# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1261 "2017-02-22T05:11:42Z")
I don’t get the GIECO commercial with Tiki Barber. OK, I get that Tiki Barber is a _barber_, but why is he such a shitty one (basically shaving a groove down three guys’ heads)? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1262 "2017-02-22T17:56:45Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I don’t get the GIECO commercial with Tiki Barber. OK, I get that Tiki Barber is a _barber_, but why is he such a shitty one (basically shaving a groove down three guys’ heads)? 'Cuz he’s a football player, NOT a trained barber. Still a stupid commercial, but as with memnonics, stupid can be memorable. The best memnonics have sex, rhyme, and/or stupid. Rhythm is also good. Me, I’m not partial to acronyms. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1263 "2017-02-23T03:47:07Z")
[quote=“Rick\_Kitchen, post:1260, topic:717663”] Here’s the pasta ad. She actually says “American wheat is one of the best in the world.” Nope, that’s still wrong. [/QUOTE] Okay, yes, that is _terrible_. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1264 "2017-02-23T16:34:03Z")
I’ve been watching Outrageous Acts of Science on the “Science” channel because I don’t spend a lot of time on Youtube, so I miss a lot of the cooler viral videos. It’s not a _bad_ show, except that the writers should be taken out and shot and they should just let the experts do their thing without the flash cuts and lame puns. It would be an excellent show to have on in the background while doing other things except, the Science channel has the worst commercials ever, and they run the same set over and over. Not only do they have the Deal Dash commercials (there’s an irony in pushing a website aimed at the dumbest of individuals on a channel theoretically aimed at the slightly brighter demographic), but probably the most annoying thing is that they are constantly pimping their own shows. After seeing 10 promos for “Mythbusters, the Search”, you don’t really have to watch the episode because you’ve seen the high points already. And is there a show concept stupider than “Hacking the Wild”? I know that when I’m lost in the fucking woods, the very first thing I do is whip out my soldering iron and wirewrap tools. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1265 "2017-02-23T16:52:02Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I’ve been watching Outrageous Acts of Science on the “Science” channel because I don’t spend a lot of time on Youtube, so I miss a lot of the cooler viral videos. It’s not a _bad_ show, except that the writers should be taken out and shot and they should just let the experts do their thing without the flash cuts and lame puns. > > It would be an excellent show to have on in the background while doing other things except, the Science channel has the worst commercials ever, and they run the same set over and over. Not only do they have the Deal Dash commercials (there’s an irony in pushing a website aimed at the dumbest of individuals on a channel theoretically aimed at the slightly brighter demographic), but probably the most annoying thing is that they are constantly pimping their own shows. After seeing 10 promos for “Mythbusters, the Search”, you don’t really have to watch the episode because you’ve seen the high points already. And is there a show concept stupider than “Hacking the Wild”? I know that when I’m lost in the fucking woods, the very first thing I do is whip out my soldering iron and wirewrap tools. I could agree with everything in your post, except one thing. Outrageous Acts of Science IS a horrible show. And it could be so good. I try it every now and then, but it never lets me down. Still bad every time. I’d rather watch Dumbest Stuff on Wheels.:eek: Yes, not everyone comes from mid-America, but I swear they pick their “experts” so they have the most exotic accents possible. It’s like they pick them TO be funny. And they babble! Oh, do they babble. Can’t anyone out there make a smart science show? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1266 "2017-02-23T19:00:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I could agree with everything in your post, except one thing. > > Outrageous Acts of Science IS a horrible show. And it could be so good. I try it every now and then, but it never lets me down. Still bad every time. I’d rather watch Dumbest Stuff on Wheels.:eek: > > \*\*Yes, not everyone comes from mid-America, but I swear they pick their “experts” so they have the most exotic accents possible. \*\*It’s like they pick them TO be funny. And they babble! Oh, do they babble. > > Can’t anyone out there make a smart science show? Most likely because it’s a UK show. > [@](#): > > Outrageous Acts of Science is a science program shown on Science Channel in the U.S., featuring a fast-paced countdown of the top 20 internet videos in each episode. **The series first aired in the UK on Discovery International with the title _You Have Been Warned_.** The program features homemade science experiments and stunts, often accompanied by warnings of “don’t try this at home” when doing so might endanger the viewer. For the U.S. TV network, it was the top-rated show of 2015. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1267 "2017-02-23T19:03:05Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I could agree with everything in your post, except one thing. > > Outrageous Acts of Science IS a horrible show. And it could be so good. I try it every now and then, but it never lets me down. Still bad every time. Yeah, in retrospect, I agree with you. It’s an intensely annoying show designed for people with attention spans measured in thirty second increments. Most of the videos are “science” in only the loosest possible sense. And their technique of taking soundbites from each expert in two second takes drives me up the wall. But I still watch it. What does that say about the offerings on the other 250 channels I subscribe to? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1268 "2017-02-23T21:08:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Most likely because it’s a UK show. I did not know that! > [@Finagle](#): > > Yeah, in retrospect, I agree with you. It’s an intensely annoying show designed for people with attention spans measured in thirty second increments. Most of the videos are “science” in only the loosest possible sense. And their technique of taking soundbites from each expert in two second takes drives me up the wall. But I still watch it. What does that say about the offerings on the other 250 channels I subscribe to? That about sums it up, doesn’t it? