Best (or Worst) Commericials
Okay, let’s get back on track here… some of you know what’s been “going on” in my life, so you realize why I haven’t been updating the site all that often — just that it hasn’t been much of a priority — if you don’t know or understand, ask someone else… But let’s get back into this…
So… per Scott Pairan’s suggestion, let’s do Best Commerials of All Time. I can tell you that I, for one, repeat Bob Euchre’s commercial every time I get a good parking spot: “I must be in the front roooooowwww.” Anyone remember that? Of course you do. If not, I don’t want to claim you as my friend…
So here’s the deal: give me your favorite commercials. I promise I’ll start updating the site more often. Again, if you don’t know what’s going on, check out the rumour mill & go ahead & assume the worst; it’s probably true.
But in the meantime, give me your favorite commercials. You know what? I actually prefer to hear you b*tch. So feel free to list any commercials that you hate. For instance, I hate those H.H. Gregg commercials. Those dudes need a beating… see, that’s much more fun. But whatever. If you have commercials to share — good or bad — list them here.
Seacrest oot.
The Good:
1. All things Sportka make me laugh. At least the 2 I’ve seen (de-cat-itation and the dive-bombing pigeon)
2. The old GI Joe commercials from the 80s where kids blew up bridges with the little plastic missiles that spring out of bazookas. Because we all want to blow up bridges with little plastic bazooka rounds.
The Bad:
1. All commercials for herpes medication. Seriously, you’ve got herpes. Way to go! I don’t need to hear about it or the side effects of this drug.
more to follow after I watch some more TV
Off the top of my head
favorites: 1) Conns potato chips with uncle mose (scott may have those on tape)
2) The old Sunny D commercials (although i only like them cause of scott’s impressions of them)
3) those smooth but not rich beer commercials with the rich guy who plays bad music and tries to dance, that cracks me up.
4) the old sportscenter commercials
5) the old chi-ching commercials for that restaurant they were promoting ( i just remember some dude at white castle doing it once while dad was ordering food)
6) That one with the old lady who says “you pay too much!!!”
7) the commercial with the old italian who says, “thatsa spicy meatball!”
8) this one
9) nice moustache
10) any phone sex commercial or date commercial
11) the burger king ads with hootie singing
worst in random order:
*Any commercial with Jared esp the one where he testifies in court
*those freecreditreport.com commercials
* crunch wrap supreme (actually most taco bell commercials are pretty gay.
* 1-800-collect
* 1-800-collect Phone hands??
* any mcdonalds commercial esp the stupid “women are like mcgriddles” i still don’t understand that
* the olive garden commercial where they bring this grandma woman from sicily and they act like olive garden is just as good as real authentic Italian cuisine. They might as well open her up a can of spahetti o’s if you ask me.
* that commercial for menstration pain where the one girl wants fudge or something then the other girl says, “Oh yeah, she’s menstral.”
* those truth.com ads which make me want to smoke just to spite them
This absolutely kills me
watch the commercial then read what the guy writes then watch t6he commercial agian. Maybe i am just weird like that but this was hilarious.
http://www.awfulcommercials.com/archives/category/video/national/7up/
and the girl is cute, the music in the background i like and the guy behind the counter is somehow perfect
This absolutely kills me
watch the commercial then read what the guy writes then watch t6he commercial agian. Maybe i am just weird like that but this was hilarious.
http://www.awfulcommercials.com/archives/category/video/national/7up/
and the girl is cute, the music in the background i like and the guy behind the counter is somehow perfect
Best commercials
*McDonalds, early 90’s, Ronald McDonald was getting hip new hairdos, and one of them was a pageboy-style cut, and he says, “Tis I, sir Ronald”…I found it very funny, in an ironic sort of way
*The Bedazzler
*Some local Cadillac dealership had this low-budget commercial wherein a woman asks this guy what car he bought, and he says “The Cadilliac El Dorado!” The woman responds, in the worst reading-off-a-cue-card monotone I’ve ever heard, “Excellent, that is a fine car.”
*A year or two ago, an alcohol company had a commercial wherein a guy is imagining his choices in ordering a drink, and one of them was clearly labeled “trendy ice beverage”. So he goes, “I’ll have the iiiyiiice.” The word “ice” lasted about 3 seconds. What made it even funnier was it sounded exactly like Eddie Griffin in “The New Guy” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241760/) saying to a guy who’s on fire, “Roll around, you’ll be aiiight.”
