# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/161 "2016-09-16T17:24:39Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > 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!) Yeah, my wife loves this one also. Well done Farmers! ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/162 "2016-09-18T17:33:58Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > “Is that Ice-T?” > > The only thing I thought was funny even the first time was the (I think) second guy to ask that. He just looks really weird and funny. It’s the (paraphrasing) “Yo! T!”/“Lemonade, man! Read the sign!” that really brings the funny. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/163 "2017-03-10T23:31:33Z")
Quilted Northern t.p. have two winsome ones: 1) a Frog t.p. holder in a bathroom is speaking in an undertone" “I can’t close my eyes. I can’t look away” and 2) beautiful bird wallpaper, and the narrator talks about the birds “except for this one. He has an outlet for a face.” (because it’s right. over. the bird’s head) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/164 "2017-03-18T11:33:16Z")
I love the use of Tom Rosenthal’s “The Meaningless of Numbers” in the Ashley Madison ad “Poly”. [http://creativity-online.com/work/ashley-madison-poly/48124](http://creativity-online.com/work/ashley-madison-poly/48124) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/165 "2017-03-18T12:17:55Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Quilted Northern t.p. have two winsome ones: 1) a Frog t.p. holder in a bathroom is speaking in an undertone" “I can’t close my eyes. I can’t look away” and 2) beautiful bird wallpaper, and the narrator talks about the birds “except for this one. He has an outlet for a face.” (because it’s right. over. the bird’s head) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTgqpWPEWU) The bird one cracks me up. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/166 "2017-03-19T02:47:23Z")
The Eco warrior commercial (for Kia) is hilarious. I would never switch channels while it’s on. I need a hero. Indeed. 😃 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UxmNEXOSSg) ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/167 "2017-03-19T19:31:43Z")
Buschhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/168 "2017-03-19T19:55:02Z")
(ducks for cover) The St. Jude commercial with Chesley Sullenberger. It isn’t sappy the way other similar commercials are, and I also know that he’s endorsing a legitimate organization. I support them myself; before I knew them, my Girl Scout leaders had a child with cancer, and they took her to St. Jude’s. Even though she couldn’t beat it ☹ , they did have 6 extra years with her, and she enjoyed a normal life for most of that time. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/169 "2017-03-20T13:12:21Z")
My favorite is the Subaru first-day-at-school ad: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkIpkl37iA) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/170 "2017-03-20T16:11:23Z")
[The GEICO bumper sticker commercial.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8tbzHB6Xoo) Watch closely at the end, you can see the skunk releasing his gas. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/171 "2017-03-21T00:10:49Z")
I’m currently fascinated with the Haribo commercial for gummi bears, with a bunch of corporate suits sitting around a conference table talking in little-kid voices about eating gummi bears. The commercial is nothing special and most would find it annoying, but I just can’t stop looking at these people’s TEETH. There are white people, black people, Asian people, men and women and one I can’t tell, and every one of them has the most incredible set of choppers I’ve ever seen. These people do not eat candy. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/172 "2017-04-21T05:35:24Z")
I saw this one today and 3 out of 3 people in my household laughed. An ostrich can dream. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKd24UCPYY) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/173 "2017-04-21T05:49:07Z")
This one kills me every time. [Southwest - Male Catch of the Party Who Makes a Big Mistake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAFUnPkUBlE) The way he closes his eyes at the end… it’s perfect. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/174 "2017-04-21T11:09:45Z")
Most of the “Wanna getaway?” commercials have been pretty good. One that I just hear for the first time yesterday is for Lipton Ice Tea. The commercial itself is pretty standard fare but the kicker is the background music of Nathaniel Rateliff’s SOB. A song about an alcoholic going through DT’s and begging for a drink. Lipton version [- YouTube](https://youtu.be/Is4Wpwp3nwU) Actual song: [Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - S.O.B. (Official) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/1iAYhQsQhSY) ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/175 "2017-04-21T15:00:50Z")
[quote=“Drunky\_Smurf, post:172, topic:749672”] I saw this one today and 3 out of 3 people in my household laughed. An ostrich can dream. [/QUOTE] Yep, we liked it too. Another one I don’t mind: The guy crossing the street when a car stops very suddenly at the intersection to avoid hitting him. The guy flings up his arms and goes to have a word with the driver. Two old geezers off to the side, anticipating a fight: “This is going to be good!” The pedestrian is jabbing his finger at the driver and acting very aggressive, but actually conversing with the driver about what a swell car it is. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/176 "2017-04-21T16:18:13Z")
One that cropped up in the other thread as “bad”, I think is great: the VW love bug commercial, with Dean Martin singing “The Birds and the Bees”. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 1, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/177 "2017-06-01T21:23:10Z")
The new Dr Pepper commercials are rather amusing. Memo to DirecTV: that is how you have an advertising campaign featuring an asshole. Make the asshole(s) _likeable!_ ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/178 "2017-06-01T22:13:59Z")
This one from State Farm makes me chuckle every time. [Is it suede?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOjETlSufwo) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/179 "2017-06-03T00:18:11Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The new Dr Pepper commercials are rather amusing. [CraveRiDER](http://www.adweek.com/creativity/a-jetskiing-hunk-rides-waves-of-dr-pepper-in-deutschs-cartoony-new-ads/) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672/180 "2017-07-20T23:27:30Z")
I saw this terrific commercial last night. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmGy-JqOVpI) “That’s not ivory!” 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-dont-hate/749672.md?page=10)