ikmccall January 17, 2016 Share January 17, 2016 Could someone explain the Geico commercial with the weight lifters. Please and thanks 1 Link to comment
Sandman87 January 18, 2016 Share January 18, 2016 Given the number of men I know who have hand cream and a box of tissues near their beds, I think it's pretty manly. Oh wait, maybe it's not their hands they are worried about! So you're saying that Shaq has been Shaq-ing off? 6 Link to comment
xaxat January 18, 2016 Share January 18, 2016 (edited) I see that Shaquille O’Neal now wants me to "Man up with Gold Bond (hand cream)." Yeah, because there's nothing more manly than hand cream. For African Americans (both men and women), you do not want to look "ashy". (Dry skin is a lot more apparent for black people.) So guys do use hand creams, lotions, Vaseline (old school) etc. Edited January 18, 2016 by xaxat 5 Link to comment
mmecorday January 18, 2016 Share January 18, 2016 There's a commercial for a Bosch dishwasher with a convenient third drawer so that couples would argue over how the dishes should be arranged. What gets me is the dishes and silverware are already clean. 1 Link to comment
ivygirl January 18, 2016 Share January 18, 2016 (edited) Could someone explain the Geico commercial with the weight lifters. Please and thanksApparently it's called the "brocabulary" ad. I think it's just a joke on dude culture-type stuff, where they call each other "bro" and other assorted ridiculous nicknames (broham, etc.). Not sure if there's a deeper meaning beyond it, but that's my take. :) PS I love it. PPS HILARIOUS. And you can buy t-shirts. Edited January 18, 2016 by ivygirl 2 Link to comment
Ubiquitous January 19, 2016 Share January 19, 2016 Could someone explain the Geico commercial with the weight lifters. Please and thanks Why is the one guy getting visibly more muscular but the other guy isn't? 1 Link to comment
CoderLady January 19, 2016 Share January 19, 2016 (edited) Why is the one guy getting visibly more muscular but the other guy isn't? I wondered about that myself. I guess it's because the one beefing up is the one who keeps bro-ing. No one should be rewarded for that many awful puns. Edited January 19, 2016 by CoderLady 3 Link to comment
riley702 January 19, 2016 Share January 19, 2016 I thought it was because he was getting more with Geico, symbolized by more muscles, a better workout , or something. 1 Link to comment
Ubiquitous January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 There's another Geico ad featuring some explorers trying to reach the south pole but give up when they see Dora the Explorer. Since the narration at the beginning said they were all crazed out of their mind, that means they were hallucinating, right? 1 Link to comment
Cobalt Stargazer January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 I guess it depends on whether or not licking reptiles gives you a high, since it turns out that geckos are not amphibians after all. 2 Link to comment
Dirtybubble January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 Why is the one guy getting visibly more muscular but the other guy isn't? I wondered about that myself. I guess it's because the one beefing up is the one who keeps bro-ing. No one should be rewarded for that many awful puns. Thank you! I didn't understand this either. Also why is one guy so dang dark while the other isn't? I HATE these new Geico commercials! "If your _________ it's what you do; if you want to save $$ on car insurance you switch to Geico. It's what you do." What the FLIP has any of that got to do with car insurance? Why do I need to see the band Europe putting on a show in the break room while someone is warming their lunch??? WHAT? 2 Link to comment
LoneHaranguer January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 What the FLIP has any of that got to do with car insurance? I think that's the point. A WTF factor makes the ad, and more to the point, the company, more memorable. For something like insurance, people lean towards companies they've heard of. 1 Link to comment
xaxat January 20, 2016 Share January 20, 2016 Why is the one guy getting visibly more muscular but the other guy isn't? So that people would ask that question and wonder how that relates to insurance. Engagement baby! 2 Link to comment
riley702 January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Thank you! I didn't understand this either. Also why is one guy so dang dark while the other isn't? I HATE these new Geico commercials! "If your _________ it's what you do; if you want to save $$ on car insurance you switch to Geico. It's what you do." What the FLIP has any of that got to do with car insurance? Why do I need to see the band Europe putting on a show in the break room while someone is warming their lunch??? WHAT? Sorry, I still love that ad. It's silly and fun. 7 Link to comment
Sandman87 January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Denny's is running an ad wih the line "Pancakes and eggs, bacon and sausage, coffee and O.J. and a killer price?" Did they not realize that people are going to associate their breakfasts with a double-murder now, at least subconsciously? 11 Link to comment
Bastet January 21, 2016 Share January 21, 2016 Sorry, I still love that ad. It's silly and fun. This weekend, for reasons known only to them, someone in my neighborhood within earshot of my backyard played The Final Countdown on a loop for about half an hour. I had a friend over, and asked her if I was the only one thinking of the Geico commercial. She said no, she found herself wondering what on earth they could be microwaving to take so long. Other than Peter Pan, I love pretty much all the "It's what you do" Geico commercials. 8 Link to comment
