# Local commercials are so freaky **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965 "2008-12-06T06:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/41 "2008-12-09T03:32:35Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > You haven’t seen Vern Fonk until you’ve seen [Shipoopi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SATuCPVO8x4). I’m not sure why anyone would buy insurance from him. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/42 "2008-12-09T03:54:39Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Last week I was watching something with my mom, and there was a funiture commerical for beds, but the way they were drapped with blankets made them look like they were caskets with flags on them. We looked at each other and had the same thought - 10 or 15 years from now, we’ll be seeing commericals for Bob’s Discount Caskets. Eesh. We were watching something on the news about how the main industries NOT being hit by the recession (and in fact GROWING) are alcohol, fast food, healthcare and the funeral industry; so you MAY be right about that one! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/43 "2008-12-09T04:50:36Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > You haven’t seen Vern Fonk until you’ve seen [Shipoopi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SATuCPVO8x4). I’m not sure why anyone would buy insurance from him. The pelvic thrusts are going to give me nightmares. Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/44 "2008-12-09T20:38:21Z")
I’m sure if you’ve watched TV in Indianapolis, you know about Don of Don’s guns, creppy laugh and all: [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCsFZ3AS3E](http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCsFZ3AS3E) He doesn’t want to make money, he just likes renting (or selling) you guns! I was in a small town in Nebraska a while back and was surprised to see local ads for national chains like Burger King and Bank of America. I don’t think I’ve seen the like anyplace else. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/45 "2008-12-09T21:24:48Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Portland has [Outrageous Audio](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLuZqKWidI). I’d link to more of them, but I don’t know anyone who can sit through more than one. God, that guy’s been doing those ads, exactly in that style, for at least 15 years. The eye-popping, the camera zooms, the strange switch in pitch, all unchanged. Guess it’s working? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/46 "2008-12-09T21:51:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Guess it’s woprking? More b/c he’s local than anything else, I would imagine. We love our Mom & Pops. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/47 "2008-12-09T22:01:49Z")
From the “Chicagoland” area, I give you: Victory Auto Wreckers: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o0appa13XK4/hqdefault.jpg "Victory Auto Wreckers - A Look Back") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0appa13XK4) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/48 "2008-12-09T23:07:17Z")
I am so pissed off that I wasn’t first in to tell you that it’s just like, it’s just like, a mini-mall! I love what YouTube has done for us to expand our horizons beyond our own crappy local car lot commercials. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/49 "2008-12-09T23:15:24Z")
I dearly love [this parody of local commercials](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbeC41F2Uk) (NSFW). ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/50 "2008-12-10T00:06:56Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > [It’s just like a Mini Mall!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3oHpup-pk) > > I’m not actually from Montgomery, but close enough. I have seen this guy on TV, but only because the commercial became popular on the internet. > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris Watching less than one minute of this commercial already has this annoying tune caught in my head.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/51 "2008-12-10T00:23:57Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > From the “Chicagoland” area, I give you: Victory Auto Wreckers: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0appa13XK4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0appa13XK4) Good lord! I remember that commercial from when I was a kid! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965/52 "2008-12-10T05:43:12Z")
You know those E\*trade commercials with the talking baby? The local KIA dealership is running commercials that basically rip off that premise, but their animation of the baby’s mouth is really poor. It’s not smooth and seamless and it looks really unnatural. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-commercials-are-so-freaky/475965.md?page=2)