# Commercials that you HATE!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749 "2002-11-07T18:14:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/21 "2002-11-08T14:35:48Z")
I hate the Carrot Top commercials, too. I also hate that car commercial with the big-eared kid who looks in the camera and says “Zoom Zoom.” And of course, the “Can you hear me now?” commercials are annoying. But for true outright loathing, I reserve my hatred for the Sprint commercials. The first one was amusing, but enough already. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/22 "2002-11-08T15:20:16Z")
I just saw a new one that I hate. What the hell is Catherine Zeta Jones doing whoring for Verizon? Does she REALLY believe in the product? Does she need the money? Was it a dare? I know it’s her right to do whatever projects she wants, but those commercials really suck. ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/23 "2002-11-08T15:31:43Z")
The Bud Light coomercial where the guy’s hanging the bug zapper, getting ready for a yard party/BBQ. He’s about to hang it over the tub of Bud, but his wife advises him that it’s not a good place. You then see all the guests eating the snacks with dip, asking “What’s in this, currants?” They’ve all got bugs in their teeth. It’s so gross. Gives me the gags. Similarly, some nice scene - lady in the bubble bath, or some such. Then a cockroach runs across the screen, but it looks like it’s in your TV. The Orkin man or somebody comes out and sprays it. Gagorama! Maybe I just hate bugs. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/24 "2002-11-08T15:40:03Z")
Catherine Zeta-Jones is actually shilling for T-Mobile, not Verizon. I wondered that myself, though…why is this big movie star hawking cellphones? I know the “major celebrity does commercials” thing is big in Japan, but didn’t realize it was coming here. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/25 "2002-11-08T15:46:37Z")
QUOTE]The commercial for the magnetic sunglasses (they connect with a magnet on the bridge of your nose). [/QUOTE] Wha…? **Threadkiller** , please 'splain. I know _I_ don’t have a magnet on my nose-how the hell does this work? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/26 "2002-11-08T16:00:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by h.sapiens \* > \*\*Then there’s the “got chocolate milk” ad where the kid is standing outside a convenience store with a bottle of plain milk and a bottle of chocolate syrup, pouring both into his mouth and gargling himself up a mouthful of chocolate milk. I guess it didn’t occur to him to put the syrup into the bottle and shake it. \*\* From the [Television Without Pity](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com) (which you should know about if you don’t), in the recap of last week’s _Firefly_: “Drinking chocolate milk turns you into an inconsiderate prick. Drink chocolate milk!” ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/27 "2002-11-08T16:05:19Z")
Slight aside: I’m noticing something of a double standard in the way that those in the United States judge their commercials. Any edginess, references to sexuality, or references to bodily functions in American commercials are looked at in a negative light. However, we’re jealous of European commercials that show full nudity, rated X humping, and so on, to advertise … oh, Peugeots or after shave. “Those Europeans … they’re so liberated and open-minded. That champagne commercial where the woman gives the bottle a blowjob and the cork blows off … why can’t we do that here?” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/28 "2002-11-08T16:17:36Z")
Mine’s not really sex-negative so much. It’s just the idea that if you’re getting off on a bottle of shampoo, you’ve got some issues. Not to mention way too sensitive erogenous zones. I think the problem is that American commercials that get “edgy” with sexual innuendo aren’t clever or funny like the rare European commercials of like subject matter that we Americans get to see. Almost every European “erotic” ad that I’ve seen (usually on special “funniest commercials” shows) has at least given me a chuckle, from the nun’s gluing the penis back on the statue to the aforementioned champagne blowjob. American sexual innuendo ads tend to be just dumb. Kind of like “Oh, if we reference some sexual function here with no real discernible connection to the product, we’ll get points for being edgy and shocking.” It’s the difference between caressing your lover with a silk scarf and wrapping them mummy-style in flannel. American media tends to fall on the flannel side of the fence every time they try. ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/29 "2002-11-08T16:22:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by singular1 \* > Wha…? > **Threadkiller** , please 'splain. > I know _I_ don’t have a magnet on my nose-how the hell does this work? \*\* You are making me relive painful memories but I will give it a shot. Unlike most sunglasses, which have a single solid piece that holds both lenses and sits on the nose, these have a break at the bridge of the nose. A magnet, embedded in one or both sides of the frame holds the sunglasses together when they are put on. They come with an adjustable neck strap to keep them from falling off. The comercial must be a seriously low budget affair since I can’t find the product on any of the standard “as seen on TV” [web sites](http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=as+seen+on+tv). ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/30 "2002-11-08T17:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m a ford truck man … that’s all I driiiiiiiiiive… “I ain’t got no boundaries, I don’t comprimise…” Sounds like limiting yourself to a Ford truck is kind of a boundary. Also, Hardees continues their streak of the most unappetising food commercials. Their latest features the enormous Chili-Cheeseburger showing some stoner getting it all over his face, and dripping the chili on his pants, which he then scoops up with his fries and eats. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/31 "2002-11-08T18:23:02Z")
