Does anyone besides me like the Duluth Trading Co. men's underwear/pants ads?

[lillypaddle]

Just a few of them:

Ballroom jeans - room to crouch without singing soprano

Ballpen underwear - keeps your boys where they belong

Fire hose flex pants

Okay, I'm a 71 year old woman, guess I'm easily entertained!

[skylucy]

1. I'm also a fan of those commercials!

[lillypaddle]

9. thank goodness

it's not just me!

[Doodley]

2. My wife finds them funny. me, not so. Takes a lot to amuse me these days!

[Control-Z]

3. No pinch.

No stink.
No sweat.

BUCK NAKED UNDERWEAR

[lillypaddle]

10. My faith in humanity

is restored!

[Control-Z]

16. I know, right?

[Marie Marie]

4. They are clever and certainly get your attention.

Better than most ads on TV these days. I'd watch a hundred of them over one Pharmaceutical ad. The listing of the side effects of these "wonder drugs" can give one nightmares.

[jmowreader]

17. I hate those pharmaceutical ads

They list fifty different ways this shit will kill you, then end the spot with "ask your doctor if Mydixadrupen is right for you." (You of course know that Pfizer was trying to buy another pharma company and the government told them they had to release one of their meds to the generic market before approval would go through. They chose Viagra, and almost immediately two generic versions of sildenafil hit the market. One of them was named "Mydixadrupen" and the other "Urcoxaflopen.&quot I don't know about you, but "is this drug right for you?" is for me answered when it has more than five ways it'll kill you.

[Ohiogal]

23. ..."Mydixadrupen..."

[TNNurse]

26. No medication that requires a prescription should be advertised to the public.

They are just running up the price running ads to people who cannot just go out and buy them.

[jmowreader]

31. Alternately...

...they should be required to state what the drug costs for a month of treatment.

Like for instance, Toujeo. It's the insulin sold by the guy who dances through the commercial. It is $500 per month. I've seen several ads for Gilead's Hep C drugs that cost over $1000 PER PILL. Gilead makes its money on biologics and they'll never be cheap, but that's ridiculous.

Testing is another problem...I used to print for LabCorp, and I'd run their national price list every three months. They had several HIV tests that were well into the four-figure range - and I haven't printed for LabCorp since 2003 so you know prices are higher now. If someone were to ask me the mechanism by which HIV kills, I would probably say (and only be slightly joking) that you starve to death after paying for all the drugs and tests.

[llmart]

50. +1000

I think they need to go the way of cigarette ads.

[IndianaDave]

59. I absolutely agree with you, TNNurse.

Since we can't prescribe these medications, it makes no sense to advertise them. EXCEPT that pharmaceutical companies can deduct advertising costs from their tax obligations. So the more they spend on advertising, the less they need to pay in taxes. So they screw us and the government at the same time. It works for them. The advertising is not to educate us. It's to help their bottom line. And it's disgusting.

[Rhiannon12866]

46. Oh, me too! And they are constant!

They talk about diseases I've never heard of, very scary stuff - and you're supposed to ask your doctor to prescribe this stuff rather than letting your doctor tell you what's appropriate?!

And I keep remembering what Bill Maher said - when they get to the descriptions of the nasty side effects, they usually show happy people walking their dogs or through a field of flowers!

[Lindsay]

60. I have a friend who adds

"demonic possession" to the potential side effects of any drug.

[pnwest]

5. Always give me a chuckle

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I think they're funny.

[CousinIT]

7. I think they're funny! n/t

[druidity33]

8. They actually sell really well made clothes...

they are ridiculously expensive though. My wife spent $70 for a pair of sweatpants for me for Christmas. Absurd. Of course they are REALLY nice sweats, but still... $70? Too much, I think. And yeah, their commercials are pretty cool.

[LunaSea]

11. you don't have time to be entertained...

You should be out doing stuff in your Noga pants!

[lillypaddle]

13. Are you kidding me?

I can't bend over to tie my shoes! LOL

Had not seen that ad, though.

[California_Republic]

12. Will I start seeing Duluth ads in DU since I was here? 😀

[lunatica]

30. You see ads from places you visit online

If you go the Duluth website and browse around a bit you’ll see them displayed on your DU site.

If they get on your nerves you can contribute to DU (no amount is too small) and you won’t see ads for a year. Plus you get a star to show you are a contributing DUer.

[rsdsharp]

14. I really like Duluth Trading.

I've got a couple of their fatigue sweaters, and both my wife and I wear their Free Range underwear which is 94% cotton and 6% spandex. Most of their other underwear is primarily nylon, which I would think would belie the "no sweat" claim, but I've never tried them. Free Range is incredibly comfortable, but they're $15-$20 a pair, depending on the style you choose.

[lillypaddle]

15. If you donate

you won't see any ads at all.

ETA: didn't mean to post this to myself.

[GemDigger]

18. I get a kick out of them. My cousin has never seen them and he is that Duluth kinda guy

so I sent him all the commercials for them. Now he is a Duluth kind of customer.

[Liberalhammer]

19. Sorry it's just you

I can't stand them.

[lillypaddle]

36. Apparently not

have you read this thread?

[Honeycombe8]

20. They're sort of humorous. The clothing looks like quality.

I've never bought a Duluth Trading item, but they look like they're high quality.

