# Can we do commercials we love again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065 "2008-10-22T15:38:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/21 "2008-10-23T14:35:13Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I like the rollover minute one where Dad throws the “milky” minutes away. “My sister would love to have those minutes!” “Isn’t she lactose intolerant?” The boys all snerk. Cracks me up every time! I love that one because that is exactly how I would react in such a situation. And then my wife would smack my arm and tell me to stop acting like our 12 year old children. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/22 "2008-10-23T15:10:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I like the T-Mobile cell phone [commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muRMsfrbc10) where the dad comes home to announce to his family that he’s signed them up for the family talk plan. They each describe who they wish to call. (The son mentions that the dad can call that woman at the boy’s soccer games the dad is always staring at.) The daughter mentions that she wants to call her friend Derek but Dad points out the “no Dereks with a mustache and a Mustang” clause and says to her, “What a drag, dude.” It makes me laugh every time. I love that one too, mostly because of the son mentioning the woman his dad always stares at. It’s so funny and random. T-Mobile has really been hitting it out of the park lately. [This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUHT-p8svkc&feature=related)from a few months back was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/23 "2008-10-23T17:30:04Z")
Definitely the Discovery Channel one with the “Boom de a da” song. We have one here for Kaiser Permanente, with a pudgy little boy dressed in a suit, talking about how when he was younger he didn’t take care of himself (complete with examples\_, but now that he’s older (he’s all of about 8) he knows how important it is. There’s a scene where he says “The drinking was the worst” and it shows him with a 2-liter bottle of soda, chugging the whole thing down. Cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/24 "2008-10-23T17:43:16Z")
Another vote for The Discovery Channel Commerical -[I love the whole world](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdaLfJjDuE&feature=related)! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/25 "2008-10-23T17:47:50Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Definitely the Discovery Channel one with the “Boom de a da” song. > > We have one here for Kaiser Permanente, with a pudgy little boy dressed in a suit, talking about how when he was younger he didn’t take care of himself (complete with examples\_, but now that he’s older (he’s all of about 8) he knows how important it is. There’s a scene where he says “The drinking was the worst” and it shows him with a 2-liter bottle of soda, chugging the whole thing down. Cracks me up every time. …How he “hung out with a ‘bad crowd’” (Shows his big lazy hound flopped on the couch while he plays video games.) There’s this mournful blues music playing in the background the whole time too - it’s a riot! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/26 "2008-10-23T19:20:02Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I like the E-trade toddler series. > The first one where he up-chucks and responds with a “whoa..” > The second one where he uses his extra cash to hire a clown but underestimates the creepiness factor. > And the third one where the naughty girl texts him and then calls him and he asks “hey girl, can I hit you back?” These always crack me up - especially “I underestimated the creepiness factor.” Definitely my favorite. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/27 "2008-10-23T19:31:17Z")
> [@lexi](#): > > Another vote for The Discovery Channel Commerical -[I love the whole world](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdaLfJjDuE&feature=related)! OMG, is that what the XKCD comic was riffing on? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/28 "2008-10-23T19:35:37Z")
I love the “Baby Come Back” Swiffer ones too. And for the life of me, I can’t remember the other one I see that prompts me to think, I need to mention this as a favorite on SDMB. :smack: The one with the guy and girl on the elevator showing their CafePress politicalwear is fun. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/29 "2008-10-23T21:48:23Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > OMG, is that what the XKCD comic was riffing on? > > :smack: Took me a while to find the comic in the archive: [xkcd: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel](http://xkcd.com/442/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/30 "2008-10-23T22:04:41Z")
I like a couple of the cellphone commercials where a character introduces himself and says “Hi, So and So’s phone here” The implication is that their service is inferior and there are no bars where they are. The one with the family at the European? beach “Mommy, why are they all naked?” and the one where the mom running a kid’s birthday party didn’t get the call that a T-Rex would be sent out instead of “Frank the fun loving dinosaur” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/31 "2008-10-23T22:08:05Z")
Apple’s “1984” [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8) and the hilarious, brilliant first “Got Milk?” commercial: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLSsswr6z9Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLSsswr6z9Y) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/32 "2008-10-23T23:28:28Z")
“I didn’t give him cookies, I gave him _cheese_!” ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/33 "2008-10-23T23:35:14Z")
[Cingular’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQBABkFI34) Mother/daughter argument. It’s brilliant and funny. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/34 "2008-10-23T23:50:04Z")
We have a series of TV/radio ads for a car dealer featuring a badger as a sleazy car salesman…[this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGZxaDKmtwE) is my favorite. wiggle wiggle wump ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/35 "2008-10-24T03:55:03Z")
> [@lexi](#): > > Another vote for The Discovery Channel Commerical -[I love the whole world](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdaLfJjDuE&feature=related)! I came in to nominate this one! I LOVE these commercials, I turn the sound up every time they come on TV! So much fun. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/36 "2008-10-24T15:30:11Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > I came in to nominate this one! I LOVE these commercials, I turn the sound up every time they come on TV! So much fun. I hadn’t seen those before–very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/37 "2008-10-24T21:47:50Z")
[This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=locNW8S_7wk) for [Expedia.com](http://Expedia.com) featuring Matt Hasselbeck really tickles me. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/38 "2008-10-24T21:51:04Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I like the one for the cellphone company where the two teenagers are bickering over who gets the new and who gets the “old” rollover minutes. The exasperated mom comes in and mixes them up on the table and holds one up to the pouting son: “Is this new or old?” “mumble mumble” “IS THIS NEW OR OLD?” “I can’t tell.” This is a favorite of mine as well. Not only is it EXACTLY what would happen if cell phone minutes were issued in a tangible form, but the mom is real-world-beautiful rather than fashion-model-beautiful, like the pathological liar in the Glade commercials, and RWB is always more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/39 "2008-10-24T21:55:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I like a couple of the cellphone commercials where a character introduces himself and says “Hi, So and So’s phone here” The implication is that their service is inferior and there are no bars where they are. These are also good; I’m particularly fond of the [Michael Phelps one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKywQTUr92o)and the [dinosaur party one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_aLHel3w20). More real-world-hotness. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065/40 "2008-10-25T00:15:05Z")
There’s a series of ads by some flooring manufacturer - maybe Armstrong Floors - that are really funny to me. One of them shows some guy dressed as a flamenco dancer (kind of), dancing (alone) passionately to some gooey music when suddenly his wife and son return from shopping. The guy swoops off his headband/scarf and says, “You guys are home early”, obviously mortified to be caught in his guilty secret. The looks on his wife and son’s faces are just perfect: complete shock and disbelief. Plus they even look alike. It’s just really well done -good acting, good writing. The other three in the series are also excellent. One of them is a couple grazing from the fridge, the husband tells the wife the chinese food is still good and she sniffs it and falls back in a dead faint. The husband comes up and sniffs it and falls down himself as well. Then there’s the cat who turns into a chicken, another good one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-do-commercials-we-love-again/469065.md?page=3)