# I'm ashamed I like these commercials. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583 "2003-09-04T19:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/41 "2003-09-05T23:26:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caricci \* > \*\*A recent salutee was the inventor of the giant taco salad. \*\* Bud Light! I love those ads too. _“I don’t see no lettuce…”_ Heh. Cracks me up every time. Although most of their commercials are stupid, Capital One’s credit card ad that features vikings storming a street cafe when a customer uses the “wrong” credit card is hilarious. The MTV-2 commercials that feature a little plastic baby doll screaming about Metallica are strangely funny as well. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/42 "2003-09-06T01:09:21Z")
I love the Snapple commercial of the Running of the Bulls…all those Guinea Pigs with little horns on their heads…chasing the Snapple bottles in tourist clothes ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/43 "2003-09-06T02:27:44Z")
I actually like the Carrottop commercials. I know, I know. ---
**Author:** ![CharlesW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CharlesW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharlesW)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/44 "2003-09-06T03:23:01Z")
Man am I missing alot. Time to turn off comercial advance on the Replay. The Blockbuster animals are great. I like the “TV bunny ears” one the best. One I always missed seeing, but heard it on in the other room several times(I never made it to the other room to see it tho). Was a Ford Truck commercial. My brother who did see it says it shows a Chevy and a Ford backing boats into a lake. The Chevy dosen’t stop and ends up in the lake. Chevy guy turns to the Ford guy, and says “I can’t belive it did that”. Ford guy replies “Yea, like a rock”. I still laugh when I think about that one. It was pulled pretty quick tho. I like the Alf 10-10 commercials. I like Alf. A local one for Vegas I haven’t seen in awhile was the guy on channel 5 who would announce the station broadcast info (KVVU Fox 5 Las Vegas, Henderson, Transmitting on…) Then he would say “Up next is Richard Dean Anderson in Stargate SG1” The guys voice made it sound like an announcement from Og. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/45 "2003-09-07T17:47:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aaslatten \* > \*\*I actually like the Carrottop commercials. I know, I know. \*\* The one that’s a spoof of the “blind date” type of show is actually pretty clever. “For our first date he took me to a phone!?!?” Then when he “helps” her dial by really blatently putting the moves on her, lol. “We made sweet, sweet collect calls all night long.” Whoa baby! ---
**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:** [September 7, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/46 "2003-09-07T17:55:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stolichnaya \* > \*\*I’m not a huge country fan but that song (the original) makes me happy. \*\* What’s the name and who sings it? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/47 "2003-09-07T18:34:49Z")
“I Like It, I Love It” (um probably) by Tim McGraw. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/48 "2003-09-07T23:26:00Z")
Another fan of the Blockbuster guinea pig. Love to see him shakin’ it. ---
**Author:** ![DaPearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DaPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaPearl)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/49 "2003-09-08T04:34:01Z")
Love the Bud-Light hero commercials. My favorite was the Wedding Singer one. From what I can remember the best part was: [VO]Mr. wedding singer, we salute you for bringing the finest in non-copywritten 80s music. [singing]_Flock of Seagulls, yeah!_ And all you ask for in return is some free beer and bagging a brides maid or two _I’ll love you forever_ ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/50 "2003-09-08T05:28:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BwanaBob \* > \*\*And while I’m at it… > > All those Priceline commercials where William Shatner is murdering popular songs. I want a CD of those!😃 \*\* [Here ya go!](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000089JE/ref=m_art_li_1/104-6883732-6240760?v=glance&s=music) Well, there are a few tracks on there by Leonard Nimoy, but it’s mostly Shatner. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/51 "2003-09-08T05:46:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by buzzie \* > \*\*I love the commercial where the guy is channel surfing while watching a NASCAR race and Kevin Harvick comes in his living room and yells at him. NASCAR used to have those great “How Bad Do You Have It?” commercials, but the ones that they have this year are pretty lame. \*\* I thought it was Kurt Busch. I’ve only seen the commercial once, though. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/52 "2003-09-09T08:20:24Z")
