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Topic: Commercials that don't suck
Bloodcookie
Pancake
posted 10-09-2004 07:02:43 PM
Television ads - misogynistic, misleading, unoriginal, unfunny... and yet, once every so often, one comes along that makes you say "hey, that didn't suck at all!"

So, reminisce about them here.

My personal favorite right now is the iPod commercial that shows clips of people dancing in various milieus, with inappropriate, but rhythmically justified, music dubbed in. Makes me giggle.


""...destructive analysis of the familiar is the only method of approach to an understanding of fundamentally different modes of expression." -Edward Sapir, Language
Sean
posted 10-09-2004 07:21:31 PM
I think I'm the only person alive that likes the Geico commercials. Especially the gecko doing the robot.
A Kansas City Shuffle is when everybody looks right, you go left.

It's not something people hear about.

Nike
Pancake
posted 10-09-2004 07:45:18 PM
*pinches herself*

Ouch... I'm alive and think the Geiko commercials are cute too.

I really like the Sour Skittles commerical, the one where the guy comes in the pick the chick up for prom... that one's funny.

Puggy
Pancake
posted 10-09-2004 08:17:43 PM
The only commercial that has ever stuck out in my mind was this car commercial. It started out with a red car sitting on a street. Then this dog comes running into the frame and slams right into the back of the car.

The announcer then came on and said "The (car). It just looks fast."

First time I saw that I laughed for a good fifteen minutes after. XD

Mr. Gainsborough
posted 10-09-2004 08:24:12 PM
I loved that one T-Mobile commerical with the old lady that screams at her cell phone bill and the guy that starts chewing his up. It cracks me up every time.

Also, you can't go wrong with the Venga Boys and the Dancing old dude from the Six Flags commercial.

Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 10-09-2004 08:45:14 PM
I like the Sprint one where the kid goes over on "macaroni minutes"
Mr. Parcelan
posted 10-09-2004 08:46:42 PM
Six Flags guy.
Demos
Pancake
posted 10-09-2004 10:36:47 PM
The six flags things make me want to jam a pencil in my ear drums and stab my eyes with a nail file.
"Jesus saves, Buddha enlightens, Cthulhu thinks you'll make a nice sandwich."
Snoota
Now I am become Death, shatterer of worlds
posted 10-09-2004 11:21:39 PM
I am dissapointed that nobody mentioned the greatest commercials ever created.

"If you kill the joe, you make some mo'! You know that baby!"

"You can't cut the cheese whenever you please! ...that's just nasty."

"Break was over fifteen minutes ago, bitch!"

Tegadil
Queen of the Smoofs
posted 10-09-2004 11:24:21 PM
I don't know that one

But what about the watershow commercial?

And I like the juicyfruit one at the office where the guy busts out of the file cabinet.
Mine! Mine! Mine!

Snoota
Now I am become Death, shatterer of worlds
posted 10-09-2004 11:27:43 PM
quote:
Nobody really understood why Tegadil wrote:
I don't know that one [/small]

You are a waste of flesh.

nem-x
posted 10-09-2004 11:28:13 PM
Palador ChibiDragon
Dismembered
posted 10-09-2004 11:32:57 PM
There was one for a kind of kitten food, where the kitten was zooming all over the house and they had the sounds of a racing car. When they did a closeup of the kitten meowing, they dubbed over it with the sounds of the motor being reved up. It was cute, and funny.

There was also one with a long haired kitten sitting on some stairs. It sneezes, and all the fur flies off leaving it a shorthaired kitten. Then a voice says "Small shedding problem?"

I believe in the existance of magic, not because I have seen proof of its existance, but because I refuse to live in a world where it does not exist.
Aaron (the good one)
posted 10-09-2004 11:41:43 PM
That new David Spade commercial.
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Addy
posted 10-09-2004 11:49:23 PM
Glen! Glen Glen Glen! Glen Glen Gle~en! Glen's the man, going to work... got his tie, got ambition. He knows one day he just could beco~ome... supervisor!

Roy! Roy Roy Roy...

Kiranê
Total Crap
posted 10-09-2004 11:52:34 PM
quote:
Nobody really understood why Falaanla Marr wrote:
I like the Sprint one where the kid goes over on "macaroni minutes"

Good one.

I like all the new Chevy ads. The cobalt bumping into the Corvette trying to find his 'status' in the family is funny. To bad half their ads got pulled by the censor's before they even got aired!

Dr. Gee
Say it Loud, Say it Plowed!
posted 10-10-2004 01:56:21 AM
Red Stripe! It's Beer! Hooray Beer!
Rodent King
Stabbed in the Eye
posted 10-10-2004 02:13:44 AM
I liked that bear fight one, starts off watching bears at a rivermouth, and a bear grabs a fish out of the stream. A guy runs up to the bear and tackles him, then the bear gets up and starts boxing with the guy. Guy yells: "Look! An eagle!" While pointing up to the sky, the bear looks, and the guy gives the bear a kick that sends him rolling on the ground.

