Have you seen the recent General Motors "OnStar" commercials? It's a series of kids talking to a camera, asking their parents if they would "put [them] in a car without a seatbelt", "put [their] little brother in a car without putting them in a child seat", etc... Then they ask if you would consider putting them into a car that doesn't come equipped with "OnStar". Finally, they look sadly into the camera and say, "Please mommy and daddy, don't kill me - buy a GM car." Or maybe that's just what goes through my head every time I see that commercial. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes.
I was just reading an article at Slate about the new Skippy's peanut butter ads, featuring rastafarian elephants. I read it only because (1) I hate peanut butter, and (2) I hate that commercial. Apparently, so does the author (on #2). Halfway through the article, though, the author mentioned the Quiznos ad from last year - the singing rodents. You know: "We love the subs! 'Cuz they are good to us. The Quiznos subs..." ...