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    Great TV ads

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    by charliespencer ·

    The heck with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld; what’s the best TV ad you can remember? One per customer, please, so make it a good one. Oh, and you have to remember the product, not just the ad.

    My favorite? The best Super Bowl commercial ever. This guy uses almost as much of the product as I do.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbminOZZcio

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    • #2791408

      Swear jar – Budweiser

      by ontheropes ·

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    • #2791399

      I have a favorite ad

      by boxfiddler ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      but for the life of me I can’t think of who the auto manufacturer is. If I figure it out, I’ll be back to post. I’ll be back to read, anyway. 😉

      etu

      • #2791297

        Get it figured out yet?

        by ontheropes ·

        In reply to I have a favorite ad

        Bump

        • #2791288

          It’s an auto ad…

          by boxfiddler ·

          In reply to Get it figured out yet?

          a couple in a car driving down a side street in the rain. Some music is playing, and the windshield wipers are keeping time to the music. They drive past a kid with a basketball, and he’s dribbling in time with the music and the wipers. Next is someone with a broom sweeping the sidewalk, just in time with a brush on the snares in the music. I got a huge grin out of that ad.
          But no, I can’t figure out which auto maker, or I’d try to post it. Great ad, just a great ad.

        • #2791282

          I remember the ad.

          by ontheropes ·

          In reply to It’s an auto ad…

          I recall it as being Volkswagen.

    • #2791293

      Since I can’t click on the link at work…

      by cmiller5400 ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      I don’t know exactly what ad you are referring to, but my favorite was the Budweiser ad where an old refrigerator smashed the crap out of the big mean robot, back when Robot Wars was the fad. I laughed my a$$ off when I saw that (sadly it grew back 🙁 ). A close second would be the Clydesdale horse that farts into the candle. I usually can’t wait to see what they have dreamed up each year.

    • #2791231

      I always remember this one….

      by the ‘g-man.’ ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      It is a bit strange however…for a beer advert.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb7y2VKfgHY

    • #2791228

      Define “Great”?

      by cupcake ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      I don’t know how you define great… does it mean it
      makes you laugh or cry or that it makes you buy the
      product or what… but I have to tell you that my current
      favorite ad is the one for Discovery Channel… the ‘boom
      di adda’ ad…

      I think its classy, catchy and well done visually. ‘Great’ in
      my view…

      And me too… I can’t go to the links from work 🙁

    • #2784367

      The coke guy

      by gsg ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      I personally loved the commercial where the construction worker would take off his shirt and sweatily drink the soda.

      • #2784362

        Odd, I liked it too

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to The coke guy

        but not for him. That young lady with the glasses, chewing on her bottom lip, was a hottie.

    • #2784353
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      Freecredit report.com…

      by Tammy.Cavadias ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      baby 😀

      Sorry but I just love them darn commercials – the pirate one, the one where he buys a car and the one where he got married

      -Tammy 🙂

      • #2781325

        The married slacker was unusual

        by delbertpgh ·

        In reply to Freecredit report.com…

        His position was that if he had known his wife had a bad loan outstanding, he wouldn’t have married her. Such a practical outlook on love & marriage is pretty uncommon… most people would say, once smitten, you’re on the hook, ’cause you can’t turn away from luv.

        • #2781323

          “I’d be a happy bachelor with a dog and a yard!”

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to The married slacker was unusual

          Shows he’s got his priorities in order.

          What are the last words a single man says? “I do.”

          What are the first words a married man says? “Yes, dear.”

    • #2784347

      funny

      by shasca ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      It’s got the the three B’s………………..
      Bunnies,Babes, and Burps

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKXnlFpmsCU

    • #2784342

      My all time favorite, and FUNNY as all get out.

      by locrian_lyric ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      Remember the AT&T ad with the mother crying, and the father asking if there son was allright, and the mother saying that he called to say I love you?

      Somehow, Sprint got hold of the same actors, and set up the same bit, but the mother answers “HAVE YOU SEEN OUR PHONE BILL?”

      Then the pitch for sprint. I laughed so hard I almost peed myself.

    • #2784321

      Cadbury Gorllia Ad

      by oz_media ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      Sorry to be so biased but I find UK ads hilarious (British Airways are very clever and Hands off Humphrey (milk ads) are an old favorite), Japanese have some REALLY clever ones too.

      I don’t get into most of our ads tough, US or Canada, they are too tacky, not clever and definitely not very funny or engaging.
      I find they are based on stupid jingles and ugly kids and show no real imagination, talent or creativity, much like most comedy movies these days.

      So with that said: Here’s ONE of my favorite ads for Cadbury, Phil Colins eat your heart out.

      (Though this one isn’t exactly the cerebral type of ad I was referring to, it certainly is one COOOOOOL gorilla!)

      turn it up!

      • #2784310

        I liked it. Cranked it up.

        by ontheropes ·

        In reply to Cadbury Gorllia Ad

        As a former drummer I don’t know how many times I’ve played air drums to that song but I know it’s more than once. 😀

    • #2784311

      Japanese

      by oz_media ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      I find the japanese and European ads are usually the most creative, like these:

    • #2784297

      Where’s the Beef (Wendy’s)

      by dadspad ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      Loved that commercial.

      Still funny.

    • #2784282

      Cat Herding

      by tig2 ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      A superlative Super Bowl ad from 2000. EDS- Why managing
      consultants is like herding cats. I don’t You Tube much so if
      someone finds the link, please post!

      • #2784277

        I remember that one! It was funny!

        by locrian_lyric ·

        In reply to Cat Herding

        I can’t think of one that’s been funny as of late though.

      • #2784273

        Cowboys herding cats

        by ontheropes ·

        In reply to Cat Herding

    • #2784268

      Trying to narrow down the field….

      by captbilly1eye ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      …there are tons of memorable ones.
      I remember laughing at the Alka-Seltzer commercials…. “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”

      The Budweiser Ads were usually pretty good.

      The ones on now that I like best are the “Messin’ with Sasquatch” series for Jack Link’s Beef Jerky.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpTXjxU3WLQ
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NAMu7AGj9E
      They even have their own site: http://www.messinwithsasquatch.com/

      BUT… my [b]favorite[/b] one is the second one of these two for the Ford Sportka (sold in Europe):

      I guarantee you’ll never see either of those in the US!
      :^0

      Hey Palmetto… Thanks for the fun diversion today. I needed it!

    • #2784190

      Good One Palmetto

      by w2ktechman ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      I had french fries and Tobasco at lunch 😀
      Mmm Mmm good!

    • #2783089

      They’re fake, and they’re spectacular

      by delbertpgh ·

      In reply to Great TV ads

      You didn’t see this one in the United States. It’s for Vigorsol, a chewing gum that chills you down so much you sort of harden up.

      http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/812/?q=nipples;m=812;startat=0

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