It was about fish I think.

My inner child is bigger than my outer adult.
Akiraiu Zenko
Is actually a giddy schoolgirl
posted 10-10-2004 11:51:38 AM
quote:
Check out the big brain on Sean!
I think I'm the only person alive that likes the Geico commercials. Especially the gecko doing the robot.

I was dissappointed when Tiny House turned out to be fake. I wanted to see that, it woulda been funny.

The artist formerly known as Zephyer Kyuukaze.
Falaanla Marr
I AM HOT CHIX
posted 10-10-2004 11:55:49 AM
quote:
Verily, Rodent King doth proclaim:
I liked that bear fight one, starts off watching bears at a rivermouth, and a bear grabs a fish out of the stream. A guy runs up to the bear and tackles him, then the bear gets up and starts boxing with the guy. Guy yells: "Look! An eagle!" While pointing up to the sky, the bear looks, and the guy gives the bear a kick that sends him rolling on the ground.

It was about fish I think.


I liked that one too.

Gadani
U
posted 10-10-2004 12:26:18 PM
quote:
Everyone wondered WTF when Addy wrote:
Glen! Glen Glen Glen! Glen Glen Gle~en! Glen's the man, going to work... got his tie, got ambition. He knows one day he just could beco~ome... supervisor!

Roy! Roy Roy Roy...


Yes.

Suddar
posted 10-10-2004 12:29:54 PM
I was a big fan of that Starburst commercial for awhile. Good times.

I was disappointed about the Tiny House thing too. So would have watched that.

Suddar fucked around with this message on 10-10-2004 at 12:30 PM.

Sakkra
Office Linebacker
posted 10-10-2004 02:29:58 PM
quote:
When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Snoota said:
I am dissapointed that nobody mentioned the greatest commercials ever created.

"If you kill the joe, you make some mo'! You know that baby!"

"You can't cut the cheese whenever you please! ...that's just nasty."

"Break was over fifteen minutes ago, bitch!"


You know that ain't yo' cake! Touch anyone's cake again, and I'm gonna make you a very special PAIN CAKE, and I guarantee you won't want seconds of that! WOOO!!!

Snoota
Now I am become Death, shatterer of worlds
posted 10-10-2004 07:45:08 PM
The best one was when they had that sensitivity chick there, who wouldn't let him take anyone out. Then Triple T caught her grabbing the ass of the mailroom boy or something, and took her out and was like, "ILLEGAL USE OF THE HANDS. OLD SCHOOL RULES, BITCH! WOOOOO!!"

Snoota fucked around with this message on 10-10-2004 at 07:46 PM.

JooJooFlop
Hungry Hungry Hippo
posted 10-10-2004 09:26:51 PM
I'm not sure those count since you can only see them online, unless they were shown in their entirety during the Superbowl or at some point.
I don't know how to be sexy. If I catch a girl looking at me and our eyes lock, I panic and open mine wider. Then I lick my lips and rub my genitals. And mouth the words "You're dead."
-Yuri-
Pancake
posted 10-10-2004 09:28:44 PM
Most of the Emerald Nuts commercials I find some humor in.
JooJooFlop
Hungry Hungry Hippo
posted 10-10-2004 09:33:48 PM
quote:
Nobody really understood why -Yuri- wrote:
Most of the Emerald Nuts commercials I find some humor in.

I love those commercials. Especially Encouraging Norwegians.

I don't know how to be sexy. If I catch a girl looking at me and our eyes lock, I panic and open mine wider. Then I lick my lips and rub my genitals. And mouth the words "You're dead."
Monica
I've got an owie on my head :(
posted 10-10-2004 11:49:43 PM
I don't remember what it's for, but I like the ones with the people getting all excited about mundane things...

"OH MY GOD!!!! AIR!!! I CAN BREATHE IT AND SMELL IT!!!!! IT'S LIKE A PARTY IN MY LUNGS!!!! IT TASTES SO SWEET!!! I LOVE AIR!!!!"

JooJooFlop
Hungry Hungry Hippo
posted 10-10-2004 11:50:27 PM
quote:
Monica had this to say about Tron:
I don't remember what it's for, but I like the ones with the people getting all excited about mundane things...

"OH MY GOD!!!! AIR!!! I CAN BREATHE IT AND SMELL IT!!!!! IT'S LIKE A PARTY IN MY LUNGS!!!! IT TASTES SO SWEET!!! I LOVE AIR!!!!"


...Stimutax?

I don't know how to be sexy. If I catch a girl looking at me and our eyes lock, I panic and open mine wider. Then I lick my lips and rub my genitals. And mouth the words "You're dead."
Tegadil
Queen of the Smoofs
posted 10-10-2004 11:51:58 PM
The FeelGood (tm) effect!

It's a clothes commercial.

Tyewa Dawnsister
In Poverty
posted 10-11-2004 12:13:51 AM
Greetings,

I've always liked the Skittles commercials. They never feel like a candy commercial but come off representing their product in a positive light. Plus I've always dreamed of the sky opening up and raining sweets.

