Favorite Commercials

[Bastet]

3 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

I didn't really like that song when it was new.

I didn't, either, and the daughter's reaction is my favorite part of the commercial, but I also love the glee with which the parents dance along to that stupid song; the commercial has completely redeemed it for me (but I still don't want to listen to it beyond the seconds played in the ad).

[Prevailing Wind]

It's a stupid ad but the old guy is so cute... Roger Teeter for the Teeter Inversion Contraption.  At the end of the commercial, when he says, "I'm 80 <jumps in the air in a parody of the ol' vaudeville schtick> and I feel GREAT!"   - it always makes me laugh.

[Tom Holmberg]

11 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

It's a stupid ad but the old guy is so cute... Roger Teeter for the Teeter Inversion Contraption.  At the end of the commercial, when he says, "I'm 80 <jumps in the air in a parody of the ol' vaudeville schtick> and I feel GREAT!"   - it always makes me laugh.

Old white men can't jump!

[SmithW6079]

As a rule, I hate most cell phone commercials. However, I like the most recent one for T-Mobile: a woman is asking a friend how to dress for a dinner she's going to. She misunderstands, because she has a spotty connection. Instead of showing up in business attire, she shows up in Ren Faire garb (complete with horned headdress). It's her line at the end that makes me laugh: "Anybody want to split a turkey leg?"

 

 

[Bastet]

That has started showing up in the rotation again for me, too, and it's one of my least favorite of the series -- it's funny if I don't grab so much as a toothpick to dig below the surface, because, if I do, a) the shirt she's contemplating when she believes it to be a regular business dinner is an awful shapeless blob, which is an offensive representation of her fashion sense given her size, and b) it makes no sense for her to respond as she does to erroneously hearing it's a costume party - it plays like the other woman is a friend, not a co-worker, but, either way, if you believe the event to which you've been invited is a business dinner, and then someone - whether or not they may be privy to more knowledge than you have, but especially if they're not also involved - tells you it's a costume party, you don't ask, "It is?  No one told me that/it doesn't say that on the email/etc."?  Or, even if you fall for it and have a closet full of costumes, say, "Oh, cool - I'll go as a Viking," thus prompting a Wait, what? reaction in the other party?

She does play it off nicely once she gets there and realizes, though.  We see very little of the other diners' reactions, so I like to think she explained her misunderstanding, took her seat a little embarrassed, then held her head high, made the turkey leg joke, and got a laugh from the table's occupants.

[Prevailing Wind]

Publix has such sweet ads... https://www.ispot.tv/ad/O9xN/publix-super-markets-family-is-always-there-for-you

 

[blueray]

I like this commercial but I forgot what they were advertising (something to do with phones?).

It shows a girl getting up and looking at her phone. Then a voice talks about various sports and social-political achievements that will happen in the future. Then congratulates us for tomorrow. It plays during the Olympic coverage. 

[andromeda331]

I love the take a piece of chocolate Hershey commercial with the twin girls Olivia and Ava. My favorite part is their laugh when asked to take a piece of chocolate if their good at eating the vegetables. Its just so honest. I laugh every time. 

[Gramto6]

On 8/26/2021 at 5:58 PM, Prevailing Wind said:

Publix has such sweet ads... https://www.ispot.tv/ad/O9xN/publix-super-markets-family-is-always-there-for-you

 

That is sweet! No Publix anywhere near here sadly.

[crowsworks]

The one  where the football players do the whole finale dance from Dirty Dancing. Hilarious

[Bastet]

46 minutes ago, crowsworks said:

The one  where the football players do the whole finale dance from Dirty Dancing. Hilarious

Watching it a few years later makes me sad neither Eli Manning nor Odell Beckham Jr. are playing for the Giants anymore (well, Eli isn't playing at all), but it also still makes me smile.  I love the whole thing, but ODB's imitation of Jennifer Grey tossing her head back and laughing is utter perfection:

 

[Haleth]

How did I miss that one?  It's hilarious!

[Crashcourse]

I love the guy saying "Just let 'em dance."

