# Commercials you (inexplicably) don't hate. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915 "2011-10-07T17:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/21 "2011-10-08T06:22:19Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Don’t hate it, more of a point-and-laugh reaction: > > Commercial for Viagra. Shows a guy on a sailboat on a tranquil lake. Later shows him heading home. All alone all the way. > > Why does he need Viagra if he’s all by himself? That is so pathetic! All sailors need a stiff breeze. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/22 "2011-10-08T17:03:03Z")
I kind of like the Travelers Insurance [dog.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk2B8988ws0) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/23 "2011-10-08T17:46:54Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I kind of like the Travelers Insurance [dog.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk2B8988ws0) And what TV show recently had a scene where a character was watching the ad over and over and crying about it? :😭: He just wants to save his bone! :😭: I like the Nationwide Insurance guy. He’s so sincere. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/24 "2011-10-08T17:58:40Z")
I have always loved the etrade baby. Those ads crack me up every time! ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/25 "2011-10-08T19:38:15Z")
[Nokia Bruce Lee advert](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SncapPrTusA) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/26 "2011-10-08T20:09:47Z")
I don’t think it’s inexplicable, but I’ve always liked this commercial for the twist at the end: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f\_1c2MJ7bY0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_1c2MJ7bY0) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/27 "2011-10-08T20:12:36Z")
[Gilbert’s the man.](http://youtu.be/SltsgYuSHrw) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/28 "2011-10-08T20:46:57Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > That one kind of annoys me because, seriously, they couldn’t find shirts that have the same color stripes? One is red, the other blue…gah, it bugs me in a way it shouldn’t because it’s just a commercial, but gah! That commercial gets me too, but in a good way, and I’m not bothered by the different outfits. The dad is not deliberately visualizing his daughter as being younger; he’s remembering her when she was younger, against his will. That both the “real” and remembered versions of his daughter were wearing stripped tops is just a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/29 "2011-10-08T20:51:36Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I don’t think it’s inexplicable, but I’ve always liked this commercial for the twist at the end: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f\_1c2MJ7bY0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_1c2MJ7bY0) Awww I’ve never seen that. That’s sweet. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/30 "2011-10-09T07:16:51Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I don’t think it’s inexplicable, but I’ve always liked this commercial for the twist at the end: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f\_1c2MJ7bY0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_1c2MJ7bY0) OMG. ::runs sobbing from the room:: I don’t know if you’d consider this a commercial _per se_ but the current “please turn off your cellphones” flick that Century/Cinemark theaters is running really makes me clap my hands with glee. I tried searching for it on YouTube/Google but I ended up with a bunch of gibberish. Essentially there’s this guy about to head into the theatre while talking to someone and texting to another and all these internet memes are swirling around him, like: Annoying Orange and the cat riding the Roomba. It ends with The Flea Market Montgomery guy and the Double Dream Hands guy on the Dance, Dance Revolution machine. SO MUCH WIN! ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/31 "2011-10-09T08:14:15Z")
Heiniken, with that catchy song. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/32 "2011-10-09T12:43:53Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > . > > Why does he need Viagra if he’s all by himself? That is so pathetic! > > ). He’s gotta burn off that 3 hours and 55 minutes of surplus boner time (band name!) first before he gets home. Otherwise he won’t be able to roll over and get some sleep. Sleep is very important to older guys. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/33 "2011-10-09T12:46:09Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > . > > Why does he need Viagra if he’s all by himself? That is so pathetic! > > ). He’s gotta burn off that 3 hours and 55 minutes of surplus boner time (band name!) first before he gets home. Otherwise he won’t be able to roll over and get some sleep. Sleep is very important to older guys. Oh I really like the Mayhem insurance guy ones too. Particularly the one where is the car’s GPS system. Turn left! turn right! CRASH…updating. I guess I find it funny because I know a few folks who use their GPS a bit too much and one or two that would follow one’s directions right off a cliff. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/34 "2011-10-09T13:14:54Z")
I’m weirdly fond of Peggy. And Yella Fellow. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/35 "2011-10-09T19:55:46Z")
I liked the Honda “Mr. Opportunity” ads because I thought he was good-lookin’, which is pretty strange. (I also have a crush on the Jack in the Box guy for some reason.) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/36 "2011-10-09T20:07:25Z")
I like the Dairy Queen commercial with the kittens inside the bubbles. I don’t know if it shows all over the country. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/37 "2011-10-11T15:54:58Z")
I love the little kid in the Darth Vader helmet. Hardly inexplicable, but I’ll stop and watch it grinning every time. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/38 "2011-10-11T16:01:38Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > I love the little kid in the Darth Vader helmet. Hardly inexplicable, but I’ll stop and watch it grinning every time. They’re both Passat commercials, but I prefer [Life in the Express Lane](http://tynansvw.clvr.tv/new-2012-vw-passat-commercial-life-in-the-express-lane/). Damn, that kid is cute! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/39 "2011-10-11T16:03:33Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > I love the little kid in the Darth Vader helmet. Hardly inexplicable, but I’ll stop and watch it grinning every time. I like the kid’s dad. ::Paris Hilton voice:: He’s hot. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915/40 "2011-10-11T16:15:12Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > I’m weirdly fond of Peggy. And Yella Fellow. I second the Peggy commercials!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-inexplicably-dont-hate/598915.md?page=3)