# Disturbing commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804 "2007-02-12T03:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/41 "2007-02-13T04:09:05Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] What about the one with human arms and legs stuffed in trash cans all over a city? All I could think about was “Why are they all white?”. [/QUOTE] Yeah! Somebody has to smoke Kools! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/42 "2007-02-13T04:13:12Z")
[QUOTE=Kitchen Wench] I have to change the channel for two commercials: the Pedigree pound puppy advert, and the Cymbalta one showing the guy unable to get out of bed, the forlorn-looking chick with greasy hair in the back of the cab, etc. Even the music is depressing. Makes me want to put a bullet in my skull every time. I’m not saying that adverts for antidepressants should be all smiles and sunshine, but the Cymbalta ad makes me even more depressed and ready to carry out “The Plan.” [/QUOTE] Ditto on these. Also, the antidepressant ad with the little cartoon oval/egg that was sad? Holy shit, that made the depressive feelings come right back again. I felt really awful for that guy. Another ad along this theme is the one with the guy sitting down to a bowl of salad in what looks like a dingy little apartment, all alone, it’s pouring rain outside, and tasting the (Hidden Valley?) dressing brings him back to warm memories of being with family at a picnic. Hide the razor blades, please. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/43 "2007-02-13T04:25:40Z")
Anybody see the Apple Superbowl commercial from [1999](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jge_X5joVtc)? Gives me the mad wiggies, 7 years after Y2K proved to be a sniffle. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/44 "2007-02-13T06:18:45Z")
[QUOTE=Raguleader] Anybody see the Apple Superbowl commercial from [1999](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jge_X5joVtc)? Gives me the mad wiggies, 7 years after Y2K proved to be a sniffle. :eek: [/QUOTE] I’ve never seen this before - awesome. Was that Douglas Rain doing the voice? It sounds close to HAL, but not quite exact, though 30 years would do that to ya. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/45 "2007-02-13T06:50:48Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] I _still_ have to sheild my eyes from any of the VW “Holy shit!” commericals. [/QUOTE] I still change the channel for those. Not that I don’t think they’re effective, but I already own a V-Dub (in da house!), and I don’t need to watch people getting in accidents. Not even staged ones. In fact, there’s some other, unrelated commercial out there that shows to women sitting in a car talking, and I cringe every time I see it because I could swear someone’s going to hit them. :mad: And, and **Robot Arm**? I am so with you on that. I like the other random Starburst commercials, but that one is just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/46 "2007-02-13T06:58:13Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] I still change the channel for those. Not that I don’t think they’re effective, but I already own a V-Dub (in da house!), and I don’t need to watch people getting in accidents. Not even staged ones. In fact, there’s some other, unrelated commercial out there that shows to women sitting in a car talking, and I cringe every time I see it because I could swear someone’s going to hit them. :mad: [/QUOTE] You know what? I’ve honestly been wondering how they did that commercial. I _assume_ they didn’t just have the two actors go through the dialogue and then plow into a pickup truck, but I don’t _know_ that, you know? Stuff like that fascinates me. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/47 "2007-02-13T14:37:06Z")
Two that disturb me: Mastercard: Ring $9000 Flight from Japan $6000 OK, they’re youngsters just starting out; who has $9K saved for a ring? Oh right, you’re supposed to put it on Mastercard and pay it off for months! And $6K for tickets from Japan? I just looked it up and it’s $700 round-trip. Who ARE these people? And Kay Jewelers: First Valentine’s dinner, and the guy’s clearly giving the girl the largest of the diamond studs, which the commercial helpfully tells you are $3500! $3500?!?! for the first Valentine’s?!? Me bitter because no one’s ever loved me or spent any money on jewelry for me? Nah. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/48 "2007-02-13T15:02:53Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] PLEASE PUT IT! You can put it in a spoiler box… [/QUOTE] The poor little puppy asks why he can’t go home and my son says, “Obviously you were a BAD DOG! BAD DOG!” He also, out of nowhere, continued the (I think) Kay Jewlers little diamond Christmas poem. _Twas the night before Christmas and mom didn’t know That dad was behind her with a box in a bow._ To which he added: _And there all nestled in the box inside Was a rock for which many Africans died._ You don’t want to be around us when we watch the news. We are awful, awful people. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/49 "2007-02-13T15:06:05Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] You don’t want to be around us when we watch the news. We are awful, awful people. [/QUOTE] I would love it. I say snarky things to the TV all the time (usually geeky grammar things :o ) but there’s no one there to amuse but myself. Plus I would stop by on an American Idol evening–that would be a blast in the **Biggirl** household. