# Creepiest Commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-commercials/325717 "2005-10-11T04:54:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-commercials/325717/61 "2005-10-12T23:25:52Z")
> [@mazinger\_z](#): > > The King is evil incarnate if you ask me. He is my new number one hated mascot. That guy seriously freaks me out. A close second is the Jack in the Box dude. I can’t find a good picture (and I don’t want to), but it’s a tall lanky guy typically dressed in a suit, and he has a snowman/clown head (i.e. white globe), with a carrot nose (iirc), coal eyes, and painted on smile. I think he has a child’s birthday party conal shaped party hat on, too. Those commercials were weird, too. I like Jack! Jack in the Box has one of the best advertising campaigns, in my opinion. They’ve got great writers, particularly for their radio commercials. Jack might be a little creepier if he never actually spoke in the commercials, but he’s a pretty easygoing and friendly persona. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-commercials/325717/62 "2005-10-13T01:30:27Z")
> [@BayleDomon](#): > > I like Jack! Jack in the Box has one of the best advertising campaigns, in my opinion. They’ve got great writers, particularly for their radio commercials. > > Jack might be a little creepier if he never actually spoke in the commercials, but he’s a pretty easygoing and friendly persona. [Some extra sensitive people think Jack is a touch homophobic](http://www.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/portrayals.html?record=686) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-commercials/325717/63 "2005-10-13T02:03:13Z")
> [@Bomzaway](#): > > On top of all the other oddities they’ve run, they had another ad with these strange…oh heck I don’t even know how to describe them…puppets I guess, that sang in this high-pitched voice. IIRC, they ran them for only a short time because people were actually complaining about them. Ah…the [Spongmonkeys!](http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/) I liked the Spongmonkeys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mazinger\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-commercials/325717/64 "2005-10-13T15:48:56Z")
> [@Bomzaway](#): > > I was going to nominate the Six Flags dancing guy. If you’ve never seen it, the dancer is a obviously young and wearing old man makeup. It was kind of funny at first, but now he’s just creepy. The HR department here has some kind of reduced-price ticket offer for Six Flags and now I see pictures of the guy EVERYWHERE. Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. He’s almost as creepy as the King. I remember that first BK commercial. If I woke up with that dude in bed next to me, I think my first reaction would be to stab him in the mouth. :mad: The Six Flags guy is f-d up weird. For some reason, watching him “dance” with that annoying “music” just incites me to violent rage. In retrospect, next to these guys, Jack isn’t so bad. My little sister likes him. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-commercials/325717/65 "2005-10-13T16:58:45Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Ah…the [Spongmonkeys!](http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/) > > I liked the Spongmonkeys. 🙂 Oy, the Spongemonkeys. The first couple times those adds were…well, they got my attention, but once the shock wore off, irritation set in mighty fast. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-commercials/325717/66 "2005-10-13T17:03:51Z")
> [@Bomzaway](#): > > Also, Quizno’s. Can we all agree that Quizno’s wins for the all time creepiest commercials ever? On top of all the other oddities they’ve run, they had another ad with these strange…oh heck I don’t even know how to describe them…puppets I guess, that sang in this high-pitched voice. IIRC, they ran them for only a short time because people were actually complaining about them. They got a pepper bar! I would happily eat at Quizno’s again if they created a series of commercials depicting the Spongmonkeys attacking the talking baby (whose freakin’ jaw doesn’t move!!!). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-commercials/325717.md?page=3)