*Local company Conn’s potato chips had a great series of commercials back in the 80’s and 90’s starring a character named “Uncle Mose”. These were the best in low-budget cringe-worthy ads.
*Same deal with Rax’s “The Roastmeister”
*During Reds games on Fox Sports Net, they’ll sometimes show ads for AE Door & Window featuring Marty Brennaman. Last season they had one where Marty was outside a window leering in at the two women who are the other stars of the commercials. He’s acting like a total goob, and it was hilarity.
*Little Caesars’ “‘I love you’ dog” from the early 90’s was the ultimate in “This has nothing to do with our product, but it’s pretty cool anyway” advertising
*”You’re yella!” “What?” “Your mustard is yella!”
Worst commercials
*There’s a whole series of commercials that are annoying because they imply that if men use the product, women will want to “get with” them. These include ads for razors, Worcestershire sauce (where the dude makes hamburgers with Worcestershire sauce in them for his girlfriend), and body spray.
*McDonald’s “I’m lovin’ it” campaign.
*I don’t hate this one as much as Kyle, but “Billy Mays here for OxyClean!!!!” is pretty annoying.
*Sprint PCS dude needs to go.
*That stupid “Woo hoo, woo hoo hoo” song makes those Vonage ads unbearable. Stupid company name too.
*The voiceover guy in the Miller High Life commercials needs a beatin’.
*Same with the guy who sings that he’s a Ford Truck Man (“I ain’t got no bounderies”? What does that mean?)
*Boner drugs.
*Those Brawny commercials with the guy frosting a cake is pretty creepy. I can’t comprehend why paper towels are sexy.
*The little bumpers between Adult Swim shows border on obnoxiousness because the people who write them are %100 sure they’re cool. I don’t care for people like that.
I didn’t look at yours before I posted mine, Kevin, and I can’t believe I left off Jared. Also, I couldn’t stand “Bitter Beer Face”
Sunny D is a good call.
Boner drugs. Nice.
Okay Scott, this is crossing the line. I’m not gonna stand here & allow you to dis AS. The bumpers are fine. Some are funny. Most are cool.
i forgot one of the worst ones ever was the whole, “dude you’re gettin’ a dell.” kid. i didn;t like him, however i do like the new commercial for dell with sheryl crow.
Man, have I been busy. Anyway, I’m back with the following commercial entries.
Best:
1) Rally’s (i.e. “where’s the next Rally’s”)
2) Rally’s (i.e. “you gotta eat” – one of my favorite lines ever)
3) Those BK commercials in the office setting where they were always making fun of one guy. I think the boss is now the host of “The Soup” on E!.
4) The boner commercial wherein the guy can’t throw the football through the tire prior to the medication, but can throw the football through the tire after using the medication. Very subtle.
5) Geiko commercials
6) Uncle Mose of course.
7) I find Old Navy commercials are generally entertaining.
Worst:
1) Anything with Billy Mays
2) Lottery commercials
3) Those “I do have good news, I got a great deal on car insurance” commercials.
4) The Bank One commercial where the latina woman says, “I’m not hiking all over town looking for an ATM in these boots”
4) I too can’t stand the HH Gregg guys.
5) Those stupid IPod commercials with the sillouettes
6) 1-800-SAFEAUTO where people are singing the song.
Wow, right on Kyle. Great use of “Latina” and I hate that one too. Also, good call on the lottery. “It can happen on a Monday, a Monday, a Monday” is like nails on a chalkboard. And “odds are you’ll have fun” is one of the most blatant examples of false advertising I’ve ever heard (unless losing is fun to people).
I think I’ve somehow managed to miss or ignore this HH Gregg one. I’ll consider myself lucky.
Okay, I need to address some things here…
First off, all this talk about boner drugs makes me think of Dr. Porkenheimer’s Boner Juice. (Not to be confused with Pimp Juice or PJ Tight.)
I caught the “latina” reference too, and was bemused. (I have no idea if that word makes sense here…)
Much to the chagrin of Lisa, I’ve recently made the tie between Josh Groban and the young HH Gregg guy.
