# Fucking Dove moisturizing commercial (very lame; please share your own infuriating commercials) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476 "2009-09-17T18:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/121 "2009-10-06T19:20:34Z")
There’s an ad for a car company - I think it’s Toyota - where a mother is covering her young son with every possible piece of protective sports gear you can think of. Catcher’s chest protector, hockey pads, football helmet, etc. Heck, for all I know there’s a kevlar bulletproof vest and a full set of plate armor buried in there. Finally she hands him a tennis racket and he staggers off camera. The voiceover says “We know – you can’t be too protective.” I always want to scream back at the television “Yes you **can** be too careful! That’s the whole problem with so many parents these days!” ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/122 "2009-10-06T20:17:14Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > If she is so competent, why is she with such a loser? Silly! That’s because ALL MEN ARE DOOFUSES! 😉 > [@eleanorigby](#): > > And I am repelled by cartoon bears selling toilet paper. I make it a point to NOT buy that brand. I have reached that awkward age where I actually have a favorite toilet paper. I tolerate the bears, because I know that they do defacate in the woods, but wouldn’t grasp the function of toilet paper without a lot of evolution taking place beforehand. > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > What I want to see is a commercial that starts like one of those and turns into a commercial for a firearms training course as the late burglar is body-bagged and hauled off. You made me laugh. Out loud. In a library. Full! Of! Win! ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/123 "2009-10-08T16:58:31Z")
I has just become aware of the stroke-faced woman in the Eyelash-Growing Medicine that Brooke Shields hawks. (Eyelash-growing? Really? This is a problem?) There’s a blond near the end of that commercial about to blow out candles on a birthday cake - although if the medicine works that well, couldn’t she just bat her eyes at the cake and the breeze would extinguish the flame? Just as she gets ready to blow, she shapes her mouth into what I assume was supposed to be O but actually turns out to be D (turned backwards) - _only half her mouth moves!_ Now I can’t _un_see it. I watch The View in the morning on Hulu, and they show this freaking commercial _every_ _freakin’_ _day_. Drives me _nurtz_, I tells ya! ---
**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:** [October 8, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/124 "2009-10-08T17:03:50Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > I has just become aware of the stroke-faced woman in the Eyelash-Growing Medicine that Brooke Shields hawks. (Eyelash-growing? Really? This is a problem?) Well, it’s like how Botox is now used for cosmetic reasons and not just medically-based treatments for various muscle conditions. They found that some glaucoma-treating eyedrops had eyelash growth as a side effect, so time to write up a proposal, present it to the FDA, test, and presto, new ‘cosmetic’ prescription drug. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/125 "2009-10-09T04:13:14Z")
That stupid commercial for the sliding door thing that prevents drafts. The lady bends down to pick up the “leading brand” bean bag to place it back against the door and then puts her hand on her back like she hurt it. WTF are you bending down for? JUST KICK THE FUCKER BACK AGAINST THE DOOR YOU DUMB BITCH! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/126 "2009-10-09T05:53:08Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > I has just become aware of the stroke-faced woman in the Eyelash-Growing Medicine that Brooke Shields hawks. (Eyelash-growing? Really? This is a problem?) The very best thing about this commerical is listening to all the scary side-effects…and knowing that the [FDA just slammed the company](http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10004342/allergan-gets-warning-letter-on-latisse-over-too-small-risk-info/) for **downplaying** the adverse risks. And here before reading that I already couldn’t think of a stupider drug with as serious side effects… ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/127 "2009-10-09T17:49:28Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > …but the Sony eBooks Reader commercial is the worst commercial of all time - ALL TIME! > > I just saw this last night during Glee and went: WUT? > > A woman is in an electronics store looking at the Sony deal and goes: “Can I read a lot of books on this?” You see the device for, truly, half a second. Now, we all know what an eBook reader is, it’s like a Kindle. Anyone who DOESN’T know that sure as hell needs to see it for more than half a second. Any one who knows it’s like a Kindle wants to know “Why is it different than a Kindle, which is much better known and why should I buy yours instead?” > > Suddenly the wall opens and an interview panel appears featuring: > > Amy Sedaris, Justin Timberlake, Peyton Manning, and someone I don’t recognise. > Oh it’s going to be funny and they’re each going to tell me something neat! > … While I was not super fond of this commercial in particular, I did like the one with Justin Timberlake kicking Peyton’s butt at ping pong. > [@Finagle](#): > > I find the Windows 7 commercials with cute little girl Kylie to be fairly unlikely (not to mention dangerous to those lacking in insulin production). Imagine a 6 year old who reads the reviews of the Windows 7 operating system and attaches them to professionally done (but gag-inducing) clip art. Who is Microsoft targeting with these ads? Are the legions of companies that decided not to upgrade to Vista going to be swayed by clip art of unicorns and puppies?.. I’m so with you on that one. She’s cute and entertaining and all, but honestly. What are they planning on accomplishing with this marketing scheme? ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/128 "2009-10-09T18:09:53Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I’m so with you on that one. She’s cute and entertaining and all, but honestly. What are they planning on accomplishing with this marketing scheme? A huge chunk of the LOLcat loving, posting-kittens-n-puppies on youtube, and random-equals-funny types that make up “the Internet”. In that respect, I was surprised by how calculated their appeal was. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/129 "2009-10-09T19:29:38Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I’m so with you on that one. She’s cute and entertaining and all, but honestly. What are they planning on accomplishing with this marketing scheme? Ummm… they are combining cuteness of little girl with demonstrating the ease in which a 7 year old can produce content using Windows 7? Seems pretty standard marketing stuff to showcase the idea that Windows is for everybody while implying that Mac is for elitist snobs like Justin Long. In at least one ad she even did the “I’m a PC” line. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/130 "2009-10-09T19:44:46Z")
