# Creepy commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [April 17, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152 "2025-04-17T22:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/1 "2025-04-17T22:41:38Z")
Rather than resurrect a zombie, I’m starting a new Creepy Commercials thread. I’ll start it off with this one for Austex Beef Stew from 1966. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dJjQ6S8xJRw/maxresdefault.jpg "Austex Beef Stew (1966)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJjQ6S8xJRw) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/2 "2025-04-18T01:28:37Z")
Arnold Schwarzenegger in advertisements for nicotine-based energy drinks is always a good one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XRLe826lyao/hqdefault.jpg "Schwarzenegger Japanese Energy Drink Ads") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRLe826lyao) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/3 "2025-04-18T01:40:35Z")
Whatever pays the bills. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/4 "2025-04-18T02:25:43Z")
Any commercial on American tv that advertises prescription drugs, and then goes off about the list of side effects. That always comes after the disclaimer, if you’re allergic to drug XYZ, don’t take it. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/5 "2025-04-18T03:06:36Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Any commercial on American tv that advertises prescription drugs, and then goes off about the list of side effects. My favorite side effect is “death has occurred.” I don’t see anything particularly creepy about the stew commercial. Except the bit about canned spaghetti and meat balls at the end. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/6 "2025-04-18T03:25:15Z")
Before Google existed, we had to ask Satan how candy bars are made. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Lu066haghDQ/hqdefault.jpg "Caramilk Devil Anything..? 1982") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu066haghDQ) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/7 "2025-04-18T03:37:37Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I don’t see anything particularly creepy about the stew commercial. The husband seems like he’s ready to flip out at any moment. The wife seems to be in fear of her life if her husband finds out the stew is from a can. The daughter looks like she’s just waiting for a bloodbath. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/8 "2025-04-18T03:47:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The husband seems like he’s ready to flip out at any moment. The wife seems to be in fear of her life if her husband finds out the stew is from a can. The daughter looks like she’s just waiting for a bloodbath. Oh hell yeah, great choice. To be fair, it’s pretty appropriate / clever for the time. It’s looking back from here where we can really see the maximum creep factor. I misinterpreted the OP and dug up this, the creepiest commercial of my childhood [Suspiria.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQdBoMQeY3k) Sorry if this was hijacky. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/9 "2025-04-18T03:51:18Z")
The original " My Hose" commercial. They have since toned it down. It sounded like he was describing something other than a hose. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/10 "2025-04-18T03:53:02Z")
Remember when breakfast was creepy? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wXuKKogdCpc/hqdefault.jpg "Krinkles the Clown | 1956 Post Sugar Rice Krinkles Cereal Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXuKKogdCpc) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/11 "2025-04-18T03:55:21Z")
How about Paul Lynde being snide, and a coffee pot that ejaculates three feet across the kitchen table? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gY7-usB4eDs/hqdefault.jpg "1960s Maxwell House Commercial featuring Paul Lynde") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY7-usB4eDs) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/12 "2025-04-18T03:56:55Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > the creepiest commercial of my childhood [Suspiria.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQdBoMQeY3k) Somewhere, on vinyl, in the storage unit, I have the soundtrack by Goblin. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/13 "2025-04-18T04:01:29Z")
Eagleman Car Insurance (might have only been in Chicago…not sure). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/O4-e4nlfdRI/hqdefault.jpg "Eagleman (The Original)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4-e4nlfdRI) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/14 "2025-04-18T04:06:48Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/erh2ngRZxs0/maxresdefault.jpg "Little Baby's Ice Cream "This is a Special Time"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erh2ngRZxs0) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/15 "2025-04-18T04:23:42Z")
What in the actual fuck?! ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/16 "2025-04-18T04:38:21Z")
I’m pretty sure everyone involved is in on the double entendre, and everyone of them giggle like 12 year olds through it all. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/17 "2025-04-18T04:47:38Z")
OK, the stew, eh. I didn’t see it. The clown? Not that bad, I love Paul Lynn. The ice cream takes the creepy tittle hands down. I was physically cringing, and almost couldn’t watch the whole thing. I agree with @Odesio. WTAF indeed. 😵 ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/18 "2025-04-18T05:32:56Z")
Still my favorite commercial of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/19 "2025-04-18T05:41:10Z")
I think that one wins the thread. I’m with @Odesio and @Sylvanz…WTAF! ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152/20 "2025-04-18T06:00:16Z")
I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but that may not be the creepiest commercial for Little Baby’s Ice Cream. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dJaLU0w5Do4/maxresdefault.jpg "Little Baby's Ice Cream -- Eyes Scream") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJaLU0w5Do4) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j0_fVzTJO-8/maxresdefault.jpg "Little Baby's Ice Cream -- Love Lickers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0_fVzTJO-8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152.md?page=2)