# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1122 "2024-07-08T22:14:19Z")
They have re-shot it a few times as he’s aged, and some stations will not air the “not afraid of burning in hell” line at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1123 "2024-07-11T16:24:30Z")
The FreshPet “You have dog food in your refrigerator?” commercials appeal to me with the “You have a problem with that? GTFO!” response. And I’m a cat person. (You have a problem with a covered half-full can of cat food in the fridge? GTFO!) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1124 "2024-07-21T13:11:13Z")
Safari ad The commercial makes the viewer wait before revealing the product. I think it drives home how invasive Internet eavesdropping has become. I certainly didn’t understand the loss of privacy in 1995. Most people didn’t and the Internet is a ubiquitous element of our lives. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0HjDpPnxcP0/maxresdefault.jpg "Privacy on iPhone | Flock | Apple") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjDpPnxcP0) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1125 "2024-07-21T13:12:19Z")
How many of you caught the brief homage to Hitchcock? 🤔 It’s only a few seconds. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1126 "2024-07-22T03:16:19Z")
Is it _ **The Birds** _? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1127 "2024-07-22T06:04:15Z")
The [Birds Aren’t Real](https://birdsarentreal.com/) movement was probably also an inspiration. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1128 "2024-07-22T16:36:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > How many of you caught the brief homage to Hitchcock? 🤔 The music is reminiscent of Bernard Hermann, so maybe intentional? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1129 "2024-07-22T21:47:43Z")
There’s a shot where the camera flies toward someone and crashes into the window. I seem to remember a similar shot in _The Birds_. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1130 "2024-07-22T22:15:36Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Is it _ **The Birds** _? You win the rusty nail prize. ;). They copied the scene with the girl running and getting pecked. The movie had several children running. I rhink Angela Cartwright was the one getting attacked while she ran. Also the birds crashing into the window. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1131 "2024-07-23T01:43:05Z")
I think you’re right about the girl. Wasn’t Angela in _ **Lost In Space** _ and _ **The Sound Of Music** _? I think Suzanne Pleshette was the teacher. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1132 "2024-07-23T02:24:51Z")
It’s actually her sister, Veronica Cartwright, in **The Birds** (and **Alien** and the episode _I Sing the Body Electric_ on the **Twilight Zone** , among many other roles). ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1133 "2024-07-23T02:45:22Z")
Thanks for the info. I looked up Veronica’s picture from when she was older. I remember her from _ **The Witches Of Eastwick** _. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1134 "2024-07-23T03:47:44Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > It’s actually her sister, Veronica Cartwright, in **The Birds** (and **Alien** and the episode _I Sing the Body Electric_ on the **Twilight Zone** , among many other roles). Excellent as Betty Grissom in _The Right Stuff_. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1135 "2024-08-19T12:01:37Z")
I recently came across an old commercial by the Royal Mail for Valentine’s Day, which I only ever saw once, but it’s stuck in my mind ever since. It’s in the British Film Institute’s animation collection, as well as on YouTube (best viewed on full screen): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VfkNax3fXfc/maxresdefault.jpg "Royal Mail commercial (1989) - "Letters of Love"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfkNax3fXfc) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1136 "2024-08-19T16:57:33Z")
Johnny Carson sometimes showed commercials from other countries for a laugh on _ **The Tonight Show** _. I remember a British one from around 1970, in which a middle-aged man and woman are parting tearfully on a train platform in a setting reminiscent of the 1940s. The woman (not the man!) gets on the train and the two wave goodbye as it pulls out of the station. The man remains on the platform until the train is out of sight and then turns dejectedly to walk home through the village. We’re left to wonder who these people are and why the woman had to leave, as the man sadly unlocks the front door of his now empty cottage and goes inside … Only to settle down in a comfy chair and watch the telly while eating a TV dinner, which is what the commercial is plugging! This one brought the house down! I was amazed at how the writers could cram such an engaging melodrama into a mere 30–60 seconds of air time! ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1137 "2024-08-19T18:00:22Z")
There was a series of “mini-sitcoms” for British Telecom which got quite a following: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gG7rrW8brnQ/hqdefault.jpg "British Telecom 'Beattie Richard Wilson' ad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG7rrW8brnQ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pmGIxD1rdjo/maxresdefault.jpg "Ology - British Telecoms Advert Full - Advert Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGIxD1rdjo) And the Specsavers ads are quite amusing [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VELQ39QAYP4/maxresdefault.jpg "Sauna | Specsavers UK & ROI Television Advert") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VELQ39QAYP4) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1138 "2024-08-20T01:12:30Z")
I like the eTrade “Picklebabies”. “So this is pickleball?” “Yeah, it’s basically tennis for babies, but for adults.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JjLr4bdLPIs/hqdefault.jpg "E\*TRADE Baby Commercial - Picklebabies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjLr4bdLPIs) ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1139 "2024-08-24T17:22:30Z")
This whole series is fun [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2C3jTtd_eS0/maxresdefault.jpg "Moths Lucid Explains - SNEAK PEEK") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C3jTtd_eS0) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1140 "2024-08-24T20:53:01Z")
I hate jerky films. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1141 "2024-09-14T11:20:32Z")
Draft Kings has one running now featuring one guy playfully insulting the other’s age, accusing him of handing out butterscotch candy to celebrate a win. He goes on to note that the candy is probably unwrapped - or, as he calls it, “raw candy.” Raw candy. 🤣 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=58)