Funniest Commercials

[Ruffian]

There are more than enough threads about commercials that suck--but what about those that are just damn funny? Every now and then there's one (or two...or three...) that makes me laugh out loud. Usually, I don't remember what the commercial's for, but I do remember the hilarity.

Currently, the commercial that cracks me up most is for an internet company. It starts like your typical GI Joe-like action figure commercial--little boys playing war, serious battle sounds in the background--except all of the figures are in dresses. Wedding dress, party dress, purses in hand, high heels, etc. It's absolutely hilarious watching them be manly and macho in stilettos.

Cut back from "commercial" to three (two very nervous looking) men standing in an office, watching. One, the boss apparently, says, "Tell me again why they're wearing dresses?" Nervous worker: "Because the uniforms weren't ready yet..." or something to that effect. Oh, man, that's a funny commerical.

My favorite of recent years remains the one for Outpost.com, where gerbils were shot out of a cannon to a concrete wall in attempts to shoot them through a bullseye. Funniest damn thing ever!

How about you?

[Brunetter]

No, not the original wazzup ... but all the parodies thereof. I haven't actually seen these on TV, but they can be found at http://www.adcritic.com.

There is one with the Superfriends (superman, wonderwoman, batman, etc) with the same audio track from the real ad and the animators have just spliced together the footage of the cartoons ... freakin hilarious!

As for "real" ads, I happen to think Jack-In-The-Box and Kia ads are the cleverest ones out there. The Kia disclaimers are the best. There's an ad where "Uncle Carl" (deceased) left in his will that he wanted to hike up Such-And-Such Mountain one more time. His Gen-X nephew and buddy, daunted by actually hiking up the mountain, decide to take their rugged Kia up instead. Bump bump bump ... meanwhile small disclaimer at bottom of screen says "Don't drive like this or you'll end up like Uncle Carl." Haha... you've got to appreciate a company that takes the "legally necessary" elements of their advertising and makes it funny...

[ThisYearsGirl]

I love that commercial for half.com where the debutante's grandmother buys her the Slayer CD, and she sells it online to that creepy Eurotrash German couple. "Slayer is Best!" I love that.
I love the FedEx GI Joe commercial, too.

[Ruffian]

You have to wonder if these commercials, hilarious as they may be, are effective in what they are truly designed to do: sell a product. I thought the GI Joe goes tranvestite commercial was for an Internet company--whoops.

Well, I guess I won't forget now.

[RealityChuck]

The best ever, bar none. It was done back in the 60s by Stan Freeberg (a genius) and was totally brilliant.

Essential background: This was when cigarette commercials were still on TV. One particular one was for Lark Cigarettes, in which they sent a truck around with a sign saying "Show us your Lark pack." People would reach into their pockets and (with the William Tell Overture in the background), show their cigarettes.

Synopsis: Someone goes through the city with a sign saying "Show us your Pizza Spins pack." (There were small bite-sized frozen pizzas.) All along the street, with the William Tell Overture in the background, people pull cardboard boxes of Pizza Spins out of their pockets. The commercial then moves to a party. People are eating the Pizza Spins. People with other party snacks are dumping them in the potted plants. The announcer does his wrap-up when suddenly he's tapped on the shoulder. It's the announcer from the Lark commercial. "I want to talk to you about something." Then he's tapped on the shoulder.

It's the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

(Yes, Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels). "I want to talk about something, too." Tonto bites into a Pizza Spin as the commercial fades.

They don't make them like that any more.

[Devil In Disguise]

I love that commercial where the geekish, freaky looking guy is making a copy of his face when his boss says he wants to see him in his office. They go into his office and his boss says he just opened his online stock trading account and the geek helps him get started. The commercial ends with the geek handing his boss a flyer for a party that weekend and his boss looks at it and says he'll try to make it.

[dougie_monty]

The commercial with the baby as director for Shaquille O'Neal is a corker! Shaq goes through the scripted message thoroughly; then the Bob baby, in the director's chair, says, "Ho boy!" totally chagrined. That's a gem.

[LocalLoop]

Well, I always get a little chuckle from the rental car ads - the ones where the group is brainstorming ideas for their companies, and come up with things like "rocket powered jetpack to get you to your car faster" and "aromatherapy candles in all the cars".

[samclem]

RealityChuck

Christ! You and I must be about the same age. That Stan Freeberg commercial was truly one of the all-time greatest. My only nit which I wish to pick is that it was for Jeno's Pizza rolls.

And in searching for proof that my memory was right, I came across this ("http://www.tvbarn.com/030699.html)

I have to reprint it here for everyone, as it has much to say about modern times, not just the old days.

I didn't think that could be topped until that night's "Late Late Show," when ad creator and humorist Stan Freberg told Tom Snyder about being censored by CBS in the 1960s over a joke involving an American Indian. Freberg had filmed an ad for Jeno's Pizza Rolls that parodied another ad for Lark cigarettes. Like the original Lark ad, the Jeno's ad used the "William Tell Overture," popular then as the theme to the "Lone Ranger."

