Favorite Commercials

[cynicat]

OK...so moving on

I really like this new Pet Friendly Apartments.com commercial:

 

[Popples]

I saw this last night and think it is so incredibly touching.

 

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, Popples said:

I saw this last night and think it is so incredibly touching.

 

Dammit! Why do people keep cutting onions in here?

[Bastet]

3 hours ago, Popples said:

I saw this last night and think it is so incredibly touching.

That's beautiful, and I like the part where it switches to the grandparents' POV, so we do not hear the child or his parents, we just see the captioning.

[Gramto6]

That is one of the sweetest commercials ever!! I love it!

[SmithW6079]

On 4/22/2021 at 10:43 AM, CrazyInAlabama said:

The dogs don't really need bathrooms either, but it was funny to see the dogs ignore the "No Pets" sign. 

Because they're not pets. They're a regular family out for a Sunday drive and they brought their pet cat along.

[ForumLou]

On 4/18/2021 at 7:18 PM, Prevailing Wind said:

I think this is the thread where we were discussing how much some of us love the GEICO "Build Me Up, Buttercup" ad and then someone complained about the woman getting the "girly song" when the guys got "Wild Thing."  I just saw another "Build Me Up, Buttercup" ad with guys in it, so it's not just the girly song. This one's the dude who puts down the white chalk lines in the baseball stadium and instead of the straight lines, he's wandered all over the place, pretending he's on a motocycle.

I love those ads.  Geico has a goldmine if they take it in a right direction.  The song is great. You can't not sing it.  But i have to say i was so embarrassed when i did that very thing. Started singing outloud!  Thankfully i wasn't in public but i did have a guy over!  Sooooooooooooooooooo embarrassed.  As for the guys ad who was supposed to paint the white lines, the should go one step further now and make it like the players have to follow his squiggle hah.  

Anyway,  they can even change up the song anytime maybe some EWF.

[AnnA]

37 minutes ago, SmithW6079 said:

Because they're not pets. They're a regular family out for a Sunday drive and they brought their pet cat along.

I didn't get the point of that ad until I read about it here.   Duh!

[SmithW6079]

Speaking of Subaru, I just saw one that made me laugh out loud. The dog family is on the interstate, with their offspring in a car seat in the back when a tractor-trailer comes alongside, driven by another dog. The puppy barks then pumps his "arm" to get the truck driver to blow the air horn. It's the pump action that made me laugh.

 

 

Edited April 28, 2021 by SmithW6079

[Medicine Crow]

I'm still in love with the "father" on the McDonald's ads!!!

[Bastet]

1 hour ago, SmithW6079 said:

Speaking of Subaru, I just saw one that made me laugh out loud. The dog family is on the interstate, with their offspring in a car seat in the back when a tractor-trailer comes alongside, driven by another dog. The puppy barks then pumps his "arm" to get the truck driver to blow the air horn. It's the pump action that made me laugh.

That's one of my favorites of the whole dog family series of commercials.  I also like the first day of school:

 

[SnarkySheep]

On 4/27/2021 at 7:20 PM, SmithW6079 said:

Because they're not pets. They're a regular family out for a Sunday drive and they brought their pet cat along.

As everyone who has one very well knows, our dogs would be shocked to learn that they are pets.

Whoever came up with that ad series got it right.

[peacheslatour]

29 minutes ago, SnarkySheep said:

As everyone who has one very well knows, our dogs would be shocked to learn that they are pets.

Whoever came up with that ad series got it right.

And in the case of cats, it is we who are the pets or livestock, if you will.

[CrystalBlue]

7 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

And in the case of cats, it is we who are the pets or livestock, if you will.

Dogs have masters, cats have servants.  😀

I love the Subaru dog family (with cat) ads.  Dogs and cats are our family members, our at-home family if you will.

[peacheslatour]

33 minutes ago, CrystalBlue said:

Dogs have masters, cats have servants.  😀

I love the Subaru dog family (with cat) ads.  Dogs and cats are our family members, our at-home family if you will.

Truly.

[andromeda331]

2 hours ago, CrystalBlue said:

Dogs have masters, cats have servants.  😀

I love the Subaru dog family (with cat) ads.  Dogs and cats are our family members, our at-home family if you will.

You never met the yellow lab I used to have. She was certain she was the master and we were her servants. She "allowed" us to live with her and take care of her, take her on her car rides, and give her food preferably human food. She got annoyed when corrected on that or when we were off her feeding schedule and would come get you.  She panicked when we left during before it was time for her to eat. She was pretty sure everyone who came to the door was to see her. If she thought she wasn't getting enough attention she would go pouting until you talked to her then she'd run back over all happy. I'm pretty sure she thought the house was the Doggy house.

