Favorite Commercials

[mmecorday]

This ad ran during the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day marathon last month. It's a real ad for MST3k merchandise, but also a parody of all those commercials featuring idiots who can't manage to eat chips out of a bowl, cook pasta, use a garden hose, etc.

[Brattinella]

44 minutes ago, mmecorday said:

This ad ran during the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day marathon last month. It's a real ad for MST3k merchandise, but also a parody of all those commercials featuring idiots who can't manage to eat chips out of a bowl, cook pasta, use a garden hose, etc.

Oh, no!  I missed the marathon!

[Rosiejuliemom]

I loved every single one of the Snickers Feast commercials. One of the few ad campaigns, aside from the holiday Hershey Kiss bells and the Silent Night Pampers ad, that actually made me smile when they came on.

 

https://adland.tv/commercials/snickers-feast-feasting-horn-2007-15

[Dirtybubble]

On 11/24/2017 at 6:02 PM, Brattinella said:

I'm really starting to be quite fond of the Bro-tein shake guys (for Geico).  That commercial never fails to crack me up!

Is that right bro-tato chip?  That's right Teddy Bro-sevelt.  HAHAHA!

[Blergh]

While I can't say it's anywhere close to my 'fave' commercial, I REALLY like the one for Bleu Cologne at Macy's with the girl going up to the perfume counter requesting that scent for her mother despite the clerk cautioning her that it's for men. After buying it, she and her mother make a phone call to the girl's father who is on some longterm polar expedition and the mother sprays the cologne afterwards to remind herself of her distant husband's scent.

     I like it because it's one of the very few scent commercials that a. actually tells a realistic story  b. has performers playing folks that behave like human beings instead of posers trying to be 'deep' but only winding up being boot deep!

[xaxat]

[DrSpaceman73]

Love the Geico SLoth commercial. 

[friendperidot]

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  ON 9/29/2017 AT 9:52 PM, FRIENDPERIDOT SAID:

There's an ad for hearing aids on the cheap, antenna channels that just makes me laugh. Eargo+ is the company and they have been funny for a while, "there's nothing more annoying than looking for those tiny hearing aid batteries...well, maybe there are." Lately they've got the guy who can't quite hear what people are telling me and the part about slaughtering the nuns just cracks me up. His wife actually tells him something about not forgetting to water the tomatoes when he's done.

 

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You're selling a product to the hard-of-hearing...  WHY isn't your ad Close-Captioned (the whole ad, not just "What they really said")?  I wouldn't buy anything from these asshats.

jhlipton, just wanted to let you know, that I did email them some time ago and just a few minutes ago, I saw one of their ads, not the one with the man mis-hearing everything, I haven't seen that one in a while, just one with narration and pictures of the device, it was closed captioned. I was happy to see that they've done that. I never received a response to my email, but I don't really care, I made my point.

[Tress]

I laugh my butt off every time I see the Dominoes commercial where a guy pulls into his driveway and gets out of his car and a gigantic pine tree falls & lands on top the car, totaling it.  Then, he's like, no, no & reaches in the backseat to pull out a Dominoes pizza & he's so relieved to see that it's ok.  So, he turns to walk into the house and slips on the ice & the pizza goes flying into the air & lands in the snow,

[voiceover]

I'm such a cheap target for most beer commercials...my current fave is Bud Light's "Dilly Dilly!" one.  

Of course, no bar toast is now safe from someone chiming that phrase.  And I laugh my ass off, every time.

[mojoween]

I am still ambivalent in having my house controlled by robots, but the, shit I think it was Alexa? ad I just saw was cute.

The first section shows a guy playing a game and his wife comes in, looks at the screen and uses the house robot to call for backup.  The players who come in the game sound like preteens and say “your wife called us?” 

The next section is a beautiful woman playing and she asks the house robot what to play next.  As she starts playing something a guy comes in and says “you called in sick?” and she pauses, says “uh, yeah” and coughs.  The way she coughs and says yeah is very cute.  I want to be her friend, even though I am less than useless in playing first person shooters.

I found the part with the woman, but not the whole thing.

Edited December 17, 2017 by mojoween

[Silver Raven]

12 hours ago, voiceover said:

I'm such a cheap target for most beer commercials...my current fave is Bud Light's "Dilly Dilly!" one.  

Of course, no bar toast is now safe from someone chiming that phrase.  And I laugh my ass off, every time.

I like the one where the King is giving away Bud Light for Christmas presents and one of them contains tickets for the Super Bowl for life, and the King demands that the guy give it back.

