# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1242 "2025-07-01T14:39:00Z")
The Safari ad from Apple is beautifully Hitchcockian and suitably creepy. Here’s the long version. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0HjDpPnxcP0/maxresdefault.jpg "Privacy on iPhone | Flock | Apple") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjDpPnxcP0) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1243 "2025-07-22T00:54:42Z")
The Ryze mushroom coffee commercial with the cute little mushroom girl is cute. We like it. Only… I can’t help but think that she’s boiling her own kind for the woman to consume. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1244 "2025-07-22T01:11:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I can’t help but think that she’s boiling her own kind for the woman to consume. - Just think of her as the executioner. ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1245 "2025-07-22T17:08:31Z")
Not the whole commercial. It’s very much Lay’s pretending to support small farmers when we all know how they get their potatoes. But I love the cutsie, folksie song that plays. The one about if you were a floor, I’d wanna be a rug. You know what? I just watched the whole, long form commercial and. well, I hate it. I hate how it misrepresents how large corporations actually acquire their vegetables. Still love the song. though. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1246 "2025-07-26T20:50:14Z")
I got a chuckle seeing the recent (and now quite topical) [Allstate “Mayhem” commercial](https://youtu.be/_RG64_MY2Yk?si=Pl6FOs8Pu6kJCnDB). It starts off with the line “I’m the guy sitting next to your girl on the Kiss Cam”. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1247 "2025-07-26T21:13:50Z")
He hasn’t lost his (oh, so evil) touch. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1248 "2025-07-26T22:41:39Z")
Almost any **Stella Artois** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/01mG3RDdf28/hqdefault.jpg "Stella Artois-Pilot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01mG3RDdf28) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ms8eaSeMkrY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Best Stella Artois TV Commercials Ever! | Reassuringly Expensive Ads | TV ADVERTS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms8eaSeMkrY) ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1249 "2025-07-26T22:46:50Z")
for the stories they tell… 👍 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1250 "2025-07-26T22:57:39Z")
I love the one commercial for Wet Wipes. Parents out in the park with the little baby. Ah, nature! Then you hear the farting sound and the baby smiles. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1251 "2025-07-26T23:21:31Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Stella Artois [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8nSqeX5nNbY/maxresdefault.jpg "Big Lebowski The Dude Star Super Bowl 2019 Commercial for Stella Artois") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nSqeX5nNbY) ---
**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:** [July 28, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1252 "2025-07-28T23:10:10Z")
Probably more serious than many of the offerings in this thread, and the pharmeceutical company calls it a “short film,” but I’ve seen it on TV in a commercial slot once…it’s an ad about the [stigma surrounding diabetes](https://www.multivu.com/abbott/9294252-en-abbott-above-the-bias-film-aims-to-reduce-stigma-about-diabetes). I only have a couple of relatives affected by diabetes, but this one got my attention…I’ve certainly heard many of these things muttered about them before. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1253 "2025-08-13T04:01:46Z")
I literally just saw the following for the first time and stopped to find this thread. It’s an ad for Chick-fil-a and the scene is a wedding where the DJ keeps playing the Chicken Dance song. We see the bride, going along with the dance but getting increasingly worried. Then we see that the DJ is a cow, her little hoof working the sound mixer. I got a real kick out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1254 "2025-08-13T23:46:02Z")
We used to have a Chick fil a billboard with a 3D cow painting **EAT MORE CHIKIN** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1255 "2025-09-05T14:26:23Z")
The buttered-cat paradox put to good use: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8yW5cyXXRc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8yW5cyXXRc) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1256 "2025-09-06T02:26:29Z")
Skechers Zombies is great. I still smile after seeing it several times. I think this is the full length version [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d44KGzfM4Wg/maxresdefault.jpg "Skechers AERO Burst – “Scary Fast”") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44KGzfM4Wg) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1257 "2025-09-26T15:48:57Z")
I just saw a commercial for the much-despised Liberty (with Doug!) at a football game, and Emu spots a mascot dressed as a huge bird and takes off onto the field after it. I’m sorry, but Emu doing what an emu does amuses me every time. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1258 "2025-09-26T19:52:32Z")
Most insurance company ads are overdone, but I’m amused by the series of State Farm commercials featuring a certain well-known actor. “Having insurance isn’t the same as having State Farm. It’s like getting Bateman when you need the protection of Batman.” > **[Batman vs. Bateman :30 (Two-Face) | State Farm® Commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5gysBEOa0%2F)** > > \#StateFarmCommercial, #JakeFromStateFarm, #Batman, #JasonBateman, #SZAHaving insurance isn't the same as having State Farm. It's like getting Bateman when yo... ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1259 "2025-09-26T20:18:18Z")
Also note that Batman is played by Will Arnett (who voiced Batman in the Lego movies), and Will Arnett and Jason Bateman together host the Smartless podcast (with Sean Hayes), thus the “do a podcast or something” comment. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1260 "2025-09-26T20:29:38Z")
I am liking the Kia Telluride commercial that mocks it’s competition by doing what they do in their commercials (sorry, cannot find a link - it’s pretty new) - driving up a flight of stairs at a fancy estate (Land Rover), perky tunes for the urban hipsters (Cadillac?), dogs in the back seat (Subaru), getting sideways in the mud (Ford), etc…, and then at the end saying it “does all that and more!” Very clever. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1261 "2025-09-27T17:31:03Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Also note that Batman is played by Will Arnett (who voiced Batman in the Lego movies), and Will Arnett and Jason Bateman together host the Smartless podcast (with Sean Hayes), thus the “do a podcast or something” comment. I like it because it reminds me of _Arrested Development_ (where they played brothers). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=64)