TV Commercials That You Actually Like [Archive]

Johnny Pneumatic

12-18-2004, 03:06 AM

I dislike almost all commercials because they interrupt the show I want to watch, but a few commercials over the years have made me laugh hard.

About three years ago Snapple had a commercial with rotten fruit with legs and arms egging a police car, then it cut to a prison seen where a rotten pear was stabbing another rotten fruit with a carrot peeler. Then it cut to a utopic place that is supposed to be at Snapple and it had a guy reading a book to a legged fruit sitting on a park bench. Then cut to the wood shop at Snapple where a pineapple was trying to hammer a nail into a piece of wood but was missing. I only saw this once. My guess is someone griped and it was pulled, but man was it funny.

I really like the Geico commercials of the cavemen being insulted, the squirrel running across the road causing the car wreak and the long version of the one with Dr. John Parker talking about hair loss.

What commercials can you stand?

Lauri D

12-18-2004, 04:54 AM

Most of the Geico ads are kinda funny. That's about all I can think of at the moment.

lisarea

12-18-2004, 05:52 AM

pescifish

12-18-2004, 06:12 PM

I like the rubberband man office supply (don't remember which store) ads, and especially the claymation Christmas version, with the little claymation kids singing the chorus.

(Have I ever mentioned that afros just make me unreasonably, giddily happy? I don't know why, but I love them crazy crazy lots. And the bigger the better.) :afro: Staples, I think.

But Yeah! that's the set of commercials that came to mind when I saw this thread title. That guy is my friggin' hero: ya know, if you're gonna do somethin', do it well, do it with gusto and have a blast!

There are other commercials I really like, but they aren't coming to mind right now.

SharonDee

12-18-2004, 06:55 PM

Adora

12-18-2004, 11:46 PM

SBS has a commercial to Deep Forest's "Sweet Lullaby" that has a little girl on a tricycle travelling around the world. Greatest. Ad. Ever. I don't know if it's the actual Sweet Lullaby film clip, or whether it's a special ad done for SBS, but yeah, it rocks my sad little world.

pescifish

12-19-2004, 09:01 PM

There's one for a nice sensible car (Toyota Camry?) where boyfriend is driving, girlfriend is in backseat behind boyfriend and Dad is passenger in front seat. I'm paraphrasing from memory, but I love the dialog on this commercial.

It is a tense silence that is broken by the Dad,
Dad: "So Steve, how's the new job?"
YoungMan (nervous): "I'm Bob."
YoungWoman (exasperrated): "You know that, Dad."

Dad looks out the window as silence builds again, turns to his daughter and asks,
Dad: "What happened to Steve?"
(pause to look out window again)
Dad: "I liked Steve."

parental mind games! cracks me up.

freemonkey

12-19-2004, 10:17 PM

I liked Virgin Mobile's Chrismahanukwanzakah commercial, especially when I saw the "full" version. I haven't seen it in awhile, and was wondering if it was pulled because someone complained about it.

pescifish

12-20-2004, 06:17 PM

I like the rubberband man office supply (don't remember which store) ads, :afro: Staples, I think.DOH! It's OfficeMax, not Staples. So much for effective advertising.

Johnny Pneumatic

12-25-2004, 09:22 PM

Oh man, have you seen the X-Play commercial for X-Day(Jan. 1 ) on TechTV?

"Admit it, you're a drunk. You'll never stop smoking, and you'll always be fat. Screw the resolutions, party with X-Play. :D

viscousmemories

03-02-2005, 05:22 AM

I just saw an Ameriquest Mortgage commercial where the guy is talking into his cellphone headset at a convenience store, and he tells the person he's talking to "You're getting robbed!" and the clerk maces him and a woman tasers him. Pretty funny.

I also like that other commercial where the guy is telling his girlfriend he finds her attractive and the woman next to him thinks he's talking to her. Also very funny.

freemonkey

03-02-2005, 06:07 AM

I just saw an Ameriquest Mortgage commercial where the guy is talking into his cellphone headset at a convenience store, and he tells the person he's talking to "You're getting robbed!" and the clerk maces him and a woman tasers him. Pretty funny.

