# Who is the stupidest person in a commercial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298 "2010-09-28T01:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/61 "2010-09-29T15:47:45Z")
I’ll go with a classic and mention the commercial for that foldup bed. “I can’t eat in bed. I spill stuff!” says a guy while sprinkling popcorn all over his face. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/62 "2010-09-29T16:18:34Z")
**Wile E** siad: > [@](#): > > He’s an even bigger moron. I’m pretty sure it’s the same couple in a later commercial where he’s talking on the phone to someone about all the desserts he’s eating lately and still manages to lose weight because of his awesome metabolism. Then wifey open the fridge, catches his attention and waves a yogurt container at him. It suddenly dawns on him that the apple pie, Boston cream pie and all the other desserts had all come in yogurt form. Now how stupid do you have to be to eat some yogurt and think you’re actually eating a slice of pie? That’s an amusing interpretation, as opposed to the intended one that she caught him eating all her yogurts and is chastising him for not leaving her any. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/63 "2010-09-29T21:18:38Z")
The guy from the old Country Crock margarine commercial - his wife has to keep him under constant watch or he’ll grab a spoon and eat all the margarine before their guests arrive. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/64 "2010-09-29T23:12:27Z")
Subway “$5 footlong” sing-along commercials, any of them, starring any of those anonymous Subway fans. Five dollah. Five dollah foot longs. Five Dollah. Five dolla foot… I WIN!!! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/65 "2010-09-29T23:46:48Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Anybody remember the old Taster’s Choice commercials? I gotcha two dumbasses right there. But one of them grew up to be Rupert Giles! And the other one was kinda hot. ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/66 "2010-09-30T03:18:30Z")
My first thought was the invisible cord dad in the AT&T commercial. Does he think all the phones and remotes in the house have invisible cords too? There’s one commercial for a non-bleach detergent (I think). The guy asks a group of women how many have ruined a piece of colored clothing by pouring bleach on it and one of the women holds up the sleeve to her navy sweater to reveal a pretty good sized hole in it. So either she bleached out her dark sweater and then thought cutting out the problem spot would fix it, or she mistook a bottle of acid for laundry detergent. Either way, she decided to keep wearing it in public. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/67 "2010-09-30T03:18:40Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > > [@Wile\_E](#): > > > > He’s an even bigger moron. I’m pretty sure it’s the same couple in a later commercial where he’s talking on the phone to someone about all the desserts he’s eating lately and still manages to lose weight because of his awesome metabolism. Then wifey open the fridge, catches his attention and waves a yogurt container at him. It suddenly dawns on him that the apple pie, Boston cream pie and all the other desserts had all come in yogurt form. Now how stupid do you have to be to eat some yogurt and think you’re actually eating a slice of pie? > > Then she says, “Babe? What are you doing?” in an obviously annoyed tone to him, like he can’t look through his own fridge or something. This is the part that really bugs me about these commercials - he’s just looking in the fridge! Is the man not allowed to look in his own damn fridge? And the way he looks up at her like a naughty puppy when she chastises him for looking in there. It’s like she’s babysitting a toddler or something! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/68 "2010-09-30T03:30:03Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > > [@Guinastasia](#): > > > > The pasta ones are pretty bad – who the hell manages to get pasta stuck to the pot? Or fling it all over the kitchen? I wouldn’t trust these people to make a PBJ. > > > > The one for the Smart Mop, where the guy demonstrates that you can mop up a spilled drink, and then _squeeze it right back into the glass_. Why the fuck would I want to do that? That’s fucking disgusting. > > That’s right up the with the guy who made a smoothie in the kitchen sink using the Dispos-All. I must’ve missed THAT one – is it the same guy from the Smart Mop commercial? ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/69 "2010-09-30T03:31:15Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I’ve got a couple, both from Hulu ads that run constantly. > > First: Five-Hour Energy Drink. I simply do not understand these people that can’t get past 2:30pm in their work day without needing a nap. “Ever get that 2:30 feeling?” Uh…no? Who needs a nap at 2:30? Me. This isn’t rare; I’ve heard tons of people complain about it. I don’t work a 9-5 at the moment (back in school), but I did for a few years, and I would always completely crash about a half hour to an hour after lunch. I’d want to just curl up in a ball and go to sleep at about the same time every single day. I’m never going to ingest Five Hour Energy, because god knows what’s in that stuff, but I would always have to have about 3 cups of coffee right around that time of day. > [@](#): > > Next: the women who stand around bilndfolded, incapable of figuring out that the thing they’re touching (“It’s a rope! It’s a pillow!”) is in reality a RHINOCEROUS. Really, ladies? You can’t tell that the thing you’re touching is enormous, moving around and smells like the Zoo? If I ruled the world I’d have that rhino spray a 100mph stream of piss all over them. Then I’d bet they’d figure it out. Oh, and this commercial is for feminine hygiene products. 😕 I believe this commercial is a reference to the parable of the blind men and the elephant. You know, where one touches just the trunk and thinks it’s a snake, then one touches a leg and thinks it’s a tree, and they all fight about it but are all right, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/70 "2010-09-30T03:31:36Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > > [@runner pat](#): > > > > That’s right up the with the guy who made a smoothie in the kitchen sink using the Dispos-All. > > I must’ve missed THAT one – is it the same guy from the Smart Mop commercial? It was a few years back. I don’t even remember the product. ---
