Is anyone else totally creeped out by the Trivago guy?

[smirkymonkey]

That ad seems to always pop up every time I am viewing a video and for some reason he just drives me insane. I can't really put my finger on it, but he just gives me the willies. Am I alone in feeling this way?

[bettyellen]

1. Am creeped out too. Also dislike that "Badda book, badda boom" idiot.

[GP6971]

3. Add the Progressive

ads to the list.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. Oh thank Gods...

I hate that one too. SOOOOO stupid.

[bettyellen]

5. He reminds me of every lazy egotistical doofus at work.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

7. AND

SO original. Todays advertising depts. ugh.

[brush]

59. Graying and wearing skinny jeans while trying to be hip is definitely annoying.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Ugh! Yes!

What is it with travel commercials?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. I especially hate that guy.

[bettyellen]

35. This is oddly gratifying to hear, VO. BTW, your name reminds me of a doll I had...

That came w a flocked ocelot. She was Honey West, a detective and I think her cat was named Bruce. Any connection?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. No connection but it sounds cute.

The name is a variation on the book, The Velveteen Rabbit. I just happen to also like ocelots.

[bettyellen]

39. Aaah, yes! Honey West was a bad ass in a 60's detective show. She had gold bracelets

THat were actually handcuffs and her wardrobe was pretty much a cat suit and a trench coat, so cool. I loved both the show and the doll.

[3catwoman3]

50. Just the title of...

...The Velveteen Rabbit book makes me all teary - I don't even have to read it. Same thing with The Rainbow Bridge.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

53. I get that - I have a velveteen rabbit stuffed toy

that I was given when I was very small (about 3, I think), early in the Eisenhower administration. It's pretty bedraggled but I could never bear to part with it.

[RKP5637]

26. ... drives me up the wall. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

63. Oh, yes! Me, too! WTF does that even mean??

I have even changed the channel to avoid hearing him saying this stupid thing!

[underpants]

2. I know women who think he's gorgeous

They swoon over him. Just saying

[smirkymonkey]

8. Ugh! He is so smarmy!

I just don't get it at all.

[Dave Starsky]

25. I can smell the whiskey and cigarettes on his breath...

Through my high-def television.

[luvallpeeps]

60. Mayhem

I have a crush on "mayhem"from the Allstate ads. This is my fave.

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[Rhiannon12866]

64. Oh, I like Mayhem, too!

He used to be on Law & Order: SVU! And it's not only a clever idea, but I totally identify with the guy who loses his phone between the seats! Who came up with this seat design anyway? I am always losing stuff in that narrow space - keys, my pen - and I'm not crazy enough to fish for them while I'm driving, but I have to take my rings off and painfully jam my hand down there...

[underpants]

66. He started these ads right after he was on "Oz"

Good actor

[Rhiannon12866]

67. I never did see "Oz," but I did remember him from SVU - but now I know why he left the show

And he is terrific as Mayhem!

[madamesilverspurs]

6. Not me. BUT...

the My Pillow guy makes me want to throw the television through the wall. He really triggers my cuss reflex for some reason. Igggg.


.

[smirkymonkey]

9. I don't like him either, but he doesn't trigger me like the Trivago guy.

Something about him just creeps me out.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

38. He's also a big Trump-humper.

And he's had a lot of complaints from consumers that his products are shit.

[MontanaMama]

52. Costco has been promoting those

crappy My Pillows. I was disappointed to see them in the store. That guy is a notorious tRump humper. Costco should know better.

[SCantiGOP]

43. I've seen two legitimate reviews for his pillows

and both say they are below par. Who the hell would buy a pillow without seeing it?

[spooky3]

54. Bed bath and beyond sells them, so people

Can look at them there.

I actually like the product a lot. But it pains me to put $ in that jerk’s pocket. And avoiding Koch Industry products is REALLY hard.

[jberryhill]

11. I don't want to stay in a room he's been in

He’s that guy who watched porn while holding the remote control in one hand.

Folks - ALWAYS WIPE DOWN THE TV REMOTE CONTROL WITH SOME DISINFECTANT WIPES.

[smirkymonkey]

18. LOL!

Yes! That is exactly how I feel about him!

[jberryhill]

22. Creepy guy always looking for cheap hotel rooms

[bettyellen]

36. That's part of it! He's living out of a damn suitcase, he must be a Carnie or grifter.

[flibbitygiblets]

31. This. Also, one version of their commercial (they don't show it anymore) was about infidelity

as in, he was looking for a hotel room because he'd been caught cheating on his spouse. Or so the commercial implied. I remember thinking "really? this is your target audience?"

Another version had a bunch of incompatible jackasses sharing a room together (one was a slob, one was a party animal, etc). Again, they're going for a demographic, but even if said demographic exists, no one wants to admit that's what they actually are.

[spooky3]

55. You nailed it!

And he also looks as if he smells like someone who hasn’t showered in a while.

[procon]

12. Adding that creepy Mayhem Man from Allstate Insurance commercials.

As an advertising character, that guy looks like the half dead cast member from a horror movie and he makes me cringe.

[skypilot]

27. He played a convict...

...on the HBO show "Oz". I've also read that he's missing a couple toes.