Yeah, that's a good one. :giggle:

One of my new favorites is the HP printers one where the guy is holding paper mats that become photos of himself and they're playing that great Kinks song, Picture Book :bliss: :bundance:

xouper

03-02-2005, 09:06 AM

On my top ten list of recent all time favorites:

The Verizon Wireless (http://www.adweek.com/aw/creative/best_spots_03/030317_22.jsp) ad where the chimp is screetch-talking into a banana, "Can you hear me now?" "Good."

http://www.adweek.com/aw/images/best_spots/best_spots_03/0317_bs22.gif

The Sierra Mist (http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/2003-04-20-sierra-mist_x.htm) ad where a zoo baboon catapults another baboon over the plaster "mountain" into the polar bear pond. He starts backstroking and with a shit-eating grin sings a warbling high note (the kind you would sing after jumping into very cold water. "Yeah, it's that refreshing".

http://images.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/_photos/2003-04-21-sierra-mist1.jpg

Those two are piss-your-pants funny. More as I think of them.

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 01:09 PM

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 01:24 PM

Most of the Geico ads are kinda funny. That's about all I can think of at the moment.I like the one for the glue, a grand piano on the ceiling in the background. This glue can do this, but it can't save you any money on car insurance.

My favorite are the Citibank credit card fraud commercials, the best is the one with the middle-aged guy in his undershirt talking in a girl's voice:
First I emptied the checking account and then I hit the mall, and there in the window was this sexy little outfit, and oh my gosh, I just had to have it!
Fifteen hundred dollars for a leather bustier?
I didn't care, it lifts and separates. Heh.
Plus, it's not like I'm actually paying for it. Hehehe, ah.

viscousmemories

03-02-2005, 03:19 PM

TASER? That's a cattle prod. I've been shocked and I'd administered shocks by cattle prods, I've even had a cattle prod fight that closely resembled yet predated the light saber fights in Star Wars. Dang farm kids and their toys.
Ah! Thank you. I had a vague sense I wasn't calling that by the right name... now I remember tasers shoot needles into you and have wires attached.

Miss Shelby

03-02-2005, 03:22 PM

I like that commercial for the pick up truck where the six guys are riding in it, going on a road trip and one guy is singing Shania's "I feel like a woman' and REALLY getting into it --and the other guys are obviously uncomfortable... the point being I guess that it's a roomy pick up truck.

The Geico ads are funny, I agree the caveman ones are pretty good.

I really liked the old diet coke commercial... 'just for the taste of it....diet coke' not cause it was funny, I just kinda liked the tune.

Michelle

wei yau

03-02-2005, 03:31 PM

There's this one commercial that always brings a tear to my eye.

It's a Campbell's Soup commercial. A woman is preparing soup in the kitchen for a little girl who is sitting in a bedroom by herself. The woman brings the soup to the girl and the girl smiles. She says: "My mom used to make this for me". The woman gently smiles and replies: "So did my mom"

I can only imagine that the girl has recently lost her mother or something.

It's a touching little scene that always gets me.

viscousmemories

03-02-2005, 04:28 PM

Yeah, I just saw the Geico caveman ones recently. The "Not cool!" one cracked me up.

Shake

03-02-2005, 06:48 PM

The original Beggin' Strips ad, with the dog looking for the bacon ...

"There! On the bag ... what's that say? I CAN'T READ!" :hysteric:

More recently, the new Aflac ad where the duck is doing stuff for the guy in the apartment with the broken leg. He's talking to his buddy when the doorbell rings. The duck grabs some money and is heading for the door. The guy says that the Chinese food has arrived, and his buddy says, "Oh good! I love duck!" At which, the duck spits out the money -- flash to an outside view, car in the driveway: we see the delivery guy being chased by the angry duck and he dives into the front of his car! :chuckle:

Miss Shelby

03-06-2005, 09:40 PM

Another funny one is that Twix commercial where the guy is sitting there with is candy bar and his wife comes in in the room and says 'Baby doll, do I look fat in these pants?' She's wearing hot pink spandex and her butt just looks HUGE. lol.. And in desparation he stuffs the candy bar in his mouth and starts inaudibly mumbling ... then it cuts and says "Need a moment?'---and the wife is all happy because she thinks he said no and she dances out of the room saying 'thank you sweetie pie'...lol.

Michelle

Ensign Steve

03-06-2005, 11:15 PM

The Geiko ad I like is the one for the reality show, Tiny House. "The drama is real, but it won't save you money on car insurance." I love when the woman kicks the man out of the tiny bed and says something like, "You have got to be kidding!"

