# OK, This Commercial is Bugging Me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645 "2002-04-03T20:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/1 "2002-04-03T20:52:09Z")
I beleive it is for a KIA of some sort and these folks are going to their 10th HS reunion, as evidenced by the “Welcom Back Clas of '92” banner. And th ex-brain is talking to the ex-beauty queen (XBQ), who now is kind of skanky, and says how much better her KIA is than XBQ’s car. So XBQ says, “Well I went out with captain ofc the football team.” Ex-brain says, “That guy?” and points to some fat guy with what appears to be a mullett dancing in front of a 1970’s Pinto and the song is “I Ran” by Flock of Seagulls, circa **1982!**. In fact we hear the song throughout the commercial. It just bugs the hell out of me every single time it comes on, wasn’t anybody paying attention? ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/2 "2002-04-03T20:55:36Z")
Hey, it’s possible. I loved 80’s music in high school (class of 94). But the commercial still sucks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/3 "2002-04-03T20:56:44Z")
So let me get this straight… you are upset because this commercial does not follow your “TV rule” that states: “If there appears a banner that says Class of '92, all radios at the 10th year reunion must be tuned to songs that originated in 1992.” ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/4 "2002-04-03T20:59:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Controvert \* > \*\*So let me get this straight… you are upset because this commercial does not follow your “TV rule” that states: “If there appears a banner that says Class of '92, all radios at the 10th year reunion must be tuned to songs that originated in 1992.” \*\* Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/5 "2002-04-03T21:02:26Z")
I liked the commercial. The look on the XBQ’s face always elicits a smile. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/6 "2002-04-03T21:06:18Z")
Incidentally, do you remember the music from '92? It sucked! 2 Legit 2 Quit? Achy Breaky Heart? I’m Too Sexy?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/7 "2002-04-03T21:34:17Z")
This bugged me too. Of course he could be an 80’s music-lovin doofus, but in that case, they should’ve made it their 20 year reunion to clear up any confusion on our part. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/8 "2002-04-03T21:39:04Z")
\ Mullet guy’s car is an AMC Gremlin, not a Pinto. Way cooler. \ Zap! ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/9 "2002-04-03T21:44:45Z")
That bugged me too, only because I felt that the ages of the characters in the commerical looked more late 30s than late 20s (and so a 1982 date would fit better) Indeed, the ‘Beauty Queen’ looks late 40ish, but that’s another debate all together. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/10 "2002-04-03T22:28:44Z")
As soon as I saw the thread title, I thought the exact same commercial. Sheri ---
**Author:** ![Nevermind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Nevermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/11 "2002-04-04T00:12:05Z")
I find drug commericials annoying: Gotta go Gotta Go Gotta Go and Celebrate, Celebrate!!! And Paaaleezzze, do we NEED to advertise VIAGRA?:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/12 "2002-04-04T20:41:38Z")
An early James Bond novel let us know that the only valuable product of A Flock Of Seagulls is guano. The baffling band with the rotating one-note organ solo showed that Ian Fleming was right. –Nott ---
**Author:** ![LiquidLobotomy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/898d66/32.png) [@LiquidLobotomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiquidLobotomy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/13 "2002-04-04T21:10:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slacker \* > \*\*Incidentally, do you remember the music from '92? It sucked! > > 2 Legit 2 Quit? Achy Breaky Heart? I’m Too Sexy?! 😃 \*\* Don’t forget Vanilla Ice!! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/14 "2002-04-04T22:35:16Z")
IANFLEMING (I Am Not For Letting Erroneous Music Impinge Nude Gawking) at my television but I agree, the commercial’s annoying and I hate being annoyed whilst nekkid. ---
**Author:** ![Rubicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58f4c7/32.png) [@Rubicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubicon)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/15 "2002-04-04T23:35:17Z")
I think we’re missing the key point here. Yes, I hate that I graduated before these geriatric-looking ladies. Yes, we have some chronological continuity issues. Yes, the FBQ looks like Arnold dressed in a woman costume from Total Recall. The real issue here is that there are tons of ads for crappy cars (Kia, Mitsubishi Lancer, etc.) that imply that the cars are actually good. We need a little of the late Dudley Moore’s character from Crazy People, the movie where mental patients become marketeers by writing honest ad copy. Like: “Hey, my Kia Rio has a ten year warranty. Of course, I won’t live to see it lapse, since I will be crushed like a bug when an SUV hits me and I vaporize.” Actually, the spirit of Crazy People would lead us to even shorter, sweeter slogans: “Kia. For Those Who Don’t Want to Get to Their Destination. Or Laid.” “The Mitsubishi Lancer. You can play cool music on the raido, even in sh\*\*ty cars.” “The Hyundai Sante Fe. The “S” in SUV now stands for “Suck”.” “Daewoo. Send Your Kid to College in a Death Trap.” ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/16 "2002-04-05T03:20:07Z")
It’s funny, I saw the thread title and said “I wonder if they mean THAT commercial”. Sure enough, it was the one I was thinking of. I never noticed the banner in the commercial so I assumed from the actor’s ages and the AFOS music it was supposed to be their 20th reunion. Having them be the class of 1992 doesn’t make sense. Laughing Lagomorph, who graduated High School in …1982! (As a side note, the proper response to the shpiel “My Kia has a ten year warranty, air bags, blah blah blah whatever” is: “Yeah, but it’s a Kia!” ---
**Author:** ![DeskMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DeskMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeskMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/17 "2002-04-05T03:51:31Z")
That made me crazy too!! I decided that they were at their college reunion. That way they would have graduated high school in what - 1988? That still gives them time to be 80’s dinosaurs (I can say that as a former Duran Duranasaurus Rex!) I felt worlds better after I decided that. Sad really - how much better I felt. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-commercial-is-bugging-me/101645/18 "2002-04-07T08:26:45Z")
Oh heck, that ad bugs me, and I graduated from high school during the Carter administration. I decided that it was actually a reunion of people whose parents held them back repeatedly, not because of their grades but because they were complete social rejects, hence being ten years post-high school but looking ten years post-masters degree at the least, and digging mail hair, chiffon scarves, mullets and AFoS. Scary! As for Duranasauruses, Desk Monkey, you might be familiar with the source of the quote in my .sig