# 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:** 53
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1042 "2019-05-29T14:59:17Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Orwell wrote about the nightmare of constant imposed surveillance by Big Brother. Now people willingly pay money to have the same thing. Orwell wasn’t distopic enough. Pretty insightful for a book written 60 years ago. It just turns out that there is more than one Big Brother. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1043 "2019-05-29T16:50:37Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > There’s a weird one for some sort of Migraine meds, with a Mom and her daughter, playing Pirates together. Next time it’s on, watch the mom’s face carefully right after she proposes “princess and pirates,” and starts looking through the box. She’s quite obviously _in hell_, and I don’t really think the migraine is the problem. I think the little girl may have the ability to wish away people who don’t put up with her nonsense, and may have reduced the local population to 2. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1044 "2019-05-29T17:15:59Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Next time it’s on, watch the mom’s face carefully right after she proposes “princess and pirates,” and starts looking through the box. She’s quite obviously _in hell_, and I don’t really think the migraine is the problem. > > I think the little girl may have the ability to wish away people who don’t put up with her nonsense, and may have reduced the local population to 2. I like your interpretation! I think my wife will, too. She hates that commercial. It’s a _good_ day to play princess and pirates! A very _good_ day, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1045 "2019-05-29T17:20:06Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Next time it’s on, watch the mom’s face carefully right after she proposes “princess and pirates,” and starts looking through the box. She’s quite obviously _in hell_, and I don’t really think the migraine is the problem. > > I think the little girl may have the ability to wish away people who don’t put up with her nonsense, and may have reduced the local population to 2. :eek::eek::eek::eek: :D:D:D:D ---
**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:** [May 29, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1046 "2019-05-29T17:27:02Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Next time it’s on, watch the mom’s face carefully right after she proposes “princess and pirates,” and starts looking through the box. She’s quite obviously _in hell_, and I don’t really think the migraine is the problem. > > I think the little girl may have the ability to wish away people who don’t put up with her nonsense, and may have reduced the local population to 2. Thank you ever so much. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1047 "2019-05-29T17:40:32Z")
We arent the only ones who hate it: > **[r/CommercialsIHate - Emgality Commercial](https://www.reddit.com/r/CommercialsIHate/comments/aqofcn/emgality_commercial/)** > > 27 votes and 68 comments so far on Reddit > **[Emgality - Pirates](http://www.commercialsihate.com/emgality-pirates_topic27551.html)** > > Jesus H Christ, I hate this one with every fiber of my being!d-OIYvPcrTYWho TF goes through THAT much... ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1048 "2019-05-29T19:19:06Z")
I haven’t had this many responses to something I said here since _24_ went off the air. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1049 "2019-05-29T23:32:52Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Gag, I was going to post this one too. The girl is way too old; if she was three years old it might make sense, but the girl in the ad is too enthusiastic about playing pirates. Meh, my and my family would play “stuff with us in it” well past that age. Like Army, or made up stories or whatever. Mom playing all day with her daughter is a bit much, but the girl wanting to play make believe, fine and dandy. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1050 "2019-05-30T18:14:11Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m getting a chuckle out of mixdenny’s interpretation of the stomach drug. Her bandmates are like, “OMG, does this crazy bitch gotta shit _again_?” Her band mates seem much more sympathetic than you, realizing it’s a medical condition. My problem with that commercial is that they are the 1 song band. It’s one thing to only show them rehearsing one song. But then they go to their concert, and after a tense moment and the lead singer shows up on time, they perform their one song, then take their bows, _then leave_ in their camper. And who set up and tore down all the stage, gear, etc? They have roadies? Then they go to another concert at a club and do their one song again. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1051 "2019-05-30T18:33:46Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > My problem with that commercial is that they are the 1 song band. It’s one thing to only show them rehearsing one song. But then they go to their concert, and after a tense moment and the lead singer shows up on time, they perform their one song, then take their bows, _then leave_ in their camper. And who set up and tore down all the stage, gear, etc? They have roadies? Then they go to another concert at a club and do their one song again. I don’t remember the specifics of the commercial, but is it possible they were there as part of a festival, so there are other bands performing too? That seems like the logical explanation to me, unless I’m forgetting something. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1052 "2019-05-30T20:25:33Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Her band mates seem much more sympathetic than you, realizing it’s a medical condition. > > My problem with that commercial is that they are the 1 song band. It’s one thing to only show them rehearsing one song. But then they go to their concert, and after a tense moment and the lead singer shows up on time, they perform their one song, then take their bows, _then leave_ in their camper. And who set up and tore down all the stage, gear, etc? They have roadies? Then they go to another concert at a club and do their one song again. Hey, I’m not the one who thought she was taking mood altering drugs. Also, it seems you expect a lot from a 30 second commercial. They only film the parts that are relevant to the point they are trying to make for the product they are trying to sell, not make a documentary on what happens when you give a concert. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1053 "2019-05-31T03:54:15Z")
