# 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:** 56
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1102 "2024-05-18T19:56:48Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The ad agency for Embassy Suites would like to hear your pitches, I bet. I am not too sure what you mean?? I saw a blog that said 11% of lodgers found a hidden camera in their aribnb suites. Of course- many cameras were not found. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1103 "2024-05-18T20:32:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > The ad agency for Embassy Suites would like to hear your pitches, I bet. > > I am not too sure what you mean?? LurkMeister said this: > [@LurkMeister](#): > > I just saw an ad for (I think) Embassy suites where a family rents a home and are confronted with an Annabel-like doll welcoming them.Cut to them getting a non-haunted hotel room. I made a lodging wars joke, since AirBNB has been running a series of ads about the benefits of staying at a residence as opposed to an impersonal hotel, Then Embassy Suites hits back with a ‘scary doll’ ad, pushing the weirdness of staying at a complete stranger’s personal residence. Which I found amusing. Then you made the hidden camera comment, which as a reason not to do AirBNB blows the Embassy Suites ad outta the water. I’m saying the Embassy Suites ad agency team could use a person like you. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1104 "2024-05-18T20:49:40Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I’m saying the Embassy Suites ad agency team could use a person like you. Thanks- makes total sense now! ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1105 "2024-05-18T20:55:32Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Then Embassy Suites hits back with a ‘scary doll’ ad, pushing the weirdness of staying at a complete stranger’s personal residence. - “When we charge you a cleaning fee, _we_ do the cleaning.” ---
**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:** [June 24, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1106 "2024-06-24T22:50:30Z")
Maybe it is old, but I just saw it today. The VW I Am I Said commercial. I love it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c04_GeQZFFw/maxresdefault.jpg "Big Game Commercial 2024 | Volkswagen") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c04_GeQZFFw) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1107 "2024-06-27T17:07:15Z")
I like the Yellow Wood Commercial. Very clever nod to Tom Cruise in _Mission Impossible_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/08JSyGr8nwE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Woodland's Most Wanted - Save the Heist") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08JSyGr8nwE) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1108 "2024-06-27T17:21:51Z")
Another cute Yellawood. Only 30 seconds. The beavers aren’t eating treated lumber. Only a tree twig. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SQDr2ASAvbg/maxresdefault.jpg "The Woodland's Most Wanted - Roasting Marshmallows :30") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQDr2ASAvbg) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1109 "2024-06-27T18:54:57Z")
I thought this was a voice-over for the thread - nice little commercial break. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1110 "2024-06-28T17:08:47Z")
These are adorable! More ads should contain adorable critters; even Lume could be palatable if it was, say, a skunk talking about his stinky bits. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1111 "2024-07-01T01:22:18Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Maybe it is old, but I just saw it today. The VW I Am I Said commercial. I love it. Ditto. Loved the song and the way the ad developed. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1112 "2024-07-01T01:38:36Z")
I liked that VW commercial, partly because my family had several Beetles and a Squareback growing up. And it referenced [this VW commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n6hf3adNqk) featuring a pint-size Darth Vader. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1113 "2024-07-01T01:41:39Z")
I grew up having two different Beetles as our family car. Family of 6, BTW. As a poor 19 year old, I also bought my own Beetle. My favorite VW ad campaign of all time (I wish I could find better quality, but you’ll get the point): > **[Volkswagen: Unpimp Your Auto (All 3)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1MNEqCr748%2F)** > > All Three VDub's 'Unpimp' Commericials with Peter Stormare. Classic! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1114 "2024-07-01T02:13:26Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > My favorite VW ad campaign of all time (I wish I could find better quality, but you’ll get the point): Those were pretty good. That led me to this- [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sJ9uF8XeC-o/maxresdefault.jpg "5 Famous Funny Car Commercials") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ9uF8XeC-o) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1115 "2024-07-01T03:33:23Z")
It’s a cellphone company commercial that I don’t not hate but in one of the several scenarios in which the guy switches companies, he’s on the phone yelling, “REP-PRE-SENT-TA-TIVE!!” and I feel that in my heart. He is me. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1116 "2024-07-01T12:51:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > in one of the several scenarios in which the guy switches companies, he’s on the phone yelling, “REP-PRE-SENT-TA-TIVE!!” and I feel that in my heart. He is me. I just keep hitting the ‘0’ key until I get a human. That seems to work with even the most hellish corporate voice mail system. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1117 "2024-07-04T14:39:06Z")
I kind of like the current Instacart commercial with the ‘apartment farmers’. After the “I’m at the nail salon/I’m at the grocery store” and the one before that - I think it’s pretty and cute and lots to look at. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1118 "2024-07-04T19:48:48Z")
Is there a Death Valley in Nevada? I only know the one in California. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1119 "2024-07-04T19:50:06Z")
Some bits of the CA national park lap over into Nevada. ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1120 "2024-07-07T00:42:07Z")
Youtube commercials are usually a quick mute for me. This one is kind of stealth in that it is a short video not presented as an ad before your chosen content. It is for ADOBE AI "The know-it-all coworker (it says I cannot embed media -?) ---
**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:** [July 7, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1121 "2024-07-07T17:19:10Z")
Cast members from Modern Family are in commercials for Whatsapp(I think). One features Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen as Phil and Claire, talking to the camera like they did on the show. The other has Cam and Mitch, with Mitch delivering his " shaaaame!" line. I’m kind of surprised at an ad campaign based on a sitcom that ended four years ago, but that show was a favorite of mine and it just makes me smile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=57)