# More Horrifying Commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102 "2006-08-24T22:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/21 "2006-08-25T07:02:46Z")
“They won’t make you go, they’ll just make it easier for you to go” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/22 "2006-08-25T13:46:53Z")
**Mucinex.** I don’t want to imagine little clothed, cigar smoking balls of snot in my nose forming a conga line. Too f’in creepy. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/23 "2006-08-25T13:56:04Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] The state of Wisconsin always makes every police enforcement ad shows white males doing all crimes. The latest is a drunk driving ad. Every criminal is once again a 30 something white male. The do this year after year, and it’s never a woman or a non-white. Ever! [/QUOTE] Oh, like they’d ever get away with showing a single commercial involving a PC-protected group. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/24 "2006-08-25T14:13:11Z")
It’s not the worst one, I just dont’ understand it. It’s a Coors Light commercial. This deranged janitor is running up and down stairs, shouting at people in English(I think). There are various activities going on, mostly involving young, thin, scantily-clad women sweating. then that damned train comes and makes everyone “cool”. Yeah, I see that he was attempting to make the design logo out of lights in the building–I just don’t get the “sub plot” of the actors in the different scenes. And I don’t really want to expend any energy or thought in figuring it out. I don’t drink Coors Light and never will. It’s just annoying. I also can’t stand the commercial with the attractive girl having to listen to the creepy/nerdy guy who has called her 21 times since they met 5 weeks ago…since that pretty much was my college experience, I really don’t like having to relive it nightly… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/25 "2006-08-25T14:18:13Z")
I think they really missed a great opportunity in those stool softener ads. They should have had her sitting on a stool… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/26 "2006-08-25T14:28:27Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] I love those Red Stripe commercials (unfortunately, the old maxim stands- the funnier the commercials, the worse the beer). I also love Quizno’s spungmunkeys. [/QUOTE] [Spongmonkeys](http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/) You can never have too many spongmonkeys. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/27 "2006-08-25T16:50:01Z")
How about the Starburst commercial where the guy burns off both his arms in a vat of acid? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/28 "2006-08-25T16:56:51Z")
The car crash ones have scarred me to the point where when I see the one with the divorced but amicable couple going 500 miles on one tank of gas I assume they will slam into another car. Then I remember that they never show kids in the path of harm in the “Holy Sh–” commercials. > [@thirdwarning](#): > > “They won’t make you go, they’ll just make it easier for you to go” This is actually a good selling point, in that they won’t make you shit uncontrollably, like a laxative. So, don’t be scared! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/29 "2006-08-25T17:14:47Z")
What product is it that has that disgusting animated fungus lifting up the toenail and crawling under? That is soooo revolting! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/30 "2006-08-25T17:16:59Z")
I found it. Here he is… [Disgusting animated fungus](http://www.lamisil.com/index.jsp?source=01025&campaign=LMT-9495&site=100005&placement=100085&creative=100002&checked=y). ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/31 "2006-08-25T17:41:58Z")
I am not sure if most would catagorize it as horrifying but for me the creepy guy who serenades some poor hapless individual trying to enjoy his Snickers® bar is almost vomit inducing. I would have broke his nose and smashed his crappy little guitar into tiny splinters and then jammed them under his fingernails, but no, hapless idoit _sings along_! Gahh! Oh ya, I love the Red Stripe beer commercials. You know I just noticed Google Ads has a sale on “Octagongs”. Maybe an eight chambered blast of beer straight to my brain would help me enjoy waxing poetic about chocolate covered peanuts and nougat. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/32 "2006-08-25T17:54:21Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Less horrifying than profoundly irritating is a series of radio commercials for some used cars, Volkswagon I think. Not sure if they’re local or national. They feature people who’ve bought a used car being stalked by or stalking the new owner. It may be just me projecting, but some of them have to my ear a really strong and inappropriate sexual vibe. Plus, they call the cars “pre-loved.” It was bad enough when “used” cars became “pre-owned,” but I refuse to accept in any way the designation “pre-loved.” And not just because it sounds like they’re calling the cars old whores. [/QUOTE] They’re national. IMHO, **all** VW ads suck lately. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/33 "2006-08-25T17:58:26Z")
[QUOTE=Honey] What product is it that has that disgusting animated fungus lifting up the toenail and crawling under? That is soooo revolting! [/QUOTE] Yep, that one creeps me out. It’s gross. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/34 "2006-08-25T18:03:29Z")
Most of Sprite’s “sublymonal” advertisings make me want to turn the channel. Especially the one where the sunglasses are moved to show that the eye is really a mouth drinking the dripping sprite. \ ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/35 "2006-08-25T18:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] As with all commercials, the point is to grab your attention. If it doesn’t stick in somebody’s head, it’s just a big waste of the company’s money. In this case, it worked, didn’t it? [/QUOTE] It’s a bigger waste of the company’s money if said commmercial doesn’t actually inspire potential consumers to buy the product. _That’s_ the real point. Attention-grabbing commercials - sales = out-of-work ad execs. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/36 "2006-08-25T18:56:18Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] The state of Wisconsin always makes every police enforcement ad shows white males doing all crimes. The latest is a drunk driving ad. Every criminal is once again a 30 something white male. The do this year after year, and it’s never a woman or a non-white. Ever! [/QUOTE] Really? That’s discrimination, and it sucks. I pit the state of Wisconsin for only hiring white male actors to do their anti-crime PSAs when they should be hiring female and minority actors, too! Sic the Wisconsin Department of Labor on 'em, I say! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/37 "2006-08-25T19:43:08Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] The car crash ones have scarred me to the point where when I see the one with the divorced but amicable couple going 500 miles on one tank of gas I assume they will slam into another car. Then I remember that they never show kids in the path of harm in the “Holy Sh–” commercials. [/QUOTE] Me too! What the hell?!? I hate those ads, and the first two caught me completely by surprise. No fucking way I’d buy those cars- they’re truck magnets! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/38 "2006-08-25T23:21:16Z")
[QUOTE=«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™] I am not sure if most would catagorize it as horrifying but for me the creepy guy who serenades some poor hapless individual trying to enjoy his Snickers® bar is almost vomit inducing. I would have broke his nose and smashed his crappy little guitar into tiny splinters and then jammed them under his fingernails, but no, hapless idoit _sings along_! Gahh! [/QUOTE] Dude, that commercial is freakin’ awesome. It’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/39 "2006-08-25T23:52:37Z")
I can’t believe the “gellin’” ads are still running. Hasn’t anyone broken into the ad agency and the production studio and kidnapped and tortured to death everyone connected however remotely with that campaign? I actually fell off the sofa and got rug burn diving for the remote when that horror appeared on my TV. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102/40 "2006-08-25T23:58:12Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] The state of Wisconsin always makes every police enforcement ad shows white males doing all crimes. The latest is a drunk driving ad. Every criminal is once again a 30 something white male. The do this year after year, and it’s never a woman or a non-white. Ever! [/QUOTE] That particular ad appears to be from the federal Dept of Transportation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-horrifying-commercials/370102.md?page=3)