This is the biggest crime I see so far in this thread…
The McDonald’s “I’m Lovin’ It” campaign essentially says — no offense — McDonald’s: Now For Minorities. The theme is way urban, and early on I told myself I was going to watch their campaign like a hawk for any sign of grass. The commercials are all pavement…
Speaking of liking commercials b/c of Scott, how is it that nobody’s mentioned his memorization of the Subway commercial from back in the day?
Kevin – What about the 1-800-COLLECT commercials w/ Al Bundy & the Phone Patrol. (Ky, do you remember seeing that car at River Valley Mall that one time?)
Letterman would say “I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler…”
The Geico commercials (cited best) are the “I just saved a lot on my car insurance” (cited worst).
I’m personally against them both.
well there is one geico comercial worth talking about.
The one where the guy and girl are getting married and the guy says, “you are so AWESOME!.” while they’re getting married then they say awesome a couple more times. i find that to be pretty funny
For some reason, I love the Orbit gum commercials – though there’s something about that British chick that makes me think she might be a bit diseased.
I also really like the travelocity roaming gnome.
Scott:
Adult Swim -> bumps, not bumpers. They rule your world.
I’m such an idiot
Now lottery commercials are pushing the fact that they’re such a boon to people’s lives (they give money to schools and such). Don’t get me started.
That “overstock.com” chick kind of creeps me out.
Hmmm… this comment might be homosexual in nature, Scott. I know not this Overstock girl, but I feel like she’s the one everybody keeps telling me is so hot. Am I wrong gentlemen, or is it someone else?
http://sabineehrenfeld.tripod.com/gallery.html
definately not creepy
It’s great to see the Safe Auto commercials back in full effect.
Bill, you realize that Elizabeth is in all those Safe Auto commercials, don’t you???? Make sure to mention that the next time you see her, she just loves it.
I don’t know that I’d call it a “good” commercial necessarily, but the current Starbursts commercial right now w/ the clepto makes me chuckle.
Also there’s a newer Loan Arrangers (local commercial) that I need to catch on the dvr & post b/c there’s a talking horse in it that is absolutely hilarious. Kev, you remember when we first saw that? Awesome.
the loan arrangers commercials are right up there with “sweeperman bob” in terms of quality. That was funny cause it reminded me of the video you guys had of count floyd when he taught us all how to make animals talk for your home videos.
I need to second Stinky’s comment about the Travelocity gnome. Drivin me nuts. (yar!)
Taco Bell always sucks, but thisone with the ceasar salad taco is absolutely horrrrible. The girls say great Ceasar, then the dude in the back says why thank you.
and it is on all the time. it is so corny i can;t stand it.
So being on vacation last week, we watched a lot of TV, Game Show Channel mostly. Hey, any cable channel is cool with me since I’m too cheap to get cable at my apartment. The commercial they showed over and over and over and over and over was for Hoveround, a mobile scooter, created by Tom Kruse. They have these little old people (which I usually adore) singing parts of “You Made Me Love You” while maneuvering around on their Hoverounds illustrating how this scooter has given them their lives back. Then an insurance agent (with a small print *dramatization in the bottom left hand corner – what old person can read that?!) tells that Hoverounds are great and are usually covered by Medicare. If I see that commercial again I’m going to jump up on my couch and scream!
One of those Hoveround commercials featured old people yelling “Hoveround” into the Grand Canyon….and it echoed. The point? I don’t know. But it sounds hilarious in an ironic way. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it, but my brother told me about it.
Like the “You Made Me Love You” one, though, I’m sure it would get tedious after a while.
I am sooooooooooo loving the new Suzuki commercial. It has a funky song that goes along with it. Anyone know if that’s a real song?
I can’t stand the new White Castle commercial w/ the stupid Italian lady making the hamburgers for the fire house. It literally makes me angry.
Bill, I couldn’t agree more. In my expert marketing opinion, White Castle has seen the recent success and buzz Burger King has gotten. I mean BK has had some great ads and grassroots marketing lately (thanks to their ad agency). White Castle needs to find their own demographic niche and appeal to them, not try and jump on the BK band wagon.
This TBS commercial for LotR has been cracking me up lately.