At the end of the commercial a man emerges with a pack of cigarettes in his hand and says, "I'd like to speak to you about the use of that music." He is then tapped on the shoulder by Clayton Moore, TV's "Lone Ranger," who says, "So would I." Jay Silverheels, who played Tonto on the series, then appears and asks, "Have a Pizza Roll, Kemosabe?"

Before the ad runs on CBS, Freberg gets a call from a woman in Standards and Practices insisting that Silverheels submit a letter agreeing that he is portraying an American Indian in a negative stereotype. If he refuses, the ad won't run. Keep in mind this is about 1965, not 1999.

Freberg tells the woman, "But he's Tonto! He's a real Indian!", to no avail. Finally Freberg gives up, calls Silverheels and tells him the situation. Silverheels screams the same thing at Freberg: "But I'm Tonto! I'm a real Indian!" Finally he agrees to write the letter. But he asks Freberg to do him a favor: "Would you tell that woman to stop screwing around with my residuals?"

[CalMeacham]

I agree with sanclem and RealityChuck -- the Jeno's Pzza Rolls ad was one of the all-time greats, and probably the best.

On ad I loved was the very first of the "Joe Isuzu" ads. As the series went on they got very lame, but the first one was hilarious. In case you don't recall, never saw them, "Joe Isuzu was a pathological liar who hawked Isuzu cars and trucks. After he said anything, a disclaimer ran across the bottom of the screen.

In the first commercial, Joe says things like "...and you can buy it with your pocket change..." The disclaimer reads "Provided you have $9500 in nickels and quarters."

Joe continues," ...It will run forever on a single tank of gas...", to which the disclaimer reads "Your mileage may vary."

[Typo Negative]

I do not remember the product exactly, but I love this ad.
It starts out with the mailman saying how Laurel Lane used to be such a nice street until they all got computers and tried to access the internet through a shared cable.
The commercial shows arguments, vandalism, and Guerilla warfare with all the residents calling each other 'webhog'.
The end shows a mailtruck driving away with 'Log Off' spray-painted across the side.

[handy]

Ilike that Milk commericial with that canine who eats peanut butter & makes that sound of spitting something out, which is close to the sound a woman makes when spitting out....well, never mind.

[ThisYearsGirl]

I like the commercial for some online bank (etrade?) where a bunch of bank executives are sitting around, discussing what kind of pen on a chain to use. Where are your bank fees going?

[samclem]

spooje

Your ad was from Pacific Bell, slamming cable modem users, while promoting DSL lines from the phone co.

You can see it here (http://www.adcritic.com/content/pacific-bell-dsl-laurel-lane-mailman.html)

[timmar68]

One commercial made me laugh out loud. It was for a toilet bowl cleaner and it showed a toilet seat singing, "I"ve got you under my rim." Cracked me up.

[Pizzle Boy]

Can you imagine...
How much I love you..
moo, moo moo moo, moo moooooo....
I know the only one for me, yeah
could ever be you, HUH!
etc...(I forget the rest)

The one for A1 Steak sauce (Makes beef sing)

It still cracks me up

[CLedet]

I think the "Got Milk?" add with the 3 old men head-butting the 3 bullies in the diner is the greatest. "Wanna dance old man?" asks one of the bullies. The old men head-butt the 3 bullies then run outside to the car. It cracks me up every time I see one of the old men jumping across the hood of the car. The car looks like its 100 years old. The add ends with the car burning rubber and speeding away. Their is alot more to the add but I'm sure you get the idea.

[ReservoirDog]

My current favorite is the Amstel Light commercial with the three guys in white lab coats standing in the brewery with the voice over:

"We're sorry. We're from Amsterdam. We didn't know that light beer was supposed to suck."

There's just something about the way the little guy in the middle smacks himself in the face that really cracks me up.

[Biggirl]

A guy and his girlfriend are in bed. The girl asks the guy, "Do you love me? How much?" and the guy answers
"Well, Michelob. . ."

I crack up everytime.

[RealityChuck]

Pizza Rolls? Well, I only saw the ad twice. :)

Another great one was for an insurance company. Mom and the kids are picking up Dad at the airport:

Dad: So what happened when I was away?
Daughter: The flowers died.
Dad: Oh! When did that happen?
Wife: When the garage caught fire.
Dad (a bit upset): Caught fire? How did that happen?
Wife (nonchalantly): Sparks from the house, I guess.

I still think that last line is one of the funniest in any commercial.

[Sledman]

What about the old Bud or Bud Light commercial where the guy has his dog trained to get him a beer out of the fridge.
Then finally the dog doesn't come back and you hear the can or bottle opening in the other room.

Outpost.com with the Gerbil rocks!!!

ESPN has the best advertising campaign on TV today though, bar none.

