# 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:** 7
**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:** [August 31, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/121 "2016-08-31T16:27:44Z")
Here’s a [perfume ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tuHIhXyxrI) directed by Spike Jonze that is 3 minutes 45 seconds of WTF weirdness, and 3 seconds of advertising. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/122 "2016-08-31T16:46:26Z")
Anything by Jeremy Clarkson [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdAcxacaLyg) ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/123 "2016-08-31T17:03:29Z")
I like the Geico youtube commercials that do a setup, tell you they’re going to cut to the end so you can watch your video, then cut to a weird ending that makes you wonder what happened. They’re cute and amusing, and short enough that they don’t get in the way of watching what you want to. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/124 "2016-08-31T17:07:40Z")
I will rewind and watch every single sonic commercial with the two guys in the car, specially when a new one drops. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/125 "2016-08-31T18:12:48Z")
The Reese’s Summer Olympics commercial with the skier trying different summer games and failing adorably. I especially like her rhythmic gymnastics and fencing tries. And how proud she is of herself once she gets on the horse. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/126 "2016-08-31T18:58:18Z")
I love this Clorox ad with the little boy who can’t get out of his belt. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmmO_d-gMtU) ---
**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:** [August 31, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/127 "2016-08-31T19:30:08Z")
Progressive Insurance [Biker’s double life.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKcJFFvUdFI) “He uses my moisturizer.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/128 "2016-08-31T21:46:28Z")
I mostly watch on my Roku, so don’t see many commercials. But I really love the [audible.com](http://audible.com) commercials. Here’s an [example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waQpOVT-cZk). You see a person jogging, or a person on a beach-- i.e., someone listening to an audiobook-- and the voiceover is text from the book. When the camera backs up, the jogger is at the head of a bunch of guys marching into battle, or the woman on the beach is sitting in a desolate landscape on another planet. “Stories that surround you.” This commercial is brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/129 "2016-09-01T11:43:31Z")
The Playing Marco Polo with Marco Polo ad. Love that one ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/130 "2016-09-01T12:22:50Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > The Playing Marco Polo with Marco Polo ad. > > Love that one “But it is I, Marco Polo!” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/131 "2016-09-01T13:08:00Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > The Playing Marco Polo with Marco Polo ad. > > Love that one I like that, by the end, he figures out what’s going on. That Marco Polo was no dummy! But why does he have an alpaca with him? 😕 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/132 "2016-09-01T13:20:48Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > I like that, by the end, he figures out what’s going on. That Marco Polo was no dummy! > > But why does he have an alpaca with him? 😕 Alpacas can be used as pack animals. In fact, that’s where the name came from. “Hold still while I pack ya.” ETA: I’m pretty sure that it’s a llama. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/133 "2016-09-01T13:21:47Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > I like that, by the end, he figures out what’s going on. That Marco Polo was no dummy! > > But why does he have an alpaca with him? 😕 Ahh, Polo! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/134 "2016-09-01T13:46:22Z")
The Farmers Insurance [Synchronized Swimming Dogs (Mermutts)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwMba4r6BEc) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/135 "2016-09-01T14:27:41Z")
No matter how many times I see it, I still laugh at the Clearasil commercial, where the Mom comes barging into the room with laundry and huffs, ‘Steven!’ all through his life until he’s 90 years old and a robot/hologram mom with laundry basket STILL comes barging into his room. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/136 "2016-09-07T00:53:14Z")
There’s one I saw a few times a while back with a bunch of dogs dressed up as hot dogs running towards people dressed as various varieties of catsup. I thought it was cute. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/137 "2016-09-09T13:39:41Z")
I just saw a Farmers Insurance commercial with a living room that, I guess, was flooded? and all the dogs jumped in and performed a water ballet. (I love Farmers Insurance commercials, they’re all entertaining!) ---
**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:** [September 12, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/138 "2016-09-12T00:19:53Z")
GEICO’s “Lemonade” commercial was funny. Once. Now they’ll run it into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/139 "2016-09-12T00:35:24Z")
[Value Village TV Commercial, ‘Good Boy’](https://youtu.be/gydxMC7i_jE) Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/140 "2016-09-12T00:58:23Z")
Cigna’s TV doctors is pretty good. [- YouTube](http://youtu.be/foL9gfbfweY) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=8)