# For a change: Commercials you love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427 "2011-03-21T01:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/21 "2011-03-21T19:53:25Z")
I enjoyed the “Call of Duty: Black Ops” commercial, I hear the Rolling Stones, I see two celebrities I recognize(Jimmy Kimmel and Kobe Bryant), and I wonder, am I supposed to recognize anyone else in this commercial? Is the lady in the beginning, with a rifle and dress shoes also a celebrity? A female rapper who also likes going online a fragging the noobs? I must have it wrong, or I figure Goggle would have told me. Along that like, I’m enjoying the current “ADIAS is all in” commercial running. An interesting tune, and I try to recognize the athletes and … what, wait … Katy Perry? Um. OK. I’ll play along, so long as I get to see her stretch in a leotard. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/22 "2011-03-21T20:15:18Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > I love the [Traveler’s troubled dog commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G7bGBUlx2M). They really cast the right dog! First time I’ve seen it - but it was really cute. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/23 "2011-03-21T21:00:01Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’ll start by mentioning the Tax Masters ad. For some reason I cannot help but laugh every time Patrick Cox says “hello!”. The way his voice goes up, and his head bobs…it’s so funny. Somebody has GOT to have a word with that dude about the neckbeard. Count me as another fan of the DirecTV tiny giraffe. “Opulence–I khaz eet.” I want a tiny giraffe! A favorite series that I know only from the internet are the [CompareTheMarket.com](http://CompareTheMarket.com) meerkat ads. Finally, one of my favorites of all time comes from Russia: An ad for House, with normal people miming various House-isms against a plain black backdrop, interspersed with scenes of Hugh Laurie doing the original scenes. The fact that the people were obvious fans who looked like they were having a lot of fun made the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Sakuma\_Drops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sakuma\_Drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sakuma_Drops)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/24 "2011-03-21T21:08:38Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The [KIA Soul Hamsters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfJnqbudMzs). “Doop, dop, dippity!” YES!!! 😃 What I love the most is the absurdity of the hamsters driving a toaster. A toaster?! Hahaha WTF. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/25 "2011-03-21T21:10:58Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > The DirectTV commercials featuring the incredibly rich guy with the tiny giraffe, especially the one where he kisses it on the head. I have proved again and again that I will drop whatever I am doing to see a tiny giraffe. I find it amusing that the portrayal of Russians in American commercials has gone from the Soviet fashion show in [this Wendy’s ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaMUfxVJVQ) to the Russian oligarch in [that Directv ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo). And I have to admit that I’m amused by the ads featuring the E\*TRADE baby, particularly the one with his tailor. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/26 "2011-03-21T21:16:31Z")
I am an absolute sucker for the Fancy Feast “[Engagement](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umczO5Y5Av0)” commercial. In looking it up for a link, I discovered that there’s a [long version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlJ01M_7IQM) too! The other one that’s been making me chuckle lately is the Xfinity one with the…whatever that thing is…in the pool. “A bird just flew out of me!” That makes me giggle ever time. I’m not quite sure why. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/27 "2011-03-21T21:30:04Z")
There are a couple of older ones I remember. One was a Pepsi commercial in which Vladimir Guerrero and Alex Rodriguez have a private home run competition. A-Rod goes first and hits a ball into the stadium lights and shatters them. Vlad goes next and hits a ball to the moon, causing it to shatter and fall out of the sky. A-Rod then yells, “RUUUUUNNNNN!!!” The next one is a Snickers commercial in which a quarterback receives a concussion and believes he’s Batman. [I’m Batman.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPRscxQZs8E) ---
