# My Weird Commercial crushes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439 "2026-04-20T23:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/41 "2026-04-21T22:44:31Z")
and now Mr Clean has been retired ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/42 "2026-04-21T22:47:36Z")
The actress in the [“This Is Your Brain on Drugs” public service ad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Your_Brain_on_Drugs) is Rachael Leigh Cook. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/43 "2026-04-22T00:16:29Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > Milana Vayntrub > > I never got that one. Part of it might be my contempt for AT&T, but she really never checked any boxes for me. She definitely checks a lot of boxes for me. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/44 "2026-04-22T00:47:46Z")
Early 80’s - I forgot what company it was for (Revlon?) - hot gals out in the desert brandishing their hair dryers like guns and then maybe using them later - can’t remember. I can still remember the music. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/45 "2026-04-22T01:04:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is close to how Michael Caine met his wife. I remember her from **The Man Who Would Be King**. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/46 "2026-04-22T01:17:09Z")
Surprised this isn’t in Cafe Society. Not that I’ll really lose sleep over it tonight. /junior mod cap off ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/47 "2026-04-22T01:18:10Z")
Progressive’s [Double Life](https://youtu.be/3qqE_WmagjY) Ms. Vayntrub takes second next to The Redhead. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/48 "2026-04-22T01:48:05Z")
Nobody’s into the coffee incest girl? ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/49 "2026-04-22T01:49:51Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Nobody’s into the coffee incest girl? - Her brother keeps getting in the way. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/50 "2026-04-22T01:51:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Progressive’s [Double Life](https://youtu.be/3qqE_WmagjY) > > Ms. Vayntrub takes second next to The Redhead. I’m not sure that’s the link you meant to post. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/51 "2026-04-22T01:58:53Z")
I don’t know how that happened, it’s been months since I looked at the skit. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hwcJhxVr_GI/maxresdefault.jpg "Double Life – Progressive Insurance Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwcJhxVr_GI) ---
**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:** [April 22, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/52 "2026-04-22T02:01:01Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m not sure that’s the link you meant to post. Thanks for letting me know. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/53 "2026-04-22T20:10:33Z")
I was glad to see her have a small part in _Project Hail Mary_. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/54 "2026-04-24T02:07:35Z")
I like the doe-eyed brunette that romances with the Liberty-biberty guy. Love the look of amazement at his taking word classes online. She’s a cutie. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/55 "2026-04-24T11:00:36Z")
That’s precisely who I was talking about in the OP. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/56 "2026-04-24T12:16:29Z")
Wayyyyyy back in the 70s, [Sandy Duncan](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=757080712212006) became noticed for her ads for United California Bank. She was cute, perky and adorable. I was smitten. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/57 "2026-04-24T12:20:13Z")
I was too. I first noticed her in Peter Pan on Broadway when I was about 12. That created some weird prepubescent feelings about being attracted to Peter. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/58 "2026-04-24T13:08:32Z")
I associate Sandy Duncan more with Wheat Thins. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/59 "2026-04-24T15:20:07Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > Milana Vayntrub > > I never got that one. Part of it might be my contempt for AT&T, but she really never checked any boxes for me. She’s fine in the commercials but what got me crushing on her was when she was in the little seen show _Other Space._ Especially the episode where she speaks Russian. I thought the show was funny but it was doomed due to the fact it was on the attempted Yahoo streaming platform. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439/60 "2026-04-24T15:58:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Wayyyyyy back in the 70s, [Sandy Duncan](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=757080712212006) became noticed for her ads for United California Bank. She was cute, perky and adorable. I was smitten. I remember her from a Disney movie back in the '70s (there may have been more than one), among other things. Saw her in a _Law & Order_ rerun last week and checked Wikipedia; still alive at 80. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439.md?page=4)