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cooby Jan 14 2006 07:04 PM

Here's my two current favorite commercials The Citibank Visa one where the guy is doing all the voice commands to get through to an operator, and when he finally does, his train goes in the tunnel. And this may be my all time favorite: Nextel. The three guys are in the office, one with a boom box, the other two are dancing. "Oooh Baby BAbee, Oooh Baby BAbee!!!" The guy on the right totally cracks me up every time.

metirish Jan 14 2006 08:53 PM

The David Spade ones are a laugh, the new Coors lite " love train" one that has clips of some football greats is a good one, cool song, the beer is piss though.

cooby Jan 14 2006 09:16 PM

Yep, those Capitol One ads are great; they are getting to the point where the pudgy guy is starting to upstage David Spade

ScarletKnight41 Jan 14 2006 09:26 PM

I loved the eBay ads that broke out into musical numbers. I just thought that they were fun and entertaining.

DocTee Jan 14 2006 09:46 PM

The GEICO Cavemen ads are hilarious

metirish Jan 14 2006 09:48 PM

The GEICO ones with the lizard doing the East London accent is a laugh..

Farmer Ted Jan 14 2006 10:04 PM

All three are at the top right now... Nextel. The Salt 'n Peppa "Push it real good" spot. Ooh baby baby, baby baby. The Vonage peice with the guy doing the robot while his wife gives a straight-faced testimonial. Any of the new Burger King commercials.

metirish Jan 14 2006 10:25 PM

Goos ones Ted, the Vonage "woo who woo woo who" I love, it stays in the noggin....

seawolf17 Jan 15 2006 04:44 AM

I'm a fan of the Burger King. He makes me laugh. So does the Sprint "But... you are the man..." commercial.

SwitchHitter Jan 15 2006 02:31 PM

My favorite commercial is the one where Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens welcome David Carr to the HEB family. Pettitte and Clemens are wearing shoulder pads, football jerseys and helmets and Carr is sitting in a chair getting his makeup done and they run out from the bushes and tackle him. I guess you have to be there.

OlerudOwned Jan 15 2006 04:47 PM

He's a phenom

Willets Point Jan 15 2006 10:35 PM

cooby Jan 16 2006 06:02 AM

Nobody else thinks he' creepy? Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Centerfield Jan 16 2006 07:55 AM

Yeah, the new Burger King kinda freaks me out. The Geico Caveman commercials were probably my favorite ones of recent history but I haven't seen them lately. Of the ones I see currently, my favorites are the Salt N Pepa one, the Sprint one, and: 1. "We know you're bald...we think you should stop wearing the Snickers on your head." 2. The Sportscenter commercial where Dan Patrick has Danica Patrick's car towed for parking in his space.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 16 2006 08:09 AM

I watched most of 24 live last night. (NFL playoffs running late foiled my plan to watch most of it on TiVo-delay.) That meant that for the first time in a very long time I was forced to endure TV commercials. (I've been zipping through commercials since my first VCR in 1982.) ARRGGH! They made me insane! And reminded me of how spoiled I've been. I know I'm missing out on some cultural touchstones by not watching commercials, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

OlerudOwned Jan 16 2006 11:40 AM

="Willets Point"] Brilliance

Elster88 Jan 16 2006 01:58 PM

I don't remember this one:

ScarletKnight41 Jan 16 2006 06:27 PM

The Bud Lite/Venus de Milo commercial always gets a chuckle out of me.

metirish Feb 13 2006 06:49 PM

Ted Ferguson 'Bud Light' DareDevil is a laugh, and my fave one is at the office..watch it here, title 'Working' http://www.tedferguson.com/latest_stunts/

ScarletKnight41 Feb 13 2006 06:56 PM

ROFL - the music one in your link is hysterical :)

metirish Feb 13 2006 07:05 PM

Yes that one is brilliant... http://www.tedferguson.com/latest_stunts/

metirish Mar 01 2006 07:48 PM

I love the new Geico commercial, the one where the lizard is being interviewed, love that little fella.

Giant Squidlike Creature Mar 30 2006 02:11 PM

Bump.

