# Commercials That Don't Repulse You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426 "2009-05-05T15:33:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/21 "2009-05-06T10:40:51Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > And the companion “Real American Heroes” > > [Listen.](http://www.contemporaryinsanity.org/audio-video/bud-light-real-men-of-genius.html) [NITPICK][“Real American Heroes” is the original.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Men_of_Genius)[/NITPICK] ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/22 "2009-05-06T15:41:40Z")
That shampoo with the centaur in the shower. Was it Old Spice? Amuses me every time. “Was it because I’m two things, and it’s two things?! That’s two-things-ism!” ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/23 "2009-05-06T15:52:56Z")
It was a Ford commercial on the radio here. The voice of the GPS unit argued with the driver about going to Elm Street ---
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/24 "2009-05-06T15:58:49Z")
I always enjoy watching [Chuck Storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPWZ7ASnhiE) walk into that sign in the “know where you stand” or whatever it is commercial. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/25 "2009-05-06T15:59:14Z")
I like that commercial where that girl is going to college, even though she has her pyjamas on!! Seeing that commercial always brightens up my day. I doubt she’s actually a working actress, but I wonder who she is… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/26 "2009-05-06T16:06:39Z")
> [@Chum](#): > > My favorite commercial recently has been [State Farm’s "Young Driver](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_dkyByzD-Y). Just for the last couple seconds. Is that the one with the little girl asking her dad for the car keys and the dad asking her all the questions about where she’ll be and who with, then as she’s walking out the door she’s suddenly a teenager? Yeah, I like the end of that one too, with the little five-year-old boy heading out the door. “Where are you going?” “Work.” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/27 "2009-05-06T16:23:28Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > That shampoo with the centaur in the shower. Was it Old Spice? Amuses me every time. > > “Was it because I’m two things, and it’s two things?! That’s two-things-ism!” Now, there’s an ad for a new Toyota Azuza (?) that says you’re more than one thing, and so should your car. I always point at the screen and yell, “That’s two-things-ism!” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/28 "2009-05-06T16:36:42Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I’m a big old sap, so I like the ATT commercial where the guy sends a pic of himself from all around the world, then a pic of her sitting waiting for him. > > Of course, it hasn’t made me get an ATT phone, but since it \*has \*made me remember it, it has done its job. I suppose you mean the girl on the bench and the guy with a backpack. Every shot has a row of progressively taller things, for their “more bars” slogan. An earlier, similar one has an uber-cute little girl sneaking a plush monkey into Daddy’s briefcase. Daddy sends pix of the monkey everywhere he goes, the last being a pic of his own house when he gets home. Again, every shot has a row of more bars. Where’d they get that little girl? She’s gonna be a big star someday! ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/29 "2009-05-06T17:25:36Z")
I love the one for cell phone service where the dad has three daughters and he’s horrified that the oldest has been talking about his internet dating and that the middle one asks if she shouldn’t have told her friend’s grandma that he was available and the little (goofy) one tells him the grandma thinks he’s super delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/30 "2009-05-06T18:03:35Z")
God forgive me, but I actually kind of enjoy the [Comcast](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8jvJCDcZE&feature=channel_page) ads! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/31 "2009-05-06T18:36:43Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > [NITPICK][“Real American Heroes” is the original.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Men_of_Genius)[/NITPICK] True. They changed the name of the campaign to “Real Men of Genius” after 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/32 "2009-05-06T18:37:26Z")
The Honda Insight [Beaches](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWhwc7WHv1U) ad is very well done. I like the editing. > [@Khadaji](#): > > I’m a big old sap, so I like the ATT commercial where the guy sends a pic of himself from all around the world, then a pic of her sitting waiting for him. > > Of course, it hasn’t made me get an ATT phone, but since it \*has \*made me remember it, it has done its job. The girl is stunning, but something about the way she hangs around moping romantically for the guy just irritates me. And how does he know to track her down in the park at the end? Yes, I’ve thought about this commercial too much, possibly because it’s the second one in the space of a year or so to use the same drippy song. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/33 "2009-05-06T18:49:13Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > I love the one for cell phone service where the dad has three daughters and he’s horrified that the oldest has been talking about his internet dating and that the middle one asks if she shouldn’t have told her friend’s grandma that he was available and the little (goofy) one tells him the grandma thinks he’s super delicious. , I love that one! ‘Superdelicious’ still makes me laugh, even though I’ve seen it a zillion times. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/34 "2009-05-06T19:32:49Z")
I think the gal in the “no butt dialing” commercial for T-Mobile is cute and she has a cute voice. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/35 "2009-05-06T19:39:17Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkne9wlu_3k) one has been my favorite for a couple of years running. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/36 "2009-05-06T21:47:37Z")
I will never, ever get tired of [Telus’](http://www.telusmobility.com/coolstuff/advertising.shtml) animal ads. They are freaking hilarious! They now have ad campaigns in theatres where at the end, the animal tells you to turn your cellphone off. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/37 "2009-05-06T21:48:21Z")
[QUOTE=winterhawk11] - The one where they’re herding cats across the plains (showed a few years ago during the Super Bowl)–forget what it was advertising [/QUOTE] EDS. [In a sense, this is what we do.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwrYiNJc_E) Not exactly a household name… They more or less invented IT outsourcing 40 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/38 "2009-05-06T22:38:07Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > I think the gal in the “no butt dialing” commercial for T-Mobile is cute and she has a cute voice. Hey, that’s that chick from “Popular”-- I wondered if she was ever getting any more work.. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/39 "2009-05-06T22:42:03Z")
[I want those sweeties!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mycGMDz2knA&NR=1) Greatest commercial ever! It wouldn’t play well in America though I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/40 "2009-05-06T22:57:12Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > The girl is stunning, but something about the way she hangs around moping romantically for the guy just irritates me. And how does he know to track her down in the park at the end? Yes, I’ve thought about this commercial too much, possibly because it’s the second one in the space of a year or so to use the same drippy song. A friend of mine points something out every time that commercial comes on: the last pic he sends her is at the wrong angle from where he’s standing. It’s too close, or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426.md?page=3)