# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/41 "2016-03-22T17:51:40Z")
One of my favorite commercials of all time I saw back when I was in high school…so it came out around then. [Here it is.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoP4Ul-A9H8) [This might be my most favorite commercial of all time, though.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFlymzokpF0) [This is probably my second most favorite.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJzIxo2-PCg) [This one is also funny.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dfshmOieSg) ---
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/42 "2016-03-22T17:55:51Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 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 But we see that Sleep is awake enough to climb the stairs up to the bed, wouldn’t it be logical to assume that Wake gets some sleep since we see that Sleep is awake? ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/43 "2016-03-22T17:59:23Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > But we see that Sleep is awake enough to climb the stairs up to the bed, wouldn’t it be logical to assume that Wake gets some sleep since we see that Sleep is awake? Wake sleeps only when no one is looking at him. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/44 "2016-03-22T21:21:43Z")
> [@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! That’s totally how I feel about that commercial. Poor Wake. He just wants some attention and snuggling and noooooooooo. Just gets pushed away. That woman is mean. I hope she gets _all_ the side effects. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/45 "2016-03-23T23:05:31Z")
Nobunny does Easter like Cadbury’s. Sadly I’ve only seen it one time this entire Easter season, until today I was pretty disappointed that I hadn’t seen it at all this year. I particularly like the cat going “buck-meow, buck-meow” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/46 "2016-03-23T23:30:45Z")
This Cheerios ad is great: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klDDHU8HZp4) ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/47 "2016-03-24T04:28:57Z")
I don’t dislike the Chase commercial about quick deposit which features Joel Silverstein who “took years tof master the art of dog training”. Love dogs and plus I like the background feature song that goes “I like to take this time, – friend of mine”. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/48 "2016-03-28T18:50:09Z")
[Jake from State Farm.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cAxRX3aDg) “What are you wearing, ‘Jake from State Farm?’” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/49 "2016-03-28T19:25:21Z")
> [@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. I like that one, probably because I can relate. ---
**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 28, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/50 "2016-03-28T20:09:14Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > [Jake from State Farm.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cAxRX3aDg) “What are you wearing, ‘Jake from State Farm?’” Coneheads do it better. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/51 "2016-03-28T20:15:46Z")
I’m rather taken with the Fiat ad featuring a groundhog and a face full of snow. The ending is just about perfect, IMHO [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=861sT937JUk) ---
**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 31, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/52 "2016-03-31T20:11:34Z")
Interesting piece about that sleep ad with the CGI furry animals. It turns out that the medicine is virtually ineffective (It puts you to sleep only minutes before a placebo has the same effect, and you get up only 15 minutes after placebo-“induced” sleep) and, even so, has undesirable side effects (drowsiness the next day, temporary sleep paralysis). > **[Inside Big Pharma's Campaign To Put Us All To Sleep.](https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/sleep-advertising/)** > > All those annoying drug ads on TV come with a serious set of side effects. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/53 "2016-04-02T02:52:21Z")
The ads on **Hollywood Handbook** are more amusing than most programs. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/54 "2016-04-02T03:45:43Z")
The Old Spice ads are still relatively dumb-ass, like, ok-dumb-ass. The Bruce “if you need it, you don’t have it” Campbell ad is still my fave. couple oldies: [Kohner Pop O Matic Trouble commercial circa 1970 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfznucMwNuU) Still scarred by Burger King’s “King” mascot. The ad team behind the Snickers ads (over the past four or so years) have my highest regards. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/55 "2016-04-02T19:56:54Z")
Always stop for the dancing mom and kid Cheerios ad. My current faves are the Ace Hardware ones where they play on their “Ace is the place” jingle. The first one of these was\* Ace is the place where they know you can’t mow mud\*. The latest one [Don’t eat paint.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEyS47V7khU) ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/56 "2016-04-03T20:13:14Z")
I like the TruGreen commercial in which a suburban dad lets loose a bird of prey that swiftly and efficiently takes down a nosy neighbor’s drone. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3CHlkQ9JI) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/57 "2016-04-03T22:16:15Z")
I love the Ace Hardware ads. This one about eating paint, for example. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEyS47V7khU) ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/58 "2016-04-04T17:04:54Z")
I always watch the Jan from Toyota ads. Still like her shriek on the lizard commercial. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/59 "2016-04-04T18:04:06Z")
I like the visuals in this series: [www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm7BPK-6Y\_w](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm7BPK-6Y_w) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/60 "2016-04-04T19:05:51Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > A few years ago there was a particularly “meta” ad that struck me as clever - I think it was for tequila. Basically all it was was a man in a suit, seated at a table, who said: “I’m a man in a suit, seated at a table. This is a tequila commercial. You should go outside right now and buy some tequila”. Reminds me of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4y1o_qTP0o). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=4)