[Prevailing Wind]

I'm definitely a cat person; really, could take or leave dogs, but I absolutely LOVE the Subaruffs.

[Haleth]

On 4/27/2021 at 11:09 AM, Popples said:

I saw this last night and think it is so incredibly touching.

 

That is lovely.  And as a new (3 weeks!) first time grammy myself, being unable to see him (due to distance, not covid) sucks.

[Leeds]

 

On 4/9/2021 at 10:59 PM, CrystalBlue said:

I'm guilty.  When quinoa first came on the scene, I thought it was pronounced kwin-o-ah with second syllable accented.

A guy in front of me at a bakery once ordered a slice of qwitchy.

Edited May 3, 2021 by Leeds

[Popples]

The first time I heard it was pronounced "queen-o" and apparently it tastes like a dirty, old tree branch.

 

[Prevailing Wind]

Quinoa doesn't taste like a dirty, old tree branch.  It helps to rinse it first to get rid of the bitterness.

[Popples]

5 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Quinoa doesn't taste like a dirty, old tree branch.  It helps to rinse it first to get rid of the bitterness.

I've never eaten it, it was just what the guy in the commercial said and it always makes me laugh.

[Bastet]

17 minutes ago, Popples said:

it was just what the guy in the commercial said and it always makes me laugh.

I like the guy who asks, "What is that, a loofah?"

[CrystalBlue]

23 hours ago, Popples said:

The first time I heard it was pronounced "queen-o" and apparently it tastes like a dirty, old tree branch.

 

What is that, a loofah?

8 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Quinoa doesn't taste like a dirty, old tree branch.  It helps to rinse it first to get rid of the bitterness.

Rinse well ... in Bud Lite!

2 hours ago, Popples said:

I've never eaten it, it was just what the guy in the commercial said and it always makes me laugh.

Quinoa:  The New Alfalfa Sprouts.

[peacheslatour]

15 hours ago, CrystalBlue said:

What is that, a loofah?

Rinse well ... in Bud Lite!

Quinoa:  The New Alfalfa Sprouts.

I thought quinoa was out and kale was the new hotness?

[CrazyInAlabama]

I think Kale peaked already, so who knows is Quinoa will be the next 'in' thing or not?   

[Dirtybubble]

19 hours ago, Popples said:

I've never eaten it, it was just what the guy in the commercial said and it always makes me laugh.

I've never heard of it either.  How do you pronounce Quinoa?

 

Oh ok so I just Googled Quinoa and I've found out A.) What it is and B.) How to pronounce it -- keen waa

Who knew.  Now that I know that the commercial is funny 😄😄

Edited May 5, 2021 by Dirtybubble
Answered my own question

[AnnA]

9 hours ago, Dirtybubble said:

I've never heard of it either.  How do you pronounce Quinoa?

 

Oh ok so I just Googled Quinoa and I've found out A.) What it is and B.) How to pronounce it -- keen waa

Who knew.  Now that I know that the commercial is funny 😄😄

I didn't know the "n" was pronounced.   I always said kee-wah

[chessiegal]

Taking quinoa to small talk.

[blackwing]

I am really liking the commercial with Viola Davis pitching some kind of cream for L'oreal.  She radiates confidence.  I think she is a national treasure.  And it's especially great to see a dark-skinned black woman in her 50s being chosen as the face of a beauty campaign.

She's talked before in interviews about how tough it is for an older dark-skinned black woman like herself to make it in the industry, so I am sure she feel especially elated about being this campaign's spokesperson.

I am happy for her.  And still pissed that Frances stole her Oscar. :P

Edited May 6, 2021 by blackwing

[Cowgirl]

I only found this commercial once, and I can't remember what kind of pet treat it was advertising, but my new favorite features a guy marooned on an island, and he spelled out "help" with sticks.  His dog takes the lower portion of the "p" though, so it spells "helo."  A copter or plane flies over and he's desperately trying to get their attention while the dog proudly runs around with the stick.  The pilot and passenger wave back and sweetly call out "Hello!" and leave.  The ad states that they have something better for your dog to chew on.  

I think this is the same company that had the ad at Christmas where the dog had taken the stick that was the snowman's arm and the snowman looks down and screams in absolute horror.

[Bastet]

It's for Greenies, and I love it, too:

And, yes, the snowman commercial was theirs too:

 

[peacheslatour]

I love the snowman commercial! I love the way the kid falls over in a dead faint. I bought Greenies cat treats because of that ad.

[Prevailing Wind]

I never saw that Snowman ad. That's funny.  I always say "Hello!" along with the pilot in the island ad.