Great. I’d just managed to get that damn song out of my head. “I like it, I love it, I want some more of it. I don’t know how they do it down at **Applebee’s**.” Written by the same dark cabal that unleashed the Chili’s baby-back ribs jingle. The only the worse than the “can you hear me now?” Verizon ads are the previous Verizon ads, with that horrible banshee “singing” “People everywhere just gotta be free.” Verizon is cheaper and has better coverage than my current cell phone service, but I didn’t sign on with them just to protest their ads. But yeah, the Barky the Dog ad is pretty damn funny. There’s also a fairly recent one for cheese (?) that has a kid knocking a pinata into a magician performing at a party, that’s impressive even though it makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/53 "2003-09-09T15:52:36Z")
“Hi. I’m Stanley Johnson. I have a wonderful family, and a beautiful four-bedroom house in a nice community. You like my car? It’s new! I’m even a member at the local golf club. How do I do it? I’m in debt up to my eyeballs! Somebody help me. Please?” No idea who it’s for, but I love Stanley! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/54 "2003-09-09T18:54:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > **Great. I’d just managed to get that damn song out of my head. > “I like it, I love it, I want some more of it. I don’t know how they do it down at Applebee’s.” Written by the same dark cabal that unleashed the Chili’s baby-back ribs jingle.** Not really. _I Like It, I Love It_ (original) Written by Jeb Anderson, Wade Dukes, and Anthony Hall _Chili’s Baby Back Ribs Theme_ Written by Tom Faulkner and Guy Bommarito ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/55 "2003-09-09T19:10:11Z")
I love ALL commercials which feature Howie Long! I thought he had great chemistry with Terri Hatch for Radio Shack. They were so fluid in the commercial. I think he has great chemistry with Vanessa Williams for the charity one that is running. I think he has great charisma for the Verizon Wire commercial that is running. I would take him here or there, I would take him ANYWHERE! ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/56 "2003-09-10T00:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\*Not really. > > _I Like It, I Love It_ (original) > Written by Jeb Anderson, Wade Dukes, and Anthony Hall > > _Chili’s Baby Back Ribs Theme_ > Written by Tom Faulkner and Guy Bommarito \*\* Perfect, now I know who to kill. Actually, if you’d just done a little more research, you would’ve realized that these obviously phony names are just thinly-disguised anagrams: TOM FAULKNER AND GUY BOMMARITO == I AM THE ALL POWERFUL DARKFATHER YOU WILL BOW DOWN BEFORE ME JEB ANDERSON, WADE DUKES, AND ANTHONY HALL == WHAT HE SAID ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/57 "2003-09-10T01:05:33Z")
I love the Venus Flytrap commercial for Taco Bell. They should do more works on the Venus flytrap. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/58 "2003-09-10T01:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > \*\*JEB ANDERSON, WADE DUKES, AND ANTHONY HALL == WHAT HE SAID \*\* What does “Tim McGraw” anagram to? He was reponsible for the first message before Applebee’s stole it for their evil purposes. “Git Warm C M?” Apparently, his brand of country music is warm. Warm like a hot meal? Maybe he _was_ part of it all along. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/59 "2003-09-10T05:53:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mobo85 \* > \*\*_I Like It, I Love It_ (original) > Written by Jeb Anderson, Wade Dukes, and Anthony Hall > > _Chili’s Baby Back Ribs Theme_ > Written by Tom Faulkner and Guy Bommarito \*\* It’s frightening that you know that. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Donovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@Donovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donovan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583/60 "2003-09-10T06:37:48Z")
> [@](#): > > I also like the credit counseling commercial (can’t remember the name) in which the guy is talking about all the cool stuff he’s bought on credit, and then says with this sick grin on his face, “I’m up to my eyeballs in debt.” The next shot is of him riding around on his lawnmower with the same stupid grin on his face, saying, “Someone please help me.” gotta be my favorite commercial of all time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ashamed-i-like-these-commercials/199583.md?page=4)