Edited December 17, 2017 by Silver Raven

[voiceover]

8 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

I like the one where the King is giving away Bud Light for Christmas presents and one of them contains tickets for the Super Bowl for life, and the King demands that the guy give it back.

I haven't seen that one!  But you know, if I were King, I would totes do the same.

*rushes off to find "Holiday Dilly" on YT*

[backformore]

I never eat Dominos pizza - but

this one makes me laugh every time: 

[Tunia]

Geiko does it again!  Love their ads.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wEkf/geico-the-great-penguin-migration

[cynicat]

I generally like the Mucinex commercials with Mr. Mucus.  I found this one particularly funny.  NOT a cat!  Not a cat!

[SmithW6079]

I hate most of the GEICO commercials with the gecko, but the one with the conference call is hilarious, mostly because it's true. Conference calls are the worst, especially when you have a terrible speakerphone. 

[Cobalt Stargazer]

"No, you're on fire! Look behind you!"

[bmasters9]

Peter Pan peanut butter commercial blooper on Say When!! on NBC w/the late Art James, 1964

[riley702]

Why does that patter sound so suggestive? Probably because innuendo is everywhere today, and it really was a more innocent time when this was filmed.

[janie jones]

What part sounds suggestive?

[Brattinella]

27 minutes ago, janie jones said:

What part sounds suggestive?

His tone, I think.

[riley702]

Mentioning peter a lot, along with creamy, easy to digest, helping you grow at night. It all went to a very 12 yr-old part of my brain.

Edited December 21, 2017 by riley702

[captain1]

Apologies if this has been posted before - after the enormous popularity of Bud Light's "Dilly Dilly" commercials, a microbrewery made a small batch IPA called "Dilly Dilly" something or other, and the folks at Anheuser Busch got wind of it and sent the coolest possible cease and desist notice:

 

[scarletine]

I love that they threw in two tickets for the Super Bowl to go with it. 

[AuntiePam]

We're liking the Verizon ad -- the one where doofus (Thomas Middleditch) is trying to wrap a gift.  The expression on the little boy's face cracks us up.  Also enjoying Santa stopping to let the puppy go potty. 

[theredhead77]

I debated if I wanted to post this here or under tear jerkers. I decided here because the message is so powerful it's instantly a favorite

 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWkX/massmutual-2017-year-in-review-the-unsung

[docmatt]

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wKdj/chick-fil-a-college-football-fans

I love this Chick Fil A ad. I know families who literally do not speak the week before and after the Iron Bowl. So this just makes me feel good.

[DrSpaceman73]

I can't stand those Dilly Dilly commercials.  Or the fact that is becoming some kind of catch phrase 

And I am not seven sure why I don't like it.  Part of it is the fact the beer is crappy.  But it also just doesn't strike me as that funny or original as most seem to find it. 

But then I am the rare male who always hated that "And Twins...." Coors light commercial as well from 15 years ago or so.  The song was SO BAD, yet it caught on and was everywhere. 

 

The DirecTV ad with the lady pouring coffee on herself and laughing is my favorite.

Even though I disagree with the point of the ad, which is that DirecTV has such great service vs cable.  DirecTV service sucks.  The only reason I still have it is because of NFL SUnday Ticket

[Silver Raven]

Allstate's Mayhem has resolved to only do safety things now, not violence.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWPr/allstate-lightning-rod-featuring-dean-winters

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWcV/allstate-road-flare

(Love the fire coming out of his head)

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWPh/allstate-mayhem-home-security-featuring-dean-winters

[Brattinella]

4 minutes ago, Silver Raven said:

Allstate's Mayhem has resolved to only do safety things now, not violence.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWPr/allstate-lightning-rod-featuring-dean-winters

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWcV/allstate-road-flare

(Love the fire coming out of his head)

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWPh/allstate-mayhem-home-security-featuring-dean-winters

I'll always love Ryan O'Reilly. :)

[mojoween]

I will always love any ad with Mayhem in it no matter what he does.  Still won’t change from Nationwide, but I can appreciate a great ad campaign.

There was an ad last night during one of the bowl games that I wish I paid more attention to because it highlighted a whole shitton of wonderful things from the raging hellfire that was 2017.  It was for Google, maybe?

[Bastet]

6 hours ago, mojoween said:

There was an ad last night during one of the bowl games that I wish I paid more attention to because it highlighted a whole shitton of wonderful things from the raging hellfire that was 2017.  It was for Google, maybe?

This one?

[mojoween]

That wasn’t it but hot damn that was a good ad, even if for insurance.