ScarletKnight41 Mar 30 2006 02:18 PM

The Bud Lite "Magic Fridge" ad always makes me chuckle. [url]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8248766101102341416[/url]

MFS62 Mar 30 2006 03:37 PM

The Master Card one, with Richard Dean Anderson in his old McGuyver role. Sheesh! The guy hasn't aged. Later

cooby Apr 07 2006 01:37 PM

Good Cheese Comes From Happy Cows California Cheese ad featuring setting people up to look silly and then laughing at them You might have to watch the Food Network to see it

Willets Point Apr 07 2006 01:39 PM

Funny you post this now with cow porn at the top of the Baseball Forum.

cooby Apr 07 2006 01:46 PM

That is what made me think of it!

TheOldMole Apr 07 2006 08:24 PM

It's been on the air for so long that it's become annoying background noise, but that commercial about stickin' it to the man is really well done.

Willets Point May 11 2006 01:49 PM

bump

metirish May 11 2006 01:51 PM

I like the Vonage jingle...infact I installed Vonage yesterday to my PC, works bloody great, free calls to ireland for the month...

soupcan May 11 2006 01:59 PM

I still laugh at the Geico cavemen. "I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa"

cooby May 18 2006 07:20 PM

Just try to watch the "Nuns vs Cheerleaders Carwash" Eagle One commerical without laughing. You can't, can you?

Giant Squidlike Creature Jun 21 2006 12:42 PM

Bump. The Jose+10 commercials during the World Cup are fun. The music is good too.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2006 12:43 PM

Ok, but what does '+10' mean?

Willets Point Jun 21 2006 12:59 PM

11 players per side on a soccer team. Thus Jose (the Latin American everyboy) + 10 of the world's greatest players.

HahnSolo Jun 21 2006 01:09 PM

And it's great when "Beckenbauer in his prime" comes running in.

MFS62 Jun 22 2006 07:20 AM

Willets Point wrote: 11 players per side on a soccer team. Thus Jose (the Latin American everyboy) + 10 of the world's greatest players. I wonder if this is a take-off of the A-Rod "24+1" comments? Has anyone else ever heard that kind of thing said about a player in any sport before the A-Rod/ Mets/ Boras negotiations? Later

Methead Jun 22 2006 07:33 AM

"I still laugh at the Geico cavemen." Me too... I can't even hear the words "duck", "mango salsa", or "research" without getting the urge to chuckle a bit.

ScarletKnight41 Jun 22 2006 12:48 PM

I like the Coor's Light "Love Train" ads - they're entertaining.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 22 2006 12:57 PM

Methead wrote: "I still laugh at the Geico cavemen." Me too... I can't even hear the words "duck", "mango salsa", or "research" without getting the urge to chuckle a bit. Same. The actors in that spot are all dynamite, including the spokesman, who provides just the right amount of cheese.

MFS62 Jun 22 2006 01:06 PM

I like the phone company ad with "We Belong" playing in the background. Later

Farmer Ted Jun 22 2006 02:38 PM

BK does it again with the Big Huckin' Chicken http://www.huckinchicken.com/home.php

Willets Point Jul 25 2006 02:13 PM

Bump.

MFS62 Jul 25 2006 02:20 PM

There was a story on the Today show a few weeks ago about the "Top 5 songs that, once you hear them, you can't get them out of your head". The #1 choice, in an internet vote, was the Chili's "Baby back, baby back ribs" jungle. Does that make a similar impression on anyone here? Later

sharpie Jul 25 2006 02:22 PM

It made so little of an impression on me that I can't remember the tune at all (and I know I've seen the commercial). The Mister Softee jingle is the most pernicious piece of music ever made.

Elster88 Aug 03 2006 07:28 AM

I kind of like the new one where the guy gets a text message in a department store that he just made his fantasy playoffs, so he makes his girlfriend keep her promise to dump a Gatorade on his head.

Edgy DC Aug 03 2006 07:56 AM

Twenty-five cyberbucks to anybody who finds me a clip of the Battlestar Galacticaaaaaaaaaaa! Cylon! Bubble Macheeeeeeeeene! commercial.

MFS62 Aug 03 2006 08:08 AM

="Elster88"]I kind of like the new one where the guy gets a text message in a department store that he just made his fantasy playoffs, so he makes his girlfriend keep her promise to dump a Gatorade on his head. I like that one, too. I wonder where, in real life, you would find a girl who would really do that. EDIT (afterthought) All the women I know wouldn't interrupt their shopping for anything. Later

Centerfield Aug 04 2006 12:57 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 06 2006 05:10 PM

My two favorite commercials playing right now are: 1. ESPN Mobile: Wife: Sports! With you it's always sports. Husband (turning to Trey Wingo): Is that true? Wingo: uh-uh Husband (turning back to wife): That's not true! 2. NY Lottery: It's an older ad that they recently started replaying. Reporter: Does it matter that he bought the team? Manager: Next question. I love the part where he's calling his shot as the pitch goes zooming by.