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/50 "2007-02-13T15:08:11Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] He also, out of nowhere, continued the (I think) Kay Jewlers little diamond Christmas poem. _Twas the night before Christmas and mom didn’t know That dad was behind her with a box in a bow._ To which he added: _And there all nestled in the box inside Was a rock for which many Africans died._ [/QUOTE] I always change the poem thusly: Twas the night before Christmas and mom didn’t know That dad was behind her with a gun and some rope. We’d get along pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/51 "2007-02-13T15:08:37Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Two that disturb me: Mastercard: Ring $9000 Flight from Japan $6000 OK, they’re youngsters just starting out; who has $9K saved for a ring? Oh right, you’re supposed to put it on Mastercard and pay it off for months! And $6K for tickets from Japan? I just looked it up and it’s $700 round-trip. Who ARE these people? [/QUOTE] You forgot the most outrageous part - the Japanese family’s name in that commercial is Suki. Suki’s not a Japanese last name, it’s a girls first name. This is the age of the internet, they couldn’t even put the most half-assed effort into finding a real Japanese family name? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/52 "2007-02-13T15:26:36Z")
Was seriously creeped out by the – Domino’s, I think? – pizza commercial where they’ve morphed these guys to have a HUGE nose, HUGE lips, HUGE eyes, etc. Ugh. It’s like the Quiznos’ spongmonkeys all over again: looking at freaks of nature does _not_ make me want to eat something! How difficult is it to understand, if you’re selling food, make the advert appealing? ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/53 "2007-02-13T18:41:59Z")
My vote goes to the recent Rembrandt commercial. It shows a very up-close view of a couple making out. Lip nibbling, sucking, spit sharing… Get a room! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/54 "2007-02-13T18:53:51Z")
I need to chime in for the UK Human Society commercials. I saw them one year at the Cannes Commercial Festial at the Art gallery. They were suicide inducingly depressing. [dog’s thought] I love going for walks. Of course you don’t take me for walks very much anymore, not now that I have gotten a little slower. Down by the river? Oh what a treat! Wait a minute, why do you have that sack? Wait a minute, I can’t swim well in here and with that rope around…"[/dog’s thought] I am surprised there are still animals in the animal shelter in the UK. I would adopt them all after that one. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/55 "2007-02-13T20:20:11Z")
[QUOTE=Poysyn] I need to chime in for the UK Human Society commercials. I saw them one year at the Cannes Commercial Festial at the Art gallery. They were suicide inducingly depressing. [dog’s thought] I love going for walks. Of course you don’t take me for walks very much anymore, not now that I have gotten a little slower. Down by the river? Oh what a treat! Wait a minute, why do you have that sack? Wait a minute, I can’t swim well in here and with that rope around…"[/dog’s thought] I am surprised there are still animals in the animal shelter in the UK. I would adopt them all after that one. [/QUOTE] Just \*reading \* about that one makes me want to go adopt them all! How sad… ☹ Part of me wants to see the commercial (couldn’t find it on YouTube, looking up under ‘UK Humane Society’) and part of me thinks it would just upset me too much. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/56 "2007-02-13T20:23:16Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Me bitter because no one’s ever loved me or spent any money on jewelry for me? Nah. 😉 [/QUOTE] [Family Guy] Diamonds: She’ll pretty much have to. [/Family Guy] -Joe ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/57 "2007-02-13T20:57:34Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] [Family Guy] Diamonds: She’ll pretty much have to. [/Family Guy] [/QUOTE] Reminds me of this movie I just saw on Lifetime: He says I don’t give him 50% and she gives 120%! What does that even mean, 120%?!? OOOH. :smack: We are talking about blow jobs, right? ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/58 "2007-02-13T21:08:15Z")
[QUOTE=hocow] My vote goes to the recent Rembrandt commercial. It shows a very up-close view of a couple making out. Lip nibbling, sucking, spit sharing… Get a room! [/QUOTE] I just saw that one the other day. TMI The other one I hate is a commercial for some kind of cold remedy featuring some nasty mucus monster (not entirely dissimilar to the icky toenail fungus monster) I really don’t need to see living snot. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/59 "2007-02-13T22:26:33Z")
I definitely don’t like the Pepto commercials with the people doing the gastrointestinal distress dance. We all know where diarrhea comes from. You don’t need to grab your ass to remind us. Along that same vein, I find the toilet paper commercials with the bears taking a dump disturbing. The bear squatting behind the tree reading the newspaper is really more than I need to see. It’s not that I am squeamish or prude, but between changing diapers and picking up after my dog, I got enough crap in my life. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804/60 "2007-02-13T23:03:55Z")
[QUOTE=Merijeek] [Family Guy] Diamonds: She’ll pretty much have to. [/Family Guy] [/QUOTE] Not if I throw it back in his face. As I would as it shows an amazing lack of imagination (“I heard a commercial tell me to do it”), it shows the guy has no idea who I am (I don’t wear diamond, I don’t wear gold, I fell in love with my SO because before we every met [offline] he sent me silver jewlery that was exactly to my taste. He knew. We chicks just want to be paid attention to. And finally because he should know how warped the diamond industry is. Just fix my computer (that’s what I need guys for) and come into the room naked and that’s pretty much all you need to do. Just don’t bring diamonds. Come bearing updated modems. Sorry for the hijack but the diamond thing always gets to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-commercials/391804.md?page=4)