# 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:** 89
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1764 "2020-07-04T01:31:32Z")
And they continue to make new “Limu Emu and Doug” commercials. I’m tempted to find out which people are telling the Marketeers at (can’t even remember the company) that this is a great series and hit them over the head with something heavy. They make Flo look like an Oscar-winning actress… ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1765 "2020-07-04T12:33:11Z")
Or the Rx that helps the side effects of the other one…tardive diskensia or whatever ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1766 "2020-07-04T13:29:52Z")
There’s a local roofing company with a commercial that says, “Storm season is here. Fix your roof before the damage is done.” Wait, hail and wind from the storm create the damage. How do you fix it beforehand? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1767 "2020-07-14T09:53:45Z")
These two new drug commercials for some sort of schizophrenia treatment could be the basis of some terrifying psycho-drama movie. Man sitting on a park bench says, “Does my family hate me? I keep hearing voices.” A black haired, silver-eyed lady walks up to him. “There’s help for us schizophrenics. Take this drug.” Cut to another lady in the park looking around suspiciously at her surroundings. “People are out to get me!” Black haired, silver-eyed lady walks up to her (with the previous park bench man at her side), “You are not alone. Take this drug.” The other commercial for this drug is the same. People having psychotic episodes and the mysterious black-haired, silver-eyed lady appearing out of no where assuring them that they are not alone and offering them drugs. Some lady that no one else can see, apparently. Tell me you’ve seen this commercial and I’m not the only one. . … ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1768 "2020-07-14T13:42:59Z")
I haven’t seen it but I’d like to! My current peeve is a commercial for the Florida Lottery. There’s a new Monopoly scratch-off game, and the voice-over lady keeps pronouncing it MIN-opoly. It grates on me like hell! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1769 "2020-07-14T14:03:01Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > And they continue to make new “Limu Emu and Doug” commercials. I’m tempted to find out which people are telling the Marketeers at (can’t even remember the company) that this is a great series and hit them over the head with something heavy. They make Flo look like an Oscar-winning actress… Their unaided awareness, arguably the key metric for marketers, jumped substantially after they added the emu and the jingle. That’s all the marketers care about. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1770 "2020-07-14T14:44:20Z")
I would love to know what marketing genius came up with the tag line “Poise under pressure and Poise in her pants.” It makes me visualize things that I really do not want to see. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1771 "2020-07-14T15:20:24Z")
Probably the same genius who came up with “have a happy period.” ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1772 "2020-07-14T15:23:12Z")
Ick. 🤮 ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1773 "2020-07-14T15:23:56Z")
I laughed so hard I almost Poised my pants. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1774 "2020-07-14T16:15:39Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’m getting pretty annoyed about “Jake from State Farm”. The original commercial was one of my favorites, and I’ve enjoyed seeing it again (only slightly changed). But now they seem to think that the beloved character of “Jake” is going to carry over into other commercials. NO. THEY ARE WRONG. See, the thing that was great about the original ad is the interaction between the hapless husband and the shrewish wife. They remain hilarious, but “Jake” is just a placeholder. He wears khakis! That’s the beginning and end of his arc! Seriously. They’re trying to create a recognizable character, so the first thing they do is get a new Jake? I can only assume the reason they don’t show the original commercial (at least I’ve not seen it in many months) is because some could perceive the hint of a homophobic undertone. “Har Har. Stoopid cow wife thinks he’s having a sexy conversation but the jokes on her 'cause the other person is another dude”. There are a lot things about it that irritate me but the worst part is that smarmy, condescending “…sooooooo…”. I HATE THAT! There’s another commercial for one of the fake meat products with a snotty little girl selling them at a stand and it ends with her saying “and I like them, and I’m a kid, so…” Arrrgh! When I hear people do this IRL I want jam the invisible ellipses up their visible arse. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1775 "2020-07-14T17:53:39Z")
I always finish the sentence for that kid. “I like them, and I’m a kid, so you know I don’t know crap about good food.” ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1776 "2020-07-14T19:29:08Z")
They’re drinking “sweet Christ, Flo’s eating our lunch”-tinis. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1777 "2020-07-14T19:45:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I haven’t seen it but I’d like to! > > My current peeve is a commercial for the Florida Lottery. There’s a new Monopoly scratch-off game, and the voice-over lady keeps pronouncing it MIN-opoly. It grates on me like hell! There’s an ad for some class-action law firm recruiting plaintiffs who got cancer using Roundup herbicide, and they pronounce Monsanto “Mon-SON-to”. Bugs the crap out of me every time I hear it. ---
**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 14, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1778 "2020-07-14T20:11:59Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > There’s an ad for some class-action law firm recruiting plaintiffs Speaking recruiting plaintiffs, there’s a new one for abuse victims implying that the Boy Scouts are declaring bankruptcy specifically as a way to dodge abuse lawsuits. What, they think every Scoutmaster is Jerry Sandusky? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1779 "2020-07-14T23:03:02Z")
Found it. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1780 "2020-07-15T14:12:00Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > …I can only assume the reason they don’t show the original commercial (at least I’ve not seen it in many months) is because some could perceive the hint of a homophobic undertone. “Har Har. Stoopid cow wife thinks he’s having a sexy conversation but the jokes on her 'cause the other person is another dude”. Yeah, I had noticed that in the first version too-- “Well, it’s a guy, soooo…” and thought it was pretty tone-deaf in this day and age implying just because he was talking to a guy there’s no possible way he could be doing phone sex. Clearly someone at the agency finally figured that out too, and that part had to go. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1781 "2020-07-16T17:02:34Z")
I don’t know if this had already been mentioned, but the Dupixent commercial with “real Patients, not actors.” It would have been nice if they had at least had a real trombone player. The way that kid holds the trombone is triggering. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1782 "2020-07-17T01:54:39Z")
What the … ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/1783 "2020-07-17T02:02:57Z")
Well, not sure how Progressive managed, but they found someone I’d like to kill more than Flo. It’s name will not be repeated here. Instant mute or channel change. My god, what are doing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=90)