# 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:** 320
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6386 "2025-03-21T17:59:49Z")
There might have been a cover but the song was [originally done by Fleetwood Mac.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF1R0hc5Q2I&ab_channel=FleetwoodMac) Is this what you were [thinking of?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e6JvWmg40c&ab_channel=ProgressiveClassics) ETA - Or were you talking about the Ozempic commercial - it’s the Paypal commercial with Will Ferrell that’s a Fleetwood Mac song. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6387 "2025-03-21T18:34:49Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > ETA - Or were you talking about the Ozempic commercial - it’s the Paypal commercial with Will Ferrell that’s a Fleetwood Mac song. I was talking about the Ozempic commercial. Sorry for the misunderstanding. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6388 "2025-03-21T19:38:41Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Heh? How is refrigerating your dog’s food spoiling them? Most dog food is canned or dry in bags. > [@LurkMeister](#): > > I think the premise is that dog food that needs to be refrigerated, as opposed to just kept in a cabinet at room temperature, is “premium” and thus considered upscale. Yep, or at least more expensive. > [@Baker](#): > > I hate the Paypal commercial with Will Farrell at the lemonade stand. He’s not funny to begin with and in this commercial he comes off as a real butthole. Yep. > [@Skywatcher](#): > > Freshpet isn’t even all that premium. [The Farmer’s Dog](https://www.thefarmersdog.com/digest/how-the-farmers-dog-works/) is on a higher tier – being shipped frozen direct to the human(s) – and they don’t insist on not calling their product “dog food”. But trust me- Farmers dogs dont get fed stuff like that. Leftovers, offal , and dry food. ---
**Author:** ![Samantha\_Campoverde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@Samantha\_Campoverde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samantha_Campoverde)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6389 "2025-03-25T16:53:01Z")
I Think so, but It might be Capital One you are referring. Oh, And that Expedia Ad with the women dancing with their Feet, And at the end, They are dancing In a party, I remembered that ad when I Was at work, I Heard it like a ton of times, And It’s worse, It’s On YouTube, That ad was so annoying, The Visuals Made me click out of it… Shame On Expedia! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6390 "2025-03-26T20:28:53Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Occasionally I’ll forget to take the can out, and when I put the bowl of cold food on the floor he sniffs at it and glares at me before walking away. He hasn’t yet clutched his throat and made gagging noises. Yet. I microwave my dog’s food for about 10 seconds to take the chill off. I cook for her, though. Talk about Fresh Pet food! Last night I cooked her some chicken hearts with riced cauliflower, shredded carrot, shredded zucchini, and brown rice. I have enough leftover for a few days. I give her a vitamin once a day per the vet’s direction. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6391 "2025-03-26T21:08:54Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I can’t find the commercial online, probably for very good reason, but many years ago, probably ca. 2000, there was some kind of product that had a commercial that was VERY briefly in pretty heavy rotation. It showed what happened to people who didn’t use it; one man was about to be lowered headfirst into a boiling cauldron, and another person was being dragged by a horse over rocks. Fun fact: This style of commercial was the start of Jim Henson’s career. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HVewx3-9x24/hqdefault.jpg "Wilkins Coffee Commercials") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVewx3-9x24) Meanwhile, another I’ve been meaning to complain about for a while. It’s an ad for Adobe Acrobat, which means that they need some sort of PDF to show off Acrobat being used for. What they use is a mock flyer for a chocolate industry convention, that talks about “innovative new flavors” like chile-infused chocolate. Which has been a thing forever. But that tracks with the ad, because the “innovative new capability” that they’re showing off that Acrobat has, is the ability to highlight in a PDF. Are you telling me that Acrobat has only just added that? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6392 "2025-03-27T06:09:39Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But that tracks with the ad, because the “innovative new capability” that they’re showing off that Acrobat has, is the ability to highlight in a PDF. Are you telling me that Acrobat has only just added that? Jeebus, PDF is really a format for printing. You know what no one does much of any more? That’s right, print. PDFs are a terrible format, and Acrobat is the worst PDF reader because of its awful bundling of other crap software that doesn’t have much of any use. No commercial you create is going to change my mind on the matter. The worst are people who take a PDF that _is made of text information_, then take a pic of it, then embed that pic in a new PDF. When I am emperor of the world they will be killed by putting small drops of chlorine triflouride on them by aerial drone in an open arena. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6393 "2025-03-31T16:45:20Z")
