# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/41 "2010-08-26T18:46:55Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > 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. I came in here to mention this very commercial. Now, whenever I want my son to look at something, I say, “Look! Look with your special eyes!” ---
**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:** [August 27, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/42 "2010-08-27T14:42:49Z")
I just saw this last night. Dan Freilich’s campaign commercial is hilarious: > **[I'm on a cow!](https://rutlandherald.typepad.com/vermontview/2010/08/im-on-a-cow.html)** > > Dan Freilich - the primary opponent for U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy - put out this Internet ad over the weekend, a parody of the Old Spice ads. "I'm on a cow!" has now entered the Vermont political vernacular. - Dan... ---
**Author:** ![tenpenny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tenpenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenpenny)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/43 "2010-08-27T20:57:23Z")
The [IHOP commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-4aGJZSVc) where the little boy says “I got this,” and picks up the check. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/44 "2010-08-27T21:03:52Z")
“There is a time and a place for pickup lines. The time is never. The place…I will leave up to you.” “Stay thirsty, my friends.” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/45 "2010-08-28T15:19:18Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > “There is a time and a place for pickup lines. The time is never. The place…I will leave up to you.” > > “Stay thirsty, my friends.” For those of us possessing neither omniscience nor telepathy, what commercials are these from? ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/46 "2010-08-28T16:02:55Z")
> [@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. 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. The [youtube parody ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbJPLvmFuY) is somewhat better. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/47 "2010-08-28T16:47:24Z")
I like the eHarmony commercial with the song “If it’s Love” by Squeeze. Just for the song, I’d never heard it before. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/48 "2010-08-28T17:34:56Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > [@StusBlues](#): > > > > “There is a time and a place for pickup lines. The time is never. The place…I will leave up to you.” > > > > “Stay thirsty, my friends.” > > For those of us possessing neither omniscience nor telepathy, what commercials are these from? Dos Equis beer. The old man that’s their mascot is apparently considered “The Most Interesting Man in the World” and his sayings have become a bit of an Internet meme. In fact, they’re almost at the point where “The Most Interesting Man in the World” is going to break free from the commercials that hold him because I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen someone reference the commercials and refer to the phrase as coming from a commercial. Instead, it’s quoted as “The Most Interesting Man in the World.” ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/49 "2010-08-30T08:13:05Z")
I like the Allstate commercials with Mayhem. Particularly “I’m the puppy that ate your backseat.” 😃 I also like the long version of the “typical teenage girl” version; particularly when he says “now I’m emotionally compromised and…whoopsie” and crashes into the parked car. I think the “whoopsie” is what does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/50 "2010-08-30T17:03:06Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > [@StusBlues](#): > > > > “There is a time and a place for pickup lines. The time is never. The place…I will leave up to you.” > > > > “Stay thirsty, my friends.” > > For those of us possessing neither omniscience nor telepathy, what commercials are these from? I’m neither omniscient nor telepathic, and I noticed the brand name in post 26. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/51 "2010-08-30T17:09:51Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > For those of us possessing neither omniscience nor telepathy, what commercials are these from? > > I’m neither omniscient nor telepathic, and I noticed the brand name in post 26. I was quoting Post 44. Obviously I overlooked 26, and as I don’t drink beer or pay much attention to beer commericals, I didn’t notice the commonality. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/52 "2010-09-25T02:57:21Z")
Opulence…I haz it! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo) I’m going to be sad when the limited offer on this expires. The tiny giraffe is the best thing EVER. ---
**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 25, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179/53 "2010-09-25T03:01:26Z")
> [@BoBettie](#): > > Opulence…I haz it! > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo) > > I’m going to be sad when the limited offer on this expires. The tiny giraffe is the best thing EVER. I’ve seen that commercial only part way through, never paid attention to the whole thing. Tiny giraffe! WANT! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-commercials-we-love-thread/551179.md?page=2)