Elster88 Aug 04 2006 12:59 PM

metirish wrote: I love the new Geico commercial, the one where the lizard is being interviewed, love that little fella. I love it when he says "You're like a brother to me." His face cracks me up without fail.

soupcan Aug 04 2006 01:10 PM

The new Geico commercials with Burt Bacharach, Charo and Little Richard are great. On a separate note - I'd like to bury a pick axe in 'Dr. Z.s' shiny skull.

metirish Aug 04 2006 01:15 PM

] On a separate note - I'd like to bury a pick axe in 'Dr. Z.s' shiny skull. Yep he's a bollox, even has his own website....go on ask hima question.. https://www.askdrz.com/

Nymr83 Aug 04 2006 01:55 PM

the commercial from last year's superbowl wiht the caveman trying to ship a package by pterodactyl (sp?) only to have it eaten by another dinosaur is still great, although funny, the commercial wasn't that good at marketing (at least for me) because i cant remember if it was fedex/ups/etc

Willets Point Aug 08 2006 03:24 PM

ScarletKnight41 Aug 13 2006 12:56 PM

The new Bud Lite softball ad (7 innings, 32 minutes) cracked me up. The ad agency who has put together Bud Light's recent campaign is fabulous - they have made a whole slew of truly entertaining commercials.

cooby Aug 13 2006 08:44 PM

This is NOT my favorite commericial: Does any body understand what the "Phonies" ad is supposed to be about? Is it actually asking us to buy something?

Willets Point Aug 13 2006 09:43 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 13 2006 09:56 PM

What a bunch of filthy, smelly hippies: Was there ever a time when players walked through public areas of the stadium during a game? Without security? And you'd never see glass bottles at a stadium today (or anywhere). And that boy would so be on eBay within 10 minutes.

cooby Aug 13 2006 09:47 PM

Oh! Mean Joe Greene!

cooby Sep 06 2006 03:51 PM

My new favorite commercial is the Coke ad starring Mr. Hadley Very cute

Centerfield Sep 06 2006 05:08 PM

cooby Sep 20 2006 06:25 AM

The new Vonage ads with the cute ditzy girl on the beach (my favorite of the two) and the gross geeky guy with the hottie in the convertible are pretty cute.

Johnny Dickshot Sep 20 2006 06:36 AM

New Caveman Geico ad -- not bad.

Centerfield Sep 21 2006 07:30 AM

The one I really liked was the second one of the series that never gets played anymore. This is it:

Johnny Dickshot Sep 21 2006 11:00 AM

I think that had to be the first one, no?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 21 2006 11:07 AM

Is anybody considering getting an SNY head from Dr. Rosen?

Centerfield Sep 21 2006 12:32 PM

The first one is where the guy holding the mic storms out of the commercial shoot. You can see all three here:

Johnny Dickshot Sep 21 2006 12:45 PM

Ah, I see. I forgot about the boom-mic one. That's excellent too.

soupcan Sep 21 2006 09:01 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: New Caveman Geico ad -- not bad. It's the music that kills me in this one.

Edgy DC Sep 23 2006 01:34 PM

Toyota's using "This Is It" again, the same song they were using 20+ years ago. How rich must Kenny Loggins be?

Benjamin Grimm Oct 17 2006 07:28 AM

I've grown so accustomed to fast-forwarding through commercials (for about twenty-five years now) that whenever I'm forced to watch them I find them especially maddening. And with the Mets in the playoffs, I've been seeing a lot of commercials. So here are my thoughts about the commercials I've been seeing repeatedly: Till Death looks like an awful show. And seeing the same clips again and again makes it look worse each time. The girl in the Taco Bell commercial is very appealing, but the nerd she was with probably shouldn't have blurted out "I love you" like that. Especially not the second time. I keep hoping that the snapalopes will escape without getting snared. (And what's with that weird jingle at the end of the commercial?) Who's the girl in the shower wearing nothing but dollar bills? It's only a quick glimpse, but it's intriguing each time. I wish they'd hurry into production with a commercial that has Tommy Lasorda trying to coax a Yankee fan out of a fetal position.

