# More very hate-able commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663 "2015-04-14T17:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [May 30, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/321 "2015-05-30T00:55:41Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Also, the current KFC commercials with Colonel Sanders are creepy. I know I’m not their target audience, but those are deeply offputting. You would think their ad people would have learned something from those Orville Redenbacher commercials… And speaking of guacamole, I’m strangely fascinated by Wholly Guacamole and their dancing ingredients. I’ll actually stop fast-forwarding to watch that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/322 "2015-05-30T04:04:21Z")
Activia commercial, bunch of bovines sitting around talking about their innards and yogurt like an old fashioned conscious raising group. Or a ‘rap group’ with the youth pastor at some lame church. Ending with an offkey “activIA”. I just see red. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/323 "2015-05-30T20:26:33Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > [This horribly sexist commercial for AT&T](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMyWm-kHkEQ). > The husband is too stupid to take care of his kids and his house, so his wife has to use some AT&T thing to clean up after him while she’s on a business trip. The whole commercial could have been fine if they’d had him handle things himself using the app (armed the alarm from bed, closed the garage from work, etc.) But this is an annoyingly lazy stereotype. The marketing people at AT&T are making some odd decisions. Another example: the AT&T commercial in which a woman in an office looks down in alarm as water is rising. (The bad decision there: not pulling that ad in view of the recent floods and associated deaths in the US south.) As she watches, the office has now turned into a set of tropical islands, each with its own coconut palms and office workers, surrounded by a gorgeous turquoise sea. But, it’s AT&T to the rescue! …and soon the waters recede, the sun fades and is replaced by fluorescent lighting, and the workers are now back in their gray, dreary cubicles. (This bad decision should be obvious: AT&T will change the beautiful-and-exotic into the dull-and-commonplace. Huzzah!) ---
**Author:** ![Flinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Flinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinty)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/324 "2015-05-31T14:46:52Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > That’s required by the FDA. That’s why most pharma ads are 90 seconds to 2 minutes long…there’s a lot they have to get in. They’re required, but some sound inane. (“Tell you doctor if you have heart disease” - shouldn’t he/she KNOW that already?) But the funniest/worst is for Anoro Ellipta, a COPD med that’s a combination of umeclidinium and vilanterol… “Vilanterol may increase the risk of death in people with asthma, but the risk in people with COPD is not known.” In other words, “We know it can kill you if you have asthma. But we don’t know if it can kill you if you take it for the condition this drug was made to treat.” ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/325 "2015-05-31T17:26:57Z")
The “Pedicure Egg” that shaves off grody heel calluses. The woman who uses a competitor’s foot product emits a piercing scream – as if she’s being murdered. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/326 "2015-05-31T17:36:37Z")
[quote=“Rick\_Kitchen, post:301, topic:717663”] Those cannibalistic cereals aren’t frosted mini wheats, they’re cinnamon toast crunch. And they’re not Kellogg’s, they’re General Mills. [/QUOTE] That makes me feel better. I don’t eat Cinnamon Toast Crunch. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/327 "2015-05-31T17:38:19Z")
Here in Jersey shady lawyers run an incessant “Has Your Vaginal Mesh Failed? Sue! Sue! Sue the Bastids!” “Vaginal mesh” makes me envision that mesh-y stuff used to repair drywall faults. That would really hurt in, erm, private areas. Blech x a zillion And I could very happily live out the rest of my life without knowing that Risperdal causes boys to grow breasts. Another shady lawyer “sue the bastards” ad. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/328 "2015-05-31T21:51:39Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The marketing people at AT&T are making some odd decisions. Another example: the AT&T commercial in which a woman in an office looks down in alarm as water is rising. (The bad decision there: not pulling that ad in view of the recent floods and associated deaths in the US south.) > > As she watches, the office has now turned into a set of tropical islands, each with its own coconut palms and office workers, surrounded by a gorgeous turquoise sea. But, it’s AT&T to the rescue! …and soon the waters recede, the sun fades and is replaced by fluorescent lighting, and the workers are now back in their gray, dreary cubicles. (This bad decision should be obvious: AT&T will change the beautiful-and-exotic into the dull-and-commonplace. Huzzah!) AT&T: Our coverage is so good, you’ll never get to take a vacation - ever. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/329 "2015-05-31T22:49:52Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > The one they are showing now is a shortened version that cuts out what, imho, was the best part. “An eye for an eye, that’s what Dad always says!” “Now, I never said that.” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/330 "2015-05-31T23:39:11Z")
> [@simster](#): > > AT&T: Our coverage is so good, you’ll never get to take a vacation - ever. Yes, too true (and the Tropical Islands commercial can only serve to remind the 52-weekers of this sad fact of modern life). ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/331 "2015-05-31T23:41:23Z")
