# Latest stupid commercial thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102 "2012-07-23T02:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Abracadebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abracadebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abracadebra)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/321 "2014-03-12T20:41:31Z")
The Nationwide commercial: “Five callers ahead of us Jimmy”, You’re welcome, you unfeeling, disrespectful basterd. Nice example to set for your son, dick. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/322 "2014-03-12T20:46:38Z")
Actually it’s six callers ahead of us. And you’re not helping. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/323 "2014-03-12T21:47:38Z")
> [@Abracadebra](#): > > The Nationwide commercial: > > “Five callers ahead of us Jimmy”, > > You’re welcome, you unfeeling, disrespectful basterd. Nice example to set for your son, dick. > [@Kimballkid](#): > > Actually it’s six callers ahead of us. > > And you’re not helping. > > 😃 Still makes me think of Jimbo, Pasquale, and Rose’s mother from _Rose is Rose_. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/324 "2014-03-12T21:48:19Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I’m watching golf, and they just ran this ad for the hundredth time. > > Some people are sitting down (separately) with a financial consultant. Apparently they spend quite a lot of time with him, going over their personal finances. And then, after asking them if they are satisfied with his advice and getting glowing affirmative responses, he reveals that they are fools who just wasted their time, because he’s actually a DJ who has no financial experience. And then he starts dancing around like an idiot. > > Their reaction is one of astonished delight. > > I would have kicked him in the nuts. > > Not only stupid, but ineffective, because I had to back up the DVR to see that the company is CFP. As I said, I’ve seen this commercial a hundred times, and until just now I not only could not have told you which company ran the commercial, but I would have sworn under oath that I have never heard of CFP. > > ETA: here it is: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afufjv\_6-t4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afufjv_6-t4) The ad is not for a company. It is for a trade group that promotes using a Certified Financial Planner - CFP. the point is that anyone can give you financial advice so make sure you find someone who has thier CFP certification to make sure they know what they are talking about and are not just a repackaged DJ. Kind of like the ads that promore using a REALTOR to buy or sell a house rather than just any real estate agent. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/325 "2014-03-12T21:56:27Z")
Why is there an actor dressed like [Prince Albert](http://babylonbaroque.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/albert_saxe.jpg) in the [Hotels.com commercial?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEN10tLhsBY) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/326 "2014-03-12T21:58:48Z")
Do you have Prince Albert in the can? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/327 "2014-03-12T22:06:58Z")
No, but [my refrigerator is running.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyZpULQwxQ4) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/328 "2014-03-12T22:21:02Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > It’s like somebody dug up McCauley Kaulkin from his Home Alone days (via timetravel) and stuck a beard on him. :eek: This is almost certainly how it was pitched in development. “Gimme a McCauley Caulkin-type kid…with a long beard…yeah, that’s the ticket!!” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/329 "2014-03-12T22:34:49Z")
Some radio commercial with a guy bitching about the size of steaks these days and how he goes to a restaurant and orders two 8oz steak dinners to make one real meal because of his awesome retirement account. I always just think “Well, enjoy your brief, artery-clogged retirement. I assume your family will appreciate the inheritance.” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/330 "2014-03-12T23:04:45Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > … And yet, the CIA shows no interest in me whatever. How can you be sure? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/331 "2014-03-12T23:07:02Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > One that’s driving my 12 year old nephew crazy is the Lipton tea commercial with the Muppets, \*\*the one where Kermit implores the viewers to “be more tea”…\*\*Be more tea??? What the heck are they talking about, it makes no sense, how can someone be tea, let alone More tea? This commercial is stupid, it’s meaningless!.. No, no, no. Kermit is imploring us to “Be Morty.” It’s a stealth ad for Adult Swim’s new show “Rick and Morty.” (Mondays at 10:30pm!) ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/332 "2014-03-12T23:48:39Z")
Or he could be speaking bad Spanish, and asking that we all “be morté” (be dead) Or maybe the secret ingredient is Soylent Green… ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/333 "2014-03-13T01:46:50Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Some radio commercial with a guy bitching about the size of steaks these days and how he goes to a restaurant and orders two 8oz steak dinners to make one real meal because of his awesome retirement account. > > I always just think “Well, enjoy your brief, artery-clogged retirement. I assume your family will appreciate the inheritance.” Post hoc ergo propter hoc, eh? ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/334 "2014-03-13T18:54:14Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Actually it’s six callers ahead of us. > > And you’re not helping. > > 😃 Other insurance company, Brand X, only has the power to instantly transport your mother to wherever you happen to be… which is… still really pretty impressive and useful, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/335 "2014-03-13T19:16:12Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > Other insurance company, Brand X, only has the power to instantly transport your mother to wherever you happen to be… which is… still really pretty impressive and useful, actually. Yeah, but mom is gonna be pissed when you take out part of her kitchen when you teleport her to you. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/336 "2014-03-13T21:04:53Z")
The best thing about threads like this is how easily some people are willing to criticize and disparage an ad that they clearly didn’t understand in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/337 "2014-03-14T00:00:40Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > an ad that they clearly didn’t understand in the first place. Sounds like a fault on the ad agency’s part. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/338 "2014-03-14T00:52:09Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Sounds like a fault on the ad agency’s part. I agree. I FF through most ads, and I don’t really listen to the others except by accident, and even most of those, I’m not watching because I’m up making a sandwich or posting here or something. So yes, if you have to pay close attention to see the distinction, e.g. between a company and a trade group, then the ad is very ineffective, especially when the distinction is presented while some guy is dancing around like an idiot. To take another example, there was an ad that ran for several months last year, with no spoken words at all. It was just music that vaguely reminded me of the old Karl Jenkins diamond commercial music, but more jerky and annoying, with some kind of graphic that snaked around the screen. I saw it begin a hundred times, and not once did I watch it long enough to see what it was trying to sell. I guess it might work in a movie theater, where you pretty much have to watch it, but not on TV. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/339 "2014-03-14T09:32:04Z")
> [@Abracadebra](#): > > The Nationwide commercial: > > “Five callers ahead of us Jimmy”, > > You’re welcome, you unfeeling, disrespectful basterd. Nice example to set for your son, dick. I’ll raise you [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXuKc_TjUhw&feature=youtube_gdata_player). Talking mime - freaky? Not as freaky as the talking baby. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/340 "2014-03-14T12:30:33Z")
Food Lion has been running a series of radio ads in which The Lion provides helpful tips on how to save money. In a recent one, he disses extravagant cruise, saying “nothing beats a dip in the kiddie pool”. Umm…a kiddie pool, by my definition, is a small unfiltered pool positioned well away from the much larger pool; I always thought they were a bit nasty. Am I to assume that most people don’t have strong negative thoughts about kiddie pools? And wouldn’t a lion view a kiddie pool as a buffet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=18)