# Again with the commercials we hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324 "2008-09-19T15:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/61 "2008-09-22T15:40:27Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Seems like we are mixed on the Progressive lady. She annoys me in ways I can’t define - and I’m not sure it is entirely because she is so homely. She fucking SCARES me. It’s got to be those serial killer eyes of hers.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/62 "2008-09-22T15:54:49Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > On that note, the Pizza Hut Pizone (sp?). A full pound of processed food wrapped in, well, something. Great. If you’re smart you’ll let “mooch” have half, at least. Goddammit, I don’t want half! ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/63 "2008-09-22T16:54:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The dog doesn’t give a damn if the family plays with him…he just wants his couch back! See, this would have been a better commercial if it depicted a cat. Everybody knows that if cats had opposable thumbs and they could open the tuna can without human help, they would murder their owners in their sleep. Yeah, the cat is going to pick the couch over you. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/64 "2008-09-22T17:18:54Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yes! 🙂 > > I also want to mention that Arby’s commercial where everyone’s trying to eat their sandwich without getting caught by the drill sergeant and they’re all getting sauce all over their faces. “Are you trying to grow a mustache?” > > I just gagged after typing that sentence. I do not want to see people wearing their food, ever, ever again! At least it’s not a beard of Oreo crumbs! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/65 "2008-09-22T17:22:51Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > That chick who walks all over the place with her arms held up to advertise deodorant is really really lame. Yes! This one! I keep picturing people stopping in the street as she walks by and exchanging these puzzled glances, going, “…why is this random chick showing me her armpits?” ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/66 "2008-09-22T17:25:09Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Then there’s the tennis one that _almost_ gets it…the caveman gets pissed off that Geico is sponsoring his whole match against Billie Jean King, so that’s fine, but how in the hell did he not notice the word Geico on everything? Plus he thinks he’s winning when he’s getting his ass kicked. 😕 He \*was \*winning. He says, “You might want to read the sco-o-orebo-o-o-ard…” but then we see that GEICO has sponsored the match so has rigged the match so Billie Jean is winning by something like 999-0. So he quits because GEICO is out to get him. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/67 "2008-09-22T17:47:47Z")
The Verizon commercial with the kid getting out of school only to be met by his dad in some weird rock outfit. This is almost nothing about the commercial that doesn’t annoy me. The kid, the dad, the mom. All of it. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/68 "2008-09-22T17:55:46Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > He \*was \*winning. He says, “You might want to read the sco-o-orebo-o-o-ard…” but then we see that GEICO has sponsored the match so has rigged the match so Billie Jean is winning by something like 999-0. So he quits because GEICO is out to get him. Ah! Okay. > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > At least it’s not a beard of Oreo crumbs! _hurk…hurk…_ ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/69 "2008-09-22T18:20:14Z")
> [@zenith](#): > > Are you sure you didn’t see a version of the fingertip vibrator ad for a model bearing the Trojan condoms name? > > It sounds like almost the same script except that in the one that I keep seeing on late-night cable the interloper is someone about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s age who displays this creepy leer and chimes-in that you can get one on-line @ the Trojan website. "That’s how I got mine!"she says. > > As I said in the last “commercials we hate” thread, if this doesn’t cure you of discussing masturbation in public, nothing will. Yes, thats it. I’d thought it was for condoms but you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/70 "2008-09-22T19:47:40Z")
The Nutrisystem commercial with Jillian Barberi (sp?) where she “catches” a football that was pretty much handed to her from off-camera to illustrate that she is capable of holding a ball that’s obviously been created only for guys. She’s so cool. And gorgeous\*. And better than the “average” girl. :rolleyes: The Boniva commercials with Sally Field where she makes a big deal about how much extra time she has now that she’s only taking a pill monthly as opposed to four times a month. Wow. She has saved a whopping–what?–5 minutes a month? I’ll second (or third) that the I-gave-all-my-fat-clothes-to-my-fat-friends guy should be taken out back and beat senseless. I can’t stand ads that depict parents tolerating intolerable behavior with a wink and a smile. For instance, the commercial for Totino’s Pizza Rolls where just as the mom gets the plate out of the microwave, a hand crashes through the tiled backsplash, grabs one roll, and disappears. Her response? “Oh my! [chuckle chuckle] Well, okay then! [chuckle chuckle]” Other examples include paper towel ads and almost any household cleaning product ad in which some kid has virtually destroyed a room with mud/orange soda/crayons and mom just laughs and cleans up the whole mess with one swipe. The Progressive cashier never really bugged me that much. I kind of like the ad where the couple gets to the register and he’s thrown RV insurance and boat insurance into the cart hoping the wife doesn’t notice…“Surprise!..Let’s bag these up.” But the one with the “tricked-out nametag” really gets me. They flash those numbers pretty quickly, and I’ve never caught exactly how much is being saved, but I assume from the woman’s “wow…that’s a new pair of shoes” comment that she’s thinking of shoes in the $75-$150 or so range? Since when is a nametag worth that much? The writers got lazy. \*matter of her opinion ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/71 "2008-09-22T19:51:32Z")