Not to mention it displays the near unanimous praise of the early release of Windows 7. (And, having the release candidate installed on my main machine for 6 months, I happen to agree with the reviews…it’s the best OS Microsoft has ever made, by far.) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/131 "2009-10-09T20:27:43Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I’m so with you on that one. She’s cute and entertaining and all, but honestly. What are they planning on accomplishing with this marketing scheme? Making old people feel even more out of touch when they sit down to the computer. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/132 "2009-10-09T20:55:34Z")
> [@Parthol](#): > > I don’t think it’s stupid at all. If you don’t add the tag line, people who know that a) phone numbers have seven digits, and b) don’t know how to spell “mattress,” might be inclined to think the number is 1-800-MATRESS. > > I’d wager that this very problem is what caused them to start adding that line in the first place. I’ve always wondered about leaving off the savings as a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/133 "2009-10-10T00:17:28Z")
There’s a Levi’s commercial that I’ve seen twice now that scares the living crap out of me. It’s got weird, scratchy music, shaky camera work on black-and-white film, and subtitles scrawled across the bottom by someone who can barely hold a pen. The first time I saw it I thought it was for some dystopian, post-apocalyptic horror movie and then the “Levi’s” logo appeared. It doesn’t make me want to buy jeans. It makes me want to crawl into a concrete bunker until the radiation levels go down. I’m obviously not their target audience. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/134 "2009-10-10T01:03:06Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Other commercial people I should hate but don’t-- Enzyte Bob (can’t help it, he cracks me up) and Vince the Shamwow Guy. Shamwow guy, I hate two of his commercials. 1. The ‘remixed’ slapchop commercial. It’s the basic commercial but it’s supposed to be like a technoish remix, with them repeating sections over and over. Everytime he says ‘slap your troubles away’ I just want to slap him and see if he goes away. 2. The shamwow commercial. 'Buy a shamwow because you’re going to spend 20 dollars a month on paper towels anyway!" Who in hell spends 20 bucks a month on paper towels? I doubt we’ve spent that in the last 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/135 "2009-10-10T01:30:38Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Making old people feel even more out of touch when they sit down to the computer. That’s it! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/136 "2009-10-10T17:22:05Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Who in hell spends 20 bucks a month on paper towels? The dumb dads/husbands in the other paper towel commercials who can’t cook and knock over the pasta sauce and let the kids spill a whole jug of orange juice and leave it for the mom/wife to clean up when she gets back from SHOPPING!!! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/137 "2009-10-10T23:53:51Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > There’s a Levi’s commercial that I’ve seen twice now that scares the living crap out of me. > > It’s got weird, scratchy music, shaky camera work on black-and-white film, and subtitles scrawled across the bottom by someone who can barely hold a pen. The first time I saw it I thought it was for some dystopian, post-apocalyptic horror movie and then the “Levi’s” logo appeared. It doesn’t make me want to buy jeans. It makes me want to crawl into a concrete bunker until the radiation levels go down. > > I’m obviously not their target audience. I know, I thought it was for some apocalyptic show/movie. Maybe they mean to imply they’re the cockroaches of jeans? They’ll even survive armageddon! ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/138 "2009-10-11T00:35:06Z")
I also love the AT&T rollover minutes mom. Very realistic. > [@](#): > > Any commercial where a little brat is shown making a complete mess, followed by the parent (often the mother) cheerfully cleaning it up. So very much yes! Clorox has a commercial trying to make doing the laundry seem like a sacred trust handed down from your foremothers to you, but only if you’re female. It’s kind of like the “Mom, do you ever get that not-so-fresh feeling?” commercial for a bleach. We can only speculate that the reason women do the laundry is that the husbands are too doofy. Either that or women just love doing menial work for their families so much that they insist that only they should handle the family’s soiled undies. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/139 "2009-10-11T00:37:14Z")
There’s a whole series of creepy radio adverts to tie into the Levi’s TV commercials. Like, I can’t remember it off the top of my head but it’s like some avant garde thing about how they got grass stains by twining together rolling down a hill that makes you want to drive off the road into a telephone pole to not have to listen to it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476/140 "2009-10-11T02:26:55Z")
The romantic grass stains one is bad enough, but the greasy motorcycle maintenance one just makes no sense at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dove-moisturizing-commercial-very-lame-please-share-your-own-infuriating-commercials/510476.md?page=8)