[GreenEyes]

Ok. I must admit my favorite commercial is the sock puppet from pet.com. The Christmas ads where he is walking down the hung stockings saying to himself.. "What have they done to you? What have they done to the poor stockings? <whispered..> THE HORROR.."

[Gazoo]

What about the old Bud or Bud Light commercial where the guy has his dog trained to get him a beer out of the fridge.
Then finally the dog doesn't come back and you hear the can or bottle opening in the other room.


These are actually for Stroh's. The dog's name was Alex. Those were funny as hell. Bud had Spuds McKenzie around about the same time.

Speaking of dogs and beer, two of the Bud Light superbowl ads were hilarious:

-Rex the dog actor thinking back to his worst day (chasing a Bud truck only to slam into the side of another one) in order to be able to cry when it's needed in the movie.
-The speaking dog discussing to the viewer, in dog food commercial manner, how he gives his owner Bud Light. (I never saw this after the Sperbowl Pre-game)

[Nutty Bunny]

I love the Snickers commercial with the guy with a picture of a panda and wants someone to go to lunch with him. He gives the panda a high-pitched voice, "I'm so pretty", "Pretty pretty dancing". At the end, they show a bunch of people huddled in an office together, hiding from him, with the tag line, "Not going anywhere for awhile?"

Everytime that comes on, my husband and I are in hysterics. He even does a great impression of "I'm so pretty"!

[Rosebud]

There was another Outpost.com commercial, with a high school marcing band being attacked by a pack of ravenous wolves... tee hee... I'm pretty sure it's on Adcritic.com now.

Another one I like, and I can't remember what it's for, has a couple of raccoons peering into a warm, cozy living room, as they sing "Wouldn't it Be Lovely." Also, the kitty litter ads, with a cat walking into the bathroom... the door shuts behind him... voice over discusses the product, then there's the sound of a flushing toilet, and the cat returns to his "owner," trailing toilet tissue from one of his hind feet.

[Eve]

I hate Staples as a company, but damn they have funny commercials. I also have to admit a fondness for the "Bob" baby and the pets.com sock puppet (despite the idiotic lawsuit!).

Speaking of Stan Freberg, anyone else old enough to remember his Great American Soups commercial with Ann Miller?

"Guide your feet down the soupy road to romance—
Let's face the chicken gumbo and dance!"

[Sledman]

Yeah, Stroh's that was it. Wow how could I block that out. Oh yeah, Stroh's sucks. If it wasn't for those 15 packs when everyone else only had 12 packs....

Anyway, what about the Snickers "Chefs" commercial.

Great Googly Moogly!!!!

[Missy2U]

I think it's for Kia but I'm not sure.

A girl is walking out of a house really steamed. Her boyfriend, in longjohns and a flannel is saying "But I wasn't kissing that girl - she was choking! She needed oxygen! She is totally trashing his SUV - three garbage cans worth of stuff - she ends up throwing a fish skeleton inside it and slamming the door...I mean she is really rocking and rolling with this garbage on this car.

Then she looks at him and yells "I'm not trashing it! I'm just giving it oxygen!"

It never fails to crack me up.

[Edwardina]

Oh, God, that "Great Googly Moogly" commercial was so funny. I still crack up whenever I see it. I also like the one where the football player who got hit too hard leaps around the sideline area going, "I'm Batman!"

The Jack in the Box commercials are really the best, though. They've had some great ones. Even the ones that aren't so good are still better than most other commercials. My favorite: "It's supposed to be UNDER a buck." "Oh, I thought that was a typo." Cut to Jack's face, his smile is a perfectly straight line. "Fix it." The first time I saw that marked the beginning of a great friendship, seeing as we both started cackling with laughter at the same time.

[wolfman]

The most recent one that cracks me up is the one for on of those financial dot coms. All it takes for me to fall over laughing is one of my friends calling on the phone and saying in an Indian accent "Insurance? He's got money coming out the wazoo"

[rowrrbazzle]

Both of those Freberg commercials (and many others) are on the videocassette included in the recent collection "Tip of the Freberg." The collection also contains two CDs of Stan's material.

[JuanDeCuba]

One was a Nike commercial, the only Nike commercial I ever liked actually. There was a group of old-time baseball players singing. I think it started "We're ballplayers and we're ok, not all lazy like the owners say". The other one wsa for British Knights shoes, and involved a pair of sock puppets named Chuck and Mr. Stinky. If I remember correctly, the highlight was when one of the pair said "Yo' mama was a pair of panty hose!" For some reason I still can't even think about it without laughing.

[Profane]

I like the fedex one, especially the "night vision tiara sold separately" line. The "make 7up yours" guy kills me every time. There's one from a few years back for the yellow pages. You see a bunch of guys in military style uniforms at attention in formation and all of a sudden they start playing air guitar and banging their heads. Then "rock drills" comes up on the screen. It used to send me into hysterics.

[Kiva]

ESPN Y2K Test

"Follow me! Follow me to freedom!"