[AnnA]

This is the first time I've seen that commercial.  It's great!

Too bad they still aren't using it.  More people need to see it.

[peacheslatour]

I love the new Amazon Prime commercial with Rapunzel. She makes her own fortune.

[CrazyInAlabama]

I love the Fresh Pet dog food commercial where they talk about the competion brands having spray on color, and the dog drops the ball in shock.  

[Haleth]

14 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

I love the new Amazon Prime commercial with Rapunzel. She makes her own fortune.

Yes!  That's a great one.  As for the prince?  Well, who cares?

[sempervivum]

I always get a laugh out of the Zillow ads with the many different personalities of 'Susan', and their reactions to buying a house: Susans

I especially like control freak Susan- 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' 😄

[chessiegal]

I saw a Pringles ad that made me literally guffaw. Teenage boy and grown man at table. Boy says, as he's eating Pringles, "Mr. Clark, your daughter is a good kisser". I think it was funny to me as my husband has 2 daughters and I could only imagine his reaction to hearing that.

[nokat]

On 8/28/2021 at 2:57 PM, peacheslatour said:

I love the new Amazon Prime commercial with Rapunzel. She makes her own fortune.

The girl with long hair is not waiting. 

[Bastet]

4 hours ago, sempervivum said:

I especially like control freak Susan- 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' 😄

Anti-social Susan is my favorite ("Wow, I'm rude"):

 

[peacheslatour]

43 minutes ago, Bastet said:

Anti-social Susan is my favorite ("Wow, I'm rude"):

 

Me! Me! Me! Me!

[Phebemarie]

         https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Om4Q/dish-network-tv-you-can-depend-on

I love the dog's expressive face.

Edited September 2, 2021 by Phebemarie

[andromeda331]

On 9/1/2021 at 10:02 PM, Phebemarie said:

         https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Om4Q/dish-network-tv-you-can-depend-on

I love the dog's expressive face.

I love that commercial. It reminds me so much of two of my family's labs that were scared of storms in their later years. Although our nights were more stressful then the commercial. 

[The Crazed Spruce]

Serena Williams as Wonder Woman.

That is all.

[Haleth]

2 hours ago, The Crazed Spruce said:

Serena Williams as Wonder Woman.

That is all.

Why did it take so long for someone to come up with that?

[Prevailing Wind]

My favorite part: "You CAN'T be serious!"   (I've always had a thing for surly men)

[CoderLady]

3 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

My favorite part: "You CAN'T be serious!"   (I've always had a thing for surly men)

It's John McEnroe, famous surly tennis player.

[Prevailing Wind]

4 minutes ago, CoderLady said:

It's John McEnroe, famous surly tennis player.

Of course. That's why I like it so much.

 

[catlover79]

When I was a kid growing up in the late 1980s/early 1990s, I was transfixed by ADM commercials on Sunday mornings during David Brinkley's show. I don't know why. I think something about "because of the American farmer...", the concept of making hamburger patties out of veggies and just the shots of tractors and threshing machines going over the cornfields and wheat appealed to me. Yes, I was a dorky kid. 😂

 

[mbluecpa]

A new commercial for peanut butter (Jif, I think) featuring Ludacris eating some and then trying to rap. Normally talking, etc with food is a hard no for me but for some reason I find it funny. 

And both of Serena Williams’ commercials are great - Subway and Wonder Woman (sorry, can’t recall the product). It’s great to see a playful side from her since we most often see her as a fierce competitor on the court. 

[CoderLady]

1 hour ago, mbluecpa said:

A new commercial for peanut butter (Jif, I think) featuring Ludacris eating some and then trying to rap. Normally talking, etc with food is a hard no for me but for some reason I find it funny.

Peanut butter. Watching a person or your favorite dog try to clear that stuff from the roof of their mouth is never not funny. 

[Browncoat]

1 hour ago, mbluecpa said:

A new commercial for peanut butter (Jif, I think) featuring Ludacris eating some and then trying to rap. Normally talking, etc with food is a hard no for me but for some reason I find it funny. 

