I'm with you on the Staples commercial! My wife and I just start singing the song they play (It's the most...wonderful time...of the year!") and our kids get that exact same mad/pouty look! It's hysterical, LOL!! The really funny part is....we homeschool!
The Staples commercial I *loved* ran during the Recount in 2000. Fox News Channel had their internet stream going, and I had it on non-stop. This is the commercial that had the snowman robot as a "retail helper" in the store. One customer wanted to buy a scanner, and the robot snowman said, "You can't have her! I love her!"
Customer: "But my brother wants a scanner."
Snowman: "Get him a cellphone."
The retail guys wrench the scanner away from the heartbroken snowman, who says, dejectedly: "Weeping, weeping."
Retail Guy: "We found you someone else."
Snowman (skeptical): "Who?"
Retail guy shows him a power strip.
The snowman's eyes light up, and he makes a cat purr woo-woo sound.
Just hilarious.