# Did I dream this commercial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972 "2015-03-02T01:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/1 "2015-03-02T01:18:17Z")
I think it’s a real commercial, but it’s so ridiculous that I’m really not sure: a focus group of women are shown two picture of a guy. In one picture there’s a big truck behind him, in the other a regular car. The women are asked to pick the guy to whom they are most attracted, and since it is (I think) a commercial for trucks, they choose that picture. Was this real, or a skit/spoof? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/2 "2015-03-02T01:23:34Z")
It’s real. Really stupid, too. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzP2yzrKl28) ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/3 "2015-03-02T01:23:58Z")
Real commercial. There’s also a version where they ask a focus group of bearded men what kind of facial hair truck guy would have (“mutton chops”) and how he’d shake your hand. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/4 "2015-03-02T01:26:09Z")
And one where kids talk about what kind of pet he’d have. I of course have no idea what type of truck it was for. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/5 "2015-03-02T01:44:50Z")
If they are real people, all that commercial proves to me is that they are stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/6 "2015-03-02T01:56:09Z")
Meh. Yeah it’s stupid, most commercials are. But I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to find that it was effective. Remember it’s aimed at the guys (this is why you only see the ‘pretty’ girls’ opinions!) ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/7 "2015-03-02T03:43:14Z")
It’s for the [Chevy Colorado](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzP2yzrKl28). ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/8 "2015-03-02T03:52:11Z")
Missed the edit window. Sorry **IvoryTowerDenizen** , I didn’t see your link. And it was a Super Bowl ad, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/9 "2015-03-02T05:14:23Z")
Wasn’t a dream. It was a _Nightmare!_ :vampire or monster face smiley: ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/10 "2015-03-02T06:02:55Z")
It only really proves how good people are at sucking up when they see a camera pointed at their face. Yes, they are real people, but they know who they are there for. They know which one they are supposed to be praising. It’s a dumb ad. I do think it’s supposed to feel tongue in cheek, but I don’t think it quite manages to pull that off. Probably because the car maker deep down really does want us to believe that people think those things about men who drive trucks. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/11 "2015-03-02T08:20:03Z")
It comes across as being a hair’s breadth away from saying, “Cars are for queers. Buy this truck to prove you aren’t one.” ---
**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:** [March 2, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/12 "2015-03-02T11:38:23Z")
When I saw that commercial, my first thought was: Are they so stupid they can’t see it’s the same guy??? My second thought tends towards: If you’re judging me by the vehicle I drive, I’m pretty sure I don’t care about your opinion. Stoopit ad. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/13 "2015-03-02T15:26:26Z")
I see this idiotic commercial every day. It angers me to an uncomfortable extent. I would pick a sweet baby blue VW Beetle by a bird-owning metrosexual over some goober with a truck ANY DAY. You want to thump yr chest dicking around in the boonies with a truck, go do that. You live in the suburbs or the city, you look like a dork driving a big honkin’ pickup truck around. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/14 "2015-03-03T05:30:25Z")
I really don’t see why everyone is so aghast at this commercial. Is it really that surprising for superficial images to effect people’s ‘top of their head’ opinions?! This is what 100% of advertising is all about. > [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > Probably because the car maker deep down really does want us to believe that people think those things about men who drive trucks. I know plenty of people, men & women, who do in fact believe exactly this! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/15 "2015-03-03T07:58:25Z")
Please don’t tell me about the mud flaps. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/16 "2015-03-03T09:03:16Z")
Not a great commercial, but I took it to be a bit more tongue-in-cheek than how you all seem to be. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/17 "2015-03-03T13:26:45Z")
Don’t necessarily blame the people in the focus groups. They were probably sitting there for an hour with the guy asking various questions. Then the advertisers went back and cherry picked the best quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/18 "2015-03-03T13:32:39Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > It comes across as being a hair’s breadth away from saying, “Cars are for queers. Buy this truck to prove you aren’t one.” “And drink Miller Lite just to be sure.” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/19 "2015-03-03T14:32:42Z")
I didn’t realize it’s supposed to be tongue in cheek :smack: Although, considering the stupid feedback the ladies give, I should have known it had to be a joke. Actually the only reason it ever caught my notice is that whenever I’ve had (joking) conversations about men and their vehicles’ of choice, I’m more of an antitruck gal (not _really_; my boyfriend drives a truck. But I \*kind of \*wish he didn’t). ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972/20 "2015-03-03T21:36:17Z")
It is/was basically in Isuzu. I guess with the stupid commercials they are doing a hail-mary to do something about [sharply falling sales.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Colorado#Yearly_American_sales) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-commercial/713972.md?page=2)