Is it me, or is that new Winterfresh commercial a really bad rip off of Group X? (Link has sound & schfifty-five goodness)
Star Trek 2.0 — Vulcan Style
Okay, just one more & I’ll leave you alone. Lot of TV lately I guess…
I Pinch
I love that red roof inn commercial where the guy is on the bed, and he is doing the limbo, and saying “how low can you go?”
even though he is alone and there is no limbo bar. It just strikes me as funny cause that would never happen (as far as i would think) yet someone felt it was worth putting it in a commercial.
Another reason AS bumpers are good:
(From last night)
Man, the Daimler-Chrysler commercials are really starting to chafe:
“(German dude reading a letter from a kid) Dr. Z., we are learning about the ‘enwironment’…”
fist i like the doctor z thing, it is like the old dave thomas commercials, it shows that the guy has a sense of humor, it may not be funny but at least the unbelievably rich guy can laugh at himself.
next the Burger King commercial with the NASCAR drivers eating chicken is pretty funny. the guy with a long stick and a big chicken on the end cracks me up.
I like the Sprint commercial with Will Ferrel (as Ricky Bobby) in the shower wearing his NASCAR gear and holding his cell phone yelling YOW over and over. That cracks me up.
I really hate that Fruit of the Loom commercial where this little kid is watching his dad come home through the front window in his white t-shirt and underwear. There is some gay-like song that goes with it but I can’t watch it long enough to remember the song
Garner Fructis is awful. That’s not the good Woo-woo
I just saw the BEST commercial for Sprint. Two guys are in a locker room comparing their cell phones. At the end the one guy says his phone has Theft Deterant. He tells the other guy to try and steal his wallet. As the guy tries to steal his wallet he wings the guy in the face with his phone. Once the guy recovers he says he is filing a grievance and the guy hits him in the face again with the cell phone.
There is just nothing funnier than other people’s pain :-)
Ask Bill about pagers w/Theft Deterrent.
Uh oh. Bill do tell. I could use a good laugh :-0
Sorry, that should be Garnier Fructis. Pronounced “Gar-neer Fruck-tiss”
scott doesn’t like the Woo Woo
tiata
That’s only in tha mo’nin…
Oh, I cranked a co-worker w/ a pager to the face. You gotta understand that this particular individual lives to annoy and he used to sit w/in two feet of me. My fake throw turned into a real one when the pager slipped out of my hand & hit him right in the forehead. This was an old skool pager — quite large & heavy __ & I was immediately worried. Painful physical comedy is one of Josh’s favourite things though, so luckily he was okay and started laughing about it right away. Of course now it’s become a classic story too, so everybody wins. Except the pager. I’m not sure it ever worked after that. It was work-related though, so again, no harm done…
What is “tiata”? I’m hoping it’s Lil’ Sis’ real name.
I like how Bill spells favorite…favourite.Must be the Oz thing….unless I’m totally ignorant. Nah, it must be the Oz thing.
Yes, the wonder Britains of Oz…
I’m not familiar either. I assumed that was just a word that Kevin “fat-fingered” beyond recognition.
no you slapnuts, TIATA = thats it and thats all
“Or is it stalactite?”
The current Bud Light (is that who it’s for?) tribute song is for the Hair Gel Over-Geller. Those are money. This one includes the term “hair helmet,” which has always been cash money.
The latest VW commercials are just kinda “meh,” but playing the commercial w/ Slash for a couple weeks & then following it up w/ one featuring Nigel (from Spinal Tap) was a good idea…
More pinch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPyO2o9iwsM
good: “car’s small, the cars too small.” (no clue what this is a commercial for but it is on all the time)
detestable: “we got a snacker backer here.” (KFC)
Any of those commercials where some guy is yelling the whole time… Mattress Warehouse, Extravaganza, etc.
Or that lawyer who walks toward the camera & points at me the whole time. That dude makes me really nervous…
Kevin Kurgis… yeah, that’s him. If you think the commercial is unnerving you should try meeting him in person. He’s really like that the whole time. I find it really humorous and he makes me laugh (and I almost did it out loud right in front of him!).
if you could get an autographed picture with kevin kurgis that would be pretty sweet
i would pay good money for it
Or the guys from Elk & Elk. I love the hair. Now there’s “The Firm” type of family… they just need to add Tom Cruise.