xaxat January 23, 2016 Share January 23, 2016 I don't think you have to worry about making the mistake of hiring Macho Man to do golf tournaments. He's dead. 1 Link to comment
Haleth January 23, 2016 Share January 23, 2016 I don't really know where to post this. Does anyone else wish Papa John had called his "brookie" a "crownie?" 3 Link to comment
mattie0808 January 24, 2016 Share January 24, 2016 Other than Peter Pan, I love pretty much all the "It's what you do" Geico commercials. I'm not a big fan of the Peter Pan one either, but the DEATH GLARE he gets from the two older people when he tells the woman she "doesn't look a day over 70" is always entertaining, lol. 2 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen January 24, 2016 Share January 24, 2016 I don't really know where to post this. Does anyone else wish Papa John had called his "brookie" a "crownie?" What's a brookie? Link to comment
Cobalt Stargazer January 24, 2016 Share January 24, 2016 This ad makes no sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASyhJ0lRIU0 If the "settling" family is supposed to be Amish, its silly to think they'd have even heard of cable, much less DIRECTV. They would certainly not be living in a modern neighborhood. So what's the pitch, that the Amish don't want DIRECTV? Because.....duh. Link to comment
Rick Kitchen January 24, 2016 Share January 24, 2016 No, they're settlers. They settle instead of wanting better. 9 Link to comment
riley702 January 24, 2016 Share January 24, 2016 (edited) I don't really know where to post this. Does anyone else wish Papa John had called his "brookie" a "crownie?" I'll take any kind of hybrid brownie! But DirecTV already defined a crownie as a cupcake/brownie. Which reminds me I really need to try to make some, because yum! I know you're supposed to laugh at Tony Romo, but all I think when I see that is "That looks really good!" Edited January 24, 2016 by riley702 1 Link to comment
Haleth January 24, 2016 Share January 24, 2016 (edited) Yeah, I know that ad defines a crownie as a cupcakebrownie, and Tony Romo owns the name, but I still think a cookie brownie can be a crownie too. :) I love the Settler commercials, especially this one where they list their satisfactions. Edited January 24, 2016 by Haleth 1 Link to comment
LoneHaranguer January 25, 2016 Share January 25, 2016 If the "settling" family is supposed to be Amish, its silly to think they'd have even heard of cable, much less DIRECTV. They would certainly not be living in a modern neighborhood. So what's the pitch, that the Amish don't want DIRECTV? The ad is supposed to be making a play on the word "settlers", so it should have been more Little House on the Prairie than Amish. 4 Link to comment
Shriekingeel January 26, 2016 Share January 26, 2016 The point of the commercial with the two guys in a gym, and one grows ultra-muscular while the other stays pale and out of shape? I can't even recall the product. Link to comment
theredhead77 January 26, 2016 Share January 26, 2016 Can someone explain the VW commercial to me? It's the one with the dad and two kids who had a super fun day. I feel like I'm missing something because his wife (or ex-wife?) called, he ignored it, took the kids out all day then brought home milk? 2 Link to comment
proserpina65 January 27, 2016 Share January 27, 2016 The ad is supposed to be making a play on the word "settlers", so it should have been more Little House on the Prairie than Amish. Idk, it strikes me as more Little House than Amish. 3 Link to comment
Aquarius January 27, 2016 Share January 27, 2016 Can someone explain the VW commercial to me? It's the one with the dad and two kids who had a super fun day. I feel like I'm missing something because his wife (or ex-wife?) called, he ignored it, took the kids out all day then brought home milk? They needed to use the song "Beth" by Kiss. Beth, I hear you calling/but I can't come home right now. Me and the boys are playing/and we just can't find the sound. Just a few more hours/and I'll be right home to you. I think I hear them calling/Oh, Beth, what can I do? Near as I can tell, this was the best scenario they could think of. Which says to me, after the emissions-faking disaster, VW has hired a team of idiots to do their advertising. 10 Link to comment
Watcher0363 January 28, 2016 Share January 28, 2016 Can someone explain the VW commercial to me? It's the one with the dad and two kids who had a super fun day. I feel like I'm missing something because his wife (or ex-wife?) called, he ignored it, took the kids out all day then brought home milk? An earlier response of mine to this commercial.: Okay I rather liked this commercial when it reached the end. In today's world, your husband takes two young boys for the whole day for some father son bonding. The whole day. Leaving the wife to enjoy some alone time to do whatever she wants. Sleep late, take a long bath, read, talk with her friends, binge watch a show that only she likes. Hey maybe even shave the legs for the thank you sex for giving her a day of relaxation. I also must admit in today's world couples are to connected. You use to be able to go to work and other places for escape, but now if you are dumb enough to have a video chat program on your phone. Your better half can have constant contact with you 24/7. So I do not find it strange that a person would ignore some calls or texts from a wife or girlfriend. In summary, don't ruin the "bro buzz!" 4 Link to comment
