# 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:** 65
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1282 "2025-12-15T16:05:17Z")
I like that one, too, the secondhand cringe has me clenching my toes. The casting on the dad is great, first the scowl of disapproval at the pisspoor present passing but then his smile at the punchline that just about breaks his face. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1283 "2025-12-15T16:15:59Z")
Took me a couple viewings of that commercial to realize it’s part of a series. At first I thought “hey, that’s the same girl from the Amazon commercial where she walks in on her dad running on the treadmill in her room, wearing those 70s style short shorts”. Then I realized, “oh, this is an Amazon commercial too, and that’s supposed to be the same family!”. The dad looks very different and much more dignified in regular dad clothes. ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1284 "2025-12-16T01:17:11Z")
I’m not crying. It’s just allergies 🤧 Gosh, this one is so good. But, how is the lady so tall in the costume? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SFEkXZHqFLo/hqdefault.jpg "Teleflora Christmas 2025 The Boy and the Bot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFEkXZHqFLo) ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1285 "2025-12-22T19:59:49Z")
Old ('86) but still amusing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yh2k6kFU6iw/maxresdefault.jpg "Spitting Image Presents The Eurovulsion Song Contest 1986 !") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh2k6kFU6iw) ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1286 "2025-12-22T20:10:19Z")
That’s a real song at the end. > **[Spitting Image – The Chicken Song](https://genius.com/Spitting-image-the-chicken-song-lyrics)** > > Created as a parody of the kinds of songs that were popular in the summer, it ended up hitting Number One on the British Singles Chart, thus becoming just like the songs it mocked. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1287 "2025-12-22T20:29:18Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m not crying. It’s just allergies 🤧 I don’t have allergies. There must be a lot of dust in here. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1288 "2025-12-22T21:10:45Z")
This Xfinity ad makes me chuckle. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HJcCfk7FWPg/maxresdefault.jpg "Blinkink - Xfinity 'Rabbits' 30-Second Spot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJcCfk7FWPg) ---
**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 22, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1289 "2025-12-22T21:11:16Z")
I realize now that the Nurse is wearing a simple costume with a cardboard box head. The child’s imagination transforms it into a 8 ft tall robot. ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1290 "2025-12-22T22:37:40Z")
nvm   ---
**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:** [January 4, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1291 "2026-01-04T16:46:58Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > This Xfinity ad makes me chuckle. It tells quite a story: In the distant future, after the human race is wiped out due to some cataclysm or pandemic, the family Leporidae evolved to fill the dominant evolutionary niche; much in the way our distant ancestors, mere squirrel-like creatures during the reign of the dinosaur, evolved into humans after the dinosaurs died out. The evolved Leporidae Sapiens race adopted the technological, cultural, and commercial institutions of the extinct Homo Sapiens race. However, they had not yet evolved away from the breeding practices of their own ancient evolutionary past, when they were a prey species who bred prolifically out of necessity, to guard against predation. They also have clearly not yet developed any form of birth control or family planning whatsoever, either due to a lack of medical technology or religio-cultural taboos against it. This continued overbreeding in the light of vastly reduced infant mortality rates is causing economic hardship within the Leporidae Sapiens community that is clearly not sustainable in the long term, even with favorable cell service rates. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1292 "2026-01-05T15:06:46Z")
There’s a Farmer’s Dog commercial that I like because it has the song _With a Girl Like You_ by The Troggs in it. ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1293 "2026-01-05T15:35:09Z")
There are a couple bits in the Jake From State farm football series. I chuckle at Henry VIII getting planted into the turf: “You OK?” “No, I am not.” The crossing “guard” from THE Franklin Elementary. And the sea captain looking into the swamp cooler fan “Arrgh Squalls are coming!” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1294 "2026-01-05T20:40:27Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > There’s a Farmer’s Dog commercial that I like because it has the song _With a Girl Like You_ by The Troggs in it. Yeah, theres a drug ad I like just because it has Dancing in the Moonlight. But still the ad itself is drek. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1295 "2026-01-08T15:39:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I chuckle at Henry VIII getting planted into the turf: “You OK?” “No, I am not.” I generally like Jake from State Farm, but Henry was apparently quite the athlete in his youth so this one rubs me the wrong way, at least a little bit. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1296 "2026-01-12T14:58:53Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Henry was apparently quite the athlete in his youth so this one rubs me the wrong way, at least a little bit. Maybe in his youth, but the Henry VIII who got body-slammed in that commercial was the older overweight, drunken, gout-ridden, possibly syphilitic version. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1297 "2026-01-20T23:39:06Z")
I believe it’s another Progressive commercial. “It is rabbit. Name Foot.” Couple seconds and a couple of seconds later someone says, “It’s a rabbit!” and the guy answers “Name Foot.” I do not know why I always chuckle when he says that. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1298 "2026-01-21T00:59:42Z")
The commercials for Wise money transfer service are pretty funny. Here are a few: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VQBKKW6b-OM/maxresdefault.jpg "Wise Just Married") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQBKKW6b-OM) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0E5gDLjeEnc/maxresdefault.jpg "Wise Canned Yodels") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E5gDLjeEnc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m8yKEf1RrGI/maxresdefault.jpg "Wise Corgis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8yKEf1RrGI) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VQBKKW6b-OM/maxresdefault.jpg "Wise Just Married") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQBKKW6b-OM) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1299 "2026-01-21T01:01:51Z")
Oops - I accidentally included the Just Married commercial twice. Here’s another one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fQBrJOOvsXI/maxresdefault.jpg "Wise Secret Wife") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQBrJOOvsXI) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1300 "2026-01-21T04:07:38Z")
They have an absolutely horrible customer service reputation, and then have bots doing fake positive reviews. They even have a couple of YouTubers doing fake glowing “reviews” . [https://www.consumeraffairs.com/finance/transferwise.html](https://www.consumeraffairs.com/finance/transferwise.html) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/1301 "2026-01-21T05:38:22Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > They have an absolutely horrible customer service reputation… I wasn’t endorsing their service. I just think their commercials are amusing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=66)