# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/41 "2012-07-26T19:20:09Z")
> [@Tess](#): > > 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. No, it’s a hellish vision I can see, too. That shrill, saccharine little earworm makes me want to heave the TV through the living room window. And the “WOOO! Fish! WOOO! Pizza!” thing makes me stabby as well. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/42 "2012-07-27T03:09:15Z")
Vistaprint I believe has a commercial where the owner of a spa called Spa La La tells us how much she loves vistaprints. Any business with this name deserves to go out of business. ---
**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 27, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/43 "2012-07-27T03:29:21Z")
“I’m the owner of Spa La La!” Gah, that sends me from zero to stabby in about 0.2 seconds. I would feel very sorry for the receptionist at such a place though. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/44 "2012-07-27T04:05:10Z")
There is a radio commercial for cell phones, Verizon I think. It starts off with a guy saying I’m in a hole, a 300 foot deep hole. Then he goes on to extol the virtues of the phone and it’s abilities. The commercial ends with him saying OK, let’s turn this hole into a hotel. Well let’s talk about this. One story on a building is about 12 feet. a 300 foot deep hole is 25 stories in the ground. You are building a hotel with 25 levels of underground parking, or are you such a moron that you are building the entire project upside down? ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/45 "2012-07-27T04:35:50Z")
This VW commercial where this woman’s bouffant hairdo sings to this car salesman in this horrible monotone voice. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/46 "2012-07-27T05:51:14Z")
The current [Dr. Pepper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02vku-6fZWQ) commercial where they show how individual they are by dressing exactly like everyone else and invite me to show my individuality by conforming along with them. Do they not see the contradiction? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/47 "2012-07-27T08:22:27Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Here it is: [Miller lite pop can top ad.](http://m.youtube.com/?reload=9&rdm=m7f5ak1z8#/watch?v=d4ZzSziH8Io) What’s up with those links? Every one of them wants me to open the videos in QuickTime instead of playing like a normal YouTube video. 😕 > [@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…) On a similar note, I’ve become convinced that George W. Bush has changed his name and become the spokesman for my local utility company. This guy in the radio commercials keeps encouraging me to add “instulation” to my home. I’ve also had it up to here with this Pepsi radio commercial featuring two guys listening to backward, subliminal messages in Melanie Amara’s version of “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”. Backward subliminal messages? What is this, 1982? It’s just a stupid, stupid commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/48 "2012-07-27T18:18:29Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Vistaprint I believe has a commercial where the owner of a spa called Spa La La tells us how much she loves vistaprints. Any business with this name deserves to go out of business. > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > “I’m the owner of Spa La La!” Gah, that sends me from zero to stabby in about 0.2 seconds. > > I would feel very sorry for the receptionist at such a place though. The part that gets me about that one is the blonde girl saying they don’t use another company because ‘they aren’t 24 hours a day’. Who the hell needs to get business cards printed at 3:00 AM. Stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/49 "2012-07-27T18:29:57Z")
“Hoveraround takes me where I want to go - where will it send me?” Well, HOPEFULLY RIGHT OVER THE EDGE OF THE FREAKIN NORTH RIM! GOD - I mute the TV when that comes on. And locally, “I’m attorney Tom Nash” - SPEAK UP YOU IDIOT! Your thoughtful and pseudo-caring “I can help you wtih social security” line is idiotic as it is - at least I don’t have to mute YOU - I can hardly HEAR you! Yep. I’m having one of THOSE days, ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/50 "2012-07-27T18:41:33Z")
I really hate the Honda commercials talking about “Honda wannabes”. What in hell does that even mean? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/51 "2012-07-27T18:50:15Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > I am so glad that someone brought this up again. And I enjoy good commercials. > > But this one pisses me off b/c the logic is shit. (to me). Some chick at a roof concert, she’s filming it on her phone. Then she sends it to like five other people–AT THE SAME CONCERT. > > Oh what? Did they need to see it from the left side? > > It’s a phone commercial. In the same commercial, doesn’t she point her phone at a jumbo-tron inexplicably on the side of a building half a block away and immediately footage of the concert pops up on it? What kind of magic phone is this?! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/52 "2012-07-29T05:49:11Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > 1. Actually there are a couple versions of this commercial, and they are so bad that I can’t even tell you what is being advertised; I guess it’s some kind of car. But a couple is contemplating a vacation, and the guy says: > > Version 1) “How about an ocean cruise?” And his wife says, “Hmm,” and then they both imagine they’re on the deck of a cruise ship, and a pale fat guy walks past them in his bathing suit. The possibility that they might encounter someone who doesn’t look like Matthew McConaughey immediately sickens them, and they both say, “Definitely not a cruise!” This one’s really more about the fact that the old guy’s wearing not just any bathing suit, but–OMFG–a Speedo. I don’t particularly want to see an old guy in a Speedo myself, but would take more than that to disabuse me of the idea of taking a cruise. People aren’t really that superficial, are they? I hope not. BTW it’s for Infiniti. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/53 "2012-07-29T05:57:27Z")
