Does anyone else ever find a commercial comes on and after its over you still have no idea what it

[Arcanetrance]

was for.

[Callmecrazy]

1. no... just you nt

[Arcanetrance]

3. Go me I finally found something I'm unique in

[fishwax]

2. sometimes even with commercials that I like

But, then, I don't pay much attention to the commercials usually ...

[Arcanetrance]

4. I think that's part of my problem I kind of tune out during them

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. It just happened

I was watching a show on the influence of Sherlock Holmes on forensic science and crime solving on BBC America. A commercial advertised some kind of food substance sold in a plastic bowl but I was left with no idea whatsoever as to what they were selling. And this was despite the fact I was paying close attention. Some kind of humus, I wonder?

[OriginalGeek]

11. Sabra does a good hummus commercial with the voice of

Jeffrey Tambor.

I only know this because I love hummus and Hey Now Hank Kingsley and George Bluth and Professor Cakes.

[Iggo]

6. Happens all the time, and I ain't complaining.

[malthaussen]

7. Had that happen a few times.

When the first erectile dysfunction pill commercials started airing, I remember wondering just wtf they were about. Then they became so common that I was brought to understanding. Most commercials don't leave you in any doubt about the product, so I'm always puzzled by the ambiguous ones.

-- Mal

[Aristus]

8. If it's memorable for the way it sells its product, rather than how well it sells it.

I saw a car commercial a while ago that used as its musical soundtrack the dreamy choral fade-out from Simon and Garfunkel's "The Only Living Boy In New York."

It was so beautiful and serene that I totally forgot the make and model of the car they were attempting to advertise.

Humor, too, can cause you to forget the name of the product.

Once I saw an ad for a caller-ID plan that showed a big, bluff, sportsfan kind of guy instead watching a romance movie with his cat while crying and mouthing the dialogue.

The caller-ID beeps, and he sees the number of his sportsfan good buddy. He instantly flips the TV to a sports channel, and answers the phone:

"Bobbaaaaaaaaay! Yeah! I'm watchin' the game! Oops! Fumble!"

Then the announcer goes into his sales pitch, and then cuts back to the guy:

"Uh-huh. Yeah. Later." He hangs up and flips back to his romance movie, and starts crying again.

When his cat "meows" sympathetically, the guys strokes it and answers: "I know, I know..."

It was such a sweet and unexpected image that I totally forgot the name of the caller-ID service.

[begin_within]

9. Yes, that's happened.

I think sometimes they assume you know what they're talking about, and if you don't know, then you're not part of the demographic they are trying to reach, so they don't care.

[Arcanetrance]

10. I found out it was for bud light which I despise so I guess I'm definitely not their target