I also like the older Staples commercial they always show during back-to-school time. Where the happy dad and the bummed out kids are shopping for school supplies, and it plays the Christmas song, "Its the most wonderful time of the year."

Corona688

03-06-2005, 11:53 PM

The Institute for Backup Trauma (backuptrauma.com/).

Crumb

03-07-2005, 12:23 AM

That is very funny Corona, thanks for the link!

pescifish

03-07-2005, 02:27 AM

The Institute for Backup Trauma (backuptrauma.com/). :train: Dr. Twain Weck! :D

Way too funny. I loved the Clockwork Orange reference (and Worf!) Thanks, Corona688!

Watser?

01-18-2007, 05:50 PM

I was gonna open a thread for this but then I found this one

Okay I posted one in the acupuncture thread, but then I figured almost all the commercials for this insurance company are hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIZrJFUwkDo&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73M2ABDedi4&NR

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9dDqFNqj8Y&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MDbzFak4-e8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnOxKeYnv8E

Couldn't find my favorite one though

Anastasia Beaverhausen

01-18-2007, 06:35 PM

Stop the cat box!

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pescifish

01-19-2007, 01:07 AM

Stop the cat box!:laugh:
That commercial makes me laugh everytime I see it!

Anastasia Beaverhausen

01-19-2007, 01:54 AM

Isn't it great, fishy? :D

I am fucking ecstatic that VW brought back the Peter Stormare commercials.

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Dingfod

01-19-2007, 02:08 AM

Sonic, America's Drive-in (http://www.sonicdrivein.com/index.jsp) has some award-winning commercials. For some reason, that completely escapes me, Sonic doesn't want their commercials show for free. I guess they'd rather pay umpteen brazillion samoleans to broadcast television instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HeBCx7ydM

California Tanker

01-19-2007, 02:24 AM

Voted the Best Advert Ever by the British public.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZVDiVvKsg

Probably the most famous Guinness advert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvwIxyYg4Dg

Another good one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNgK4GZ7OA

Not so good, but it has PENGUINS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfOlH4LOxFw

Last Guinness one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3n0SXk3HU

British and Irish road safety adverts don't pull punches, but this was a good mild one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRw8pbtN1WI

I don't watch the Superbowl, but I always watch the adverts online afterwards. My favourite from last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1JUaT4jOs

Gads, I'd love to see that one again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgkl-3ze4k

There are a whole bunch of Terry Tate adverts on Youtube.

Moons ago, there used to be a TV show in the UK called 'Carott's Commercial Breakdown'. Must look for a torrent. Heck, must find a torrent of Jasper Carott anyway, he's quite a good comic.

NTM

godfry n. glad

01-19-2007, 02:27 AM

I like every Victoria's Secret commercial I've ever seen...but they're waaaaay too short.

Then, there's all the nice hair care and skin care products commercials that I enjoy, but never remember the name of the product.

Other than those, the Geico caveman commercials have been gratifying and the CapitalOne (those despicable, slimy, no-count credit ursurers) commercials with the barbarians getting jobs in modern culture were amusing. (But I still would not have that crap in MY wallet.)

I really enjoyed Budweiser's commercials with the animated frogs and the ones with the "little ass that could" becoming part of the Clydesdale beerwagon team. (I still wouldn't buy that swill under any circumstances, though.)

foo fighter

01-19-2007, 06:28 AM

i like the latest caveman commercial that done like a news cast.

Ari

01-19-2007, 06:48 AM

Yeah the caveman newscast commercial always gets a chuckle out of me.
Of course who could forgot any of the "smiling bob" commercials.

Anastasia Beaverhausen

01-19-2007, 06:15 PM

Of course who could forgot any of the "smiling bob" commercials.

Oh, I HATE those! I have to sit through 500 of them while watching Star Trek! :rant:

MonCapitan2002

01-19-2007, 07:54 PM

The Institute for Backup Trauma (backuptrauma.com/).
That link leads me to some IT company called Iron Mountain Digital..

MonCapitan2002

01-19-2007, 08:10 PM

Stop the cat box!

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That last one made me hurt my stomach laughing. Both are quite funny, though.

Watser?

01-19-2007, 08:51 PM

The last one is Dutch, but I've never seen it.

Hmm, could be Belgian too of course

chick

01-20-2007, 12:07 AM

viscousmemories

02-16-2007, 01:12 PM

I just saw these two on "World's Funniest Commercials" at Google Video.

http://veryfunnyads.com/ads/24744.html

http://veryfunnyads.com/ads/24861.html

Watser?