MFS62 Oct 17 2006 07:35 AM

I like the series of ads for Jimmy Dean sausages - the ones with Mr. Sun getting up each morning to have breakfast before bringing light to the world. They're just ... nice. Later

cooby Oct 17 2006 07:49 AM

I like the Careerbuilder.com one where the monkeys are playing with their laser lights while the guy is doing his Powerpoint presentation

metirish Oct 17 2006 07:57 AM

I absolutly hate the "coffee" commercial," coffee,going for coffee"...bleh.

Valadius Oct 17 2006 08:54 AM

'Til Death actually isn't that bad.

TheOldMole Oct 29 2006 03:37 PM

I'm trying to figure out that commercial where people keep going to Dunkin' Donuts for quote - coffee - unquote. What is Dunkin' Donuts really selling...opium?

Elster88 Oct 29 2006 03:50 PM

The one that I loved was the one with just Holyfield, but I couldn't find it. This has most of the Holyfield clips in it though. "Chah-lee come out and get your whuppin". Kills me.

soupcan Oct 29 2006 03:53 PM

The Geico cavemen are back!!! "Sorry we couldn't get that to you sooner." I'm dying over here.

metirish Oct 29 2006 04:36 PM

Those are funny guys,ESPN used to make grat ads

cooby Oct 29 2006 08:46 PM

Jimmy crack corn and I don't care

soupcan Oct 30 2006 07:04 AM

How could you not care about the Cavemen? I'm not sure I understand the concept here - it is a real trailer for a real movie? It still makes me laugh whatever it is they're trying to do.

cooby Oct 30 2006 07:32 AM

I don't mean that I don't care about the cavemen! I mean I like that commerical where that guy is singing that song to his future father in law

Johnny Dickshot Oct 30 2006 07:34 AM

soupcan wrote: The Geico cavemen are back!!! "Sorry we couldn't get that to you sooner." I'm dying over here. I'm already dead.

cooby Oct 30 2006 07:34 AM

Soupcan, where did you find that caveman movie trailer? That is funny Edit: Make that how did you find....

Willets Point Oct 30 2006 08:44 AM

Girlfriend, right! Those cavemen are so gay.