[LisaM]

21. I like the commercial and I like their products.

I got my boyfriend some of the underwear for Christmas; he loves it.

Their store in Duluth is great, if you ever go to Duluth, be sure and hit it. Yes, the stuff is expensive, but it's well made and lasts (and probably closer to what clothes should cost without exploiting cheap labor).

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. I think they're funny

They're almost the only commercials I watch instead of fast forwarding

[lunamagica]

24. Those ads are hilarious!

[mopinko]

25. those ads really hold up. still funny the 100th time. or at least

not annoying.
one of my faves.

[TNNurse]

27. We have both bought clothes and shoes from Duluth.

But we are not going to spend that kind of money of underwear.

[brewens]

28. Yeah, but I also loved the Geico Caveman commercials. The one about picking up

dance moves in Baltimore floored me!

[lillypaddle]

37. I like the one

with the piggy going "weeeeeee weeeeeee weeeeee" all the way home and the mother driving is so disgusted.

[brewens]

45. The Charlie Daniels one was funny too. You didn't see him get up and snatch the violin from the

violinist at the fancy restaurant, but you got the gist of it.

[lillypaddle]

48. I don't think I saw that one

I'll see if it's on youtube.

[nolabear]

67. HumpDAAAAAAAAY!!!

I’m easily amused.

[lunatica]

29. I think those ads are inspired!

I wish we could see similar ads for bras and thongs! Especially for us older ladies who worry about overflow and gravity issues. I’ve never worn thongs, but I can see some very funny ads about them.

[NurseJackie]

32. I think they're amusing too!

[47of74]

33. The undergarments are nice

I have a pair but it was expensive. For what they wanted for a single pair at their store I could get a couple packs at Costco.

[flyingfysh]

34. I love the regular firehose pants

They are very durable, and have plenty of pocket space, along with velcro flaps for the back pockets. Watch the prices, sometimes they go on sale. So be sure to get on their email list. These are the same pants featured in the ads about angry beavers.

They also have a nice short-sleeve shirt which is very durable, cool in hot weather, and has plenty of pocket space. It happens to be partly made of hemp.

I'm not such a fan of some of their other shirts. I once got some rugged-looking shoes, and had to throw them away after a few months. The sole turned out to be much less durable that it appeared to be at first.

For people who live in the Boston area: you don't have to get their stuff mail-order. They have an actual store in Burlington.

[DeminPennswoods]

35. They are hilariously quirky

[sobenji]

38. I love their underwear

TMI?

[lillypaddle]

39. nah, we're all family here

[sobenji]

63. Thanks

[dawn5651]

40. between the duluth trading co.

and the canestan yeast infection commercials i am kept amused but hey at 62....lmao

[lillypaddle]

49. Geez, haven't seen yeast infection commercials

makes me itch to think about it!

[alfredo]

54. Maybe Dannon can do a social media campaign.

Dannon, not just for smoothies

[lillypaddle]

57. LOL nt

[Grins]

41. No. They're crass

Bend over and sing soprano? Bullshit.
Need more room for your boys? Bullshit.
This doesn’t exist. Buy pants that fit!

This type of ad is just a marketing version of Moynihan’s “defining deviancy down.”

[lillypaddle]

51. You should change your user name

just sayin' ....

[prodigitalson]

42. The ads are cool...the product not so much

Way overpriced undies.

[BigBearJohn]

43. I like the ads so much that I bought some of their products.

[OriginalGeek]

44. My wife and daughter have both bought things we don't need from them

just because they thought the ads were hilarious.

I like 'em too but I'm stingy.

[lillypaddle]

52. I was going to get my kid (50 yo)

a pair of their underwear for Christmas & he said, "don't you DARE spend $25 on underwear." Sheesh, some people ...

[krispos42]

47. They are very funny

My kid (14) gets a laugh out of them every time

[Nitram]

53. I like the catalog, too.

[lillypaddle]

58. Is it funny? nt

[Nitram]

61. Funny and very old-time graphics,

[usaf-vet]

55. I love their stuff. The ads are great but the products are better.

A little pricey but they last longer.

[Mosby]

56. I think their ads are cute

But I'm never going to wear nylon/polyester underwear. Best boxer briefs are kirkland, 100% Pima cotton.

[Panich52]

62. Not only ads, but I've ordered from them and was

very happy with my choices

[whathehell]

64. Love 'em..I think they're funny as hell.

[we can do it]

65. 😂We love them!😂

[musicman65]

66. Save time

and money,,,,go commando,,,much better

[nolabear]

68. I love them! I actually bought stuff because of them.

And it’s great stuff! It’s the only Christmas Undies for Mr. Bear I’ve ever done.

[Paladin]

69. Duluth Trading Co. should just cut to the chase with those ads.

Have that growly-voiced Sam Elliot wannabe just say: "We make undies for manly men with big ol' dicks, with a huge pair of swingin' nuts to go with 'em. Don't even think about buying any of our wildly overpriced shorts unless you can fuckin' fill 'em up!"

Their inventory would be wiped out in a day...….

[lillypaddle]

70. I thought that was what they were saying!

[Paladin]

71. They're missing out on a lot of trump supporters, being too subtle. (nt)