best / worst television commercials.

[na§tee]

i am avoiding researching a presentation i have to give for a job interview on press/pr strategies by looking at.. advertising campaigns.

what are your favourite/most loathed television commercials?

ones from your childhood, present, whatever. if possible provide a youtube link tah.

it's an obvious choice, but the guinness/smirnoff ones are always cinematic and really impressive. obviously because they have an enormous amount of money behind them. the most recent 'sea' campaign from smirnoff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCbeP5Fjyw) is excellent (and cost 5 million to make.. youch).

on the cheaper, more local side of the advertising alcohol spectrum.. the john smith adverts with peter kay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSLUJ8SIbc). very clever - not trying to be appealing to all and sundry, just trying to connect with a very british sense of humour.

what say youze? celebrate commercial culture! consume it! yeaaaah! ughhh.

[mate_spawn_die]

how's this for a commercial? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo)

[AceFace]

i'm afraid to admit, but the geico commercials just crack me up. the one with ms. butterworth is just too damn funny. "oh my... someone has put a logo right over my face".

haahahaahaha. gets me every time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl71J2q1kCE

[na§tee]

i don't want kid presentable to die : (

[Guy Incognito]

my current favourite is this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z0xsom6TPg)but i know it will annoy me soon

this one still makes me laugh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2V8VNQczRY) it was a pisstake of a pirelli ad that had carl lewis in it but i cant find it

[cookiepuss]

One of my personal favorites was the Emerald Nuts with Robert Goulet. cause it's weird and hillarious. don't like some of th newer emerald nuts ones with the addicted to love girls (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nb0urLl-G44) or swiss family robinson (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ohc37DKtZMc)...those are too weird to be funny. but Mr. Goulet got it just right!

Goulet's Nuts (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPtpo1OuYcs)

R.I.P. Mr. Goulet

[Yorkshire~Rose]

Recent favourites...

Maltesers Flash (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YR-bxWqmVFk)

Lynx Chocolate (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uAtyunatwqc&feature=related)

Smirnoff Russian Doll (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vn25G4ooSns)

Retro favourites...

So bad it's good - Shake n Vac!! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I8CTscW3dpI&feature=related)

Skol Skol Skol Skol (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gK7n1Q-fDeA&feature=related)

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Up here in the NW we have these. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWpoUMbqJE) They're real, trust me. (y)

[abcdefz]

That's nuts.

I like the chain saw.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

Up here in the NW we have these. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWpoUMbqJE) They're real, trust me. (y)

Truly amazing. (y)

When i lived in Rochester this guy (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NRYXLnbPDnE&feature=related)used to do my head in.

[abcdefz]

He's got that masturbation motion down. Odd rhythm, though. I bet it takes him a while.

[trailerprincess]

I thought those really creepy Smirnoff ice ones were really good, the ones which looked like they'd been done by Tim Burton (were they called Mr Freeze??)

Otherwise, I love the jaffacake ones (full moon, half moon, total eclipse!)

[abcdefz]

I love this Coke commercial (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q9zgT3WzTVA).

[na§tee]

I thought those really creepy Smirnoff ice ones were really good, the ones which looked like they'd been done by Tim Burton (were they called Mr Freeze??)
beware the judderman, my dear, when the moon is fat... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUOPeNJCK8)

[b i o n i c]

maybe its only in ny,

why has no one mentioned this one (http://youtube.com/watch?v=T6MGIRCYHf4)?? Another "so bad" its good, kinda, but i think its more that it got played 32,000,000 times a day on every channel. i counted three times once during a commercial break

i dont know about the guy in the front part though, that wasnt in the tv spots

[na§tee]

ahaha. oh god. i cannot stop laughing :D

bad adverts. bad british adverts. there are loads out there. think claire, think.

EDIT: got it! HALIFAX. halifax adverts are the worse.

as exemplified above.. it's generally a bad idea to combine amateur singing and commercials.

this goes one step further (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw1mAIivjrE) - because they're not actors or professionals singing, oh no, they are actual members of staff of various halifax branches. the 'rapping' just.. no.. i can't watch it.

