# commercials you love, hate or don't get **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046 "2009-02-16T04:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/41 "2009-02-16T21:58:04Z")
I saw [this WTF Kohler](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw581Yh99E4&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=kohler+commercial&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF) commercial this morning. ::still scratching head:: ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/42 "2009-02-16T22:02:45Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I kind of like the Brooke Shields VW ads. > I think the gist of the ad is customer sees a VW mini-van and thinks “That’s cool, I gotta have one.” > But society is saying to them “You can’t have a mini-van! Mini-vans are for people with kids.” > And the customer in turn is so desperate to have the mini-van that they will have children just to get one. > And Brooke Shields is there to report on this shocking behavior.😃 > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I agree that the Brooke Shields ad for VW is both confusing and horrifying. No, no, no. It’s a “german engineering sounds=genetic engineering” joke. Brooke sees the pregnant couple looking for a car and basically begs us not to german-engineer our kids. I LOVE the commercial with the rollover minutes, where the mom flips out over the kids being wasteful. “Some people would love to have milky minutes!” “Which ones are these, new or old? HMM?!” “Beat it kid” Her facial expressions really make it hilarious. GEICO money ones are the only ones that really drive me crazy. Why is this weird puppet popping up all over the place? And that annoying song…argh!! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/43 "2009-02-16T22:18:12Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Namely that they’ve been married 38 years and that they’ve owned 11 bulldogs all named Steve. No, he’s owned 11 bulldogs all named Steve, including before they were married. Although I guess that still only puts the bulldog lifespan at about 6 years per dog… The one commercial I love nowadays is the Hulu commercial with Alec Baldwin. Something about Alec Baldwin saying “We’re aliens. That’s how we roll.” while a CGI tentacle wipes undigested brain matter off his chin is just hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/44 "2009-02-16T22:19:04Z")
I like the Capital One Barbarians. ---
**Author:** ![Taenia\_spp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/45 "2009-02-16T22:23:47Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > The one commercial I love nowadays is the Hulu commercial with Alec Baldwin. Something about Alec Baldwin saying “We’re aliens. That’s how we roll.” while a CGI tentacle wipes undigested brain matter off his chin is just hilarious. Another vote for this commercial. Just something about the way that they are so unabashedly evil, but in an incredibly hilarious way make me crack up. I don’t even watch TV much, and I hate commercials with a passion, but this one just got to me. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/46 "2009-02-16T22:41:32Z")
Hi, I’m Ronnie Deutch! [Info](http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/068/ripoff0068006.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/47 "2009-02-16T23:39:45Z")
I don’t get the Boeing commercials. Are there that many people really considering buying a jetliner? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/48 "2009-02-17T00:09:31Z")
I hate the Hillshire commercial. The only thing that makes me reach for the remote faster is the theme song to _South Park_. I kind of like the [freecreditreport.com](http://freecreditreport.com) commercials for some reason. Except I don’t like how the guy looks at the end of the Renaissance fair one. He does this thing with his head that makes him look perverted. I hate that Progressive commercial with that super perky woman. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/49 "2009-02-17T00:27:53Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > I thought Enzyte had been ordered to stop advertising. I thought so as well-my local cable company regularly pre-empts them with another ad (that swinging jingle starts up for a second or two, then-mercifully-something else comes on), but they sneak through occasionally anyway. Hasn’t been a new one in c. 4 years I’d say, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/50 "2009-02-17T00:38:59Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > I like the Capital One Barbarians. I was going to mention these commercials. They make me laugh and are not overdone like the Geico cavemen/ gecko/ celebrity interpreter/ stack of money… oh hell, ANYTHING Geico runs as a commercial. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/51 "2009-02-17T00:44:57Z")
I find [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdN3PDeErvw) ad for Tooheys disturbing. It’s all very well to make it rain beer, but to send people and animals to their deaths is going too far. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/52 "2009-02-17T02:40:35Z")
