hearing coverage Clueless TV husband: Dental coverage? Wife: yes dental Me, from couch: AND HEARING! ---
**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:** [November 29, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6137 "2024-11-29T23:36:15Z")
A Very Merry ME TV movie: Snoopy Come Home. 🤨 That movie wrung _buckets_ of tears out of me as a kid. I remember lying on my belly in front of the TV, with my hands propping up my chin and shielding view of my face, so no one would know I was crying. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6138 "2024-11-30T02:58:25Z")
I came here to say the same thing, assuming it’s the same ad. They show progressively more cleavage throughout the ad, as these gorgeous 20-something, all of them white, say, “Blue Chew! Blue Chew! Blue Chew!” ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6139 "2024-12-01T06:22:08Z")
Reading the above 2 posts by themselves had me wondering what version of “Snoopy Come Home” I missed! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6140 "2024-12-01T16:18:33Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What’s with the Black guy in the blue jumpsuit who appears in the corner of Best Buy commercials? Is he supposed to be someone I’m familiar with? I don’t understand what his function is. He is a member of their Geek Squad. They wear blue clothes. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6141 "2024-12-02T14:21:01Z")
Has anyone seen the new Jardiance commercial that _doesn’t_ sing? It’s got an animated turtle talking while walking, but the turtle’s underbelly shell moves in a weird way. Turtles’ shells are solid! It’s creepy AF. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6142 "2024-12-02T15:54:54Z")
It’s local to Arizona, but this NA Casino commercial is…something. I applaud the creativity of the animation, you bet. Someone is either very creative or dropped too much acid, I’m not sure. But I assure you, the customers at Gila River don’t look like that. They look like 60+ retirees and snowbirds, in their trump shirts and shorts with nametags from the retirement villages, sadly and desperately pushing the button on the slot machine over and over and over until the buffet opens, becaue they have nothing and their children hate them. And if that song is real, I’m sad. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FHtkHyo5IJw/maxresdefault.jpg "WHERE WINNERS REIGN SUPREME") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtkHyo5IJw) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6143 "2024-12-02T22:03:07Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > But I assure you, the customers at Gila River don’t look like that. They look like 60+ retirees and snowbirds, in their trump shirts and shorts with nametags from the retirement villages, sadly and desperately pushing the button on the slot machine over and over and over until the buffet opens, becaue they have nothing and their children hate them. This is not at all incorrect. I Consulted at a couple casinos, and yep- the clientele is not the beautiful people. Retirees, bored, wearing shorts and t-shirts, etc, spending their Social Security on the slots, etc, Mostly smokers- addictive behaviors go hand in hand. If you get to the poker tables, the clientele goes up some notches as the limits go up, but not the beautiful people. Even at some of the upscale vegas casinos, where we had our conferences- still not the beautiful people. The ad is hilarious in its inaccuracy. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6144 "2024-12-03T02:53:28Z")
I haven’t seen that one, but I saw one with a black man, and a new one with a Hispanic woman that uses the same tune, in a different key and at a different tempo. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6145 "2024-12-03T03:26:35Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > But I assure you, the customers at Gila River don’t look like that. I assume they’re trying to attract a new type of customer. I doubt they’ll succeed at bringing in young people with this pitch, but the commercial makes sense if that’s their goal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=306) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=308)