# 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:** 45
**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 22, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/882 "2022-01-22T23:55:28Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > There were some ads a couple years ago with Ryan Reynolds plugging some phone game. It wasn’t Candy Crush but something similar. Yeah, it was ‘Toon Blast’ a matching game very much like Candy Crush that I downloaded and enjoyed for awhile that was, if anything, even more embarrassing to admit I played than Candy Crush, which I also played for longer than I’d like to admit. I was surprised when I saw the commercial where Ryan Reynolds was endorsing it. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/883 "2022-01-23T03:36:24Z")
There’s also Jeff Goldblum doing commercials for Raid: Shadow Legends, which I’ve heard is one of the most despised mobile pay-to-win games ever. So these game companies are paying real celebrities to hawk their games. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/884 "2022-01-23T08:28:41Z")
The mobile market generates more than 50 billion dollars annually and some of those games are practically a license to print money. Way back in 2013-2014 Kate Upton was doing ads for a mobile game called _Game of War: Fire Age._ They started using Mariah Carey instead in 2015. According to Wikipedia, Game of War generated $600,000,000 in revenue in 2014. Here’s one of the commercials with Upton. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PesNC1eVX6w/maxresdefault.jpg "Game of War - Live Action Trailer ft. Kate Upton "Who I Am"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PesNC1eVX6w) ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/885 "2022-01-24T00:25:37Z")
The Jon Hamm Apple TV+ ad gives me a chuckle, with Hamm complaining how everybody else gets an Apple TV show. One shot appears to show him complaining to Tom Hanks on his phone, but then it cuts off as you realize he’s leaving a message. “If you are satisfied with your message —-“ “I’m not satisfied!” Then the tag line at the end … “Everyone but Jon Hamm. Apple TV+“ ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/886 "2022-01-31T18:06:25Z")
Nm…….ninjaed ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/887 "2022-02-01T04:03:46Z")
New Chevy truck commercial with Walter the cat. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ta5Q3ITUc) ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/888 "2022-02-01T13:05:59Z")
We love Walter! (muttering) “It’s like nobody’s ever seen a cat before.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/889 "2022-02-01T14:36:49Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > We love Walter! I HATE Walter. Plus that stupid song… [end hijack] ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/890 "2022-02-01T14:40:32Z")
I guess that answers the question “who _doesn’t_ love Walter?” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/891 "2022-02-01T14:40:32Z")
I like when Walter chases the mailman. “No, Walter! He’s a civil servant!” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/892 "2022-02-01T15:39:09Z")
Next question: How can you not love Walter? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/893 "2022-02-01T16:26:51Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > I like when Walter chases the mailman. > > “No, Walter! He’s a civil servant!” I like Walter peeing on the fire hydrant. “Make it quick, buddy.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/894 "2022-02-01T16:32:22Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Next question: How can you not love Walter? Since you asked: I don’t truly hate Walter, I hate his owner. And that damn song. Give Walter his own TV show, without his owner, and…I still won’t watch it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/895 "2022-02-01T16:56:41Z")
Yeah, agree on the song. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Give Walter his own TV show, without his owner, and…I still won’t watch it. 🤣 ---
**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:** [February 13, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/896 "2022-02-13T20:38:25Z")
Once again, Sarah McLachlan [tugs at your heartstrings.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCL9z25N4m8) From [AdAge](https://adage.com/creativity/work/sarah-mclachlan-urges-us-take-pity-abandoned-shopping-carts-ad-bolt/2396131) > It’s funny, but just in case you thought this parody might be a little callous to McLachlan’s favorite cause, as part of the campaign, **Bolt is not only helping abandoned carts, but animals as well. The brand has made a $50,000 donation to the ASPCA** and has launched [Bolt.com/carts](https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D0013GLM92miFK2R4KVNgKV_W9QcilIQa2ka5ZMlqTKMmMdDU0qsK-nkXET1NPssd0dNDYAaqHdeEecEBzyDvNsy0Jej49kQUAJxqMvdBXjKZlh9yw2uHPgO4GBNSR3nrnOdt4rJOdiXwlXVI98KqqDDCA%3D%3D%26c%3Dn-peG8OL8x30iRvTOcbrQJfW4zpyJM-wsHClJL4LZnUvB3NRG7IexQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DjVESzDO119fjXZB2bZjcbbbdmj7C5ymhTYaR2jCSJ8ZRNmWkKn462g%3D%3D&data=04%7C01%7Cajardine%40creativity-online.com%7C4d57ddd89743400ff83d08d9e4cd313b%7C2c6dce2dd43a4e78905e80e15b0a4b44%7C0%7C0%7C637792392207606883%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=N8n0YDBBQdXQmEHuHBiuXzZVsuoW%2BhP0Shz8XT%2BNOG0%3D&reserved=0), where animal lovers can buy discounted “Rescue Cart“ merchandise. Every item is priced under $1 with discount code “ABANDONEDCARTS.” **For each item purchased, Bolt will donate $10 to the ASPCA, up to an additional $50,000.** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/897 "2022-02-13T21:00:05Z")
[Mr Cadbury’s Parrot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uPzoh4oS1I) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/898 "2022-02-15T17:09:55Z")
Lenny and Leroy! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j8Uz1jpupB4/maxresdefault.jpg "Chewy Chatty Pets: Lenny and Leroy | Fast Free Shipping") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Uz1jpupB4) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/899 "2022-02-23T00:57:03Z")
Lerner & Rowe is a law firm with offices in several southwestern states. They recently ran a commercial that begins with the trope of ambulance-chasing lawyers. Then the ambulance turns off onto a side street to reveal the ice cream truck that the lawyers are really chasing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c1dBskmNPJM/hqdefault.jpg "Big Game Commercial 2022 | Lerner & Rowe Injury Attorneys") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1dBskmNPJM) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/900 "2022-02-23T01:52:07Z")
The Walter the Cat commercials (I think there are only two of them?) are the best spots of the last 10 years. The only ads that, when fast forwarding through the DVR, I’ll stop, go back, and watch. Over and over. Just now, thinking about Walter chasing the mailman makes me laugh. Knowing how commercials work, they’ll run it into the ground and the ads will quickly become stupid as hell. But the first two are gold. I mean, the full ads. Sometimes the TV will run some sort of edited version with only a small portion of Walter’s adventures. Lame. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/901 "2022-02-23T14:05:03Z")
Agree. The Walter cat ads are genius: briefly showing you something really distracting to hold your attention, while filling your eyes with the product they are trying to sell. Perhaps its all ‘Advertising 101’, but in this case, it works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=46)