cooby Oct 30 2006 09:28 AM

yeah

metirish Oct 30 2006 01:24 PM

Interesting article.... ] American Tragedies, to Sell Trucks E-MailPrint Reprints Save By DAVID CARR Published: October 30, 2006 Before the second game of the World Series, the singer John Mellencamp warmed up the crowd with “Our Country,” a paean to American greatness. Sports fans could be forgiven for having a bit of déj� vu, having heard the same chorus in heavy rotation during college football, N.F.L. football and now the World Series, as a backdrop to a commercial to the new Chevrolet Silverado. Consumers are used to General Motors wrapping itself in the flag, having been variously urged to “Keep America Rolling” for “An American Revolution” and to listen to “The Heartbeat of America.” But this new version of patriotism took on a more desperate air, all but setting the flag on fire to honor it. As the commercial begins, an industrial history rolls out, touching the usual icons of the Statue of Liberty, busy factory workers and Americans at their leisure. But then a more conflicted narrative emerges, quickly flashing on bus boycotts, Vietnam, Nixon resigning, Hurricane Katrina, fires, floods, then the attacks of Sept. 11, replete with firefighters. All that’s missing is a plague of locusts, until the commercial intones “This is our country, this is our truck” as a large Silverado emerges from amber waves of grain. The message seems to be that, even though America has been in the ditch several times during its history, it has always managed to pull itself out. And what is true for the country must be true for General Motors. It could be pointed out that Detroit and General Motors are in a ditch mostly because they drove there, ignoring global competition and consumer needs in pursuit of quarterly profits. But the back story of the disaster is obscured by the universal need to rebound. Critics have attacked the ad, in part because it also invokes Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks to sell trucks. But something more subtle, perhaps more cynical, may be at work here: the image of America (and its leading auto manufacturer) as victim, mostly of itself, but still worth loving. “The first time I saw it, I thought, holy mackerel, they are using negative images to generate positive emotions,” said Bob Garfield, the advertising critic of Advertising Age. “I have never seen that in a commercial.” “I feel a little violated when I watch it,” he said. “I don’t mind when they have a tent sale on President’s Day, but those guys have been dead for 200 years. I’m not sure I’m ready for a Rosa Parks sale-a-bration.” Kim Kosak, director of advertising and sales promotion at Chevrolet, said there was no thought given to drawing a parallel between the struggles of a nation and the struggles of a corporate icon. “We never discussed that or thought about it,” she said in a phone interview. “The idea was that the pickup consumer is honest, hardworking, authentic and real. In order to be real and honest, we needed to show the scars and bruises, as well as the triumphs, of this country in order to be true.” As a piece of television craft and song craft — I’m humming that sucker in spite of myself — “This is our country” is a gorgeous, A.D.D. version of Ken Burns’s best work. But it is landing with a thud in the advertising community, and not just because it achieved the impossible: making viewers nostalgic for Chevy’s last anthem, Bob Seger’s “Like a Rock.” “The message seems to be, ‘If you don’t buy our truck, we will go bankrupt,’ ” said Al Ries of Ries & Ries, a brand consultancy. “The kind of people who buy trucks are not going to buy them because a company is in trouble. People like to buy from winners.” Jerry Della Femina, who runs an ad agency in New York, says he believes the spot is something of a new low. “You see all these moving images and at the end of it, all you get is a lousy Chevy truck,” he said. Mr. Della Femina called the ad “manipulative” and said it suggested that G.M. was “somehow coming up from the depths.” National travail obviously touches the heartstrings and it’s hardly surprising that Sept. 11 became a theme in political advertising. At the Republican National Convention in 2004, Rudolph W. Giuliani, whose finest hour occurred during those attacks, recalled in his speech that he confided to Bernard B. Kerik as the towers fell, “Thank God George Bush is our president.” But what works in politics may be dangerous in commerce. Who didn’t feel a little dirty participating in the group hug watching the first N.F.L. game in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina? And while Robert De Niro’s commercial about New York — including his reference to ground zero as “my heartbreak” was evocative — it was used as a branding moment for American Express. And now we have Mr. Mellencamp, who’s done some rebranding of his own, having dropped the “Cougar” from his name back when his image needed a folksy turn. His political values seem equally elastic. He and his spouse once wrote a jeremiad against the Bush administration that said, in part: “It is time to take back our country. Take it back from political agendas, corporate greed and overall manipulation.” That was in 2003. Now he’s sitting on the fender of a Chevy truck, strumming a guitar and singing, “Well, I can stand beside ideals I think are right, and I can stand beside the idea to stand and fight.” He can also stand beside a nice shiny truck, if the fee is right. A few days ago, Gawker, the Manhattan media site, ran a picture of a bar advertising, “The happiest happy hour south of ground zero.” Whether or not the statement is clinically true — a bit tough to measure, that — the message was beyond crass and deserved our contempt. When it comes to selling bars, trucks or even politicians, you can wave the flag or you can drape one over a coffin. You can’t do both. Next Article in Business (6 of 17) »

cooby Oct 30 2006 09:21 PM

I think that ad is waaaaay too long

metsmarathon Oct 31 2006 07:23 AM

i dunno. i get the feeling every time i watch that ad, that the people who think "hey, man, america kicks ass, and so do these trucks" are the same people who would, say, dance to "roxanne" or "i'll be watching you" as their wedding songs. i mean, fine - the ad is intended to make me think that america kicks ass, and its been through bad times and comes back strong, and chevy makes trucks so buy them if you're american, but really, it does none of that to me. it makes me think "hmm, riots, war, fire, flood. yeah, that's what i want out of a truck" the newer set of ads for the trucks are better, and filled with much more of the positive imagery, and not so much of the downers.

soupcan Oct 31 2006 07:37 AM

Yeah but unfortunately for society - and fortunately for Chevy - a whole lot of people in this country don't bother to think too much. Be it about wars, natural disasters, civil unrest, environmental issues or even songs to actually understand what is really going on. Hence - wedding songs about prostitutes and stalkers = lots of chevy trucks sold.

Centerfield Oct 31 2006 07:38 AM

America...Fuck Yeah!

