# 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:** 58
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1142 "2019-07-31T21:03:43Z")
A radio commercial local to [Kankakee](http://www.wvli927.com/) promotes a company’s website as “it’s easy to remember; it’s our name.” Yeah, easy for you to remember your own name. Still, their local commercials and music are much better than local DC commercials and music and they have no national commercial campaigns outside of their Weekly Top 40 flashbacks on Saturday afternoons. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1143 "2019-07-31T21:10:26Z")
Edit window closed. The only other annoying commercial campaign they have is the flamingo-obsessed automotive repair guy who keeps running the same commercials every season (Easter, baseball, football, Halloween/Thanksgiving, etc.). ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1144 "2019-07-31T22:23:06Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Linky? See my last sentence you quoted. 🙂 I’m hoping someone will recognize it. No Diamondbacks today to see it. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1145 "2019-07-31T22:24:24Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > I think the "hilarious reaction look"is just about one step shy of “deranged person bordering on homicidal spree look.” But that might just be me. I took it to be “seriously, well phooey on you. we’re just playing!” But I can see your POV. Especially with that wife. ---
**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 31, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1146 "2019-07-31T22:52:41Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > See my last sentence you quoted. 🙂 > > I’m hoping someone will recognize it. No Diamondbacks today to see it. I know the commercial you’re talking about and see it all of the time. It’s not just on during D’Backs games. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the car brand, either. But I’ll look for it, and if I see it again, I’ll try to find it online. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1147 "2019-08-01T00:16:37Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > See my last sentence you quoted. 🙂 > > I’m hoping someone will recognize it. No Diamondbacks today to see it. Yes, that was the idea. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1148 "2019-08-03T03:52:23Z")
[What’s this, the love child of Old Spice Guy and The Most Interesting Man?](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oDGg/exxon-mobil-supreme-spokesperson) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1149 "2019-08-03T16:16:51Z")
[I’ve had molten marshmallow on my bare skin; still have the scar. Ain’t no way that guy would just sit there.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oDDI/geico-app-the-gecko-makes-smores) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1150 "2019-08-03T16:31:54Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [What’s this, the love child of Old Spice Guy and The Most Interesting Man?](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oDGg/exxon-mobil-supreme-spokesperson) Ha! I don’t agree that’s annoying. At least, not yet. But your description is spot on. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1151 "2019-08-11T13:43:28Z")
The Chantix turkey. At first at least it made sense. He was getting into a pool that was cold, so he didn’t want to do it “cold turkey”. Okay. The latest has him going out to the lake to body board or wind surf or whatever, dip his toe in and it’s too cold, so he just drives home instead. That totally destroys the metaphor. “It’s too hard, I’ll just not do it” means “I’ll just not quit smoking”, which is the opposite of their intended message. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1152 "2019-08-13T12:17:39Z")
I’m annoyed at the Chantix turkey because I used Chantix to quit smoking three months ago. Every time I see the commercial I think about smoking! Still not smoking, though! (Sneak brag… lol) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1153 "2019-08-13T15:49:08Z")
I don’t find this commercial for [Always undergarments](https://youtu.be/2iF5ZQ7Tau0) annoying so much as I find it amusing. The lady’s “tunic tuck” reminds me of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard’s famous [Picard maneuver](https://youtu.be/ss6wVM0zdcU). ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1154 "2019-08-14T12:50:02Z")
The most recent LifeAlert ad is borderline cruel… It’s noticably louder than other commercials (isn’t this practice illegal?), and features an elder lying helpless in a darkened room while the exceedingly loud voiceover goes on about how this could happen TO YOU and you could lie there in PAIN for hours or DAYS before help arrives. Look, I know old people can have hearing issues, but the entire tone of this commercial seems designed to frighten people into purchasing this product. There’s a local dealership chain (Leith) with a commercial for one of their branches that features each department’s manager practically delivering a lecture on the services they offer to a woman who I guess is supposed to represent a customer. She looks bored and disinterested the entire time, and would clearly rather be anywhere else. And did I mention that the commercial drags on forever? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1155 "2019-08-14T14:35:10Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > The most recent LifeAlert ad is borderline cruel… It’s noticably louder than other commercials (isn’t this practice illegal?), and features an elder lying helpless in a darkened room while the exceedingly loud voiceover goes on about how this could happen TO YOU and you could lie there in PAIN for hours or DAYS before help arrives. Look, I know old people can have hearing issues, but the entire tone of this commercial seems designed to frighten people into purchasing this product. I remember the first time I saw the original LifeAlert ad. Mid '80s in the middle of the night. I had to nudge my husband awake to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. An old person falls down the stairs. She calls and calls pityingly for help while the voiceover tells us how THIS could be YOU! Another person falls down, activates her LifeAlert and utters the famous line, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” Cut to the person who didn’t have LifeAlert. EMTs are covering her body and shaking their heads sadly meanwhile the LifeAlert patient is joking with the paramedics. I was shocked. “Did they just kill that old lady?” They soon removed the part with the sad covering of the body. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1156 "2019-08-14T14:47:13Z")
Looks like I was conflating two different Life Call Systems commercials. The “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” one [with the very first Life Call that nobody remembers.](https://youtu.be/1cTEcLtBfgM) Where did they get that stunt old woman? P.S., Life Call is the ‘fallen and can’t get up’ company. LifeAlert stole their thunder! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1157 "2019-08-14T20:05:43Z")
I remember “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”; the over-the-top delivery of the line was viewed as humorous by my fellow first graders. I don’t remember the commercial with the body being covered though. ETA: that line was either inspired by, or uttered by, an actual customer. I’ll look it up when I have more time. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1158 "2019-08-14T20:17:36Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I remember “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”; the over-the-top delivery of the line was viewed as humorous by my fellow first graders. I don’t remember the commercial with the body being covered though. > > ETA: that line was either inspired by, or uttered by, an actual customer. I’ll look it up when I have more time. They even made a [song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrXw8EhEou8)about it - it used to play a lot on Dr. Demento when I was in college. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1159 "2019-08-14T21:02:48Z")
Then there’s the old man saying “I’ve fallen in the park and I can’t get up!” The park - is there only one park? And if it’s the only one, how horrible must it be that there’s no one else around? OK, I assume there’s some sort of GPS locator beacon in the little gizmo, but still, “the park”? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1160 "2019-08-14T22:14:56Z")
A friend relayed a related joke. (Mind you, it’s an old joke.) Jesus Christ goes to New York and decides to visit a disco. He’s not able to dance well, though, so he cries out, “Help! I’ve risen and I can’t get down!” (As I warned you, old joke.) ---
**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:** [August 15, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1161 "2019-08-15T00:47:06Z")
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