[Emma9]

I haven't seen this one on tv yet, but:

 

I have mixed feelings. One one hand, it's adorable and the sentiment is very true to life (I say this as an introvert whose office never shut down and whose boyfriend has been her bubble from day one, and it still rings true); on the other, maybe I like it so much because it's a representation of what I wish the 'end' of the pandemic would look like (EVERY restriction becomes unnecessary for EVERYONE at a specific and obvious time, and we're all too relieved to care about awkwardness, we just stampede for the door in delirious happiness and commence hugging strangers) rather than what will actually be/is already being the case (a slow drift back towards routine as staggered groups wait out their vaccinations, with the novelty wearing off for some long before others - especially parents - can even know when they'll feel safe).

Edited May 10, 2021 by Emma9

[Cowgirl]

Thanks @Bastet! And, it's an effective ad campaign if it makes people buy the product like @peacheslatour did. I don't have pets so I couldn't remember the product, am at work so I kept getting interrupted by...ya know...work things and didn't look it up. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

I like the desert island Greenies commercial.   However, I hate the screaming snowman in the other Greenies commercial.   

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

I like the desert island Greenies commercial.   However, I hate the screaming snowman in the other Greenies commercial.   

A difference of opinion is what makes a horse race. ;-)

[Cowgirl]

I was not fond of the screaming snowman either.  The screaming was too horrific, especially for a Christmas-time commercial. 

[janie jones]

On 5/9/2021 at 7:25 PM, Emma9 said:

I haven't seen this one on tv yet, but:

 

I have mixed feelings. One one hand, it's adorable and the sentiment is very true to life (I say this as an introvert whose office never shut down and whose boyfriend has been her bubble from day one, and it still rings true); on the other, maybe I like it so much because it's a representation of what I wish the 'end' of the pandemic would look like (EVERY restriction becomes unnecessary for EVERYONE at a specific and obvious time, and we're all too relieved to care about awkwardness, we just stampede for the door in delirious happiness and commence hugging strangers) rather than what will actually be/is already being the case (a slow drift back towards routine as staggered groups wait out their vaccinations, with the novelty wearing off for some long before others - especially parents - can even know when they'll feel safe).

Is Extra the one that used to have commercials about people kissing endlessly, or am I thinking of Big Red?

[Katy M]

Just now, janie jones said:

Is Extra the one that used to have commercials about people kissing endlessly, or am I thinking of Big Red?

Big Red.

[Bastet]

Oh, thanks a lot, you two - now I have that jingle in my head!  "Say goodbye a little longer, something something a little longer, give your breath long-lasting freshness with Big Re-ed."

[ebk57]

Dinner!!!  

 

[EtheltoTillie]

On 4/25/2021 at 8:34 PM, xaxat said:

I had no idea that this was a thing.

 

I have never seen it. It’s brilliant. “Say hello to my chocolate blend.”  Genius. Hilarious. 

[blackwing]

On 5/12/2021 at 4:25 PM, Bastet said:

Oh, thanks a lot, you two - now I have that jingle in my head!  "Say goodbye a little longer, something something a little longer, give your breath long-lasting freshness with Big Re-ed."

Something something is "make it last a little longer".  Ah 1980s commercials, before the era of Viagra.  

The opening lines were "so kiss a little longer, laugh a little longer, stay close a little longer, longer with Big Red".    I remember my teenage self always chuckling at "a little longer".

If it's stuck in your head, you could probably remove it by singing the Doublemint commercial ("Double your pleasure, double your fun, it's the right one, the Doublemint gum, double your pleasure, double your fun, with the Doublemint, Doublemint gum") while picturing twins on bicycles and popping out from behind one another.  Or screech out the Nair commercial ("Who wears short shorts?  We wear short shorts!  If you dare wear short shorts, get Nair for short shorts!)

They don't make catchy jingles like they used to anymore.

[smittykins]

My favorite earworm remover is “Sometimes you feel like a nut/Sometimes you don’t.”

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, smittykins said:

My favorite earworm remover is “Sometimes you feel like a nut/Sometimes you don’t.”

Mine is Paranoid by Black Sabbath.

[madmax]

12 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Mine is Paranoid by Black Sabbath.

Isn't it great that they haven't sold their music to commercials yet?  At least, not that I've heard.

Paranoid was the very first song I sang to my eldest when he was born.  I was too damn tired to think of anything else after the delivery.

[peacheslatour]

10 hours ago, madmax said:

Isn't it great that they haven't sold their music to commercials yet?  At least, not that I've heard.

Paranoid was the very first song I sang to my eldest when he was born.  I was too damn tired to think of anything else after the delivery.

"Hush little baby don't you cry *BANGS HEAD* finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind..."

[AnnA]

I like the new Progressive commercials with the gray haired man trying to prevent new homeowners from becoming their parents.  He has a few of them and surprise, surprise none of them annoy me.

Edited May 18, 2021 by AnnA