# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Rudiger\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rudiger\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rudiger_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/21 "2012-07-23T17:48:55Z")
There’s a new Lowe’s commercial where a couple is getting a new kitchen. Although it appears functional, the kitchen must be wiped from the earth. Instead of using crowbars to remove old cabinets, they use sledgehammers. Those morons don’t have a garage that needs shelving? Or maybe they just love splinters and extra labor. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/22 "2012-07-24T13:24:53Z")
The one that’s been driving me nuts recently has Jeff Bridges (I think?) talking about Olympic “athaletes”. Something about hearing the word “athalete” is like nails on a chalkboard to me. (Actually, nails on a chalkboard don’t bother me, but metaphorically speaking…) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/23 "2012-07-24T13:30:17Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The one that’s been driving me nuts recently has Jeff Bridges (I think?) talking about Olympic “athaletes”. Something about hearing the word “athalete” is like nails on a chalkboard to me. (Actually, nails on a chalkboard don’t bother me, but metaphorically speaking…) God yes, the “athalete” commercial. Don’t know if there’s more than one, but I think the one I keep hearing is voiced by Morgan Freeman. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/24 "2012-07-24T13:59:14Z")
Woo! Fish! ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/25 "2012-07-25T00:55:06Z")
Am I the only one plagued by Dreamlite and it’s godawful jingle? Please, someone tell me this isn’t a hellish vision only I can see. One of the home monitoring commercials has a woman talking about the time she was alone and fell. She spent the time on the floor imagining her daughter and grandchildren being forced to live without her. To paraphrase Homer Simpson, “No child should outlive his parents!” ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/26 "2012-07-25T01:16:33Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Ok, WTF is it with Miller LITE thinking it is cool to open a can with the standard flip tab, but THEN, you have to poke a hole in the top to make it flow better? > > Anyone feeling cheated when they open up their can of beer because they can’t use an old can opener? > > If this is indeed the case, why not just make beer in a flattop can, and let the drinker open BOTH sides, like they did in the old days. > > Morons have great jobs in marketing departments. > > Or does this appeal to anyone out here? > > Name your favorite ad to loathe. You have never heard of shotgunning a beer? They are simple taking advantage of a market that already exists. The binge drinking market; 18-25 year olds. Wide mouth cans, vortex bottles, flavored vodka. The way to make money peddling liquor is not to advertise it to old people, but to sell it to kids. I call it the Jager effect 😉 ---
**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 25, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/27 "2012-07-25T16:41:15Z")
> [@Tess](#): > > One of the home monitoring commercials has a woman talking about the time she was alone and fell. She spent the time on the floor imagining her daughter and grandchildren being forced to live without her. > To paraphrase Homer Simpson, “No child should outlive his parents!” The other silly thing about this ad is the bowl of grapes that she conveniently scatters within arm’s reach while falling. Yay, sustenance! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/28 "2012-07-25T16:54:35Z")
There was a commercial for a dustbuster-type appliance a while back… maybe it was the Dustbuster. There are some women sitting around a table with a bowl of popcorn. Some of the popcorn spills on the table and the hostess runs for the Dustbuster to vacuum it up!! At my house, we pick up the popcorn from the table (or floor, if it’s been there fewer than 2 seconds) and EAT IT. Of course, maybe the hostess’s child had been working on his _e coli_ science experiment on that table last night, so she didn’t want to take a chance? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/29 "2012-07-25T17:02:35Z")
Angies List. That one woman, who is “Busy busy busy busy”. I can’t stand that line and her smug look. “Oh Angie, I have her on speed dial”. WTF? A website that you have to call? I’ve never actually looked at Angie’s List, but if I have to call them, fuggetaboutit. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/30 "2012-07-25T17:15:29Z")
There’s this commercial for a stop-smoking aid that apparently causes the user to hallucinate that there’s a tiny funk band performing right next to him or her. Isn’t it difficult enough to quit smoking without giving yourself hallucinations? ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/31 "2012-07-25T19:39:53Z")
Every single ad that’s running for \*\*any \*\*political candidate right now. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/32 "2012-07-25T19:51:50Z")
Not sure if it’s a national ad, but we have one now that’s for a website (or service or whatever) that will buy back your old cell phone. The pitch man is a smarmy idiot that makes you feel like you need to take a shower after watching the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/33 "2012-07-25T20:31:53Z")
Life Alert > [@](#): > > I will cut down on bread, beer, wine and soda, but I won’t give up Life Alert [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sPqnz28K3Z0/hqdefault.jpg "Funny Life Alert Ad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPqnz28K3Z0) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/34 "2012-07-25T20:32:06Z")
> [@Runestar](#): > > Every single ad that’s running for \*\*any \*\*political candidate right now. I agree BUT…the one with Romney singing “God Bless America” (it’s an Obama commercial) is pretty awesome. All the others, even the Obama ones, can go to hell. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/35 "2012-07-25T22:24:34Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > As anybody from the Pacific Northwest would know, that road is the [old Columbia River Highway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Columbia_River_Highway) through the [Gorge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Gorge). Regardless of the ad, I like to see a spectacular natural landmark in my region get some attention. > . Lovely, I was wondering where it was. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > The other that is over-the-top idiotic is the couple that is positively orgasmic over some new Pepsi product, to the point of taking pictures of it, while their baby is break-dancing in the background, totally ignored. I’m guessing I’m not the target demographic, because I think it’s a moronic ad. Pretty much - add in the baby stockmarket ads. ---
**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 25, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/36 "2012-07-25T23:08:20Z")
Mark Jacobson Toyota has started running on that is a cacophony of voices saying “shop shop shop shop shop shop shop shop”. I haven’t made it all the way through the thing yet, so I’m not really sure if it’s supposed to have a point. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/37 "2012-07-25T23:09:26Z")
_[Sonic](http://www.youtube.com/user/sonicdrivein)_, FTW! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/38 "2012-07-26T10:51:38Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > God yes, the “athalete” commercial. Don’t know if there’s more than one, but I think the one I keep hearing is voiced by Morgan Freeman. I found the one I’m thinking of. It’s a Duracell commercial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jMtiqaLNWHU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&start=14 “There are ath-a-letes everywhere who trust Duracell.” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/39 "2012-07-26T15:02:14Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, if this is just a general commercial-hatred thread, I would like to restate my and invite others to revive their hatred of the nasty-icky-annoying C-R-U-N-C-H-Y Kit Kat commercial. UGH! Who likes mouth noises? Usually I hear two crunches before I mute that unholy-spawn-of-the-devil-piece-of-crap. WHAT is even a teeny bit appetizing about hearing that nasty crunching sound from strangers’ mouths? The thing that pisses me off the most about this commercial is that Kit Kats don’t make that sound! Kit Kats hardly make any sound when you break them apart. They’re lying! ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/40 "2012-07-26T16:37:11Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > Wide mouth cans, vortex bottles, flavored vodka. The way to make money peddling liquor is not to advertise it to old people, but to sell it to kids. > > I call it the Jager effect 😉 I saw an ad for [marshmallow flavored vodka](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/28/us-diageo-smirnoff-idUSTRE7BR13120111228), and thought, huh, they’re marketing to 8 year olds now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=3)