# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/822 "2019-02-11T12:59:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > There’s a toilet paper commercial with mama and papa bear afraid to pick up their child’s underwear because they fear it may be unclean or contaminated in some way. Junior enters and happily picks up the briefs in question, explaining (through the miracle of song) that his underwear is clean because his ass is clean. > > It’s even worse than I’m making it sound. What’s weird is the bears are naked. When do they wear underwear? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/823 "2019-02-11T14:12:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What’s weird is the bears are naked. When do they wear underwear? I noticed that. As stupid as it is, that’s the least bad thing about this commercial. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/824 "2019-02-11T18:02:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [_Really_ poor attempt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2HV7z7MkR4) at fundraising. > Yes, it’s really a product aimed at cyclists. Damn that is bad. But what about the freakin’ product itself? They can’t figure out how to make the light one piece so you don’t have to have a flashlight shining into a plastic funnel? Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/825 "2019-02-11T18:18:09Z")
The idea is that it is a plastic funnel to use on any flashing light. Doesn’t look like it would fix many types of lights, that aren’t a round flashlight like that. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/826 "2019-02-12T03:18:20Z")
Ack… just saw the latest Chevy “real people” commercial. It’s for the new Chevy Colorado pickup truck. One of the real people actually said “it looks beefy and mean”. I despise those commercials, but GM’s ad agency must be laughing all the way to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/827 "2019-02-12T04:18:48Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > Ack… just saw the latest Chevy “real people” commercial. It’s for the new Chevy Colorado pickup truck. One of the real people actually said “it looks beefy and mean”. I despise those commercials, but GM’s ad agency must be laughing all the way to the bank. Progressive Insurance has a parody commercial with “real actors, not people.” ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/828 "2019-02-12T05:39:35Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > Ack… just saw the latest Chevy “real people” commercial. It’s for the new Chevy Colorado pickup truck. One of the real people actually said “it looks beefy and mean”. I despise those commercials, but GM’s ad agency must be laughing all the way to the bank. One of the commercials has a ditz exclaim: “I can’t stop staring at it!!!” Geeze… ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/829 "2019-02-12T15:22:20Z")
The Amazon Alexa one where the kid has a pet Piggy that gets too big for the house. The parents take Mr. Piggy away and the viewer thinks he died or something, but they actually set Piggy up in his own place and they have Alexa video in the Piggy so the kid can read to him. Why doesn’t the kid just, you know, go to Piggy’s house and visit him? It’s not like they placed Piggy in a sty or anything, it’s a really nice room. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/830 "2019-02-13T01:30:37Z")
I don’t get that one either… Can’t say I’ve watched it very closely though. Is the implication that Piggy had to be moved to a farm (which, incidentally, is a phrase that typically indicates the animal in question is dead), so the kid can’t just pop outside to say hi without the aid of modern technology? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/831 "2019-02-13T01:36:32Z")
The one I don’t get the reasoning behind is the Expedia one where the little girl wears a tiger costume and has to fly away to a far away land to see a tiger in a zoo. Where do they live that they need to plan a vacation to go to the zoo? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/832 "2019-02-13T13:31:43Z")
There’s a new Toyota commercial which is nothing but a little girl laughing all the way through. It was on three times this morning while I was getting ready for work. I am just looking for an excuse to commit acts of violence today. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/833 "2019-02-13T13:55:54Z")
There is one I’ve seen recently that I don’t understand. I think it is for some tax prep company? There is a douchey guy in the lunch room at work, and he’s dressed like Dick Cavett\*, pretending to be on his yacht while he video chats with the tax prep lady. At least I assume it is video chat, because you can see her face on his phone while they are talking. But then some woman across the lunch room pipes up and says “You know she can’t see you, right?” WTF? - That there’s a [Caddyshack](https://youtu.be/vmgy4WCzHSA?t=24) reference, for all you young’uns ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/834 "2019-02-13T15:00:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The one I don’t get the reasoning behind is the Expedia one where the little girl wears a tiger costume and has to fly away to a far away land to see a tiger in a zoo. Where do they live that they need to plan a vacation to go to the zoo? In that case, I think the commercial tells us they’re going to San Diego, which is famous for its zoo. I can well understand there are people who travel there just to visit the zoo. (There’s also a Seaworld and a Legoland nearby, so it’s a plausible destination for someone with a small child.) ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/835 "2019-02-13T15:25:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think the commercial tells us they’re going to San Diego… [Yep.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IolI/expedia-tiger-costume) ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/836 "2019-02-13T16:28:48Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I do hear the difference between Mary, marry and merry. Pan is pan. What other way do you pronounce it? Ok, since you say you can distinguish the three vowel sounds in Mary/marry/merry, I’ll try once more. Presumably you and I pronounce “pan” the same way, and that way uses the vowel sound found in “Mary”. Good so far? Well the person in the commercial sings the word “pan” such that they use the vowel sound in “Marry”. I hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/837 "2019-02-18T21:45:02Z")
The Ford commercial: “Whatever party you got going on in back, get a Ford up front.” (Or something like that.) Ford - the mullet of trucks. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/838 "2019-02-20T14:08:14Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Ok, since you say you can distinguish the three vowel sounds in Mary/marry/merry, I’ll try once more. Presumably you and I pronounce “pan” the same way, and that way uses the vowel sound found in “Mary”. Good so far? Well the person in the commercial sings the word “pan” such that they use the vowel sound in “Marry”. I hope this helps. Can y’all take this conversation to private messages or a new thread or something? Thanks so much. My latest horrible commercial annoyance is [“WHEEEEEE!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swlC1Y4U0KE) The stupid Geico commercial with Max the pig. I was so happy when they took it off the air years ago, and now they’re having a contest or something to vote on your favorite old Geico commercial. Stupid, if you ask me. Which they didn’t. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/839 "2019-02-20T16:22:05Z")
“Worst of GEICO” is more like it. There’s really only one good commercial in that bunch, the one with the gecko being interviewed. The rest range from _meh_ (the two squirrels in the street) to being muted ASAP (that damn camel). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/840 "2019-02-20T16:27:19Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “Worst of GEICO” is more like it. There’s really only one good commercial in that bunch, the one with the gecko being interviewed. The rest range from _meh_ (the two squirrels in the street) to being muted ASAP (that damn camel). _looks at calendar_ Hey, guess what today is!!! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/841 "2019-02-20T16:30:58Z")
I’m annoyed that Cadbury can’t be arsed to make a new commercial for their eggs. I don’t mind the 40 year old ad _per se_, but jeez, how about updating? I think Grumpy Cat would make an excellent easter bunny candidate. Also, I love the little piggy Geico commercial (just look at the pinwheels in his little hooves!) but I can totally understand how someone could despise it. I do wish they hadn’t given him a snotty teenagers voice, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=43)