# Truth in advertising. Or not. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440 "2006-02-01T00:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/1 "2006-02-01T00:21:19Z")
There’s a commercial in which someone sits on a box of Cheez Nips and there’s an explosion of neon orange dust. The voice-over says something like: “Cheez Nips, full of delicious Kraft cheese.” I like how they depict the fact that Cheez Nips are covered in neon orange dust but how can they legally claim that that crap is actually cheese? What are the more honest and least honest commercials you remember? As a total aside-- does anybody remember the movie with Dudley Moore in which he played an advertising exec that they institutionalized because he started telling the truth? Volvo-- they’re boxy but they’re good! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/2 "2006-02-01T00:36:03Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > As a total aside-- does anybody remember the movie with Dudley Moore in which he played an advertising exec that they institutionalized because he started telling the truth? Volvo-- they’re boxy but they’re good! [Crazy People](http://imdb.com/title/tt0099316/) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/3 "2006-02-01T00:42:09Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Crazy People](http://imdb.com/title/tt0099316/) > [@IMDB](#): > > A fine fun movie. That describes it in a nutshell. Um, what was I talking about, again? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/4 "2006-02-01T00:49:07Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I like how they depict the fact that Cheez Nips are covered in neon orange dust but how can they legally claim that that crap is actually cheese? Well, the Kraft website lists the ingredients for “Cheese Nips Crackers Bold Cheddar Chips.” The list of ingredients includes “cheddar cheese (made from cultured milk, salt and enzymes),” so I think your premise that the product doesn’t contain cheese may be incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/5 "2006-02-01T00:53:21Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > Well, the Kraft website lists the ingredients for “Cheese Nips Crackers Bold Cheddar Chips.” The list of ingredients includes “cheddar cheese (made from cultured milk, salt and enzymes),” so I think your premise that the product doesn’t contain cheese may be incorrect. I don’t care what Cheese Nip’s chemist’s say, that orange dust is not cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/6 "2006-02-01T00:55:34Z")
I don’t know if this counts, but I have it on good authority that Keebler cookies are not, in fact, made by magic elves living in a tree, but by ordinary mortal humans at a factory in Battle Creek, Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/7 "2006-02-01T01:30:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > There’s a commercial in which someone sits on a box of Cheez Nips and there’s an explosion of neon orange dust. The voice-over says something like: “Cheez Nips, full of delicious Kraft cheese.” > > I like how they depict the fact that Cheez Nips are covered in neon orange dust but how can they legally claim that that crap is actually cheese? The announcer doesn’t say it’s cheese. He says it’s _Kraft Cheez_. There’s a difference, you know. Anyway, I love the moment in the commercial when we’re looking at the glass-walled office from outside, everything suddenly disappears in a burst of orange powder. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/8 "2006-02-01T01:45:30Z")
> [@Jet Jaguar](#): > > I don’t know if this counts, but I have it on good authority that Keebler cookies are not, in fact, made by magic elves living in a tree, but by ordinary mortal humans at a factory in Battle Creek, Michigan. La la la, I can’t _hear_ you! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/9 "2006-02-01T02:52:40Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I don’t care what Cheese Nip’s chemist’s say, that orange dust is not cheese. But they’re not claiming the dust is cheese. They’re saying the nips have cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/10 "2006-02-01T05:31:14Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > The announcer doesn’t say it’s cheese. He says it’s _Kraft Cheez_. There’s a difference, you know. > > Anyway, I love the moment in the commercial when we’re looking at the glass-walled office from outside, everything suddenly disappears in a burst of orange powder. Cheese or no, I love this commercial. I giggle everytime I see that. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/11 "2006-02-01T05:52:07Z")
The ads at the bottom are pushing that book on how to deal with change in the church, _Who Moved My Jesus?_ ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/12 "2006-02-01T11:51:06Z")
Come on \*_Biggirl_, the goverment finaly finds an effective way to get rid of their nuclear waste and you’re complaing? (tisk, tisk) ---
**Author:** ![MikeTheTiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@MikeTheTiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeTheTiger)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/13 "2006-02-01T12:21:47Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Crazy People](http://imdb.com/title/tt0099316/) Did you notice that one of the actors in this movie was Dick Cusack, father of Joan & John. Never heard of him, nor knew those two came from an acting family. It also seems that the other Cusack siblings Ann, Bill, & Susan are actors as well. Ann’s been on alot of things and I recognized her from A League of Their Own and Ghost Whisperer. It looks like almost the whole fam damily was in Grosse Pointe Blank The things you learn on the IMDB. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/14 "2006-02-01T15:25:48Z")
The HP software to tweak your pictures. Shows a picture of a boy in the foreground and ever-changing backgrounds. Edit your pictures, send them out, blah, blah, blah. In small type at the bottom: HP Such-and-So Software does not change backgrounds. Technically they’re not lying but it seems pretty misleading to me. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/15 "2006-02-01T16:06:26Z")
> [@Gary T](#): > > They’re saying the nips have cheese. Well, that much is true, as I believe they do have cheese in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/16 "2006-02-01T17:13:56Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > The ads at the bottom are pushing that book on how to deal with change in the church, _Who Moved My Jesus?_ Well, cheese is lovely. This I know. [sub]'cause the bible tells me so…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/17 "2006-02-01T17:54:11Z")
Getting back to the OP (remember the OP people?) I’d nominate Blockbuster for the least honest ads in recent memory. I know there are people here who refuse to admit the obvious, but if they charge you a fee and you only pay it if you’re late, then it’s a late fee. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/18 "2006-02-01T18:04:46Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Getting back to the OP (remember the OP people?) I’d nominate Blockbuster for the least honest ads in recent memory. I know there are people here who refuse to admit the obvious, but if they charge you a fee and you only pay it if you’re late, then it’s a late fee. Do we really want to start this argument again? And it’s NOT a late fee! ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/19 "2006-02-01T18:26:10Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I don’t care what Cheese Nip’s chemist’s say, that orange dust is not cheese. I use a white dust on my spaghetti that’s labled “Parmesean Cheese.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440/20 "2006-02-01T18:54:44Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > I use a white dust on my spaghetti that’s labled “Parmesean Cheese.” Yes. This is cheese shaved off of a big block of cheese. Not preternaturally colored, chemically engineered dust. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-advertising-or-not/342440.md?page=2)