Are TV Commercials A Bit Violent These Days?

I am thinking of the Irish (Scot?) who walks around slapping people on the butt with an oil dipstick, and yelling “Yer not thinkin’ with your dipstick, Jimmy!” I know he’s not really making contact with those guys’ butts or he’d probably be dead now, right? But still, I can still remember getting hit with a ruler as a kid, and that shit hurt!

The “news reporter” walking into the street sign, and the guy who staples his hand hanging his Christmas lights were tame in comparison.

Can you think of others?
Quasi

The Alltel Wireless commercial where the garbage truck driver is holding a van full of wireless company reps on the lift of his truck, threatening to drop them.

Also the ReMax commercial that features people kicking themselves in the ass.

Both of these make me feel weird.