02-16-2007, 01:26 PM

:lol:

ms_ann_thrope

02-17-2007, 07:50 AM

This isn't a funny commercial, but I think it is really cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjrUMgZkrUw

I love how the player swoops out of the shadows...

Anastasia Beaverhausen

02-19-2007, 01:22 AM

Poor cheetah. :(

Moxy

02-20-2007, 08:24 PM

Whatever happened to that one that aired during one of the Super Bowls, the one where the football player did a flying tackle into an office slacker. Gads, I'd love to see that one again!

And no, I don't remember the corporate entity who sponsored the ad.

Terry Tate: Office Linebacker. I believe they were Reebok commercials. I'm sure you can find them on youtube or whatever.

livius drusus

02-20-2007, 08:29 PM

Right you are, Moxy.

Terry Take: Office Linebacker

"Break was over 15 minutes ago, bitch!" :rofl:

Anastasia Beaverhausen

02-21-2007, 01:04 AM

Cover sheets on your TPS reports.. :giggle:

maddog

02-25-2007, 06:35 PM

This isn't in the category of funny, but one of the tissue companies, I think it's Kleenex, has a commercial where a guy has a chair and a couch outside and random people come sit on the couch and tell their stories, like outdoor therapy. The one that arrested me was the young woman who said she lost 30 friends during the storm (undoubtedly hurricane Katrina in NO/Gulf Coast). I thought, "holy mackerel, 30 friends died." That was mind-boggling. I don't know what I would do if 30 of my friends died. Because that's only a small percentage of the people who exist. I might not have any friends left if that happened to me. How do you return to "normal" after something like that?

#1116

viscousmemories

02-25-2007, 07:46 PM

I had never seen the office linebacker before. Funny stuff!

Shake

02-27-2007, 08:24 PM

Cover sheets on your TPS reports.. :giggle:
Did you get the memo I sent out? I'll get you another copy.

livius drusus

02-27-2007, 08:54 PM

I like the Geiko commercial with the movie voiceover guy.

Dingfod

03-01-2007, 01:28 PM

The commercial isn't that great, but I used to love Space Food Sticks, especially the peanut butter flavored.

Space Food Sticks

Javaman

03-01-2007, 01:31 PM

Space Food Sticks are my earliest food memory! Probably from around 1970 :oldman:

D. Scarlatti

03-27-2007, 04:13 PM

Blixa Bargeld for the Hornbach Home Improvement Superstore (http://www.epica-awards.org/assets/epica/2004/finalists/film/flv/22012-1.htm).

Anastasia Beaverhausen

03-27-2007, 10:47 PM

!!! Blixa Bargeld? *click*

Dingfod

03-28-2007, 12:34 PM

There's a commercial running right now for Taco Mayo. It cracks me up every time I see it. It shows moon mission footages of an astronaut bouncing along on the moon while the audio has him saying "Hippety-hoppity, hippety-hoppity! Over the hill we go, hippety-hoppity!", then footage showing the lunar module about to take off with the audio running down a checklist, then saying, as the craft blasts off, "I get the feeling we're forgetting something." Then you see the bouncing astronaut again "Hippety-hoppity, hippety-hoppity", followed by the Scottish-sounding announcer's voice saying "That was unexpected, like Taco Mayo's [blah-blah]". The commercial ends with the hippety-hoppity astronaut. Cracks. Me. Up. I wish it was on YouTube.

lisarea

03-30-2007, 03:40 AM

I don't particularly like these, but I have an important question: IS THAT SCHOOLLY D in those Hillshire Farms "Go Meat" commercials?

Oh, and to stay on topic:

Store of the Stars!

Dingfod

03-30-2007, 03:04 PM

There's a commercial running right now for Taco Mayo.I just realized that most of you don't know about this commercial because Taco Mayo is a 100 store chain in only Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. Bummer. It's a hoot.

quiet bear

04-01-2007, 03:36 AM

Anybody seen the one where the researcher plays 'Smoke on the Water' with the stick shifts of the test cars? I dig that one.

Anastasia Beaverhausen

04-01-2007, 04:46 AM

I totally dig that one, qb.

California Tanker

05-31-2007, 06:08 AM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1094232574024579484

I don't know what's best about this. The surprise ending, the name of the advertised entity (It exists, I checked), or the rock.