By not watching TV and using Ad blocker’s I successfully avoid most of the bad commercials. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/332 "2015-06-01T14:39:15Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Damn, I can’t find a link to this commercial, but I see it about six times a day and it always fills me with anger. > > * * * > > It starts out with a nice happy song, and two guys scuba diving above a coral reef. Sweet! > > But then: \* bang bang bang\*. They look at each other and hear it again: _bang bang bang_. > > They look over and see a woman standing in a living room, knocking on the glass of the huge aquarium they’ve been swimming in. Loud and slow, she hollers, “WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR DIN-NER?” > > One of them looks around, spots a lobster on a rock, and holds it up for her to see. > > She huffs impatiently and leaves the room, saying in an exasperated voice, “Unbe_liev_able.” > > * * * > > It’s a commercial for the Florida Lottery. The first few times I saw it, I merely thought, “What a bitch.” But after repeated viewings I want to hunt that woman down and kill her. > > I mean, one, what’s her problem with lobster? Was she expecting the scuba divers to pantomime a desire for meat loaf? Two, if she’s fortunate enough to be married to a lottery winner who can afford to scuba dive in the living room, maybe it would behoove her to get her ass off her shoulders? > > When she asks what they want for dinner, I usually say, “A new wife!” or “Your head on a stick!” That whole commercial is weird and I don’t really know what they meant to accomplish. I think the basic theme is “Play the lottery and you’ll be able to do something totally crazyrich like have a whole Sea World built in your living room. Rich people live like that lolz.” Which, if that IS what they meant to leave you with — the whole thing about her being really exasperated with him is… what, trying to introduce a different joke? The “home life will still be a constant struggle, the poor wife with the difficult life”? Are we supposed to sympathize with her in the situation of asking her husband in the fish tank what he wants? Relate to her having the horror of having to slightly raise her voice to be heard by a guy IN a scuba tank underwater and behind presumably a foot of plexiglass? You could even take the same basic premise (hell, the same set), and rewrite that one to make it work. Just flip it. Wife asks what do want for dinner? Husband says “How about lobster?” Wife says “Unbelievable”… because we see now that means she has to hop in their giant tank they have from their lottery winnings and pick out his lobster. That would make more sense AND be different/amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/333 "2015-06-01T18:58:10Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > Here in Jersey shady lawyers run an incessant “Has Your Vaginal Mesh Failed? Sue! Sue! Sue the Bastids!” > > “Vaginal mesh” makes me envision that mesh-y stuff used to repair drywall faults. That would really hurt in, erm, private areas. > > Blech x a zillion > > And I could very happily live out the rest of my life without knowing that Risperdal causes boys to grow breasts. Another shady lawyer “sue the bastards” ad. Even more fun. They shysters around here have been running ads about some drug or procedure having led to death or some other even worse outcome. “If these apply to you, call J. Phineas Loophole now.” Especially if it killed you, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/334 "2015-06-01T19:12:03Z")
I hate commercials that promote a specific hospital. I don’t have any choice which hospital I go to! I have to go to the one which my doctor or surgeon uses. In addition, some of the ones advertised are internationally recognized, prestigious hospitals in very high rent districts. Yeah, even if I could choose to go there, like my insurance would cover anything. I don’t understand the point of these. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/335 "2015-06-01T19:21:33Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Even more fun. They shysters around here have been running ads about some drug or procedure having led to death or some other even worse outcome. “If these apply to you, call J. Phineas Loophole now.” > Especially if it killed you, I guess. Also the ones about catheters that they keep running on the Game Show Channel. Ugh. Between the Catheter Cowboy and the old lady going on about her “smooth catheter” (Granny, are you okay?) I just want to change the channel. Also, speaking of the Game Show Channel and other off-brand cable channels–is anybody else sick of that weird-looking guy advertising “WEN” haircare products? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/336 "2015-06-01T22:49:05Z")
Some of those catheter ads go on waaaaay too long. Why do we need lingering closeups…can’t the company just produce a brochure or website for their potential customers? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/337 "2015-06-01T23:00:59Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Some of those catheter ads go on waaaaay too long. Why do we need lingering closeups…can’t the company just produce a brochure or website for their potential customers? Srsly. I get that there are certain medical items (catheters, incontinence underwear, etc.) that people need, and it’s great that they can get them discreetly and inexpensively through mail order. But do they really need to advertise them on TV? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/338 "2015-06-02T01:12:25Z")
Yes, you can tell when they expect that the audience demographic for the channel/show you are watching is dominated by older-cohort who are feeling the mileage catch up, can’t you? > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Well, it is a different medication. Tylenol has to be taken every four hours, Aleve, every six. Taking more Tylenol won’t make it last six hours, and could be dangerous. Aleve every _twelve_. So the difference is even more noticeable. And Danny Trejo as Marsha and Steve Buscemi as Jan was a trip. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/339 "2015-06-02T21:23:44Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I hate commercials that promote a specific hospital. I don’t have any choice which hospital I go to! I have to go to the one which my doctor or surgeon uses. > > In addition, some of the ones advertised are internationally recognized, prestigious hospitals in very high rent districts. Yeah, even if I could choose to go there, like my insurance would cover anything. > > I don’t understand the point of these. I have always hated Cancer Treatment Centers of America commercials, and thought they smelled a little like quackers to me, but the latest one, where they tell you how in addition to managing your diet, and patting the hands of your family members (unlike those other hospitals, that just provide, you know, medical care), Cancer Treatment Centers of America will PRAY for you. Oy. Sarah Hyland, Judy Collins and Bette Davis could not collectively manage the eyeroll that requires. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/340 "2015-06-02T21:31:59Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > They shysters around here have been running ads about some drug or procedure having led to death or some other even worse outcome. “If these apply to you, call J. Phineas Loophole now.” > Especially if it killed you, I guess. A frequently-run commercial around these parts has a voice listing some of the many ailments resulting from asbestos exposure, then saying “if you or anyone in your family became ill or died as result of asbestos exposure, you may be eligible for compensation. Call \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.” I mean, they _have_ to know that they just solicited calls from the dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=18)