# Nominate the stupidest character in a commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600 "2011-09-17T05:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [September 19, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/81 "2011-09-19T18:05:48Z")
There have been a spate of dust and dirt characters recently, mostly in Swiffer commercials, who fall in love with mops! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/82 "2011-09-19T18:28:04Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There have been a spate of dust and dirt characters recently, mostly in Swiffer commercials, who fall in love with mops! Yeah, but the dust guy who spends too many nights at the space bar is a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/83 "2011-09-19T19:36:40Z")
Not the stupidest “character”, but this commercial drives me nuts: a woman is talking on the phone while her kid is colouring on the walls with crayon. She gets off the phone and smiles at the kid and starts cleaning off the walls…I think it’s for either Tylenol (for her headache) or Magic Eraser, I can’t remember. But HOLY SHIT, any mother I know (mine included) would have paddled that kid’s ass and sent them to their room, not smile benignly and start cleaning the wall off!! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/84 "2011-09-20T01:15:25Z")
The Orbit gum woman with the British accent. In every one of those commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/85 "2011-09-20T01:19:12Z")
If Big Foot counts as a person I’d nominate him for his Jack Links Beef Jerky pwnage. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/86 "2011-09-20T01:56:05Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Well, there is that Digiorno where the wife is upset about the messed up carpet. The husband tries to pass it off on a pizza delivery guy, but when she finds the box the husband and a friend wind up having to clean the carpet. [This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oULN5a_quGQ), right? That’s my friend Kirk playing the part of the friend! ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/87 "2011-09-20T02:48:46Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > [This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oULN5a_quGQ), right? That’s my friend Kirk playing the part of the friend! Yeah, that’s the one. And it must be kind of cool knowing someone in well known commercial like that. So, what’s the friend doing cleaning the carpet anyway? If it were me I’d be like, “I don’t live here, see ya.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/88 "2011-09-20T02:54:59Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Not the stupidest “character”, but this commercial drives me nuts: a woman is talking on the phone while her kid is colouring on the walls with crayon. She gets off the phone and smiles at the kid and starts cleaning off the walls…I think it’s for either Tylenol (for her headache) or Magic Eraser, I can’t remember. > > But HOLY SHIT, any mother I know (mine included) would have paddled that kid’s ass and sent them to their room, not smile benignly and start cleaning the wall off!! Nope. Any mother would have paddled the kid’s ass (assuming that paddling is part of her parenting style), made HIM clean the walls, and THEN sent the kid off to his room. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/89 "2011-09-20T03:03:48Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Yeah, that’s the one. And it must be kind of cool knowing someone in well known commercial like that. > > So, what’s the friend doing cleaning the carpet anyway? If it were me I’d be like, “I don’t live here, see ya.” 😃 That’s a good question! I will ask him the next time I see him. I think he was just happy to have a speaking role, to be honest! ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/90 "2011-09-20T03:36:25Z")
My “favorite” infomercial was one that dealt with the unrecognized epidemic of people going to the drive-thru and dropping their food all over themselves when the cashier hands it through the window. This was illustrated by footage of an SUV driver being drenched by a Niagara Falls-like torrent of four supersized Diet Cokes in a flimsy paper tray. The solution? Some big plastic box thingy that you are supposed to hand out the window and have the cashier load your food into. First of all, that takes up a lot of room in the car, and second of all, if you’re that dumb, it would be a small miracle that you ever managed to get to that stage of the process of using a drive-thru anyway. The speaker where you placed your order would probably be an insurmountable obstacle. I’m also bothered by the bathtub Cialis commercials. You know, the ones where the happy couple sit on the hillside watching the sun set in these huge tubs. To get that romantic set-up, they would have had to drag these things out onto the hill, then haul gallons and gallons of water to fill them up, and at the end they’re sitting in water that is likely now cold, in separate tubs. This is supposed to enhance your sex drive? Nothing like sitting in a tub of cold water to do that! Morons. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/91 "2011-09-20T03:52:37Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > I’m also bothered by the bathtub Cialis commercials. You know, the ones where the happy couple sit on the hillside watching the sun set in these huge tubs. To get that romantic set-up, they would have had to drag these things out onto the hill, then haul gallons and gallons of water to fill them up, and at the end they’re sitting in water that is likely now cold, in separate tubs. This is supposed to enhance your sex drive? Nothing like sitting in a tub of cold water to do that! Morons. Maybe the makers of Cialis are figuring “If we can get enough doofuses to sit around in tubs of cold water, the need for our product will skyrocket!” ---
**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:** [September 20, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/92 "2011-09-20T04:46:56Z")
Has anyone seen the new Honda commercxials? No Mr. Opportunity; it’s some live person pitching Honda cars with these airs about him as though he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread! The kind whose cell phone ringtone is applause, not ringing… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/93 "2011-09-20T05:05:56Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Has anyone seen the new Honda commercxials? No Mr. Opportunity; it’s some live person pitching Honda cars with these airs about him as though he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread! The kind whose cell phone ringtone is applause, not ringing… :rolleyes: It’s just a joke. And I’m surprised you don’t know who Patrick Warburton is. He seems to be everywhere. He’s even doing Smoky the bear ads on the radio. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/94 "2011-09-20T05:38:14Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > It’s just a joke. And I’m surprised you don’t know who Patrick Warburton is. He seems to be everywhere. He’s even doing Smoky the bear ads on the radio. I never heard of him. And I live in the Los Angeles area; I may not have heard his radio spots. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/95 "2011-09-20T06:43:04Z")
This is an old one: the guy who said, “Hun? Toilet bowl! Sure needs cleaning…” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/96 "2011-09-20T11:12:15Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I never heard of him. And I live in the Los Angeles area; I may not have heard his radio spots. [Patrick Warburton](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911320/), better known as Puddy on Seinfeld, or damned near every deep-voiced character in voice acting lately. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/97 "2011-09-20T11:19:15Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > [Patrick Warburton](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911320/), better known as Puddy on Seinfeld, or damned near every deep-voiced character in voice acting lately. No. He was The Tick! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/98 "2011-09-20T14:46:02Z")
> [@Bosstrain](#): > > Also, Flo does not belong here, no matter how stupid her character is, that chick is super cute, and I think that alone should pardon her, merely because I’ve never seen someone who looked quite like that. 🙂 Almost agreed. Flo doesn’t belong, because she’s a friggin’ Einstein compared to the people in her store. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/99 "2011-09-20T15:47:11Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > No. He was The Tick! And the Wolf in _Hoodwinked!_ ---
**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:** [September 20, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600/100 "2011-09-20T15:50:17Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > And the Wolf in _Hoodwinked!_ And wheelchair-bound cop Joe Swanson, in _Family Guy_! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-the-stupidest-character-in-a-commercial/596600.md?page=6)