# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![shecrab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@shecrab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shecrab)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/61 "2009-05-09T01:06:02Z")
I absolutely love the new [HULU.COM](http://HULU.COM) commercials where they show all manner of drooling idiots watching tv. Now THAT is clever. I especially like the Seth McFarland alien–what a cute li’l belly he has. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/62 "2009-05-09T04:18:28Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > For some reason [Sonic commercials](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rA85iBd4RQ&feature=related) never seem to get old. I was going to say the same. I can’t find it but both of the new French ones trip me out. “Wow, it’s like the French have a word for everything.” ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/63 "2009-05-09T22:47:48Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Linky? Or at least a little more information? Sorry! This thread escaped me. I completely forgot it existed and I never saw it during my skim of the various forums. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the school that hot girl is advertising. They show it on G4 all the damn time. I’ll go watch that worthless channel for like half an hour, when I get a chance and I’ll report back. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/64 "2009-05-10T01:12:01Z")
> [@snailboy](#): > > I was going to say the same. I can’t find it but both of the new French ones trip me out. “Wow, it’s like the French have a word for everything.” Haven’t seen that ad, but the ripped the punchline straight from Steve Martin. “‘Chapeau’ means ‘hat.’ ‘Oeurf’ means ‘egg.’ It’s like those French have a different word for EVERYTHING!” ---
**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 10, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/65 "2009-05-10T05:14:31Z")
> [@infinitii](#): > > Here you go: if anyone knows who she is, I would very much like to know that as well. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Kv-KYpD10](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Kv-KYpD10) Oh. My. My. Oh. My. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/66 "2009-05-10T07:03:48Z")
I forget what the commercial is for… It’s a guy in his car stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. He barely taps this lady in front of him. She gets outs of the van, (It turns out she’s a nun) walks towards the back to see if any damage was done, she then smiles politely at the guy still sitting in his car and then playfully taps the front of his car with her “poitning” stick she was holding in her hand. The guy then breathes a sigh of relief thinking he’s off the hook. Then about a second later his car gets struck by lightning. At which time you can see his skeleton as if he were in an X-ray machine. What the heck was that commercial for? ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/67 "2009-05-10T19:49:48Z")
I might be in the minority, but I absolutely love, love the Burger King “King” ads. [Wake up with the King](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4_5qoy4oaQ). “Egg, and meat, and cheese…and meat…and cheese” ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/68 "2009-05-10T19:56:01Z")
> [@maladroit](#): > > I used to laugh at the investor baby but I’m over it now. Have you seen them all, or just the one? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/69 "2009-05-11T01:43:30Z")
> [@infinitii](#): > > Here you go: if anyone knows who she is, I would very much like to know that as well. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Kv-KYpD10](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Kv-KYpD10) That’s the girl I was talking about! Damn her and her perfect legs! ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/70 "2009-05-11T02:18:35Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Liberty Mutual Insurance had a series of commercials a while ago in which a series of people see someone doing something helpful to perfect strangers and are inspired to be helpful to someone else in turn, with a very nice song whose lyrics I can’t recall this moment. I liked those. On the other hand, you might feel that Liberty Mutual’s commercials were a bit hypocritical as you watched them lay off your friends and co-workers. ---
**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 11, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/71 "2009-05-11T05:49:34Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > That whole line of commercials is brilliant. > > There’s one running now for Verizon that’s set in an ice cream shop. The commercial itself is a bit corny, but two things crack me up every time: the close-up shot of the little ice cream cup, and the lady’s expression when her husband starts pouring sprinkles on the ice cream. Is the ice cream clerk in that one Demetri Martin? ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/72 "2009-05-11T08:38:53Z")
The Toyota commercial featuring the little boys in the crash test center. “Just crash it Bob” ---
**Author:** ![ProfessorX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@ProfessorX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProfessorX)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/73 "2009-05-11T14:10:18Z")
I always laugh at those NHL commercials where the guy is in the maternity ward banging on the glass and yelling about how his baby is the best. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/74 "2009-05-11T14:14:50Z")
I like the one with the dad making Rice Krispie Treats with his two kids on the rainy day. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/75 "2009-05-11T17:38:42Z")
Radio spots, but I’ve really been enjoying the Pepsi Max ads. “Now you can save those calories for something else a man can be proud of: BACON!” ---
**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:** [May 11, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/76 "2009-05-11T22:57:02Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Is the ice cream clerk in that one Demetri Martin? I don’t know for sure, but it sure looks like him. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/77 "2009-05-11T23:22:44Z")
> [@ProfessorX](#): > > I always laugh at those NHL commercials where the guy is in the maternity ward banging on the glass and yelling about how his baby is the best. This is the one I was going to say!! Cracks me up every time 😃 Actually, the NHL has put out some pretty funny commercials over the years. I remember one where a goalie was driving around on his lawn mower, just bitching up a storm! He was talking about Mats Sundin and how he hated Maple Leafs. Too funny. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/78 "2009-05-11T23:30:54Z")
> [@Runestar](#): > > On the other hand, you might feel that Liberty Mutual’s commercials were a bit hypocritical as you watched them lay off your friends and co-workers. If that happened to you, I’m sorry. That said, I still found the commercials to be watchable little mini-movies. The likeability of the ad campaign has but little to do with the product it promotes. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/79 "2009-05-12T01:50:02Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Is the ice cream clerk in that one Demetri Martin? Nah, that’s not him. It actually looks more like [this guy](http://rimpletide.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/michael_cera_hot25.jpg)…his brother? (Also, again…Pjs girl in the college ad…so so SO hot.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426/80 "2009-05-12T05:39:36Z")
Time Warner cable commercials featuring an average joe; latest one involves a hideous, giant clown statue he bought but wants to take back because it doesn’t match the decor of the house/OR MIGHT JUST COME ALIVE AT NIGHT1 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-dont-repulse-you/495426.md?page=5)