NTM

Anastasia Beaverhausen

05-31-2007, 06:11 AM

I love the Liberty Mutual commercials.

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I LOVE THIS ONE.

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lisarea

05-31-2007, 05:27 PM

Is this one in here yet? I am far too busy and important to look through three whole pages to find out.

Oh yeah. It's maybe not totally safe for work.

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Anastasia Beaverhausen

06-01-2007, 01:14 AM

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California Tanker

06-01-2007, 03:39 AM

Speaking of, saw my first black-and-white Charger today. They really do look mean when kitted out with ram bars and lights.

NTM

California Tanker

06-01-2007, 03:43 AM

Why can I not add an attachment in an 'edit'?

NTM

lisarea

06-01-2007, 04:30 AM

Am I allowed to post the GloboChem sketch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uco5Ed-5y2U) from Mr. Show, even though they're not really real commercials? You know, like the last one I posted, which totally is and all.

OH LOOK. I POSTED IT ANYWAY.

lisarea

07-08-2007, 06:34 PM

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Anastasia Beaverhausen

07-09-2007, 05:37 AM

What's with the French accent? Also, that's weird.

lisarea

07-09-2007, 06:05 AM

Yeah, it is weird. It looks like it's French, but it's in English, and it's produced in association with some German agency.

So my answer is: I dunno.

Dingfod

07-09-2007, 01:16 PM

Speaking of, saw my first black-and-white Charger today. They really do look mean when kitted out with ram bars and lights.

NTMMy local PD Stealth Charger:

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/tiawah466/spd3.jpg

If that doesn't work: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/tiawah466/spd3.jpg

Watser?

10-31-2007, 02:02 PM

Quit shaking you cane at me old man! :shakebat: :hmph:

Eh

Anyway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v56WfZgg79I&eurl=http://www.pervertpappu.com/blog/log/eyes-are-really-important-naina-thhag-lengey

Brimshack

11-01-2007, 05:52 AM

A old college buddy of mine was one of the planter's peanuts guys, the ones who kept running into animals. I wish I could remember his stories. They ad libbed some great lines that couldn't be used of course.

Petra

03-25-2008, 10:49 PM

YouTube - FUNNY BEAVER TV AD FOR U

Uthgar the Brazen

03-25-2008, 10:54 PM

:rofl:

We'll never see it here on television, alas.

ChuckF

03-25-2008, 10:58 PM

:roflcopt: That is a great beaver ad.

I know it's old and stuff but I really liked the Tide ad from the Superbowl.

YouTube - Tide-to-Go Superbowl Commercial, My Talking Stain Ad My Fav

Legs

03-25-2008, 11:13 PM

Some of the Fedex Cup commercials are cute :giggles:

That was close

Mr. Delany

Daughter is sick

vremya

03-26-2008, 01:43 AM

I love this one, from Avis - especially the guy in the back seat.

YouTube - Avis - 3 guys in car

Dingfod

02-02-2009, 12:59 PM

Superbowl XLIII commercials. (http://cbs5.com/video/?cid=162)

BrotherMan

02-02-2009, 03:26 PM

I thought the Hulu superbowl commercial was the best of the lot this year. Not that it was a good year for that sort of thing. Frankly, I'm disappointed.

wei yau

02-02-2009, 04:51 PM

I didn't see all the SB commercials, but I hardly remember any of them.

I did see the GI Joe Movie commercial and it was totally GI Generic. Don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this.

LadyShea

02-02-2009, 05:07 PM

Haven't read the whole thread, but I love the Disney Parks commercials where the parent transforms to a kid.

Shake

02-03-2009, 07:11 PM

The one from the Super Bowl where the people had all of these 'exotic' pets had me LOL-ing!

ChuckF

07-16-2009, 05:11 PM

YouTube - Travelers Insurance - Prized Possession (Dog)

lisarea

07-16-2009, 05:42 PM

Awwww, cute!

That dog looks almost exactly like the first dog I had when I was a kid, except for the coat color.

Insurance companies still suck, but it's not the dog's fault. I'm sure his image was appropriated for this campaign without his informed consent.

BrotherMan

07-16-2009, 05:47 PM

My friend's Rottie was a worrier. Give her a rawhide and she would wander around the house, whining constanty, trying to find a place to stash it. It was so cute.

Now that I'm here; this commercial makes me giggle a little.

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