[Guy Incognito]

early 80's english cheese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyx5g5L91tg

80's australian sillyness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yZYMW8GISg

english 70's class - best ad tune ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBa7eay6Fo

[na§tee]

good: honda 'cog' advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQ98yjCvi8) - all genuine, btw. wellllll.. it's actually two long shots stitched together, but impressive nonetheless. apparently it took 606 takes to complete. yikes.

[Guy Incognito]

the one with the squirrel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY9GBl7UmVs)

i seem to be picking out a lot of beer adverts even though i dont drink

[roosta]

beware the judderman, my dear, when the moon is fat... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUOPeNJCK8)

The Judderman is pretty scary, but that chocolate fucker in the Lynx ads terrifies me. His facial expression is so demented.

Recent favourite was the Cadbury's Gorilla playing the drums..its just so absurd.

[mathcart]

good: honda 'cog' advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQ98yjCvi8) - all genuine, btw. wellllll.. it's actually two long shots stitched together, but impressive nonetheless. apparently it took 606 takes to complete. yikes.
Yeah that was one the greatest ads I've seen.

Surprised this hasn't made it yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3urwTGqxwZ0
it combines too of my favorite things Ice Cream and mild racism (Cookie O' Puss kills me every damn time- "Tanks"!)
*on the floor laughing*
:D

[yeahwho]

My best/worst ad is one all combined in one and played on late nite television here in Seattle all the time.

Sha - poop - i (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SATuCPVO8x4)

[mikizee]

I saw this as recently and really liked it. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZscS775ek8)

[Kid Presentable]

I understand and appreciate how shit the industry is. (y)

[ericlee]

I don't have youtube at work but if you type in "messin' with Sasquatch" Jack Links Beef Jerky, you'll find a few good ones.

[mate_spawn_die]

advertising and consumerism disgusts me.

but i have to admit that kylie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md-8IF-nOX0) gives me a boner.

[avignon]

I'm way too lazy to participate properly, but the one where the girl gets in the car and farts and then her date gets in the car and says, "Can't you just feel the chemistry in the air?" And the people in the backseat say, "We sure felt it all right!" Awesome. I have no clue what product/service they are trying to peddle with that one though.

[Kid Presentable]

I got it now. D'Oh. The Bill Hicks thing is funny. But as big a legend as Mr Hicks was, I'm sure he'd appreciate my sentiments when I say; If I wanted to live my life according to the views of the dead, I'd be religious.

[mikizee]

I got it now. D'Oh. The Bill Hicks thing is funny. But as big a legend as Mr Hicks was, I'm sure he'd appreciate my sentiments when I say; If I wanted to live my life according to the views of the dead, I'd be religious.

Theres a bill hicks one in this thread? which one?

[mate_spawn_die]

how's this for a commercial? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo)

bill hicks. not a commercial. just showing my hate for commercials.

[Kid Presentable]

Everybody hates commercials. Nobody goes out of their way to see them. Nobody says: "Fuck, I wonder what the next breakthrough in detergent advertising will be". Your hate for commercials would be more effective if you didn't have to funnel it through other people.

[mate_spawn_die]

Everybody hates commercials. Nobody goes out of their way to see them. Nobody says: "Fuck, I wonder what the next breakthrough in detergent advertising will be". Your hate for commercials would be more effective if you didn't have to funnel it through other people.

what's the problem? mikizee asked about it... so i linked it. i'm sorry for having an opinion. please excuse me.

[abcdefz]

I like movie trailers quite a bit. Those are commercials, right?

I just wish they would tease more and tell less.

[Kid Presentable]

what's the problem? mikizee asked about it... so i linked it. i'm sorry for having an opinion. please excuse me.

No need. I'm just saying; you say you hate commercials, yet you don't seem to have a reason any more compelling than it giving you an excuse to post a Bill Hicks bit. I don't see your opinion, I just see Bill Hicks making a case more articulately than you have.

I'm not offended or anything. It's just funny when people go "Man I fucking hate that" or "I feel this way or that way" by posting songs or video.

How are you?

*Links up James Browns 'I Feel Good'

Really?

*Links up 'Yeah Yeah Song' by the Flaming Lips*

Why?

