# Latest Most Irritating Commercial on TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926 "2016-01-12T14:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/121 "2016-07-31T05:39:55Z")
This piece of shit racist ad with the happy, singin’ black folks worshippin’ Miss Blondie fills me with rage. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr7FQVCs4dE) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/122 "2016-07-31T08:29:23Z")
The athlete’s foot medication commercial where it shows people going to a store to buy new feet. [vomit smiley goes here] ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/123 "2016-08-01T13:06:12Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Dr. Pepper has resumed those ads with the smirking elf who sings falsetto and which causes me to dive recklessly for the mute button on my remote. I really don’t know why falsetto bothers me so much but it does. > > I have never drunk Dr Pepper, but I suppose I should buy one so I can then boycott it. I was surprised to note the small print in the ad: that’s Justin Guarini, who was the runner-up to Kelly Clarkson on the first season of American Idol. So this is where he wound up… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/124 "2016-08-01T13:45:37Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Now, the Bon Jovi “Turn Back Time” commercial, to quote Ebert, “Hated it, hated it, hated it…” I’ve gotten so quick in my reflexes that I often mute it before I hear anything. That’s remarkable speed! It’s like you’ve _got_ the _power_ to _turn back tiiiime…_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/125 "2016-08-01T15:59:43Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I was surprised to note the small print in the ad: that’s Justin Guarini, who was the runner-up to Kelly Clarkson on the first season of American Idol. So this is where he wound up… Thanks, I was trying to remember where I’ve heard that name. But what is the name of the actress? She’s got kind of a Vanessa Bayer look to her. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/126 "2016-08-01T16:18:09Z")
Entresto - I hate that fucking song! [https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A5E8/entresto-tomorrow](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A5E8/entresto-tomorrow) American Home Shield - people really expect their home owners insurance to cover refrigerators? [https://www.ispot.tv/ad/74E1/american-home-shield-zombie-apocalypse](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/74E1/american-home-shield-zombie-apocalypse) Hallmark new show JL Ranch - I hate that whiny ass song too. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/127 "2016-08-01T20:23:18Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Dr. Pepper has resumed those ads with the smirking elf who sings falsetto and which causes me to dive recklessly for the mute button on my remote. I really don’t know why falsetto bothers me so much but it does. > > I have never drunk Dr Pepper, but I suppose I should buy one so I can then boycott it. That’s Justin Guarini, who was the runner up to Kelly Clarkson on Season One of American Idol. He has a highly successful Broadway career. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/128 "2016-08-01T20:26:20Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Thanks, I was trying to remember where I’ve heard that name. But what is the name of the actress? She’s got kind of a Vanessa Bayer look to her. The actress where he pops out of the washing machine is Kimberly Dooley. Somebody asked on ispot who the actress is in the ad where he pops up out of the bushes, and one person said they thought it was Frances Conroy. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/129 "2016-08-01T20:32:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > That’s Justin Guarini, who was the runner up to Kelly Clarkson on Season One of American Idol. He has a highly successful Broadway career. I…did not know that. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/130 "2016-08-13T17:39:40Z")
Christoph Waltz is in a new [commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJAaErcfQiw) where he starts off ragging on Americans and winds up becoming “one of us”. All due to a Samsung smartphone. Umm. Samsung? That great American company Samsung??? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/131 "2016-08-13T18:03:19Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > American Home Shield - people really expect their home owners insurance to cover refrigerators? > [https://www.ispot.tv/ad/74E1/american-home-shield-zombie-apocalypse](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/74E1/american-home-shield-zombie-apocalypse) I read up on American Home Shield when our mortgage holder (Wells Fargo at the time) was pushing us to join them. AHS probably won’t cover the fridge, either; they’re likely to find some excuse not to. Or will cover the fridge but recoup most of its cost by charging to haul away the old one. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/132 "2016-08-13T20:48:08Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Christoph Waltz is in a new [commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJAaErcfQiw) where he starts off ragging on Americans and winds up becoming “one of us”. All due to a Samsung smartphone. > > Umm. Samsung? That great American company Samsung??? I complained about this on the Commercials I Hate website, and everybody there thought it was a great tribute to the American work ethic. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/133 "2016-08-13T23:31:39Z")
Old Navy has scored the **Trifecta of Suck** with their new commercial. Crap product (Old Navy junk), crap actress (Amy Schumer) and obnoxious teenagers. Terribly annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/134 "2016-08-14T01:29:37Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Old Navy has scored the **Trifecta of Suck** with their new commercial. > > Crap product (Old Navy junk), crap actress (Amy Schumer) and obnoxious teenagers. > > Terribly annoying. The kid who talks to her on the phone is the same kid who plays Peter Pan in that Geico ad. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/135 "2016-08-14T19:15:44Z")
Wal-Mart’s singing children. \>.\< ---
**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:** [August 14, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/136 "2016-08-14T19:46:05Z")
And it looks like we’ve had a return of the Crest whitestrips commercial in which a woman declares her dazzling white teeth to be “eww, yellow” because they aren’t the same shade as a tissue. WTF. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/137 "2016-08-14T19:52:47Z")
Dairy Queen’s new Royal Blizzard spot where a bunch of kids are singing the word, “What?” off-key over and over again. If I break a finger reaching fast for the remote to mute this one, it will be a worthwhile trade-off to save my ears. Eeeuuuuggghhh!!! ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/138 "2016-08-14T20:03:10Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Earlier in the thread someone said they found Norm McDonald as the Colonel in the KFC commercials creepy. The newest ones with George Hamilton (extra crispy indeed!) make me long for the days of Norm McDonald. I have only seen that commercial once and remember thinking “that might be clever if they had George Hamilton doing it.” I guess I was wrong. Also, if you are advertising a product where it takes longer to list the side effects than to extol the product’s virtues, why not use that advertising money in the traditional way, bribing doctors. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/139 "2016-08-14T20:31:12Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Dairy Queen’s new Royal Blizzard spot where a bunch of kids are singing the word, “What?” off-key over and over again. If I break a finger reaching fast for the remote to mute this one, it will be a worthwhile trade-off to save my ears. Eeeuuuuggghhh!!! They’re supposedly singing to the opening of \*Also Sprach Zarathustra, \*which itself is reason to mute. And I do. And then there’s the MyPillow guy, who claims to be the “invenchur” of MyPillow. Man, if you can’t pronounce a word like “inventor,” how good could your pillow be? This is comparable to George Foreman’s ad for “Inveneeaah.” Are advertising budgets so tight that they can’t do a second take if the person mispronounces a word . . . especially the name of the product? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926/140 "2016-08-14T20:37:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > They’re supposedly singing to the opening of \*Also Sprach Zarathustra, \*which itself is reason to mute. And I do. Agreed. > [@panache45](#): > > And then there’s the MyPillow guy, who claims to be the “invenchur” of MyPillow. Man, if you can’t pronounce a word like “inventor,” how good could your pillow be? This is comparable to George Foreman’s ad for “Inveneeaah.” Are advertising budgets so tight that they can’t do a second take if the person mispronounces a word . . . especially the name of the product? We must be watching the same shitty tee vee. Agreed again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-most-irritating-commercial-on-tv/742926.md?page=8)