Say What?: Commercials That Made Us Scratch Our Heads

[Moose135]

9 hours ago, Ashforth said:

How can it be that I just noticed over the last two weeks that Amazon's "arrow" logo is a penis?

I never saw that before, but now it's all I see.  Of course, from the looks of it, Amazon should check out that commercial for peroni's disease to help fix that curve...

[Haleth]

13 hours ago, Ashforth said:

How can it be that I just noticed over the last two weeks that Amazon's "arrow" logo is a penis?

You have a dirty mind.  LOL  It's a smile that goes from A to Z.

[xaxat]

"The Chevy family"?

Kind of awkward timing given that GM (Chevy's parent company) just announced that they are going to have massive layoffs.

[Tom Holmberg]

23 hours ago, Jamoche said:

Because "man crate" is too close to "man cave", which is a concept that needs to DIAF.

Along with Shelia's chi chi "she shed" by the seashore

[Ashforth]

11 hours ago, Haleth said:

You have a dirty mind.  LOL  It's a smile that goes from A to Z.

Having seen the peen, I can't un-see it! I'm doomed to see the cheerful Amazon schwing as a dick from now on.

Edited December 3, 2018 by Ashforth

[Tom Holmberg]

13 hours ago, Haleth said:

You have a dirty mind. 

If you have a dirty mind, it's Pac-Man giving head.

[Moose135]

7 hours ago, xaxat said:

"The Chevy family"?

Kind of awkward timing given that GM (Chevy's parent company) just announced that they are going to have massive layoffs.

"Aunt Betty?  Uncle Joe? Would you stop by my office at the end of your shift?"

[chessiegal]

It's almost like Chevy is doing a "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" and hoping most Americans live under a rock and have no idea about their plant closings and layoffs in the US.

[proserpina65]

On ‎11‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 1:21 PM, OmegaX123 said:

That's Mrs. Butterworth's, not Aunt Jemima. I'm pretty sure Mrs. Butterworth is meant to be white, she just looks darker-skinned because of the syrup/the material the bottle's made of/whatever.

She's not any race - she's just an anthropomorphized syrup bottle.

[Ubiquitous]

On ‎11‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 10:10 PM, Stacey1014 said:

The Chrysler minivan holiday commercial confuses me. I’m just trying to figure out how all of the adults are related. 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/dham/chrysler-pacifica-caroling-featuring-kathryn-hahn-song-by-scott-stallone-mc-rellik-t1

Dancing poorly to bad Christmas music blaring from your car is NOT caroling!

[Jacqs]

6 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

She's not any race - she's just an anthropomorphized syrup bottle.

Yeah. Saying Butterworth is a black woman just because she's made out of brown syrup has to be one of the more stupid things i've seen.

[janie jones]

On 12/3/2018 at 1:44 PM, proserpina65 said:

She's not any race - she's just an anthropomorphized syrup bottle.

I mean, you can't tell someone's race by their voice, and advertisements won't necessarily reflect the intention of whoever invented her, but I feel like if Mrs. Butterworth were supposed to be black, they'd make her "sound black" somehow, rather than vaguely English.  

[HighMaintenance]

"Mrs. Butterworth's talking!"

"I know, dear" - Mental note to self, increase Suzy's Methadone dosage.

[LoneHaranguer]

14 hours ago, janie jones said:

I mean, you can't tell someone's race by their voice, and advertisements won't necessarily reflect the intention of whoever invented her, but I feel like if Mrs. Butterworth were supposed to be black, they'd make her "sound black" somehow, rather than vaguely English.

They did early on when the company used a dark brown glass bottle. The voice has changed multiple times since. The "English" voice sounds like a deliberate effort to stop anyone from associating a race with the character.

[funky-rat]

On ‎12‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 11:23 PM, Jacqs said:

Yeah. Saying Butterworth is a black woman just because she's made out of brown syrup has to be one of the more stupid things i've seen.

I think they confused Mrs. Butterwork with Aunt Jemima.  I think it was just a mistake.

[Tom Holmberg]

1 hour ago, funky-rat said:

I think they confused Mrs. Butterwork with Aunt Jemima.

In the 1960s Mrs. Butterworth was played by Cliff Arquette (AKA, Charlie Weaver), so she was transsexual.

Edited December 5, 2018 by Tom Holmberg

[Brattinella]

3 minutes ago, Tom Holmberg said:

In the 1960s Mrs. Butterworth was played by Cliff Arquette, so she was transsexual.

LOLOL!

[Tom Holmberg]

22 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said:

she was transsexual.

And since she's full of maple-y goodness, she's probably Canadian.