[pansypoo53219]

46. briefly a cop on law & order SVU.

i hate trivago dude. SHAVE DAMMIT! like mayhem.

[spooky3]

56. I like Mr Mayhem. My favorite was his Christmas tree.

His BFF teenage girl was pretty funny too.

[procon]

58. He's always covered in cuts and sores and reminds me of a zombie.

I can't stand zombies.

[blogslut]

13. No, but that Nord VPN commercial is hella creepy

I assume they did some editing thing to sync the english audio with the actor's foreign language performance but still, it makes it look like he's some sort of flesh-covered android selling copies of "To Serve Man".

[sinkingfeeling]

14. No. Kinda like his looks.

[smirkymonkey]

19. I guess to each his own.

[Ron Obvious]

15. I'd never seen him before. Puzzled by the reactions

He seems fairly ordinary to me, other than perhaps rather dead-looking eyes. Your reaction is rather common though (and so is the opposite) seeing as to how google wanted to expand my search.

Maybe I'd have to see him over and over again to get a reaction one way or another.

[House of Roberts]

16. All of the above,

plus the fake owl that talks.

[flibbitygiblets]

29. Which one? There's about three I can think of

The worst has a crappy British accent and a monocle. Why would I trust an owl with bad eyesight? It's what they're known for!

[Polly Hennessey]

20. He's OK.

Wish his shoulders were larger.

[Danmel]

21. I find him kind skeevy

[jberryhill]

23. Make sure the door for adjoining rooms is locked

[Dave Starsky]

24. He looks a bit... disheveled... to me.

Like someone they found sleeping under a newspaper at the bus station.

Kind of an odd choice for a spokesperson, but maybe that's the target demographic they're shooting for.

[smirkymonkey]

28. Yes! That's part of it. Looks like he hasn't showered or shaved in

about a week. Or like he spends most of his time wearing trench coats with nothing else on underneath.

[Dave Starsky]

32. Maybe they're trying to make him look more blue collar...

Or more "relatable" to people who might want to use Trivago, but to me he just looks like a slob.

I am reading that some women find him hot. My wife also thinks he looks like a slob.

[Rhiannon12866]

65. I know! I can't figure out why they didn't bother to clean him up for TV!

[Glamrock]

30. No, he doesn't bother me.

But I wanna punch the Sonic guys....

[flibbitygiblets]

33. Liberty Mutual commercials bug the F**K out of me for some reason

All of their spokespeople are horrible human beings.

--The mom who belittles her nearly-adult son by implying he is an idiot for getting a flat tire in the middle of the night (calls him "THIS GUY&quot --Uh, I just want to c__t-punch her and call child protective services

--The snotty African American woman who rants "What are you supposed to do? Drive 3/4 of a CAR?" Do we really need such a negative stereotype right now?

--The millennium valley girl who LOVES her car nd names her car Brad and then TOTALS him, apparently without remorse. Annoying as hell.

--Worst of all (and it's tough to pick a "least fave" here), the "boom" guy. In my perfect world, he would self-immolate.

Special mention to the DirectTV commercial where the woman is smugly committing a crime by destroying her boyfriend's property--by throwing his belongings out a 2nd story window, breaking his guitar and DVD player, among other things. Is this supposed to be okay because she's a female and (presumably) has been wronged somehow? Again, do we really need these negative stereotypes right now?

[smirkymonkey]

34. Ugh! God, I hate the girl who names her car "Brad" and talks about it like a favorite pet!

That commercial annoys me to no end!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

61. She's had two boyfriends and three jobs, but she's still loyal to Brad.

She sounds like a crazymaker I once dated.

[luvallpeeps]

62. Agree

She can go do her "happy dance" in hell. 😡

[SCantiGOP]

42. Yes, re the "3/4 of a car"

at what point do you accept depreciation as legitimate? If the car is 8 years old should they still give you full replacement value?

[zipplewrath]

40. Not fond

But if we're doing the "ads that are inappropriate" thread, that ad where the girl friend is throwing her SO's stuff out the window is offensive as hell. It's basically making a joke out of domestic violence. I think it's for Direct TV or something.

[SCantiGOP]

41. I reach for the remote

whenever those stupid little stick men come on singing about Rock Auto. Either hit Last Channel or at least Mute.

[handmade34]

44. yup

he makes me uncomfortable... can't figure out why? just creepy

[smirkymonkey]

45. That's the thing, part of it is his looks, but not entirely.

There is something else I can't put my finger on. There is just something smarmy there but I can't say exactly why.

[Homer Wells]

47. Frankly,

I am totally sick of Flo from the Progressive ads, (not to mention that goofy Jamie) . Stephanie has Definitely had her fifteen minutes.

[3catwoman3]

51. Meeeeeeeeeeeeee, tooooooooooooooooo!

Enough, enough, enough already. The first couple were passably amusing, but they have been done to death.

[CTyankee]

48. I realy don't mind him. I kinda like the ads because they remind me of my days traveling to

Europe. Actually, I think he's kinda bland...

[ellie]

49. Yes, he's a weirdo

but that Progressive commercial with everyone singing Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" makes me want to toss the tv out the window. I do like those Box Progressive commercials though. They are great!

[spooky3]

57. I want all my pitchmen to look like Aaron Rogers.

Hubba hubba !