# Commercials Currently Annoying You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655 "2016-01-30T16:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/101 "2016-02-19T05:44:28Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > That commercial with some dumb car being sold while you hear some kids sing songing the names of the presidents. Because it’s Presidents’ Day month… That one annoys the doodoo out of me. Can not reach for the remote fast enough. Especially since it airs all the freaking time. [This guy is an asshole. As well as a whigger.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NGPwtXywLk) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/102 "2016-02-19T05:45:19Z")
Those commercials for the Hartford auto insurance with Matt McCoy. Every time one of those comes on, I want to punch his smug face. Get the fuck off my TV, Matt McCoy! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/103 "2016-02-19T07:39:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Those commercials for the Hartford auto insurance with Matt McCoy. Every time one of those comes on, I want to punch his smug face. Get the fuck off my TV, Matt McCoy! Who is Matt McCoy, and why should I take his advice? that’s what I’m thinking when those commercials are on. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/104 "2016-02-19T18:08:49Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Most commercials on the science-y channels were written with stupid people in mind. But there is one for prepper food where the narrator says “Every American should have at least a month’s supply of food in your home.” I always wonder where I’d keep it all. I watched a few of those prepper shows, and damn, they’re creative. Boxes under the bed. The bed frame turned into a secret storage container. Hollow-core doors refurbished to be able to hold canned goods and beans and rice. Etsy should have some of these things pre-made, seriously. > [@epbrown01](#): > > [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com), whose ads essentially play up how irrelevant the information is. If you can go the first 50 years of your life thinking you’re German, then find out you’re Scottish - it doesn’t matter either way. I always yell, “You’re AMERICAN, dumbass!” > [@TBG](#): > > That commercial with some dumb car being sold while you hear some kids sing songing the names of the presidents. Because it’s Presidents’ Day month… I came in to post about that one. It’s awful, the semi-off-key kids’ voices, the lack of rhyme or rhythm in the damned “song”. And just as you think they MUST have gotten at least to Nixon, they’re only at Lincoln. AGH! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/105 "2016-02-19T18:28:23Z")
This is as much befuddlement as annoyance, but I’ve been dragging my lazy ass to the gym a couple or three times a week and spend a certain amount of time as a captive audience watching what passes for television in the 6:30-7:30 time bracket. Which, apparently, is nearly non-stop advertisements for prescription medicine, punctuated by extremely brief excerpts from shows on unaffordably nice towns to live in Massachusetts, or how to flip houses. Astrazeneca must make most of their money marketing to people who are too crippled to reach the TV remote. “I used to have COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) but once I started taking BonesAll and Lungbutrol, I was able to fast forward the Tivo without blacking out or breaking several fingers, and now I never have to watch pharmaceutical ads ever again!” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/106 "2016-02-19T18:33:54Z")
The Diet Coke commercial where the airplane turns into a hipster filled nightmare bothers me. However, I’d love to go back in time and insert the song into _Silence of the Lambs_. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/107 "2016-02-19T18:35:02Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Who is Matt McCoy, and why should I take his advice? that’s what I’m thinking when those commercials are on. Exactly! At least when Fonzie tells me about reverse mortgages, I know who he is! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/108 "2016-02-19T20:08:57Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Who is Matt McCoy, and why should I take his advice? that’s what I’m thinking when those commercials are on. He was **Lloyd Braun** on _ **“Seinfeld”** _ and starred in a forgettable sit-com from the early '80’s (that co-starred the cute Teri Copley) called _ **“We Got It Made”** _. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/109 "2016-02-19T21:11:57Z")
> [@appleaday](#): > > I am currently annoyed by the obnoxious “Halos” commercials, in which children coerce their parents into buying boxes of “Halos” by being bratty or downright psychotic. Yep, we no longer buy those just because of those ads. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/110 "2016-02-19T21:22:00Z")
After a ton of complaints against Flo (not me, I love her) Progressive is trying out a new mascot. That stupid, rude, unfunny box. He’s a box full of insurance who thinks he’s cool but is actually a douche. Why? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/111 "2016-02-19T21:49:12Z")
Oh, and that Endurance auto protection commercial with Courtney Hansen. I don’t have anything against her or the product, but oh, that voice! If Bullwinkle J. Moose had a girlfriend, that’s what she’d sound like. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/112 "2016-02-20T04:58:12Z")