**Author:** ![Sakuma\_Drops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sakuma\_Drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sakuma_Drops)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/28 "2011-03-21T21:30:07Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And I have to admit that I’m amused by the ads featuring the E\*TRADE baby, particularly the one with his tailor. I generally don’t crack a smile at talking babies, but I did think the [E\*TRADE golf ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhhEdDNWl6I) was pretty funny. Read a rule book, Shankopotamus. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/29 "2011-03-21T21:39:15Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I like the one where the two guys are on the chairlift and the one asks if he can date the other guys ex-girlfriend. She texts him and then sends a video at which point the friend grabs the phone and chucks it. The reason I like it is because it is fits in perfectly with ones I hate, the Sprint ones where folks are being complete dicks with their cell phones. This one’s our favorite too. It’s on a lot, but I never get tired of it. Another favorite hasn’t been on much since football is over. It’s the phone ad with the doctor texting the injured player. “You’re off my fantasy team, that’s for sure!” There’s a doofus guy in a seafood ad (not sure which one) demonstrating how you can’t make a sandwich out of one of their meals. His expressions are just perfect. He looks so pleased with the product, and with his performance. Love him. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/30 "2011-03-21T22:25:09Z")
Flo. When I was in Montreal in 2007, they had a two minute commercial of several different Ferrari F1 cars racing through the streets of Rome, New York, Tokyo, Monaco and Rio de Janeiro. You Tube for “Ferrari, Shell” and crank the speakers up! ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/31 "2011-03-21T22:39:54Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I like very few commercials, the only one in recent memory I can recall that I really liked was for eyeglasses. The woman calls in her cat for the evening and it turns out to be a raccoon. > > Very effective huh? I can’t even remember the name of the company selling glasses 🙂 > > But it did crack me up For some reason I want to say that was Sears ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/32 "2011-03-21T23:22:00Z")
[Opulence, I has it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo) [I am epic win](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHT6b7u1_Y) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/33 "2011-03-21T23:26:32Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > The Most Interesting Man In The World It started good but lately became a Chuck Norris rip off. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/34 "2011-03-21T23:32:00Z")
[Look with your special eyes.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3LxChsFhRU) [Look at me, look at your man, now look at me. . .](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE) [Pow! Boom! Bang bang!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8uYH6QJZ4) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/35 "2011-03-21T23:51:34Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I like the one where the two guys are on the chairlift and the one asks if he can date the other guys ex-girlfriend. She texts him and then sends a video at which point the friend grabs the phone and chucks it. The reason I like it is because it is fits in perfectly with ones I hate, the Sprint ones where folks are being complete dicks with their cell phones. I like this one too. Notice at the beginning that the guy says he broke up with the girl six months ago, yet one of the messages she sends to the other guy is that she’s been wanting to date him for over a year! I’m guessing that’s what pushed the first guy over the edge. Plus I like the way he casually says “Can I see that?” before he grabs the phone and chucks it. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/36 "2011-03-22T02:22:04Z")
[Kahlúa commercial on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1hjzzsOj8c) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/37 "2011-03-22T03:00:29Z")
Just noticed \*\*Sitnam \*\*up there beating me to it. I still like the tiny giraffe. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/38 "2011-03-22T05:45:29Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Just noticed \*\*Sitnam \*\*up there beating me to it. > > I still like the tiny giraffe. I don’t know why, I just laugh every time he kisses that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/39 "2011-03-22T08:53:25Z")
Many years ago there was an ad campaign that aired during basketball season featuring a short, scrawny dude monologuing while dribbling a basketball. I think it was a series of car commercials, but it might have been promos for the NBA or NCAA basketball. Anyway, the best one featured clips of this guy dribbling poorly (off his foot, etc.), missing easy layups, missing 8 foot jumpers, etc. It ended with him saying something to the effect of: “People say I don’t have what it takes to be a player, that I’m too short. HA! Too short like a fox!” I’ve been looking for a clip of this for like 20 years. I’ll still say “too short like a fox” and laugh myself silly, even tho my old basketball buddies and I parted way decades ago. Now, people just give me _that look_\* when I do it (I’m 6’4", after all). \*_ **that look** _ is the look that says "Uh oh, do we need to get you into _that jacket_… again??" ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427/40 "2011-03-22T09:03:05Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Look at me, look at your man, now look at me. . .](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE) > > [Pow! Boom! Bang bang!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8uYH6QJZ4) Both of these made me LOL. I don’t watch TV, so I normally miss a lot of this type of stuff. Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-change-commercials-you-love/575427.md?page=3)