Edgy DC Oct 31 2006 07:38 AM

On the other hand, I spent last year's playoffs watching GM roll out Lee Iococca again. I hate the dummies who think "Every Breath You Take" is called "I'll Be Watching You."

metsmarathon Oct 31 2006 07:43 AM

sorry. didn't want to stop the flow of my minirant to correctly recall the name of the song. i knew it was wrong, but couldn't figure out right. you're lucky i didnt call the other one "that red light song"

metsmarathon Oct 31 2006 07:43 AM

="Centerfield"] America...Fuck Yeah! that's all i think when i see that chevy ad.

cooby Oct 31 2006 07:57 AM

Wowee, thankfully, after all this discussion, Roxanne is going through my head instead of John Mellancamp

metirish Oct 31 2006 07:59 AM

That's un-american of you Cooby.......please buy a Chevy,you get a free flag you know.

metsmarathon Oct 31 2006 08:04 AM

buy chevy or the terrorists win.

cooby Oct 31 2006 08:05 AM

I've had a few Chevys. Not pickups though

cooby Oct 31 2006 08:07 AM

I do like that lady doing the twist near the beginning though. After she's on I usually go check my dryer. Sometimes the commercial is still on when I come back

metirish Nov 06 2006 07:31 PM

I'm so sick of Mark Horowitz living for seven days in his Nissan.

cooby Nov 06 2006 07:50 PM

That's been a long seven days.

metirish Nov 13 2006 12:47 PM

I wish we had a least Favorite commercials thread, I absolutly hate the new Dunkin Dounuts commercial......"alarm clock catastrophe",I just want to punch them all in the face..

metirish Nov 13 2006 12:48 PM

I wish we had a least Favorite commercials thread, I absolutly hate the new Dunkin Dounuts commercial......"alarm clock catastrophe",I just want to punch them all in the face..

Edgy DC Nov 13 2006 01:05 PM

Ummm... start one?

seawolf17 Nov 13 2006 05:04 PM

I love the one for that phone company with "The Five": Parent: So, honey, who's in your five? Daughter: Susie, Emily, Jessica, Courtney, and Melissa. Son: My five is Susie, Emily, Jessica, Courtney, and Melissa. Daughter (exasperated): What?!?! Son: Your friends are hot. Daughter: Dad!!! Dad (shrugs): You should have uglier friends. The other one -- with the two guys and the "Secret Lovers" ringtone -- makes me laugh out loud also.

metirish Nov 13 2006 07:27 PM

I like that Continental one where Simmons is so tired that he thinks he's rubbing his dogs head but it's a female co-worker.."your turn Simmons,Simmons"

Nymr83 Nov 13 2006 08:17 PM

those are both great commercials Seawolf.

TheOldMole Nov 15 2006 10:14 AM

I like the one where the two bozos are trying to get the lyrics to "Rock the Casbah" right and failing miserably.

seawolf17 Nov 17 2006 02:28 PM

"Hey... nobody likes nutmeg and Constitutions more than me..."

Willets Point Nov 17 2006 02:58 PM

seawolf17 wrote: "Hey... nobody likes nutmeg and Constitutions more than me..." A Connecticut ad?

seawolf17 Nov 17 2006 06:27 PM

It's a radio ad for Geico... the gecko talking about CT.

soupcan Dec 04 2006 09:02 PM

Another Geico Caveman ad... They just keep getting better and better....

OlerudOwned Dec 15 2006 04:08 PM

I've always found the Rangers "Bobby Granger" ad campaign funny, seeing as it has the cajones to be based around the entire team trying to make one fan's life a living hell. But this unaired one is just outstanding.

Johnny Dickshot Dec 28 2006 05:11 PM

The ad where the car salesmen are dancing around the showroom singing "So Long, Farewell" from Sound of Music is pretty funny. They dance and sing just bad enough to indicate they're car salesmen, and there's a good shot of a shopper looking up from a brochure as if to say "WTF?"

cooby Jan 06 2007 07:23 PM

I really like the Vitorin ads where the people (your relatives) are dressed up to match food. Very clever!

Johnny Dickshot Jan 25 2007 11:15 AM

Jack in the Box makes funny ads. Check out this one:

Centerfield Jan 25 2007 11:45 AM

I like the three part TMobile ad: Scene 1 - Mom, Dad and daughter in kitchen Daughter: Mom, I want my own cellphone. Mom (after looking at dad): Those are awfully expensive, wouldn't you rather get a tattoo? Scene 2 - Father and Son fishing in a boat Son: Dad, I think it's about time I got my own cellphone. Dad: I think it's about time you got a job Scene 3 - father and son in garage, next to car Son: Dad, can I get a cellphone? (beat) Dad (turns on electric buffer): What? No I can't hear you

Johnny Dickshot Feb 17 2007 07:16 PM

How about that new iPod commercial? God, what a verse! Jeezus. Makes me wanna swing a baseball bat. Here's the whole song in video: [url]http://www.thefratellis-us.com/video/player/[/url] Anywhoo, how its all changed when the 2 new songs I know best now (JCM's "My Country" and this one -- "Flathead" by The Fratellis) are tv commercials now that radio's dead and MTV is irrevelant.

