# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/862 "2022-01-05T22:58:35Z")
This was a great commercial. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NOOmu1Rz17Y/hqdefault.jpg "Jimi Hendrix Pepsi Vs Coca Cola Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOOmu1Rz17Y) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/863 "2022-01-05T23:04:22Z")
Really, a cheesy smile warrants death? Asking for it? Hardly. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/864 "2022-01-06T03:27:23Z")
I’m laughing at Flo’s latest commercial with her [Sister Janice and baby nephew](https://commercialsociety.wordpress.com/2022/01/05/progressive-catches-up-with-flos-sister-and-baby-nephew/). Turns out she gets invited over to talk about insurance only in order to put the baby to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/865 "2022-01-06T12:23:54Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Really, a cheesy smile warrants death? Asking for it? Hardly. When I was looking for the ad in order to post it I came across a discussion on Reddit, with some people making comments similar to yours. I was going to mention the inanity of those comments here, but thank you for providing an example. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/866 "2022-01-06T13:00:13Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This was a great commercial. Soooo…Weird Al Yankovik chose Coke when he was a kid, then? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/867 "2022-01-07T05:45:47Z")
Must have! I’ve also heard that Mr. Hendrix didn’t take up the guitar until he was in his late teens. It’s still a cute commercial. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/868 "2022-01-08T22:29:26Z")
AT&T Fiber has produced some really funny ones highlighting the tragedies that can befall a person who tries to video chat over a slow internet connection. You might [accidentally snub a newborn](https://youtu.be/90-cQTARgyk), or [scare the heck out of your own kiddos](https://youtu.be/k5UXRI0N_Ac). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/869 "2022-01-09T04:45:13Z")
I’m a gainiac, gainiac shake my drawers! I wonder how many people under 30 have a clue what this commercial parodies? I loved the original movie (1983) and the commercial makes me smile. This one has been around for awhile. I just saw it again on the Sundance channel. I guess old commercials get recycled every few years. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN26-ZXubec) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/870 "2022-01-09T21:43:11Z")
I hate those commercials. A mother gets offended because her sister’s video image freezes in such a way that it looks like the sister doesn’t like her baby? An obviously pixelated image makes someone look like a monster? It’s perfectly obvious that there’s something wrong with the connection, but people are freaking out over it like they don’t realize what happened. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/871 "2022-01-09T23:55:26Z")
The complete over-the-top presentation is exactly what makes it funny though! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/872 "2022-01-09T23:59:40Z")
I thought this one was pretty funny. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ3Vu8INg8U) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/873 "2022-01-10T00:08:18Z")
I think the commercials, such as [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfthxBikIMM), for the Shingrix shingles vaccine are kind of funny, with the “shingles doesn’t care” tagline. Kind of reminds me of the “[honey badger don’t care](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg)” videos from a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/874 "2022-01-10T00:24:28Z")
Saw a cute one today. For Hertz. Some woman gets Tom Brady to sit there for her as advertising. Maybe someone can add the link. I can’t because phone. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/875 "2022-01-10T12:38:50Z")
This commercial starring Kathy Bates cracks me up! She does various things to statues to hide, such as give one a wet willie, stab one in the head, and gives another a titty twister! Hilarious! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0B5bW_h8DE) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/876 "2022-01-21T03:11:26Z")
Allstate has a fresh new crop of commercials starring Dean Winter as Mayhem. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CO-_cmXiBL4/maxresdefault.jpg "Tailgater :30 | Allstate Mayhem") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO-_cmXiBL4) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m2vzNgEzrH8/maxresdefault.jpg "Mayhem Hashtag Challenge | Allstate") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2vzNgEzrH8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RLYY7GEdgPE/maxresdefault.jpg "Mayhem Fries | Allstate") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLYY7GEdgPE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yy3_C7mMbYA/maxresdefault.jpg "Mayhem Exercise Bike | Allstate") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy3_C7mMbYA) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/877 "2022-01-21T13:42:23Z")
I like [Geico’s High Noon commercial.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7twTm7f46k) “I thought we was eatin’ beans at 3:30” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/878 "2022-01-21T14:42:03Z")
There are a whole series of commercials for “Merge Mansion” with Kathy Bates. “Merge Mansion” is one of those little games you play on your smart phone. It’s weird, hiring someone of her stature to advertise a time-killer game like that, but I guess if they’ve got the budget… I agree, they’re fun and funny. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/879 "2022-01-21T15:04:57Z")
[Cat :30 | Allstate Mayhem - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXL8A1dowo) my favourite of the mayhem commercials. one day i did come home from work to water running in the bathroom sink. thankfully the overflow handled it. i don’t know when lager turned the water on… but luckily, as we live in a condo, it did not overflow and go into the floors below. sadly neither koritza or lager want to ride the roomba. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/880 "2022-01-21T16:34:01Z")
There were some ads a couple years ago with Ryan Reynolds plugging some phone game. It wasn’t Candy Crush but something similar. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/881 "2022-01-21T16:39:03Z")
Don’t forget John Goodman as an unwashed finger! However, this really belongs in the thread for commercials I do hate. > **[John Goodman Slotomania Commercial Is Our New Nightmare](https://collider.com/john-goodman-slotomania-commercial-explained/)** > > Just in time for spooky season, award-winning actor John Goodman plays a sentient slots-playing finger in a nightmarish ad for Slotomania. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=45)