# That pony commercial! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343 "2009-11-29T17:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/21 "2009-11-30T00:56:49Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I love those commercials! The resulting look on the face of the girl with the plastic pony is hilarious. Specially cause she seemed rather pleased at 1st to get a toy pony. The adult acter is really good also. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/22 "2009-11-30T00:58:17Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > The video doesn’t seem to be (readily) available online anymore, but it was a Lexus commercial. > > Here’s a random [Blog link](http://chuckwestbrook.com/lexus-commercial-fail-the-car-for-spoiled-brats/) complaining about it. I remember it. I stirred up a bunch of shit at work about it. I had plenty of company. [Hmmm!](http://chuckwestbrook.com/lexus-commercial-fail-the-car-for-spoiled-brats/). Could be. Click the pointer. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/23 "2009-11-30T01:00:15Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I’m surprised to find out that the reaction shot was real - my daughter (and sisters) would’ve immediately broken into tears, screaming “THAT’S NOT FAIR!!!” 😉 To me her expression didn’t say “that’s not fair” as much as “you played more me for a fool and I don’t appreciate it.” I get that a lot from my friends’ kids. The other girl’s expression definitely was more like “Look, a pony!” than “Look, a pony of my very own! I will love him and ride him and comb him and name him rainbow!” If I were a betting man, I’d wager that the kids didn’t take it seriously in the sense that one thought she was going to get to keep the pony and the other thought she had been cheated. They may have been surprised at what happened, but they knew they had been cast in a commercial. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/24 "2009-11-30T01:00:57Z")
Sorry, **Only Mostly Dead** , I didn’t see your link. It was grayed out. Did you click the video? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/25 "2009-11-30T01:06:43Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Specially cause she seemed rather pleased at 1st to get a toy pony. > > The adult acter is really good also. Of _course_ she was pleased with a toy horse. So what? I hope you don’t think her disappointment is some kind of character flaw. The adult actor made things worse. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/26 "2009-11-30T01:07:32Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Did you click the video? I did. The video has been removed due to copyright. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/27 "2009-11-30T01:47:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I did. The video has been removed due to copyright. Yeah, **Johnny**. It’s funny though that a lot of other, maybe less controversial, Lexus commercials remain on youtube. I dunno. Not that I’d turn down a new IS. are you listening, Lexus? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/28 "2009-11-30T02:09:14Z")
It never ceases to amaze me when a commercial isn’t available on YouTube. If I were an ad executive, there’s nothing I’d be happier about than a bunch of people deliberately and actively seeking out my ads, at essentially no cost to me. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/29 "2009-11-30T02:10:32Z")
Yeah, I look for the Jack In The Box ‘We could kiss’ commercial that’s currently being aired. Can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/30 "2009-11-30T02:24:41Z")
Yeah, I saw that the video had been removed, but the still image alone was enough to confirm we’re all talking about the same one. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/31 "2009-11-30T04:56:02Z")
Anyone remember the commercial with the girl who got a real pony, and she has a bandage on her arm, and when her friends ask if the pony bites she say ‘yes’ really, really quite? I love the way she delivered that line. But damned if I can remember what the commercial was actually for. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/32 "2009-11-30T05:06:07Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Anyone remember the commercial with the girl who got a real pony, and she has a bandage on her arm, and when her friends ask if the pony bites she say ‘yes’ really, really quite? > > I love the way she delivered that line. But damned if I can remember what the commercial was actually for. [Verizon ad!](http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/1708-Verizon-Wireless-Pony) I love that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/33 "2009-11-30T15:55:28Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Of _course_ she was pleased with a toy horse. So what? I hope you don’t think her disappointment is some kind of character flaw. > The adult actor made things worse. SO WHAT? It makes her 2nd reaction funnier.Thats what. JHC :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/34 "2009-11-30T16:22:17Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > [Verizon ad!](http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/1708-Verizon-Wireless-Pony) I love that commercial. That’s it! Thanks so much. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/35 "2009-11-30T16:48:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve noticed the same thing; specifically, the chubby kid with the truck. That kid (and his reaction) reminds me so much of my nephew, it’s scary. (Though, if it were really my nephew, he’d have a massive conniption-fit by the end of the ad.) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/36 "2009-11-30T16:55:30Z")
I’d like to see the kids reactions when the pony takes a dump on the floor. 😉 Seems like that always happened at parades when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/37 "2009-12-06T18:31:34Z")
Yeah, right! Okay, now here’s a cute, kinda funny, and non-mean [happy pony](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pI6FHzU57A) commercial. I know exactly how Grandma feels. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/38 "2009-12-06T19:15:37Z")
I love that commercial, too–especially Grandma’s dismissive reaction. This all reminds me of “The Pony Remark” from _Seinfeld_: \*ELAINE: What about ponies? What kind of abnormal animal is that? And those kids who had their own ponies… JERRY: I know, I hated those kids. In fact, I hate anyone that ever had a pony when they were growing up. MANYA: …I had a pony. (The room is dead quiet) … JERRY: No, see, we didn’t have ponies. I’m sure at the time in Poland, they were very common. They were probably like compact cars… MANYA: That’s it! I’ve had enough! (She leaves the room) JERRY: I didn’t know she had a pony. How was I to know she had a pony? Who figures an immigrant’s going to have a pony? Do you know what the odds are on that? I mean, in all the pictures I saw of immigrants on boats coming into New York harbor, I never saw one of them sitting on a pony. Why would anybody come here if they had a pony? Who leaves a country packed with ponies to come to a non-pony country? It doesn’t make sense… am I wrong?\* ---
**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:** [December 6, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/39 "2009-12-06T19:29:14Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I don’t know. I raised two daughters, and that line seemed pretty real to me. > That preference for the “pretty” one is so common that I didn’t even notice it. Pretty one? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343/40 "2009-12-06T22:46:29Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Pretty one? Yes. The quotes mean something. It’s like when you hold both arms up and wiggle two fingers on each hand while you say something adjectivial. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-pony-commercial/519343.md?page=3)