# 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:** 62
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1222 "2019-09-06T13:05:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > A truck commercial that claims that truck drivers are a special breed who know how to work. You should have just stopped at “A truck commercial.” They’re ALL annoying as hell. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1223 "2019-09-10T19:13:24Z")
[My hooha is full of joy.](https://youtu.be/d79ECdX09Is) I swear, the _South Park_ writers had to have come up with this one! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1224 "2019-09-12T15:15:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [My hooha is full of joy.](https://youtu.be/d79ECdX09Is) Oh my God, she’s got a _singing_ hooha. RUN!! I’m wondering just what dance competition circuit that [little girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC0EpKmBoE) is going on that she keeps winning without knowing how to dance any formal styles. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1225 "2019-09-12T15:31:43Z")
Aw, you beat me to it, **cochrane**! I heard that one last night, but I didn’t see it, as I was busy doing stuff. Hilarious! ---
**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:** [September 12, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1226 "2019-09-12T16:52:53Z")
If you ever had a yeast infection, you’d know how full of joy your hooha would be when it’s gone. I’ve always wondered how it is Frank Thomas is a better actor than every single professional actor in every Ugenix (or however that testeroni drug is spelled) commercial he’s in. I also wonder why everyone he meets has to call him “Frank Thomas” all the time, every time. Not ‘Frank’ or ‘Mr. Thomas’ but ‘Frank Thomas’, like he’s Charlie Brown or something. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1227 "2019-09-12T18:00:51Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > The pickup truck ad that gets at me is the one that brags about having the most cargo _volume_. Technically, any pickup truck without a topper has an infinite cargo volume. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1228 "2019-09-12T22:12:53Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Oh my God, she’s got a _singing_ hooha. RUN!! > > I’m wondering just what dance competition circuit that [little girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC0EpKmBoE) is going on that she keeps winning without knowing how to dance any formal styles. It looked to me liek the routine from [Little Miss Sunshine - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine) And yeah, she was pretty bad, altho certainly she put her heart into it. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1229 "2019-09-12T23:48:38Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > If you ever had a yeast infection, you’d know how full of joy your hooha would be when it’s gone. Oh God yes! > [@](#): > > I’ve always wondered how it is Frank Thomas is a better actor than every single professional actor in every Ugenix (or however that testeroni drug is spelled) commercial he’s in. I also wonder why everyone he meets has to call him “Frank Thomas” all the time, every time. Not ‘Frank’ or ‘Mr. Thomas’ but ‘Frank Thomas’, like he’s Charlie Brown or something. Nugenix, because the first time I heard it in the background I thought it was Eugenics, and I thought :eek:😕 And now that you mention the Frank Thomas thing I’m going to notice it every time and it will bug me. There’s a worse “man booster” commercial out there that goes on and on about how modern men are less manly than their fathers and there’s a “masculinity crisis” and it shows guys getting facials and crying at the movies instead of the real manly men who are working out and getting it on with the ladies. I think the guys who get facials and stuff are more manly than the target audience who are so worried about if they’re manly enough that they spend $$$ on snake oil. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1230 "2019-09-13T11:37:46Z")
The commercials for FanDuel have been getting to me lately. Here’s a guy who is so addicted to using the service which lets him place bets of all sorts online that he is oblivious to, amongst other things, the fact that he just walked in on his wife about to have sex with someone else. Gambling addiction is a serious problem, and they’re using the idea of someone who is a gambling addict as a figure of fun to sell a service that lets him gamble more easily. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1231 "2019-09-14T02:09:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It looked to me liek the routine from [Little Miss Sunshine - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine) > > And yeah, she was pretty bad, altho certainly she put her heart into it. I agree–when I first saw that commercial my thought was that the owners of the rights to the movie had a cause of action for so direct a steal. My second thought was that it’s just a dumb message (_'who needs skill or training or talent or hard work? just keep a smile on your face and muddle through and everyone will love you_’) that won’t sell any product. But of course I could be wrong. There may be a target audience that adores that message. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1232 "2019-09-15T15:54:48Z")
I’ve seen some car commercial this morning which features households full of increasingly bratty children…some of them are just whining, and some of them are slamming doors with a level of drama more suited to an anti-drug PSA. The commercial’s tagline is something about there being room for everyone in the car. I’m not entirely sure why it’s necessary to show how horrible these people act in their homes in order to show how much room there supposedly is in the car though. On the other hand, I did hesitate to include it here because it’s one heck of an ad for birth control. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1233 "2019-09-15T20:40:50Z")
Drug billboard for “[managepainsafely.org](http://managepainsafely.org)” : Heroin is a opioid, and so are prescription painkillers…" Really? You mean my 800mg Ibuprofen is a opioid? :eek::dubious: Yeah, assholes, if you dont know enough about prescription painkillers to get your message right, then dont fucking bother, you are just spreading ignorance. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1234 "2019-09-16T00:56:52Z")
I hate all the Liberty Mutual commercials. Except now there is a new ‘standing on the Brooklyn Promenade talking to the camera’ one that makes me laugh despite myself. It features a somewhat full of himself actor who cannot remember the lines of the Liberty commercial he’s in. At one point he looks very seriously into the camera and says, “Liberty Biberty” and it surprises snort out of me every time. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1235 "2019-09-16T01:15:56Z")
I dunno, I like the one with Zoltar the fortune teller. “Maybe you could free Zoltar?” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VDrIOtyno8) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1236 "2019-09-18T12:09:26Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I hate all the Liberty Mutual commercials. Except now there is a new ‘standing on the Brooklyn Promenade talking to the camera’ one that makes me laugh despite myself. It features a somewhat full of himself actor who cannot remember the lines of the Liberty commercial he’s in. At one point he looks very seriously into the camera and says, “Liberty Biberty” and it surprises snort out of me every time. That one is amusing! ---
**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:** [September 20, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1237 "2019-09-20T05:05:15Z")
This Downy commercial has a young man bringing his date home. The guy’s clothes are all rumpled from wearing his seat belt. The girl’s mother opens the door and sees the guy’s wrinkled shirt and pants. She gives the guy a dirty look, pulls her daughter inside, and closes the door. Hey, lady, instead of jumping to conclusions, you should be happy the kids are wearing their seat belts. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKOSibCsARA) ---
**Author:** ![shstrang98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@shstrang98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shstrang98)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1240 "2019-09-20T11:40:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The continuing saga of morons cooing over Chevy products while the “guy” shows them meaningless stuff. Like teen driver technology on a 4 banger car. I have a teen drive tech idea; it’s called seizing the car keys and cellphones. Or you could report the car as stolen when they leave. There are many ways to handle this. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1241 "2019-09-20T13:01:12Z")
So why is it “Lee-Mu Emu”? It isn’t Lee-berty Mutual. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1242 "2019-09-20T13:17:33Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This Downy commercial has a young man bringing his date home. The guy’s clothes are all rumpled from wearing his seat belt. The girl’s mother opens the door and sees the guy’s wrinkled shirt and pants. She gives the guy a dirty look, pulls her daughter inside, and closes the door. Hey, lady, instead of jumping to conclusions, you should be happy the kids are wearing their seat belts. > > [https://youtu.be/WKOSibCsARA](https://youtu.be/WKOSibCsARA) I thought they were suggesting that the wrinkles made it look like there’s a bulge in his trousers. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1243 "2019-09-20T14:13:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I thought they were suggesting that the wrinkles made it look like there’s a bulge in his trousers. Yeah, I see that, the way the camera pans down to the guy’s crotch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=63)