Edgy DC Feb 17 2007 07:31 PM

Mellencamp's plea is on file. He's sure right about one thing. "Saving Grace" and Highway Companion are great.

cooby Feb 17 2007 07:41 PM

Isn't Chevrolet the one that made us listen to "Heartbeat of America" for practically a decade? We could be listening to John for some time to come.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 17 2007 07:43 PM

I think he makes a fine point -- my point above, sorta. He's right that you & me would never hear "country" were we not watching baseball. I guess I disagree with him that putting those images into the commercial. He can say I want it to look like my videos all he wants but its still a truck commercial. I'll go listen to Tom Petty now. How about the Fratellis? No way those 3 guys make all that noise.

metsmarathon Feb 17 2007 07:44 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: How about that new iPod commercial? God, what a verse! Jeezus. Makes me wanna swing a baseball bat. Here's the whole song in video: [url]http://www.thefratellis-us.com/video/player/[/url] Anywhoo, how its all changed when the 2 new songs I know best now (JCM's "My Country" and this one -- "Flathead" by The Fratellis) are tv commercials now that radio's dead and MTV is irrevelant. what an excellent video. it seems as if every frame of it is justifiable for emblazoning upon a WWII bomber. graphically super! tho why does my head want to short circuit into a mcdonalds ad when they start with the "ba da bop ba...."

metirish Feb 17 2007 07:47 PM

Great song....I can't remember the last time I watched MTV...I don't have an ipod...although I think the missus is getting me one for my b/day..I hope so..I feel so ninties without one.

metsmarathon Feb 17 2007 08:04 PM

has this video ever made it over to the cranepool? i don't recall seeing it, but could easily've missed it. and if its already here, well, here it is again! it's my new favorite song. "Remind Me" by Royksopp

cooby Feb 17 2007 08:16 PM

Hmmm...metirish is having a birthday soon and seems to have recently gotten married...

Johnny Dickshot Feb 17 2007 08:17 PM

Cool video. Not really into that song though.

metirish Feb 17 2007 08:17 PM

cooby wrote: Hmmm...metirish is having a birthday soon and seems to have recently gotten married... oh no,didn't get married....

Willets Point Feb 17 2007 08:22 PM

I really get a kick out the commercial with Robert Goulet coming into the office and messing with peoples' stuff.

SteveJRogers Feb 17 2007 10:45 PM

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BEARS! The return of the Bears Fans http://www.rbk.com/us/football/dabearsvideo.swf [ADMIN EDIT: Removed embedded movie and replaced with link above.] RBK Football

Benjamin Grimm Feb 28 2007 12:24 PM

Raise your hand if you remember Milton the Toaster...

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:51 AM

Yes

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:52 AM

I recall it

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:53 AM

Trying to bump to new page

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:53 AM

Cuz Rogers clip starts every time the page starts

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:54 AM

I never thouigh Da Bears stuff was all that funny

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:55 AM

in small doeses I suppose it was ok

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:56 AM

Rogers! You bastard

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:56 AM

S'pose an admin could get in there and edit

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:58 AM

fucking snl

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:59 AM

FU Rogers

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 07:59 AM

It's not even a fucking commercial

Johnny Dickshot Mar 09 2007 08:02 AM

Bumpng the pasge doesn't work. ADMINS, please edit Rogers post on page 7 thanks

metirish Mar 09 2007 08:03 AM

If that un-funny Bears skit was trying to make Bears fans seem like total idiots then it succeeded.

cooby Mar 09 2007 06:22 PM

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Willets Point May 03 2007 01:23 PM

This is just a weird, somewhat disturbing ad featuring David Ortiz.

Johnny Dickshot May 17 2007 08:46 AM

The only way this could be any better would be for Fred to light up after plowing Wilma.

Willets Point May 29 2007 04:54 PM

In France, March of the Penguins is titled March of the Emperor, thus this fantastic ad:

seawolf17 May 29 2007 07:20 PM

I'm going to kick that Verizon guy in his true quam. Ooh, you know big words... you can confuse a little kid. Hope that makes you feel like a big man.