[BigBingerBro]

I feel bad about this, but after seeing a Microsoft commercial that has been playing a lot lately, I'm not 100% sure what they are trying to tell me.  It's the one when a kid is rushing to get somewhere on a bike, letting other know that a certain kid is "Going to do it!".   Basically a handicap boy beats a game he's playing.  I think it's due to the controller that he's using giving him the ability to play the game.  Am I right?  It's a very touching commercial, I'm just confused about the whole point.

[Tom Holmberg]

32 minutes ago, BigBingerBro said:

I think it's due to the controller that he's using giving him the ability to play the game.  Am I right? 

I don't think they are concerned with the controller, I think the point is that anyone can be a winner using their computer (so buy more Microsoft products).

Edited December 7, 2018 by Tom Holmberg

[brickthru the tv]

On 11/15/2018 at 4:31 PM, peacheslatour said:

They're supposed to be "edgy".

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Toyota has a sale on cars!!!!!!!!

and Jan coppock is still an annoying "go to" girl

and when it comes to edgy,,,wish toyota would just get to the edge and If iwas right behind them.

On 12/2/2018 at 6:29 PM, Ashforth said:

Having seen the peen, I can't un-see it! I'm doomed to see the cheerful Amazon schwing as a dick from now on.

but then it looks neutered

[Brattinella]

I see a peen every time I see their ads now. :)

[friendperidot]

10 hours ago, brickthru the tv said:

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Toyota has a sale on cars!!!!!!!!

Then they're right up there with Macy's! And their "ONE DAY SALE! all the freaking time.

[Aryanna]

On 12/8/2018 at 12:40 AM, friendperidot said:

Then they're right up there with Macy's! And their "ONE DAY SALE! all the freaking time.

IKR

It's not a One Day Sale if it's going on practically every day.

[Haleth]

Each day is its own One! Day! Sale!

[InDueTime]

On 11/10/2018 at 8:55 PM, Ubiquitous said:

• Why is the guy ordering Dominos Pizza for supper in the middle of the afternoon and interrupting his family's lives?

Good question. I have to side-eye the mom teaching the class who rushes out saying, "You're never going to use this anyway." Okay, but don't look funny if they don't pay attention to you next class because they feel they're "never going to use it."

Also, is the App saying "Dom" or "Dong"? I can't tell.

[Aryanna]

I think it's saying Dong. Which is a little phallic.

[Silver Raven]

Are these people little people pretending to be kids?

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/dPrv/shriners-hospitals-for-children-home-for-christmas

[LoneHaranguer]

1 hour ago, Silver Raven said:

Are these people little people pretending to be kids?

With a couple of exceptions, I think they're just young adults somebody thought could pass as kids.

[friendperidot]

Wasn't paying much attention to the tv a few minutes ago, but the ad was for Grubhub, a service, I think nationwide, that you select whatever you want from the menus of the restaurants they have and they deliver for a fee. I don't mind the idea, in fact, not having a car and no way to get to most places besides a couple of fast food places, I've thought about trying them, just haven't yet. I do get pizza and Chinese Delivery on occasion. However, I looked at the screen in time to hear the tag end of the ad and see the closed captioning  - which said something about all the major toys at Target. I laughed because I thought it was an interesting juxtaposition. 

As to the young people on the Shriner's ads, I think some of them have grown up since the ads were made. But what bugs me is the sped up speech. They sound like the Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz! And I do love what Shriner's does. They helped one of my nieces when she was young, paid for her surgery, the flight for my Mom and my niece and put my Mother in their housing for the couple of days my niece was in their hospital. We could not afford to get my niece that surgery. And even though the Doctor said it was necessary as a preventive, the state Medicare system wouldn't pay for it. My niece was her foster child and granddaughter, she was on one of my Mom's insurance policies, but Mom was retired and on Medicare and my niece was on Medicaid.

[Prevailing Wind]

I use GrubHub frequently. I've found that at peak times, the minimum purchase required can be higher than at slower times.  Depending on the day & time of day, City BBQ ranges between no minimum and $40.  FORTY DOLLARS is a lot of BBQ for one person. I heated up a frozen pizza instead.  LOL.

[Jacqs]

my family never lets me forget the time we were at a pizzeria. I intended to ask for double pepperoni on my pizza but i was distracted by the cute waiter and asked for double penetration, instead. 

[Tom Holmberg]

7 hours ago, Jacqs said:

asked for double penetration, instead. 

Paging Dr. Freud... paging Dr. Freud.

[proserpina65]

10 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

I use GrubHub frequently. I've found that at peak times, the minimum purchase required can be higher than at slower times.  Depending on the day & time of day, City BBQ ranges between no minimum and $40.  FORTY DOLLARS is a lot of BBQ for one person. I heated up a frozen pizza instead.  LOL.

I wish I lived somewhere where I could get GrubHub to deliver something to me besides Chinese or Italian food.  Unfortunately I live in the sticks, and the nearest Moroccan/Middle Eastern/Mediterranean/Turkish/Greek restaurants are too far away for delivery.

