# 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:** 61
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1201 "2016-12-04T04:27:09Z")
Why, for the love of pete, do all of these ad agencies think that shooting something in slo-mo somehow makes the product more desirable? Everything from cars to Viagra: “oooh- look how _elegant_ we all are, moving in slow motion!” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1202 "2016-12-04T05:04:22Z")
If that guy was really playing high school shortstop with his feet, he was doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1203 "2016-12-04T12:31:43Z")
[This](https://www.mgmnationalharbor.com/en/entertainment/mgm-national-harbor-tv-commercial.html)is currently running in the DC area. The first few times I saw it, I didn’t watch all the way thru and I had no idea what it was selling. Even now when I know who runs the ad, I don’t get it, but then, I’m tragically unhip. Regardless, it doesn’t make me want what they’re selling. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1204 "2016-12-04T12:48:40Z")
I haven’t made up my mind if the Duluth Trading Company ads are genius or excretably bad. Here is one example: [Duluth Trading TV Commercial: Buck Naked Underwear - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJk3XICfaU) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1205 "2016-12-04T14:03:47Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > [This](https://www.mgmnationalharbor.com/en/entertainment/mgm-national-harbor-tv-commercial.html)is currently running in the DC area. The first few times I saw it, I didn’t watch all the way thru and I had no idea what it was selling. Even now when I know who runs the ad, I don’t get it, but then, I’m tragically unhip. Regardless, it doesn’t make me want what they’re selling. It looks like there’s a new MGM hotel going up near you. The commercial is stupid. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1206 "2016-12-04T14:11:31Z")
Those stupid Viagra single pack commercials. The men look like they could not be less interested in the women. In one, the woman is practically dragging the poor dude into the bedroom. I thought it was funny that in the early ones they never showed the man’s full face. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1207 "2016-12-04T14:54:41Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > I haven’t made up my mind if the Duluth Trading Company ads are genius or excretably bad. Here is one example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJk3XICfaU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJk3XICfaU) Genius. They are,by definition, non-hate-able. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1208 "2016-12-04T18:23:21Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > I haven’t made up my mind if the Duluth Trading Company ads are genius or excretably bad. Here is one example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJk3XICfaU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJk3XICfaU) Huh! When they got to “Trim an unruly bush,” I thought they meant something else entirely… :eek: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1209 "2016-12-04T19:47:35Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > It looks like there’s a new MGM hotel going up near you. The commercial is stupid. The hotel/casino is up - grand opening is this week. I assume that’s what the commercial is pushing. But since I live in the area, I don’t need a hotel, and I don’t gamble, so I don’t need a casino. And from what I’ve been hearing on the news, the traffic is going to be gawd-awful… ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1210 "2016-12-04T20:29:08Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Huh! When they got to “Trim an unruly bush,” I thought they meant something else entirely… :eek: :smack: Were you thinking of this one? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhP71beH2-4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhP71beH2-4) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1211 "2016-12-04T20:58:24Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Were you thinking of this one? > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhP71beH2-4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhP71beH2-4) Nice, but **this one** is better: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_9JZWpZS6-g/hqdefault.jpg "Mow The Lawn") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9JZWpZS6-g) _“So all that’s left for me to see are two lips on the mound!”_ :o ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1212 "2016-12-05T10:01:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Nice, but **this one** is better: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_9JZWpZS6-g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9JZWpZS6-g) > > _“So all that’s left for me to see are two lips on the mound!”_ :o okay that one made me giggle ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1213 "2016-12-05T14:22:18Z")
That stupid FIOS commercial with the sled jump record that seems to air every five minutes in these parts. Especially the hand coming out of the snowbank, which is incredibly creepy. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1214 "2016-12-07T00:56:46Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > That sounds creepy…I haven’t seen that one yet though. The one that irritates me has “Freak Out” playing while kids are shrieking. > > The diaper commercial isn’t a holiday one (although I’m familiar with the one you’re describing)…it’s a breathy, meandering song about “we all need a hug in the morning and one at the end of the day.” There are at least two different versions of varying lengths. Sometimes it runs more than once per commercial break. Oh yeah, i’ve seen that diaper one too, yuck. > [@Jophiel](#): > > I think she calls it “Hell on Earth”. > > Oh no, bitchy teen girl might be inconvenienced for five hours! Let’s spend hundreds of dollars making sure she can stare at a screen instead of talking to her family! > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’ve seen that commercial. What the grandmother actually reads is, “Welcome to hell on Earth, where there’s no shows and no WiFi. AKA grandma’s house.” > > What bothers me is that the grandparents committed to an expense of $100-200 per month for perhaps a weeklong visit from the grandchildren. It’s actually “the gates of Hell”… Yeah they play that one about 10 times an hour so I made note of it. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1215 "2016-12-07T22:48:28Z")
The Shriner’s Hospital commercials, if only because they air all the time on the cable news networks (and sometimes twice during a single commercial break). ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1216 "2016-12-08T17:58:43Z")
The one for the “Let Go” website that has the two hipster girls on the scooter with the big ol’ Disco Ball. For one thing, neither of these kiddies was even a gleam in their daddy’s eye in the 70s, so I, someone who was actually alive in the 70s, find myself greatly insulted at her nostalgia for an era she obviously never lived in. How can her Disco ball “take her back to the 70s”, if she was never there? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1217 "2016-12-08T18:39:07Z")
Then there’s the LetGo commercial with the black guy sinking into the quicksand with his beer fridge and the cowboy pulling him out. Anybody else get Blazing Saddles flashbacks from that one? “Dang that was lucky! Dern near lost a four-hunnert dollar handcart!” ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1218 "2016-12-09T01:31:06Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Then there’s the LetGo commercial with the black guy sinking into the quicksand with his beer fridge and the cowboy pulling him out. Anybody else get Blazing Saddles flashbacks from that one? > > “Dang that was lucky! Dern near lost a four-hunnert dollar handcart!” OMG…I didn’t even think about that! But yeah, it is somewhat reminiscent of Cleavon Little in the quicksand scene in Blazing Saddles. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1219 "2016-12-18T14:40:05Z")
I hate that Five Below commercial with the hysterical Victorian family creaming themselves over the $5 emoji pillows and bluetooth speak-ahs. I hate it so much. I hate it with the raging fire of a slice of pizza that’s too hot so the cheese burns your mouth when you take a bite of it. It has officially become my second-most hated Christmas commercial of all time. (First place goes and will always go to the hearwrenching, neverending abused animal commercials with Sarah Brightman shrilling out “Silent Night” in the background.) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1220 "2016-12-18T15:57:12Z")
Kia is the first that comes to mind, but they’re not the only ones who do this: “Take a test drive and we’ll make a donation to \” Also those that say “A portion of profits on \ will go to \” So you make a sale and you get the tax advantage of a donation that you were probably going to make anyway. Color me cynical. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=62)