I found it!  Holy balls now that I've watched it in full...chills everywhere.  I especially love the part with the two people who were elected this year, the man from New Jersey, I think? and the woman from South Carolina.  Also that BBC video with the toddler invading her dad’s interview never gets old.

Edited January 3, 2018 by mojoween

[Annber03]

Oh, my god, that Google ad actually brought tears to my eyes. That was beautiful and perfect. 

[Fiddler1]

On 1/1/2018 at 10:03 PM, Silver Raven said:

Allstate's Mayhem has resolved to only do safety things now, not violence.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWPr/allstate-lightning-rod-featuring-dean-winters

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWcV/allstate-road-flare

(Love the fire coming out of his head)

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWPh/allstate-mayhem-home-security-featuring-dean-winters

But doesn’t it say onscreen something like “resolutions are made to be broken”?  I took that to mean Mayhem’s good intentions won’t last forever and he’ll be back to his old tricks before long!  Happy to see him either way!

[Bastet]

2 hours ago, Fiddler1 said:

But doesn’t it say onscreen something like “resolutions are made to be broken”?  I took that to mean Mayhem’s good intentions won’t last forever and he’ll be back to his old tricks before long!

Yep, and I'm looking forward to it.

[LillyB]

I am enjoying the GEICO ad with the penguins,

[Haleth]

8 hours ago, LillyB said:

I am enjoying the GEICO ad with the penguins,

Gonna breed next year!

10 hours ago, Fiddler1 said:

But doesn’t it say onscreen something like “resolutions are made to be broken”?  I took that to mean Mayhem’s good intentions won’t last forever and he’ll be back to his old tricks before long!  Happy to see him either way!

Mayhem was more fun when he was causing mayhem.  Not that I wish bad luck on people.

[Jamoche]

3 hours ago, Haleth said:

Gonna breed next year!

Mayhem was more fun when he was causing mayhem.  Not that I wish bad luck on people.

Let's see: the tennis ball could break causing the driver to drive too far and hit something, the kid could climb up on his roof after the airplane and fall, and the road flare - well, it shouldn't go out, but I've heard tales from cops of people who drive *towards* the flashing lights like moths to flames. One of them was a motorcycle cop who had a driver run right over his brand new and very nice bike.

[riley702]

What?!? How asinine.

[Moose135]

5 hours ago, Jamoche said:

I've heard tales from cops of people who drive *towards* the flashing lights like moths to flames.

I've heard the same from fire fighters - they say the flashing lights "hypnotize" people, for lack of a better word, and cause them to run into the truck.

[proserpina65]

On ‎01‎/‎01‎/‎2018 at 10:00 PM, DrSpaceman73 said:

Even though I disagree with the point of the ad, which is that DirecTV has such great service vs cable.  DirecTV service sucks.  The only reason I still have it is because of NFL SUnday Ticket

I've had the opposite experience in that DirecTV has been terrific when I needed their customer service and Comcast was horrible.  Possibly it depends on your area?

Anyways, to stay on topic:

I usually don't care one way or the other about Planet Fitness commercials, but the one with the European models mocking the "puffy baby man" amuses the hell out of me.  Maybe because they're just so ridiculously German, like they all should be members of Das Sound Machine (which was robbed, btw).

[Moose135]

16 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:

I usually don't care one way or the other about Planet Fitness commercials

Nothing will ever beat "I lift things up and put them down..."

[Brattinella]

My favorite Planet Fitness ad was the one with the man, using a towel on his thigh(?) and leering, grunting.  I died every time I saw it!

[AntiBeeSpray]

On 1/1/2018 at 10:03 PM, Silver Raven said:

Allstate's Mayhem has resolved to only do safety things now, not violence.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWPr/allstate-lightning-rod-featuring-dean-winters

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWcV/allstate-road-flare

(Love the fire coming out of his head)

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wWPh/allstate-mayhem-home-security-featuring-dean-winters

Love these :).

I wonder how long Mayhem will be able to keep his resolution to not cause any? XD

[Haleth]

On January 5, 2018 at 11:08 PM, AntiBeeSpray said:

Love these :).

I wonder how long Mayhem will be able to keep his resolution to not cause any? XD

Not even 2 weeks. He's back to causing mayhem again. 

[InDueTime]

3 minutes ago, Haleth said:

Not even 2 weeks. He's back to causing mayhem again. 

Yep.

[smittykins]

I haven't seen that! I'm still seeing the lightning-rod and parking-tennis-ball ones.

[bmasters9]

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