# 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:** 349
**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 30, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6967 "2025-11-30T00:01:01Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > There’s a You Tube commercial featuring an old white haired guy who says that, even if I poop every day, I could still have 15 pounds of shit in me. Having your spokesman announce that he is full of shit is certainly an… interesting… approach. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6968 "2025-11-30T02:29:11Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Whenever we did a commercial for a local client, we stipulated up front: we will not put the owner in the ad! People mock those, or just turn them off… > > …and that goes double for the owner’s grandchildren! That memo apparently hasn’t made it to the Midwest. In the St. Louis market we have a local furniture chain featuring the inept “acting” of the owner and his family, and straight bits with his adorable grandchildren mugging for the camera . And the car dealerships chain whose owner sounds like he has marshmallows in his mouth. ETA: St. Louis is a great city with great people. But the way you people pronounce the soft “o” sound, as in “dot com,” grates on my ears. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6969 "2025-11-30T02:37:53Z")
Those local commercials featuring the owner are also the only commercials you’ll ever see without any music. Probably part of what makes them so obnoxious. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6970 "2025-11-30T02:59:08Z")
Or the local commercials where they have the entire small staff standing in a group in a wide shot where they all shout some catch phrase you can’t understand because there’s thirty of them and it’s being recorded with one mic thirty feet away. "Here at Fred’s Oil Delivery service … “WE ALAH BLAH DA BABA DOO. YAY!” ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6971 "2025-11-30T13:56:11Z")
The Phoenix market has several commercial series with the owner or family. Maybe it’s more money or better producers, but then people don’t come across all that bad. (The commercials are still annoyingly overplayed, though, and nothing holds up under 6-10 times during one basketball game!) Except Alice Cooper. They have him going to a restaurant in full-Alice. Not only does he probably not do tnat, but I bet no one would recognize him without makeup if he sat right next to you. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6972 "2025-11-30T17:45:30Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > What gets me about this one is the implication that Frito-Lay is perfectly fine with making chips out of whatever random stuff people may toss into one of their trucks. That’s some fine quality control. I assumed she was using the same potato variety that grew on the family farm. All the sizing and sorting is done later. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6973 "2025-11-30T17:50:18Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Second, the way that guy pronounces “fire” is just wrong on every level. The Pointer Sisters would disagree. It’s “fiiiiyuh” all the way down. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6974 "2025-11-30T17:59:52Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Or the local commercials where they have the entire small staff standing in a group in a wide shot Which only shows how small (and slovenly, sometimes) their staff is. We have one of those where the dorkiest, sloppiest staff guy is holding a fluffy little white bichon. . > [@mixdenny](#): > > The Pointer Sisters would disagree. It’s “fiiiiyuh” all the way down. Or, in the case of Elmer Fudd… “fiiii-wuh”! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1vT-VaMXsAw/hqdefault.jpg "Robin Williams Singing Fire by Bruce Springsteen As Elmer Fudd") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vT-VaMXsAw) ---
**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 30, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6975 "2025-11-30T18:25:39Z")
Somebody thought it would be a good look for Toyota Jan to walk out in high waisted pants and her shirt just tucked in in the front. It makes it look like she’s doing a weird walk with her pelvis thrust out. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6976 "2025-11-30T18:25:54Z")
> [@digs](#): > > We have one of those where the dorkiest, sloppiest staff guy is holding a fluffy little white bichon. > > . We got a local gal with prison tats, face piercings, messy shop in a crappy building and a really ugly dog. Once she opens her mouth, she comes across as arrogant, smug and condescending. A real Grand-Slam of Off-putting. I wanna tell her, “Lady, your dog ain’t even cute!” ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6977 "2025-11-30T19:21:32Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Somebody thought it would be a good look for Toyota Jan to walk out in high waisted pants and her shirt just tucked in in the front. It makes it look like she’s doing a weird walk with her pelvis thrust out. That’s become a trend…just tucking in the front of your shirt, especially with T-shirts. I think it looks really stupid and contrived. ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6978 "2025-11-30T23:43:17Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > It makes it look like she’s doing a weird walk with her pelvis thrust out. I just saw that one as I was reading this. All I can add is, it really drives you in-saaaa-aaa-aaa-ane! ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6979 "2025-12-01T04:23:05Z")
We have a local commercial for a dentist. He stands there with his beautiful wife and two adorable children, and says “I own 100% of this dentist practice.” Besides the humble brag, it makes me think he doesn’t really need my business. I’d rather hear that he is a really good dentist… ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6980 "2025-12-01T18:27:28Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > All I can add is, it really drives you in-saaaa-aaa-aaa-ane! Heh. Heh. ---
**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 1, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6981 "2025-12-01T20:56:59Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > He stands there with his beautiful wife and two adorable children, and says “I own 100% of this dentist practice.” I think the intended message is that the practice isn’t part of some big chain like Western Dental. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6982 "2025-12-04T20:41:07Z")
Farmers Dog food. Okay some of these were cute the one with Steven Schirripa particularly so. But it IS “dog food”, you feed it to… drum roll please- your DOG. And real Farmers dogs dont get special food like that- on our family farm up North, they got table scraps and left over stuff from butchering, plus maybe some inexpensive kibble if nothing else was available. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6983 "2025-12-05T15:34:39Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > And real Farmers dogs dont get special food like that- on our family farm up North, they got table scraps and left over stuff from butchering From [The Farmer’s Dog website](https://www.thefarmersdog.com/digest/farmers-dog-ingredients-recipes/): > The Farmer’s Dog food is made from whole, human-grade meat and vegetables. Sounds pretty much the same as ‘table scraps and left over stuff from butchering’ to me. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6984 "2025-12-05T16:51:37Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Sounds pretty much the same as ‘table scraps and left over stuff from butchering’ to me. Which is, AIUI, how the whole dog food industry came about - “hey, what do we do with all this food waste - can we make a buck?” ---
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6985 "2025-12-05T16:55:22Z")
Also: “hey, what do we do with all these dead horses - can we make a buck?” ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/6986 "2025-12-05T17:43:09Z")
My bedroom TV is constantly tuned to either Grit TV or Outlaw TV. Personal injury law firm ads are generally bad enough, but this one takes the cake: [Fight My Case](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/T9Pw/fightmycase-just-call-the-number) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=348) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=350)