That free credit report guy in the restaurant? Bugs the crap out of me. He should be damn lucky he HAS a job AT ALL instead of whining about how he’s too good for it. What did he do before his identity was stolen, anyway? Brain surgery? There’s some commercial that I can’t remember what company is doing it - an insurance company? - pushing for safe driving for teenagers, and it shows them getting into a line of limos and the voice intones “(whatever number of) teenagers are going to get in cars this year and never coming back” (because they’ll be killed in accidents). I’m sorry, I can’t remember much of it because I start sobbing the minute I see it…like right now. Oh, and some bug eyed tranny who LOVES FOOTBALL and is flogging Nutri System. I want to punch her in the nose. Shut up, you loud mouthed asshole. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/53 "2009-02-17T06:43:08Z")
I kind of like the [freecreditreport.com](http://freecreditreport.com) commercials, but why does the old white-haired woman give the singer such sour looks? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/54 "2009-02-17T06:54:41Z")
I love this one: [Maxell Israelites advert](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxELSzay2lc). Pure genius. ---
**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/55 "2009-02-17T10:04:35Z")
Maybe because I’m a bachelor and just don’t get the husband-wife thing but the commercials for Cheerios and some yogurt I find annoying. The one where Steve seems to digging himself a hole verbally by implying that his wife is eating ceral to lose weight. The yogurt commercial has the wife talking about the dessert flavors of the yogurt while the husband searches in vain for the literal desserts. I cringe. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/56 "2009-02-17T15:05:53Z")
> [@alfonzos](#): > > Maybe because I’m a bachelor and just don’t get the husband-wife thing but the commercials for Cheerios and some yogurt I find annoying. The one where Steve seems to digging himself a hole verbally by implying that his wife is eating ceral to lose weight. The yogurt commercial has the wife talking about the dessert flavors of the yogurt while the husband searches in vain for the literal desserts. > > I cringe. I’m not married either, but I find Steve and the Cheerios commercial horrible. That poor guy, his wife is such a touchy bitch. Also, I’m reasonably sure that they used to be British, but have been overdubbed with American accents, which bugs me too for some reason. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/57 "2009-02-17T15:14:14Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > “They say a man should always dress for the job he wants, > So why’m I dressed up like a pirate in this restaurant? > It’s all because some hacker stole my identity, > Now I’m in here every evening serving chowder and iced tea > Shoulda gone to [freecreditreport.com](http://freecreditreport.com) > I coulda seen this coming at me like an atom bomb” > etc. My complaint is that atom bombs wouldn’t be that easy to see coming. Unless you just happen to be looking in the right direction, you might not see anything before the brilliant flash of light. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/58 "2009-02-17T15:24:14Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > I kind of like the [freecreditreport.com](http://freecreditreport.com) commercials, but why does the old white-haired woman give the singer such sour looks? Anyone? Because [freecreditreport.com](http://freecreditreport.com) (& Triple Advantage) hit her with all sorts of hidden and extra fees. I heard the commercial ends right before she walks back in the scene with an Uzi and hoses the entire place down. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/59 "2009-02-17T15:34:43Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I hate the Hillshire commercial. The only thing that makes me reach for the remote faster is the theme song to _South Park_. > > I kind of like the [freecreditreport.com](http://freecreditreport.com) commercials for some reason. Except I don’t like how the guy looks at the end of the Renaissance fair one. He does this thing with his head that makes him look perverted. > > I hate that Progressive commercial with that super perky woman. Ha. The freecredit guy has that same smarmy look on his face at the end of the commercial where he is driving the hooptie. I like the Progressive woman, despite her perkiness…something about her mannerisms I find interesting. ---
**Author:** ![meow\_meow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@meow\_meow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meow_meow)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046/60 "2009-02-17T15:40:33Z")
There is a commercial for Humana - a life insurance or medicare type company or something like that - targeting older people. I’ve seen it a million times and still don’t know what it’s for. Anyway - there is an older couple portrayed. I guess the idea is good things come to those that wait, because the man is talking about how it took him three times of asking his wife if she would marry him, until she finally said yes. The funny/strange thing to me is that the wife makes it seem that she wasn’t so much in love with this guy, it’s like he finally just wore her down. His tone is so upbeat and she sound so so exasperated. “He kept serenading me until I had to make him STOP!!” “I said no TWICE!!” This commercial drives me nuts for some reason. I just want to smash that old guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-love-hate-or-dont-get/486046.md?page=4)