I think my favorite might be Ronni Deutch, the bad bottle-blonde “cents on the dollar” tax attorney. Someone should tell her she’s hurting her business by using herself in the commercials.
Do attorneys really need to advertise? I mean c’mon. They should have a real commercial like….yeah, we overcharge ya so we can get rich, but hey, you need us! And sadly enough, they’re right.
You gotta consider the likely clientele of these firms. Advertising during Maury & such will likely drum up a lot of gold-brickers…
The one (for Byers, I think) where the parents are buying their kid’s first car (Mom: “It’s got to get good gas milage…”) is just awful
I just saw the new Hanes commerical with Kevin Bacon and Michael Jordan. It was pretty funny seeing Bacon trying to “shoot” paper balls in a trash can.
Not getting your daily allowance of terrifying commercials? Playstation 3 has got you covered:
Another video game oriented commercial – for Gears of War. The song is called Mad World, by Gary Jules (I think). It’s one of my favourites and so perfect for this.
i don;t like that dr pepper commercial where there is this math teacher and he says, “x is the square root of y, true or false?”
i think that is stupid.
Ok – I saw this commercial once 3 or 4 years ago and is has stuck with me ever since. Anything that leaves that much of an impression deserves a nod.
That math teacher’s face in response to the answer “23″ is pretty funny though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-SZN1VRIl4&NR
Come get some.
There is a commercial on now for Boniva (osteoporosis medication) and Sally Field is the spokesperson. Heaven knows she needs those Oscar-winning-skills to sell the big advantage here: you only have to take this pill once a month instead of once a week. Evidently, she had a chat with her girlfriend on this very subject and recommended that her girlfriend quit tying up her entire life by taking a pill once a week and switch to taking a pill once a month. I’m sure that was a real burden lifted for her pal. If you can’t spare 15 seconds once a week to take a pill, and you are old enough to need osteoporosis medication, you need to slow way down.
i don’t much care for the kia commercial wher they sing “ggodbye, farewell”
it was overplayed this weekend during the games.
If I never see those Rock-em Sock-em robots attack the Dodge ever again, it won’t be too soon. Thanks to the OSU / Florida National Champ game for that one.
Yeah, my truck can withstand being hit by a plastic kid’s toy. How ’bout yours?
Speaking of which, kinda…I may be alone on this one (I’m sure I’m in the minority when I say that I don’t care about features on a car save its availability to get me around without breaking down all the time) but what was the deal with the Hemi? The commercials were just people drooling over this thing, and I’m like, why are they assuming that 1) I know what a “Hemi” is, and 2) I care?
Secondly, what has happened to McDonald’s? It’s like having a little competition in the fast food industry has caused them to just go crazy. At least with the Hamburglar and Mayor McCheese, you could enjoy their ads in an ironic way…now, with their attempt to be “hip”, it’s just embarrassing. This skewers their latest ad very well:
http://www.adjab.com/2007/01/02/saddest-ad-of-the-day-mcdonalds/
Scott, I’m not a car buff myself, but at the very least Joe Dirté should’ve educated you on the importance of the HEMI.
Regarding the HEMI, my stepfather has been involved in the car industry for decades and he swears a HEMI isn’t really a big deal– it’s just getting hyped up as a marketing ploy.
On to my own gripe… please, please, no more animated mucus in commercials. It’s not charming or clever, it’s just gross.
in those mcdonalds commercials, that kid from growing pains says, “they spend money like it grows on trees… trees they can’t find!”
what does that mean?
and scott mcdonalds adds have been lame for a long time. so it isn;t the competition that is amking them crazy.
William Shatner is awesome! Check these out:
http://www.priceline.com/promo/shatner_pcln_negotiator.asp?
Speaking of bodily excretions, I could do without the diarrhea songs (Pepto-Bismol).
can’t help this one, makes me feel…. girly. And how can anyone hate Audrey?
last night during the super bowl there was this commercial for doritos where the check out lady was flirting with some guy who was buying a lot of doritos, well after some flirting then showing th ebags and talking they went back to the check out lady and she says “clean up on aisle 5″ or some aisle can;t remember which one. well anyway the commercial was dumb however on WBNS 10TV jerry revish and andrea camburn played there favorite super bowl commercial and that was Jerry’s. and when it was done he was laughing and said, “man that was funny.”
i found the fact that jerry revish thought it was funny when it was retarded was funny.
