# 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:** 35
**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 9, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/682 "2021-03-09T02:43:50Z")
I’m not a big fan of Limu Emu, but I thought this one was pretty amusing. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz0wvzyD1MA) I have that kind of reaction to pink flamingos, too. ---
**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 10, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/683 "2021-03-10T01:16:10Z")
The Experian Boost cow cracks me up every time. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeiaF_xfqL0) ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/684 "2021-03-14T07:54:00Z")
Trekkers will love this old commercial I dug up on YouTube which has some very familiar faces. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NJrrCF73r5s/hqdefault.jpg "MCI Commercial with Leonard Nimoy, TOS Cast and Jonathan Frakes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJrrCF73r5s) Features William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan - and Jonathan Frakes. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/685 "2021-03-15T17:00:17Z")
I love it! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/686 "2021-03-16T03:15:18Z")
I remember watching that when it first aired! ---
**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:** [April 4, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/687 "2021-04-04T19:41:03Z")
I love the Subaru commercials with the dogs. No Pets Allowed [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JVIX9DTenPo/maxresdefault.jpg "Subaru Dog Tested I Subaru Commercial I Rest Area") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVIX9DTenPo) Although, I’m a little 🤨 that they left the cat in the car. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/688 "2021-04-04T19:59:14Z")
He was _their_ pet, get it? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/689 "2021-04-04T21:25:40Z")
Yes, I get it, but it sends a bad message to leave your pet in the car. They can succumb very quickly to the heat, even with the windows rolled down part-way. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/690 "2021-04-04T22:08:13Z")
What gets me about that commercial is the puppy looking back at the cat. He seems so sad that his pet has to stay in the car. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/691 "2021-04-05T13:10:18Z")
I’m at an age where my wife has to explain the commercials for me. The great ads were by [Stan Frieberg](https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9IlFnBWtgRg0ADDRXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzgEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1617655271/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fbobdevol.wordpress.com%2ftag%2fstan-freberg-commercials%2f/RK=2/RS=1uf7Vq26nO3G07zRHUIKoICMhzY-): ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/692 "2021-04-05T13:41:37Z")
I heard Stan Freberg speak at a music festival\*. He explained that he started making commercials not as an advertising exec, but as an outraged consumer. He then showed the commercial that he hated enough to switch careers… cue old guy in lab coat dryly explaining “excess stomach bile”. … \*Well, it was **Bumbershoot** in Seattle, which is music and comedy and theater and dance and spoken word. [And cool posters…](https://www.onereel.org/bumbershoot-posters) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/693 "2021-04-05T14:44:23Z")
My favorite Stan Freberg commercial. It’s a parody of a then-famous ad for Lark cigarettes in which smokers were asked to show their Lark packs as the William Tell Overture played. The music is also associated with the Lone Ranger. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HxeZo7gRkeA/hqdefault.jpg "The Lone Ranger for Jeno's Pizza Rolls") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxeZo7gRkeA) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/694 "2021-04-05T22:07:47Z")
Would it have been better to have a Swiss crossbowman show up to talk to the Lone Ranger? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/695 "2021-04-09T00:27:32Z")
This commercial from Geico motorcycle insurance. It shows a guy riding his motorcycle along a winding road. He wakes up from his daydream, and he’s a groundskeeper putting lines on a baseball field, and he realizes he’s laid a long meandering line all over the infield and the outfield. > **[Geico Motorcycle - 'Karl' Song by The Foundations Ad](https://abancommercials.com/geico/motorcycle-aposkarl-apos-song-foundations-ad-commercial/133973/)** > > ✓ VIDEO GEICO Motorcycle - 'Karl' Song by The Foundations TV commercial 2021 • GEICO Motorcycle TV Commercial, 'Karl' Song by The Foundations > > ... Hey, at least he didn’t draw a giant penis! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/696 "2021-04-09T12:58:08Z")
And the other one too! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edhvBg3o6U8) ---
**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:** [April 26, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/697 "2021-04-26T15:44:36Z")
The new [Colace Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnTY1Dt6-0A) is in a class by itself. Well done. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/698 "2021-04-26T17:47:09Z")
Looking forward to seeing that one “in the wild”. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/699 "2021-04-28T23:16:08Z")
I like SquareSpace ads with the two characters onstage miming. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/700 "2021-04-30T01:08:32Z")
I like this Progressive commercial. It starts out almost like a Disney movie, then reality sets in. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m63WErjsAkI) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/701 "2021-04-30T13:03:46Z")
That’s a good one, so is one along similar lines set in a diner. https://player.vimeo.com/video/388993067 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=36)