# Commercials you don't hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [March 20, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672 "2016-03-20T18:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/221 "2018-08-09T07:06:04Z")
I keep seeing [this PSA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTUaXhSXAzg) against impaired driving. It’s pretty good. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/222 "2018-08-09T13:24:48Z")
The Doritos [fetch me a bare](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OszClgHHrq4). Guy got what he deserved. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/223 "2019-02-24T07:54:01Z")
Dean Winters Allstate commercials where he is various kinds of mayhem. I love him, and love those commercials. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vtP-S9OS0o0/maxresdefault.jpg "Allstate mayhem commercial - Dean Winters as Teenage Girl in Pink Truck") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtP-S9OS0o0) ---
**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:** [February 26, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/224 "2019-02-26T19:29:43Z")
I’ve come to like the disgusting little Mucinex guy. (Okay, he’s a booger). “Did you really need the caps lock?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/225 "2019-02-26T22:31:53Z")
The “[Just OK is not OK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrJRcyNRmxI)” series is pretty clever. My favorite is the babysitter. “What’s your wifi password?” “It’s the names of our kids.” “Well, that’s not helpful.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/226 "2019-02-26T23:00:25Z")
I liked the Geico ad with Maxwell the pig holding pinwheels out a window and squealing “WHEEEE! WHE WHE WHE WHEEEEEE!”. I liked it so much that my mom brought a pinwheel with her when she and dad came to get me at the airport one time and I did, in fact, hold it out the window and scream “WHEEEE! WHE WHE WHE WHEEEEEE!” I think Dad cringed, and Mom shook her head but was very very amused. I had fun. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/227 "2019-02-27T14:18:57Z")
Being Wednesday I have to say (or repeat) “Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, guess what day it is? Ha-ha!” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/228 "2019-02-27T14:49:16Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Being Wednesday I have to say (or repeat) “Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, guess what day it is? Ha-ha!” I always want to do that but someone in our offfice goes by that name and he is a humorless twat. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/229 "2019-03-01T17:48:26Z")
I like Flo, especially [Janice bought a house](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3MeiTtLfo) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/230 "2019-03-01T18:41:51Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > I like Flo, especially [Janice bought a house](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3MeiTtLfo) Even better, Progressive’s favorite butt monkey has his [40th birthday party.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTqmiJ4LW9c) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/231 "2019-03-02T03:03:04Z")
I like the new KFC commercials with Col. Sanders as RoboCop. They even got Peter Weller to do his voice. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/232 "2019-03-06T00:50:04Z")
It’s a little old, but every time the Taco John’s [Taco Tuesday](https://youtu.be/esleyZKb1LA) commercial is shown (only on Tuesdays!) I have to watch. The plain-looking girl is a pleasant surprise, but I always laugh at the talking taco: “What day is today?” “Tuesday!” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/233 "2019-03-06T00:56:36Z")
The one commercial I’ll always watch is Captain Obvious and the pug bongos. Especially the long-suffering expression on the face of that middle pug. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/234 "2019-03-08T00:52:20Z")
I finally actually watched and discovered that the latest [Stella Artois commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX8TMYRk6_w) is fiendishly clever. The best thing about it is that it lets the viewer discover the joke. My wife didn’t understand until I explained it. Plus they go against basic advertising principles by mispronouncing the product’s name (the second time). And the final line – “The Dude imbibes” is great. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/235 "2019-03-08T02:05:59Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > The one commercial I’ll always watch is Captain Obvious and the pug bongos. Especially the long-suffering expression on the face of that middle pug. Meh. Captain Obvious is supposed to be _obvious_, not _weird_. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/236 "2019-03-16T15:14:22Z")
I like the Geico commercial with the barbershop quartet basketball team. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXkA0EBkML8) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/237 "2019-03-16T22:27:24Z")
I don’t like State Farm for what they tried to do to my dad’s policy but they consistently have good commercials. Much better than GEICO’s idiocy or Progressive’s jackhole box. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/238 "2019-03-16T22:29:32Z")
The fender bender with a helium truck is not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/239 "2019-03-17T22:25:55Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I like the new KFC commercials with Col. Sanders as RoboCop. They even got Peter Weller to do his voice. Those are the best Robo’s been since the very first movie. I like the commercials for some tax-prep service touting their live people available to help. Not the service, or the commercials in general but the nerdified cute but snarky girl in most of them. example: [https://youtu.be/\_5lGcCH\_hqs](https://youtu.be/_5lGcCH_hqs) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/240 "2019-03-18T03:32:46Z")
I also like the Geico commercial with the oil workers striking soft serve ice cream. Then, another nearby well starts to spout sprinkles. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WQOqybdYA0k/maxresdefault.jpg "The Mother Lode of Ice Cream - GEICO Insurance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQOqybdYA0k) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=13)