Assuming this is the Humira commercial, the narration actually says “certain areas” not “certain countries”.
Yup, direct quote.
The Progressive commercial where they are at the beach yet everyone is dressed in normal street clothes. Has the woke era made the burka more desirable than a bikini/swimsuit? Wake me when the forties are over and we hit the sixties.
They’re probably afraid of people getting too turned on by Flo and ruining her just like what happened to Erin Esurance.
I can understand Flo, she is a Mom after all. But the young fit people?
What? You’ve never had a satisfying bowel movement?
Yeah, that looks like the most boring beach day in history.
And I like how the one guy (Jamie?) says “no work talk on beach day”. If you really want to get a break from work, maybe don’t hang out with all your coworkers on your day off?
Where? Jamie looks like the guy that gets sand kicked in his face in those Charles Atlas ads, and Debbis Downer is no great shakes, either.
Did they ever give a name to the other guy? The one that doesn’t smell like fish?
He’s Alan. Played by Paul Mabon
And Debbie Downer is actually Mara. Played by Natalie Palamides.
I was reminded of something that’s been bugging me about Bounty commercials for years now. Some sort of liquid is spilled and is flowing towards something which is in danger of being damaged by the liquid. After the slo-mo terrified reaction shots someone grabs a Bounty (“the quicker picker-upper”) paper towel to sop up the spill before it can do any damage. And how do they do this? By placing the paper towel behind the flowing liquid and pushing it toward the object in danger of being damaged. 
I’m assuming this is to demonstrate that Bounty will absorb the liquid so quickly, but it looks stupid. The logical thing to do would be to put the paper towel in front of the flowing liquid to stop it in its path, not use it to push the liquid closer.
Actually, the logical thing to do would be to simply pick up the object you don’t want to get wet. The fact that they don’t is what drives me nuts about that commercial.
This one annoys me, too. Doug and Limu are grilling outside, and the woman, presumably Doug’s wife, asks, “Doug, can we talk about something besides work. It’s the weekend.” How many people are so obsessed about work that they are incapable of having a life outside of the office?
There are people who are like that, but I’m guessing a very small number of those who sell insurance.
Not to knock anybody who sells insurance, but if you do I imagine it’s more of a paycheck than a calling.
1-800-GOT-JUNK: “We’ll be there before you hang up the phone!”
What is achieved by appending this obvious falsehood to your ad?
Hilarity? I dunno…
Then there are the annoying commercials featuring clueless, annoying people who never face consequences for being a royal pain in the ass. For instance, Dad goes to his daughter’s house and wakes her up at 4 a.m. to help her buy a car. Or maybe a house. Whatever. Except that she, being a post-Z millennial who has the hang of this Internet thing, has already made a wonderful hassle-free purchase online. Inexplicably she forgives Dad, instead of saying,
“You woke me up at 4 a.m. for this bullshit, asshole?”
It’s like the ads showing kids and dog running into the house slopping cataracts of mud onto the floors and carpeting, while Mom just shrugs, smiles and hoses down everything with Armageddon-Scrub.
Thank you. The CONCEPT of a product named Armageddon-Scrub made my day.
Yeah, that’s lame. Makes me want to call them and have them drive all the way here, and tell them, “Sorry! Too late!” and shoo them away. Same with the dancing idiots paying to have perfectly good stuff hauled away.
There’s no end to the annoyance of that commercial. I mean, who are these clueless idiots that don’t know insurance companies would group coverage of multiple types to get more of your business? It’s been standard for decades.
Why is the work group hanging out at the beach together? As we’ve seen, they clearly have separate lives and interests, and they can hardly stand each other. It’s this some work-sponsored team building exercise, thus done during work hours? That explains why they aren’t really dressed for the beach. None of them really want to be there.
Of course, some people do wear cover clothes to the beach, and than shed them as the day progresses.
Or maybe they are all limiting their sun exposure.
I’m going to guess that reason I see so many Spectrum ads is because I have Spectrum cable, and commercial space that isn’t sold is just given over to one of their shitty commercials. So just about every other one. In other news, the fat-faced know-it-all blonde has been replaced by a plastic-faced know-it-all brunette. Progress!