# Commercials. From annoying to just plain weird. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816 "2002-08-07T18:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/21 "2002-08-09T19:02:42Z")
This one freaks me out: A ‘plus size’ woman is complaining that normal size maxi-pad are made for a size six. “A size six!” she laments. She then goes on to describe how (her larger size cooter and) underpants are not protected in the way that they should. I don’t know what happens next because hubby often starts shrieking that this commercial has no place of ESPN classicsports. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/22 "2002-08-09T19:24:53Z")
Many, many strange Japanese commercials (featuring english-speaking celebrities) are available in Quicktime format from [Japander.com](http://www.japander.com/japander/index.htm). I like the one with Ewan McGregor saying “Oh my God!” in a variety of different contexts. ---
**Author:** ![deball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@deball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deball)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/23 "2002-08-09T20:00:50Z")
Good lord, the Domino’s Cheesy Bread commercials that are wedged in every slot, every evening on Fox in DC. The one with the “I can’t wait to get my hands on you” jingle that is scientifcally designed to drive humans insane. I’ve sworn off Domino’s forever. Teach them to get in the middle of my Simpsons fix! Great, now it’s in my head again. Doom! Doom on you Domino’s! ---
**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:** [August 9, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/24 "2002-08-09T20:08:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by airdisc \* > \*\*Space Bags. This commercial comes on BBC America. The obnoxious hairy guy who advertises a gadget to get dents out of cars (a task that can also be done with a plunger) advertises what are essentially giant Ziploc bags that you store clothes in, then drain the air out with a hose. > > Back to BBC America. Another odd commercial is for a cleaning product called, get ready, “KABOOM”. Yes, Kaboom. A product named after the sound explosions make. The only way this could be an appropriate name for a cleaning agent is if it contains a large amount of nitroglycerin. So the guy (who, by the way, is the same moron from the Space Bags commercial. At this point I’m feeling more hatred for him than I ever did for Osama bin Laden)\*\* That smarmy pitchman is Billy Mays and he’s been around for quite a while, from tap lights to oxyclean to orange glow and orange clean to the three mentioned above. He also has a habit of introducing himself at the start of every single commercial. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/25 "2002-08-09T21:15:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jorel \* > \*\*A ‘plus size’ woman is complaining that normal size maxi-pad are made for a size six. “A size six!” she laments. > > She then goes on to describe how (her larger size cooter and) underpants are not protected in the way that they should. \*\* Yes, WTF is that? I’ve been quite large and I have to say, the size of a pad hasn’t been up there on the “they don’t make these for fat people” list. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/26 "2002-08-09T21:18:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\ ***Burger King**?!?!? > > And he’s trying to look all smooth and stuff, too. Ordering with such panache the “Number 5”.\*\* “I knew I was ‘in’ when I ordered the Chicken Whopper[super]TM[/super]…” As intrigued as I am by the idea of a Chicken Whopper[super]TM[/super], this wouldn’t be a dream date. ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/27 "2002-08-09T21:56:46Z")
Much like **deball** , I too have a bone to pick with a pizza chain. There is a **Pizza Hut** commercial where they are trying to demonstrate the “hard, innedible” crust of the competition’s pizza. A guy is sitting on a couch with his back to the window. He nonchalantly tosses the pizza crust over his shoulder. Fine, hes a slob. What follows is one of the most brutally awful uses of CGI EVER! The crust bounces off something and smashes through the window in most horrifyingly fake-looking manner imaginable. What? Could they not throw something through the window and then superimpose the crust going through a legitimately made hole? Apparently not. Oh yeah, and anyone who lives along the front range in Colorado can tell you that “Dealin’ Dug” is quite possibly the most irritating man in existence. ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/28 "2002-08-09T22:01:34Z")
“Can you hear me now? GooOOood.” \ Gah! ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/29 "2002-08-09T22:11:34Z")
I _loathe_ the new Toyota commerical - it plays Lou Bega’s “Mambo #5” in the background, and people shout out model names in place of the girls’ names in the song. “A little bit of - COROLLA! - in my life; a little bit of - 4RUNNER! - by my side…” Sheri ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/30 "2002-08-09T22:18:44Z")
> [@](#): > > But the guy is able to make up for an inequitable distribution of household tasks (and by the way, women parent and men babysit) by simply taking his wife out to Friendly’s. That must be one hell of a meal. One of the proudest moments in my marriage came when my husband saw this, wrinkled up his nose and shouted at the TV “If she’s so great, why the fuck are you taking her to FRIENDLY’S? Cheap bastard! Take her to a NICE restaurant!” Ahhhh…he does me so proud! ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/31 "2002-08-10T00:30:57Z")
I must say, Old Navy commercials are very effective at Branding. This means, to the ad-impaired, that the ads make people recognize the Old Navy brand. Of course, they approximate heat-induced branding closely enough that if I had to choose between Old Navy™ and by ever stylish birthday suit. . . Well, I’m glad it’s still summer. ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/32 "2002-08-10T13:29:36Z")