CarpeDiem54 January 29, 2016 Share January 29, 2016 I'm confused about the Walgreens Carpe Med Diem (STFU! That doesn't even make sense - seize the med day?) ads with the two women who are apparently having a dual mid-life crisis. In the first one, they go skinny dipping together. From the looks they were giving each other (and the fact I'd never strip off in front of my best friend) I assumed they were lesbians, which is fine. In the second ad they dye their hair purple for a reunion dance of some sort. They arrive with two men but dance with each other. WTF? 2 Link to comment
praeceptrix January 29, 2016 Share January 29, 2016 I am not a beer drinker, but I have been told by those who do like it that Bud Lite is not very good (they were s little more vulgar in their description). So I have to wonder what the heck they were thinking when they came up with this commercial: http://theshrug.com/this-banned-beer-commercial-is-hilarious-and-i-cant-stop-laughing/ 2 Link to comment
riley702 January 29, 2016 Share January 29, 2016 (edited) I am not a beer drinker, but I have been told by those who do like it that Bud Lite is not very good (they were s little more vulgar in their description). So I have to wonder what the heck they were thinking when they came up with this commercial: http://theshrug.com/this-banned-beer-commercial-is-hilarious-and-i-cant-stop-laughing/ I think it's hilarious, esp. the one buttoned-up lady who keeps getting grossed out by her increasingly naked coworker. Laughed at the delivery man walking into a wall looking at the topless receptionist. I think the average viewer will just laugh at the commercial and not worry about how the actual beer tastes. Edited January 29, 2016 by riley702 3 Link to comment
proserpina65 January 29, 2016 Share January 29, 2016 I'm confused about the Walgreens Carpe Med Diem (STFU! That doesn't even make sense - seize the med day?) ads with the two women who are apparently having a dual mid-life crisis. In the first one, they go skinny dipping together. From the looks they were giving each other (and the fact I'd never strip off in front of my best friend) I assumed they were lesbians, which is fine. In the second ad they dye their hair purple for a reunion dance of some sort. They arrive with two men but dance with each other. WTF? I didn't get a lesbian vibe from either ad. In the first one, they went to a nude beach, and I interpreted the look as "omg, this is crazy, are we really going to do this?", and as for the second ad, lots of women dance to fast songs in pairs/groups, not just at reunions, but (speaking from personal experience) company holiday parties among other functions, especially if they're married to men who don't dance. Now, if they'd been slow dancing, that would've been a whole 'nother matter. 4 Link to comment
Ubiquitous January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 I think this ad has been discussed before, but in the one for fruit cups in which the one claims she can drink the liquid instead of draining it, why does the woman feel the need to drain it instead of letting the syrup drip off what she spears with her fork? 2 Link to comment
ennui January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 I think this ad has been discussed before, but in the one for fruit cups in which the one claims she can drink the liquid instead of draining it, why does the woman feel the need to drain it instead of letting the syrup drip off what she spears with her fork? Maybe she wants to drain it and mix the remaining fruit with cottage cheese? Just guessing. Link to comment
Ubiquitous January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 So put the fruit in the cottage cheese. :-D Sorry, I am thinking about this waaaay too much! 2 Link to comment
Ubiquitous January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 I hate those "Alaskan adventures" ads in Toyota's "Enjoy The Go" ad campaign, but in the one with the guy nursing wolves, I keep thinking "That's not milllllk!!!!!!". 2 Link to comment
DeLurker January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 I thought the "Enjoy the go" was an obnoxious toilet paper theme. Oops. 2 Link to comment
peacheslatour January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 Give it to me I'm worth it, uh uh I'm worth it. Give it to me I'm worth it aaaarrrrrggghhhhh where's the ice cream? My skull is ready! 4 Link to comment
Brattinella January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 Give it to me I'm worth it, uh uh I'm worth it. Give it to me I'm worth it aaaarrrrrggghhhhh where's the ice cream? My skull is ready! GAWD! This woman/teenager chanting makes me want to upchuck. Give me chocolate and I'll give you something-something? YUCK. 2 Link to comment
Rick Kitchen January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 "I'm Worth It" is sung by the girl group Fifth Harmony, who were contestants on the US version of the X Factor. The song reached number nine on the US charts and number 3 on the UK charts. Their album Reflections reached number 5 on the US album chart. Link to comment
Brattinella January 30, 2016 Share January 30, 2016 No accounting for taste, the old woman said as she kissed the cow. 6 Link to comment
backformore February 1, 2016 Share February 1, 2016 The Dove soap commercial, where they give women "spa treatments" and then reveal that the treatment was actually Dove soap. And one woman says "my skin FEELS so RADIANT!" Really? Skin can look radiant, but how can your face FEEL radiant? 7 Link to comment
backformore February 1, 2016 Share February 1, 2016 right, what was I thinking - I guess my face has FELT radiant - when I was in the sun too long without sunscreen. 6 Link to comment
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