RAWduke, we got the same crap here with Carls Jr. I hear they actually apologized for their ads once…sorry, no cite. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/32 "2002-11-08T23:44:55Z")
I know that children’s advertising that pokes fun at parental stupidity are always in season, and I find many of them funny, but I have no idea how this campaign has lasted for over a decade. “Why do you kids eat Apple Jacks when they don’t taste like apple?” At first, I thought the reasonable answer was, “Can’t you read? There’s cinnamon too, you stupid man! Are you blind?” But then I realized recently: it’s a cereal. It’s not meant to taste exactly like apple/cinnamon. Even if it is, it doesn’t. Asking why Apple Jacks don’t taste like apple is like asking why Corn Flakes don’t taste like corn. Or why Frosted Flakes don’t taste like frost. Or why Trix don’t taste like tricks. Or why Lucky Charms don’t taste like lucky charms. Hell, nobody knows what a Cheerio is, let alone what they’re supposed to look like. No, you kids, the answer is not “We eat what we like.” ---
**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/33 "2002-11-08T23:52:40Z")
I agree, **mobo85** …that commercial never made any sense to me. Ditto, also, on the ‘Yo-Da-Man’ commercial for the Star Wars DVD. I liked Episode 2, but that commercial makes me cringe. It’s so…stupid. Especially since they don’t even keep the tagline consistent. At the beginning, the narrator says “Yo-Da-Man,” which at least makes some sense, but then at the end he says “Yoda Da Man!!” which sounds silly. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/34 "2002-11-09T03:35:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NutMagnet \* > \*\*The Bud Light coomercial where the guy’s hanging the bug zapper, getting ready for a yard party/BBQ. > He’s about to hang it over the tub of Bud, but his wife advises him that it’s not a good place. > You then see all the guests eating the snacks with dip, asking “What’s in this, currants?” They’ve all got bugs in their teeth. > > It’s so gross. Gives me the gags. > \*\* I’ve never seen that commercial, but your description made me laugh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/35 "2002-11-09T03:57:02Z")
That commercial I used to see where it showed these women walking around in sexy lingerie, and the commercial turned out to be for bladder control products. Whoever came up with that idea should be made a registered sex offender, assuming he isn’t one already. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/36 "2002-11-09T04:11:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RAWDuke \* > \*\* > > “I ain’t got no boundaries, I don’t comprimise…” > > Sounds like limiting yourself to a Ford truck is kind of a boundary.\*\* I like following that up with what I suspect would be the next verse, based on observations I made as a high schooler in rural North Carolina: _Yeah, I’m a real big man Real big and tough Guy tried to give me a Chevy So I kicked 'im in the nuts…_ ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@DeepPurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/37 "2002-11-09T04:23:17Z")
What?? No mention of Macarena/Michelina?? I used to eat those things when I was broke & had no kitchen in which to eat, but the ads have put me off for a long long time. Any ad using the over-played song from 4 years ago is just beggin’ to lose customers. I also am not amused by the innuendo in the Uncle Ben’s food in a bowl ads. Maybe I just don’t like frozen food in a bowl. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/38 "2002-11-09T07:15:23Z")
Don’t be dissin’ the Macarena, pilgrim. It allowed thousands of people the opportunity to line dance without having to listen to country music. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/39 "2002-11-09T14:22:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\*Don’t be dissin’ the Macarena, pilgrim. > > It allowed thousands of people the opportunity to line dance without having to listen to country music. \*\* LOL. Well, there’s always the Electric slide. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749/40 "2002-11-09T14:25:26Z")
So I have to ask everyone: Do you boycott the products of the ads that you hate? This is the only way to make those ads go away. I refuse to buy a Dell again until they get that doper off their ads for good. (Its seems like hes gone, but I want to be sure.) Take action, hit them where it hurts, in the pocketbook! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-you-hate/135749.md?page=3)