The Super Bowl commercials were awesome. Sometimes I forget how great beer is if I’m not reminded every so often. “He has an ax…But he has Bud Light!” Outrageous!
Seriously, though, that “Wendy’s whistle” is like nails on a chalkboard.
In a risky, new strategy, heathen beer companies unleashed a completely unique marketing campaign on this year’s Super Bowl viewers, actually portraying their product as “great.” While the commercials were received with mixed reviews, other companies will likely try presenting their own products in a positive light in the near future.
I can’t believe I’m writing this, but the way I feel tonight, overindulging in alcohol which beer companies disapprove of in small type seems to make a lot more sense than it has before. P-r-a-y f-o-r M-o-j-o.
It doesn’t make the pizza taste any better, but how about Uncle Leo in that Domino’s commercial right now?
the song makes this commercial… “say hey!”
this was a commercial i heard on the radio and found a little disturbing
Little Girl: Dad, do they sell cigarettes in heaven?
Dad: No probably not.
Little Girl: Then they’re right, mommy is in a better place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhvMWqGB6Qg
Best commercial for a fake product. I sorta get a buzz just watching this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrPIRYhdnqs
I enjoy the radio ad for 3-c body shop where the guy comes on the air and starts trashing grange and progressive insurance.
I love the Quaker Oats commercial where the Quaker Oats statue is at a sort of kids summer camp and involved in their games. My favorite part is when a little girl shoots her hand up to volunteer them as a team. It cracks me up every time.
I think the Quaker Oats guy is rather creepy. Because I’m afraid of Quakers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJJUGJZxpU
ha. love it.
As I’m sure I said in 1989, please stop making babies talk. It’s not cute, certainly not fascinating anymore, it’s just creepy.
I like the “Dude” beer commericals currently being overplayed throughout the NCAA tournament. http://www.dudemadness.com
I just like when he makes his bet at the poker table. That is well executed.
It looks like this is an older commercial but I just saw it for the first time tonight: Loren Wallace on Mike Wallace
this is for you Scott, and all others who made fun of my Little Richard impersonation…
Ugh. He is so creepy. I didn’t think this was funny originally, but now watching it and remembering you trying to mimic Little Richard makes it funny. And I regret implying that Geico commercials are funny or quality or not evil in all ways. But here we are.
And yes, he does have an awful lot of skull there. His facial skin is stressed terribly…
I hate this Pedisure commercial. I mean I’m all for cute kids but this is just annoying and fake. Could the acting be any more contrived?
Is it as good as your Schwarzenegger?
I love the Bud Light commercials starring Will Ferrell as Jackie Moon from Semi-Pro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqiZn2DDFQ
Speaking of bud light commercials, i love the real men of genius commercials this is one of th ebetter ones
Jean Shorts
i also like the new x-games commercials with this “darkmane” character
This on produces the classic quote “this non comformity makes me want to break things.” and i don’t know who Brian Deegan is, but i won’t be forgetting his name for a while.
This one is stupid too, i like how he snorts at the end when he is laughing.
Oh my gosh what are they doing to these cookies some one make them stop!!! How are parents supposed to explain this to their children???
I hate beer commercials that use the term “drinkability”. Does this mean liquid vs. solid/poisonous vs. non-poisonous or does it mean taste? If it’s the former, who would assume that any beer is not able to be drank? If the latter, why not just use the word taste?
Just noting that this statement makes me think of Drank Anti-Energy Drink:
This tap dancing grandma for Rescue Call made me think of Eric doing his tiny dancer routine, and that’s always worth watching again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaNePyiSIJ8
tracy morgan …the 8 second mark is my fav. also the new word he makes up at the end…unorthodoxed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cNDSPutas8
Oh my gosh! I saw that commercial for the first time the other day, laughed hysterically and then thought of this thread. I was just too lazy to do a search for it…..So thanks.
I saw this commerical during the OSU game and laughed out loud. Loved it.
So the latest holiday male enhancement commercial is subtle. A female elf is holding the north pole, the guy (dressed as St. Nick) is referred to as a “chubby” santa, and his pride is measured by the “sac(k) full.”
