# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/101 "2008-09-24T01:50:39Z")
I have never, ever understood the Cialis commercials. Not the product itself, which I understand in theory. Kind of. You have 36 hours to get a boner whenever you want. Or something. Not really sure how it works, but I’m content to remain ignorant there. No, what I don’t understand is why these people could, would or should drag two insanely heavy antique leaded clawfoot bathtubs across the sand to the ocean - but still about fifty feet from the water’s edge - onto what would have to be a fortified pier that appears to have been designed solely for that purpose, and sit in each of them while holding hands. Oh, and I’m no marriage counselor, but have you two tried getting in **the same tub**? ---
**Author:** ![Convict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Convict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Convict)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/102 "2008-09-24T02:30:44Z")
So this swarmy dickhead who deserves to be beaten to a bloody pulp asks people what they would do to keep their Comcast service–one woman says she would marry her ex-husband. Next scene–swarmy ass-face makes her re-marry said ex as she stands there crying! So let me get this straight–Comcast will come to your door and take away your service if you don’t do some terrible thing? Yea, that makes me want to get their craptastic service! Comcast has too many other bad commercials to mention. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/103 "2008-09-24T04:17:51Z")
“Swarmy”??? Call me crazy, but a cable tv commercial featuring a guy covered in bees doesn’t seem like a great marketing strategy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/104 "2008-09-24T05:02:26Z")
The current [iPod nano commercial](http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/gallery/ads/) is driving me nuts. “I tried to do hen-stenz for you, I tried to do hen-stenz for you.” Yeah, I know it’s “handstands,” but they sing it in that weird phonetic ABBA way. I was surprised to find out [the band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairlift_(band)) is from Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/105 "2008-09-24T05:12:03Z")
> [@Convict](#): > > So this swarmy dickhead who deserves to be beaten to a bloody pulp asks people what they would do to keep their Comcast service–one woman says she would marry her ex-husband. Next scene–swarmy ass-face makes her re-marry said ex as she stands there crying! > > So let me get this straight–Comcast will come to your door and take away your service if you don’t do some terrible thing? Yea, that makes me want to get their craptastic service! > > Comcast has too many other bad commercials to mention. You don’t like the turtles? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/106 "2008-09-24T08:34:30Z")
Any ad where they claim that _their_ air freshener isn’t like all the others that merely _cover up_ odour, this one actually seeks out and annihilates the airborne chemicals that cause odour. 1. They all say this 2. Matter cannot be created or destroyed 3. They don’t necessarily work that way at all (some of them contain chemicals that numb your sense of smell) Also, ads for automatic aerosol air fresheners that puff fragrance into the air every 12, 18 or 36 minutes. If your house needs that level of freshening, just remove some of the corpses from under the floor. ---
**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 24, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/107 "2008-09-24T14:48:24Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > You don’t like the turtles? No. I can’t speak for **convict** but those ads suck. [QUOTE=Mangetout] Also, ads for automatic aerosol air fresheners that puff fragrance into the air every 12, 18 or 36 minutes. If your house needs that level of freshening, just remove some of the corpses from under the floor. [/QUOTE] No. That would just cause more problems for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/108 "2008-09-24T18:22:09Z")
There’s a commercial for Jimmy John’s that’s one of the most tasteless I’ve ever seen. Jimmy John’s is a third-rate submarine sandwich shop. The gist of the commercial is that a robber is holding people hostage, threatening to shoot them, etc. Then, somebody shows up with some sandwiches, and suddenly everything is cool. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/109 "2008-09-24T20:18:53Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > There’s a commercial for Jimmy John’s that’s one of the most tasteless I’ve ever seen. Jimmy John’s is a third-rate submarine sandwich shop. The gist of the commercial is that a robber is holding people hostage, threatening to shoot them, etc. Then, somebody shows up with some sandwiches, and suddenly everything is cool. In defense of Jimmy Johns, that’s a [proven crime-fighting technique](http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess/v2captainamerica02.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/110 "2008-09-25T03:36:08Z")
I agree with \*\*Auntie Pam \*\*and perhaps others (I haven’t read them all) about the Vonage ad. I would ad (!) that it is also hypocritical in that she (the Vonage gal) bumps the phone guy and disses his policy of raising the rates, when their own big onscreen rate display indicates that they also raise their rate after three months. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/111 "2008-09-25T15:51:27Z")
