# More stupid commercials! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655 "2004-11-19T14:42:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/21 "2004-11-23T01:11:01Z")
> [@Steve MB](#): > > The stupidest one I’ve seen lately is the “adrenalitis” Toyota truck commercial. Somehow, I have the suspicion that glandular failures in real life aren’t very amusing. Ummm…someone correct me here if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t “adrenalitis” (if it were an actual malady) be the “inflammation of the adrenal gland” instead of failure? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/22 "2004-11-23T01:14:05Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > I watch the dog commercial to the end every time, just to see those perfect hips and minimal panties, and keep hoping for the camera to zoom in. > But, that’s just me, apparently. Nope. Not just you. That girl is gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/23 "2004-11-23T18:11:29Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m thinking about taking a bus over there one day, and when they recover laughing at the prospect of selling ME a car, walking away. > > Then suing for false advertisement. I can think of two ways for them to get around that one. 1. offer you a ride home. 2. Chase you off the lot, so you’re running, not walking. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/24 "2004-11-23T18:45:22Z")
Has anyone else seen the commercials that Applebees is running lately? The ones that are dripping with more smarmy sentimentality than a Thomas Kinkaid painting? The only one I can remember is one where the local high school football team just lost their championship game or something, and the bus shows up to an Applebees that just closed, and all of the employees decide to stay and reopen the place to feed the sullen football players. Gag me. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/25 "2004-11-23T18:57:13Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > It’s a series of ads for Sam Swope, a local automotive dealer. Their slogan is, “nobody walks away.” That’s terrifying! I’d check the trunks of the cars in his lot. “_Nobody_ walks away from _Swope_.” ---
**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:** [November 23, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/26 "2004-11-23T19:09:07Z")
Stupid local radio ads are the main reason that I stopped listening to local radio at work. I much prefer getting streaming audio from countries that have better quality ads; Australia, for example. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/27 "2004-11-23T22:38:18Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > There’s a series of local commercials for Time-Warner cable. They’re all bad and horrible acted. The worst on is for video on demand and has the guy going, “So we went to the video store and they were all out of comedy.” 😕 Yeah, the video store didn’t have a _single_ comedy video anywhere. And the way he says it is soooo smarmy. ARGH. Can’t you find a way to promote video on demand that doesn’t assume I’m a moron? Do you know I hate this commercial so much I was actually considering starting a pit thread about it earlier? I hate hate hate this commercial. And that guy’s weird looking too. -Lil ---
**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:** [November 23, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/28 "2004-11-23T22:44:16Z")
Two words, people… “Old Navy” I rest my case. Oh ya, and the overdone Saturn commercials where they compare their loved one/child/whatever to their choice in cars…Jesus, shut the F up! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/29 "2004-11-23T23:21:32Z")
> [@«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™](#): > > Two words, people… > > “Old Navy” > > I rest my case. You know, their commercial have always been goofy and dorky, but I never minded them too much. But the carolers are awful. I have “Like a brick!” seared into my mind. Make them stop! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/30 "2004-11-23T23:30:20Z")
> [@«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™](#): > > Two words, people… > > “Old Navy” > > I rest my case. When they first started doing the retro-campy ads, I loved them. Carrie Donovan, Eartha Kitt, and Morgan Fairchild! Together! My gay funny bone was seriously tickled. Then it got old. It hasn’t gotten any younger, either. ---
**Author:** ![MrJones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MrJones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJones)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/31 "2004-11-24T00:27:51Z")
I can’t stand most car commercials. There’s a series of them that they run every Christmas that make me sick. I think it’s Mercedes, or maybe it’s Lexus. This sweet, lovely violin music plays over these heartwarming scenes of families and family members giving each other luxury cars as gifts! \* **Luxury cars as gifts!** Who are these people?!?!?\* :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/32 "2004-11-24T00:35:11Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > I watch the dog commercial to the end every time, just to see those perfect hips and minimal panties, and keep hoping for the camera to zoom in. > But, that’s just me, apparently. Nope. It actually got me a look from my SO. I came in and she was watching TV and flipping through the channels. The commercial just started, she flipped up on, and I said, “No, wait, I like that commercial, go back.” So, we watched the dog chasing the girl down the street and he trees her and pulls off her pants. Then my girlfriend figured out why I liked that commercial and tossed a pillow at me. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/33 "2004-11-24T00:52:39Z")