*Links up Ice-T's '99 Problems and a Bitch ain't one* aaand so on.


I loathe it quiet, myself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WraXDJwPsQE)

[mathcart]

No need. I'm just saying; you say you hate commercials, yet you don't seem to have a reason any more compelling than it giving you an excuse to post a Bill Hicks bit. I don't see your opinion, I just see Bill Hicks making a case more articulately than you have.

I'm not offended or anything. It's just funny when people go "Man I fucking hate that" or "I feel this way or that way" by posting songs or video.

How are you?

*Links up James Browns 'I Feel Good'

Really?

*Links up 'Yeah Yeah Song' by the Flaming Lips*

Why?

*Links up Ice-T's '99 Problems and a Bitch ain't one* aaand so on.


I loathe it quiet, myself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WraXDJwPsQE)

This seems to be a thing that people feel on this board, and frankly, I don't get it. I've always been of the opinion that anything I think or feel has been felt before and more importantly been expressed much more eloquently than I could. In fact I think theres a real art to presenting the right link or quote that perfectly sums up how you feel. I dunno, thats just the way I feel, but maybe my feelings would best be expressed by this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWWiDDZPGoU&feature=related)...yikes!
:eek:

[Kid Presentable]

Yeah fair enough. And before MSD gets the wrong idea, I'm not disagreeing or trying to get into a fight or anything. It's just an obsessive little observation. No harm intended.

[mikizee]

I like bill hicks

[ericlee]

bill hicks. not a commercial. just showing my hate for commercials.


Funny of your hatred for commercials when you're sportin' something from an album cover as your avatar. Wouldn't you consider that as a form of commercialism?

If it weren't for a form of commercialism for music, we'd be just a group of local fucks in different states listening to some non known local band and porking our sisters thinking we're cool.

So you hate it if you're waking down the street and see a sweet ass flyer posted on a post of your favorite band? You don't get hyped?

And for general pop commercials such as food, auto parts, cars, outdoor equipment, pregnancy tests, I think I'd go for one that's actually bold as to show the commercials nationwide rather than the product being that scary brand in the corner that you have no knowledge of.

Do you just walk into aldi's and buy just a sixer of white cans of beer with "BEER" written across it?

[ericlee]

and I love Ween's whole attempt on music making.

Playing a shitty ass jingle off the bat aimed towards certain franchises and pushing it to them and getting declined. That's brilliant. Makes the said franchises not even have to think twice.

[a.k.a me]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYC8fTv2jp4)is probably the best ever... along with some milk commercial from the late 80's/early 90's (I think,) that was some sort of tribute to A Clockwork Orange. They reenacted the scene where Alex throws Dim and Georgie into water, except, instead of water, they used milk.
.

[Dorothy Wood]

I love this commercial, even though it's for JCPenney. which doesn't make much sense because it doesn't seem to be selling anything.

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

[The Notorious LOL]

Targets ads drive me nuts. I love ads that repeat shit and assume the average consumer is basically retarded. Those ones rule.

[The Notorious LOL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcr6ZIVi-Vg

[mate_spawn_die]

Funny of your hatred for commercials when you're sportin' something from an album cover as your avatar. Wouldn't you consider that as a form of commercialism?

If it weren't for a form of commercialism for music, we'd be just a group of local fucks in different states listening to some non known local band and porking our sisters thinking we're cool.

So you hate it if you're waking down the street and see a sweet ass flyer posted on a post of your favorite band? You don't get hyped?

And for general pop commercials such as food, auto parts, cars, outdoor equipment, pregnancy tests, I think I'd go for one that's actually bold as to show the commercials nationwide rather than the product being that scary brand in the corner that you have no knowledge of.

Do you just walk into aldi's and buy just a sixer of white cans of beer with "BEER" written across it?

the commercials i hate the most are for pills like viagra etc., hummers, cars shallow nonsense, weight loss etc. etc. advertising has gone way too far in america. consumerism is so disgusting. it's all about $$$. i just think there are more important things in life than the hot NEW cell phone that has a radar and gives you a manicure at the same time.

and my avatar is part of a painting by john wayne gacy.

advertising for music isn't as bad as the stuff i mentioned. it's like it's being force fed down our throats on a daily basis. no matter where you go.

