# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/381 "2015-07-03T18:58:29Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Bud Light – when your commercial contains the line “Now this once in a lifetime event is happening again”, your copywriters really aren’t paying attention. Maybe…the last Bud Light promotion was…a…hundred…years…ago? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/382 "2015-07-03T20:22:06Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Ugh, they’ve recently brought that damn giant baby (that’s really a car) back. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Actually, I like that commercial, because I understand the feeling of viewing the car as one’s baby. I like the bit with the crying baby next to the fire hydrant. Cute AND tugs the heart. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/383 "2015-07-03T20:34:26Z")
[quote=“Dung\_Beetle, post:307, topic:717663”] I don’t know if we could come up with enough _good_ commercials to support a new thread, but I love this Sherwin Williams ad: [/QUOTE] Very funny. I like the “Only this can” series from Benjamin Moore, especially the one with the red barn. The slogan is succinct and effective. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/384 "2015-07-03T20:41:56Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Also, the current KFC commercials with Colonel Sanders are creepy. I know I’m not their target audience, but those are deeply offputting. YES! Really Creepy! We were just thinking of getting some KFC (it’s been years)- then I saw the commercial and I’ve had serious second thoughts. What was wrong with the hip cartoon fella? Too hip? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/385 "2015-07-03T20:44:42Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The Liberty Mutual Insurance commercial where the woman complains about paying her premiums on time for years, then the one time she “taps the bumper of a station wagon”… > Station wagon? When was the last time a station wagon was sold, like, 1985? I have a sneaking feeling that the “station wagon” is a shout-out to older potential customers. On an unconscious level, the older viewer might think ‘this company feels ‘right’ to me…’ or something of the kind. I believe that older drivers are statistically less likely to cost an insurance company money than are younger ones–if that IS true, then the sub-conscious manipulation of using language an older person would respond to, would make sense. (In any case, though, I continue to loathe this Liberty Mutual ad campaign. :mad:) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/386 "2015-07-03T20:58:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Watched one of those shampoo commercials last night that informed me that “hair with split ends won’t pass through the eye of a needle”. > > It’s a good thing I don’t sew with my hair, then. > [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > But is it easier for split ends to get to heaven than a rich man? Or a camel? Does this shampoo work on camels? It makes it easier to get your camel through the eye of a needle, especially if it has split ends (which make it nearly impossible). This is a huge benefit for wealthy people, significantly increasing THEIR chances of going to heaven without having to lighten their pockets. Wealthy people should buy LOTS of this product to use on their camels. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/387 "2015-07-04T07:27:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > […] > > It’s a good thing I don’t sew with my hair, then. That’s a shame. I would really love to watch you do that–neat trick of the century. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/388 "2015-07-04T13:11:13Z")
> [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Bud Light – when your commercial contains the line “Now this once in a lifetime event is happening again”, your copywriters really aren’t paying attention. > > Maybe…the last Bud Light promotion was…a…hundred…years…ago? Once in the lifetime _of a Clydesdale,_ maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/389 "2015-07-05T06:24:13Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Why “moderate to severe” you ask? More legal requirement- many of these drug have side effects that are so dangerous, they dont want people taking them if they have “mild” symptoms. “If you have moderate to severe…” sounds fine. “I have moderate to severe…” sounds off. You don’t know if you have moderate or severe whateveritis? “My moderate to severe…” again sounds off. I suppose you’re saying sometimes it’s only moderate and sometimes it’s severe, but again, it just comes out wrong. Pick a level. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/390 "2015-07-06T17:58:20Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Some of the worst are commercials with non-stop side effect disclaimers. Shouldn’t the doctor go over that shit with you when he writes the prescription? How about the disingenuous “side effect” warning on the Viagra commercials. Yes it IS a serious danger, but still … What guy that might actually need it doesn’t think “A four-hour boner? Yeah, I’ll call my doctor - to brag!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/391 "2015-07-06T18:14:46Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I hope it’s better than my text-to-voice on my phone. I got a call from the center for “out is in” once (autism), and my mother called me about her “cat wrecked” surgery (cataract). There’s a site for that. Trust me, those are mild compared to some “autocorrect” bloopers. Whoever programmed those must be a real perv. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/392 "2015-07-06T18:51:46Z")
I’m a little surprised that the “Poo-pourri” commercial hasn’t made the list. I find it funny, but I could definitely see someone disliking it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/393 "2015-07-06T18:56:58Z")
The one right now that absolutely drives me batty is the one where there’s an old man and he looks over at his old wife who apparently wants some action so the old man tries to pop one of his blue pills which, through a rather amazing turn of events, ends up in the gas tank of what I believe is some kind of Fiat. Every time I see that ad I nearly jump out of my skin trying to change the channel or turn the T.V. off. SOOO stupid (the commercial). ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/394 "2015-07-06T19:57:52Z")
Some of the most hatable commercials I find are on TV Shows that promote other shows on the same network. This practice is most hatable when these commercials are shown as part of the show - not as a commercial. So we wind up watching a show and they hit us over the head with a commercial disguised as part of the program. I find that absolutely maddening and I have stopped watching shows like Big Brother that are now shamelessly doing this and they no longer even try to hide it. They make it clear these commercials are actually promoting other shows on their network and they do it in a way that takes up 5 or 6 minutes of the program time because they hold some kind of contest on the show that takes that long and it’s all about another show on the network. It is just sickening. I am not watching Big Brother any more because it is such a turn off. I just wish many more people would do the same so the network would recognize they might want to cease and desist with this practice. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/395 "2015-07-06T20:05:12Z")
> [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](#): > > I think the point is that Cialis allows you to take your time, romance the stone, wait for the right moment, etc. You don’t just pop it and boink, like Viagra. Isn’t the whole point to pop it and boink? Otherwise you’re just sitting around with an unattended boner. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > Some ED pill ads make me sad. Those poor women, alone in a big house by the shore, waiting in vain for a man with an erection. ☹ I think the Asian-looking woman with the raspy voice they have in the latest ones is gorgeous. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/396 "2015-07-06T20:48:40Z")
That’s Kelly Hu. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/397 "2015-07-06T20:57:19Z")
Ooh, she’s smokin’, or was the last thing I saw her in. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/398 "2015-07-06T21:17:49Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > That’s Kelly Hu. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Ooh, she’s smokin’, or was the last thing I saw her in. And she’s 47. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/399 "2015-07-06T21:25:58Z")
Don’t know how to tell which may be most recent, but a Google Image search doesn’t turn up any pics that made me think, “What happened to her?” ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/400 "2015-07-07T01:28:17Z")
> [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](#): > > YES! Really Creepy! > > We were just thinking of getting some KFC (it’s been years)- then I saw the commercial and I’ve had serious second thoughts. I hadn’t yet seen the KFC ads when **amarinth** first mentioned them, but now they’re in heavy rotation. Oh. My. God. They’re AWFUL. That guy is like a horrible plantation-owning child molester or something. Did the director intend him to act that way, with that weird, “Heh heh” laugh? If I saw that guy coming my way with food and doing that weird laugh, I’d lock the doors and call the cops. ETA: I checked out the KFC Facebook page, and no one else likes the new “Colonel”, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=21)