[Rough Draft]

10 hours ago, Jacqs said:

my family never lets me forget the time we were at a pizzeria. I intended to ask for double pepperoni on my pizza but i was distracted by the cute waiter and asked for double penetration, instead. 

I'm glad I finished my morning coffee before reading this. Otherwise it would be all over my monitor right now!

[Aryanna]

10 hours ago, Jacqs said:

my family never lets me forget the time we were at a pizzeria. I intended to ask for double pepperoni on my pizza but i was distracted by the cute waiter and asked for double penetration, instead. 

This post was so great that I liked then unliked and liked it again just so I could like it twice.

[smittykins]

2 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

I wish I lived somewhere where I could get GrubHub to deliver something to me besides Chinese or Italian food.  Unfortunately I live in the sticks, and the nearest Moroccan/Middle Eastern/Mediterranean/Turkish/Greek restaurants are too far away for delivery.

Grubhub isn't available at all in my area.  I tried my ZIP code and the next town over and no dice.

[Ubiquitous]

Ugh, I had a bunch of head scratchers to contribute but as soon as I log in to post them...

There's a Ford ad I heard on the radio and I assume there's a TV version too, but there's a line where the announcer says that every "Bolt, stitch, and line of code is tested and retested". What the hell is he talking about?

 

On ‎12‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 9:00 PM, InDueTime said:

Good question. I have to side-eye the mom teaching the class who rushes out saying, "You're never going to use this anyway." Okay, but don't look funny if they don't pay attention to you next class because they feel they're "never going to use it."

Also, is the App saying "Dom" or "Dong"? I can't tell.

The chorus says "Dong", like some sort of dinnertime doomsday clock.

 

On ‎12‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 1:56 AM, Jacqs said:

my family never lets me forget the time we were at a pizzeria. I intended to ask for double pepperoni on my pizza but i was distracted by the cute waiter and asked for double penetration, instead. 

"Made with love!"

[janie jones]

34 minutes ago, Ubiquitous said:

There's a Ford ad I heard on the radio and I assume there's a TV version too, but there's a line where the announcer says that every "Bolt, stitch, and line of code is tested and retested". What the hell is he talking about?

Presumably they're referring to the various computer systems built into cars these days.

[Jamoche]

I thought I heard "hedge fund" on a toy ad - but then they showed the box and it was "hexbug".

You've really got to be slurring your consonants for it to sound that off.

[Ubiquitous]

19 hours ago, janie jones said:

Presumably they're referring to the various computer systems built into cars these days.

I don't think there's THAT much software! 😀

[Moose135]

5 hours ago, Ubiquitous said:

I don't think there's THAT much software! 😀

You would be surprised!

[janie jones]

16 hours ago, Ubiquitous said:

I don't think there's THAT much software! 😀

Shortly after I bought my car (in 2014), the check engine light came on.  When my husband brought it in to the dealership, they told him they needed to download an update.

[Tom Holmberg]

On ‎12‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 1:00 AM, Jamoche said:

but then they showed the box and it was "hexbug".

I bought my nephews the game "Bugs in the Kitchen" which uses a hexbug.  They really like it.

[bad things are bad]

Quote

 

Presumably they're referring to the various computer systems built into cars these days.

 

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I don't think there's THAT much software! 

You would be wrong...there's more software in a typical new car than in a space shuttle or jumbo jet. 100 million lines of code in a typical car, projected to grow to 300 million very shortly.

So Ford's not wrong touting this, but maybe they should focus on why people don't see cars as "high tech". 

[AntiBeeSpray]

Just saw a commercial for Fidelity Investments:

Thought they were talking about 'tyrant planning' instead of retirement planning... XD

Edited December 23, 2018 by AntiBeeSpray

[mojoween]

This is a British version of an ad I saw on TV but it’s the same mother and child.

This is going to sound really odd, but there is something off about this baby.  It’s like...a baby pretending to be a baby, and not quite pulling it off.  It’s weird.

[Ubiquitous]

12 hours ago, mojoween said:

This is a British version of an ad I saw on TV but it’s the same mother and child.

This is going to sound really odd, but there is something off about this baby.  It’s like...a baby pretending to be a baby, and not quite pulling it off.  It’s weird.

I presume the child actor in the commercial is older than a baby.

[peacheslatour]

Has anybody seen the ad for Thryv? I guess it's small business software. Their mascot could be the brother of the over active bladder that's always dragging some poor lady off to the loo.

Edited December 24, 2018 by peacheslatour

[Jamoche]

 

To begin with, it's a stupid product. Sure, make my t-shirts take up twice the space. But the grammar errors! "Wardrobe" doesn't have an 's' on it unless you're talking about furniture, which they aren't. And most of the 'dialog' sounds just slightly off, like something that came from Google translate.