# I Pit Thee: dumb ass marketing commercial assholes! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 9, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025 "2011-01-09T21:19:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/21 "2011-01-10T21:25:01Z")
Hmmm… the music is such that in can be inserted into a variety of shows, ads, etc, very, _very_ effectively. I mean, it _really_ works for the Bad News Bears, the Lone Ranger (sort of) and for button-busting, chair-breaking sandwich company ad campaigns it really does work… just to name a few. Apologies, but who is to blame for that music again? I mean, even Wagner’s stuff has been used. It’s just what happens when something becomes very popular. . ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/22 "2011-01-10T22:03:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m afraid you’re misremembering that commercial, my dear. Gino’s Pizza Rolls was running the Wm. Tell, and they were accosted by a Lark spokesman over the use of the music\*. Then Clayton Moore showed up in his domino to remind the cigarette guy that he hardly had the moral high ground. To have inserted Rossini into the spot would have been anti-climactic and confusing to the viewer. > > It _was_ a funny spot, though. Are you sure? Gawd my memory is getting bad… Would be cool to see that one again tho. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/23 "2011-01-10T23:25:05Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Thanks to P.D.Q. Bach, I can’t listen to the 1812 overture without thinking of “Pop Goes the Weasel” and “Yankee Doodle”. Ba Ba Ba Bummm “And they’re off!!” ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/24 "2011-01-11T00:18:26Z")
I can’t listen to Für Elise without mentally singing the words to this commercial: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2yklZeEbFE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2yklZeEbFE) I swear it was played a million times when I was around 10, and is now indelibly burned into my brain, ruining the song. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/25 "2011-01-11T00:56:54Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Frankenstein was the doctor, not the monster. > > Oh sorry for interrupting. Were you finished informing everyone how cultured you are? He said it was a “Frankenstein composition,” ie a composition put together by (Dr.) Frankenstein. The monster didn’t compose anything. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/26 "2011-01-11T02:00:53Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > Yeah, but is there anyone over the age of 50 who can hear that overture without thinking “Quaker’s the cereal that’s shot from guns!”. That one’s already been ruined. Running roughshod over the classics is what marketers have done for centuries. I remember the commercial, but when I hear The Overture, I think of Muppets blowing things up. I think that’s from a bit on their 30th Anniversary Special, which I taped and which my kids watch over and over. Exploding Muppets go quite will with that music. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/27 "2011-01-11T06:01:39Z")
That’s not breakast, That’s not breakfast, That’s not breakfast, Nor is that. -Beethoven’s Ninth, as featured in a Kellogg’s commercial indelibly imprinted in my childhood. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/28 "2011-01-11T16:10:31Z")
> [@belrix](#): > > ba ba ba bummm > > “and they’re off!!” “he thinks it’s an oboe solo!!!” ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/29 "2011-01-11T18:18:04Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > Yeah, but is there anyone over the age of 50 who can hear that overture without thinking “Quaker’s the cereal that’s shot from guns!”. That one’s already been ruined. Running roughshod over the classics is what marketers have done for centuries. I’m only 45, and I was sure that music originated with “Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!” ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/30 "2011-01-11T18:38:02Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > “Quaker’s the cereal that’s shot from guns!” All the best things are, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/31 "2011-01-11T18:39:50Z")
That Subway commercial has been on the air for like, 6 months. A weak pitting indeed. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/32 "2011-01-11T18:49:13Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > That Subway commercial has been on the air for like, 6 months. A weak pitting indeed. And it is a great commercial. What should be pitted is the really stupid light beer commercials currently running. The one where people say just any light beer is fine. I hate those with a passion that leads me to complain to people on the internet about it and mute the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/33 "2011-01-11T19:06:01Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > And it is a great commercial. What should be pitted is the really stupid light beer commercials currently running. The one where people say just any light beer is fine. I hate those with a passion that leads me to complain to people on the internet about it and mute the TV. I hate them too. “My diet beer has more taste than your diet beer!” “My diet beer is more drinkable than your diet beer!” ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/34 "2011-01-11T20:38:24Z")
How about this[one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7joApY9dnw)? Pagliacci selling Rice Krispies. It makes me want to eat cereal. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/35 "2011-01-11T20:49:13Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Exploding Muppets go quite well with that music. Now _there_ is a wonderful phrase that should be used often. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/36 "2011-01-11T21:18:09Z")
Saw that Subway commercial recently and said to the person watching it with me, “So what they’re telling me is, ‘If you don’t eat our sandwiches, you’re likely to explode.’” ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/37 "2011-01-11T21:21:37Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > How about this[one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7joApY9dnw)? Pagliacci selling Rice Krispies. It makes me want to eat cereal. ooh, another classic! Love that one. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/38 "2011-01-11T21:25:51Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > I hate them too. “My diet beer has more taste than your diet beer!” “My diet beer is more drinkable than your diet beer!” Now I’m on board. Drinkablilty: it can be drunk. And so can you, if you have enough! ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/39 "2011-01-11T21:58:34Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Thanks to P.D.Q. Bach, I can’t listen to the 1812 overture without thinking of “Pop Goes the Weasel” and “Yankee Doodle”. Great, at the mention of P.D.Q. Bach I now also have Victor Borge’s voice in my head. Thanks a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025/40 "2011-01-11T22:07:18Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I remember the commercial, but when I hear The Overture, I think of Muppets blowing things up. I think that’s from a bit on their 30th Anniversary Special, which I taped and which my kids watch over and over. Exploding Muppets go quite will with that music. And I think of the Brady kids running through the amusement park with cardboard tubes that look identical but contain vastly different contents for great comic effect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thee-dumb-ass-marketing-commercial-assholes/567025.md?page=3)