# Viagra Commercial Guys \*Don’t\* Know How to Get Things Done? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 22, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710 "2014-04-22T20:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/41 "2014-05-01T02:57:40Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > A few years back there was a third penis pill whose name escapes me now, with an ad campaign about “getting back in the game” and showing a guy throwing a football through a tire swing. Way too subtle for me, apparently… I thought it was a drug for muscle pain like Celebrex. That was **Levitra** , and I already mentioned that commercial in post #20, which has links to the actual commercial and a report about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/42 "2014-05-01T03:39:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > What’s the matter with you guys? You’re condemning these at least moderately tasyteful and interesting ads (despite their lameness and inanity)? > > Do you want to go back to THIS?: > > [http://adland.tv/commercials/levitra-football-and-tire-2003-030-usa](http://adland.tv/commercials/levitra-football-and-tire-2003-030-usa) > > [The hokey new ad for Levitra.](http://www.slate.com/articles/business/ad_report_card/2003/12/romancing_the_tire_swing.html) As Og as my witness when I saw this ad I did not know what Levitra was designed to treat. I saw the ad and thought this drug is designed to make you throw a football better? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/43 "2014-05-01T05:56:19Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > That was **Levitra** , and I already mentioned that commercial in post #20, which has links to the actual commercial and a report about it. Levitra. Always sounded like a spell in Harry Potter. All the female wizards of a certain age know it well. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/44 "2014-05-01T07:27:30Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > The commercials always make think “What does not being able to obtain or maintain an erection have anything to do with solving problems?” Does Viagra have an off-label use as something which can be used to lessen or prevent ADHD? Is it a more expensive version of Adderall? Viagra is also useful for pulmonary hypertension and altitude sickness. ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/45 "2014-05-01T13:58:12Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Add to that, you NEVER put cold water in a hot radiator. Even if he didn’t have a broken radiator before, he has one now and a faceful of steam to boot. > > The first time I saw the horse ad, I pointed out to my wife that he had a 4 wheel drive pickup and was trying to get it out of the mud in 2 wheel drive. One shift of the lever and I could get that out of the mud **without horses or dick pills**. God I absolutely lost it from this bit. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/46 "2014-05-01T14:45:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Viagra is also useful for pulmonary hypertension and altitude sickness. I learned that watching an episode of Top Gear. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/47 "2014-05-07T16:51:12Z")
In fact, wasn’t it originally developed for hypertension, before someone realized that one of the “side effects” was a lot more marketable? ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/48 "2014-05-07T22:21:46Z")
I liked the one with the guy sailing his boat across a romantic tranquil lake - ALONE. Why does he need Viagra? What’s he going to do alone? And if he needs Viagra for THAT, he needs to see a few more doctors. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/49 "2014-05-07T22:54:12Z")
He needed something to keep his mast up. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/50 "2014-05-08T13:39:43Z")
I’d always wondered why they left out the part where muscle car dude is writhing on the ground in serious pain from the second degree burns all over his face and arms. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/51 "2014-05-08T14:05:56Z")
What I love is the way they use the cautionary statement as a come-on. “Call your doctor … lasting more than four hours.” And what guy in the target market won’t think at that point, “I could get a **four hour** woodie?!” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/52 "2014-05-08T14:08:03Z")
Another “off-label” use: I am told - no joke - that adding Viagra to the water will keep your cut flowers from drooping as quickly. :o ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/53 "2014-05-08T14:24:54Z")
The effect Viagra is marketed for was originally a surprise side-effect. The intent was a drug for angina (I’m going to ignore the potential pun) which was tested on a bunch of older guys. At the end of the trial, they wouldn’t give back the extra pills, and that’s when the effect came to light 😃 Sorta like that old joke about the rancher who called the vet when his prize bull wouldn’t perform his function. The vet gave him some pills and told him they would take care of it. A while later, he was telling his neighbor that they sure had worked, and that he was expecting a good crop of calves next spring. His neighbor asked him, “What’s in it?” The rancher replied, “I don’t know, but it tastes like spearmint.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/54 "2014-05-09T02:41:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > OK, I can’t let this mean spirited ignorance go on. This is getting out of hand (so to speak…) > The truck ran for years after that without any problems. I didn’t ruin the radiator, nor crack the block. My dad taught me to open the radiator with a towel (so the splash and steam didn’t burn you), and add the water slowly while the engine was running (so the cold water mixed in with the hot water). “Adding water to the radiator” was something people did all the time with old cars. Even if there was nothing particularly wrong with the engine, it could still still overheat and loose steam through the pressure cap on a hot day under heavy load. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/55 "2014-05-09T04:35:52Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > My dad taught me to open the radiator with a towel (so the splash and steam didn’t burn you), and add the water slowly while the engine was running (so the cold water mixed in with the hot water). > > “Adding water to the radiator” was something people did all the time with old cars. Even if there was nothing particularly wrong with the engine, it could still still overheat and loose steam through the pressure cap on a hot day under heavy load. Me too, and I did it a few times while I was working as a pump jockey ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710/56 "2014-05-09T08:12:14Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Those products do keep me from rolling out of bed at night. Some guys call it their kick stand; I call it my straw. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viagra-commercial-guys-don-t-know-how-to-get-things-done/686710.md?page=2)