[ericlee]

the commercials i hate the most are for pills like viagra etc., hummers, cars shallow nonsense, weight loss etc. etc. advertising has gone way too far in america. consumerism is so disgusting. it's all about $$$. i just think there are more important things in life than the hot NEW cell phone that has a radar and gives you a manicure at the same time.

and my avatar is part of a painting by john wayne gacy.

advertising for music isn't as bad as the stuff i mentioned. it's like it's being force fed down our throats on a daily basis. no matter where you go.

why do I imagine you and droppin science both shopping for that same punk rock cd in that same punk rock section?

[kleptomaniac]

berries and cream! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYX_zhlTDr8) :D

we're sinking! we're sinking! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zkZ3f8DnKs) :p

mac vs. pc ~ south park style (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Id_kGL3M5Cg) :cool:

[na§tee]

new t-mobile (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZrrbgCdYc) - truly inspired. i wish i was there!

[Lyman Zerga]

i love those cartoonie 40-60s commercials also those who remind me of my childhood
weird seeing NOW the cigarette pro ones, wasnt used to that anymore

just a bunch of days ago i went to youtube only to watch those commercials




i definitely hate ringtone and all other current ones but especially ringtone ones

[camo]

this ones for na§tee because I secretly imagine that her entire life is like this advert (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=B-xG3D8OMQk)

[Audio.]

Target adverts (n)
McDonalds adverts (n)
Radio Shack commercials (featuring Howie Long and Teri Hatcher. Madtv made a parody of it link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RslVbkAe26E)(n)
Anti-drug commercials(n)

VERIZON WIRELESS "Can you hear me now" guy grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr plus the whole lot following the guy :mad:

[gbsuey]

They blow-torched his chest right?? (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yYnydYrZPp8&feature=related)

The first time i saw this i was watching the worst ever "magic tricks revealed" thing-seriously,you could see exactly how he did the tricks anyway. Could almost hear the volunteer runnng off stage behind curtains. And then this.

This one\/ worked so well coz you'd watch how you crossed the road incase HE came to help!

You must be out of your tiny minds (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gDTEexQasFM)

Also love that plasticine rabbits one and the multicolour balls Jose Gonzalez one

[rirv]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKCMGGN1HFo

A little bit of me dies inside when I see this, although it is no longer running. Poor out of work actors being degraded like this.

[Planetary]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lUdmvgEIfY8&feature=related

[Planetary]

i actually took satisfaction from this (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WAMSX8-zWO8&feature=related)

[b i o n i c]

whopper virgins!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apte_wCDr9Q

and on snl

http://www.vimeo.com/2804501

haha!! the new guy, the fat dude, funny as fuck

[MC Moot]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MrMURochE6Y&feature=related

:D

[Helvete]

There is a French commercial for Audika hearing aids showing on TV now. I can't find it on youtube but it's one of the most god awful ones I've seen in a while. Some deaf old bastard is trying to watch the TV then some young whore starts singing to him and dancing about the place. Then some other cunt joins in and they all start fucking jumping around.

[Freebasser]

Some deaf old bastard is trying to watch the TV then some young whore starts singing to him and dancing about the place. Then some other cunt joins in and they all start fucking jumping around.

I bet that's exactly word-for-word how the ad agency pitched the idea to the hearing aid people.

[b i o n i c]

haha

[roosta]

new t-mobile (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mUZrrbgCdYc) - truly inspired. i wish i was there!

yeah, i liked that one too.

[b i o n i c]

@ 1:00 - soap commercial 1978 - " i look 28 " ... hahaha no you look 40
seriously every single woman in this commercial looks about 15 years older than they say.. its a soap commercial!

and the phone commercial after that is hillarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkP8VTVkM2Q

[b i o n i c]

drrrrrryyyyyyyyy mooooooouuuutttttttttttthhhhhh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j9puKpbH_M

[A. Chimendez]

Boooooo this thread. Booooo.

[b i o n i c]

booooooo your face! :eek: