# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**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 30, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/81 "2009-01-30T21:41:14Z")
> [@alexandra](#): > > 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. Oh, yes. Ms. Curtis is the official Middle-Aged Celebrity Spokesperson for Activia, the yogurt that keeps you pooping! ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/82 "2009-01-31T02:38:20Z")
If God had wanted us to watch commercials, He wouldn’t have invented the remote. Seriously, I’ve watch more comercials by clicking on the links in this thread than I’ve watched in the previous five years. Or almost. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/83 "2009-01-31T02:50:54Z")
> [@RedWood](#): > > current unfavourite: the man with Snow White Hair picking up the woman half his age. Viagra commercial. :smack: Viagra, apply directly to the old creep! Viagra, apply directly to the old creep! Viagra, apply directly to the old creep! ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/84 "2009-01-31T03:36:12Z")
I don’t watch very much tv these days - I never seem to have time - but every time I do I’m sure to see that damn giant teddy bear head on the woman’s body. It’s advertising nasal spray or something, and it creeps me right the fuck out every time I see it. I mean, we have DVR, and we skip forward through the commercials, but even though you’re skipping you still _see_ them, and that horrible thing just stares out of the television set directly into my soul, silently promising insanity and torture should I ever be foolish enough to let my guard down. ---
**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 31, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/85 "2009-01-31T16:16:32Z")
So, how do you feel about the Burger King? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/86 "2009-02-01T03:02:05Z")
Presenting A Play In Four Acts. Scene #1 -" Hey! I looked through my drawers and sure enough found a whole bunch of old, out of fashion, useless GOLD. Just lying around, uselessly! My high school ring; the gold chain my 2 year old pulled off my neck; a gold bangle from my sweet 16; gold earrings in the shape of fish! Oh, and my mom’s gold watch (though I don’t know if it’s plated), and my dead father’s cufflinks! Wow! A whole handful of GOLD just sitting there! I’m gonna get that envelope and send it in and get a whole big wad of cash, like…like…maybe $200!!! " Scene #2 - some weeks later…“OK! I sent my family heirlooms to some gold melting place weeks ago, and sonofagun if they didn’t send me a tidy sum! Yes! Now I can go on a spree at Walmart and fill up my gas tank! Yippee!”…Scene #3 - later that day…“OK, did that. Got a tank of gas, a coat made in China, a case of toilet paper, and all the chips, dip, and Pepsi I could fit in the cart. All because of the nice gold melting company who took my daughter’s sentimental little legacy off my hands. Whoopee!!!” Scene #4 - one week later…"…now…now what do I do? (tears fall, lights dim…(curtain falls. The End.) ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/87 "2009-02-01T03:03:57Z")
> [@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? > > 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 How do you cill someone? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/88 "2009-02-01T06:49:39Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > So, how do you feel about the Burger King? 😃 **WE DO NOT SPEAK OF IT!** [sub]–hides in the corner and rocks back and forth–[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/89 "2009-02-01T11:04:37Z")
I gotta make this up to you… here’s Vinnie’s watch. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/90 "2009-02-01T21:43:59Z")
One more vote for the Progressive Insurance woman being an ugly freak. I’ve now started seeing Erin Brockovich in commercials for some ambulance-chasing law firm. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/91 "2009-02-01T22:35:28Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > **WE DO NOT SPEAK OF IT!** > > [sub]–hides in the corner and rocks back and forth–[/sub] That’s probably best (and, as far as I can tell, what they’re going for in those commericals). I don’t find the Progressive woman all that ugly (she has weird fake eyelashes, though), but I do find her damned annoying. Salespeople like her accosting me while shopping usually make me say (in my mind), “Get away from me, you crazy bitch, and let me do my shopping in peace.” ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/92 "2009-02-02T02:05:43Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I could do without all the ads for “male enhancement” and feminine products. You know, _male_ enhancement. And, as for Pepsi - “talkin’ about my generation”..generations are officially dead. Whatever did those generations do, drink “coke”. Hey Pepsi Co: refresh this! ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/93 "2009-02-02T21:42:49Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, reichs, not so much. The last one was supposed to last for a thousand years, if the label was anything to go by, and how long did it take before it just wasn’t there any more? Fifteen years? Sixteen? Well..to be fair it did go through alot of abuse and wear/tear. I think it violated its warranty. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/94 "2009-02-02T21:52:18Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > That’s probably best (and, as far as I can tell, what they’re going for in those commericals). > > I don’t find the Progressive woman all that ugly (she has weird fake eyelashes, though), but I do find her damned annoying. Salespeople like her accosting me while shopping usually make me say (in my mind), “Get away from me, you crazy bitch, and let me do my shopping in peace.” My wife and a friend of hers asked me if I thought progressive woman was attractive. Sure, I said. This confused them because they thought she was ugly. They then asked more guys and received the same answer. I think women think men go for the ‘traditional beauty’ look (which they do) but underestimate the ‘exotic’ look. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/95 "2009-02-02T23:08:42Z")
> [@](#): > > **Kozmik** said: > And, as for Pepsi - “talkin’ about my generation”..generations are officially dead. Whatever did those generations do, drink “coke”. Hey Pepsi Co: refresh this! Are you tired of suffering from feminine odor, itching and irritation? Then stop buying products that only deal with the symptoms. Instead, try RepHresh. It’s clinically proven to eliminate the cause – unbalanced feminine pH. So use RepHresh when unbalanced pH can occur – after your period (RepHresh), after intercourse (RepHresh), after douching (RepHresh). Stop feminine odor, itching and irritation, and finally take control of your feminine health. [RepHresh.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvEOSrrwkg) What, you thought I made that shit up? ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258/96 "2009-02-04T04:38:03Z")
I hate the commercials for all of the creepy/scary movies that are coming out. The Uninvited, The Unseen—I don’t know the names, but I do know that they show their incredibly creepy ads as early as 5:00. The one had a corpse looking thing coming down the stairs backwards, the other had a rotted face peeking around a corner–and there’s always the little dead kids wandering around. You know the ones I’m talking about, and I’m sure you’ve seen the ads. I’m not easily scared, but I am against these commercials being shown during prime time television hours. I should be able to watch Gilmore Girls (with my young daughter) at 5:00 on the fucking Family Network without having to see this shit. For fuck’s sake! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads/483258.md?page=4)