# TV Ads **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 27, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258 "2009-01-27T18:35:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/61 "2009-01-28T16:17:21Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > Agreed with the OP, with one exception: the [Progressive.com](http://Progressive.com) commercials. She’s hot. 😃 If I see one more Progressive commercial, there’s going to be a pink head on a stake in my front yard. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/62 "2009-01-28T16:22:44Z")
What I would like to see is a law passed that limits the type and frequency of ads on regular broadcast. So for example, if there are six commercial breaks an hour, the station can play no more than three ads for legal aid, tax relief, trade schools, or whatever per hour. Half the problem of these ads is the absolute inundation of them. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/63 "2009-01-28T16:23:48Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > If I see one more Progressive commercial, there’s going to be a pink head on a stake in my front yard. I think that’s erin e-surance. The pink one is the cartoon (who is hot), the other is the hot girl obsessed with her nametag. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/64 "2009-01-28T16:26:50Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > I think that’s erin e-surance. The pink one is the cartoon (who is hot), the other is the hot girl obsessed with her nametag. Oh yeah. I can’t tell them apart because I hate both of them so very, very much. There’s a stick in the yard reserved for the nametag as well. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/65 "2009-01-28T21:14:08Z")
> [@Labelless](#): > > the dog nail trimmer. I can only imagine the health benefits of filling your immediate atmosphere with bio-hazardous waste. ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/66 "2009-01-28T21:26:49Z")
I will HAPPILY Pit TV ads! …when I was a kid, tobacco commercials were OK. Now those are outlawed, and they try to sell us DRUGS instead!😕 current unfavourite: the man with Snow White Hair picking up the woman half his age. Viagra commercial. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/67 "2009-01-28T22:01:41Z")
Do you know what’s worse? Radio ads. Because they seem to be on ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Thank god for the BBC. I was listening to ‘absolute radio’ (used to be virgin) and this woman kept ringing up hank at the bank to get a loan. SHUT THE FUCK UP! Anyway, this is funny. **Language NSFW** (unless you’re Dutch?). Reminded me of The Flying Dutchman’s thread “Amsterdam Pro-Gay Idiots” where he worried about Dutch people’s sensibilities, I thought, needlessly: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-azQygNsA0) I hope it’s real, the Dutch guy I worked with seemed to think so. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/68 "2009-01-28T22:17:09Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I want to know what’s up with the toilet paper ads using the fact they don’t stick to your bum as a selling point. Buh? How often does that happen? It’s not just the flimsy selling point, but the stupid cartoon toilet paper bears are doing this deal where the little one shakes his dingleberry-festooned ass at mama bear. Seriously. Do the makers of this shitwipe really think the best way to sell TP is to show the public (cartoon) dingleberries? Really? I want to c-i-l-l the Progressive insurance woman. She’s funny looking and I cannot STAND her. ETA: RTFT (read the thread) Dr. Woo ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/69 "2009-01-28T22:18:21Z")
> [@alexandra](#): > > Do you know what’s worse? Radio ads. Because they seem to be on ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Thank god for the BBC. I was listening to ‘absolute radio’ (used to be virgin) and this woman kept ringing up hank at the bank to get a loan. SHUT THE FUCK UP! > > Anyway, this is funny. **Language NSFW** (unless you’re Dutch?). Reminded me of The Flying Dutchman’s thread “Amsterdam Pro-Gay Idiots” where he worried about Dutch people’s sensibilities, I thought, needlessly: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-azQygNsA0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-azQygNsA0) > > I hope it’s real, the Dutch guy I worked with seemed to think so. yup, that’s real. ---
**Author:** ![ming\_the\_merciless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@ming\_the\_merciless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ming_the_merciless)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/70 "2009-01-28T22:28:15Z")
this i just cannot make my mind up about [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVblWq3tDwY) but i belive its growing on me ming part of the eight and a half pint production team ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/71 "2009-01-29T06:26:23Z")
