# Want to punch an actress **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920 "2012-08-09T00:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/1 "2012-08-09T00:58:42Z")
She’s the wife of the driver in the new Chevy Malibu commercial, where her husband is talking about the car’s performance and she drowns him out by singing Spandau Balet’s “True.” She is so freaking obnoxious. If I were the driver, the last scene would be her dumped on her ass on the sidewalk, and me driving away, having flipped the song from “True,” to Steam’s “(Hey Hey) Goodbye.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/2 "2012-08-09T01:30:29Z")
In many states, punching an actress is a crime. Consult a local attorney before punching. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/3 "2012-08-09T02:00:01Z")
It’s not just her - the other couple in the back seat are singing as well. If anything, the driver’s being rude by interjecting his unrequested spiel about the car’s performance. I guess in that sense, the commercial is rude, too, interjecting itself into my TV watching. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/4 "2012-08-09T02:26:45Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s not just her - the other couple in the back seat are singing as well. If anything, the driver’s being rude by interjecting his unrequested spiel about the car’s performance. > > I guess in that sense, the commercial is rude, too, interjecting itself into my TV watching. Well, the commercial pays for your TV viewing, so they get a pass. But the woman virtually throws the song in his face. Yeah, ok, maybe he’s yammering about the car. She’s telling him to shut up in the rudest way possible. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/5 "2012-08-09T02:37:56Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Well, the commercial pays for your TV viewing, so they get a pass. > > But the woman virtually throws the song in his face. Yeah, ok, maybe he’s yammering about the car. She’s telling him to SOME PEOPLE CALL ME THE SPACE COWBOY! SOME PEOPLE CALL ME THE GANGSTER OF LOVE! SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE! o ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/6 "2012-08-09T02:45:59Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > She’s telling him to shut up in the rudest way possible. Hmmm, surely the rudest possible way would be to say, “Shut up”? Or, “Shut up, you boring twit, I want to enjoy my life, including this car, not listen to your obsessive metrics”? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/7 "2012-08-09T02:57:08Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > In many states, punching an actress is a crime. Consult a local attorney before punching. 🙂 Most you’ll get is a ticket. It’s not a felony. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/8 "2012-08-09T15:46:19Z")
I just wanna slap the folks who came up with the commercial. (Largely because I hate the song, to tell the truth.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/9 "2012-08-09T15:51:19Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Most you’ll get is a ticket. It’s not a felony. Offer her a part and she won’t mind at all. You could get much more than a punch out of the deal. Maybe even a different kind of punch. ---
**Author:** ![Oliveritaly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oliveritaly/32/15233_2.png) [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/10 "2012-08-09T16:01:55Z")
Bricker I love reading (most of) your posts … If you punch her you’ll be in trouble and may not be able to post for a while… No punching! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/11 "2012-08-09T16:55:51Z")
Strictly speaking, I think **Bricker** wants to punch a character, not an actress. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/12 "2012-08-09T17:10:07Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Strictly speaking, I think **Bricker** wants to punch a character, not an actress. That’s probably true. But a character isn’t real. You could almost say that he wants to punch an _idea_. And you know, there is a way to - effectively - puch an idea in your own head. It’s called drinking. So my suggestion to you **Bricker** is to have a good stiff drink. Works wonders. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/13 "2012-08-09T17:15:16Z")
Look, that woman is far less annoying than the woman in this [AT&T commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfqg39SB-w4). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/14 "2012-08-09T17:32:09Z")
Ironically, the commercial is calling attention to the omission of what would have been a useful feature in the Chevy Malibu; a driver’s side button that activates the passenger’s side airbag. “Sing (POOF!) into (POOF!) this (POOF!) Sweetheart.” (POOF!) ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/15 "2012-08-09T17:43:23Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > But the woman virtually throws the song in his face. Yeah, ok, maybe he’s yammering about the car. She’s telling him to shut up in the rudest way possible. Did you miss the beginning of the commercial where he interrupted their Spandau Ballet jam to proseletyze about his new Malibu? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/16 "2012-08-09T18:34:17Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > She’s the wife of the driver in the new Chevy Malibu commercial, where her husband is talking about the car’s performance and she drowns him out by singing Spandau Balet’s “True.” > > She is so freaking obnoxious. If I were the driver, the I’m goin’ out, Goin’ out lookin’ for a cynical girl, who’s got no use for me in the world, I’m looking for a cynical girl! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/17 "2012-08-09T18:58:36Z")
See the [second list](http://www.venturefans.org/vbwiki/Col._Gentleman's_Lists) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/18 "2012-08-09T18:59:52Z")
Yeah, the wife there is not the dick. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/19 "2012-08-09T19:15:59Z")
> [@justrob](#): > > Did you miss the beginning of the commercial where he interrupted their Spandau Ballet jam to proseletyze about his new Malibu? Yeah, I thought the point of the commercial was “Our product is for boring prats who will insist on interrupting people all evening long to talk about something they’re uninterested in.” ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920/20 "2012-08-09T19:39:18Z")
Not only did he interrupt Spandau Ballet, but he did it to monologue about something he had already blathered about “all the way to the restaurant.” Yeah, she was a bitch, but he was asking for it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-punch-an-actress/630920.md?page=2)