 

23 minutes ago, CoderLady said:

Peanut butter. Watching a person or your favorite dog try to clear that stuff from the roof of their mouth is never not funny. 

 

[Prevailing Wind]

4 hours ago, Browncoat said:

 

 

Over in the Jeopardy! forum, we discuss this ad every time Aaron Burr is connected to the clue/response.  Many of us admit to saying "Who is Aaron Burr" as though we had peanut butter in our mouths. LOL.

[peacheslatour]

13 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Over in the Jeopardy! forum, we discuss this ad every time Aaron Burr is connected to the clue/response.  Many of us admit to saying "Who is Aaron Burr" as though we had peanut butter in our mouths. LOL.

And the helpless "Awon Buww" whimper at the end.

[mythoughtis]

Favorite commercial right now…. Applebee’s and the Fancy Like dancers.  

[ABay]

On 9/4/2021 at 11:21 PM, Prevailing Wind said:

Over in the Jeopardy! forum, we discuss this ad every time Aaron Burr is connected to the clue/response.  Many of us admit to saying "Who is Aaron Burr" as though we had peanut butter in our mouths. LOL.

One of the best moments in the Jeopardy GOAT tournament was Brad Rutter answering Aaron Burr just like the rest of us.

[Prevailing Wind]

3 hours ago, ABay said:

One of the best moments in the Jeopardy GOAT tournament was Brad Rutter answering Aaron Burr just like the rest of us.

I love Brad Rutter.

[Popples]

Normally, I can't stand the Dr. Pepper "Fansville" commercials, but this one genuinely made me laugh.

 

[nokat]

I hate the Tracee Ross Lay's commercials, but I love her, and I'm at the Lay's site looking at poppables.

[peacheslatour]

3 hours ago, nokat said:

I hate the Tracee Ross Lay's commercials, but I love her, and I'm at the Lay's site looking at poppables.

I hate the stupid voices she does in that ad.

[Crashcourse]

I like the chill sea lions in this Coors Light commercial.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Orwp/coors-light-sea-lion-song-by-roy-ayers-ubiquity

[Haleth]

The Baker Mayfield Progressive commercials have always cracked me up and this new one is perhaps the funniest yet:

 

[Ohiopirate02]

9 hours ago, Haleth said:

The Baker Mayfield Progressive commercials have always cracked me up and this new one is perhaps the funniest yet:

 

Baker's delivery is perfect, and I love Jedrick taking his shoulder pads back.  

[AnnA]

I bet they only use those commercials during a game. 

I never heard of Mayfield and don't get the joke.

Edited September 14, 2021 by AnnA

[Haleth]

14 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

Baker's delivery is perfect, and I love Jedrick taking his shoulder pads back.  

I didn't know who the lineman is (but knew he is a lineman).  Did you see the end where he asks if the sled covers are washable?  (Hand wash only.)  They don't show that part on the tv ad.

[SmithW6079]

On 9/8/2021 at 5:27 PM, nokat said:

I hate the Tracee Ross Lay's commercials, but I love her, and I'm at the Lay's site looking at poppables.

 

On 9/8/2021 at 8:51 PM, peacheslatour said:

I hate the stupid voices she does in that ad.

Yes, what the hell is with that tremor she puts in her voice? (Although I do like Poppables.)

 

This is related to the Subaru dogs. I did not know the family had a name: The Barkleys.

https://www.trucks.com/2019/08/19/subaru-dogs-drive-marketing-campaign/#:~:text=The Barkleys are the retriever,who's very good at steering.

 

[Moose135]

1 hour ago, SmithW6079 said:

This is related to the Subaru dogs. I did not know the family had a name: The Barkleys.

What else would they be named? 😁

[Hyacinth B]

While it's always a pleasure to watch commercials featuring Italian food, the new Olive Garden commercial adds to the fun by using some of Jon Batiste's song "I Need You".

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/qYcu/olive-garden-tv-i-need-you-you-and-you-song-by-jon-batiste

 

The full video is fun too, and worth a watch.

 

[ABay]

3 hours ago, Moose135 said:

What else would they be named? 😁

The Barkers.