# I hate, hate, hate those Capital One commericals with David Spade **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887 "2005-11-20T05:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/1 "2005-11-20T05:32:59Z")
Fat guy whinning, Spade smirking, anyone find these things funny? Hate 'em! :mad: not funny at all ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/2 "2005-11-20T05:35:50Z")
I think that they aren’t bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/3 "2005-11-20T06:16:28Z")
> [@threemae](#): > > I think that they aren’t bad at all. sigh ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/4 "2005-11-20T06:18:35Z")
> [@Operation Ripper](#): > > sigh Sigh? I’ve got a sigh for ya’: ennunciate what exactly you find objectionable about the commercials. Even if I disagree, folks will still be entertained and you won’t be fighting with **Mycroft Holmes** for the title of the crappiest pit thread of the week. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/5 "2005-11-20T06:50:35Z")
I love them and the vikings too. The fat kid is getting a lot of other work too I see. Good on them all… Beats the heck out of the car adds… YMMV ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/6 "2005-11-20T07:07:30Z")
Watch the “wearing a wire” one closely - when Chubsie is first taped up, his chest is a smooth as a swimmer’s. But when Mr. No is ripping off the tape, suddenly he’s got the chest of a caveman. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/7 "2005-11-20T07:15:31Z")
> [@Operation Ripper](#): > > Fat guy whinning, Spade smirking, anyone find these things funny? No. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/8 "2005-11-20T07:21:27Z")
Just say no, Ripper. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/9 "2005-11-20T07:35:59Z")
The answer is _always_ “No”. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/10 "2005-11-20T08:07:16Z")
I really quite like the commercials. David Spade’s never bothered me and I like the other guy and wouldn’t mind seeing him parlay his commercial career into television. > [@lorinada](#): > > Watch the “wearing a wire” one closely - when Chubsie is first taped up, his chest is a smooth as a swimmer’s. But when Mr. No is ripping off the tape, suddenly he’s got the chest of a caveman. I assumed that was smoke and soot from the wire that shorted out. Not that it would actually happen like that in real life but this is TV science. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/11 "2005-11-20T08:17:29Z")
One of my favorite commercials. But has any actor’s career survived being a hit in commercials? (I think of Kirstie Alley. I think of Orson Welles.) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/12 "2005-11-20T08:42:33Z")
> [@Hilarity N. Suze](#): > > One of my favorite commercials. > > But has any actor’s career survived being a hit in commercials? (I think of Kirstie Alley. I think of Orson Welles.) Depends entirely at what point in their careers they becames associated with hit commercial campaigns, under what context. On the rise? No. Doing purely voiceover work? Hardly ever. Doing suspect product endorsments their career already lags? Damaging. (Remember when Muhammad Ali piched D-Con Roach Killer?) Ads seen only overseas in markets like Japan and never in America? So far, so good. Also, comedic actors seem to fare better than serious ones, generally. Doing PSAs for charitable causes doesn’t seem to hurt any of them. Successes I’m thinking: Bill Cosby, Betty White, James Earl Jones, John Cleese, Tom Cruise, Whoopi Goldberg, Chevy Chase, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/13 "2005-11-20T10:03:12Z")
> [@Operation Ripper](#): > > Fat guy whinning, Spade smirking[/SIZE] Sound familiar at all? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/14 "2005-11-20T10:06:24Z")
I hate David Spade to a degree beyond my abililty to express it. If someone said that they could magically fix it so that David Spade never existed, in exchange for 5 years of my life, I’d take the hit. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/15 "2005-11-20T12:39:46Z")
I agree. I hate 'em too. I’m not a big fan of Spade in general, but those commercials garantee that I will never get a Captial One card. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/16 "2005-11-20T13:06:52Z")
Soooo, anybody gonna get a loan from Ditech? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/17 "2005-11-20T13:41:30Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Depends entirely at what point in their careers they becames associated with hit commercial campaigns, under what context. On the rise? No. David Leisure got his job on _Empty Nest_\* based on his gig as Joe Isuzu. Jim Varney’s Ernest character started out as a recurring character in some regional ad, I don’t remember which one. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/18 "2005-11-20T14:12:41Z")
The commercials are a helluva lot funnier than his current Comedy Central show. As for the Ditech ads, they need to go the Geico route and have the loan officer get a job with Ditech. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/19 "2005-11-20T15:18:45Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > The answer is _always_ “No”. I hear sometimes you say “yes”. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887/20 "2005-11-20T15:44:50Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Jim Varney’s Ernest character started out as a recurring character in some regional ad, I don’t remember which one. A Washington, D.C. area car dealership, if I remember correctly from my days in Maryland. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-those-capital-one-commericals-with-david-spade/331887.md?page=2)