I nearly started a pit thread about the _#@)^_!$ stupid Solae protein quiz commercials. Y’know, the ones where a chef and the spokesdork “appear” out of nowhere and say to some poor passerby “Solae protein quiz!” and put a blindfold on the person. They then feed the person a bite of lamb, or salmon, or something else, and then a bite of whatever Solae product they’re hawking. The blindfolded person will identify both items, and then the spokesdork will say, “Proof that you can find protein in unexpected places” or something like that. And to that I say: NO! No, it isn’t proof of protein at all! It’s proof that the person can tell the difference between lamb and snapple! That’s all! I HATE these commercials. I yell at the TV every time one comes on. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/34 "2004-11-24T01:14:57Z")
Man, don’t get me started on this. I’ve noticed a trend of stupidity recently in commercials. They’re trying to sell me something, but they do it by portraying incredibly stupid, moronic people. I mean, the guy who loves his car so much he stops and puts his coat over a puddle before driving through it. Another guy who loves his car so much he makes a mad dive onto it to keep it from getting hit by a small droplet of some liquid. The woman who loves her new faucet so much she can’t bear to use it. There are more, and worse, examples, but thankfully I can’t think of them at the moment. Oh wait, there’s the one where the guy is showing his wife how to speed in their new car, and they pass a cop. What the hell are they telling me? Buy this car, be an idiot, and break the law? I just don’t understand the mindset of the people who make these commercials. You want me to buy your product, so you show me absolute idiots owning it? Ok, I’m not an idiot, so I guess I’m not the target market for your product. P.S. Yes, I know these commercials are _supposed_ to be funny, but to me they’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/35 "2004-11-24T01:26:38Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > When they first started doing the retro-campy ads, I loved them. Carrie Donovan, Eartha Kitt, and Morgan Fairchild! Together! My gay funny bone was seriously tickled. > > Then it got old. > > It hasn’t gotten any younger, either. I still love them if for no other reason than I am in lust with Morgan Fairchild. And no, I don’t care that she’s plastic… she’s still friggin’ _ **hot** _. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/36 "2004-11-24T01:28:32Z")
> [@stargazer](#): > > I nearly started a pit thread about the _#@)^_!$ stupid Solae protein quiz commercials. Y’know, the ones where a chef and the spokesdork “appear” out of nowhere and say to some poor passerby “Solae protein quiz!” and put a blindfold on the person. They then feed the person a bite of lamb, or salmon, or something else, and then a bite of whatever Solae product they’re hawking. The blindfolded person will identify both items, and then the spokesdork will say, “Proof that you can find protein in unexpected places” or something like that. And to that I say: NO! No, it isn’t proof of protein at all! It’s proof that the person can tell the difference between lamb and snapple! That’s all! I HATE these commercials. I yell at the TV every time one comes on. :mad: I think they’re sort of dumb too, but one of them ends with his “See, proof you can find protein in unexpected places” and then the person being quizzed asks “where?” and his response is really excessively peppy or something and it cracks me up. “In soymilk!!” and the person goes “ahhh” as if it’s really interesting. I don’t mind it. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/37 "2004-11-24T01:28:56Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > You know, their commercial have always been goofy and dorky, but I never minded them too much. > > But the carolers are awful. I have “Like a brick!” seared into my mind. Make them stop! :mad: They need to bring back that one commercial where they sing: Old Navy, Old Navy, Old Navy performance fleece. Old Navy, Old Navy, perFORmance fleece! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/38 "2004-11-24T01:30:45Z")
> [@Roadfood](#): > > Oh wait, there’s the one where the guy is showing his wife how to speed in their new car, and they pass a cop. What the hell are they telling me? Buy this car, be an idiot, and break the law? Actually, he’s a car salesman, and he’s demonstrating the passing capabilities of the car. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/39 "2004-11-24T01:37:22Z")
For a while I was seeing a cell phone commercial advertising one of those “Family Plans” constantly. The scene was a family at breakfast after the teenage son was out too late the night before. “It’ll never happen again!” he says, sure that punishment will be swift. “That’s for sure,” says Dad, who hands him a new cell phone. Remember, when your kid breaks the rules, you should buy him more stuff :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655/40 "2004-11-24T03:03:53Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > When they first started doing the retro-campy ads, I loved them. Carrie Donovan, Eartha Kitt, and Morgan Fairchild! Together! My gay funny bone was seriously tickled. You know, for the longest time, after these Old Navy commercials first aired, I would have sworn on my motherr’s life that the old lady (I’m guessing that’s Carrie Donovan) was Cybill Shepard in HEAVY makeu > [@MrJones](#): > > Luxury cars as gifts! Who are these people?!?!? People that apparently do NOT hang around me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-commercials/275655.md?page=3)