That’s my favorite chemical! You’ve got my vote for Emperor! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6394 "2025-04-10T22:26:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I hate the Paypal commercial with Will Farrell at the lemonade stand. He’s not funny to begin with and in this commercial he comes off as a real butthole. So, he comes off as Will Farrell? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6395 "2025-04-11T15:20:25Z")
The newer Progressive Insurance with the guy attempting to make small talk to a stranger at the gas pump - god forbid - ‘turning into your parents’… I find the disgruntled customer from Oklahoma who is just disgusted at the audacity of someone just trying to make a little lame conversation absolutely insufferable and rude. WTF does he think he is? Can’t just smile and nod? How tiresome his life is! ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6396 "2025-04-11T22:51:29Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I like that actor and the ad, but yeah it _is dog food_. IRL he has a dachshund. I came across a TikTok of him with his dachshund sitting next to him (wearing a little sombrero) chowing down on a crispy taco. It just cracks me up. > [@Rebo](#): > > I microwave my dog’s food for about 10 seconds to take the chill off. Yeah, this is what we did. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6397 "2025-04-12T08:57:16Z")
Someone at Stanley Steemer thought ‘Every Breath You Take’ would be a good way to sell their services. I don’t care that they rewrote the lyrics. I don’t care that they got a woman to sing the new lyrics. I don’t care that they made the melody brighter. Nothing can make that song less creepy. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6398 "2025-04-12T09:13:39Z")
I’m getting pretty damn tired of the farm woman who stuffs her clothes with straw, and acts as a scarecrow, for Kayak travel. Her voice is grating, she’s not selling the product in any way (she’s obviously mentally impaired somehow, if she thinks stuffing her clothes with straw and standing like a scarecrow in a field means anything) and the commercial makes no sense if it is selling travel. She’s standing in one place, and not going anywhere, fercrissakes! ---
**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:** [April 12, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6399 "2025-04-12T14:39:08Z")
Oh, God, is that one back? I havent seen it yet, but I _hate_ it! ---
**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:** [April 12, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6400 "2025-04-12T17:06:08Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > (she’s obviously mentally impaired somehow, if she thinks stuffing her clothes with straw and standing like a scarecrow in a field means anything) Which is why the commercial makes sense, in a warped sort of way. Kayak is saying “let us do the work for you” and using her as an illustration of something you shouldn’t be doing for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6401 "2025-04-12T17:08:20Z")
IOW, Kayak is saying “we know you’re a completely helpless moron without us looking after you” ---
**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:** [April 12, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6402 "2025-04-12T23:17:44Z")
Sure, you can file for free, _if_ you qualify. Nearly two-thirds do _not_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bvtiD2ZXSlI/maxresdefault.jpg "INTUIT TURBOTAX COMMERCIAL | INTUIT TURBOTAX: NOW TAXES IS RELAXINGLY FREE | INTUIT TURBOTAX") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvtiD2ZXSlI) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6403 "2025-04-13T03:08:57Z")
oops, nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6404 "2025-04-13T15:33:01Z")
Yeah, a commercial with a woman reading off legalese fine print and then announcing that means it’s free for her is pretty annoying. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6405 "2025-04-16T15:03:53Z")
I’m a little surprised nobody has mentioned this one yet (either that, or the SDMB search engine needs work): the Liberty Mutual commercial with the 2-year-old and the “Bibberty Mutual” guy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=321)