# 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:** 54
**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:** [June 6, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1062 "2019-06-06T01:09:43Z")
Amazingly _comfortable._ She was doing her best to be diplomatic. Not that he deserves it. Didn’t he even look at his shirt before putting it on? I’m clueless but not _that_ clueless. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1063 "2019-06-06T18:54:19Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > [Downy](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Ig10/ultra-downy-half-washed-the-u-neck-shirt) > > 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. Oh yes, I agree. And a V-neck T shirt to boot? What a buffoon. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1064 "2019-06-06T18:58:52Z")
What bothers me about the guy on a first date wearing the crappy, stretched-out t-shirt is did it not occur to him to look in a mirror? Yes, he probably should have worn something a tad nicer than a t-shirt but you can buy a cheap new one for about ten bucks. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1065 "2019-06-08T01:01:36Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > 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. I don’t know if it’s the same kid, but it’s definitely the same face as the one on the kid in the diamond commercial where the guy is asking the kid’s permission to marry his mom. It’s like they didn’t want to pay an extra couple hundred bucks to throw the kid _one line_ instead of just having him stand there grinning like a mute idiot. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1066 "2019-06-08T01:59:35Z")
[We made you Princess Toast!](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wHJx/nature-made-adult-gummies-princess-toast) And Mom has no idea what’s in Princess Toast because she’s too lazy and uncaring \*to look down at the plate. \* ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1067 "2019-06-08T18:16:13Z")
“I’m not picking them up. Well, I’m not picking them up. I will because my heinie’s clean!!” Arrggghhhh ---
**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:** [June 8, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1068 "2019-06-08T18:43:45Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > “I’m not picking them up. Well, I’m not picking them up. I will because my heinie’s clean!!” > > Arrggghhhh The bears are all naked. When do they wear underwear? ---
**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:** [June 8, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1069 "2019-06-08T19:08:37Z")
[Morning Star veggie burger commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfeLRt21j5c)– “since I’m a kid. . .” these burgers can taste like cow patties covered in neon sugar crust and grown ups will be all-- (grown man eating burger): (i)orgasmic burger munching.(/i] Maybe if the kid was a better actress. . … ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1070 "2019-06-11T01:29:44Z")
That [Armor All commercial with the Vikings](https://youtu.be/NzJjHDa-szk). WTF is up with that? At the end it looks like the one “Viking” (not Torvald, or whatever the name is) is having a bowel movement. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1071 "2019-06-11T01:41:43Z")
hey, Smirnoff, when you have your commercials about snappy synchronized boozing you need a disclaimer on how drinking alcohol on public beaches, is illegal in most places … Especially in la and orange county ca ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1072 "2019-06-11T18:06:54Z")
There’s a Popeyes commercial where a couple is having a picnic and the guy asks if the girl has tried some chicken-based product and she says “That’s literally the only reason I’m here. Because you’re sweet, but they’re hot and sweet.” I can’t even count the ways that I can’t even over this commercial. First, you need Big Bang Theory levels of social cluelessness to say that to a person (unless you’re teasing, which the commercial makes clear she isn’t). Second, who the hell whores themselves out on a date for five dollars worth of fast food chicken wings? And third, why would you even go that direction in a commercial? “Popeye chicken wings, the perfect picnic food for horrible women and wussy guys?” ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1073 "2019-06-11T18:26:36Z")
Am I the only person who wonders what horrible accident the guy in [the Keeps commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IVrq/keeps-covering-up) was in that makes his entire head so misaligned? I’ve seen broken noses, but his entire head appears to have been Rubik’s cubed just a little. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1074 "2019-06-11T19:02:24Z")
Commercials featuring “Mayhem” are usually good but [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fZ2sS-IqXo) is way off the mark. I said it’s way off the mark. Oh, shaddup, Mr. What. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1075 "2019-06-11T19:07:19Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Commercials featuring “Mayhem” are usually good but [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fZ2sS-IqXo) is way off the mark. > > I said it’s way off the mark. > > Oh, shaddup, Mr. What. Yeah! I always wondered what was up with all the 'what’s in that commercial. Also don’t understand the Viking oil (car wax?) commercial mentioned above. Why would I want mentally challenged cosplayers protecting my car? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1076 "2019-07-01T21:52:52Z")
The new Ford truck commercial with _We Will Rock You_. OK, great song, classic rock anthem. But I have to question their choice of the verse from the song. _You got blood on your face, you big disgrace_ How is that supposed to motivate people to buy a truck? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1077 "2019-07-01T22:29:02Z")
Oh yay, Toyota has joined Liberty Mutual with their own ad featuring hideously deformed leg muscles. XP ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1078 "2019-07-01T22:30:44Z")
I get most of my commercials via radio. There’s currently a commercial that sounds like some sort of summer blockbuster/thriller… until you get to the very end, where apparently a Blue Cross card will protect you from all sorts of unspecified terrible things. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1079 "2019-07-01T22:31:34Z")
[This commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AUrM/raymond-james-kevin) for an investment firm is the very definition of annoying. It consists almost entirely of people calling out the character’s name. (“Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.” “Kevin.”) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1080 "2019-07-02T20:26:22Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Am I the only person who wonders what horrible accident the guy in [the Keeps commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IVrq/keeps-covering-up) was in that makes his entire head so misaligned? I’ve seen broken noses, but his entire head appears to have been Rubik’s cubed just a little. Part of it is he is wearing his hat just a little crooked, so the bill doesn’t quite align with his face. And he’s just ever so slightly cocked to the right (left of screen). But the nose really looks wonky. > [@cochrane](#): > > The new Ford truck commercial with _We Will Rock You_. OK, great song, classic rock anthem. But I have to question their choice of the verse from the song. > > _You got blood on your face, you big disgrace_ > > How is that supposed to motivate people to buy a truck? > > [Ford F-Series TV Spot, 'Drive It Home: Beast Mode' Song by Queen [T1] - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oovV/ford-f-series-drive-it-home-beast-mode-song-by-queen-t1) Ad people don’t check song lyrics well. That sample talks about being a “young man, hard man” and going to take on the world. I’m sure that’s all they pulled out of that bit of lyrics, if they paid even that much attention. Because that part of the song is actually about some up-and-comer trying to take on The Champions of the World. _We_ will rock _you_. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1081 "2019-07-02T20:53:24Z")
I get a kick out of the editing of that commercial for that ‘Ozempic’ drug. Throughout the ad they use the first part of the chorus of ELO’s ‘Oh Oh It’s Magic’, in reference to some miricle-ish drug: "_Oh Oh Oh it’s magic!.._ Making damned well sure to omit the rest of the lyrics: “_Never believe it’s not so…_” Pretty bold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=55)