> [@cruel\_butterfly](#): > > But the one with the “tricked-out nametag” really gets me. They flash those numbers pretty quickly, and I’ve never caught exactly how much is being saved, but I assume from the woman’s “wow…that’s a new pair of shoes” comment that she’s thinking of shoes in the $75-$150 or so range? Since when is a nametag worth that much? The writers got lazy. It’s worse than that, actually. I think the disparity between at least the first quote and Progressive is something like $300. Every time that comes on I start screaming (in my head) “A new pair of shoes? How about six new pairs of shoes, since I don’t think I’ve ever paid more than $50 for shoes in my freaking life!” ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/72 "2008-09-22T20:06:28Z")
Another thread reminded me of this: Ruby Tuesday (I think) commercial with a generic couple eating, when some tool pops up to grab the Tiffany lamp and lamely snark “the 80s called, and want their lamp back”. Only to replace it with a lamp that is _just as out of date_, and so lamer, 'cause it isn’t even a recognizable style like the Tiffany lamp. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/73 "2008-09-22T20:10:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **cruel butterfly** > The Nutrisystem commercial with Jillian Barberi (sp?) where she “catches” a football that was pretty much handed to her from off-camera to illustrate that she is capable of holding a ball that’s obviously been created only for guys. She’s so cool. And gorgeous\*. And better than the “average” girl. But, dontcha see? The football catch is to demonstrate that the diet program _works!_ She can catch a \*football! \*So the diet works! You don’t see the logic there? You, too, can catch a football! And lose weight, but more important, catch a football! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/74 "2008-09-22T20:43:51Z")
> [@cruel\_butterfly](#): > > The Boniva commercials with Sally Field where she makes a big deal about how much extra time she has now that she’s only taking a pill monthly as opposed to four times a month. Wow. She has saved a whopping–what?–5 minutes a month? Not that the commercials aren’t still annoying, but I’m pretty sure that the benefit for the once-a-month Boniva is that most medications of that type require that you not lie down, eat or drink anything (aside from plain water), or take any other medications for about an hour after taking them. It also has to be taken first thing in the morning. If you’re relatively healthy that’s fine, but if you need a lot of medications taken throughout the day, have to lie down frequently, are diabetic, are rather ill and/or are confined to a nursing home, etc., then frequent usage of a medication like this can be difficult to do properly. My WAG is that it might have been developed for inpatient-type usage to make it convenient for whoever is giving the medication and monitoring the person afterwards, and then they expanded to consumer marketing to appeal to patients who feel like they take too many medications as it is. One of the quotes on their website is: “Because you take BONIVA 150 mg monthly, interruptions to your morning routine and your normal activities occur only once a month.” I suspect that if you have other “first thing in the morning” meds or have to eat on a pretty strict schedule due to diabetes, changing the meds timing or one breakfast time, once a month, isn’t as bad as doing it more frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/75 "2008-09-22T20:45:40Z")
Okay, I don’t even know what the product is because I’m so horrified by the commercial. Woman is behind the counter and she’s got a fake face on the back of her head and she’s saying, “gimme gimme gimme gimme” and then turns around to her normal face again and the customer is saying it cost more than she originally said, and then I’m afraid to fall asleep for fear I’ll see the two-faced head in my nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/76 "2008-09-22T20:49:44Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Ah! Okay. > > _hurk…hurk…_ HEY! Not on the carpet! Damn doper hairballs… ---
**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:** [September 22, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/77 "2008-09-22T20:57:17Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > HEY! Not on the carpet! > > Damn doper hairballs… Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/78 "2008-09-22T21:33:57Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Okay, I don’t even know what the product is because I’m so horrified by the commercial. Woman is behind the counter and she’s got a fake face on the back of her head and she’s saying, “gimme gimme gimme gimme” and then turns around to her normal face again and the customer is saying it cost more than she originally said, and then I’m afraid to fall asleep for fear I’ll see the two-faced head in my nightmares. Good one. It is one of the airlines, but I dunno which one. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/79 "2008-09-22T22:05:35Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’m another one who likes Flo. She’s goofy in a really fun way. I like her but I’m inexplicably annoyed by the fact that her name is Flo. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/80 "2008-09-22T22:23:22Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > I like her but I’m inexplicably annoyed by the fact that her name is Flo. I think she’s (the actress, not the character) in one of the Glade scented candles commercials, too…the one where the woman has her friends over for yoga class. She’s one of the friends. Her face isn’t visible for more than about 3/4 of a second total, but I’m pretty sure it’s her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324.md?page=5)