# Possibly the worst TV commercial I have ever seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995 "2016-01-02T14:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/1 "2016-01-02T14:25:41Z")
I kept thinking it was a spoof of something until the very end: > **[See our new television commercial called Already There.](https://www.passiton.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/130-already-there)** > > See our new television commercial called Already There about a boy who misses his father. It has a very SNL vibe, the way that the dialog matched the song in places. I know there’s a most-hated commercials thread, but this one was so bad that I thought it deserved special attention. Plus, this isn’t really a hated commercial (it’s not especially loud or annoying, it’s just really bad). The other [values.com](http://values.com) commercials are all pretty bad as well, but this one seemed especially bad. As Mr. Pinth-Garnell would say, very bad commercial. Truly terrible. I’m sure no one notices, but I’m almost never on this site anymore. My new space at work makes it almost impossible to surf this wonderful site. I mention this only because after tomorrow, I may not be able to return to this thread much. Anyway, watch and laugh, or cringe, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/2 "2016-01-02T14:42:21Z")
I thought you were exaggerating, but yikes…that’s pretty in-your-face awful. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/3 "2016-01-02T14:43:46Z")
What the hell are they selling? Glurge pills? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/4 "2016-01-02T14:44:12Z")
It is pretty bad. And I’m not even sure what their trying to convey. “What, you’re sad that daddy’s got to travel a lot for work? You want him to come home? Well, his pictures and your memories of him should be good enough for you. It’s like he’s already there, for pete’s sake. Suck it up you fucking baby.” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/5 "2016-01-02T14:57:09Z")
The glurge-y song - ICK! The kid is weird looking, he looks like an ‘intelligent little fellow’, mommy’s little man. Still don’t know what the Foundation for a Better Life is, is it like George Costanza’s Human Fund? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/6 "2016-01-02T15:06:37Z")
I think it’s a vaguely Christian group. Wiki says it was founded by an evangelical guy and a Mormon, or something to that effect. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/7 "2016-01-02T16:12:15Z")
They are asking for donations to the Human Fund. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/8 "2016-01-02T19:42:03Z")
It’s no worse than the Subaru commercial with the shriveled up old lady. Cynicism- Pass it on ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/9 "2016-01-02T19:53:41Z")
Should’ve had a prosty in the hotel room. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/10 "2016-01-02T20:30:51Z")
The comments made in the comment section have got to be made up. I wish I could meet people like this to see if they actually exist. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/11 "2016-01-02T20:36:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Should’ve had a prosty in the hotel room. Or a dead prosty and a whole lot of blood. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/12 "2016-01-02T20:57:52Z")
I think they’re trying to sell Christmas shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/13 "2016-01-02T21:39:12Z")
> **[The Foundation for a Better Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Foundation_for_a_Better_Life)** > > The Foundation for a Better Life is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which was founded in 2000 to "promote good values". The foundation creates public service campaigns to share with others its interpretation of values, including honesty, caring, and optimism in order to create better social paradigms. The foundation communicates its message through television, outdoor advertising, theatre, radio, and the internet; it is best known for the "Pass It On" campaign in which viewers are encourag Fo... ---
**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:** [January 2, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/14 "2016-01-02T21:54:55Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > … You want him to come home? Well, his pictures and your memories of him should be good enough for you. It’s like he’s already there, for pete’s sake. Suck it up you fucking baby." 'Daddy had to find a new home because you never stopped your whining. Now he’s already there and he’s never coming back here. Come here! I’m gonna shave off that shitty hair cut, and if you’re a really good boy I won’t cut your throat." I dunno, maybe I’m misinterpreting this? ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/15 "2016-01-02T22:23:18Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > The glurge-y song - ICK! “I’m Already There” by country-glurge artist Lonestar. No links because glurge. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/16 "2016-01-02T23:44:20Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > “I’m Already There” by country-glurge artist Lonestar. No links because glurge. Wait. That was a song before the commercial? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/17 "2016-01-03T00:59:12Z")
[Values.com](http://Values.com) advertises on the radio quite a bit and I never heard of them outside of that context. Their radio adds are really generic “feel good” stuff. Very creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/18 "2016-01-03T01:16:45Z")
What about it feels parodic to you, OP? It just feels like the standard too-earnest glurge to me. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/19 "2016-01-03T03:40:16Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > What about it feels parodic to you, OP? > > It just feels like the standard too-earnest glurge to me. First, it’s so over-the-top glurgy that it feels like parody to me. On top of that, the way some of the spoken lines line up with the song makes it feel like parody, too. There was a bunch of radio beer commercials that did that, but to be funny. I can’t remember the brand, of course, so I can’t link to an example. ETA: Here’s an example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETrWZsYYJOQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETrWZsYYJOQ) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995/20 "2016-01-03T03:45:43Z")
Plus, it really feels like Don Pardo should jump in somewhere and bellow \*\*Now’s the time! Time for Drano Beer! Drano, for when you don’t feel like going home. Or to your job any more. Or to visit your folks. Or… \*\*. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995.md?page=2)