A currently seen commercial for [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com). A woman comes on, appearing to be about my age which means she was likely born in the late 1950s. Information is shown about her grandmother who was born in 1907. The woman has learned, she enthuses, that her grandmother lived in a building a few blocks away, and that she walks by there every day. How is it possible to grow up knowing so little about your grandmother, when she lives in the same city? And when said grandmother is still fairly young during your childhood? It’s not like she’s 95 years old and lives in a distant nursing home. You’d think at some point during her upbringing, perhaps while eating the morning bowl of cereal, she’d have thought to ask Mom or Dad about Grandma. I know, families split up, and this type of information can be come less available, but still it seems rather extreme. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/54 "2012-07-29T10:15:35Z")
There’s a commercial I’ve seen too much of lately. It’s for a company called Acorn Stairlifts - they install chair lifts than run along the stairs in your house, so people with mobility issues don’t have to worry about falling. Seeing the commercial even once is annoying (high cheese factor, low production values, lackluster testimonials), but the other day I ended up seeing it about a dozen times when I was watching a movie on tv late at night, and the ad run during every. single. commercial. break. Their tagline is not exactly original - “Give your life a lift with an Acorn Stairlift!”. But the funniest part was the quotes from “actual customers” - who knows, they might even be real customers. Expected stuff like “I’m the king of my own castle again!” or “Now I don’t need to worry about falling down the stairs”. But my favorite was from a customer who said “my Acorn Stairlift was _definitely_ more affordable than moving!” All I can say, is that if that’s the highest praise you can offer, it’s not much. Seriously?! Can you imagine if it _wasn’t_ more affordable than moving? Would anyone at all ever buy it? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/55 "2012-07-29T15:50:31Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > 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. AWESOME!!! Nobody but Nobody should have to listen to Romney singing. Whoever created that spot should be charged with assault. Is it supposed to be a threat, as in vote for Romney and you will have to listen to this for the next 4 years? Sorry Obama I don’t know which is worse, his singing or your approving it. You have to be a sick sick man to approve of that. So who do I vote for? The torturer or the one who approves the torture? Forget using Metalicca, having to listen to Romney sing would have everyone curled in a fetal position rolling on the floor confessing to crimes that have yet to be committed. Now the second I hear Obamas voice my finger hits the mute button. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/56 "2013-01-21T13:25:44Z")
Xarelto, the newest wonder drug for deep vein thrombosis, to prevent strokes. This one makes an attractive older guy so happy he buys the attractive older missus a surprise trip to New Zealand. Annoying because they seem to have escaped from a Viagra commercial, and would taking this pill really make you plan your dream trip across the world? I know dozens of older men on medications and all they do is huff and puff around the house, whining and complaining, and don’t take their long-suffering wives anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/57 "2013-01-21T13:47:24Z")
I despise ads that use interviews with allegedly cute kiddies who want (or don’t want) more money or faster cellphones. (“Would you push grandma onto the subway tracks because she’s too slow?” “YES!! WHEEE!”). Actually, virtually any ad that tries to sell adult products using children makes me dive for the mute button. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/58 "2013-01-21T14:52:07Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Xarelto, the newest wonder drug for deep vein thrombosis, to prevent strokes. This one makes an attractive older guy so happy he buys the attractive older missus a surprise trip to New Zealand. Annoying because they seem to have escaped from a Viagra commercial, and would taking this pill really make you plan your dream trip across the world? I know dozens of older men on medications and all they do is huff and puff around the house, whining and complaining, and don’t take their long-suffering wives anywhere. Now they can get up, run outside, and chase those damn kids off their lawn! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/59 "2013-01-21T19:48:43Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I despise ads that use interviews with allegedly cute kiddies who want (or don’t want) more money or faster cellphones. (“Would you push grandma onto the subway tracks because she’s too slow?” “YES!! WHEEE!”). Come on now, they didn’t say that. They said they’d tape a cheetah to her back. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102/60 "2013-01-21T19:57:36Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > A currently seen commercial for [Ancestry.com](http://Ancestry.com). A woman comes on, appearing to be about my age which means she was likely born in the late 1950s. Information is shown about her grandmother who was born in 1907. The woman has learned, she enthuses, that her grandmother lived in a building a few blocks away, and that she walks by there every day. > > How is it possible to grow up knowing so little about your grandmother, when she lives in the same city? And when said grandmother is still fairly young during your childhood? It’s not like she’s 95 years old and lives in a distant nursing home. > > You’d think at some point during her upbringing, perhaps while eating the morning bowl of cereal, she’d have thought to ask Mom or Dad about Grandma. I know, families split up, and this type of information can be come less available, but still it seems rather extreme. In addition: I’ve been doing some census research and have never seen any census form that showed full addresses in a column in the middle of the form like the ad shows. When addresses were supplied, the street/road/highway was listed vertically (for simplicity) with house numbers in a column next to it (no need to write the street name over and over). If only it was that easy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-stupid-commercial-thread/629102.md?page=4)