Audi has been running a series of particularly irritating commercials, which play up their car as the choice for the self-absorbed man who does as he damn well pleases. In one this young snot deliberately splashes water on a few people sitting on a bus bench. (Who just might note his license plate and report him to the police.) Another shows the jerk roaring and screeching to a stop in his driveway, testing the patience of his neighbors. (Sounds like a great way to invite someone to punch you out at your door.) And a third commercial, set in a parking garage, shows an Audi moving in such a way as to imply get-the-hell-out-of-my-way to cars of other makes. (I wouldn’t be surprised if the other manufacturers were to take legal action.) Since when is there appeal in driving a car which invites you to make an absolute ass of yourself? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/113 "2016-02-20T20:26:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Oh, and that Endurance auto protection commercial with Courtney Hansen. I don’t have anything against her or the product, but oh, that voice! If Bullwinkle J. Moose had a girlfriend, that’s what she’d sound like. But nice stripper boots, I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/114 "2016-02-21T01:40:49Z")
The newest University of Phoenix commercials. “Still don’t think I got a brain?” First, way to get defensive; did anyone actually ask you if you had a brain? Second, way to be condescending to potential employers: “You’re gonna want someone like me - But only if \*you \*have a brain.” :rolleyes: If you \*really \*had a brain, sweetheart, you’d take your limited finances (like a lot of us) to a community or technical college, and not a glorified diploma mill. Not to mention, a degree is no longer a guarantee of a good-paying career. Plus, your singing voice makes me want to hit you with a brick. Ugh. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/115 "2016-02-21T02:03:08Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > The newest University of Phoenix commercials. “Still don’t think I got a brain?” First, way to get defensive; did anyone actually ask you if you had a brain? Second, way to be condescending to potential employers: “You’re gonna want someone like me - But only if \*you \*have a brain.” :rolleyes: > > If you \*really \*had a brain, sweetheart, you’d take your limited finances (like a lot of us) to a community or technical college, and not a glorified diploma mill. Not to mention, a degree is no longer a guarantee of a good-paying career. Plus, your singing voice makes me want to hit you with a brick. Ugh. ☹ “Critics are legless men who teach running.”–Channing Pollock ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/116 "2016-02-21T02:49:06Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > That horrific one with what looks like a pregnant guy, but it’s not and it’s worse. Some sort of fiber-y product, I think. Oh, I just saw that for the first time yesterday. Absolutely in the running for “creepiest commercial ever.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/117 "2016-02-21T03:22:14Z")
Two words: _“The **RAIN!** ”_ I swear to God, I’d rather hear fingernails being dragged on a chalkboard than ever listen to that woman’s voice again! :smack: I realize I’m probably a minority of one here, but I was never fond of the same product’s commercial with the oh-so-adorable **old, old, old** couple, either. Instead of “Morty, are you awake?” it should have been “Morty, are you still breathing?” :mad: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/118 "2016-02-21T05:31:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Morty, are you still breathing?” :mad: That reminds me of the Zachary All Clothing Store commercial with “Eddie, are you kidding?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/119 "2016-02-21T08:08:13Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Audi has been running a series of particularly irritating commercials, which play up their car as the choice for the self-absorbed man who does as he damn well pleases. In one this young snot deliberately splashes water on a few people sitting on a bus bench. ( You didnt watch the ad very carefully. _Mercedes ads are known to show their cars splashing gutter water on the hapless poor peasants. The Audi_ driver very carefully does NOT splash water on the dudes at the bus-stop… then the “German luxury sedan\*” behind him is just as careful to do so. Showing that Audi drivers are not assholes. (Mind you, they may well be, but the ad shows they are not) - sans badging. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/120 "2016-02-21T16:08:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You didnt watch the ad very carefully. _Mercedes ads are known to show their cars splashing gutter water on the hapless poor peasants. The Audi_ driver very carefully does NOT splash water on the dudes at the bus-stop… then the “German luxury sedan\*” behind him is just as careful to do so. Showing that Audi drivers are not assholes. (Mind you, they may well be, but the ad shows they are not) > > - sans badging. I will watch this commercial carefully the next time I see it. I hope you are telling the truth. FWIW, I am now a Mercedes driver myself. “Badging”? 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=7)