Absolutely hilarious.

[Xgemina]

It's a commercial that airs during hockey games about how the internet has expanded the marketplace for mostly regional products.

Two old men are talking about the early days of hockey and this big Somoan talks about how he can keep up with hockey news over the internet.

Then one of the older guys turns to the other and asks "Where's Somoa?"

And the other scratches his head and says "I think it's up near Ottawa."

The look on the Somoan's face is hillarious.

[DRY]

ESPN Y2K Test

"Follow me! Follow me to freedom!"

Absolutely hilarious.


I think that most of the ESPN commercials are hilarious.

Offhand, the one that I remember most is the one where Evander Holyfield is talking to one of the anchors, who tells him that Charlie Steiner's been "dissing" him.

Holyfield: Steiner said only I'm one of the 50 best fighters in the world?? (possibly not verbatim)

Anchor (don't remember which one): In Georgia.

[Eve]

Has anyone seen those new discovery.com spots, with three bad actors dressed up as asteroids, fish and mosquitos? They're a scream!

"Aaahhhh—the atmosphere!"

[radspam]

qualifier: I'm a American living in England for the last 15 months...

British Airways commercial: British guy (probably famous, but I wouldn't know) saying that England is:

the only country to invent a completely incomprehensible game (Cricket) that everyone else in the world then beats them at it, and

where the favorite national food is curry, and on and on...

but that they must be doing something right if X number of foreigners choose BA...

Gotta love a country that can make fun of itself.

[PatrickM]

The original Miller Lite ads, with sports figures were really funny. They had one with boxer "Smokin'" Joe Frazier, while surrounded by girls, singing, way off key, "When you order a beer do like Smokin' Joe, order Lite Beer from Miller, and say no mo..." They had another one with a baseball umpire named Jim Honocheck, who's in a bar right next to Boog Powell, who had to put on really thick eyeglasses before he realized who he was talking to, ("Hey, you're Boog Powell!") They had another one with old baseball teammates Frank Robinson (who is black ) and Brooks Robinson (who is white) and they said, "A lot of people think were related..." And of course there was Bob "Must be in the front row" Uecker.

[kayT]

As long as we're on a sports theme, how about Charles Barkeley playing polo and wearing whites in a Right Guard commercial: anything else would be uncivilized.

[jayron 32]

Some favorite ESPN gems (there are literally hundreds of great ones):

The Andrew Shue/Charlie Steiner Trade (Steiner goes to Melrose place to play the new pool-boy, while Shue comes to ESPN to work with Kilborn)

Three ESPN anchors sitting around discussing a serious sports issue. Kilborn walks over to the three, and in a straight face says "What do you think guys? Hurt me or Spank Me?" All three look at him, and with a straight face say "Spank me." and go back to their discussion.

"Follow Me ... To Freedom" -- already cited

(more poignant than funny) Shortly after Keith Olberman was fired: Steve Levy and Dan Patrick in the Comissary line at ESPN. Their each getting food from the Lunch Ladies, Levy tells the Lunch Lady "Oh, just put the biscuit in the basket" Close-up of Dan Patrick, with a single tear running down his cheek (still my favorite all-time ESPN ad)

The Sportscenter around the world ads

The One where Kenny Mayne gets pulled for the reliever.

Non-ESPN ads I like:

The Discovery.Com ads with the really bad acting

The Outpost.com ads

The ads run during the Basketball strike a few years ago that spoofed the NBA's "It's FANtastic" campaign (especially Samuel L. Jackson looking at the camera and saying "St. Paul Middle School Girls Basketball... It's FANtastic)

The cool police one with all of the NBA stars running around in trenchcoats teaching people how to Trash talk always got a chuckle out of me, even if they were Nike.

Make 7Up yours

[Eve]

Since Jayron mentioned the "Make 7Up Yours" ads—is the guy on those the same actor who played Cat on "Red Dwarf?" I swear they must be identical twins.

[D Marie]

Most of my favorites have already been mentioned. I think Snickers has some of the best commercials.

"That's great, but who are the Chefs?" Great Googly Moogly!

Also the one with the panda centerfold guy: "You can see all this and more at lunch!" "I bet some co-workers would love to go to lunch with you, you're so pretty."

The one where there's a line to get into heaven, and the Saint Peter-type guy is going over the life of the old man at the head of the line. "Does your bachelor party ring any bells?" "What?" The guy further back in line: "Does this line EVER move?" My favorite part is the tagline at the end, where St. Peter looks at the next lady in line, saying sarcastically: "You're a winner."

Also, the Staples back to school ad where the father is dancing around and filling the cart to the tune of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" while the kids just scowl.

[D Marie]

I thought of another one. The commercial for Ameritrade where the yoga class starts meditating on the virtues of trading on Ameritrade. The funniest part is when the two men who are listening outside the door say, "Oh, that's weird."

