I love Dr Rick from the Progressive ads, trying to save us from becoming our parents

How can you become your parents if you don't have children?

??? You are the child of your parents. The ad has nothing to do with your children.

I do too, OP!

*bleats* [bold]"BLUE."[/bold]

We all saw it, r4.

*wink*

So many throw pillows...

"Did he ask for your help?"

The Dr Rick Mockumentary...

That commercial is hilarious. I love it.

Who reads books about submarines?

My dad.

I was out with my mom the other day and I caught myself sounding like Dr Rick when speaking to her (she’s 84) “alright let these people have 6 feet of space” or “”we have to leave the store now - people are waiting to come in ...” I love the Dr Rick commercials! “Who reads books about submarines?” “My Dad.”

At the hardware store:

"If you're looking for a grout brush, this is...."

"Did he ask for your help?"

"No"

So now we mock polite society. For being kind, generous and helpful. Welcome to the new Trump World.

"Remember, you're not assisting him, you hired him"

R13 should be viciously face slapped.

"If you have nowhere to sit, you have too many."

“I’m gonna have a big lunch and for dinner I’m just going to have a snack.”

Could he be the new Flo?

To Flo, Jamie’s just a tampon!

Dr Rick is so sweetly gentle and non-confrontational:

"We all see it. We all see it."

"Who else reads books about submarines?"

I love the woman in the cell-phone lesson who insists "I don't have silent" in a perfect Midwestern accent....

"I just birthed it right out of me" from the mockumentary...

Smell my finger

"You don't know him."

I like blue hair.

I'm looking forward to new Dr Rick commercials...hope they're not waiting for the Superbowl to break them.

Andy Shotwell is a Datalounger?

I think this is the newest one. Hilarious!

He’s lost his soft edge.

I’M GOING TO HAVE A BIG LUNCH, AND A SNACK FOR DINNER!

NO fussin’ NO Mussin’ NO Cuss..... *SLAM*

LOL

R1, I hope at least you're pretty.

OK, DLers, imagine the creative team behind these Dr. Rick ads -- who's the copywriter and who is the creative director -- male or female?

R30, what are you doing?

Dr.: "Do we really need to be reminded to live, laugh, love?"

Group, in unison: "YES!"

lol

Sorry, I think he is insufferable, judging and mocking good people who aren’t hurting anyone. For what reason? So they can be cool? Like him?

Love these commercials. And how many times can you say that? I chuckle every time.

R36 is a must have guest at every funeral.

I don’t need people like R36 in my life.

Love these too OP.

“Did he ASK for your help?”

"Was I hashtagging?"

I still have to pause and think every time before I say the word QUINOA.

"If you printed out directions to get here today, you're in the right place"

*snaps photo with iPad*

LOVE these commercials and likewise hope Progressive keeps making more.

QUINOA -- I love all the attempts, my favorite is the guy who calls it "Joaquin"

I agree with the R29, though. I think Dr Rick is starting to become impatient with the group.

I hear the big lunch/snack for dinner thing from my 82 year old mom at least once a week. Last night, she had popcorn (and wine) for dinner and had to make sure I knew.

Popcorn and wine?

Oh, I love your mom!

At least it’s not the guy with the fatass & the jaded emu!

R47 Just yesterday, I was having lunch at a restaurant and there was a guy shouting into his cell phone about his meal, how good it was and he was going to take half of it home, etc etc. Half the restaurant patrons started chuckling about the need for Dr. Rick.

I hate most of them (a few are cute), but they're doing their job - a reaction; people remember them.

He looks like he has a big prick.

The “sitting down” sigh of relief.

Guilty!

R53. I dont think it's so much a sigh of relief as it's the groaning of aching bones as one sits down. At least that's the noise I make as I sit. It really hits home.

R53 / R54 My "aching bones sigh of relief" is usually accompanied by a fart.

They’re funny be sure they’re accurate.

“We’re now going open a .pdf” — as they all back away. 😂

A new one aired during the Super Bowl; it was from a Dr Rick seminar:

"Don't say 'howdy" - you're not a cowboy!"

The commercials are mean-spirited and dismissive of its older current and potential customers; can Progressive (or any company) afford to alienate a segment of buyers?

Fail.

r31, and the look on her face and the hands to her mouth muffling the silent scream are PRICELESS!

R58, if you are offended, you should probably be taking them more to heart as it means you are doing things that annoy the people around you, including strangers. They are charming PSAs in a way: if you see yourself in them, stop doing that behavior.

R60 - I see the ads as reflecting our society in general, further evidenced here by your baseless personal taunts. Civility and kindness should never be viewed as annoyances, but go ahead and yuck it up at the expense of others; your (and Progressive's) loss, not mine.

Peace.

R61, Every party needs a pooper. That's why we invited you.

I think the commercials are sweet and pretty funny, as we can all recognize behaviors in them we've seen from our parents (and sometimes ourselves). Giving unsolicited "backing up" directions is SUCH a dad behavior.

“You woke up early. No one cares.”

These are hilarious

R61, we apparently have different definitions of civility and kindness. No one is saying those aren't good things, and the ads don't mean that at all. Offering unsolicited advice to strangers is not kind. Commenting on a stranger's appearance that you don't find acceptable is not kind. Speaking loudly on your cell phone on speaker in public is not kind. All of those things are annoying as hell to the general public.

i find these ads genuinely hilarious

The waiter doesn't need to know your name.

Literal violence toward the elderly👨🏻‍🦳

Anyone who thinks any of these ridiculous car insurance marketing spots are remotely funny are brainless cods of mush. Every dang Auto Insurance company somehow thinks the only way to sell their product is to do stupid, idiotic commercials?? And they're rampant every 5 minutes on every frickin channel. They're making waaaaaay too much money if their advertising budget is billions of dollars.

Who shit in r69's Maypo?

I'm thankful for DL, if only so I don't have to meet people like R69 in real life.

Anyone who doesn't find these commercials hilarious and adorable and smart is someone I hope to NEVER meet. I seem to chuckle every single time I watch.

Can't wait to see the commercial that played during the Superbowl....I don't think it's aired anywhere else yet.

I love these, I actually turn up the volume to hear this commercial

Of course, what's so hilarious about them is they're so true to life.

R69's future (if he isn't already an eldergay):

"Pick a length!"

Is this a hashtag #bump?

This series of commercials are the greatest.

And with their humor, they teach valuable lessons to a lot of people that clearly need them.

He's awesome.

R36 and R58 and R61 really need to go to therapy. And I will avoid such people with extreme prejudice.

The commercials are awesome, cute, funny, and doing a public service.