# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1344 "2019-11-13T02:06:18Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I haven’t seen _An Inconvenient Truth_, so I didn’t make the connection until I read your post. It is a terrible commercial, and I agree it’s important to be concerned about climate change. In fact, as you say, it may be too late. But I can’t work up that level of outrage over what is basically a cheesy (:D) over-the-top bad commercial. I’m not in the habit of being the grumpy old lady who sends Sternly Worded Letters to companies who irritate me. In fact, this is the first time I’ve been moved to write such a complaint (and I told them so). But this one just hit me sideways. I’ve been watching Al Gore try to raise the alarm about climate change for more than 40 years. His opus, An Inconvenient Truth, is as germane today as it was when it was first released in 2006. If anything, it was too optimistic. To see a stupid conglomerate blatantly ripping off his work and making mock of such a serious concern 13 years on, all in the name of peddling some new crap snack food, well… for better or worse, it triggered my moral outrage. I’m just glad they changed it. As I said, I’m likely not the only person who reacted with… vigor. :o And yeah, it _was_ cheesy, in every meaning of the word. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1345 "2019-11-15T02:29:36Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > It’s too damn early for Christmas commercials! Seven more weeks of that insipid Jared trio! > [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Jared - “Dare to Find the One”](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZLXo/jared-dare-to-find-the-one) Gah! They’re multiplying! ---
**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:** [November 16, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1346 "2019-11-16T22:33:02Z")
[I don’t care where you three musical mooks go, just go; the sooner, the better.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZA3A/jared-a-gift-that-says-it-all) ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1347 "2019-11-18T14:21:54Z")
I’ll take their commercials any day over the horrible flat singing of that child in the Amazon commercial. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1348 "2019-11-18T16:01:08Z")
I do not need to see Terry Bradshaw take a bath on my TV. Trust me, you don’t want to, either. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1349 "2019-11-18T16:07:47Z")
In the genre of “cater to everything your little brat does, no matter how annoying or self-destructive”, we now have the Country Crock plant butter ad featuring the a-dor-able little girl who eats nothing but spaghetti with butter. All the adoring parents have to do is substitute _plant butter_ for regular butter, and voila! problem solved. The kid will die of malnutrition anyway, just not quite as fast. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1350 "2019-11-19T15:26:06Z")
Not that I find it annoying, but puzzling: That – coffee? commercial with George Clooney in a movie, all dressed up in armor, and he steps out of the screen into modern day lifew while ‘Solsbury Hill’ plays…does George Clooney own the coffee company? does he need the money?? I don’t know why he’s in that commercial. And he isn’t noted for playing in costume dramas. I don’t dislike this commercial, but I don’t know how it came about with George Clooney. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1351 "2019-11-19T15:44:53Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Not that I find it annoying, but puzzling: That – coffee? commercial with George Clooney in a movie, all dressed up in armor, and he steps out of the screen into modern day lifew while ‘Solsbury Hill’ plays…does George Clooney own the coffee company? does he need the money?? I don’t know why he’s in that commercial. And he isn’t noted for playing in costume dramas. I don’t dislike this commercial, but I don’t know how it came about with George Clooney. I read somewhere that he agreed to it in order to support one of his charities. So basically he worked for free and the money went straight to helping Sudanese refugees or some other cause. On another subject, I like the commercial where Peloton suggests the the best way to celebrate the holidays is to stay home and exercise all alone. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1352 "2019-11-19T16:08:48Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > On another subject, I like the commercial where Peloton suggests the the best way to celebrate the holidays is to stay home and exercise all alone. Not alone. Peloton features live classes over their proprietary streaming service. Its like being at the gym but you can work out naked. :p:eek: ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1353 "2019-11-19T16:25:32Z")
