# 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:** 50
**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:** [September 22, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/982 "2022-09-22T19:27:03Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > How are they ambiguous? Because, at the time of the original referenced commercial (1997) the world (or at least, America) was not yet ready for two guys in a major corporate ad to be a couple. So they were ambiguous. Or, perhaps, “ambiguous”. People actually debated it at the time. They could be just best friends. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that) Da da da… ---
**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:** [October 23, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/983 "2022-10-23T17:15:36Z")
I like the retro font and color scheme in the new Burger King commercials. The 70s live! The music.…well, the colors look good. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/984 "2022-10-23T20:54:36Z")
I like this commercial for Mio sparkling sake. It’s all in Japanese, but it doesn’t require much translation because there’s very little dialog or text in it, it’s mostly music and dancing. The only thing in it that isn’t practically perfect is that she’s wearing a white dress in the last four cuts, instead of the perfect blue dress, and even turns into the bottle again from the white dress. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a-yt8szrdzU/maxresdefault.jpg "MIO and MAO - MIO Sparkling Sake - Takara Sake USA Inc .") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-yt8szrdzU) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/985 "2022-10-23T23:30:50Z")
I’m loving the new Amazon Red Riding Hood commerical. I’ll probably get sick of it sooner or later, but the wolf is _so_ cute. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/986 "2022-10-24T02:32:10Z")
Yeah, pretty spiffy. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/987 "2022-10-24T03:23:29Z")
I remember that commercial. I never thought they were a couple at all, just roommates doing some furniture-picking. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jdccNAOvPHg/hqdefault.jpg "Volkswagen Commercial - Da Da Da (1997)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdccNAOvPHg) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/988 "2022-10-24T12:17:13Z")
This one for Snickers makes me laugh out loud… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hD3WqYhopsw/maxresdefault.jpg "SNICKERS Unfiltered 30") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3WqYhopsw) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/989 "2022-10-24T12:45:03Z")
I like the Specsavers ads: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b6aK3cVX2Ts/maxresdefault.jpg "Should've Gone to Specsavers - Out of Order | Specsavers UK & ROI") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6aK3cVX2Ts) And they even gain from turning the idea upside down: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ssXxLVSxg7s/maxresdefault.jpg "I Don't Go | Specsavers Home Visits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXxLVSxg7s) And there are these old favourites from Down Under: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TDG-d_W9xBs/hqdefault.jpg "Nibble Nobby's Nuts. Pub Posters Version. Australian TV ad 1987") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDG-d_W9xBs) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZUNJd06iyWU/hqdefault.jpg "Toyota Hilux - Bugger (1999, New Zealand)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUNJd06iyWU) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/990 "2022-10-24T13:01:20Z")
That Toyota one is awesome, from a time when creativity surpassed CGI. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/991 "2022-10-24T22:00:20Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > And there are these old favourites from Down Under: That Hilux one is great- thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/992 "2022-10-30T03:43:32Z")
This one has a nice moment or two: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YrqFnCkRiQs/maxresdefault.jpg "Subaru Forester Wilderness TV AD SPOT 0:30 'Well Adventured'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrqFnCkRiQs) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/993 "2022-11-08T01:31:40Z")
I like this Capital One commercial, because after all, who doesn’t love Slash? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B2_bsa_iRpI/maxresdefault.jpg "Capital One Commercial | feat. Slash (Guns ‘N Roses)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2_bsa_iRpI) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/994 "2022-11-08T15:42:11Z")
I am liking the Walmart Black Friday commercials featuring _Office Space_: > **[Walmart recruits ‘Office Space’ cast for Black Friday ads](https://nypost.com/2022/11/02/walmart-recruits-office-space-cast-for-black-friday-ads/)** > > Gary Cole, Ajay Naidu and Diedrich Bader of “Office Space,” as well as the real Michael Bolton, star in Walmart’s “Black Friday Deals For Days” ads. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/995 "2022-11-08T15:44:44Z")
I haven’t seen one yet, love it already! ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/996 "2022-11-17T17:55:48Z")
[Downy Rinse and Refresh featuring the Backstreet Boys](https://youtu.be/ZNf5aS51Qvg) I got a kick out of this one, especially at the end where she sings a snippet of song and the guys in the poster say “That’s not us.” ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/997 "2022-12-02T12:09:00Z")
This is pretty clever. Shopify, an e-commerce platform, references AOL: > **[r/jakeandamir - Geoffrey starring in a Shopify commercial](https://www.reddit.com/r/jakeandamir/comments/y7t6pu/geoffrey_starring_in_a_shopify_commercial/)** > > 145 votes and 35 comments so far on Reddit ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/998 "2022-12-26T14:17:43Z")
This Dr. Pepper “Wave” commercial is so silly, but makes me laugh… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ovTMFWKFo) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/999 "2022-12-27T00:22:03Z")
VW commercial. Makes me smile every time. They used _Make Your Own Kind of Music_ by Mamas & Papas. Fairly obsecure hit. Who wouldn’t smile at that face? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMvodS9puLg) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GzGN-GU7xdY/hqdefault.jpg "The Mamas and Papas - Own Kind of Music") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzGN-GU7xdY) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1000 "2022-12-27T15:15:56Z")
the commercial baffles me a bit. they didn’t try to find the sheep’s (shoop?) home? they just took it home? okay, perhaps they didn’t notice until they were a distance away. retrace the day’s voyage? wouldn’t the rancher notice they were one short? on the other hand, little woolly is living best life and having a great time. they seem a happy little family. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1001 "2022-12-27T18:03:44Z")
While I find it a cute commercial, I’m always bothered by one thing: They refer to “breaking away from the herd”. Except that sheep are in flocks, not herds. (I suppose the commercial wouldn’t have worked as well with a cow.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=51)