> [@Dr.Woo](#): > > It’s not just the flimsy selling point, but the stupid cartoon toilet paper bears are doing this deal where the little one shakes his dingleberry-festooned ass at mama bear. Seriously. Do the makers of this shitwipe really think the best way to sell TP is to show the public (cartoon) dingleberries? Really? And then Mama bear chases after Baby bear with a wisk broom and dust pan. Amazing stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/72 "2009-01-29T12:31:20Z")
Another one: For stool softeners…what? Listen, if I want to soften my stools I go to the pub, guzzle a quantity of falling down water and then scarf down a curry. Guaranteed to soften your bones never mind your stools ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/73 "2009-01-29T15:14:47Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Another one: > > For stool softeners…what? > > Listen, if I want to soften my stools I go to the pub, guzzle a quantity of falling down water and then scarf down a curry. > > Guaranteed to soften your bones never mind your stools Or you can do what I do: get the Caesar salad at Wendy’s. Better than Colon Blow cereal, that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/74 "2009-01-29T16:17:52Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Or you can do what I do: get the Caesar salad at Wendy’s. Better than Colon Blow cereal, that stuff. We don’t have a Wendys in the UK but next time I’m in the US and can’t find a decent ruby house I’ll take your advice ---
**Author:** ![Jaglavak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jaglavak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaglavak)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/75 "2009-01-29T19:02:16Z")
Three little letters: DVR. It’s probably been 5 or 6 years since I watched a commercial. Ahhhhhh, blessed peace! ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/76 "2009-01-29T19:04:51Z")
Why are there only women on those bloated/hard stools/diarrhoea ads? If it’s an attempt to make the fairer sex bring gravitas to the situation, it ain’t working. I loved that Charlie Brooker Top Ten Cocks in Advertising feature. Remember Friendchips? CUNTS! ---
**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:** [January 29, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/77 "2009-01-29T19:15:14Z")
> [@alexandra](#): > > Why are there only women on those bloated/hard stools/diarrhoea ads? On that note, I love Jamie Lee Curtis, and I’m appreciative of the fact that she’s aging much more graciously than her dad has, but I really DON’T need to hear about her irregularity, or hear her cajole her “friends” to talk about theirs. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/78 "2009-01-29T19:46:41Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Cash4Gold will buy your jewelry and melt it down, EVEN IF IT’S UNSTYLISH OR BROKEN! They’re saints, they are. And mail it in a TRANSPARENT ENVELOPE CLEARLY MARKED SO EVERYONE WILL KNOW IT’S VALUABLE, but it’s insured, so it’s okay. > [@Race\_Harley](#): > > If I ever catch Billy Mays in the street I’d stuff whatever product he’s selling down his throat so he’d stop yelling and Vince with his ‘Sham Wows’ and ‘Slap Chops’ would get the business end of my foot! Billy Mays is kinda endearing in a “you know he’s trying” sort of way. I really wanna put Vince and Billy in the same locked room with their products and see which one emerges victorious. > [@Dead\_Badger](#): > > The comparison site ads are pretty terrible for the most part, yeah. The current [Compare the Market ad](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ust9YBlEfY), on the other hand, is probably the best thing ever made by man. > > Second-best, at least. Oh my god, go to [comparethemeerkat.com](http://comparethemeerkat.com), I thought it would redirect but you can ACTUALLY search meerkats! > [@ming\_the\_merciless](#): > > this i just cannot make my mind up about > > [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TVblWq3tDwY](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TVblWq3tDwY) > > but i belive its growing on me > > ming > part of the eight and a half pint production team That’s a pretty nice one. I think the “Living notoriously well with Jose Cuervo” ads are pretty good, but I’ve only ever seen then on the Daily Show website, never on TV (then again, I mostly watch cartoons so…) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/79 "2009-01-30T19:33:44Z")
Thanks for the tip on Charlie Brooker - I’m now watching his “Screenwipe” series from beginning to end! He’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/80 "2009-01-30T21:39:05Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > On that note, I love Jamie Lee Curtis, and I’m appreciative of the fact that she’s aging much more graciously than her dad has, but I really DON’T need to hear about her irregularity, or hear her cajole her “friends” to talk about theirs. Seriously. I can’t believe you guys have celebrities of that calibre advertising solutions to bowel problems! Ahahaha. We only have Nell McAndrew talking about how she’s bloooaaaated and I’m not sure what exactly she does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258.md?page=5)