[Another commercial deriding the husband?](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oSAI/tide-purclean-switch) Note which one has the higher voice. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1354 "2019-11-19T16:29:05Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > I read somewhere that he agreed to it in order to support one of his charities. So basically he worked for free and the money went straight to helping Sudanese refugees or some other cause. > . Oh, thanks for the information, it’s been bugging me. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1355 "2019-11-19T16:32:12Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Another commercial deriding the husband?](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oSAI/tide-purclean-switch) Note which one has the higher voice. I don’t see it. There are a lot of commercials that do suggest men are incompetent human beings; I don’t think this is one of them. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1356 "2019-11-19T16:55:16Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I don’t see it. There are a lot of commercials that do suggest men are incompetent human beings; I don’t think this is one of them. No, not incompetent but imagine only hearing it first then being surprised to see what you thought was the wife is actually the husband. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1357 "2019-11-19T17:01:03Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > I read somewhere that he agreed to it in order to support one of his charities. So basically he worked for free and the money went straight to helping Sudanese refugees or some other cause. > > On another subject, I like the commercial where Peloton suggests the the best way to celebrate the holidays is to stay home and exercise all alone. That IS George Clooney? I saw that commercial and thought ‘Wow, that guy looks very much like George Clooney’ never dreaming he’d be in such a, um, low end ad. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1358 "2019-11-19T17:14:42Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Oh, thanks for the information, it’s been bugging me. Slight correction: He uses the money to support something called the Satellite Sentinel Project, which buys satellite time to observe what’s going in Darfur. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1359 "2019-11-19T18:42:49Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > No, not incompetent but imagine only hearing it first then being surprised to see what you thought was the wife is actually the husband. To me, his voice sounds obviously male and hers sounds obviously female. But even if they did not, how is that “deriding”? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1360 "2019-11-20T17:22:59Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Another commercial deriding the husband?](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oSAI/tide-purclean-switch) Note which one has the higher voice. 😕 The things people find to complain about! Apparently grown men singing in a high voice, called singing ‘falsetto’, is a very old tradition some are horrified to hear. Prince and many many African American men sing in a falsetto, as do many Africans, I would think. Do you think somehow it makes the woman a ball-buster and the man ‘GAY’? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1361 "2019-11-20T17:38:23Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > 😕 The things people find to complain about! Apparently grown men singing in a high voice, called singing ‘falsetto’, is a very old tradition some are horrified to hear. Commercials also have an old habit of making men seem inferior. > [@](#): > > Do you think somehow it makes the woman a ball-buster and the man ‘GAY’? Not me, personally, but who knows what the hell the ad agency’s thinking. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1362 "2019-11-21T14:15:27Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Another commercial deriding the husband?](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oSAI/tide-purclean-switch) Note which one has the higher voice. > [@Skywatcher](#): > > No, not incompetent but imagine only hearing it first then being surprised to see what you thought was the wife is actually the husband. This is completely ridiculous. As others have noted, the guy’s singing voice might be a slightly higher register than the woman’s, but it’s clearly a guy’s voice. There is nothing at all in the characters’ actions and behavior, or the words that they’re singing, to distinguish the man from the woman. In fact, the commercial seems to suggest that the mother and father are taking equal responsibility for the domestic tasks in the house. If you think that this constitutes “deriding the husband,” you might be projecting onto the commercial your own outdated expectations. > [@Skywatcher](#): > > Commercials also have an old habit of making men seem inferior. Actually, to the extent that this is true, the commercials that make men seem incompetent or inferior are usually commercials related to domestic duties like cooking, cleaning, child-raising, etc. And of course, by doing this, the commercials also tend to reinforce the backward notions that domestic tasks are really a woman’s job. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1363 "2019-11-21T16:33:19Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > This is completely ridiculous. As others have noted, the guy’s singing voice might be a slightly higher register than the woman’s, but it’s clearly a guy’s voice. There is nothing at all in the characters’ actions and behavior, or the words that they’re singing, to distinguish the man from the woman. In fact, the commercial seems to suggest that the mother and father are taking equal responsibility for the domestic tasks in the house. If you think that this constitutes “deriding the husband,” you might be projecting onto the commercial your own outdated expectations. Please note that this started with me asking a question; I’m wondering what the agency’s intentions are with this commercial. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=69)