# Isn't Jennifer pretty? \[commercial\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529 "2011-08-13T00:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/121 "2011-08-19T03:14:17Z")
**mangeorge** , haven’t we had this same conversation [before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564315)? Repeat after me: commercials aren’t REAL. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/122 "2011-08-19T12:46:07Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > **mangeorge** , haven’t we had this same conversation [before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564315)? > > Repeat after me: commercials aren’t REAL. Right. Then why do we buy their _stuff?_ Repetition didn’t convince that time either. Sorry, **Guinastasia**. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/123 "2011-08-19T12:47:27Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Right. Then why do we buy their _stuff?_ Because they make people laugh. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/124 "2011-08-19T12:56:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Because they make people laugh. No, **Fear** , it’s because we believe Nivea is going to make us look 30 years younger. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/125 "2011-08-19T13:26:51Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > No, **Fear** , it’s because we believe Nivea is going to make us look 30 years younger. See? That just made _me_ laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/126 "2011-08-19T15:07:21Z")
By that rationale, is a propaganda film not fiction either? Btw, I still want to know what “mommy hair” is. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/127 "2011-08-19T15:22:31Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > By that rationale, is a propaganda film not fiction either? > > Btw, I still want to know what “mommy hair” is. Sorry, I’ve been having _way_ too much fun with other posters. Big hair on young boys is often, in my experience, the result of mommy’s preference. No problem with me, just an observation. I do expect a lot of denial. 😉 Peace, anonymous ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/128 "2011-08-20T04:35:54Z")
> [@clarkstar](#): > > i read that plenty of people are disturbed that you have been around a lot of children, that its not ok. but i’m not sure thats what you meant. > > also, i have no idea why you would find the commercial anything other than silly/stupid try reading what i quoted ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/129 "2011-08-20T13:41:22Z")
I’m confused by #128. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/130 "2011-08-31T04:35:30Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I’m confused by #128. 😕 if you read the passage i originally quoted, it seemed like you were saying people were disturbed by you knowing children. it was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/131 "2011-08-31T15:01:13Z")
That little girl is making quite a career for herself portraying pretty girls in commercials! And she _is_ pretty, which makes the Dad’s apparent obsession with her looks seem really creepy in an incestual way. Not that Dads can’t think that their daughters are pretty, of course, but the way he says it seems almost stalker-like. In the psychological horror movie that my mind constructed from this commercial, little Jennifer has been groomed by her mother to be the prettiest, most popular girl in school so she (the mother) can live vicariously through the daughter, but this unexpectedly draws out the latent pedophile in the father, who arranges for an “accident” which kills the mother and son so he and Jennifer can be together…_forever._ Somewhat related, in the sense that it’s a commercial that attempts to use “dark humor” or something like cruelty for supposed comedic effect: There’s an ad for some phone carrier that is promoting a deal that offers unlimited free texting when someone signs up for some kind of family plan. I don’t remember the company, but the ad goes like this: A woman is in a greenhouse, pruning plants or something like that, when a man pops his head in and says, something to the effect of, “Guess what? I just signed up the whole family for unlimited texting!” The woman replies, “Oh, really? And how much is THIS going to cost us? Did it ever occur to you to discuss such a major investment with your WIFE before spending our money like that? Mother was right, I should have married [random name].” The husband replies, “It was free. We got it when we signed up for the [stupid family phone plan name].” When I saw that ad, the first thing I thought wasn’t “Free texts? I gotta get me summa that!” It was, "Geez, she’s a BITCH! You really think you should have married someone else because your husband signed up for some texting service, lady? Do your husband a favor and punish THAT guy instead for a while. If I was married to someone who didn’t hesitate to not only think like that but blatantly announce it right to my face, I’d order her a nice gift bag full of divorce papers and directions to Hell. Though I have to admit that it’s at least a change from the usual tactic of showing the husband/boyfriend as the clueless idiot. That commercial makes me feel sorry for the poor guy for having to live with her. If she responds that way to him signing up for a texting service, imagine how she might respond to something as unforgivable as getting a parking ticket? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/132 "2011-08-31T15:13:35Z")
I think the greenhouse bitch is another AT&T commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/133 "2011-09-07T22:34:38Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Except the douches in this ad didn’t have U-verse. That was their problem. Well, one of their problems, anyway. Oops, correct. This is the “don’t be like these idiots, buy our product” theme, which is somewhat better than the “use our product just like these idiots” theme. > [@Cuckoorex](#): > > That little girl is making quite a career for herself portraying pretty girls in commercials! And she _is_ pretty, which makes the Dad’s apparent obsession with her looks seem really creepy in an incestual way. Not that Dads can’t think that their daughters are pretty, of course, but the way he says it seems almost stalker-like. In the psychological horror movie that my mind constructed from this commercial, little Jennifer has been groomed by her mother to be the prettiest, most popular girl in school so she (the mother) can live vicariously through the daughter, but this unexpectedly draws out the latent pedophile in the father, who arranges for an “accident” which kills the mother and son so he and Jennifer can be together…\*forever. \* Clearly you’ve given this a lot of thought. :dubious: > [@](#): > > When I saw that ad, the first thing I thought wasn’t “Free texts? I gotta get me summa that!” It was, "Geez, she’s a BITCH! You really think you should have married someone else because your husband signed up for some texting service, lady?.. That commercial makes me feel sorry for the poor guy for having to live with her. If she responds that way to him signing up for a texting service, imagine how she might respond to something as unforgivable as getting a parking ticket? Agreed, more of the same theme - “Our customers are hilarious jerkwads. Come be one of them.” ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/134 "2011-09-20T06:28:06Z")
I just found [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtRb4qEpWRg&feature=player_embedded) comedy sketch, which is pretty much this commercial taken to the extreme. Just be glad they didn’t use that to advertise their product. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529/135 "2011-09-20T23:54:50Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I just found [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtRb4qEpWRg&feature=player_embedded) comedy sketch, which is pretty much this commercial taken to the extreme. Just be glad they didn’t use that to advertise their product. Well, mom did tell him she loves him. That’s one up on the “Jennifer” ad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-jennifer-pretty-commercial/592529.md?page=6)