I have to agree, all the Comcast commercials suck. The turtles annoy me, the super fast runner annoys me (I’d be less annoyed if my comcast connection was indeed, super fast) and the “office team” especially annoys me: The Enforcer, The Miracle Worker, etc. Of course, I am a little biased because I hate few companies more than I hate Comcast. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/112 "2008-09-26T05:23:25Z")
Certain things tick me off in commercials: [ul] [li]overly precocious children[/li][li]kids or men who leave ridiculous messes that mom has to clean up[/li][li]loud commercials[/li][/ul] I just saw a hideous one for Axe. The guy turns into a giant candy bar. His eyes are the only non-brown thing on him. So he looks like a giant shit, and he’s crumbling his nose to make sprinkles, etc. It’s disgusting, even by disgusting Axe standards. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/113 "2008-09-26T11:29:08Z")
OK, I just saw the Axe ad on YouTube. :eek: :eek: :eek: That is possibly the most revolting commercial I’ve seen since Domino unveiled the Furry Turd. The nose crumble is bad enough, but I don’t even want to THINK about where he gets the pot of hot chocolate! ---
**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 26, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/114 "2008-09-26T12:15:33Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > I just saw a hideous one for Axe. The guy turns into a giant candy bar. His eyes are the only non-brown thing on him. So he looks like a giant shit, and he’s crumbling his nose to make sprinkles, etc. It’s disgusting, even by disgusting Axe standards. I haven’t seen it, but I was reading this post as I answered the phone at work, and I was suddenly unable to make a sound. Because if I did, it would have been BWAHhahaha! 😃 The caller was puzzled. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/115 "2008-09-26T13:09:16Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Certain things tick me off in commercials: > > [ul] > [li]overly precocious children[/li][li]kids or men who leave ridiculous messes that mom has to clean up[/li][li]loud commercials[/li][/ul] > I just saw a hideous one for Axe. The guy turns into a giant candy bar. His eyes are the only non-brown thing on him. So he looks like a giant shit, and he’s crumbling his nose to make sprinkles, etc. It’s disgusting, even by disgusting Axe standards. Although I did chuckle when someone driving by ripped off his arm. ---
**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 26, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/116 "2008-09-26T16:10:32Z")
Oh, and I somehow managed to miss the current batch of Wal_Mart commercials that celebrates the only things women are capable of doing: having kids and making snacks for football parties. :rolleyes: The narrator’s comments are particularly repulsive – some blather about Wal_Mart’s great prices helping Moms succeed or something. ---
**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 26, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/117 "2008-09-26T16:14:02Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Oh, and I somehow managed to miss the current batch of Wal_Mart commercials that celebrates the only things women are capable of doing: having kids and making snacks for football parties. :rolleyes: The narrator’s comments are particularly repulsive – some blather about Wal_Mart’s great prices helping Moms succeed or something. God, I hate those for the music. It’s louder by half than the show the commercial slot is set into and it has the worst of field band piece sounds…that very fast, very “beaty”, overuse of tri-toms sound that I can’t stand. It’s like a march in triple time. And not a good march, either. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/118 "2008-09-26T18:11:49Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Oh, and I somehow managed to miss the current batch of Wal_Mart commercials that celebrates the only things women are capable of doing: having kids and making snacks for football parties. :rolleyes: The narrator’s comments are particularly repulsive – some blather about Wal_Mart’s great prices helping Moms succeed or something. And what is with the woman at the end who holds up the stack of snacks a little higher to reveal that she is pregnant? What is the message they are sending us? ---
**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 26, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/119 "2008-09-26T18:18:59Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > And what is with the woman at the end who holds up the stack of snacks a little higher to reveal that she is pregnant? What is the message they are sending us? Snacks knock you up. Duh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324/120 "2008-09-26T18:24:01Z")
I will just reiterate one someone discussed earlier. It is a Southwest Airlines ad about how other airlines add fees onto their airfares. THe woman beihnd the ocunter does this creepy thing where she syas one thing, turns around has a different face and says something else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-commercials-we-hate/464324.md?page=7)