# 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:** 59
**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 15, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1162 "2024-10-15T23:55:49Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If heights bother you don’t watch _The Walk_. It’s about the guy who tight rope walked between the Twin Towers. Philippe Petit? I saw that, and it definitely will give you sweaty palms even if you’re not especially afraid of heights. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1163 "2024-10-16T02:38:35Z")
The CGI view of him looking down made me want to close my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1164 "2025-01-24T23:57:00Z")
I didn’t see the biopic about Philippe Petit, but I did see the documentary, “Man On Wire”, on the afternoon of January 15, 2009. I remember that date, because I was off work that day, and when the documentary ended, I turned the TV over to CNN and saw all that footage of people standing on the wings of an airplane that had crash-landed in the Hudson River. Anyway, this commercial is getting played a lot in my area right now. > **[A Dinosaur’s Distraction (:30) | Distracted Driving Prevention](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2X9_W9SFMg%2F)** > > Project Yellow Light is a scholarship competition designed to bring about change. The contest calls on students to develop and produce a short video educatin... ---
**Author:** ![Samantha\_Campoverde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@Samantha\_Campoverde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samantha_Campoverde)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1165 "2025-01-25T02:59:23Z")
Hello, Nice, Love It, YouTube Link To Those Because I Never Seen These Ads! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1166 "2025-01-25T03:01:55Z")
Yes, that is a big help, rather than “That Insurance commercial I saw” . Welcome to the SDMB, ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1167 "2025-01-28T14:48:44Z")
Geico seems to have sh!t-canned the wretched caveman commercial and brought back the aunts! I love the aunts! ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1168 "2025-01-28T16:04:01Z")
The oringinal caveman commercials were good, but this latest round with him somehow being diminished by mid-life were pathetic, lame, and just sad. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1169 "2025-01-28T17:40:48Z")
I generally hate the Zocdoc commercials, but the one with the hockey players and their broken teeth cracks me up. Possibly because I can relate. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1170 "2025-01-28T19:57:07Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > sh!t-canned the wretched caveman Would a caveman know what a sh!t can is for? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1171 "2025-01-28T20:01:51Z")
Of course they do. They’re actually quite sophisticated, even to the point of preferring mango chutney. You could say they’re mezosexual. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1172 "2025-01-30T16:09:34Z")
Maybe it’s been mentioned, but the Omega XL commercial with the retired EMT lady. She is adorable! I want to give her a big hug. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1173 "2025-01-30T16:27:43Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > Omega XL commercial with the retired EMT lady I think I might have mentioned it in the commercials I hate thread. “I walked SIX BLUCKS I am soooooooo proud.” 🙂 (they play it far too much on the L&O rerun channel.) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1174 "2025-01-31T21:53:41Z")
First ad I’ve seen for this product: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gzGHIO8e_xY/maxresdefault.jpg "HARIBO Goldbears Football Commercial (:30)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzGHIO8e_xY) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1175 "2025-02-01T00:06:52Z")
I like the one with the kindly fever monster who gives encouragement to the sick lady…and then he’s joined by all of her fever hallucinations chanting her name! It’s oddly sweet and silly. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1176 "2025-02-01T00:34:51Z")
Link! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1177 "2025-02-01T22:35:31Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > First ad I’ve seen for this product: Oh gawd i have seen at least one other, and I despise those little voices. Not to mention, I am not fond of the candy either. > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I like the one with the kindly fever monster who gives encouragement to the sick lady…and then he’s joined by all of her fever hallucinations chanting her name! It’s oddly sweet and silly. Link, please? Or at least product name? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1178 "2025-02-02T00:36:25Z")
The Zoc Doc fever monster: (Turns out they’re actually chanting the doctor’s name!) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1179 "2025-02-02T13:28:56Z")
Iams “Gravity Defier” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/05MehTRE2BY/hqdefault.jpg "Fun IAMS Commercial | Cat | Gravity Defier") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05MehTRE2BY) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1180 "2025-02-02T20:45:26Z")
Cute! ---
**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 3, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1181 "2025-02-03T06:46:03Z")
I think advertisers would be wise to incorporate animals into their tv campaigns. There aren’t too many commercials so obnoxious that I won’t stick around for the cute critter. Think of all that good stuff (dopamine?) that googes around at the sight of a wee animal; human animals too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=60)