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1269 "2017-02-23T21:43:42Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Can’t anyone out there make a smart science show? Did you watch “Street Science”, which had its season finale the week before “Hacking the Wild” took its spot? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1270 "2017-02-25T06:00:24Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Sounds like “Jack FM” in our area. It’s a radio station using computer program to select music, no live DJs. So the commercial is talking to Jack as if he’s a person. 😕 I shouldsay that originally JackFM didn’t have live DJs. At some point they added people to take phone calls and respond on air. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > _“I have no idea what’s in this Sea-weed wrap…”_ > > Really? It’s fucking sea-weed, you twat! Actually, a seaweed wrap may have other things in it besides seaweed. From [http://www.livestrong.com/article/173535-benefits-of-seaweed-wraps/&ved=0ahUKEwi13\_nmxKrSAhUh7IMKHYciBFkQFggtMAM&usg=AFQjCNGpJ3X9zpe56ITjX5stzEi2NGOp5A](http://www.livestrong.com/article/173535-benefits-of-seaweed-wraps/&ved=0ahUKEwi13_nmxKrSAhUh7IMKHYciBFkQFggtMAM&usg=AFQjCNGpJ3X9zpe56ITjX5stzEi2NGOp5A) > [@](#): > > A seaweed wrap is typically made by combining seaweed with hot water and sometimes essential oils, clay and other skin care ingredients. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Plus it’s a wrap, not something she’s going to put into her body, like the vitamins she’s shilling. Some things will absorb through the skin and end up in your body. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I don’t get the GIECO commercial with Tiki Barber. OK, I get that Tiki Barber is a _barber_, but why is he such a shitty one (basically shaving a groove down three guys’ heads)? Its their new line of commercials where professional athletes take on word new jobs, but do them like their old one. For instance a baseball played teaching tennis, but he justhis the balls out of the park. I assume Tiki Barber is a running back known for his quick cuts and fast moves. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1271 "2017-02-25T07:12:11Z")
"Did you make that? " “Yep. I did…n’t.” 1. Why does the lady care what her coworkers think about her culinary skills? 2. If she’s going to lie, why is she so concerned that she needs to be technically correct that she told the truth? 3. Why are her coworkers so interested in her cooking skills? ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1272 "2017-02-27T17:21:21Z")
Skittles pox. Taste the pustules. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1273 "2017-02-27T17:49:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The American Beauty pasta ad where they talk about all of the good things about America, and American wheat is “one of them”. Shouldn’t it be American wheat is “some of them”? Wheat isn’t a countable noun. Thank you! This annoys the !@#(^$ out of me, and I’m happy to know I’m not the only one who notices the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1274 "2017-02-27T17:52:32Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > There’s a radio commercial on the air in my area where some idiot says (paraphrased) “I’d like to buy something, but I’ll pay you in three days.” I haven’t heard this one. Is the guy trying to buy a hamburger? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1275 "2017-02-27T19:36:44Z")
A woman is in the pharmacy aisle looking for acne cream when voice over a loudspeaker says something like "Hey, that cream has been using the same ingredient for 30 years. Why not try Differin(yes, that’s it’s name). It has a _different_ ingredient. Strangely lacking from the commercial is any claim that their product a) works or b) is any more effective than the old stuff. Apparently “different” is enough. My assumption, then, is that either their product is roughly effective as benzoyl peroxide, or they didn’t want to make a claim and then spend thousands of dollars of ad time on FDA mandated disclaimers like “in 3% of cases, faces were actually melted off like in the penultimate scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark”. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1276 "2017-02-27T19:52:20Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > "Did you make that? " > “Yep. I did…n’t.” Definitely a majorly stoopit commercial. I don’t know what it’s shilling, but I need to find out so I don’t buy it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1277 "2017-02-27T20:35:11Z")
[quote=“Rick\_Kitchen, post:1260, topic:717663”] Here’s the pasta ad. She actually says “American wheat is one of the best in the world.” Nope, that’s still wrong. [/QUOTE] American wheat is some of the best in the world? American wheat is one of the best varieties in the world? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1278 "2017-02-27T21:27:39Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > "Did you make that? " > “Yep. I did…n’t.” > > 1. Why does the lady care what her coworkers think about her culinary skills? > 2. If she’s going to lie, why is she so concerned that she needs to be technically correct that she told the truth? > 3. Why are her coworkers so interested in her cooking skills? They seem absolutely shocked that she might own a grill. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1279 "2017-02-27T21:34:47Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Its their new line of commercials where professional athletes take on word new jobs, but do them like their old one. For instance a baseball played teaching tennis, but he justhis the balls out of the park. I assume Tiki Barber is a running back known for his quick cuts and fast moves. You are conflating two different sets of commercials for two different companies. The Tiki Barber one is for GEICO but the baseball player teaching tennis is for a tax website. Remember, he asks the tax lady if he can deduct equipment expenses. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1280 "2017-02-27T21:38:40Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Can’t anyone out there make a smart science show? PBS! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=65)