# Yet another commercials we love thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179 "2010-08-23T17:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/21 "2010-08-25T14:28:18Z")
Any and all commercials for Jack In The Box. My current favorite is the one with the hats. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/22 "2010-08-25T16:05:58Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > Knock knock! > > Who’s there? > > Interrupting cheese. > > Interrup… > > CHEESE!!! > > This cracks me up every time I see it. I especially love the immature cheese’s snotty tone of voice, and the way the scientist underlines “NOT ready!” (I also love the Interrupting Cow joke.)… My husband loves this commercial. He started walking around saying that he’s the mature cheese, despite having told me the interrupting cow joke just a day or two before we first saw the commercial. I love the piggy one. Love it! And for some reason, I like the Target back-to-school commercial with the [triplet girls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwy2ByNp_CE) who explore their own interests in school. Don’t know why I like it, I just do… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/23 "2010-08-25T16:23:05Z")
I know these commercials are stupid, but they make me giggle. They’re the Swiffer commercials wherein the housewife’s old mop is cast in the part of an broken-hearted ex-boyfriend trying to reconnect with her. Especially the stupid one where the old mop is waiting in the hot tub for the housewife to join him. ::immature giggling:: ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/24 "2010-08-25T16:26:44Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I don’t own an iPhone, but I’m a sucker for their recent commercials showing the two-way video phone calls. There are three that come to mind: > > The young woman showing her husband her new very short haircut. Her pleading for him not to laugh, and then the reveal and then his reaction (“it’s REALLY cute!”) followed by her admitting that she likes it too. It helps that the actress really is extremely cute! > > The dad talking to his teenaged daughter that just got braces. She’s pouting and he’s trying to get her to smile, but she’s refusing. So he sings a goofy song and she can’t help breaking into a grin. He tells her she looks beautiful and she says “Thanks, Dad,” and you can tell he just made a big difference in her day. > > The woman telling her husband that they’ve succeeded in conceiving a child. The woman can barely contain her excitement as she relays the news. Yeah, the FaceTime ones are good. I’ve only seen [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1wbQdVezio) once on TV, but I like it best of all. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/25 "2010-08-25T17:10:33Z")
People like the FaceTime ones? Wow…I don’t mind the braces and granddad one, but the haircut and pregnancy ones are _terrible._ The people are acting and talking in the most unnatural way possible. No one talks like that in real life! Now, normally I don’t mind ‘unnatural’ sounding dialogue in commercials, TV, movies, etc… because it’s expected…but the whole point of the FaceTime commercials is that they are, in theory, _real life_ people talking abour _real life_ things. The pregnancy one is the worst. “You know that _thing_, that we’ve been working on for a while now?” “Wha…really?” _insert stupid smiley nod here_ “Mmm-hmm!” Ugh…who would actually say that? “That _thing_ we’ve been working on…” ugh, the way she says it is like a cheese grater to my ears. Here’s how most people would do it: “Honey, guess what…!” “What?” “…I’M PREGNANT!” "Really? “YES!” “Oh my God! That’s amazing! I love you!” But nope, Apple is convinced people talk in weird suggestive phrases and awkward smug glances and smiles all the time. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/26 "2010-08-25T17:16:14Z")
He lives vicariously through himself. He can speak French in Russian. He once had an awkward moment just to see what it felt like. He is the Most Interesting Man in the World I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. Stay Thirsty My Friends. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/27 "2010-08-25T17:58:17Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > People like the FaceTime ones? Wow…I don’t mind the braces and granddad one, but the haircut and pregnancy ones are _terrible._ The people are acting and talking in the most unnatural way possible. (…) The pregnancy one is the worst. > > “You know that _thing_, that we’ve been working on for a while now?” > “Wha…really?” > _insert stupid smiley nod here_ > “Mmm-hmm!” Yep. My take was that Apple’s ads had finally jumped the shark… well, their recent ads. I didn’t care for that overwrought 1984 piece they did a few decades back. But, hey, if someone here loves it, maybe Steve Jobs (or his focus groups) knows more than me. (BTW, just got a new 27" Quadcore iMac. Damn that’s a lovely display/computer.) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/28 "2010-08-25T18:07:48Z")
He’s been the life of parties he’s never even been to. If he punched you in the face you’d have a strong urge to thank him. Sharks have a week dedicated to him. Another vote for the Most Interesting man in the World. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/29 "2010-08-25T18:10:03Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > He lives vicariously through himself. > He can speak French in Russian. > He once had an awkward moment just to see what it felt like. > He is the Most Interesting Man in the World > > I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. > > Stay Thirsty My Friends. He’s the life of parties he’s never attended. If he were to punch you in the face, you would have to fight off a sudden urge to thank him. Sharks have a week devoted to _him._ He is the Most Interesting Man in the World. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/30 "2010-08-25T19:02:12Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > He’s the life of parties he’s never attended. > If he were to punch you in the face, you would have to fight off a sudden urge to thank him. > Sharks have a week devoted to _him._ > He is the Most Interesting Man in the World. Psst…look right above you… But I agree, I love those ads. That one is my favorite because of the reference to Shark Week. And almost all of Old Spice’s ads are gold. They know enough to change them up right as the premise is _almost_ getting old. First it was Bruce Campbell (Hungry like the wolf…), then it was just random guys doing “manly” things (the one I remember most is the guy who weight-lifts, flies through the air, lands in a tool shed, and comes out with golf clubs, and then takes a bite out of the gold club,) then it was Terry Crews (EXPLOSION!!!), and right now it’s that other guy (Ladies, look to your man, then to me, your man again, now back to me…I’m on a horse.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/31 "2010-08-25T19:42:54Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > > [@cochrane](#): > > > > He’s the life of parties he’s never attended. > > If he were to punch you in the face, you would have to fight off a sudden urge to thank him. > > Sharks have a week devoted to _him._ > > He is the Most Interesting Man in the World. > > Psst…look right above you… > > But I agree, I love those ads. That one is my favorite because of the reference to Shark Week. Eh, notice our post times are 3 minutes apart. Obviously we were composing our posts at the same time. **Wargamer** just beat me to the Submit Reply button. It happens. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/32 "2010-08-25T20:28:55Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I think Geico has had the most consistently entertaining commercials for a long time (with the glaring exception of the googley eyed stack of money). I too love the little piggy, heck, the whole “rhetorical question” campaign. My current favorite is the one with [R. Lee Ermey as the therapist](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlWddAXSRA&feature=search). > > I can’t stop calling people “jack wagon”. Also one of my favorite commercials. I watch until the very end when he chucks the box of tissues at the sobbing man’s head. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/33 "2010-08-25T20:41:16Z")
I must confess, I like the new Capital One commercial with the barbarians in LA. It’s pretty run-of-the-mill until they see the movie extras: “Romans! Get 'em!” Love that bit. The rest of the commercial is crap, but I watch for that line every time. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/34 "2010-08-25T21:12:51Z")
I love the piggy ads- we laugh our asses off every time. Also love the Capital One ads where the barbarians go to the Grand Canyon, especially the part where he tries to give the donkey a ride, on his shoulders. The commercial for an antacid where the spaghetti whips the woman in the face makes me laugh still, every time. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/35 "2010-08-25T21:55:44Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > He lives vicariously through himself. > He can speak French in Russian. > He once had an awkward moment just to see what it felt like. > He is the Most Interesting Man in the World > > I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. > > Stay Thirsty My Friends. My favorite line for those ads: His mother has a tattoo that says: SON. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/36 "2010-08-25T22:52:01Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > “You know that _thing_, that we’ve been working on for a while now?” > “Wha…really?” > _insert stupid smiley nod here_ > “Mmm-hmm!” When I first saw this commercial, I thought it was about some interior redesign project gone wrong…I kept expecting the girl to step back to reveal a hideous piece of furniture, or a bad paint job on the cabinets and walls. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/37 "2010-08-26T15:28:18Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > I’m probably gonna be ridiculed for this, but I loves me the Kia commercial with the [rapping HamstArs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfJnqbudMzs&feature=related)in it. I don’t know why, but I laugh my ass off whenever it comes on. I love the Kia commercials with the hamsters. We have a TiVo at home so we normally FF thru the commercials, but whenever I see that one I make my wife rewind it so I can watch it. there are several versions, and I prefer the one showing the hamster drumming during a portion of it… ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/38 "2010-08-26T18:06:07Z")
Nandos is a Portuguese chicken fast-food chain that originated in South Africa and has a reputation for “edgy” advertising - here are some of their classics: [Ramadan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX1jh7QdrpY) - my current all-time favourite [Where’s my chips?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE3ZB9Oz5HE) [Nandos Kosher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CbCP_O6O-s) [Moerse big meal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCCDKQgd41c) ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/39 "2010-08-26T18:33:35Z")
I like the one-eight-hundred-contacts commercial with the guy who’s all “They can’t have my brand! I have special eyes!” and the woman says, “Look! Look with your special eyes!” They have the long version on youtube, but it’s not as good. It cracks me up every time I see it on TV. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/40 "2010-08-26T18:43:33Z")
Speaking of KIA, I love their “How You Like Me Now!” commercial with the stuffed animals taking a road trip to Vegas. If I get bored during the day, I’ll actually look it up on YouTube and it perks me up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179.md?page=3)