"And God said: 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan." - George Burns
JooJooFlop
Hungry Hungry Hippo
posted 10-11-2004 12:16:53 AM
quote:
There was much rejoicing when Tyewa Dawnsister said this:
Greetings,

I've always liked the Skittles commercials. They never feel like a candy commercial but come off representing their product in a positive light. Plus I've always dreamed of the sky opening up and raining sweets.


I like the one where the eagle feeds the Pakistani guy some Skittles and he says "Thank you very much!"

I don't know how to be sexy. If I catch a girl looking at me and our eyes lock, I panic and open mine wider. Then I lick my lips and rub my genitals. And mouth the words "You're dead."
OtakuPenguin
Peels like a tangerine, but is juicy like an orange.
posted 10-11-2004 02:29:29 AM
"JUMP, JUMP, JUMP!!!"
..:: This Is The Sound Of Settling ::..
Densetsu
NOT DRYSART
posted 10-11-2004 03:01:30 AM
"They've sent in the big one!"

"One million!"
'He is remaining firm.'

"Two million!"
'He is wood that will not bend.'

"Three million!"

"...Five million!"

I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl, we ate lobster, drank piña coladas. At sunset, we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over, and over?
Lesage
APPROVED
posted 10-11-2004 03:38:13 AM
The dog running into the car is hysterical. And the Geico Gecko! I love him. And I'm wearing a shirt right now with the six flags old man on it Gotta love Fright Fest.

There's one for some sort of business related thing and it's an entire board meeting shipped fedex. All the employee's pop out of their respective boxes and they notice one's missing. Flash to another box falling out of a truck and you can hear the thud of the guy hitting the street, and then a car smashes into the box. Takes a certain kinda humor I guess.

My favorite commercial out right now though is for Expedia and it's these old people going to visit their kids and brand new grandkids. The younger couple come out and hands the babies to the grand parents, and take off in the taxi the old folks came in. The end result, grandpa screaming "DON'T LEAVE US WITH THE BABIES!" Cracks me up EVERY time.

Premarital sex isn't worth it! You can catch AIDS, or cancer, or testicle weevils, or a bad body image or rickets. You know what IS worth it? Making love to Jesus. Because you can't knock Him up and He'll never ask what you're thinking – cuz He already knows!
^^Good times there!

Still always, Not-Dude.

Kith
Pancake
posted 10-11-2004 05:42:32 AM
quote:
Rodent King had this to say about Pirotess:
I liked that bear fight one, starts off watching bears at a rivermouth, and a bear grabs a fish out of the stream. A guy runs up to the bear and tackles him, then the bear gets up and starts boxing with the guy. Guy yells: "Look! An eagle!" While pointing up to the sky, the bear looks, and the guy gives the bear a kick that sends him rolling on the ground.

It was about fish I think.


Was a John West ad, ends with the guy taking the fish (salmon?) and walking off.

One of my favorites is the Toyota "Bugger" ads, was on in New Zealand (and Australia I think), not sure about the US. Is basically a farmer going about his daily business in his new truck and things going wrong due to "how good it is" followed by "Bugger", including from the dog at the end when it mistimes a jump into the back and lands in the dirt.

Toyota Hilux "Bugger" Ad for those curious.

Snoota
Now I am become Death, shatterer of worlds
posted 10-11-2004 06:16:06 AM
"You wanna play games, Gene? Well Terry's back, and I got a new game for ya. It's called, "How much pain can Gene stand before Gene learns not to play games anymore?" That's my game! That's Terry's game! And when it's game time, it's pain time baby. Woooo!!"
Azakias
Never wore the pants, thus still wields the power of unused (_|_)
posted 10-11-2004 07:39:15 AM
quote:
Monica spewed forth this undeniable truth:
I don't remember what it's for, but I like the ones with the people getting all excited about mundane things...

"OH MY GOD!!!! AIR!!! I CAN BREATHE IT AND SMELL IT!!!!! IT'S LIKE A PARTY IN MY LUNGS!!!! IT TASTES SO SWEET!!! I LOVE AIR!!!!"


That reminds me of that one commercial... all I remember is the scary lady who was screaming about having lots of babies. Three people walking through an office going off about how they can do anything they want to.

"Age by age have men stood up and said to the world, 'From what has come before me, I was forged, but I am new and greater than my forebears.' And so each man walks the world in ruin, abandoned and untried. Less than the whole of his being"
`Doc
Cold in an Alley
posted 10-11-2004 08:15:41 AM
quote:
Azakias really knows where their towel is...
That reminds me of that one commercial... all I remember is the scary lady who was screaming about having lots of babies. Three people walking through an office going off about how they can do anything they want to.
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Monica
I've got an owie on my head :(
posted 10-11-2004 01:55:07 PM
quote:
JooJooFlop wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
...Stimutax?

No, actually, I think it's an Old Navy commercial. There's also one with some kid screaming about mowing the lawn.

That episode of Sealab was fucking hilarious, though.

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