I don’t know how those enhancement commericals ever got to be allowed on TV during daytime programming. They play those dozens of times during ball games. How do you explain the meaning of those commericals to your kid?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbHTbdLmeaA&feature=related
Do you really anticipate questions coming up based on these commercials? I kinda thought that was the point of not directly referencing . . anything. It only makes you feel uncomfortable because you get it. A kid still ignorant of the particulars of human reproduction just sees a bunch of adults standing around being rather lame while golfing or having a cookout.
I’ll let Darren answer for himself, but I’ll say that even with the shortened period of innocence these days due to the internets, I can definitely imagine an age where a kid doesn’t pick up on the hints but is inquisitive enough that a term like “male enhancement” calls for some sort of explanation (or research).
But Stinky, your description makes it sound like your genres are kind of mixing slightly — the “boner pills” commercials are subtle, and yes, typically involve boring scenes of middle-aged men playing golf or having a cookout or whatever. As do the commercials for pills that help you pee. “Male enhancement” drug commercials are different. I don’t know if there’s a lack of legitimacy that prevents them from just marketing it like a normal medicine, or if wiener augmentation crosses the line from comfortable professional talk to subject matter that requires not-remotely-subtle (and very lame) jokes. But the progression of penis-related issues and their related drug commercials seems to go thusly:
Low flow: Vague issues involving fishing
ED: Even vaguer issues, possibly involving the beach but maybe also a boisterous song
Diminutive masculinity: Thinly veiled issues making light of that which you’re already self-conscious, but with an unmistakable promise of sexual, social and occupational success, thus confirming your initial fear that inferior wang is the source of all your problems
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-01-27-snuggie_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
this was interesting
so.. uhm… Santa may or may not have gotten me a Snuggie for Christmas… in burgundy….
Noooo i wasn;t making fun of the snuggie….i was just umm…uhh…saying how interesting they are.
Seriously though over 4 million have been sold, so there is nothing wrong with having one. It’s not the product that is being made fun of it is the commercial!! Yeah the commercial.
I’m totally wearing it to the next televised sporting even I attend.
And now my own addition to the thread. I hear this on my way to work everyday and for some reason, old women cursing makes for a memorable ad campaign: Frank’s RedHot
I was getting gas at Giant Eagle the other night and was grumbling to myself about the TV on top of the pump blaring commercials at me. Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one? That would be PetroTV and PumpTop TV. Anywhere there’s a captive audience… First during our movie previews, now during our precious gas pumping time. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if somewhere there are TVs on toilet stall doors playing commercials. But then maybe that’s not good association. “Wait, I recognize that. Where have I seen that product before? Oh yeah, while I was on the crapper.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C277qAKpUaQ
this commercial is gay. Ok i had to say that, but seriously this is stupid.
and for some reason it bothers me. i don;t need some commercial with a teeny bopper “star” telling me what i can and can;t say.
Kev, you’re a little late to the party. (From above. I did just move those comments to this thread though. I think you’re right, it belongs here in this one.)
Pam Beesly wants a Snuggie, so just consider yourself a Hollywood trendsetter, Julie.
Love these e*trade babies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXDFJSMVdPM
Well the good thing about this country is that you’re welcome to enjoy commercials featuring creepy animated babies if you want. The bad thing is that if enough of you find such things entertaining then marketing companies consider them a success and so I have to sit through this kind of stuff during my commercial breaks. So thanks a lot, Ami.
Okay, now I’m off to watch Look Who’s Talking.
Speaking of creepy animation….
Remember the Cuddle Soft bear? This is actually a commercial spoof, but my daughter will pull this up from time to time just so she can laugh hysterically at it. It never gets old for her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAjDKdYcqnU
The Slanket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05ZQ7WHw8Y
the WTF blanket (cussing) Snuggie parody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQpRQh2KSQ&feature=related
quiznos…”put it in me scott” (scott from the commercial not scott pairan)
The Alltel commercial that is played almost every commercial break during prime-time that features a wig wearing guy trying to imitate Chris Farley’s motivational character is very annoying. I have to turn the channel every time it comes on.
karen mentioned this board game to me today, so this has been in my head all day long!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG2PO2VFKnQ
party…pizza party
Wow, good post, Kev. I vividly remember Tanton singing this song in Lutz’ study hall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOyMSEWNTs
i watch this often ;)
Cuban gynecologist and car salesman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b5CKSqlz60
i also enjoy the sign out front of the dealership, shown at the beg of the clip.