[tiggeril]

I love the one for an investment firm with all sorts of athletes sitting around in a retirement home, and the final image is that of Mike Ditka ("Retired last Thursday"). I grew up in Bears country, and I just love the look on his face.

[JavaMaven1]

A guy standing in front of a bedroom mirror, wearing pants and a bra, and admiring the look and feel of the bra... when girlfriend/wife walks in. There is a moment of silence. Then, she asks him some inane sports question.

Announcer comes over with "Don't you wish all questions were this easy?"


Never fails to crack me up.

[struuter]

"Come to lunch! And have some bam-BOO with me!"

How 'bout the guy in the car, freaking out...friend walks up and opens door: "Thank you very much-o, Mister Roboto..."

I don't remember the company, but the commercial where the ventriliquist is bombing in front of an audience of dummies and the one says, "Not funny." Just the way he says it makes me laugh every time.

My current favorite car commercial is the one where the guy dives in front of the grocery cart to save his car. Funny.

Anybody remember the old Little Caesar's commercial with the old lady and the monkey sitting at the dinner table?
She says, "Roger, you're pushing my buttons..."
Why do I remember that....?

[Nacho4Sara]

I love the "Make 7 - Up Yours" commercial, as well as a new 7UP one - the guy is on a grocery store aisle and pulls out a 6-pack of 7UP - then every shelf in the entire aisle collapses and you hear soda hissing, and the dude has the funniest look on his face! Then it cuts to a 7UP logo and you hear "Can I get a mop in Aisle 6, please?"

Some more I love:

1. The Snickers one with George Maurishan (sp? That big Transylvanian basketball player). He's shooting a Snickers commercial, and he has to make a basket while all these little kids watch. But he can't make the shot and the kids are laughing, then bored, then George is like, "Shadup you damn kids!" Then it shows him eating a Snickers. Hehehe.

2. I think this is a Milk commercial - it shows this old guy getting ready for a hot date. Sinatra is playing, he's splashing on aftershave, gets into his car from 1960, picks some wildflowers...and then he runs through a field to his date... a cow. I love this ad!

3. There is another one I saw on a special about foreign commcercials...I can't remember exactly but there was this guy who was trying to sleep and a gorilla...ringing any bells? I just remember laughing like a freak when I first saw it.

[struuter]

Sara--
Yes, yes, yes!! I remember that gorilla one! The guy sleeps through a whole night of being thrown around by this gorilla--who sneaks in and out of his window, IIRC--only to wake up in the morning and look at himself in the mirror. Now, genius that I am, can I remember what the product was? Ugh. I'm leaning toward a hair gel or something...but not sure.
You can't tell from my description, but it was very funny.
struuter

[Tally-Ho]

My current favorite commercial is one of the Clorox wipe-ups adds.

It's a pretty mundane little commercial simply showing the product and "Mom's" hand pulling out a sheet every time one of her family complains of a mess. What gets to me the the older son's line: "Cool, I'm stuck to the floor."
His tone of wonderous discovery cracks me up every time.

Chrisbar

[Pizzle Boy]

Waddaya mean Barq's has bite...Jonny?etc...etc...etc...

[Edwardina]

This one is a print ad, not a commercial, but I think this ad campaign is great overall:

A picture of the new VW Bug with a caption that says: "Roundest car in it's class."

[D Marie]

I remember that one for Little Caesar's with the old lady and the monkey ("Roger, you're pushing my buttons!") IIRC, she was trying to get the monkey to eat spaghetti by twirling it around the fork, while he persisted in slurping it up and making a huge mess. I think Little Caesar's was test-marketing pasta at the time. Was the monkey wearing clothes and a wig?

My dad used to tape all kinds of stuff from TV in the 80s. Sometimes, in the process of figuring out what's on those tapes, we have come across the funniest commercials. I'll have to try to think of some more for this thread.

[Edwardina]

The advice guy commericals for the Yellow Pages with Jon Lovitz:
"Dear advice guy, what do I do with a dead alien." "Three words: Bar-b-que"

M&M commerical with Stephen Baldwin: "No Blue aqui!"

The American Express commercials where Jerry Seinfeld goes to England and his routine bombs, so he goes on a trip all around the country learning the lingo: "What is this, the tea interval?"

The Mountain Dew commercials with those hot extreme sports girls drinking Mountain Dew to a background of "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", and the four guys who are usually on the commercials stand there and drool.

The Jack ball who rides on the fire engine: "wooooooooohooo!"

The "Da da da" VW commercial. The look on those guys faces when they start sniffing, and then look at each other . . .

And, does anyone remember this one laxative commercial that was on years ago, where they had this cowboy sitting on a stool strumming his guitar and singing, "Doxidan, doxidan, when nature needs a helping hand, get overnight relief with Doxidan." It's partly the incredibly stupid song, partly the lonesome cowpoke way he's singing it, but if my sister ever wants to crack me up, all she has to do is croon a mournful "Doxidan, Doxidan . . ."


