# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/21 "2016-03-21T13:43:47Z")
They don’t show them anymore but the Beck Bennet commercials for AT&T with all the little kids discussing everyday topics were great. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/22 "2016-03-21T14:08:55Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > The Siri ad with Cookie Monster is one of my current favorites. At least until they run it into the ground and it loses all its charm. This is what I came in to say and I don’t foresee getting sick of it (though the novelty will probably wear off and it might lose its “awwwwww” factor for me). ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/23 "2016-03-21T15:19:47Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I saw [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdDe0ObBBkU) Geico commercial today for the first time and cracked up. > > The first one (the printer) and the last one (the soda machine) were the best, I thought. The only good Geico commercial in a _long_ time. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/24 "2016-03-21T16:30:24Z")
The [Rundead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7W60V4X2E) ad for Brooks running shoes makes me want to go for a run whenever I see it. They didn’t skimp on anything in making it. I’ve seen it only online - it’s 3+ minutes long - and not sure if they have a short version for TV. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/25 "2016-03-21T16:41:54Z")
I like the animated commercial with the Grandpa “Big Bad Wolf” with the breathing disorder. His doctor (an animated female wolf) treats him with the advertised medication. The commercial returns to live action and the older man says to his two granddaughters, “Watch out, piggies!” ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/26 "2016-03-21T16:47:01Z")
My favorite GEICO is [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWj6fh-IJ5Q). ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/27 "2016-03-21T17:29:41Z")
Geico Tarzan and Jane is probably my fave right now. I like the squirrel one as well, especially after noticing that there are squirrels in the backgrounds. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/28 "2016-03-21T18:02:31Z")
I wonder how Tarzan would deal with the Jane ( Mrs. Joe Bradley) from my old Surreal thread in MPSIMS–Jane of the 48-inch bust and almost 6-foot frame! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/29 "2016-03-21T18:03:27Z")
I like the[WGU commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyNs577d400) because [owls.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWeGCT7vS-g) I like the matter-of-factness of the “owl’s” voice and I’m pretty sure the owl is real (with animated mouth movements). ---
**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:** [March 21, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/30 "2016-03-21T18:48:34Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Yeah, that’s some fine squirrel-wranglin’ there. > > The other GEICO ad I’m currently liking is the Tarzan one. Jane’s delivery of the line “Tarzan does not know where Tarzan go” cracks me up every time. That is a great delivery, but what gets lost at the end is when he does the Tarzan yell and she bitches “do you HAVE to do that right in my ear?” Geico has some good ads, I miss their rhetorical question theme. The cavemen hopefully have died a terrible and painful death. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/31 "2016-03-21T18:56:02Z")
I came in to say the KFC ones. I love what they’re doing with them. Having a revolving door of comedians be the Colonel and sub them out willy nilly. I saw one the other day that had Gaffigan coming into a board meeting demanding the Hot Wings stay because “what are you gonna do, replace me?” and they have a wall of pictures of future Colonels (including Tim Meadows!) Gaffigan drops the accent and says “really? I haven’t even been doing this that long”. So so funny ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/32 "2016-03-21T19:05:43Z")
Geico seems to win. Here are 5 of the cavemen commercials. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ubx-6yP-DhQ/hqdefault.jpg "Geico Cavemen Commercials First Five Combo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubx-6yP-DhQ) ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/33 "2016-03-22T03:33:35Z")
[Nature’s Care dirt pile.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnXwwBYeJ10) :11-:14 really sells it. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/34 "2016-03-22T05:15:26Z")
[quote=“Seanette, post:5, topic:749672”] I did like Geico’s commercial with the squirrels: [/QUOTE] I thought this would be a link to the Geico spy commercial, where the mother calls and asks him if he’s taking a Zumba class…significantly funnier once you see the squlrrels. ETA: Only in the long version I believe…mom says something like “the squirrels are back in the attic”… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/35 "2016-03-22T05:23:48Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I like just about any commercial with dachshunds. Yeah. I got 4 of the little bastards. Most comical of all dogs. Any time I can see them without smelling them is a good time. I liked the one a few years ago about lasers on their heads. One of them looked just like my baby Trixie. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/36 "2016-03-22T13:18:03Z")
I like this sleep aid ad with the CGI animated Sleep Cat and Wake Dog: [https://search.yahoo.com/search;\_ylc=X3oDMTFiN25laTRvBF9TAzIwMjM1MzgwNzUEaXRjAzEEc2VjA3NyY2hfcWEEc2xrA3NyY2h3ZWI-?p=sleep+commercial+animated+cat&fr=yfp-t-201&fp=1&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8](https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylc=X3oDMTFiN25laTRvBF9TAzIwMjM1MzgwNzUEaXRjAzEEc2VjA3NyY2hfcWEEc2xrA3NyY2h3ZWI-?p=sleep+commercial+animated+cat&fr=yfp-t-201&fp=1&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8) I love it because 1.) Nobody I know needs or uses the product 2.) It’s technically cute and well-done 3.) It’s so wonderfully ridiculous. I find myself making up stores and MST3K-like lines to go with the action “Sleep threw up a hairball in the bed again” “Bad Dog Wake – stop smelling the other Wake’s _ **E** _s.” ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/37 "2016-03-22T16:01:00Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > One of those YMMV things, I guess. I LOATHE that commercial. Seeing it makes me want to smack that little brat right into orbit. And that’s exactly how you’re supposed to feel about him. ---
**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 22, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/38 "2016-03-22T16:17:12Z")
I was always partial to [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUA90OLgaE) due to its evoking of [a classic SNL parody](http://www.hulu.com/watch/10304). ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/39 "2016-03-22T17:31:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I like this sleep aid ad with the CGI animated Sleep Cat and Wake Dog: > > [sleep commercial animated cat - Yahoo Search Results](https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylc=X3oDMTFiN25laTRvBF9TAzIwMjM1MzgwNzUEaXRjAzEEc2VjA3NyY2hfcWEEc2xrA3NyY2h3ZWI-?p=sleep+commercial+animated+cat&fr=yfp-t-201&fp=1&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8) > > I love it because > > 1.) Nobody I know needs or uses the product > 2.) It’s technically cute and well-done > 3.) It’s so wonderfully ridiculous. I find myself making up stores and MST3K-like lines to go with the action > > “Sleep threw up a hairball in the bed again” > > “Bad Dog Wake – stop smelling the other Wake’s _ **E** _s.” I don’t like it because I think Wake is being mistreated. Sleep gets to snuggle in bed while Wake nearly gets kicked into his dog bed. Go shit in her shoe, Wake! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/40 "2016-03-22T17:42:20Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I don’t like it because I think Wake is being mistreated. Sleep gets to snuggle in bed while Wake nearly gets kicked into his dog bed. Go shit in her shoe, Wake! But if she lets Wake into her bed, she won’t get to sleep at all! It’s part of the metaphor. Actually, to be true to the metaphor, the idea of Wake having his own Bed is ludicrous. Wake should really be spending the whole night running around downstairs and barking at every noise from outside. It would be better to put Wake outside, securely chained to his WakeHouse, but he’d spend all night rattling his chain. The problem is, you can’t put Wake “to sleep”, because you need him in the morning. If he’s not there, the Cat Lady will have narcolepsy. I don’t know what solution there is to make the metaphor work in both senses. I think, instead of a doggie bed, Wake needs a treadmill downstairs, along with a dog bowl full of espresso [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=3)