Liberate Impala!
Interesting new GM commercial
And on a side note, I don’t think youtube submitters should be allowed to disable commenting. I’m sure a lot of people would have something to say about this commercial, and yet GM has prohibited it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQNKuXkOR0U
this was kind of funnier when i watched it on the TV…but the end with the british voice is funny, i repeat the line many times during the day
Jones BBQ and foot massage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkMUU9tUqk
Oh. Wow. That was unbelievable. Amazing find Kevin. Props.
here’s a little overkill for the whole jones bbq and footmassage: http://www.jonesbigasstruckrentalandstorage.com/jonesgoodassbbqandfootmassage.html
althouhg i think hte picture of him with the thought bubbles is funny, he’ll even fry your kittens
I can’t help it but I love the Ally Bank commercials. There are a bunch out there with some pretty cute little kids. I laugh outloud at this one pretty often. I wish this kid were my nephew or something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKdIKP1arF0
That kid is clearly a little brat. And where are the parents while this kid is receiving toys from strange banks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtzWVYS5XHc
just for scott
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP3a6ShtJk4&feature=related
http://www.usmagazine.com/news/taco-bell-chihuahuah-gidget-dies-at-age-15-2009227
Good celebrity news reporting there, US magazine. It still beats the “next story” listed, Kendra Wilkinson: I Won’t Watch Jon & Kate Anymore
well there is one thing me and kedra have in common
For some reason this old commercial popped into my head this afternoon and now I can’t shake it… Does anyone else remember Nintendo cereal?
i remember nintendo cereal tasted like crap
before he was that one guy on the fresh prince show
breakin’ & poppin’
frankie and johnny furniture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI7jC57GuZM
potty putter (this will really help my golf game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp5FAbJvUEY
My favorite part is when the little auctioneer raises his eyebrows and says “sold to the lady with the pony!’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssOq02DTTMU
good because of the music and the kitten in the marshmallows
That’s funny. I just saw this (while watching a Sunny rerun) and actually thought the kid was adorable (I usually resent the use of cute kids to peddle software). I’m also looking fwd to newegg delivering my copy next month, so maybe that’s part of it. It’s good to see Europe getting some residuals too.
cute pup
Agreed. I’d like to have a scruffy “family dog” sort of pup someday, I think.
http://bigstupididiot.com/2009/10/14/10-worst-pawn-shop-commercials/
#9 may be the worst thing to ever air on TV
#6 has a great random black guy saying “goooood night”
and #7 once again prove that if you want to improve sales use midgets in your commercials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8alCkCoY
I think the ending of this is kind of hilarious. It might be the kicking the elevator button thing. I don’t know.
“i’m right here…and i always will be.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltA50HKyM14
first time i saw this i laughed out loud at how silly it was that a grown woman was that afraid of a thunderstorm, and that at that random moment the guy thought it was the right time to pop the question, and it was kind of creepy how he changed his tone of voice and lost his smile.
I have always like Kate Winslet so I thought this commercial was kinda cute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvAj6qfmFQ&feature=player_embedded
wal mart clown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo7HiQRM7BA
This is the creepiest campaign ad ever.
Wait until about 2:30, then things start to get weird.
Aahh! demon-sheep-man!
This commercial shouldn’t make me laugh each time, but the last line always gets me
Pedigree ad with dogs in slow motion
This is a really good ad.
HP ad with dr dre and Murray from flight of the conchords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7rv1CsXkHI&feature=channel
Yeah, I forgot to mention that I’d seen Murray popping up in commercials. I hadn’t seen this one though. Not that it’s particularly funny, but it’s always good to see Murray.
These huggies jean diapers are so awful. This commercial is the only thing worse than the actual product. I thought the line at the very end of it was interesting, as well as when the italian guy says “I poo in the blue”.
Ha. I almost posted this last week… the voice over is really stupid but the litte guy in it is stinkin’ adorable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_G2zp-opg
geiko commercial with a little pig sayiong “wee” all the way home. This cracked me up