**Author:** ![Kilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/71 "2010-09-30T03:44:59Z")
KID: Look Ma, it’s grandma! MA: What? She’s early! KID: No, here on the counter! (the kid made a portrait of grandma on the counter with nutella or something). The commercial diverges from reality at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/72 "2010-09-30T04:00:27Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > This is the part that really bugs me about these commercials - he’s just looking in the fridge! Is the man not allowed to look in his own damn fridge? No, and it’s a damn good thing he’s not. In the land of TV commercials, a man looking in the fridge could bring about the collapse of western civilization. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/73 "2010-09-30T04:25:17Z")
I can attest to the 2:30 thing, but that’s mostly because of those [damned](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonegran) [meds](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamictal) I’m on. Unfortunately, caffeine triggers my seizures, and so I’m screwed. Not that I’d take one of those pills even if I could – I love coffee. I’d say the vast majority of people on those “[As Seen On TV](http://www.asseenontv.com/)” ads are probaby take the take the cake. Or perhaps the women in those “Miller Light” commercials who kept asking their boyfriends, “who do you love more?” If I was her boyfriend, I’d say the beer just out of principle. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/74 "2010-09-30T07:51:44Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Nah, there was an earlier version when she’s talking on the phone to her friend about all the awesome desserts she’s eating and losing weight, and he’s pawing through the fridge wondering WTF all those yummy foods are. Then she says, “Babe? What are you doing?” in an obviously annoyed tone to him, like he can’t look through his own fridge or something. The sequel is the one where the guy has apparently discovered the ‘dessert yogurt’ and is saying the same thing to a friend of his on the phone, and she gets a bug up her ass about that. Apparently eating this yogurt makes you act like a dick. This is how I’ve always seen it. Like he’s this terrible awful person for doing THE EXACT SAME THING she did. ARG. Actually, I don’t think I’ve liked a single one of their “dessert yogurt” ads. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/75 "2010-09-30T11:03:34Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > That’s an amusing interpretation, as opposed to the intended one that she caught him eating all her yogurts and is chastising him for not leaving her any. No, there’s still plenty of yogurt in the fridge. Here’s the first one: [linkie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSoNuA_bqf0) And I can’t find the sequel on YouTube, but go [here](http://www.yoplait.com/spots/default.aspx) and scroll down on the right to the “Guy Talk” commercial. I thought she might have been rolling her eyes at his whole “must be my metabolism” thing, but she brags about the awesome food she’s eating as well, without mentioning, ‘oh yeah, it’s low-fat yogurt, by the way.’ ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/76 "2010-09-30T14:41:57Z")
> [@Kilmore](#): > > KID: Look Ma, it’s grandma! > MA: What? She’s early! > KID: No, here on the counter! (the kid made a portrait of grandma on the counter with nutella or something). > > The commercial diverges from reality at this point. ## **You forgot: You forgot her Glasses!** Bob is ok, it’s the other products for Male Enhancement that get me Dippy Blonde: "What are those pills hun? " Hubby: "You know, they are for male enhancement :wink wink: Dippy Blonde [touching hubbys bicep] "Oh you mean like more muscles? " Hubby “No, I mean Male … Enhancement” Same commercial has a Dude as a Doctor. Dude as Doctor “I find the ingredients to be truly effective” Yeah, I find the sky to be truly blue. ## Or the other female, holding a WHITE flower in full bloom against her chest. She should just wear a sign, you know? The Commercials for Non-monetary coins. The Niccuragan “Dollar” for 9 - 11. “The two numbers 9 and 11 make 20, telling you the value of this piece, and also displaying the year – the first time ever on a piece” And “.9999 **THATS FOUR NINES!** silver” And The one showing the SAME Early 1980s footage of a Rent a Cop at bank vault … From “” Monday 8:45 am " And most recetly The 10th Anniversary 9/11 Non monetary piece that AFIAK is “” uncirculated “” 1. It’s only been 9 years, but thanks for playing. 2. The coin has WTC and some Battleship that pops out, and sticks into the coin. How on earth can the coin remain Uncirculated, and EVER … transform? - Or actually, any Coin being sold on TV, ever. Come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/77 "2010-09-30T14:46:55Z")
Oh FCK me. I **JUST** saw a spot for the Snuggie, done as a Macarena Rendition. [CBS Lets Make a Deal promo spot for caption support, or sponsorship.] ---
**Author:** ![Kilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/78 "2010-09-30T15:41:58Z")
[quote=“Meeko, post:76, topic:555298”] > [@Kilmore](#): > > KID: Look Ma, it’s grandma! > MA: What? She’s early! > KID: No, here on the counter! (the kid made a portrait of grandma on the counter with nutella or something). > > The commercial diverges from reality at this point. **You forgot: You forgot her Glasses!** I didn’t forget, that’s just where it diverged from reality. Commercial: MA: You forgot her glasses! Reality: MA: What the hell? You’re like, six years old! You should know better than that! Go to your room! (if he’s lucky) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/79 "2010-10-01T13:49:47Z")
The Mop and the Broom who have lost their jobs to the Swiffer and fall for the As Seen On TV come-ons for improvement. That stuff doesn’t work, guys, you are fools for believing it! I liked it better when Mop and Broom were pining with unrequited love… ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298/80 "2010-10-01T14:00:57Z")
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