It’s that damn Joe Boxer commercial for K-mart with the jerk dancing in his underwear that bugs me. It squicks me out for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/33 "2002-08-10T16:21:23Z")
I agree, **stolatt** … he looks like a big ol’ doofus. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/34 "2002-08-10T16:38:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gigi \* > \*\* > “I knew I was ‘in’ when I ordered the Chicken Whopper[super]TM[/super]…” > > As intrigued as I am by the idea of a Chicken Whopper[super]TM[/super], this wouldn’t be a dream date. \*\* Have any of you seen the show **Blind Date**?? This Burger King commercial is more making fun of that show than suggesting people take their dates to BK. I took it as a tongue-in-cheek spot and actually think it’s kinda cute. I really don’t think spots like this are meant to be taken at face value anyway, I sure didn’t look at it that way. Thankfully, I have really cut down on my TV viewing this summer and when I do watch, I have nearly perfected the art of skipping commercials. So this is one of the few times I can remember when there is not a commercial that has burned itself into my brain to the point of annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/35 "2002-08-10T20:38:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HelloKitty \* > **Have any of you seen the show Blind Date?? This Burger King commercial is more making fun of that show than suggesting people take their dates to BK. I took it as a tongue-in-cheek spot and actually think it’s kinda cute. I really don’t think spots like this are meant to be taken at face value anyway, I sure didn’t look at it that way.** You’re probably right, but when I first saw it I thought, “If he takes her to BK on a first date the best he can hope for is that Chicken Whopper, 'cause “quail” is definitely not on the menu.” ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/36 "2002-08-10T21:23:42Z")
See, I’ve never seen that show - did BK really think so many people had seen it that they’d know it was a play on the show itself? Oh, and here’s another commercial - the one about back-to-school (not even sure what they’re selling), with the kids jumping into the ol’ minivan, chanting “we’re going to the water park, we’re going to the water park” only to find out POOF! BAM! they’re actually heading back to school, as evidenced by the packed bag lunches in the minivan, as well as the neatly stacked textbooks. Made no sense to me because the kids are dressed for a water park, not school. What parent would send their kids to school in bathing suits?? [sub]I know, I know, I’m overanalyzing. Still annoying, tho.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/37 "2002-08-10T22:38:03Z")
They’re selling computers, and the kids actually think they’re going to the water park, not school. Not as sensible a ruse in terms of clothing as the time Homer and Marge told Bart and Lisa they were going to Disneyland but actually took them to a military academy, but hey… ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/38 "2002-08-11T00:00:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Oh, and here’s another commercial - the one about back-to-school (not even sure what they’re selling), with the kids jumping into the ol’ minivan, chanting “we’re going to the water park, we’re going to the water park” only to find out POOF! BAM! they’re actually heading back to school, as evidenced by the packed bag lunches in the minivan, as well as the neatly stacked textbooks. \*\* 😛 I find that one rather amusing. It’s almost as funny as the Staples one that runs this time every year, with “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” playing in the background (not the Christmasy words, just the title words) and the dad dancing down the aisle throwing schools supplies in the cart, while the two somber kids trudge behind him. That one makes me laugh out loud. And I agree, the Friendly’s “wonderful husband” commercial and the BK blind date commercial are both stupid. I also really hate those new ads for (I think) Express Jeans, with two oh-so-hip people talking about how they fell in love. It’s the one with quick back & forth cuts between the guy and girl, and odd close-ups. Ugh. Stupid. ---
**Author:** ![deborak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@deborak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deborak)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/39 "2002-08-11T03:25:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarkWriter \* > \*\*I _loathe_ the new Toyota commerical - it plays Lou Bega’s “Mambo #5” in the background, and people shout out model names in place of the girls’ names in the song. > > “A little bit of - COROLLA! - in my life; a little bit of - 4RUNNER! - by my side…” > Sheri \*\* Oh, and there’s also the one for Michelina frozen dinners, where the women are dancing through the aisles to the tune of “La Macarena”. Heyyyyy, Michelina! Please. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816/40 "2002-08-11T03:37:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jorel \* > \*\*A ‘plus size’ woman is complaining that normal size maxi-pad are made for a size six. “A size six!” she laments. > > She then goes on to describe how (her larger size cooter and) underpants are not protected in the way that they should.\*\* “Why use a size 6 maxi-pad when you have a size 19 cootch? You don’t wrap a 4 foot fish with a 10 inch kleenex! After I’m done douching with the garden hose, I strap on STAYFREE super-mega-ultra-maxi-pad! Its wings could lift the ‘Spruce Goose’! China uses these things to contain the Yellow River when it jumps its channel!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-from-annoying-to-just-plain-weird/122816.md?page=3)