P.S. I hate those Discovery channel commercials with the mosquitos and half-digested fish. Ick!

[DRY]

(more poignant than funny) Shortly after Keith Olberman was fired: Steve Levy and Dan Patrick in the Comissary line at ESPN. Their each getting food from the Lunch Ladies, Levy tells the Lunch Lady "Oh, just put the biscuit in the basket" Close-up of Dan Patrick, with a single tear running down his cheek (still my favorite all-time ESPN ad)


You know, I was going to mention this one (I should point out that Olberman wasn't fired--he quit to do other work, IIRC), but didn't want to take the time to set it up, so I went with the other ESPN one I cited previously.

You forgot the punch line, which makes it more hilarious than poignant for me--a third anchor says to Levy, "You know, this never would have happened if you'd ordered the cornbread!" :D

I also like that ad for...actually, I'm not sure who it's for, but I think it's a baseball related website or sporting goods store. Guy is practicing hitting off a tee and he's missing badly--first knocking out the middle portion of the tee, and then swinging over the ball and launching the bat into the outfield!

[Weirddave]

I liked another of the Snickers commercials, one that I am absolutely sure was only shown here in Baltimore. It was shown just after the Ravens came to town. 2 guys are sittin talking about how lucky they were to get tickets to the football game, Its usually sold out, etc... The camera pans back and you can see it's an empty stadium with "Cleveland" painted in the end zone as one fan says "must be a 4:00 game" and the anouncer come in-"Not going anywhere for a while?" I laughed like a banshee, but I am also sure if I were a Browns fan I'd never eat another Snickers Bar.

[Narile]

An old commercial for Heinz 57 Steak Sauce, three guys in a old style steakhouse eating what else, a '57 Chevy. Anything goes down well with Heinz 57 was the caption, and the last bit was one of the guys hitting his chest and honking.

There was a radio commercial for a local radio station that went along the lines of:----
Voice1) Try new WTUE sauce....cause it's in there!
Voice2) Oh? What about bell peppers, onions and mushrooms?
Voice1) In there.
Voice2) Steak, pork, chicken?
Voice1) In there.
Voice2) Sparkplug of a 66 Corvette?
Voice1) Yeap.
Voice2) Jimmy Hoffa?
Voice1) Of course....Here look inside (*Sound of jar opening.*)
Voice2) Wow! He is in there, and look! Amelia Earheart!

[JuanDeCuba]

I also like that ad for...actually, I'm not sure who it's for, but I think it's a baseball related website or sporting goods store. Guy is practicing hitting off a tee and he's missing badly--first knocking out the middle portion of the tee, and then swinging over the ball and launching the bat into the outfield!


I think that was for Fox. IIRC, they had another one with an elderly man trying to catch, and the ball hits him in the head and he gets knocked out. At the end it says something like "Fox catcher cam... don't try it at home".

[kinoons]

The ESPN ones were the best -- they used to have them on the ESPN website for download, and I managed to get a lot of them, but the commercials are no longer there, atleast that I can find. More ESPN commercials:

Dan Patrick shooting oranges at Stu Scott: "and you call yourself Cy Young..."

Watching the show from the control room -- some static, then back -- some more static -- cuts outside "hold the club like you hold a bird..." and then a golf ball is hit into the satilite dish

The foolsball (sp) table -- kenny mayne scores -- runs around the studio screaming "GOAL! GOAL!" -- blows a horn, and then slides by the table

Rich Eisen gets a workup during a commercial break during Sportscenter "cut me lou! cut me!"

The dating commercial "would you like to do a show together tonight, if so, check yes"

All of the NASCAR ride along program commercials

[Darkpyre]

Taht "Got Milk" ad with the guy that gets hit by the truck. He ends up in the afterlife and it's all white and pure and everything and he eats one of those giant cookies and looks for milk in the fridge but there isn't any. As the commecial fades to "Got Milk?" the guy says "Hey, where am I?" and the Got milk is on fire. Hehehe.

[Sherman]

I like the Pepsi commercial where the Coca-Cola delivery guy tries to sneak a can of Pepsi in the supermarket. This causes all the cans to fall all the while "Your Cheatin' Heart" is playing in the background.

[Shirley Ujest]

I can't beleive I'm saying this, but I have to watch TV more often. I haven't seen any of the SNICKER commercials, 7UP or most of the ESPN ones.


I love commercials. I've always secretly wanted to work in the ad-game.

But the one's I have seen that crack me up.

Staples: " Its the Most wonderful time of the year" one.

KIA - "How do they pick their rebates?" Spinning a fat guy around and around in a desk chair in the back room. When he dizzily falls over onto a big cushion ( one of four that are all marked with numbers) that has that months rebate. I couldn't stop laughing over that one.

KIA - The Uncle Bob's Last Request is great fun.


VW - Passat? Jetta? Not sure, but the one where the car is in sync with the enviroment as it drives down a street in New Orleans. ( People lifting boxes to the beat of the wiper blades, etc.) It's hypnotic.

