# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/321 "2019-09-11T13:09:28Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I love the [J G Wentworth operas.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGUefzSP6U4) I don’t love the operas because the lip-syncing is so bad but I love the one with the guy \*watching \*the opera commercial with his mom picking up his pizza trash around him and making faces while he calls J G Wentworth. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/322 "2019-09-20T04:55:26Z")
This promo from NBC is pretty funny. [Peacock knows comedy](https://youtu.be/DsUwhqT888Q). ---
**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:** [September 21, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/323 "2019-09-21T02:05:42Z")
The new Allstate Mayhem, [Cat](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=cat+mayhem+commercial&view=detail&mid=57B1380121BA1BAF8B1157B1380121BA1BAF8B11&FORM=VIRE)… ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/324 "2019-09-22T03:21:09Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I like the Hilton girl. She’s a hottie with attitude. I see stardom for her. You mean this one? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqW2P7pgXg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqW2P7pgXg) That’s Anna Kendrick; she’s already a star! ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/325 "2019-09-22T03:23:03Z")
This one’s a tear jerker for me. [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzAtG0zKcHo) It’s for Subaru; a brown dog runs over to the neighbor during the ten-year life of the car. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/326 "2019-09-22T18:01:08Z")
I came across this one on YouTube. Zachary Quinto and the late Anton Yelchin appear in it as Commander Spock and Ensign Chekov. They beam down to an Xfinity store and think they are in the future. "He can use his voice to control the TV. " Chekov: “You can use your woice?” “My voice.” “Your woice?” “Vuh. Voice.” Spock: “Voice.” Chekov: “Woice?” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/96sCVjqZ3LA/maxresdefault.jpg "【中英字幕】Xfinity X1 Commercial - Star Trek (long version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96sCVjqZ3LA) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/327 "2019-09-22T22:41:52Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > You mean this one? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqW2P7pgXg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqW2P7pgXg) That’s Anna Kendrick; she’s already a star! I …uh…think that’s a whoooooooosh. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/328 "2019-09-22T23:14:54Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > This one’s a tear jerker for me. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzAtG0zKcHo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzAtG0zKcHo) > > It’s for Subaru; a brown dog runs over to the neighbor during the ten-year life of the car. The one where the dog ages in reverse while running alongside stacks of all the stuff the Subaru has hauled gets me. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/329 "2019-09-23T05:36:11Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I …uh…think that’s a whoooooooosh. And here I was trying to be helpful. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![john\_b\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@john\_b\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_b_2)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/330 "2019-09-23T07:48:45Z")
I actually like all the commercials digital channel MeTV features that promote its classic TV programs, especially but not exclusively the westerns. Good use of music and images. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/331 "2019-09-29T01:02:03Z")
A marine talking about the new paint color in his daughter’s bedroom. You got a problem with that? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJeoJrkOtxE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJeoJrkOtxE) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/332 "2019-09-29T01:42:03Z")
> [@Newtosite](#): > > You mean this one? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqW2P7pgXg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqW2P7pgXg) That’s Anna Kendrick; she’s already a star! Thanks for putting a name on that hot girl. I like the Mayhem commercial with him being a cat. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/333 "2019-10-11T16:13:59Z")
I like the new Geico commercial with Casper the Friendly Ghost. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5pLiLBQju8) ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/334 "2019-10-19T03:42:57Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > AT&T’s “Just ok is not ok” commercials are pretty good. I really like the Dutch interpreter. > > “This man is very bendy.” > > [Don’t worry. My Dutch is ok.](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/o6VN/at-and-t-wireless-ok-translator) This commercial was all right until [MLB.TV](http://MLB.TV) started showing it. [MLB.TV](http://MLB.TV) shows the same damn commercials after every half inning. After seeing the same commercial 18+ times a game, (they show them on pitching changes too) I can’t stand any of them no matter how clever. My favorite is another Geico commercial, the one where characters in a horror movie make bad decisions (it’s what you do). The blonde girl cries “Why can’t we get just in the running car?”. A guy says “Are you crazy?”. “Lets hide behind the chainsaws.” [It’s what you do](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7NGP/geico-horror-movie-its-what-you-do) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/335 "2019-10-19T13:33:46Z")
I like the serial killer in that one. He’s hot. ������ ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/336 "2019-10-20T19:33:38Z")
This is my favorite Subaru dog ad now: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C7uAB94aRrQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Subaru Dog Tested I Subaru Commercial I Honk") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7uAB94aRrQ) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/337 "2019-10-20T22:20:19Z")
Do local commercials count? Typically every commercial annoys me, but when [this came out I couldn’t laugh hard enough at it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=OsHGiVSmAK0). The local newscast would follow it from the commercial break sometimes, and the anchor would just say “WEATHER. DO IT!” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/338 "2019-10-21T00:49:34Z")
I love the Subaru dog ads. My favorite is when the drop the puppy off at school. What irritates me is that so often I’ll see a commercial that I like and after about a week, they start clipping the hell out of it. The 30 second ad becomes 25 then 20, etc. Often they’ll clip my favorite part. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/339 "2019-10-21T05:43:43Z")
Anyone else remember this old one? A woman hears what sounds like the Voice of God but it turns out to be a guy changing a light bulb. “[Woman’s name].” :beat: “No, up here.” What name did he call? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/340 "2019-10-21T05:50:23Z")
Ah, it just hit me. “Linda!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=18)