Here is a [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-OIYvPcrTY) to the migrainy pirate. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1054 "2019-05-31T04:57:33Z")
There’s a commercial for Phoenix University, with a boy reading about a dragon learning to fly, and the on-screen parallel to his mother getting a degree and a better job. All fine, as far as it goes, until the final shot of the boy looking with what I imagine is supposed to be admiration and love at his mother. Instead he looks as if someone has told him “Smile, or I’ll kill your puppy.” OK, bad child actors on commercials are to be expected, but as the last thing you see, it sure puts me off the product (if I weren’t already). [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-7qOOuw40U) is the commercial, the face is at 0:55. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1055 "2019-05-31T05:07:28Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Oh, that explains it! > > I’m getting a chuckle out of mixdenny’s interpretation of the stomach drug. Her bandmates are like, “OMG, does this crazy bitch gotta shit _again_?” I have no idea what Chron’s disease is! I must say she looked remarkably calm sitting off stage instead of running for the ladies room. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1056 "2019-05-31T20:22:26Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Also, it seems you expect a lot from a 30 second commercial. They only film the parts that are relevant to the point they are trying to make for the product they are trying to sell, not make a documentary on what happens when you give a concert. This is a thread bitching about a lot of stupid stuff in commercials. My stupid stuff is just as valid. > [@mixdenny](#): > > I have no idea what Chron’s disease is! I must say she looked remarkably calm sitting off stage instead of running for the ladies room. You mean where she has that distressed look on her face, is offered food, and gets up and shuffles off screen? Or when she’s singing, stops, and says “I’ll be right back” as she leaves the studio? [Crohn’s disease](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease) ---
**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:** [May 31, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1057 "2019-05-31T22:54:45Z")
This commercial for Clif Bar shows a man apparently regurgitating his Clif Bar into a baby eagle’s beak. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQdQHcM5yb8) “It’s not gross, it’s nature.” No, dude, it’s gross, even if the eagle isn’t real. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1058 "2019-06-05T04:03:50Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Unless you’re talking about a very different ad, that’s definitely not her, for instance, your link refers to the subject as able to play “racially ambiguous” and the one in the Humira commercial is most definitely not ambiguous, she’s white. (or looks white anyway, I suppose there are people of mixed heritage that “look white” but you’d have to be told to know they “weren’t white”) > > Anyway, the Humira girl with the poopy problem boyfriend, looks to be college age or slightly older, some where in the early or mid 20’s would be where I’d wager. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, then, that’s point 2, “2) the ad was correctly credited.” Because the iSpot TV ad (linked above) lists her as the actor. It looks like there’s another new (?) Humira ad that I think answers the question of who the actress is. The original ad at [ispot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/dtvM/humira-keep-us-apart) lists both Chelsea Carbaugh, who is being referenced in the above quotes, and [Stevie Steel](https://www.ispot.tv/topic/actor-actress/YNh/stevie-steel). It’s the latter who is in that commercial, but the new commercial has both of them. Stevie is at 0:51 in the new [Citrate Free](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IuM7/humira-psoriasis-citrate-free) commercial, and I think it’s Chelsea at 1:00 (even though neither are listed at at that link. I’m not trusting ispot identifying the right people! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1059 "2019-06-05T23:18:48Z")
Now the Arby’s sandwich guy is singing! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1EAEHYER0zs/maxresdefault.jpg "Arby's Commercial 2019 - (USA)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EAEHYER0zs) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1060 "2019-06-05T23:52:40Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > It looks like there’s another new (?) Humira ad that I think answers the question of who the actress is. The original ad at [ispot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/dtvM/humira-keep-us-apart) lists both Chelsea Carbaugh, who is being referenced in the above quotes, and [Stevie Steel](https://www.ispot.tv/topic/actor-actress/YNh/stevie-steel). It’s the latter who is in that commercial, but the new commercial has both of them. Stevie is at 0:51 in the new [Citrate Free](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IuM7/humira-psoriasis-citrate-free) commercial, and I think it’s Chelsea at 1:00 (even though neither are listed at at that link. I’m not trusting ispot identifying the right people! There’s an acting profile for a “Stevie Steel” from NY ( I think it is her) that says she’s 32(!). ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1061 "2019-06-06T00:07:59Z")
[Downy](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Ig10/ultra-downy-half-washed-the-u-neck-shirt) Couple on a first date at a nice-ish restaurant. He compliments her: you look pretty/nice (she has on a dress). She looks at the guy who has just taken off his sweater, and he has a t-shirt on. She is annoyed and tells him he looks amazingly casual. Now, apparently the problem is that the neck is all stretched out, but unless your first date is some physical activity, who the hell wears a t-shirt and nothing else? I don’t think she would have been impressed with his sartorial sense even if the shirt not stretched out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=54)