VW - Jetta. Guy in the car making the weirdest faces. Friend walks up, opens the door and MR. ROBOTO is blaring.

White Castle has one where you don't know it's WC until the end. A Range Rover type car bounces over rough terrain citing all the great things about the car with the nearly miniscule disclaimer at the bottom. Car runs through a camp sight and a few other things, I think, before heading to WC. The disclaimer reads, " We can't beleive you are actually reading this..."

[KJ]

I could probably think of more commercials if I thought for a long time, but here is the one that comes to mind the most:

It starts off showing a bunch of African bushmen with spears running after a pig.

VOICEOVER 1 (male): The killing of a pig is an important rite in the ceremony of adolescents.

VOICEOVER 2 (female): Looking for a good documentary?

* Bushmen surround pig.

VOICEOVER 2: Or maybe you want a coming of age movie.

Then the people stay in the same position, but the scene suddenly changes.

Young bushman: {cheesy acting} Maybe I don't wanna be a hunter, did you ever think of that!? I hate you dad, I hate you!

VOICEOVER 2: Or what about a family movie?

Then the pig starts talking and saying "Hey, hey, you want me to go talk to him?"

The expression of the bushman in the last scene of the commercial is hilarious. He can't tell what the hell is going on.

The commercial is for Hollywood Video, BTW.

[Xgemina]

If you've been watching the stanley cup playoffs you have to have seen the new CCM (they make hockey equipment for those that don't know) comercials witht the sperm colliding on the screen with the voice over of a hockey play and then one of the sperm breaks away and goes into an egg.

"And he breaks aways and scores!"

then the logo: "When you're born to play."

what was great was my 6 year old cousin was watching TV with me and asked me to explain the commercial to her..

[pepperlandgirl]

My favorite is the VW commericial where the guy parks his VW outside of a supermarket, and he walks away. Then you see a cart slowly rolling towards the car. Then, out of nowhere, the driver flies across the parking lot and tackles the cart to save his precious VW. It makes me laugh every time.

[DRY]

I liked another of the Snickers commercials, one that I am absolutely sure was only shown here in Baltimore. It was shown just after the Ravens came to town. 2 guys are sittin talking about how lucky they were to get tickets to the football game, Its usually sold out, etc... The camera pans back and you can see it's an empty stadium with "Cleveland" painted in the end zone as one fan says "must be a 4:00 game" and the anouncer come in-"Not going anywhere for a while?" I laughed like a banshee, but I am also sure if I were a Browns fan I'd never eat another Snickers Bar.


For what it's worth--I live in L.A., and I do believe I've seen that commercial.

[PatrickM]

I liked another of the Snickers commercials, one that I am absolutely sure was only shown here in Baltimore. It was shown just after the Ravens came to town. 2 guys are sittin talking about how lucky they were to get tickets to the football game, Its usually sold out, etc... The camera pans back and you can see it's an empty stadium with "Cleveland" painted in the end zone as one fan says "must be a 4:00 game" and the anouncer come in-"Not going anywhere for a while?" I laughed like a banshee, but I am also sure if I were a Browns fan I'd never eat another Snickers Bar.


For what it's worth--I live in L.A., and I do believe I've seen that commercial.


And I live in Cleveland, and that commercial was shown here too, and it was hilarious, in a gallows-humorous sort of way.

[Indiana Jones]

Two recent ones I like:

1. The Mountain Dew commercial with Bohemian Rhapsody and the four guys imitating the Queen video. Makes me want to listen to the song.

2. A car commercial (don't remember which car) where the announcer is saying (not verbatim):

If the Trojan horse had been the Trojan armadillo, would the people of Troy have brought it in and celebrated or would they have just said 'what the?'.

I don't know why, but it really cracks me up.

[Mr. Cynical]

But, my favorite (Aside from the Great Googly-Moogly Masterpiece) is the "Chicks Dig Long Ball" commercial, with Greg Maddux.

[Johnny Pebs]

Two old men are talking about the early days of hockey and this big Somoan talks about how he can keep up with hockey news over the internet.




OK the two "old men" are Gordie Howe and Stan Mikita. Gordie is the one who thinks Samoa is near Ottowa.

Pebs

[Johnny Pebs]

ESPN Y2K Test

"Follow me! Follow me to freedom!"

Absolutely hilarious.


That one, "Sweet 62" and the Sports Center swimsuit issue one have to be the best of the ESPN bunch.

I also like the one with the cheerleader who isn't like "all the other cheerleaders" she actually likes sports and loves reading "espin the magazine"

Pebs

[shimmery]

I love that VW commercial where everything is in sync.
When they were running it a lot I used to look forward to seeing it on T.V. Its just so poetic how everything falls together. Plus, I really like the music. And I love how when they get to the intersection they turn off the music and the guy goes, "that was wierd!"

