# 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:** 46
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/902 "2022-02-25T22:07:16Z")
Back around 2013, there was a radio ad for Sierra Mist. It had the lyrics “la la lemon la la lime” and “sixteen ice cold ounces” in it. It was just a dumb commercial, but I really enjoyed the musical arrangement so much I’d turn it up loud when it came on. I’ve tried for years to find it online so I can hear it again. Anyone know where I might find it? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/903 "2022-02-26T00:06:57Z")
Boring Flo: [Progressive TV Spot, 'Sleeping Baby' - iSpot.tv](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/qezs/progressive-sleeping-baby#:~:text=Flo%20naively%20assumes%20her%20sister,the%20door%20in%20her%20face). ---
**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 2, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/904 "2022-03-02T01:31:16Z")
I don’t know if ads for streaming services count as commercials, but this one from Paramount+ is pretty funny, as the bucket of water from _Flashdance_ causes the unfortunate death of one Kenny McCormick. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QWRkBv4zJpU/maxresdefault.jpg "A Mountain of Entertainment | Storm l Paramount+") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWRkBv4zJpU) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/905 "2022-03-02T04:10:43Z")
I don’t understand it, but I don’t hate “my cousin from Boston”. It helps that I don’t see them all that often. ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/906 "2022-03-20T06:54:20Z")
I hate your cousin from Boston, but I actually like this one. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SUQnduNzsw8/maxresdefault.jpg "Your Cousin From Boston (Dynamics) :60") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUQnduNzsw8) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/907 "2022-03-20T20:32:24Z")
I didn’t hate this one from Ladder Insurance. I’ve only seen it a few times, and most of those have been the shortened version. Especially fun was the disclaimer at the end. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YvYGO4o334I/hqdefault.jpg "Ladder - Life Insurance So Good You Might Wish You Didn't Have It") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvYGO4o334I) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/908 "2022-03-20T21:56:41Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > [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. And the perfect counter: Danger for AAA Insurance [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9CqMli-0GzM/maxresdefault.jpg "SNEAK PREVIEW: "Danger" (Full-Length Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CqMli-0GzM) I also like the commercials for AAA roadside assistance: “Packing tape is like roadside assistance – quality matters.” “A garden hose is like roadside assistance – quality matters.” ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/909 "2022-03-22T11:44:06Z")
This Iams commercial has been in rotation for a while and I never get sick of it. That is quite a bit of adorable to cram into one ad. Btw, does anyone know what kind of cat that is right below the green square? > **[Iams TV Commercial Ad 2021, Pet Remix](https://www.tvcommercialad.com/watch/y7bqkgibswd8kjq)** > > Iams TV Commercial Ad 2021, Pet Remix ---
**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, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/910 "2022-03-22T11:47:01Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > This Iams commercial has been in rotation for a while and I never get sick of it. That is quite a bit of adorable to cram into one ad. Btw, does anyone know **what kind of cat that is right below the green square?** > [Iams TV Commercial Ad 2021, Pet Remix](https://www.tvcommercialad.com/watch/y7bqkgibswd8kjq) American Curl. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/911 "2022-03-22T11:58:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > American Curl. Wow, that was fast; thanks! I’ve never seen one of those; so stinkin’ cute! ---
**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 3, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/912 "2022-04-03T05:45:01Z")
The latest commercial with Mr. Liberty Biberty admits that the statue is added during post (18 second mark). [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFga6VtknJA) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/913 "2022-04-03T10:06:01Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The latest commercial with Mr. Liberty Biberty admits that the statue is added during post (18 second mark) The joke there could be that — since he’s a moron — he _thinks_ they’ll add the statue to that spot in post, but he’s, y’know, _wrong_. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/914 "2022-04-03T12:02:29Z")
He’s good ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/915 "2022-04-03T12:45:01Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > The joke there could be that — since he’s a moron — he _thinks_ they’ll add the statue to that spot in post, but he’s, y’know, _wrong_ . Yeah, that is the joke. He’d have to be blind to not notice that the statue is on the other side so it can’t really be there, either. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/916 "2022-04-03T12:55:37Z")
That commercial should be extended a little, like maybe an hour. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/917 "2022-04-03T12:56:18Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > He’d have to be blind to not notice that the statue is on the other side so it can’t really be there, either. I think it could. I think the gag could indeed be that he genuinely wants to know if they’ll digitally insert it at Point B, while failing to realize that, _uh, even with the statue at Point A, the camera can already line up a shot of you and it; so, no, they won’t do that in post._ ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/918 "2022-04-03T13:03:49Z")
I hate shouting, and only recognize Dave Grohl and Kevin Hart, but this commercial amuses me to no end. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNX7xnmTTUk) ---
**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 3, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/919 "2022-04-03T13:44:06Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I think it could. At least one Doper familiar with the area has stated that such a view is impossible without CGI: > [@More very hate-able commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/791): > > This was not shot in Battery park. The Statue is just facing the wrong way. Nowhere in Battery Park can you see her from that angle. (I lived there for 5 years) I’m convinced that this is generated. There are no planes flying over, and no boats in the water. There is always constant traffic around there, day and night. Always. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/920 "2022-04-03T13:45:23Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > At least one Doper familiar with the area has stated that such a view is impossible without CGI I’m not disputing that it _is_ CGI; only that, like you said, they were now _admitting_ it: in the context of the storyline being real (as the TV commercial version of kayfabe, I guess). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/921 "2022-04-03T13:48:14Z")
That commercial doesn’t explain how my life would improved by having their product in it. If I didn’t already know what SiriusXM was that commercial wouldn’t help at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=47)