# Commercials you actually LIKE **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919 "2015-07-23T01:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/1 "2015-07-23T01:42:47Z")
We’ve had numerous “annoying commercial threads”. How about one about commercials we find amusing? -Call me a sap: I like the one (can’t remember what it was for) where the guy says first, “I’m never getting married.” Then after he gets married, it’s “we’re never having kids”. Then, “never moving to the suburbs/having another kid/buying a mini-van, etc.” At the end of the commercial, he’s all cuddle on the sofa with his wife and two kids sleeping and he’s like, “I’m never letting you go.” I can’t help it, I always go “aw”. -Any of Geico’s “hockey rivalry” spots. -The classic “Mean Joe Greene” Coke ad. And my fellow Yinzers will of course recognize the [Eat’N Park Christmas Tree ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3NhDtfZmd0). (It’s not Christmas in Pittsburgh until you’ve seen this ad) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/2 "2015-07-23T02:58:31Z")
The new Subaru commercial where the guy is fulfilling a bucket list for his dog’s 14th birthday, with Willie Nelson singing _Make A Dog’s Day_ instead of dialogue. The first time I saw it I was lucky to see [the long version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQioo4nc04I), but I enjoy the shorter ones as well. And the Android commercial [Friends Furever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yc0vOykmwc)with Roger Miller - love it! It puts a big smile on my face every time I see it. Can you tell I’m an animal lover? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/3 "2015-07-23T03:51:18Z")
Classic one? Cat Herders all the way. Best US commercial ever made IMHO. Current crop? The guy doing the bucket list for his 14&3/4 year old dog. Minutes apart from you due to slow typing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/4 "2015-07-23T04:23:07Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > We’ve had numerous “annoying commercial threads”. How about one about commercials we find amusing? > > -Call me a sap: I like the one (can’t remember what it was for) where the guy says first, “I’m never getting married.” Then after he gets married, it’s “we’re never having kids”. Then, “never moving to the suburbs/having another kid/buying a mini-van, etc.” At the end of the commercial, he’s all cuddle on the sofa with his wife and two kids sleeping and he’s like, “I’m never letting you go.” I can’t help it, I always go “aw”. When I see that one, I think,… Well he lied every other time, so… ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/5 "2015-07-23T04:52:29Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YePFGhCC7ro) Fun in the airport ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/6 "2015-07-23T05:29:13Z")
I was amused by some of the GEICO ads with Mike McGlone (i.e. “can switching to GEICO really save you on car insurance…” insert rhetorical question punchline). The Abe Lincoln and Mary Todd one still cracks me up (if you know a little about accounts of their marriage) - then again I like any history reference in pop culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtp\_mq2fO24 The premise eventually wore thin, but for a while, they were pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/7 "2015-07-23T05:46:06Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > The new Subaru commercial where the guy is fulfilling a bucket list for his dog’s 14th birthday, with Willie Nelson singing _Make A Dog’s Day_ instead of dialogue. The first time I saw it I was lucky to see [the long version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQioo4nc04I), but I enjoy the shorter ones as well. The Bear Pit?! I grew up near there and ate there all the time. They have the best BBQ sandwiches but you have to order them on the garlic toast. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/8 "2015-07-23T06:07:45Z")
I fondly recall Woolite commercials from the 60s featuring beautiful sweater girls riding escalators. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/9 "2015-07-23T07:33:23Z")
The Pepto-Bismol commercials with the [talking squirrel](http://ispot.tv/a/7AIZ). They’re only mildly funny at best, but the squirrel is played by legendary voiceover artist Peter Thomas (narrator of _Forensic Files_). If I had his voice, I’d rule the world. The [GoDaddy “Stick it!” commercial](https://youtu.be/VIBfctISM9M). Who hasn’t fantasized about telling off all the people who doubted us? This ad shows how it would probably play out in reality. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/10 "2015-07-23T07:42:34Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > The new Subaru commercial where the guy is fulfilling a bucket list for his dog’s 14th birthday, with Willie Nelson singing _Make A Dog’s Day_ instead of dialogue. The first time I saw it I was lucky to see [the long version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQioo4nc04I), but I enjoy the shorter ones as well. > > And the Android commercial [Friends Furever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yc0vOykmwc)with Roger Miller - love it! It puts a big smile on my face every time I see it. > > Can you tell I’m an animal lover? 😃 Oh god, I get tears in my eyes with that Subaru commercial because it reminds me of my husband and his first dog… ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/11 "2015-07-23T09:04:16Z")
The Heinz mustard commercial, the other yellow mustard girl cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/12 "2015-07-23T13:02:34Z")
From 1985 :eek: - still a classic (Jeans with Marvin Gaye singing) And this is just sweet (Car with mini Darth Vader) ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/13 "2015-07-23T13:37:42Z")
“…carry on my wayward sonnnnnn…” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/14 "2015-07-23T13:53:10Z")
The [All Peanuts commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWRI9USYu_k) is an absolute work of art. And I hope they do more. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/15 "2015-07-23T14:17:40Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q-RLqLx1iYI/hqdefault.jpg "Epic and Honest Mobile Home Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RLqLx1iYI) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/16 "2015-07-23T14:33:25Z")
I like [the Mountain Dew commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjwUVZHBcoY) where everything in the basement gets jiggy with it to dubstep music. The shaggy dog cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/17 "2015-07-23T14:39:31Z")
Staples “Most Wonderful Time of the Year” back-to-school ad. And the Discovery Channel “Boo-de-Yada” promo. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/18 "2015-07-23T14:52:40Z")
And now for something completely different… Maybe not suitable for work? I love this [Wodka Vodka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNn7VYyUR0U)commercial - it always makes me laugh. I saw it on YouTube; I’m not sure if it was shown in the U.S, but my guess would be no. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/19 "2015-07-23T14:57:45Z")
I like the [Honda commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns0cuKlHk50) with the family singing the Weezer song. It reminds me of when my kids were younger and would sing in the car with me. :):(🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919/20 "2015-07-23T15:13:34Z")
I always got a laugh out of the Kia commercials where the kids’ toys in the backseat take the car for a Vegas joyride. It’s even funnier now that I have kids, and have actually seen Yo Gabba Gabba! and get to see Muno cutting loose. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/725919.md?page=2)