[xizor]

I like the one that is either ESPN or Nike with the athletes playing fooseball (sp?) and the female soccer player scores and all the guys just stare at her, one says "what's with the shirt". It kills me everytime.

[eggo]

I hate Staples as a company, but damn they have funny commercials. I also have to admit a fondness for the "Bob" baby and the pets.com sock puppet (despite the idiotic lawsuit!).



what lawsuit? are they being sued for somthing to do with the puppet?

[Edwardina]

I love that VW commercial where everything is in sync.
When they were running it a lot I used to look forward to seeing it on T.V. Its just so poetic how everything falls together. Plus, I really like the music. And I love how when they get to the intersection they turn off the music and the guy goes, "that was wierd!"


Yeah, but I don't think that one's funny. It's more surreal. Cool, definitely, but not really funny.

[matt_mcl]

That's OttAwa.

My current favourites are both Clarica commercials.

In one, there's this woman standing at a bus stop. This guy in the bus stop across the street looks up, then he starts yelling and screaming inaudibly, gesturing inarticulately. She has no idea what he's talking about, until another woman at the bus stop opposite grabs a sheet of cardboard and draws a big UP arrow. The first woman looks up, and then dashes out of the way just in time as a piano comes crashing down.

In the other, a guy in a trendy restaurant goes downstairs to the washroom, but both of the doors are marked with incomprehensible Picasso paintings. He can't figure out which bathroom is which. This isn't helped when a completely androgynous person walks out of the bathroom, looks at him like he's an idiot, and walks away.

The slogan for both is, "There's a lot to be said for clarity."




Of course, the alltime champion has to be the IBM commercial with the Czech nuns. ("Whoops... my beeper.")

[Johnny Pebs]

2. A car commercial (don't remember which car) where the announcer is saying (not verbatim):

If the Trojan horse had been the Trojan armadillo, would the people of Troy have brought it in and celebrated or would they have just said 'what the?'.

I don't know why, but it really cracks me up.



The voice over guy is Hector Elizando. The one I like is where he's going on about how after you win the game it's godd sportsmanship to tell your opponent "good game" shake hands etc... "But deep down inside you're really saying... (in a singsong voice) I'm better than you are." It's great because it's so true. :D

Pebs

[teela brown]

I might have known you'd like those Discovery commercials! I think they're a scream. Some genius figured out we were sick of slick production, slick acting, and slick special effects.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz . . . . smack!

[Smeghead]

I like the new batch of Snapple commercials, with the people in fruit costumes with just their legs (and sometimes arms) sticking out. Scenes come to mind:

The "screening for preservatives" where the fruits come out of bathroom stalls and put cups of fruit juice on the guy's tray.

Something in a locker room where the guy snaps a banana with a towel, causing it to jump and drop the towel around its waist.

The guy reading a letter from the fruit that went to India to "work with" tea. At the very end, it shows the actual letter, which is covered with random scrawls.

I don't know why, but those all crack me up every time.


Also, off topic, during the opening song for that idiotic "Jack of All Trades" show with Bruce Campbell, there's a scene where the bad guy rips the mask off his face, revealing another, smaller mask beneath it. Honestly, it's stupid, but the looks on their faces have me rolling every single time. Doesn't matter how often I see it.

[matt_mcl]

Wow... I just found the IBM Nuns commercial (http://www.ibm.com/sfasp/nuns.htm)!

[DRY]

I like the one that is either ESPN or Nike with the athletes playing fooseball (sp?) and the female soccer player scores and all the guys just stare at her, one says "what's with the shirt". It kills me everytime.


The woman is Brandi Chastain.

Oh, and another ESPN commercial I really like is the college football one where the anchor (can't remember which college football anchor it is, but it's a younger guy--not Lee Corso) tells a cheerleader: "Split ends. Try olive oil." As the commercial ends, you can see the cheerleader in question staring at some strands of her hair, and I believe a couple others are laughing at her.

[sewalk]

My favorite ESPN commercial was the one with the two guys playing chess while sitting in the middle of a hockey rink. One makes his move and says "Check." All of a sudden, out of nowhere, a player skates in fast and slams him hard. The guy then says "Check. I get it. Very funny."
Sorry I can't remember any of the involved parties in the ad.

It's been years since I've seen it. If anyone has a link for it, I'd appreciate an email (mailto:sewalk@hotmail.com).

[Edwardina]

I like the new batch of Snapple commercials, with the people in fruit costumes with just their legs (and sometimes arms) sticking out. Scenes come to mind:

The "screening for preservatives" where the fruits come out of bathroom stalls and put cups of fruit juice on the guy's tray.

Something in a locker room where the guy snaps a banana with a towel, causing it to jump and drop the towel around its waist.

I don't know why, but those all crack me up every time.


I admit that those commercials are clever, but they also heeb me out. I don't know what it is about fruit with legs wandering around like half-wit children at summer camp that's supposed to be funny. *shivers*